How many markets was this released this weekend ? 44.8 is a great number given that it did not open in most of the small markets

"Pixar/Disney's "Toy Story 3," the weekend's No. 1 domestic film, opened briskly on the foreign theatrical circuit, grossing $44.8 million from 4,787 screens in 25 territories -- only a quarter of the total overseas marketplace.

Strong debuts in China and in Latin America, said Disney, "registered the biggest consolidated debut for a Pixar title from this bucket of release markets, almost doubling the (comparable) high set by 'Up.' " That 2009 title drew total foreign boxoffice of $438 million (versus $293 million domestic).

Top market for the Pixar animation threequel was Mexico, which provided $14.3 million, which Disney described as the biggest market opening ever for an animation title.

In China, "Toy Story 3" grossed $9.5 million on the weekend, also a record market debut for an animation film. Brazil came up with 3.3 million, best market opening to date for a Pixar title, while Argentina tallied $2.3 million, another record market opening.

As it has for all previous Pixar titles, Disney is releasing "Toy Story 3" in a months-long, graduated overseas rollout to capitalize on local market conditions around the world. The threequel this week bows in eight territories including Australia and India."

From THR.

That is INSANE for Mexico.

It was insane in the movie theaters I went to 3 places because i couldnt find any tickets...

Same here... every showing in mi city was sold out. I'm gonna watch it today.

That's the bigges OW ever,the previous record made by Spider Man ($12.8m), and PWNING the animated record made by Ice Age 3 ($9.1m)

TS3 results in Eastern Europe must be really bad if they don't mention Russian or Polish results...

Very strong grosses in Mexico and CHina. BRazil was relatively good (but nowhere near Dreamworks levels). and Argentina is quite strong as well.

Overall, considering the number of markets its opened to, this is really good.

MEXICO - Opening Weekend

Well, the position tells it all. Biggest opening weekend of all-time in US$ and extends the record by over $2.3m. WOW.

1) Toy Story 3 - $14.3m
2) Spiderman 3 - $11,873,676 (130,782,022 Pesos 3-Day - 930/1260p)
3) Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $10,085,512 (5-Day or $7,852,698/ 84,432,209 Pesos 3-Day - 1030p)
4) Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $9,687,742 (132.4m Pesos or $9,162,498 3-Day - 970)
5) Shrek 2 - $9,887,683 (5-Day or $6.96m 3-Day - 369) or $10,431,342 by Mon
6) Iron Man - $9,575,583 (or $5,272,729 3-Day - 416)
7) Harry Potter 6: HBP - $9,461,712 (121,900,000 Pesos/ 2.7m adms. or $6,660,905 3-Day - 1545)
8) Shrek 3 - $9,117,354 (98,251,342 Pesos - 418)
9) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $8,868,597 (94,414,248 Pesos - 1096p)
10) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $8,850,363 (96,114,942 Pesos - 1083)

Spiderman - $8.67m (1100p)
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $8,166,640 (or $5,110,423 3-Day - 475)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $7,660,492 (or $6,107,021 3-Day - 838)
Alice In Wonderland - $7,620,403 (780)
Clash Of The Titans - $7,177,135 (979)
Iron Man 2 - $7,042,060 (906)

The Simpson Movie - $6,808,421 (or $5,457,104 3-Day - 842 TC)
Kung Fu Panda - $6,153,908 (423)
Avatar - $5,853,336 (or $4,998,010 4-Day - 241 3D/1138)
Wall-E - $5,391,590 (790)
Madagascar - $5m (381) or $5,300,582 by Mon
Ratatouille - $ 4,919,826 (or $4,607,814/ 49,569,481 Pesos - 688)
Cars - $4,548,623 (50,476,069 Pesos - 425/800p)
Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa - $4,455,100 (866)
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time - $4,365,549 (875)
Finding Nemo - $4.1m (380)
Up - $3,954,119 (or $3,601,639 3-Day - 799)
Dinosaur - $3.9m (1.2m adms - 600)
The Incredibles - $3.5m (680)
Ice Age - $3.4m (488)
Monsters Inc - $3.2m (635 TC)
Over The Hedge - $3m (403)
Tarzan - $3m (526)
How To Train Your Dragon - $2,791,749 (852)
Toy Story 2 - $2.7m (521)
Shrek 1 - $2.4m (358)

Toy Story 1 (3D) (2009) - $905,458 (165)
Toy Story 2 (3D) (2009) - $809,111 (165)


CHINA - Opening Weekend

While it didn't quite make the Top 10, this is the largest opening for an animation feature and is the 2nd largest of the year so far behind Alice in Wonderland. Great start.

