Ridley Scott's Gladiator II collected $5.6 million, followed by $4.9 million in Australia and another $4.7 million in Mexico.

Gladiator II” entered the international box office arena with $87 million from 63 markets, a powerful start for the quarter-century-in-the-making sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 best picture winner “Gladiator.

Paramount began overseas rollout Wednesday on the continuation of Ridley Scott’s Roman Empire action saga; bowing ahead of the domestic start next week