plus the military bullshit. marine this marine that. WE GET IT. you're military trash, we can see it. urgh.

Generally speaking, I thought Avatar was a fantastic experience. With that being said, it's clearly yet another example of the white guilt fantasy, and I couldn't be more disappointed in that respect. This bugged me several times throughout the film. A few cringe worthy scenes when looking at it this way. However, I'm torn, because I love the "one with nature" message the film heavily portrays. The whole idea of there being a planet out there in which the beings connect to nature not just figuratively, but literally, is just so cool to me. (Although, again, the whole "you must dominate a beast to become a man" thing is cringe worthy. When Jake is connecting to that creature, it's really done in an awkward, domineering way - not a "we are one" kind of thing.)

Moreover, there are numerous riveting shots in this film for me. The shot in which Netyri is holding the human form of Jake gave me goosebumps each time (saw the film twice). I just want to take a picture of that shot and frame it. At that point in the film, that single shot says quite a bit about the human race.

(I really need to get to writing a review... I have a lot to say about the film.)

Ultimately, I think Titanic is miles better, and I would much rather still see Titanic at the top. But as others have said, Titanic had to fall eventually, and I'm so glad it's Avatar doing it and not Transformers 2 or some other piece of junk.

Peace,
Mike

I have to agree that the single most beautiful shot is when she is holding the human Jake Sully in her arms. That scene is just amazing. The way they look at one another, her realisation that this is actually the person that she has fallen in love with, just in a different form... they way they look at one another.. amazing...

Hm, Princess and the Frog could pass $250 million WW despite a very American subject. And Invictus looks set for at least $100 million WW.

France is helping Invictus enormously. As of last weekend it made $17,775,074 there - after three weeks only. Which is more than films like Alvin 2, The Proposal or District 9 did there in total.


And the film sitll has Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Russia and about 8-10 smaller markets ahead.

Doesn't mean sh.. for domestic, but in France PERCY JACKSON sold almost three times as many tickets opening day than WOLFMAN (VALENTINE didn't open)

Fox International is much better at promoting and marketing then domestic division, so I expect PJ to crack atleast 100M overseas. But I fully expect PJ to loose in all the territories where VSDAY releases this weekend. It can handle Wolfman though.

Some poster on BOM said this -

So we need to base our international numbers for Avatar on Belgium because it fell to number 6 there?

Australia now past $aus100mil

Thursday box 11-feb
1-ValD 373 0.934mil
2-Avatar 291 0.337mil -30% 100.101mil admits 6.3mil
3-WolfM 245 00.326mil
4-PercyJ 228 0.188mil
5-EOD 0.087 -62% 1.978mil

No, but the competition is strong.

Worldwide, star appeal is still strong and V-Day basically screams that, not to mention the title itself.

Percy Jackson is fantasy and fantasy always does well.

The other 3 movies well, I'm not really commenting, but, Avatar has dominated for so long, it is possible (obviously) that people want something new. This weekend is the best in a long while especially for OS audiences.

Princess + the Frog is Disney + animation so that should do well too. Whatever it is, who cares? Avatar has done what nothing has done before and will be hard pressed to do again. Domestic, I believe it'll be taken down really soon, but international, wow, no words.

Actually what I think is Avatar will hold better most of the markets where Percy and VD will be fighting for the top spot. In this they will fall somewhere to Avatar and they may rise to Avatar most of the places.

There is still a chance for Avatar to make it bigger than any of the two overall for the weekend. But I still see Percy first, VD second and Avatar third as of now for the weekend which is definitely a good sign

From Variety:

"Valentine's Day" earned $34.4 million at 4,562 screens in 52 markets, topping Australia with $6.4 million at 373 screens and $4.7 million at 432 in the U.K, launching in the No. 2 spot. "Wolfman" opened in the U.K. -- the film's top grosser -- with $3.4 million at 404 screens. Pic took in an estimated $21 million at 4,222 screens in 37 markets.

"Percy" grossed an estimated cume of $28 million at 5,800 screens in 63 markets with Russia as the top earner, totaling $3.6 million at 837 followed by France with $3.5 million at 586.

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PJ is a major flop overseas for an action/adventure, fx heavy fantasy film. Wolfman opening is great. Valentine's Day opening is good.

"20th Century Fox's "Avatar" in its ninth round on the foreign circuit defiantly stared down overseas openings of three big major studio films over the weekend, emerging No. 1 with $59 million drawn from 8,453 screens in 71 markets.