1) Avatar - $42.33m (287 Yuan - 2474sc)
2) Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $21.9m (1000)
3) The Founding Of A Republic (2009) - $18.22m (124.36m Yuan)
4) Red Cliff: Part 1 (2008) - $15,776,327 (RMB100)
5) A Simple Noodle Story (2009) - $14.84m (101.32m Yuan)
6) Red Cliff: Part 2 (2009) - $14,822,876
7) Transformers - $12,797,171 (300)
8) Harry Potter 6: HBP - $12.44m (85m Yuan)
9) 2012 - $12.74m (87m Yuan - 1946)
10) Curse Of The Golden Flower - $12,268,804 (RMB96m - 826)

Fei Cheng Wu Rao (If You Are the One) (2008) - $11,637,718
The Forbidden Kingdom - $11,396,011 (RMB80m)
Bodyguards And Assassins (2009) - $10.95m (74.8m Yuan)
The Warlords - $10,837,171
Alice In Wonderland - $9.81m (67 Yuan)
James Bond: Quantum Of Solace - $9,622,134 (1251p)
Toy Story 3 - $9.5m
Cheung Gong 7 Hou (CJ7) - $9,175,587
The Promise - $9m (RMB74m 4-Days - 600)
The Assembly - $8,813,559
The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - $8,756,056
14 Blades (2010) - $8.35m (57m Yuan)
Just Another Pandora's Box (2010) - $8.2m (56m Yuan)
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time - $8.1m
Clash Of The Titans - $7.91m (54m Yuan)
Iron Man 2 - $7.9m (3000 situations)

Go LaLa Go (2010) - $6.74m (46m Yuan)
Pleasant Goat And Big Big Wolf 2 (2010) - $6.59m (45m Yuan)
Kung Fu Panda - $5,515,159
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $5m
Confucius (2010) - $4.1m (28m Yuan)
Up - $3.22m (22m Yuan)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - $2,425,837
Cars - $1.2m (135)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $997,000 (550)
Finding Nemo - $925,000 (246)
Shrek 2 - $504,000 (RMB 4.2m)


BRAZIL - Opening Weekend

Not quite as strong comparatively as the other countries, it still garnered one of the best opening weekends of the year. It's the 4th largest opening for an animated release of all-time behind Ice Age 3, Shrek 3 and Ice Age 2.

1) Harry Potter 6: HBP - $8,315,625 (15.8m Raeis/ 1.8m adms. 5-Day or $4,840,468 3-Day - 688)
2) Spiderman 3 - $7,285,159 (14m Raeais - 875)
3) The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $6,911,031 (744)
4) Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $6,439,817 (5-Day or $3,919,060 3-Day - 725)
5) Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $6,187,723 (or $4,557,572 3-Day - 710)

Alice In Wonderland - $6,043,391 (494)
Shrek 3 - $5,982,719 (or $5,116,374 3-Day - 575)
Iron Man - $5,705,735 (or $3,416,837 3-Day - 569)
Indiana Jones: The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - $5,516,379 (or $3,631,854 3-Day - 545)
2012 - $5,238,583 (550)
Avatar - $5,202,019 (or $4,857,807 3-Day - 739)
Alvin And The Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel - $5,085,007 (or $3,397,197 3-Day - 395)
Iron Man 2 - $4,763,525 (626)
The Da Vinci Code - $4,751,897 (9.9m Raeais - 534)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $4,647,046 (789) or $5.2m Mon
The Dark Knight - $4,444,201 (549)
Clash Of The Titans - $4,202,884 (554)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $4.1m (550)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - $3,982,209 (or $3,433,146 3-Day - 575)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $3.9m (507)
Angels & Demons - $3,769,793 (509)
Se Eu Fosse Você 2 (If I Were You 2) (2009) - $3,646,568 (or $2,396,515 3-Day - 263)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $3.5m (580)
Chico Xavier (2010) - $3,489,373 (or $3,487,486 3-Day - 340)
Hancock - $3,467,059 (380)
Spiderman - $3.4m (607)
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time - $3,393,599 (or $2,496,890 3-Day - 363)
Toy Story 3 - $3.3m

Kung Fu Panda - $3,136,438 (or $2,688,679 3-Day - 404)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - $3,100,937 (578)
The Simpsons Movie - $2,732,986 (or $2,637,193 without p/v - 442)
Robin Hood - $2,408,757 (413 TC)
Madagascar - $2,293,871 (incl. p/v - 296 TC)
Up - $1,977,772 (329)
The Incredibles - $1.71m
Shrek 2 - $1,702,430 (471) or $1,788,873 by Mon
Dinosaur - $1.6m (320)
Ratatouille - $1,470,221 (or $1,342,991 without p/v - 308)
Wall-E - $1,449,372 (310)
Monsters vs. Aliens - $1,462,954 (331)
Finding Nemo - $1.1m (294)
Ice Age - $950,000 (292)
Toy Story 2 - $649,000 (248)
Shrek - $605,000 est.


