Well I do think it will be leggy in Japan. I think it will stay around for a few weeks it should still pass 400 million.

BOM reported the weekend total as $40M for Ice Age 2 and a total of $333M. Much better than the earlier report. The holdover drop was 50%. But the movie still tanked in Japan and S. Korea.

BOM International Report

Yea, I saw that, since it grossed 54 million last weekend, thats a drop of of about 22%. Not too shabby.

It actually grossed $60M last weekend. This weekend gross for the holdovers is $30M. That is a 50% drop, which is not too bad.

But its potential ($450M+) took a big hit, when it tanked in Japan and South Korea.

INTERNATIONAL

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $47,373,645 (Spain/Mexico/Russia/Brazil/Netherlands - 29/4605) or $64.2m week
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $158,000,808 ($94,962,060 - UK/Germany/France/Australia - 49/8321) or $192.3m week
3 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $263,192,823 ($60,337,957 - HK - 57/8303) or $291.5m week
4 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $333,062,067 ($40,233,152 - Japan/SKorea - 60/9034) or $349m week

The 4th weekend drop was much less than had been reported earlier in the week, down only 33%...it's total now approaches $350m. With China the only major market to go and Mission Impossible leading the blockbusters of 2006....its total should fizz out at around $420m-$430m.


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UNITED KINGDOM - Week 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $27,716,956 (502 TC)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $39,809,607 ($12,092,651, -57%)*Easter

Fails to capitalise on its huge opening, IA2 continues to tumble, down a huge 67%. Its $4m 3rd week is actually the lowest for any movie above $30m in their 3rd weeks. Unless it stabilises....it might have to settle for Reloaded-like $55m gross.....this from a $27.7m opening week.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $78,744,615 ($16,212,246, -38%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $69,187,366 ($8,351,491, -24%)
Shrek 2 - $69,005,727 ($10,898,197, -43%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $66,690,576 ($10,782,445, -47%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $65,451,564 ($13,137,329, -44%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $61,690,161 ($8,099,447, -57%)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $60,496,010 ($9,354,875, -38%)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $57,058,144 ($10,924,493, -34%)
Toy Story 2 - $54,565,380 ($12,799,563, -47%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $54,229,495 ($12,341,450, -35%)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason - $53,812,338 ($9,242,391, -42%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $52,583,853 ($14,103,532, -14%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $50,946,156 ($10,560,030, -31%)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - $50,376,811 ($9,469,689, -36%)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit - $47,849,290 ($8,658,233, -52%)
Finding Nemo - $46,320,495 ($16,370,815, +25%)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $45,664,810 ($6,104,293, -39%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $43,981,503 ($4,171,896, -66%)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $43,464,910 ($8,974,843, -25%)
Meet The Fockers - $42,861,274 ($10,660,186, -8%)
Monsters Inc - $42,413,649 ($7,263,325, -48%)
King Kong - $41,839,778 ($9,539,424, -20%)*New Years


GERMANY - Week 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $24,334,063 (3.612.053 adms. - 1061 TC)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $42,436,532 ($18,102,469, -26%)*Easter

Germany stands as IA2's largest market, approaching the $50m barrier....its' admission count already tops 6m..

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $70,888,360 (8.237.289 adms. - $14,783,417/ 1.642.541 adms., -42%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $59,336,459 (7.991.572 adms. - $12,250,874/1.668.248 adms., -42%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $48,602,302 ($6,165,770, -67%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $46,738,689 (5.858.090 adms. - $8,100,814/ 1.025.337 adms., -34%)
Independence Day - $46,234,479 ($12,088,562, -18%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $45,116,058 (7.377.282 adms. - $10,694,433/1.689.287 adms., -36%)
(T)Raumschiff Surprise: Periode 1 - $44,414,416 (6.534.633 adms. - $7,973,885/ 1.175.802 adms., -40%)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $41,133,381 (6.611.906 adms. - $7,327,756/1.194.885adms., -44%)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $41,093,477 (7.462.567 adms. - $9,765,042/1.791.268 adms., -23%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $38,316,112 (4.580.723 adms. - $6,791,676/ 823.791 adms., -23%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $36,621,441 (4.925.064 adms. - $6,125,628/ 838.899 adms., -47%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $36,443,818 ($7,520,259, -31%)
Sieben Zwerge - Männer Allein Im Wald (7 Dwarfs) - $35,712,133 (4.859.266 adms. - $8,063,116/ 1.101.419 adms., -30%)
Finding Nemo - $35,434,020 (5.597.520 adms. - $7,877,847/1.237.580 adms., -31%)
Jurassic Park 1 - $33,265,959 ($7,904,835, -29%)
Titanic - $31,619,645 (4.379.161 adms. - $10,726,075/ 1.476.102 adms., -2%)
Men In Black 1 - $30,970,511 ($5,944,439, -37%)
Madagascar - $30,105,604 ($6,488,290, -38%)



FRANCE - Week 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $14,650,228 (2,171,390 adms. - 858 TC)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $26,648,442 ($11,792,213/ 1,723,886 adms., -21%)

Still registering impressive numbers, IA2 stays close to Shrek 2 and Nemo...$45m is garaunteed....can it get to $50m?

