Finishing at No. 4 for the weekend was Paramount's "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," which drew $8 million from $6,280 spots in 56 markets, raising its overseas cume to $133 million after four frames. Worldwide, its tally is $265.4 million. At No. 5 was Warners' "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," which generated $7.7 million from 5,000 screens in 61 markets. Its international cume is $610.5 million; worldwide, the total stands at $904.9 million.

Pixar/Disney's "Up" raised its cume to $156.5 million thanks to a $7.1 million weekend at 2,282 screens in 23 territories. Disney's "G-Force," from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, bagged $6.6 million from 3,005 locations in 28 markets, good for a cume of $67 million.

Sony's "The Ugly Truth" drew $4.2 million during the weekend from 1,040 sites in a dozen territories, pushing the romantic comedy's foreign cume to $23 million. The studio said Thursday it surpassed $1 billion overseas for the year.

Disney's "The Proposal" and Sony's action vehicle "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" drew $3.1 million apiece for the weekend. The cume for the romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds is $116.1 million, while the Denzel Washington-John Tavolta co-starrer has a cume of $40.7 million.

Universal's release of Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" pushed its international gross total to nearly $100 million ($91.4 million) thanks to a $2.8 million weekend at 2,500 situations in 50 markets. Sony's sci-fi drama "District 9" opened No. 1 in South Africa for a weekend total of $2.6 million, pushing its overseas cume to $18.3 million from all distributors.

In France, the top-ranked local-language title was TFM Distribution's comedy "Neuilly sa mere," which during its third weekend drew $2.7 million from 400 situations for a No. 4 ranking and a market cume of $10.2 million.

Opening at No. 5 was "A Prophet," the Grand Prix winner at this year's Festival de Cannes. Its weekend tally was $2.2 million from 325 sites.

G.I. Joe could do $300M worldwide. Thats a 20% drop from last weekend.

Final Destination is the biggest horror opening the UK since February 2008 when Cloverfield opened.

Really good for Basterds, I think it'll have no problem passing Pulp Fiction WW at this point.

The Proposal could also do 300m worldwide. Pretty crazy performance.

"Showing staying power overseas especially in holdover markets, Universal's "Inglourious Basterds" fought its way to the No. 1 spot during its second consecutive round on the international circuit, grossing $19.8 million for the weekend at 2,857 sites in 31 territories and raising its foreign gross to $59.4 million.

Encountering limited fresh competition, director Quentin Tarantino's World War II opus starring Brad Pitt opened No. 1 in six of nine new markets and finished first in such holdover territories as Australia, France and Germany. Overall, "Basterds" finished down a relatively tame 28% from its opening-weekend tally of $27.5 million. Its worldwide total is $133.2 million.

Opening on the foreign circuit was New Line's "The Final Destination," which finished No. 3 overall for the weekend. The total take via Warner Bros. and other distributors was $10.7 million from 885 screens (3D and conventional sites) in four territories. A No. 1 U.K. bow produced a hefty $5.95 million from a total of 550 situations.

Director Ang Lee's comedy "Taking Woodstock" premiered via Universal in Australia and New Zealand for $101,740 from 54 locations.

"Basterds," an update of director Enzo Castellari's 1978 Italian action film about renegade soldiers fighting American and Nazi forces in France, opened No. 1 in the Netherlands with $1.3 million garnered from 78 locations for a mighty $16,667 per-screen average.

In France, "Basterds" drew $4.2 million during its second frame at 507 sites for a 12-day market total of $12.4 million. Australia generated $1.8 million from 266 situations for an 11-day cume of $5.7 million, while Germany provided $3.3 million from 461 locations for a market cume of $9.5 million.

"Basterds'" international run already is on track to become the biggest to date for a Tarantino film. The director's titles have had a mixed record overseas: "Pulp Fiction" grossed $101.9 million offshore in 1994 and 2003's "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" also topped the $100 million mark ($111.4 million), according to the Weinstein Co. But "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" grossed $86.6 million in 2004 and 2007's "Death Proof" logged only $28.7 on the foreign circuit.