Director James Cameron's blockbuster epic in 3D pushed its record-setting overseas gross total to $1.690 billion, and its unprecedented worldwide cume to $2.350 billion. The 20th Century Fox release was the sole holdover in the weekend's top five titles.

Top "Avatar" on the weekend was Japan, which generated $5.8 million from 569 spots for a market cume of $121.9 million. Other big markets in order of market cumes are France ($156.4 million), China ($155.5 million), Germany ($125.3 million), the U.K. (124.4 million) and Russia ($108.5 million.)

No. 2 on the weekend was Warner Bros.' "Valentine's Day," which kicked off its foreign run at 4,562 venues in 52 markets for a weekend tally of $30.4 million for a $6,664 per-screen average.

The Garry Marshall romantic comedy with Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Garner leading a multi-name cast opened strongest in Australia (No. 1 with $6.4 million from 373 sites), the U.K. (No. 2 with $4.7 million from 432 spots) and Germany ($2.5 million from 410 sites). Domestically, it grossed $52.3 million on the weekend.

No. 3 was Fox's adventure fantasy, "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," director Chris Columbus' adaptation of the popular book series by Rick Riordan. Opening round produced $28 million from 5,800 venues in 40 territories with No. 1 market finishes recorded in South Korea, Brazil, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Venezuela.

Finishing fourth was Universal's "The Wolfman," which collected an estimated $21 million from 4,222 situations – for a $4,974 per-screen average – in 37 territories. Domestically on the weekend it premiered No. 3 with a weekend tally of $31.1 million.

Director Joe Johnston's update (costarring Benicio De Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt) of the classic 1941 Universal horror title (costarring Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lagosi and Maria Ouspenskaya) drew $3.4 million from 404 screens in the U.K., finishing No. 3 in the market.

"The Wolfman" opened No. 1 in Mexico with $3.2 million from 486 sites and placed No. 2 in Spain with $2.4 million from 426 locales. Its France debut produced $1.7 million from 388 screens. The horror title has 25 overseas territories yet to play with Italy on tap this Friday (Feb. 1).

No. 5 was Fox's "My Name Is Khan," a 9/11-related drama about a Mumbai Muslim (played by Bollywood's Shah Rukh Khan) with asperger's detained at LAX airport after action suspiciously. The Fox International local production opened No. 1 in India ($9.2 million from 1,450 screens) and generated an overall weekend tally of $14.2 million from 1,572 screens in seven markets. Pound for pound, a strong opening splash generating more than $9,000 per screen.

Disney's "The Princes and the Frog" grossed an animated $11.3 million from 3,643 locations in 39 markets, hoisting its overseas cume past the $100 million mark ($109 million) with the prospect of various holiday playtimes ahead in active territories. Top markets were France ($3.9 million in its third round from 674 screens for a market cume of $17.6 million), the U.K. ($2.4 million from 460 sites, cume $6 million) and Spain ($2.2 million from 375 venues for a $6.2 million cume).

Finishing No. 1 in the Paris area was Warner's "Sherlock Homes," which detected $9.6 million overall on the weekend from 4,224 screens in 53 territories. Director Guy Ritchie's update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective figure grossed $3.5 million from 676 sites in France for a market cume of $10.2 million. U.K. cume stands at $40.3 million. The overseas total is $256.9 million.

Warner's "Invictus" from director Clint Eastwood collected 6.5 million from 2,220 screens in 27 teritories. The drama costarring Oscar nominated Matt Damon has recorded an international cume to date of $54.2 million.

Thanks to a reasonably robust Germany round ($1.1 million from 263 spots for a $3.5 million market cume), Paramount's multiple Oscar nominee "Up In The Air" drew $6 million overall on the weekend from 2,547 screens in 46 markets. Foreign gross total for the drama-comedy starring George Clooney stands at $58 million.

Fox's "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" jacked its overseas cume to $207.1 million thanks to a $4.5 million weekend at 3,774 screens in 38 markets. The same distrib's "Chuen sing yit luen-yit lat lat" (Hot Summer Days), a Fox International local Chinese language romantic comedy shot in Beijing opened at 700 screens in China for $3.8 million on the weekend.

After five months on the foreign circuit (it began its run on Sept. 16), Sony's family-oriented animation title, "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs," still is racking up boxoffice mileage with openings in Korea and Portugal, and grossing $3.3 million on the weekend overall at 1,455 sites 22 markets. Foreign cume has now surpassed the $100-million mark ($102.6 million).