ARGENTINA - Opening Weekend

On par with The Simpsons, which to this day is still the largest animated release of all-time. This market is so pro-animation, look at the sheer amount of hits in the upper echelons.

1) The Simpsons Movie - $2,342,609 (182)
2) Toy Story 3 - $2.3m
3) Shrek 3 - $2,089,794 (or $1,605,373 4-Day - 182)
4) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $1,832,341 (258)
5) Harry Potter 6: HBP - $1,826,569 (or $1,824,783 4-Day - 95)
6) Titanic - $1.8m (85)
7) Spiderman - $1.7m
8) Alice In Wonderland - $1,668,739 (131)
9) Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa - $1,653,150 (156)
10) Spiderman 3 - $1,569,568 (227)

Up - $1,437,463 (or $1,046,622 4-Day - 112)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,430,374 (4,401,495 Pesos/ 544,158 adms. - 141)
Clash Of The Titans - $1,226,076 (104)
Shrek 2 - $1,151,266 (3,414,080 Pesos/ 528,617 adms. - 123 TC) or $854,577 (71)
Kung Fu Panda - $1,140,358 (153)
Wall-E - $1,126,274 (167)
Shrek - $1.1m (62)
Dinosaur - $1.1m (111)
Tarzan - $1m (88)
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time - $907,596 (96)
Ratatouille - $904,804 (or $688,466 4-Day - 164)
Madagascar - $869,838 (or $847,049/ 2,432,047 Pesos/ 344,596 adms. - 160)
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $843,604 (or $716,546 4-Day - 135)
Iron Man 2 - $755,668 (83)
Robin Hood - $731,564 (79)
Monsters Inc - $713,000 (179)
Cars - $667,558 (2,058,615 Pesos/ 226,675 adms. - 99)
The Incredibles - $615,038 (1,828,938 Pesos/ 275,996 adms. - 97)
Toy Story 2 - $466,000
Ice Age - $424,679 (103 TC)
How To Train Your Dragon - $403,513 (118)
A Bug’s Life - $392,000 (100)
Finding Nemo - $390,000 (160)
Aladdin - $336,000 (71,000 adms. - 22)

Yeah, pretty worrying for sure, especially in Russia. I can't possibly gross more than China's $9.5m....especially when if you minus all the markets with numbers $44.8m - $14.3m - $9.5m - $3.3m - $2.3m...leaves just $15.4m for the remaining 21 markets.

I think it probably grossed in the vicinity of $4-5m in Russia. Also Mesjarch's projection of Poland looks very close indeed.

Well, Shrek 4 looks like it has the early edge in Europe....South and Latin America could be neck and neck between the two...with Asia the deciding factor. I give the edge in Asia to Toy Story 3 all because of Japan. There's no way Shrek 4 will come within 40% of TS3's gross.

ALL-TIME - Largest Opening Weekends

Quite a reasonable placing considering the limited international release. Overall, this counts as the 3rd largest Worldwide opening of 2010 and the 3rd largest for an animated release behind IA3 and Simpsons Movie.

1) Harry Potter 6: HBP - $158,022,354 + $237,000,000 = $395,022,354 (5-Day - 84/15,900)
2) Spiderman 3 - $151,116,516 + $230,544,376 = $381,660,892 (6-Days - 107/16,711)
3) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $127,972,864 + $216,361,000 = $344,333,864 (5-Days - 102/17,600)
4) Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $139,715,157 + $193,000,000 = $332,715,157 (5-Days)
5) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $158,449,700 + $145,534,793 = $303,984,493 (5-Days - 105c/114t/10,489)
6) Indiana Jones: The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - $125,178,907 + $146,388,656 = $271,567,563 (55/8427)
7) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $124,100,534 + $126.8m = $250.9m (5-Days - 28t/14,000+)
8) The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $142,839,137 + $132,100,000 = $274,939,137 (24/6873)
9) Avatar - $77,025,481 + $164,545,565 = $241,571,046 (106/14,604)
10) The Da Vinci Code - $77,073,388 + $155,000,649 = $232,074,037 (57/12182)

