Masters of the Universe opens worldwide this weekend on a split distribution map. Amazon MGM Studios releases the He-Man film in the United States on June 5, while Sony Pictures International Releasing, which acquired overseas theatrical rights in June 2025, rolls it out day-and-date across dozens of international markets including the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and Australia.
In the UK and Ireland, cinema advertising firm Pearl and Dean has set an opening-weekend range of 1.5M to 2.5M pounds and a full theatrical-run forecast of 4M to 7M pounds, per Boxoffice Pro. The trade frames the projection cautiously, noting the audience for the film is still unclear and pegging its closest comparisons as Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (13.7M pounds) and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (8.2M pounds).
The international launch lands alongside soft domestic tracking. US trade reports have the roughly 200M dollar production opening in the 30M to 35M dollar range from about 3,500 locations, trailing the weekend’s projected leader, the Scary Movie revival. Boxoffice Pro notes Amazon and its UK partner Sony are coming off recent hits in Project Hail Mary and The Sheep Detectives, and are betting on Masters of the Universe to start a multi-installment franchise.
Why it matters: the overseas figures are the other half of the math on a film this expensive. With domestic forecasts modest, the international rollout through Sony is where a worldwide launch number takes shape, and the UK forecast offers the first concrete read on how a Western market outside North America is tracking before opening day.
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