Universal's "It's Complicated" pushed its foreign cume to $79.4 million thanks to a $3.1 million weekend at 2,500 screens in 41 territories. The Nancy Meyers romantic comedy starring Meryl Streep still has 22 overseas markets to play.

No local language title turned up in France's top 10. Closest was No. 11, Pathe's "Proteger et servir," (Protect and Serve), a comedy about a pair of policemen which came up with $1 million in its second stanza at 495 sites for a market cume of $2.9 million.

Other international cumes: Fox's "The Tooth Fairy," $34.1 million (thanks to a $1.4 million weekend at 1,609 sites in 22 markets); DreamWorks/Paramount's "The Lovely Bones," $16.7 million (after a $3 million weekend from 1,029 sites in six markets); Lionsgate's "Brothers," estimated $8 million; Sony's "Did You Hear About the Morgans," $44.7 million; Paramount's "Youth in Revolt," $2.3 million (U.K. only); Lionsgate's "Daybreakers," estimated $10.6 million; Sony's "Friendship," $13.4 million (from Germany and Austria only); and Lionsgate's "Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus," estimated $48 million. "

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Actually I was not expecting a blockbuster opening overseas this weekend considering this weekend is a Valentine heavy weekend and couples win in every aspect rather than action seekers. From what I can say is that next weekend will decide whether PJ will be flop overseas or not. If it makes about 100M-150M overseas I think so it is not a flop.


PJ wasn't released in every market and I guess it could do well in the coming weekends. It did fend off Avatar and VD's competition in the smaller markets though

I wouldn't count out a Percy Jackson sequel yet. It might have somewhat underperformed overseas so far, but it overperformed domestically, I'd say.

"Showing modest boxoffice fatigue after more than two months dominating the foreign circuit, 20th Century Fox's "Avatar" landed in its 10th consecutive round the No. 1 film overseas, generating $48.5 million -- down 18% from the prior weekend -- from 7,247 screens in 71 markets.

Overseas gross total for director James Cameron's record-setting blockbuster was $1.780 billion with its worldwide tally weighing in at $2.468 billion. In addition to its worldwide record in current dollars, "Avatar" has now beaten 1997's "Titanic's" global boxoffice milestone on an inflation-adjusted basis as well.

Top market remains France where "Avatar" claimed $5.1 million on the weekend from 529 locations, raising its market cume to $164 million. It became on the weekend the biggest-grossing title ever to play Mexico, where the market cume stands at $42.5 million.

Director Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island," which opened No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada, premiered in nine overseas markets via Paramount and other distributors for an opening boxoffice gross of $9.1 million.

The seven "Island" markets Paramount handled (Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden) generated $4.6 million of the weekend total from 478 locations.

Biggest foreign territories for the drama co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo as federal marshals investigating a prisoner disappearance on a remote island were Spain ($3.2 million on the weekend at 419 screens via local distributor Manga Films), Australia ($2.5 million from 250 screens) and Russia ($1.3 million on the weekend via Cascade Film).

Director Kathryn Bigelow's awards-laden "The Hurt Locker" (the film won six British Academy of Film and Television Arts citations last night, including best picture and best director) opened No. 8 in Australia via Village Roadshow for $354,939 from 46 locations for a per-screen average of $7,716. In Chile, "Locker" also opened at No. 8, drawing $32,158 from 16 screens.

"The Ghost Writer," which won for Roman Polanski a Silver Bear best director citation at the 60th Berlin International Film festival, opened commercially in Germany via Kinowelt in the No. 10 market spot with $870,960 drawn from 261 spots for a $3,337 per-screen average. (The film will open domestically via Summit Entertainment in the first half of this year.)

No. 2 on the weekend was "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," Fox's adventure fantasy which generated in its second weekend abroad $23.5 million from 6,689 spots in 52 markets, lifting its overseas cume to $68.2 million.

Third was Warner Bros./New Line's romantic comedy, "Valentine's Day," which seduced $21.3 million from 5,188 screens in 62 territories for a foreign cume of $70 million in just two rounds. A No. 2 France opening generated $4.8 million from 408 locations.

No. 4 was Universal's "The Wolfman," director Joe Johnston's update of the classic 1941 horror classic, which scared up $15.6 million on its second round on the foreign circuit from 4,617 sites in 50 territories of which 15 were new. A No. 2 second weekend produced $2 million from 479 sites for a market cume of $7 million.