2012 - $65,237,614 + $165,232,860 = $230,470,474 (105/12,685)
Iron Man 2 - $128,122,480 + $100,200,000 = $228,322,480 (53/6764)
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $200,077,255 + $19,843,916 = $219,921,171 (2)
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $66,732,868 + $151,697,196 = $218,430,064 (5-Day - 101/11652)
Alice In Wonderland - $116,101,023 + $100,500,000 = $216,601,023 (40/6455)
War Of The Worlds - $100,561,125 + $110,085,902 = $210,647,027 (5-Days - 79/9955)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $93,687,367 + $113.51m = $207.21m (24/7804)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $83,790,000 + $119,037,452 = $202,827,452 (5-Days - 80c/109t/10,013tc/18,013sc)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $102,046,212 + $99.8m = $201.8m (5-Days - 27c)
Iron Man - $98,588,581 + $102,118,668 = $200,707,249 (5-Days - 56/7588)
The Dark Knight - $158,411,483 + $40,664,197 = $199,075,680 (20/4064)
Spiderman 2 - $152,411,751 + $43,755,772 = $196,167,523 (5-Days - 34t)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $102,685,961 + $85.5m = $188.2m
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $135,634,554 + $46,636,000 = $182,270,554 (7/1552)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $102,750,665 + $76,262,125 = $179,012,790 (95/8531)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $110,169,285 + $69m = $179m (4-Days - 72c)
The Simpsons Movie - $74,036,787 + $96,854,197 = $170,890,984
The Matrix: Reloaded - $134,282,716 + $31.6m = $165.9m (4-Days - 13c)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - $85,058,003 + $73,154,892 = $158,212,895 (101/9364)
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $85,558,731 + $69.27m = $154.8m (5-Days - 93c)
The Day After Tomorrow - $68,743,584 + $85.4m = $154.1m (110c)
Toy Story 3 - $109,000,000 + $44,800,000 = $153,800,000 (25/4787)
King Kong - $66,181,645 + $83,338,788 = $149,520,433 (5-Days)
Angels & Demons - $46,204,168 + $102,060,465 = $148,264,633 (67/10,284)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $88,357,488 + $59.5m = $147.5m (3-Days - 9c)
Hancock - $62,603,879 + $78,860,628 = $141,464,507 (55/5759)
Shrek 3 - $122,536,609 + $14,248,489 = $136,785,098 (4/689)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $75,129,468 + $58m = $133m (5-Days)
Spiderman - $114,844,116 + $11.1m = $125.1m (3-Days - 18c)
Mission Impossible 3 - $47,743,273 + $70,028,165 = $117,771,438 (3-Days)
Harry Potter 1: SS - $90,294,621 + $26m = $116m (3-Days - 3c)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $68,033,544 + $47,373,645 = $115,407,189

Here's some of the runs it needs to compete against:

1 - Alice In Wonderland - $100.5m (40/6455)
2 - Alice In Wonderland - $221m ($76m - 48/6621)
3 - Alice In Wonderland - $363m ($46m - 51/7170)
4 - Alice In Wonderland - $422.3m ($34.2m - 51/8443)
5 - Alice In Wonderland - $461.5m ($19m - 51/7152)
7 - Alice In Wonderland - $503.5m ($34m - 53/7134)
8 - Alice In Wonderland - $548.5m ($26.7m - 54/7233)
9 - Alice In Wonderland - $591m ($22.5m - 54/6930)
10 - Alice In Wonderland - $629.5m ($12.5m - 54/5946)
11 - Alice In Wonderland - $649m ($10.7m - 55/3861)
12 - Alice In Wonderland - $663.8m ($7.3m - 26)
13 - Alice In Wonderland - $672.9m ($4.8m)
14 - Alice In Wonderland - $680.3m ($3.5m - 25/1875)

1 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $151,697,196 (101/11,652)
2 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $322,591,951 ($101,886,704 - 102/12,049)
3 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $430,881,961 ($61,902,468 - 102/11,222)
4 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $505.4m ($40.6m - 102/9946)
5 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $550m ($22.3m - 8886)
6 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $578m ($14m - 66/7200)
7 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $589,364,949 ($10,766,690 - 58)
8 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $613,071,250 ($6,276,859 - 33)
9 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $635m ($14,704,814 - 55)
10 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $654,154,351 ($10,363,822 - 39)
11 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $665,262,406 ($6,538,651 - 37)
12 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $669,614,962 ($4,352,556 - 32)
13 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $673,478,259 ($1,626,056 - 6)
14 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $679,906,551 ($1,270,343 - 24)
15 - Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $680,754,007 ($847,456) - OUT

