INTERNATIONAL - Opening Weekend

MI3 couldn't top last year's King Kong, which had similar saturation levels in its opening weekend.

Still, it's 2006's 2nd largest Intl. weekend behind Icea Age's $94.7m 2nd weekend. Not the blockbuster we thought.....will top out with $250m-275m Intl. for a worldwide gross around $400m.

Star Wars 3: ROTS - $145,534,793 (114/10489) – Wk. 1
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $126.8m (28/7403) – Wk. 1
The Matrix: Revolutions - $119,037,452 (80+/10013) – Wk. 1
Harry Potter 3: POA - $113.51m (24/7885) – Wk. 1
War Of The Worlds - $110,085,902 (79/9955) – Wk. 1
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $99.8m (27/5400) – Wk. 1
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $85.5m (19/5300) – Wk. 1
The Day After Tomorrow - $85,384,957 (or $109.1m incl. Mon - 110/9276) – Wk. 1
King Kong - $83,338,788 (56/7028) – Wk. 1
Mission Impossible 3 - $70,028,165 (56/6997) – Wk. 1
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $69,270,300 (93/7585) – Wk. 1
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $69.1m (72/5854) – Wk. 1

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UNITED KINGDOM - Opening Week

Largest opening for the MI franchise; though down considerably from War of the Worlds. Still, it's Cruise's 2nd largest pic in the UK on opening week.

1) Harry Potter 3: POA - $49,988,431 (11-Days - 535 TC)
2) Shrek 2 - $39,258,369 (512 TC)
3) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $36,804,070 (494 TC)
4) Harry Potter 2: COS - $35,917,785 (524 TC)
5) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $34,957,535 (535 TC)
6) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $34,483,093 (490 TC)
7) The Matrix: Reloaded - $29,778,604 (481 TC)
8) Harry Potter 1: PS - $29,658,333 (507 TC)
9) Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason - $29,053,163 (504 TC)
10) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $28,812,768 (501 TC)

11) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $27,716,956 (502 TC)
12) Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - $26,330,006 (531 TC)
13) Star Wars 1: PM - $25,179,525 (460 TC)
14) Spiderman 2 - $24,479,745 (504 TC)
15) War Of The Worlds - $23,601,828 (507 TC)
16) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $22,822,050 (470 TC)
17) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $22,575,310 (467 TC)
18) The Incredibles - $22,272,689 ($22,046,532 + $226,157 p/v on 1 - 494 TC)
19) The Day After Tomorrow - $21,848,449 (429 TC)
20) The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $21,772,932 (498 TC)

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit - $21,113,166 (501 TC)
Monsters Inc - $21,136,247 (503 TC)
Meet The Fockers - $20,566,584 (456 TC)
King Kong - $20,218,511 (481 TC)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $20,066,186 (430 TC)
Men In Black 1 - $20,031,699 (417 TC)
Independence Day - $18,847,750 (434 TC)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $18,196,780 (467 TC)
Spiderman 1 - $18,174,453 (509 TC)
Love Actually - $17,820,967 (477 TC)
Toy Story 2 - $17,501,127 ($17,157,008 + $344,119 p/v on 1 - 496 TC)
Finding Nemo - $16,992,336 ($16,645,298 + $347,038 p/v on 2 - 453 TC)
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $16,739,940 (449 TC)
Bruce Almighty - $16,708,954 (446 TC)
Shark Tale - $16,635,216 (504 TC)
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me - $16,116,202 (442 TC)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $15,863,352 (477 TC)
The Blair Witch Project - $15,706,862 ($13,559,316 + $2,147,546 p/v on 36 - 397 TC)
Austin Powers 3: Goldmember - $15,463,433 (446 TC)
I, Robot - $15,349,678 (447 TC)
Men In Black 2 - $15,168,314 (512 TC)
Bridget Jones’ Diary - $15,116,833 (417 TC)
Troy - $14,939,487 ($14,703,545 + $235,942 p/v on 1 - 504 TC)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $14,723,139 (478 TC)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $14,590,295 (443 TC)
Hannibal - $14,382,037 (421 TC)
Madagascar - $14,026,918 (505 TC)
Jurassic Park 1 - $13,664,847 (434 TC)
Titanic - $13,546,575 (416 TC)
Tarzan - $13,479,023 ($12,412,940 + $547,320 Wk. 2 p/v on 33 + $518,763 Wk. 1 p/v on 32 - 475 TC)
Mission Impossible 3 - $12,950,534 (512 TC)