"The Wolfman's" overseas cume totals $46.7 million while the domestic take so far is $50.3 million. In Italy, the Benicio Del Toro-Anthony Hopkins-Emily Blunt vehicle opened No. 2 with $2.4 million from 271 spots. A No. 1 Portugal bow resulted in $382,095 grossed from 65 screens.

No. 5 was Disney Animation's "The Princess and the Frog," which cashed in on school holidays in France and the U.K. and grossed $12.1 million from 3,078 screens in 40 territories. Overseas cume stands at $131.3 million. France, with about two-thirds of the country observing school vacations, generated $4.95 million from 700 locations for a No. 1 market ranking on the weekend and a one-month market cume of $25.4 million.

Opening in 15 new markets was DreamWorks/Paramount's "The Lovely Bones," which generated $6.8 million on the weekend from a total of 2,383 situations in 19 territories. Director Peter Jackson's fantasy thriller opened No. 3 in the U.K. ($2.5 million from 420 spots) for an international cume to date of $25.1 million.

Warner's "Sherlock Holmes" generated $6.1 million on the weekend from 2,790 screens in 53 markets for an international cume of $267 million. Same distributor's "Invictus" raised its overseas gross total to $63.2 million thanks to a $5.1 million weekend from 2,125 locations in 33 territories.

A fillip to the weekend returns is the presence of various foreign production ventures from the Hollywood major studios. Concluding its Italy run on Feb. 18 was "Io, loro e Lara" ("I, They and Lara"), director-star Carlo Verdone's comedy about a missionary priest and his family, which was wholly produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment Italia S.P.A. Market cume finished at $23.6 million.

Fox's newly-formed local filmmaking venture, Fox International Productions, is behind "My Name Is Khan," costarring Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, which opened over the weekend in five Middle East territories. The 9/11-related drama -- about a Mumbai Muslim with Asperger syndrome detained at LAX airport after acting suspiciously -- grossed $5.7 million overall in its second weekend overseas from 1,472 screens in 12 markets. Foreign cume so far is $25.3 million.

Also from Fox International Productions is a Chinese romantic comedy, "Chuen sing yit luen – yit lat lat" ("Hot Summer Days"), which opened in China last round and in Hong Kong on Feb. 18. The Star TV and Huayi Brothers co-production generated $2.4 on the weekend from a total of 1,292 screens, pushing its China-Hong Kong cume to $10.3 million.

Sony's Deutsche Columbia Pictures Film Produktion unit's co-production of "Friendship!," director Markus Goller's drama about a young East German's search for his missing father, has rolled up a two-market cume (Germany and Austria) of $14.2 million to date.

Universal, via its link with Focus Features International and a number of French concerns, has "Serge Gainsbourg" ("Vie heroique"), a biopic of the French singer-songwriter, running currently in France. Market cume after 33 days stands at $9 million.

Disney has produced seven titles expressly geared to Russia, China, India, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Latest was "Kinga Masterov" ("Book of Masters"), a live-action family-oriented outing which opened in Russia last October, running five weeks in the territory and grossing a total of $11.3 million. Next up for Disney will be an India production, "Zokkoman," due in May, followed in summer by a Chinese version of the studio's "High School Musical" series.

Paramount's pickup in Spain, prison drama "Celda 211" ("Cell 211") -- which won eight Goya awards (Spain's version of the Oscars) last weekend - has grossed $17.6 million in Spain only, and remains in the market's top 10 after 16 weeks. Among Paramount's upcoming foreign co-productions are "Tomorrow When the War Began" with Australia's Omnilab and "Supreme Happiness" with various production concerns in Brazil.

In France, director Pascal Bourdiaux's comedy "Le Mac" ("The Pimp") opened No. 3 nationwide with $4.5 million drawn from 465 screens.

Paramount's "Up in the Air" starring George Clooney (which copped Sunday a best adapted screenplay award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) pushed its overseas gross total to $64.6 million thanks to a $3.9 million weekend from 1,668 sites in 39 markets.

Fox's "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" hoisted it overseas cume to $215.7 million thanks to a $3.9 million weekend at 2,921 screens in 30 markets.

Grossing $3.7 million from a total of 969 screens in France and Japan was Pathe/Gaga's "Oceans," the ecological docu-drama from co-directors Jacques Cluzaud and Jacques Perrin, which has rolled up a two-market cume of $40.7 million. Also drawing $3.7 million was Sony's family-oriented "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs," which played at 1,461 screens in 21 markets for an international cume (collected since last Sept. 16) of $108.4 million.

