Well, I don't know whether I'm man enough to withstand Dr. Lecter's wrath, but I think 9m admissions is possible...

Fox International’s sensational sci-fi adventure remained active on 6,535 screens in 70 markets and fell a mere 25% as it raised the running total to $1.8445bn.

That figure alone has surpassed Titanic’s entire worldwide tally and Avatar’s global tally factoring in the $706m North American gross stands at $2.551bn.

Hanging on for what will be its farewell round atop of the foreign circuit, 20th Century Fox's "Avatar" on the weekend made it 11 straight stanzas in the No. 1 spot by grossing $36.1 million from 6,535 screens in 70 markets.

Total foreign take by director James Cameron's 3D blockbuster now stands at $1.844 billion -- thus surpassing the $1.843-billion worldwide boxoffice total rolled up by the director's 1997 former record holder, "Titanic." "Avatar's" worldwide cume is $2.550 billion. To date, its foreign gross is more than two-and-a-half times its domestic cume of $707 million.

The biggest "Avatar" market on the weekend was Japan, where the weekend take was $4 million from 514 locations for a Japan cume of $140 million. Top market overall remains France where the Cameron epic has grossed a total of $169 million thus far.

"Avatar's " foreign reign will be usurped by the opening this week of Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," director Tim Burton's 3D re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's classic, starring Johnny Depp, in 41 foreign markets representing about 60% of the total offshore marketplace.

Avatar breezed past $1.8bn and has now dominated the international arena for almost three months thanks to an estimated $36.1m weekend gross.

Fox International’s sensational sci-fi adventure remained active on 6,535 screens in 70 markets and fell a mere 25% as it raised the running total to $1.8445bn.

That figure alone has surpassed Titanic’s entire worldwide tally and Avatar’s global tally factoring in the $706m North American gross stands at $2.551bn.

In the latest series of notable benchmarks James Cameron’s space opera crossed 14million admissions in France, set a new record of 13million admissions in South Korea, stayed top in Japan for the tenth consecutive weekend, and crossed $100m in Spain.

It added $4.1m in Japan from514 for $140m, $3.8m in France from 449 for $169.1m, and consolidated China’s status as the biggest overseas market for the film after only eight weekends as $3m from 792 raised the running total to $176.1m.

Elsewhere Avatar added $3.5m in Germany from 455 for $138.9m, $3.4m in the UK from 400 for $140.3m, $2.4m in Italy from 369 for $89.6m after seven weekends, $2m in Spain from 283 for an even $100m, and $1.4m in South Korea from 197 for $105.8m.

Russia stands at $112.9m, Australia $97.7m, Brazil $53.2m, Mexico $43.2m, Holland $24.5m, Denmark $22.9m, Sweden $21.3m, Hong Kong $21.3m, and Austria $15.1m.

About $65m for the whole week overseas. Last week it made about $90m. It's dropping too much for my taste, $2b is in danger, especially since Alice is starting to roll out next week.

France still it's #1 market? What happened to China, wasn't it headed for $200m...looks like it dropped massively with the screen loss.

Nah, the full screendaily section said China is at $176m.

Germany now 9.64m admissions, beating JURASSIC PARK and ID4 - now No. 15 since 1968...