Mission Impossible 2 - $11,367,235 (461 TC)
Minority Report - $10,777,583 (426 TC)

James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies - $8,939,014 (426 TC)
James Bond: Goldeneye - $8,665,062 ($8,453,774 + $211,288 p/v - 448 TC)


GERMANY - Opening Week

Defying all expectations, MI3 bombed badly in Germany, failing to gross even half of MI1's first week takings. It's on par with Bourne Supremacy and well down all 007 pics headlined by Pierce Brosnan.

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $24,334,063 (3.612.053 adms. - 1061 TC)
James Bond: Goldeneye - $13,594,207 (575 TC)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $11,057,645 (1.715.358 adms. - 870 TC)
Mission Impossible 2 - $11,039,874 (893 TC)
War Of The Worlds - $9,575,982 (1.303.523 adms. 9-Day or $8,822,566/ 1.198.344 adms. 7-Day - 837 TC)
James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies - $9,564,382 (835 TC)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $9,261,435 (823 TC)
Mission Impossible 1 - $8,666,142 (640 TC)
King Kong - $8,126,254 (739 TC)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $8,039,036 (649 TC)
Ocean’s Twelve - $7,069,134 (795 TC)
Johnny English - $6,545,350 (778 TC)
The Last Samurai - $6,315,526 (829 TC)
Ocean’s Eleven - $6,273,300 (583 TC)
Scary Movie 4 - $5,188,594 (635 TC)
The Bourne Supremacy - $3,698,091 (558 TC)
Mission Impossible 3 - $3,620,637 (802 TC)


FRANCE - Opening Week

$7m would normally deliver a #1 opening on most weeks, but with Camping still hot in its sophomore session, Cruise had to settle for #2. The opening was the weakest of the 3 MI films and on par with Die Another Day.

Les Bronzes 3: Amis Pour La Vie - $26,114,641 (3,906,694 adms. - 950 TC)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $14,650,228 (2,171,390 adms. - 858 TC)
Camping - $13,209,577 (1,879,507 adms. - 574 TC)
Mission Impossible 1 - $13,026,000
War Of The Worlds - $11,300,026 (1,700,096 adms. - 848 TC)
King Kong - $9,641,138 (1,441,705 adms. - 850 TC)
Ocean’s Twelve - $8,875,663 (€6,677,459/ 1.202.262 adms. - 789 TC)
Mission Impossible 2 - $8,372,863 (750 TC)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $8,191,000 (661 TC)
La Doublure - $7,848,549 (1,164,333 adms. - 720 TC)
Ocean’s Eleven - $7,811,170 (789 TC)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $7,785,583 (1,132,991 adms. - 665 TC)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $7,526,657 (713 TC)
James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies - $7,190,160 (578 TC)
Mission Impossible 3 - $7,072,811 (996,860 adms. - 850 TC)
OSS 117: Le Caire Nid D'Espions - $5,740,667 (835,334 adms. - 557 TC)
The Last Samurai - $5,034,921 (€4,051,568/ 729.476 adms. - 600 TC)


AUSTRALIA - Opening Week

Down $1.3m from MI2, the 3rd installment fails to top opening of Bourne Supremacy and the 2 big Austin Powers flicks.