Les Bronzes 3: Amis Pour La Vie - $53,790,366 ($11,556,493/ 1,740,300 adms., -29%)
Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre - $49,936,208
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $42,894,780 (6.114.324 adms. - $7,496,048/ 1.068.557 adms., -49%)
Taxi 2 - $42,734,909 ($8,645,613, -25%)
Astérix & Obélix vs. Caesar - $41,726,543 ($11,345,966, -14%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $40,365,352 ($6,453,127, -34%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $38,347,144 ($8,073,096/ 1,207,225 adms., -22%)
Visitors II - $37,381,316 ($7,874,990, -38%)
Shrek 2 - $34,278,697 ($8,755,045, -16%)
Finding Nemo - $34,173,049 ($8,785,228, -20%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $34,131,516 ($6,277,721, -42%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $33,943,807 ($7,171,411/ 1,043,524 adms., -39%)
Titanic - $33,706,965 ($10,313,774, -8%)
Jurassic Park 1 - ~$30.8m (-61%)
La Verite Si Je Mens 2 - $30,589,373 ($5,900,086, -41%)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $30,369,576 ($7,471,474, -14%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $29,304,620 ($7,076,843, -21%)


MEXICO - Week 4

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $12,539,540 (740 TC)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $21,781,022 ($9,241,482, -25%)
3 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $25,962,162 ($4,181,140, -55%)*Easter

After being the #1 movie through weeks 2 and 3....a 76% drop pushes it below Spiderman.....with its weekly figures now down to the $1m mark....whether it can stay above Shrek 2 to become the all-time toon champion in Mexico...is still up in the air.

Spiderman - $27,182,596 ($2,419,189, -45%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $26,986,424 ($1,024,262, -76%)
Shrek 2 - $26,143,485 ($2,085,345, -40%)
Fantastic Four - $20,500,772 ($1,810,856, -45%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe - $19,342,067 ($2,398,927, -39%)
Spiderman 2 - $19,271,173 ($1,142,102, -52%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $19,015,271 ($1,390,684, -48%)
The Passion Of The Christ - $17,904,977 ($1,860,347, -45%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $16,805,641 ($1,404,020, -46%)
Madagascar - $16,772,933 ($1,459,672, -50%)
Ice Age - $16,662,789 ($2,051,384, -42%)
Finding Nemo - $16,416,116 ($1,801,920, -34%)


SPAIN - Week 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $7,679,401 (449 TC)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $14,995,603 ($7,316,202, -5%)*Easter

Solid drop after Easter...its 3rd week is the 6th largest of All-time.....behind only ROTK, Shrek 2, TTT, Titanic and Mortadelo y Filemón.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $32,939,742 ($6,372,344, -41%)
Shrek 2 - $27,271,874 ($4,316,437, -46%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $23,791,983 ($4,261,569, -44%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $19,572,249 ($1,976,150, -76%)
Torrente 3: The Protector - $19,646,630 ($1,961,206, -71%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $19,244,796 ($2,739,125, -44%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $18,841,812 ($3,846,209, -47%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $18,637,311 (€20,828,470 - $3,262,369, -49%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $17,622,653 ($3,714,912, -30%)
The Incredibles - $17,047,471 ($2,314,309, -71%)


AUSTRALIA - Week 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $5,360,117 (or $5,322,626 without p/v - 388 TC)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $10,888,010 ($5,527,893, +4%)*Easter

IA2's holding powers are awesome to date.....US$20m is so in the bag.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $26,784,607 ($4,365,057, -49%)
Shrek 2 - $26,578,510 ($6,174,398, -31%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $21,687,333 ($3,387,053, -43%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $20,217,359 ($3,014,669, -44%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $19,308,237 ($4,745,945, -43%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $19,186,424 ($2,982,147, -44%)
Meet The Fockers - $18,110,657 ($4,200,266, -38%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $17,497,522 ($2,588,905, -28%)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $17,195,665 ($2,730,298, -45%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $16,674,681 ($2,633,645, -42%)
The Incredibles - $15,670,462 ($3,509,618, -41%)
Spiderman 2 - $15,423,915 ($2,170,872, -54%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $15,407,676 ($2,617,160, -52%)
Madagascar - $15,336,960 ($3,542,336, -18%)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $14,953,346 ($2,523,271, -40%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $14,705,926 ($3,817,916, -33%)
Finding Nemo - $14,560,567 ($3,425,420, -30%)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - $13,891,544 ($2,799,865, -35%)
Titanic - $13,823,267 ($3,572,572, -2%)