"It's Complicated," Universal's romantic comedy with Meryl Streep opened No. 3 in Japan ($1.2 million from 286 spots) and garnered $3.2 million on the weekend overall from 1,696 locations in 36 markets, for a foreign cume of $84.3 million.

"From Paris With Love," the Luc Besson-inspired actioner from EuropaCorp. Distribution (Lionsgate in the U.S.) opened No. 10 in France with $1.48 million elicited from 437 screens. The film costarring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers -- as CIA agents taking on terrorists in the City of Light -- also premiered via Hoyts in Australia at No. 6. with $488,295 drawn from 153 locations.

"Did You Hear About the Morgans?," Sony's romantic comedy with Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker, opened No. 5 in Italy with $1.2 million registered at 232 screens. Weekend overall furnished $1.8 million from 876 screens in 48 markets for a cume of $47.2 million.

Finishing No. 3 in its second Italy round is Medusa Film's release of director Federico Moccia's romantic comedy, "Scusa ma ti voglio sposare" starring Raoul Bova, which generated an estimated $1.6 million from 436 situations.

Italy's only new local language title in the top five was director-scripter Pupi Avati's "Il Figlio Piu Piccolo" ("Youngest Son"). The latest installment of Avati's "father trilogy" stars Christian DeSica as an unscrupulous businessman with tangled family ties. Opening round produced $1.25 million from 297 situations, enough for a No. 4 ranking.

Other international cumes: the Weinstein Co./Sony's "Nine," $21.6 million; Focus Features/Universal's "A Serious Man," $19.3 million; Fox's "The Tooth Fairy," $36.5 million; Disney's "When in Rome," $1.3 million; Pathe/Gaga's "Oceans," $40.7 million (in France and Japan only); Summit/Sony's "Book of Eli," $25.7 million; Dimension/Paramount's "Youth in Revolt," $3 million; Paramount's "An Education," $2.1 million; Sony's "Armored," $3.7 million; and Hoyt's "Precious" ($289, 729 over three rounds in New Zealand only).

Also, Disney's "Old Dogs," $43.5 million; Universal's "Couples Retreat," $60.3 million; Focus Features' "Love Happens," $10.3 million; Fox's "Fantastic Mr. Fox," $21.1 million; Disney's "Rock It" (a local German acquisition), $1.2 million from two markets; Paramount's "Case 39," $12.3 million; and Showbox's "The Secret Reunion," estimated $17 million over three rounds in South Korea only. "


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So just reposting for easier reference:
Avatar 1.78b
Sherlock Holmes 266m
Alvin 2 215m
Princess and the Frog 131.5m
Cloudy 107.7m
It's Complicated 84.4m
Valentine's Day 71.3m
Percy Jackson 67.9m
Up in the Air 65m
Morgans 47.3m
Wolfman 46.7m
Tooth Fairy 36.4m
Lovely Bones 25.4m
Fantastic Mr Fox 21.6m
Shutter Island 9.1m
When in Rome 2m

Percy picked up well and should cross VD next week on the Overseas circuit. Lovely Bones is just meh without Oscar nominations it seems that this is going down as a regular movie and should fall harder in the coming weeks before fading totally

Some international totals:

$95.4m PERCY
$87.4m VALENTINE
$63.3m WOLFMAN
$34.0m SHUTTER

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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.

Italy and Sweden kick off on Wednesday, followed by openings in 26 additional territories on Thursday including Australia, German-speaking Europe, Korea and Russia. On Friday, "Alice" will set down in 13 more markets including Mexico, Poland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.

Handled overseas by Paramount in all markets except Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria and Russia, director Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" grossed $19 million from 20 territories on the weekend for an early foreign cume of $34 million. It is tied for the No. 2 spot on the weekend.

France led the way with No. 1 bow of $6.8 million from 522 venues, making "Shutter Island's" opening surge the biggest ever in the market for a Scorsese title. No. 1 openings were also recorded in Belgium, Portugal and Taiwan, plus a No. 1 second-weekend holdover in Spain. In Germany, the drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio about a prisoner disappearance at a remote insane asylum opened No. 2 via Concorde with $3.7 million drawn from 472 screens.

Also grossing $19 million on the weekend -- and also tied for No. 2 -- was Fox's adventure fantasy "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," which played 6,350 screens in 65 territories for a foreign cume to date of $95.4 million. Japan led the way with a No. 2 opening with $4.1 million secured from 561 locations.

