^ I agree. K&D with just about 12 markets did 12.6m which is a good number crossing about 1.25m on an average from every market. The Tom Cruise massacre was not that famous outside US.

Fantastic number for K&D in Hong Kong. It even beat Prince of Persia without an extra surcharge or IMAX.

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Combined with the $226.6m North American haul, the film already stands at $326.6m worldwide and should overhaul Toy Story’s $361.9m global tally by next weekend.

The film is already the most successful Pixar release in Latin America, where it has amassed $62.2m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) and overtaken the previous best of $50,1m set by Up.

Mexico was the key driver and to date has generated $34m (428m pesos) making it the second biggest animated release of all time behind Ice Age 3 on 532.2m pesos.

Toy Story 3 smashed the competition in Australia as it took $7.1m from 365 screens for the third biggest animated launch behind Finding Nemo and Shrek 2. WDSMPI executives will be further heartened that school holidays begin on July 5 until September 12.

Elsewhere the film scored the biggest opening weekend ever in South Africa on $1.1m (ZAR 8m) from 72 including previews; $1.1m in Belgium from 108; $700,000 (Euros 600,000) in Greece from 68 for the biggest Disney animated launch ever;

Upcoming launches include Italy on July 7, Japan on July 10, France on July 14, the UK on July 19, Spain on July 29 and South Korea on August 5.

Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time added $6.9m from 6,495 screens in 54 territories for $226m after six weekends in release. Globally the tally stands at $312.2m.

Alice In Wonderland has amassed $687.6m and edged a little closer to Ice Age 3’s $688.2m final gross as the fourth biggest overseas release in history. The film has grossed $125.3m in Japan

The prospect of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz together again (after 2001’s Vanilla Sky) in the action comedy Knight And Day tempted $12.6m out of 2,238 screens in 12 markets, an excellent result given that only two were majors.
The action comedy scored number one launches in South Korea on $3.8m, Russia on $3.4m and Taiwan on $1m. It also opened top in Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Jamaica and Trinidad. Knight And Day opens in 14 new markets next weekend.

The A-Team earned another $7.7m this weekend from 4,344 in 53 and stayed top in France where $1.6m raised the tally to $5.1m. There were seven new launches, one of which was a strong $972,135 in India from 265 screens. The international cumulative total now stands at $47.2m.

Marmaduke was still top dog in Spain where $691,000 boosted the tally to $2m. The overseas running total is $13m.

Warner Bros Pictures International reported that Sex And The City 2 generated $7.2m from roughly 5,500 screens in 58 markets for $172m.
Universal/UPI’s comedy Get Him To The Greek grossed $3.9m from 770 sites in eight territories for an early $9.8m running total. The film opened top in the UK on $2.4m and held strong in Australia in fourth place on $1.3m from 178 for $5m.
Robin Hood added $2.4m from 4,800 in 56 territories and has reached $198.7m. Japan will be the final release in December.

Hanni Und Nanni, a German family comedy that Universal is distributing through its agreement with UFA, grossed $500,000 in Germany and Austria from at 472 venues for an early $2m running total. It has taken $1.7k in Germany.

Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang stands at $60.5M and there are ten territories to go, while The Green Zoneon $62.7m only has Chile and Colombia left later in the summer.

Shrek Forever After grossed $3.7m through Paramount /PPI from 1,281 sites in 21 territories and despite barely opening in the major markets has already taken $91.5m. Iron Man 2 added $1.5m from 3,854 in 62 territories where Paramount is distributing the film. The film has grossed $303m, of which $294m comes from Paramount territories. How to Train Your Dragon stands at $262m.
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s The Karate Kid added $4.2m from 925 screens for $25.3m. The comedy Grown Ups opened in second place in Australia day-and-date with North America and took an excellent $2.3m from 224. The Back–Up Plan has reached $35.6m.

Please nuke my country.

"Grossing a total of $100 million in overseas boxoffice since it opened offshore a week ago, Pixar/Disney's "Toy Story 3" retained the weekend's No. 1 spot on the foreign theatrical circuit for a second consecutive round with $36.1 million drawn from 6,278 screens in 32 markets.

Worldwide total for the latest in the Pixar franchise amounts to $326.6 million. Distributor Disney is projecting that, "based on its current performance trajectory, 'Toy Story 3' looks to easily surpass" the $361.9 million total rolled up by the 1995 original in less than three weekends of worldwide release.

Propelled by what Disney terms "record setting" runs in Latin America -- contributing $62.2 million to "Toy Story 3's" overseas total so far -- the 3D three-quel is already the biggest Pixar title ever to play the area. Mexico alone has generated $34 million over just 10 days.