1 - Shrek 3 - $14,248,489 (Russia/Ukraine/Romania/Philippines - 4/689)
2 - Shrek 3 - $22,908,653 ($4,326,534 - 4/642)
3 - Shrek 3 - $28,027,883 ($4,345,238 - 8/804)
4 - Shrek 3 - $54,642,519 ($25,080,319 - Korea/Australia - 21/1671)
5 - Shrek 3 - $108,265,697 ($46,644,001- France/Mexico/Taiwan - 32/3563) or $123.1m week
6 - Shrek 3 - $181,116,301 ($58,034,949 - 41/5810) or $189m week
7 - Shrek 3 - $261,998,702 ($60,981,529 - UK - 41/5810) or $284.6m week
8 - Shrek 3 - $325,526,983 ($35,686,848 - 42/5912)
9 - Shrek 3 - $361,227,612 ($17,958,660 - 54/5654)
10 - Shrek 3 - $382,891,729 ($11,937,406 - 54/4764)
11 - Shrek 3 - $398,651,932 ($6,911,524 - 38/4101)
12 - Shrek 3 - $406,560,515 ($3,138,549 - 35/3238)
13 - Shrek 3 - $412,087,080 ($2,316,941 - 26/2600)
14 - Shrek 3 - $415,477,014 ($1,350,747 - 22/2003)
15 - Shrek 3 - $417,624,891 ($817,491 - 19/1437)

1 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $237,000,000 (34m adms. - 84/15,900)
2 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $404m ($82.5m - 64/15850)
3 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $492.3m ($42.7m - 64/13,200)
4 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $541.8m ($22.3m - 64/11000)
5 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $554,481,644 ($14,262,835 - 56)
6 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $595,800,000 ($7,821,092 - 35)
7 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $610,500,000 ($7,700,000 - 61)
8 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $619,600,000 ($4,260,543 - 48)
9 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $621,747,430 ($2,147,430 - 42)
10 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $622,510,894 ($763,464 - 34)
11 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $627,400,000 ($175,882 - 3)
12 - Harry Potter 6: HBP - $627,621,014 ($221,014 - 20) - OUT

I read at BOM that TS3 was affected by World Cup in brazil. Theaters actually stop shows during brazil's game. But it is crazy on part of disney to release in brazil during wc.

According to official estimates TS3 made only 2.3 million on 550 screens in Russia.

Hmm, that's pretty damn bad.

I think football with 3 matches every day killed our box office.

I agree that TS3 has an edge in Japan but the scheduling for TS3 is very poor. It is opening against 2 juggernauts (local films) though it will still do better than Shrek there

TS3 could gross more in 2days than what Shrek 4 will in total. Shrek 4 is destined to be a massive bomb just like Ice Age 3 (dropped like 70% from Ice Age 2, and barely managed a Top 10 opening). A gross well below $10m is certain. Shrek 4 doesn't open until December, though.

So that's the reason. Shrek 4 is playing a better game at avoiding the WC than TS3

Terrible, Shrek in that market alone will build a $45m+ lead on TS3

I think UK and Japan will belong to the few major markets in which TS3 will outdo Shrek Forever After.

I will wait to see more European numbers before passing judgement. Though it looks almost certain at the momment that both Shrek 4 and Toy STory 3 will be crossing $450m. $500m is likely with $550m a get challenging target for both.

I don't see any of these two movies beating Alice In Wonderland

TS3 opening weekend numbers from Poland - 134 657 adm. - ~950k $. What a disappointment

Disappointing, but not completely incomparable to past Pixar movies.

Finding Nemo: 248k
Up: 232k
Ratatouille: 212k
Incredibles: 154k
Toy Story 3: 135k
Wall-e: 128k
Monsters, Inc: 75k
Cars: 70k
Toy Story 2: 58k
Toy Story: 54k

The China number is completely wrong. Don't have the final actual yet, but the opening week's figure was in the $4-5m range.

In Russia TS3 opened with 377,870 admissions, that's down 45 % compared to UP (681,154)

Are these numbers just the estimates or the real figure. If what xiayun says is correct this could end up about 40m in 25 markets.