Garnering $3.4 million in its Russia opening at 440 screens was Universal's classic horror update "The Wolfman," which grabbed an estimated $10.8 million overall on the weekend from 5,302 venues in 57 territories. Foreign cume for the Benicio Del Toro-Anthony Hopkins-Emily Blunt vehicle stands at $63.3 million with five more markets to play including Japan on April 22. It ranks No. 3 on the weekend.

A close No. 4 is Warner Bros. romantic comedy "Valentine's Day," which seduced an estimated $10.4 million from about 4,400 screens in 58 markets. International cume stands at $87.4 million.

Finishing fifth was Disney's "The Princess and the Frog," which grossed $7.7 million from 3,203 screens in 36 territories for a foreign cume to date of $143 million. In France the hand-drawn animation title wound the weekend No. 2 with $2.7 million drawn from 700 locations for a France cume of $27 million.

Buoyed by openings in a dozen markets including Spain and Korea, DreamWorks/Paramount's "The Lovely Bones" garnered $6.3 million on the weekend from a total of 3,328 screens in 34 territories. Foreign cume to date is $35 million. Director Peter Jackson's fantasy thriller finished No. 3 in its second U.K. weekend with $1.9 million generated from 428 sites for a market cume of $6 million.

Warner's "Sherlock Homes" upped its foreign cume to $273.7 million thanks to a $5.8 million weekend at 3,000 sites in 42 markets. Same distributor's "Invictus" from director Clint Eastwood drew $5.6 million from 2,600 screens in 34 markets for a foreign cume to date of $71.1 million.

"The Blind Side," the surprise hit drama starring Oscar nominee Sandra Bullock as a mentor to a football payer, finally arrived overseas at 319 screens in six markets for a weekend take of $3 million. (Foreign cume stands at $3.8 million.) A No. 1 Australia bow generated $2.5 million from 221 sites.

Paramount's "The Crazies," a remake of director George Romero's 1973 horror cult favorite, premiered No. 2 in the U.K. by generating $1.9 million from 345 sites. Opening No. 18 in the U.K. was Sony's release of the CBS Films co-production, "Extraordinary Measures," a medical drama with Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser. Premier weekend came up with $215,000 from 258 screens.

"It's Complicated," Universal's romantic comedy starring Meryl Streep, pushed its foreign cume within earshot of the $100-million mark ($90.2 million) thanks to a $3.6 million weekend at 1,600 screens in 41 territories. A No. 3 Brazil opening generated an estimated $1 million from 168 sites.

Sony's durable family-oriented title, "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," which has been playing the foreign circuit since Sept. 16, drew another $2.6 million on the weekend from 1,350 screens in 20 markets for an overseas cume of $112.5 million.

Also coming in with a $2.6 million weekend from 1,682 situations in 52 markets was director Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" starring George Clooney, which has grossed a total of $68.5 million thus far overseas.

Opening No. 1 in Italy was Filmauro's "Genitori & Figli: Agitare bene prima dell'uso," director Giovannie Veronesi's comedy about generational frictions between parents and offspring. Debut stanza at 397 spots produced an estimated $2.2 million, putting it solidly ahead of Warner's "Invictus" and Fox's "Avatar," the market's respective No. 2 and No. 3 titles.

A local-language newcomer in France was EuropaCorp. Distribution's "Coursier" ("Motorcycle Courier"), director Herve Renoh's comedy about a hard-pressed deliveryman and his girlfriend. Opener at 250 screens generated an estimated $1.1 million and a No. 9 ranking. Third in the market in its second round was "Le Mac" ("The Pimp"), a comedy from director Pascal Bourdiaux, which drew an estimated $2.6 million from 465 locations for a France-only cume of $7.5 million.

Other international cumes: Fox's "My Name Is Khan," $29 million; Focus Features/Universal's "A Serious Man," $19 million; Sony's "Did You Hear About the Morgans?," $48.8 million; Fox's "Hot Summer Days," $16.3 million; Lionsgate's "Brothers," estimated $9.4 million; Universal's "Couples Retreat," $61.2 million; Lionsgate's "The Spy Next Door," estimated $13.7; Fox's "Fantastic Mr. Fox," $22.8 million; Showbox's "The Secret Reunion," estimated $25 million in South Korea only ; Sony's "Friendship!," $14.5 million in Germany and Austria only; Lionsgate's "Daybreakers," estimated $11.7 million; and Fox's "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," $219 million.