War Of The Worlds - $7,808,759 (8-Day or $6,907,380 7-Day - 399 TC)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $6,838,502 (356 TC)*Queens Birthday
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $5,360,117 (or $5,322,626 without p/v - 388 TC)
Mission Impossible 2 - $5,340,872 (366 TC)
Ocean’s Twelve - $4,812,507 (378 TC)
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me - $4,675,691 (242 TC)
The Bourne Supremacy - $4,468,010 (or $4,451,248 without p/v - 312 TC)
Batman Begins - $4,266,132 (360 TC)
Austin Powers 3: Goldmember - $4,156,859 (329 TC)
I, Robot - $4,155,846 (or $4,149,893 without p/v - 346 TC)
Ocean’s Eleven - $4,033,493 (or $4,032,947 without p/v - 286 TC)
Mission Impossible 3 - $3,906,810 (or $3,800,692 without p/v - 449 TC)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $3,886,630 (or $3,826,197 without p/v - 323 TC)
The Last Samurai - $3,585,118 (274 TC)
Scary Movie 4 - $3,362,490 (245 TC)


MEXICO - Opening Week

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $12,539,540 (740 TC)
War Of The Worlds - $9,470,570 (9-Day or $7,311,704 7-Day - 650 TC)
King Kong - $6,640,196 (753 TC)
Batman Begins - $5,814,857 (9-Day or $4,424,409 7-Day - 640 TC)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $5,602,687 (or $5,099,871 without p/v - 600 TC)
Mission Impossible 2 - $4,032,966 (or $3,984,353 - 350 TC)
Ocean’s Twelve - $3,563,097 (6-Day - 548 TC)*Christmas
The Last Samurai - $2,950,344 (390 TC)
Mission Impossible 3 - $2,865,063 (685 TC)
Scary Movie 4 - $2,296,815 (400 TC)

Since the weather is supposed to get rainy over the weekend, M:I-3 is expected to drop only around 15-20%.

I just checked the site of my theatre and M:I-3 is actually selling as well as it did first weekend, so there is actually hope for a very good hold.

Just saw MI3 tonight in a 1500 seater at 9.30pm approx 80% full.

What a shame this isnt doing bigger business because its the best of the three films - i loved it. Havnt loved a straight action movie so much since the mid 90s and the days of Speed, True Lies and co.

I haven't seen any of the prior MI installments in cinemas, though i saw MI3 with some friends and it was a very thrilling ride.....one of the best action flicks i've seen for a while.

My friends were all going gaga over MaggieQ in that red dress LOL ...

Maggie Q is hot!!!

Ive seen all three in theatres and this was by far the best one.

SOUTH KOREA (ADMS.) - Opening Weekend

MI3 boast one of the largest screen counts of all-time, only Typhoon and HP4 have opened to more in recent years. Although it's #6 All-Time in terms of admissions, it's actually the #1 record holder in US$.

MI3 is Cruise's best opening in SKorea, beating WOTWs.

Taegukgi - 1,777,500 adms. (4-Day or 299,900 adms. 2-Day Seoul) - 400
The Matrix: Reloaded - 1,770,000 adms. (315,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - 1,676,000 adms. (241,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Silmido - 1,590,000 adms. (192,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - 1,480,000 adms. (230,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Mission Impossible 3 - 1,377,385 adms. (1,062,497 adms. 3-Day) - 422
My Boss, My Teacher - 1,371,815 adms. (1,106,825 adms. 3-Day) - 402
Typhoon - 1,365,852 adms. (1,360,316 adms. 3-Day) - 438
A Tale Of Two Sisters - 1,245,666 adms. (151,811 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
War Of The Worlds - 1,136,746 adms. (906,109 3-Day) - 321
Untold Scandal - 1,125,661adms. (4-Day or 208,026 dams. 2-Day Seoul)
Singles - 1,120,000 adms. (148,231 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Crazy First Love - 1,100,000 adms. (153,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance - 1,073,697 amds. (869,828 adms. 3-Day) - 331
Lord OF The Rings: TTT - 1,072,532 adms. (4-Day or 180,639 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Harry Potter 3: POA - 1,040,000 adms. (225,300 adms. 2-Day Seoul) - 320
Harry Potter 4: GOF - 1,029,821 adms. (818,818 adms. 3-Day) - 441
Another Public Enemy (Public Enemy 2) - 1,017,000 adms. (178,700adms. 2-Day Seoul) - 408
Harry Potter 2: COS - 1,010,756 adms. (237,566 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Spiderman 2 - 1,008,936 adms. (171,514 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
The Matrix: Revolutions - 1,030,000 adms. (5-Day or 254,500 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Wishing Stairs - 1,000,000 adms. (113,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)