At No. 2 on the weekend was 20th Century Fox's "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," which grossed $16.1 million from 5,458 locations in 51 markets. Fox said the animated film's Italian debut ($10.7 million from 902 sites for a lusty $11,863 per-screen average) was the year's biggest weekend opening in any market and the distributor's biggest market bow to date. "Ice Age's" overseas cume is $637 million, making the threequel the seventh-biggest international boxoffice hit in industry history.

Ranking fourth and fifth on the weekend were two phenomenally popular local language, single-market attractions. Toho's release of "20-seki shonen: saishu-sho-bokura no hata" (20th Century Boys – Chapter 3) was a dominant No. 1 in Japan. The final installment in a trilogy of futuristic, live-action thrillers based on Japanese manga drew a whopping $9.34 million from 374 sites for a nearly $25,000 per-screen average.

No. 5 was Fox's Russian acquisition, "Kanikuly strogogo rezhima" (High Security Vacation), director Igor Zaitsev's adventure-comedy about a pair of prison escapees who join a civic-minded youth group. Opening round in Russia at 1,035 situations provided $8.9 million or nearly $8,600 per screen.

Warners' "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" generated $8.3 million from 5,000 screens in 62 markets. Its international cume is $611.1million; worldwide, the total stands at $905.4 million. Paramount's "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" drew $8 million from $6,280 spots in 56 markets, raising its overseas cume to $133 million after four frames. Worldwide, its tally is $265.4 million.

Disney's "G-Force," from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, bagged $7 million from 3,005 locations in 28 markets, good for a cume of $67.6 million. Pixar/Disney's "Up" raised its cume to $155.5 million thanks to a $6.6 million weekend at 2,282 screens in 23 territories.

Sony's "The Ugly Truth" drew $4.1 million during the weekend from 1,051 sites in a dozen territories, pushing the romantic comedy's foreign cume to $22.9 million. Disney's "The Proposal" grossed $3.6 million from 2,182 sites in 40 territories. Cume for the romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds is $115.8 million.

Sony's "The Taking of Pelham 123," the Denzel Washington-John Tavolta co-starrer lured $3.1 million from 1,051 screens in 34 territories for a cume of $40.1 million. "District 9," director Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi drama also handled by Sony in most territories, opened No. 1 in South Africa for a weekend total of $2.6 million and pushed its overseas cume to $18.3 million from all distributors.

Universal's release of Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" pushed its international gross total to nearly $100 million ($91.3 million) thanks to a $2.8 million weekend at 2,278 situations in 44 markets.

In France, the top-ranked local-language title was TFM Distribution's comedy "Neuilly sa mere," which during its third weekend drew $2.8 million from 400 situations for a No. 3 ranking and a market cume of $10.5 million.

Opening at No. 5 was "A Prophet," director Jacques Audiard's prison drama and the Grand Prix winner at this year's Festival de Cannes. Its weekend tally was $2.3 million from 294 sites.

In Germany, Constantin's release of "Horst Schlammer-isch Kandidiere," a political satire, held at No. 2 in its second round with $2.3 million from 654 locations for a market cume of $6.8 million.

Other international cumes: Warners' "The Hangover," $160 million (thanks to a $6.7 million weekend at 2,780 screens in 54 markets); Fox's "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," $232.6 million (thanks to a $1.4 million weekend in Japan at 565 sites); Universal's "Funny People," $2.9 million (thanks to a $1.6 million U.K. and Ireland opening at 384 sites); Sony's "Year One," $12.3 million (thanks to a $1.2 million No. 1 opening in Spain at 226 locations); Universal's "Drag Me to Hell," $10.6 million (in six Universal territories only); Fox's "Aliens in the Attic," $15.4 million (thanks to a $2.9 million weekend at 1,618 screens in 15 markets); Focus Features. Universal's "Coraline," $46.2 million; Fox's "Taken," $46.5 million (Fox territories only); Universal's "Land of the Lost," $14.8 million; and Focus Feature's "9," $2.8 million. "

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Well, these are superb numbers for Inglourious Basterds all around! Considering it still has plentiful of major markets ahead, I see a $250+ million worldwide total for it easily with a shot at $300 million which is incredible for a Tarantino flick.


The Final Destination also looks to be well on its way to become the franchise's highest grosser not only domestically, but also overseas. For that it'd need to pass $60 million which does not seem too hard. I see about $130-140 million worldwide which would make it one of the biggest horror movies in years worldwide that are not titled Saw.


Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' OS performance is FUCKING INSANE. At the very least $680 million OS is happening, but it'll probably be more. I see a $880 million WW total, but I really would not rule out $900 million. This film is a beast.


Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is also doing well of course, but it simply pales in comparison overseas. Worldwide it'll win the year clearly with around $935 million only a couple millions short of the last Potter's WW gross.


Much like The Proposal The Ugly Truth also seems destined for big international success with most markets ahead and consideirng how well it has done in the markets it opened in so far. I would not rule out $200 million worldwide.


For an US R-rated comedy The Hangover is simply a crazy grosser overseas more than doubling Wedding Crashers' OS tally already. I see this getting to around $450-460 million worldwide...WOW!

Oh yes, Titanic watch out!

Highest Grossing Films Overseas (All-Time)

1. Titanic (1997)- $1,242,091,767
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)- $742,083,616
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)- $657,158,000
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)- $651,576,067
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)- $646,208,000
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)- $642,863,913
7. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)- $637,000,000
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)- $616,655,000
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)- $611,100,000
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)- $605,908,000
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)- $583,495,746
12. Jurassic Park (1993)- $557,623,171
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)- $555,985,574
14. Spider-Man 3 (2007)- $554,341,323
15. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)- $546,093,000
16. The Da Vinci Code (2006)- $540,703,713
17. Finding Nemo (2003)- $524,911,000
18. Independence Day (1996)- $511,231,623
19. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)- $493,229,257
20. Shrek 2 (2004)- $478,612,511
21. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)- $469,534,914
22. The Dark Knight (2008)- $468,576,467
23. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)- $468,484,191
24. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)- $460,552,000
25. Mamma Mia! (2008)- $458,479,424

That seems a bit too high of an estimate.

Well, why? Considering it'll make at least $60 million in the States it'd need $70-80 milion overseas. FD3 made around $59 million OS and $112 million WW, I think. A 15-25% increase is hardly a stretch.

Yep FINAL DESTINTION will make around $140M. It'll have $14-$15m from the UK alone after that huge launch. Wow.

Sadly, the UK has embraced Aliens in the Attic, which has made $7M so far and increased 6% this weekend for no good reason. Looks set for about $9m from the UK. Half of what it made in the US, wtf?

District 9 opens in the UK this friday, with 500 Days of Summer.

FD3 also earned $15 million from UK according to BOM. So it doesn't seem like it will have a huge jump there. I just don't know. TFD doesn't seem like a $80+ million grosser overseas. I'm not convinced it will break $60 million domestic.

But it'll probably break $50 million in 11 days already...

And in Germany signs point at the series' biggest opening as well, it seems.

I'm really stunned at the way this movie is doing in Poland. It opened with medicore 64k adm and after 4 weekends it's at 356k adm. It's multiplier after just 4 weekends is 5.51 and its drops so far were 30%,20% and 2%. If it keeps up this way it's should make 500k adm without a problem.

An interesting article. This summer was the biggest summer ever for worldwide box-office


"The summer haul was the biggest ever at the worldwide box office as 3-D dinosaurs, the maturing boy wizard and oversized 'bots smashed through the records set in summer 2007.

Early estimates show ticket sales for the overseas B.O. clocking in at $5.8 billion, with the majority of those revenues coming from Hollywood tentpoles.

That's a 7% uptick over summer 2007, the previous record-holder for best summer thanks to beefy franchises "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Spider-Man" and "Shrek," as well as the first "Transformers."

Domestic box office revenues officially surpassed 2007 levels on Wednesday, when ticket sales reached $4.20 billion vs. $4.16 billion two years ago. That's a 1% uptick, but with Labor Day weekend still to come, that gain will increase.

Studios say the increase at the foreign B.O. is especially noteworthy considering that exchange rates no longer favor American companies, as they did before last fall's economic collapse.

Heading into the season, no one in Hollywood would have guessed that 20th Century Fox's 3-D toon "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" would finish the summer No. 1 at the international B.O., cuming some $640 million through Aug. 31 and even besting "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" ($613 million).

"I think we can safely say that 3-D is here to stay. I don't think you can have numbers like this if it was just a fad," said Fox co-prexy of international distribution Paul Hanneman. "No one anticipated that we would get to these levels."

