Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, the fourth installment of the spy franchise debuted to an estimated $68.2 million in 36 markets representing approximately 70 percent of the marketplace.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows debuted to $14.65 million in just six markets

This is when adding to the fact that MI4 beat SH2 in HK, the only market that has both of these releasing at the same date

I am not sure if SG was considered in those 6 markets because we had this whole weekend of SH2 previews (ofcourse all of these were completely filled even the night shows), this would lead to a lower-than-expected opening next weekend.

Opening offshore on a modified basis – in the U.K., Italy, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Sweden and Turkey – Warner Bros.’ Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows registered $14.65 million from 2,113 situations. It ranks third on the weekend.

The amazing international run of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol continues, as the Tom Cruise film earned $25.8M from 5,924 locations in 64 markets to lead the global box office for yet another week.

With the strong showing, the Paramount film officially crossed the $400 million mark, with its international cume now standing at an outstanding $422.3M.

Boosting the film’s performance this week was a No. 1 bow in Finland, where it took in $491K from 86 screens. In China, the film impressively improved in its second frame, taking it $19.8M from 3,000 venues, which was a 46% increase over its two-day opening.

Warner Bros.’ Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows earned $9.3M from 5,515 screens in 56 markets, which took its overseas total to $311M. At this point, the sequel is tracking 16% ahead of the first installment, whose lifetime gross is $315M. Japan is the final major market to open.