The weekend's Australia opening provided $6.2 million from 365 screens while its South Africa bow contributed $1.1 million (including previews) from just 72 sites for a $15,278 per-screen average, the market's biggest opening weekend ever. New markets accounted for $9.1 million of the $36.1 million weekend tally.

In all, "Toy Story 3" has amassed its $100 million overseas total from just 35% of the overall international marketplace. Disney's gradual rollout of the film takes it to New Zealand and Turkey this week. Key European market openings (Italy, France, U.K., Spain and Germany) plus Japan and Hong Kong won't occur until next month.

Second on the weekend was 20th Century Fox's "Knight and Day," the big-budget action comedy directed by James Mangold and costarring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, which opened No. 3 domestic. In its offshore debut at 2,238 screens in 12 territories, mostly in Asia and the Caribbean, "Knight" grossed $12.6 million, for a $5,630 per-screen average.

"Knight and Day" premiered No. 1 in South Korea ($3.8 million from 501 locations) and in Russia ($3.38 million from 950 sites). The film also notched first-place rankings in Taiwan ($1 million from 135 screens), Hong Kong ($778,495 from 60 sites for a per-screen average of $12,975), Thailand, Malaysia, Trinidad and Jamaica.

Dipping its toes in foreign theatrical waters was Sony's "Grown Ups." The comedy costarring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider about a get-together of old friends over a July 4 weekend opened No. 2 in Australia, drawing $2.3 million from 224 locations for a per-screen average of $10,290.

No. 3 on the weekend was Sony's "The Karate Kid," ducking major European markets during the World Cup, opened No. 1 in Thailand, and collected $8.4 million overall from 925 screens in 26 territories including China. The remake of the 1984 original, costarring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith, has grossed a total of $25.3 million overseas thus far, with $21.1 million coming from markets handled by Sony.

No. 4, Fox's "The A-Team," generated $7.7 million from 4,344 screens in 53 territories, and is for the second straight weekend No. 1 in France -- although not in the Paris area, where the Lionsgate action-comedy "Killers" took the top spot. Overseas cume for director Joe Carnahan's update of the popular NBC-TV series of the 1980s stands at $47.2 million.

Fifth was Warner Bros./New Line's "Sex and the City 2," which tallied $7.2 million at about 5,500 screens in 58 territories. Overseas gross total stands at $172 million, $91.4 million shy of the foreign gross total compiled by 2009's "Sex and the City: The Movie."

"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," producer Jerry Bruckheimer's sword-and-sandals title handled by Disney, pulled $6.9 million from 6,495 situations in 54 markets in its sixth round on the foreign circuit, hoisting its offshore cume to $226 million. "Prince" has grossed $312.2 million worldwide, the sixth biggest release of 2010.

Previewing strongly in the U.K., DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Shrek Forever After" in 3D drew $3.7 million from 1,281 spots in 21 markets (with the official U.K. opening due this week). Foreign cume stands at $91.5 million.

Universal's comedy "Get Him to the Greek" opened strongly in the U.K., generating $2.4 million from 390 spots. Weekend overall generated $3.9 million from 770 spots in eight markets, for an early cume of $9.8 million. Same distributor's "Robin Hood" raised its overseas cume to nearly $200 million ($198.7 million) thanks to a $2.4 million weekend at 4,800 locations in 56 markets.

Other international cumes: Marvel Entertainment's "Iron Man 2," $303 million; Universal's "Green Zone," $62.7 million; Fox's "Marmaduke," $13 million; Sony's "The Back-Up Plan," $36.6 million; Universal's "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang," $60.5 million; DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "How to Train Your Dragon," $262 million; Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," $687.6 million; and Universal's "Hanni Und Nanni," $2 million in Germany and Austria. "


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TS3 Mexico numbers are wild!

Updated overseas totals:


Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief - $137,289,360
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - $91,878,060
The Bounty Hunter - $69,031,265
The Book of Eli - $60,954,519
A Nightnare on Elm Street - $40,807,518
Dear John - $32,061,414
Marmaduke - $13,049,227

I am surprised that TKK is not doing that great overseas. 26 countries (including China) and after 2 weeks the total is just 25.3m OS. Definitely good but nothing to write off.

Percy seems to miss the 140m mark anyways the OS number was the actual savior.

Awesome number for The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo. Passing 100m WW is a great achievement which I thought was not possible for this one.

"It was all about Bella, Edward and Jacob on the foreign theatrical circuit over the Fourth of July weekend as "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" soared to the coveted No. 1 boxoffice perch with a resounding $104.6 million drawn over five days from 6,951 screens in 42 territories.

Although "Eclipse" opened strongly, the threequel did not eclipse the opening weekend of its immediate franchise predecessor, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," which premiered at 6,672 screens in 24 markets late last November, grossing $121.6 million, including previews. "New Moon" spent the three successive weekends at the top of the foreign circuit, winding up with an offshore boxoffice total of $416 million.