"Ice Age: The Meltdown," the last installment in the franchise, grossed $460.1 million overseas, $180 million less than "Dawn of the Dinosaurs."

The 3-D headlines didn't stop with "Dawn of the Dinosaurs," however. Disney/Pixar's 3-D toon "Up," which still has a substantial number of territories in which to open, has grossed an impressive $156.6 million to date. Disney's 3-D toon "G-Force," the studio's mid-range summer entry, has cumed a healthy $67 million overseas.

Worldwide, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is the biggest earner of the season, cuming $907.7 million.

That's followed by "Dawn of the Dinosaurs" at $833.4 million and Paramount's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" at $829.2 million.

"Transformers 2" grossed $429.7 million overseas, safely ahead of the $390.5 million grossed by the original "Transformers."

Fox is No. 1 in international market share at $1.09 billion, followed by Warner Bros. at $907 million and Paramount at $767.3 million. Sony's foreign haul was $689.1 million, followed by Disney at $471 million and Universal at $384 million.

The summer did have its troublesome moments.

Fox, like other majors, started off the summer with a sluggish perf -- the result of too many tentpoles bunched in the May corridor.

Fox's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" grossed $166.6 million overseas, while "X-Men: The Last Stand" grossed $225 million in summer 2006. "Wolverine" earned $346.5 million worldwide.

Pattern was repeated with Fox's sequel "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian." Tentpole grossed $233.3 million, nearly $100 million less than the $323.6 million cumed by the first "Night at the Museum." That film was released over the Christmas holiday in 2006, so the seasonal shift could have had an impact as well. "Battle of the Smithsonian's" worldwide total is $409.8 million.

The difference was even more dramatic for Sony's sequel "Angels and Demons." In summer 2006, "The Da Vinci Code" cumed a whopping $540.7 million overseas. "Angels and Demons" grossed $351 million at the foreign B.O. (It took $133.4 million domestically.)

It's not always obvious which titles will perform better overseas than domestically. That the Europe-set "Angels and Demons" would perform so much better internationally was not surprising. But it was hard to predict that "Dawn of the Dinosaurs" would make more than three times as much internationally as domestically, while "Half-Blood Prince" made twice as much at the foreign B.O.

Sony's "Terminator Salvation" grossed $246 million internationally vs. just $125.3 million domestically, where Warners was distrib. Total haul was $371.3 million.

Last year, the summer's biggest surprise was Universal's musical comedy "Mamma Mia!," which grossed north of $258 million through the end of August on its way to cuming $465.7 million.

Comedies have seen better-than-usual performances internationally this year.

Warner Bros.' blockbuster comedy "The Hangover" has grossed an impressive $160 million overseas (domestic is $270.5 million to date). Worldwide total is $430.5 million.

Disney's Sandra Bullock-Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy "The Proposal" has grossed $116.1 million at the foreign B.O., and it still has a number of major markets in which to open. Domestic gross is $160.2 million to date for a worldwide tally of $276.3 million.

Paramount's "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" surprised for a different reason. Most box observers questioned whether the pic would play overseas because of its ties to a toy property that was U.S. military-themed. But the film's foreign and domestic gross are virtually the same, with $133 million. Worldwide total is $266.4 million.

Par got around the potential problem by having an international cast and setting the movie overseas.

Studio faced a somewhat similar challenge with "Star Trek." The sci-fi franchise had never traveled well, but Par's reboot was able to make it to $125.9 million at the foreign B.O. (domestic cume was $256.7 million for a worldwide total of $382.6 million).

Universal was the only major studio not to have a film on the summer's top 10 international chart. Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno" took a disappointing $76.9 million internationally vs. a boffo $133.1 million for "Borat" in 2006.

Universal is enjoying late-summer success with Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," which opened Aug. 21. Film has cumed $59.6 million in its first 10 days overseas. Last weekend, pic enjoyed a noteworthy hold, grossing $19.9 million from 2,854 playdates in 31 territories.

The Tarantino film still has many territories to open over the next few months. It debuts in Spain this month, followed by Italy, Brazil, Mexico and Korea in October. "Basterds" heads to Japan in November."

