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In sixth place is X-Men: Apocalypse, which earned $12.8 million and looks like it will vastly underperform compared to its immediate predecessors, Deadpool and Days of Future Past, in terms of domestic and global totals, but does seem to be establishing a new baseline for the series when it comes to international numbers. Prior to Days of Future Past, no X-Men-related film had earned $300 million internationally, with The Wolverine getting closest but finishing with $282.3 million. Apocalypse is the third film in a row since Days of Future Past to earn more than $300 million, and with its current total of $362.3 million, looks like it’ll be the third in a row to earn more than $400 million as well. That reinforces the sense that the X-Men series is something of a mid-tier franchise compared to the MCU, but it also represents a significant bump for the series, which will probably allow it to remain a going concern for at least a few more years.

Continuing the rundown of sequels that didn’t do that well is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. The ugly-looking film has been putting up some ugly-looking numbers over the last few weeks, and this one is no different. The heroes in a half-shell (who will probably have to cut back to a quarter-shell if they want to make a sequel) earned $10.5 million this weekend for a new international total of $70.8 million. It still has a lot of big territories to come, including France, China and Japan, but so far audiences aren’t showing as much interest or enthusiasm as they did for the quartet’s first outing.

Alice Through the Looking Glass is eighth with $8 million, giving it a new international total of $166.7 million. It’s a sign of how huge a success the first film was that a global total of $236 million can be described as an abject failure, but any time a film looks to earn 60-70 percent less than its predecessor, you know that something has gone horribly wrong.

Central Intelligence is ninth with $6.8 million from a smattering of territories. It’ll be interesting to see how this one plays out internationally since Kevin Hart’s star vehicles have generally not done well outside of the US (excluding early roles, cameos and bit parts, his biggest overseas earner is Ride Along 2 with $33.4 million) whereas the opposite is true of The Rock, who is coming off his best non-Fast & Furious result in the shape of San Andreas, which earned $318.8 million internationally last year. Comedies don’t travel that well outside of the US, but one which so prominently features an international superstar could potentially break out.

The Angry Birds Movie rounds out the top ten with $6.3 million, for a new international total of $224.5 million. Based on this precedent, we can probably expect the Cut The Rope movie to earned $1 billion with ease.

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