SWITZERLAND - Weekend 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $3,173,293 (or $2,762,494/ 3,596,215 SFR 4-Day - 139)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $6,881,298 ($2,342,386/ 2,991,227 SFR, -17%)

Coming off a hot Easter frame, IA2 falls an understandable 56%....and maintains its lead over ROTK. $10m is assured now with $11m a high possibility.

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $8,901,091 ($1,036,427/ 1,322,273 SFR, -56%)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $7,929,395 ($1,422,828/ 1,762,884 SFR, -26%)
Finding Nemo - $5,772,979 ($1,447,973/ 1,851,957 SFR, -14%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $4,917,689 ($870,039/ 1,081,197 SFR, -37%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $4,775,296 ($1,350,209/ 1,782,816 SFR, +28%)
Troy - $3,663,555 ($567,896/ 712,369 SFR, -58%)
Ocean’s Twelve - $3,637,090 ($648,949/ 744,993 SFR, +21%)*NY
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $3,614,716 ($507,354/ 634,396 SFR, -15%)
Shrek 2 - $3,573,388 ($968,327/ 1,187,459 SFR, +33%)
Meet The Fockers - $3,517,280 ($577,435/ 674,213 SFR, -39%)
Spiderman 2 - $3,199,226 ($382,586/ 483,436 SFR, -31%)
Hitch - $3,180,633 ($601,731/ 702,340 SFR, -39%)
Ready, Steady, Charlie! - $3,174,937 ($837,072/ 1,114,143 SFR, -5%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $3,148,394 ($454,426/ 572,577 SFR, -41%)
Madagascar - $3,124,789 ($830,401/ 1,071,881 SFR, +9%)


DENMARK - Weekend 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,582,098 (or $1,265,353/ 7,795,714 DKR/ 122,838 adms. 3-Day - 92)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $4,042,263 ($900,316/ 5,470,863 DKR/ 86,850 adms., -30%)

Largish drop brings IA2 back down to earth, HP3 closes the gap to $0.3m (was $0.6m last week).

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $10,881,202 ($1,621,919/ 9,593,648 DKR/ 114,440 adms., -22%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $6,849,470 ($908,766/ 5,792,114 DKR/ 68,189 adms., -40%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $4,920,311 ($394,132/ 2,383,513 DKR/ 38,432 adms., -56%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $4,544,810 ($474,206/ 2,894,319 DKR/ 43,009 adms., -46%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $4,187,758 ($461,240/ 2,795,898 DKR/ 38,229 adms., -25%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $3,872,191 ($750,711/ 4,609,143 DKR/ 68,007 adms., +44%)
Gi'r Aldrig Op (Far Til Fire) - $3,833,362 ($273,062/ 1,683,835 DKR/ 29,278 adms., -75%)
My Sister’s Kids In Egypt - $3,677,173 ($273,444/ 1,609,548 DKR/ 28,964 adms., -72%)
Troy - $3,369,009 ($349,479/ 2,122,527 DKR/ 25,618 adms., -35%)
Shrek 2 - $3,159,004 ($532,655/ 3,257,130 DKR/ 54,486 adms., -38%)


BELGIUM - Weekend 4

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,433,274 (€1,184,329 - 120)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Metldown - $3,581,788 ($1,585,581/ €1,308,992, +11%)
3 - Ice Age 2: The Metldown - $5,556,268 ($1,395,032/ €1,135,933, -13%)

Huge 74% drop...it will find it very difficult now to stay with HP4....look for Nemo to come from behind in the next few weeks....stay tuned.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $7,778,024 (€6,059,081 - $708,842/ 552,188, -42%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $6,357,974 ($550,300/ €458,356, -37%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $6,250,455 ($361,521/ €293,013, -74%)
Shrek 2 - $5,182,440 ($555,192/ €446,080, -44%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $4,997,977 ($767,533/ €630,260, -14%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $4,647,647 ($393,254/ €325,677, -64%)
Finding Nemo - $4,624,529 ($796,476/ €644,747, +23%)
Troy - $4,140,470 ($379,574/ €310,085, -46%)
King Kong - $3,968,413 ($634,443/ €522,350, +3%)


SWEDEN - Weekend 4

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,440,264 (11,224,986 SKR - 159)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $2,745,311 ($953,420/ 7,349,724 SKR, -35%)
3 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $4,239,386 ($706,534/ 5,350,723 SKR, -27%)