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111800 ... id=19&cs=1

"In a sluggish, end-of-summer round on the international circuit, "Inglourious Basterds" narrowly emerged as the No. 1 title for the third consecutive weekend with an estimated $14.3 million drawn from 2,946 playdates in 35 territories.

Weekend newcomers to the foreign circuit included the U.K. debut of Fox Searchlight's "(500) Days of Summer," the offbeat romantic comedy starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, which grossed $2 million in its first five days at 318 locations. Sony's "Julie & Julia" with Amy Adams and starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child introduced itself in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland for $1.23 million from 376 spots.

Breathing hard on "Basterds' " boxoffice parade was New Line/Warner's "The Final Destination," which finished No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada. "Destination" raced all the way to an estimated $14 million from 18 markets handled by Warners as well as other distributors. Strong openings in Germany (No. 1 with $3.9 million from 414 screens), Austria and Holland propelled the action-horror sequel's early international cume to $31.1 million.

"Basterds" opened in Finland, Croatia, Romania and Argentina, and in each market registered the best opening weekend gross of any previous title from director Quentin Tarantino. The Weinstein Co./Universal release has accumulated $83.3 million so far overseas, $174.3 million worldwide.

Germany and France remain exceptionally strong territories for "Basterds." It tallied $3.2 million from 449 situations in Germany in its third weekend for an 18-day cume of $14.1 million. In France the cume over 19 days is $16.1 million.

With 26 markets to play over the next three months, "Basterds' " international run is on track to become the biggest to date for a Tarantino film. The director's "Pulp Fiction" grossed $101.9 million offshore in 1994 and 2003's "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" also topped the $100 million mark ($111.4 million), according to the Weinstein Co. "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" grossed $86.6 million in 2004 and 2007's "Death Proof" logged only $28.7 on the foreign circuit.

The year's biggest foreign grosser so far, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," added $10.8 million, drawn from 5,000 screens in 39 markets, to its international total of $657.5 million. Distributor 20th Century Fox says the animation title is now the fourth largest overseas grosser in industry history, and is on pace by the middle of the week to take the No. 3 all-time spot -- preceded only by 1997's "Titanic" ($1.242 billion) and 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" ($742 million).

Pixar/Disney's "Up" continues its marathon overseas run with an $8.6 million weekend from 2,576 locations in 32 territories, raising its foreign cume to $168.9 million. Sony's "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" opened at six markets including Japan (No. 2 with $2.3 million from 310 locations) for an overall weekend take of $6.4 million from a total of 2,020 screens in 42 territories. Cume is $48.5 million.

"The Proposal," the Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds pic that Disney describes as 2009's No. 1 romantic comedy pulled $5.6 million from 1,879 sites in 40 markets for a cume of $124.7 million. The distributor's "G-Force" bagged $5.4 million from 2,899 screens in 29 territories for a cume of $76.6 million.

Sony's sci-fi drama "District 9" raised its foreign cume to $21.6 million thanks to a $4.6 million weekend at 1,000 sites in 15 markets. The distributor's romantic comedy "The Ugly Truth" hiked its offshore take to $28.5 million after a $4.1 million weekend at 1,380 screens in 19 markets. Paramount's "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" lured another $3.5 million from 4,668 screens in 56 territories for an overseas cume of $140 million.

The best-grossing local-language production in France was TFM's "Neuilly sa mere" (Neuilly my mother), a comedy about a slum youth residing with a wealthy French family, which drew a No. 2 market spot with $1.8 million from 408 sites for a four-frame market cume of $13 million.

No. 2 in the Paris area (but finishing fifth in the overall market) was "A Prophet," director Jacques Audiard's prison drama and Grand Prix winner at this year's Festival de Cannes, which took $1.6 million in its second weekend 294 locations for a cume of $4.5 million. Best local language newcomer was the market's No. 7 title, "Non ma fille, tu n'irais pas danser," a drama starring Chiara Mastroianni about the travails of a single mother of two children. Opening tally was $1 million from 200 situations.

Germany's hottest local-language title, Constantin's "Horst Schlammer-isch kandidier" (Horst Schlammer is a candidate), a political satire ranking No. 3 in the market, lifted its three-stanza cume to an estimated $9.3 million thanks to a $2 million weekend at 705 sites.