TAIPEI (TWD$) - Opening Weekend

It was never going to match WOTW which opened on a Wednesday....though, still a very impressive 3-Day gross - it's the 7th movie to gross more than 50m TWD in Taipei on opening.

It must be said though that compared to some other movies which opened in the same vicinity, MI3's 2-Day gross was quite ordinary.....suggesting that it did huge business on opening day but couldn't sustain those levels through Sat and Sun.

Should be interesting to see how hard it falls this weekend.

War Of The Worlds - 66,620,455 (5-Day or 33,046,880 2-Day) - 21
Spiderman 2 - 60,628,635 (34,707,130 2-Day) - 21
Kung Fu Hustle - 60,605,530 (45,000,910 2-Day)*Christmas - 20
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - 56,290,115 (36,265,930 2-Day) - 21
Harry Potter 4: GOF - 54,904,315 (42,680,345 2-Day) - 22
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - 53,521,040 (5-Day or 30,920,450 2-Day) - 17
Mission Impossible 3 - 50,025,246 (30,184,529 2-Day) - 20
King Kong - 49,368,195 (5-Day or 30,125,590 2-Day) - 21
Harry Potter 2: COS - 49,051,240 (40,536,985 2-Day) - 19
Constantine - 48,747,655 (5-Day or 17,775,725 2-Day)*CNY - 21
The Day After Tomorrow - 46,937,210 (36,823,860 2-Day) - 18
Harry Potter 3: POA - 45,139,165 (36,014,570 2-Day) - 21
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - 40,880,595 (32,936,510 2-Day) - 20
Troy - 39,678,450 (31,600,090 2-Day) - 21
Men In Black 2 - 39,135,295 (30,029,310 2-Day) - 18
Spiderman 1 - 37,314,930 (29,685,730 2-Day) - 18
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - 35,284,035 (28,584,370 2-Day) - 18


BELGIUM - Opening Weekend

Just pipping the opening of MI2, MI3 has the 3rd largest opening of 2006 so far, behind Ice Age 2 and Les Bronzes 3. It's also Cruise's 4th largest opening behind WOTW Last Samurai and Minority Report

Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $1,807,712 (or $1,028,702/ €833,835 5-Day without p/v - 80)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,433,274 (€1,184,329 - 120)
War Of The Worlds - $1,355,777 (or $1,248,010/ €1,045,845 5-Day without p/v - 85)
Les Bronzes 3: Amis Pour La Vie - $1,278,708 (or $1,248,063/ €1,039,961 without p/v - 41)
Ocean’s Twelve - $1,227,032 (€907,102 or $916,124/ €673,525 without p/v - 70)
King Kong - $1,121,140 (€933,820 - 112)
The Last Samurai - $1,011,176 (€816,019 or €693,020 without p/v - 82)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $824,500 (or $977,151 week - 66)
Minority Report - $814,000 (75)
Mission Impossible 3 - $702,632 (or $683,312/ €536,434 without p/v - 96)
Inside Man - $696,489 (or $605,682/ €493,189 without p/v - 44)
Mission Impossible 2 - $638,000 (67)
The Bourne Supremacy - $623,477 (€505,055 or $494,024 / €401,775 without p/v - 47)


BELGIUM - Opening Weekend

Equalling the opening of The Last Samurai, though couldn't match the recent bond flicks. It's theatre count of 94, is one of the largest of All-Time.