IA2 falls behind Ondskan for the first time...though its tracking as the #2 CGI animated movie behind Nemo....IA2 is a full $2.4m ahead of Shrek 2 at this point ($2,387,530)

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $19,352,398 ($1,529,715/ 10,851,798 SKR, -39%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe - $9,247,157 ($612,392/ 4,723,441 SKR, -51%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $6,795,017 ($477,408/ 3,803,270 SKR, -44%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $6,370,035 ($345,270/ 2,628,713 DKR, -64%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $6,189,490 ($332,519/ 2,482,354 SKR, +22%)
Finding Nemo - $6,173,399 ($573,215/ 4,229,180 SKR, -41%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $5,362,942 ($561,558/ 4,484,602 SKR, -19%)
Evil (Ondskan) - $4,909,362 ($500,148/ 3,863,143 SKR, -23%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $4,751,713 ($317,665/ 2,401,007 SKR, -55%)
Spiderman 2 - $4,328,613 ($170,587/ 1,309,068 SKR, -38%)
Brother Bear - $4,133,035 ($471,851/ 3,512,553 SKR, -27%)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $3,784,208 ($151,131/ 1,141,946 SKR, -47%)


RUSSIA (CIS) - Weekend 4

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $7,779,006 (or $6,411,266/ 177,672,850 3-Day - 397 SC)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $13,512,023 ($3,385,108/ 93,655,783 R, -47%)
3 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $15,920,399 ($1,345,722/ 37,040,325 R, -60%)

Turkish Gambits reduces the gap to $0.7m (was $1.8m last weekend)....movies normally have a very short life in Russia, expect some more drops like this....it's total should top out at $18-$19m.

Dnevnoy Dozor (Day Watch) - $29,679,683 ($1,395,708/ 39,079,824 R, -27%)
Company 9 - $21,691,941 ($1,268,209/ 36,245,413 R, -49%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $16,689,593 ($421,078/ 11,572,908 R, -69%)
Турецкий гамбит Егор Бероев (Turkish Gambit) - $15,995,070 ($1,077,403, -36%)
Nochnoj Dozor (Night Watch) - $14,180,314 ($893,457)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $12,703,625
Bumer, Film Vtoroy (Bimmer, Part Two) - $12,544,543 ($131,054/ 3,631,847 R, -71%) - OUT
Troy - $10,878,917 ($463,048, -33%)
War Of The Worlds - $9,922,573 ($150,702/ 4,325,283 R, -73%) - OUT
Bastards - $9,376,433 ($470,377/ 13,261,715 R, -57%)
King Kong - $9,258,253 ($316,825/ 9,083,372 R, +20%)

THR:

On the cusp of the summer blockbuster season, the international boxoffice was largely static during the weekend as 20th Century Fox International's "Ice Age: The Meltdown" remained No. 1, garnering $25.3 million from 8,396 screens in 61 territories. The film's weekend estimate was just $2.3 million higher than the previous weekend despite coming from more than double the number of overseas markets. "Meltdown's" international gross shot past the $350 million mark, logging in at an estimated $373.6 million.


So Ice Age 2 is at $551 m worldwide, which is fantastic considering #1 finished at $382 m worldwide.

Well, I hope the long May holidays with schools off for nearly 10 days will help. But it's not a fact, Russia is unpredictable.

Ice Age 2 still leads international with $25.3m weekend

http://www.screendaily.com/story.asp?storyid=25984

Fox International's Ice Age 2: The Meltdown is bearing down on $400m following another dominant weekend that generated an estimated $25.3m.

Playing on 8,396 screens, the smash animated sequel has now amassed $373.6m in international ticket sales.

The highlight was a superb $4.7m second weekend haul in Italy on 647 screens for number one and a $15.1m running total.

Fourth weekend number ones holds took place in France on $3.3m on 847 screens for $38.6m, $3.1m in Germany on 1,093 for an excellent $51.7m, $1.7m in the UK on 485 for a mighty $45.5m, and $1.4m in Australia on 336 for $15.8m. After two weekends Japan generated $1.1m on 467 for $2.8m.


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$373.6m + $177.7m = $551.3m est. (#32)

Italy's hold is very impressive, though it looks like Golden Week can't save Ice Age 2 in Japan....and its takings continue to drop at rapid rate in the UK.

On the Worldwide front, it has just surpassed Mission Impossible 2, The Day After Tomorrow and last year's monster epic, King Kong.

Hmm, it won't make it to $650 million probably now, but should pass $625 million.

IA2 has finally topped Finding Nemo, to become the biggest (CGI-) animated film in Germany.