Other international cumes: Warners' "The Hangover," $167.8 million (due to a $4.7 million weekend at 2,554 screens in 54 markets); Fox's "High Security Vacation," $14.1 million (from two Russia frames); Sony's "Year One," $14.3 million (thanks to a $1.1 million weekend at 490 sites in 15 markets); Universal's "Public Enemies," $95 million; Fox's "Aliens in the Attic," $20.2 million; Universal's "Funny People," $6 million (thanks to a $1.4 million weekend 619 situations in five markets); Fox's "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," $234.8 million; DreamWorks/Universal's "The Soloist," $1 million; and Fox's "Taken," $47.8 million (Fox territories only). "

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 18998a353b

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Ice Age is now #3 all-time overseas. Holy shit!

it barely dropped 25% from last weekend. it will make around 25-40M more. Between 680-700M OS. That is just crazy.

Still don't think it is going for $80+ million?

It has Australia, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea, Italy, Brazil, Japan, all of Scandinavia and several small markets still ahead and will probably make $50 million from current holdovers alone in total. I wouldn't even rule out $90-100 million OS at this point (though this is not a given). It could become the biggest straight-up horror film worldwide since The Grudge...

Potter made $4.4M this weekend.
Also, I guess SS made a bit more overseas than BOM says so IA3 is not #3 yet.

Highest Grossing Films Overseas (All-Time)

1. Titanic (1997)- $1,242,091,767
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)- $742,083,616
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)- $658,900,000
4. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)- $657,500,000
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)- $651,576,067
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)- $646,208,000
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)- $642,863,913
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)- $619,500,000
9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)- $616,655,000
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)- $605,908,000
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)- $583,495,746
12. Jurassic Park (1993)- $557,623,171
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)- $555,985,574
14. Spider-Man 3 (2007)- $554,341,323
15. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)- $546,093,000
16. The Da Vinci Code (2006)- $540,703,713
17. Finding Nemo (2003)- $524,911,000
18. Independence Day (1996)- $511,231,623
19. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)- $493,229,257
20. Shrek 2 (2004)- $478,612,511
21. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)- $469,534,914
22. The Dark Knight (2008)- $468,576,467
23. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)- $468,484,191
24. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)- $460,552,000
25. Mamma Mia! (2008)- $458,479,424

Hmm. I really have a hard time seeing it getting to Saw III's $164 million.

It'll be difficult, yes. Not impossible, but a chance is there. I mean domestically we're probably looking at $62-65 million, so it'd need around $100 million OS. While rather unlikely it is not impossible. From the current holdovers it can probably muster a total of $55 million. So the question remains whether it can get $45 million from the rest. I also think that $150-155 million worldwide is more likely, but it'll be close.



And yay for the thread reaching 1,000 posts!

Inglourious Basterds is doing extremely well. Its OS performance is even more surprising than the domestic one. It still has Mexico, Italy, Spain, Poland, South Korea and Japan ahead. I'd say it actually has a shot at $300 million worldwide now, though $280 million is more realistic and $260 million is the very MINUMUM. In any case, it is really big.


Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs...well, what can I add... I mean with Up coming out in Germany soon, it'll lose all of its 3D screens and thus should drop quite hard here, but it is still leggy elsewhere and all, so that $880-890 million worldwide looks likely with a decent shot at $900 million.


The Final Destination is doing very good overseas compared to its predecessors. $150 million seems pretty likely.


Up is going to end up with huge numbers worldwide, albeit they'll pale compared to Ice Age 3's. Consider that it is already at around $460 million WW and it sitll has the following countries ahead: Japan, Germany, Italy, UK, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Finland, Denmark, New Zealand, Greece, Slovenia, Bulgaria, India, Hungary. Considering WALL-E made over $150 million from those markets alone and considering that UP is outperforming WALL-E in almost all countries, we'lre looking at around $670-700 million worldwide.


With France and Japan still ahead, The Proposal set its sights at $315 million worldwide which is huge for a romcom.


Similar to its domestic performance, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is making mediocre numbers overseas as well.Won't make much more than $135-140 million worldwide, behind films like Inside Man, Déjà Vu and Amercain Gangster.


The Ugly Truth is gonna make $100+ million OS, methinks. Early performance is pretty good.