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,582,098 (or $1,265,353/ 7,795,714 DKR/ 122,838 adms. 3-Day - 92)
King Kong - $1,127,292 (5-Day or $746,310/ 4,960,350 DKR/ 55,343 adms. - 89)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $910,000 (86)
War Of The Worlds - $664,365 (5-Day or $372,170/ 2,318,170 DKR/ 31,623 adms. 3-Day - 70)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $643,000 (640)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $547,819 ($409,787/ 2,494,376 DKR/ 35,417 adms. 3-Day - 70)
The Last Samurai - $537,753 ($492,261/ 2,884,647 DKR/ 35,067 adms. 3-Day - 50)
Mission Impossible 3 - $527,081 (or $498,227/ 2,916,672 DKR/ 39,596 adms. 3-Day - 94)
Drommen - $466,827 ($404,293/ 2,510,945 DKR/ 42,748 adms. 3-Day - 60)
Gi'r Aldrig Op (Far Til Fire) - $461,961 ($425,253/ 2,629,170 DKR/ 44,940 adms. 3-Day - 119)
Gasolin’ - $448,609 (or $413,341/ 2,595,410 DKR/ 37,961 adms. 3-Day - 41)
Solkongen - $395,878 ($362,912/ 2,097,814 DKR/ 31,893 adms. 3-Day - 68)
Scary Movie 4 - $395,114 (or $311,025/ 1,889,974 DKR/ 26,921 adms. 3-Day - 30)
Ocean’s Twelve - $371,466 (or $325,646/ 1,825,962 DKR/ 27,284 adms. 3-Day - 50)


SWEDEN - Opening Weekend

Not one of Cruise's best opening efforts here, even Last Samurai and Minority Report have opened better.

James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $1.5m (86)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,440,264 (11,224,986 SKR - 159)
Mission Impossible 2 - $1m (5-Days - 68)
Ocean’s Twelve - $991,596 ($900,099/ 6,095,110 SKR 3-Day - 95)
King Kong - $893,836 (5-Day or $648,953/ 5,113,035 SKR 3-Day - 103)
Minority Report - $886,000 (92)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $851,772 (or $764,738/ 5,822,333 SKR 3-Day - 82)
War Of The Worlds - $800,287 (5-Day or $447,977/ 3,550,396 SKR - 88)
The Last Samurai - $665,306 (4,803,509 SKR - 88)
Heartbreak Hotel - $570,823 (4,452,876 SKR - 102)
Mission Impossible 3 - $565,202 (4,130,270 SKR - 101)
Fun With Dick And Jane - $504,161 (3,841,908 SKR - 57)



SWEDEN - Opening Weekend

Solid start, counts as this year's 3rd largest opening behind all-time record holder IA2 and Les Bronzes

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $3,173,293 (or $2,762,494/ 3,596,215 SFR 4-Day - 139)
Ocean’s Twelve - $1,379,890 (1,536,418 SFR - 112)
War Of The Worlds - $890,312 (5-Day or $735,854/ 953,593 SFR 4-Day - 104)
Les Bronzes 3: Amis Pour La Vie - $881,692 (or $734,242/ 951,431 SFR 4-Day - 30)
Mission Impossible 3 - $837,251 (or $801,733/ 981,802 SFR 4-Day - 118)
King Kong - $794,900 (or $698,599/ 940,244 SFR 4-Day - 105)
Ocean’s Eleven - $769,000
The Last Samurai - $654,831 (or $646,779/ 788,423 SFR 4-Day - 69)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $605,305 (767,043 SFR 4-Day - 63)


ICELAND - Opening Weekend

King Kong - $176,552 (or $120,261/ 9,736 adms. 3-Day - 8)
War Of The Worlds - $168,312 (or $109,531/ 9,286 adms. 3-Day - 6)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $121,944 (or $111,455/ 11,843 adms. 3-Day - 9)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $121,957 (or $91,994/ 8,453 adms. 3-Day - 7)
Mission Impossible 3 - $82,929 (7,398 adms. - 8)
Fun With Dick And Jane - $82,196 (or $78,362/ 6,655 adms. 3-Day - 6)
Scary Movie 4 - $78,485 (7,817 adms. - 6)
Ocean’s Twelve - $67,347 (or $61,321/ 4,931 adms. 3-Day - 6)
The Last Samurai - $66,790 (or $58,572/ 5,471 adms. 3-Day - 5)
The Bourne Supremacy - $66,326 (or $57,729/ 5,522 adms. 3-Day - 5)


TURKEY - Opening Weekend

Improved on the original by over $220k, still not Cruise's best in this market.

War Of The Worlds - $1,110,952 (1,488,787 YTL - 252)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $985,834 (1,310,666 YTL - 118)
Ocean’s Twelve - $927,007 (199)
The Last Samurai - $899,351 (158)
King Kong - $890,858 (1,203,460 YTL - 137)
Mission Impossible 3 - $813,867 (1,111,335 YTL - 178)
Gelibolu (Gallipoli) - $771,999 (97)
Mission Impossible 2 - $595,000 (79)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $561,126 (768,069 YTL - 85)

Yeah, looks like a 20% drop is in store in Germany. That'd be great normally, but considering the lame opening...

LOL, it's tough crawling back from a $3m start....wish it all the best of luck.....i doubt it can even reach the dissapointing totals of Narnia, King Kong and WOTW there....

BTW - Dr. Lecter, any big local movies coming out this year ?

Yeah, Hui Buh. It's a family flick, mixes live action with animation. A bit similar to Casper actually, about a ghost in a castle. The ghost is voiced by the main star (and director) of (T)Raumschiff Surprise and Schuh des Manitu and the film also stars many members of the cast of those two films. It is a programmed success. I suppose 6,000,000+ admissions assured, probably more.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428646/

Then this flick: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466149/

Based on a popular books series about four young detectives.

Not bad, could potentially make for a double hitter in the same veins as 2004's tripple hitter (T)Raumschiff, Der Untergang and 7 Zwerge....

...i guess the 2nd half of 2006 really needs something.......nothing really interests me at the momment besides Casino Royale...

THE PERFUME and 7 ZWERGE 2 should be big too. Unfortunately, another would-be-blockbuster called SPECIAL was delayed til next year...

Ahhh, I completely forgot that that crapfest 7 Zwerge 2 is coming out. Yeah, it is assured a 4,000,000+ admissions performance.

The Perfume doesn't count, in my opinion, just like the Astreix films didn't. It is definitely an international production.

Well, THE PERFUME got a German director, a German producer, is based on a German language book by a German author and is financed by German money - sounds pretty German to me...

As a half german i'm ashamed of the movie going habit of fellow germans. It seems as if all they care about nowadays are stupid local comedies...

It is not financed exclusively by German money, it is shot in English (my main factor) and it stars an international cast. To me, it's like calling The Good, The Bad and The Ugly foreign (Italian) films..I don't consider them such.

Hear hear.

But there is always something like Sophie Scholl and Downfall.

Yahoo

MI:3 was at $93M as of Thursday. It made $36M+ in its second weekend. That is a good hold since the first week had additional days at several markets. This may get close to $200M without Japan.

From hollywoodreporter:

Internationally, "Mission: Impossible III" raked in another $70 million to bring its two-week earnings overall to $214 million.

Sounds very good! 400m worldwide is coming!

I think that $70M for the second weekend includes domestic numbers also.

OS: 129.2 Dom: 84.6 Total: 214.8

Looks like $390 million worldiwde as its final gross to me. Very respectable. Japan should churn out $50+ million.

Yep, it may stand at 130m overseas now. That 70m includes intl. weekdays, too. I don't know exactly, but it may grossed 40m this weekend. Very nice! It is very important to reach 50m in Japan , because DVC will destroy every movie next week, opening around 200m worldwide.

Alfred: I agree with Dr. Lecter's WW total and your assesment of DVC's impact. Without DVC, MI:3 would have gotten to $225M+ without Japan.

$213.8 million total, actually. Sorry for nitpicking