The third installment of Summit Entertainment's "Twilight" franchise based on the novels of Stephenie Meyer, "Eclipse" recorded mighty openings in Australia ($11 million from 536 screens for a per-screen average of slightly more than $20,000), Mexico ($8.5 million from 469 sites) and in New Zealand ($1.4 million from 94 locations, an exceptionally hefty figure for this market).

In Spain, despite unseasonably high temperatures, the boxoffice result was $10.5 million from 720 spots, as per Summit. In Italy, "Eclipse" generated $9.9 million from 700 situations while Russia came up with a resounding $15 million from an unspecified number of screens. The threequel opens this week in 22 markets, including the U.K., France and South Korea. A Germany introduction follows next week.

"Eclipse's" sizable foreign debut is another unmistakable indication that 2010 is -- despite World Cup distractions and a stronger dollar -- shaping up as a torrid boxoffice year overseas.

January-through-June offshore boxoffice for the six Hollywood majors – 20th Century Fox, Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal and Sony – totaled $6.38 billion, up an astounding 43% from 2009's first half. (The majors last year logged a record full-year foreign boxoffice of $10.7 billion.)

Leading the pack was Fox with some $2 billion in boxoffice in the year's first half, followed by Disney ($1.33 billion), Warner Bros. ($1.15 billion), Paramount ($900 million), Universal ($600 million) and Sony ($400 million). If foreign boxoffice keeps up at anywhere near this pace in the second half, 2010 should easily wind up being the fifth record boxoffice year in a row for the big studios.

No. 2 on the weekend was DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek Forever After" in 3D, which opened in nine territories and took the number one spot in all of them. Leading the fresh markets were the U.K. ($13.5 million from 539 venues) and France ($11.7 million from 952 locations, a record opening for a DreamWorks title in the market) with the 3D animated movie defying hot weather conditions in each territory.

The film opened No. 1 (via C.J. Entertainment) in Korea at 630 spots drawing $6.3 million. Overall weekend take for the latest "Shrek" was $42.6 million extracted from 4,484 venues in 25 markets. Foreign cume now stands at $137 million.

Third on the weekend was Pixar/Disney's "Toy Story 3," which grossed $25.5 million from 5,001 screens in 34 territories, with Latin American markets providing $89.3 million or 60% of the film's total overseas take. Mexico alone has provided a market cume of $44.7 million.

After being released in only 37% of the total international marketplace, the animation threequel in 3D rolled up a total foreign tally of $150.8 million. Worldwide, "Toy Story 3" has accumulated $439.8 million, making it Disney's twelfth biggest animation release ever.

No. 4 was 20th Century Fox's "Knight and Day," playing markets in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Russia. Buoyed somewhat by openings in 13 smaller territories, the Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz romantic action vehicle drew $7.8 million from 2,250 screens in a total of 25 markets.

South Korea was "Knight and Day's" leading territory, providing a No. 2 second-round ranking with $2.6 million drawn from 494 locations for a market cume of $8.1 million. Overseas gross total stands at $24.7 million.

Fifth was Sony's "The Karate Kid," which drew $3.9 million on the weekend from 730 screens in 25 markets plus China, handled by a local distributor. The remake of the 1980s original has been playing markets in Asia and South America, and has rolled up an overseas gross total of $31.9 million so far.

Fox's "The A-Team," the feature edition of the hit 1980s TV series, opened in the teeth of the World Cup soccer tournament, and has rounded out a month of playdates overseas with a gross total of $54.4 million. Weekend take was $3.7 million from 2,910 screens in 46 territories, with France leading the way with a market cume of $6.7 million over three rounds.

Warner Bros./New Line's "Sex and the City 2" drew $3.6 million from 4,050 situations in 58 markets, for an international cume of $180 million. That leaves the sequel to the long-running HBO TV series $83.4 million shy of the $263.4 million foreign gross total amassed by 2008's "Sex and the City: The Movie."

Disney's sword-and-sandals title "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" finished its seventh weekend on the foreign circuit with $2.9 million derived from 5,614 screens in 54 markets, pushing its overseas gross total to $231 million (worldwide: $319.1 million).

Universal's comedy "Get Him to the Greek" laughed all the way to $2.4 million collected from 738 sites in nine markets for an early overseas gross total of $14.7 million. It placed No. 2 on the weekend in the U.K. with $1.6 million drawn from 390 locations for a market cume of $5.8 million.

Sony's comedy "Grown Ups," costarring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade and Rob Schneider, grossed $1.7 million from 220 screens in a half dozen territories for an early cume of $5.3 million.

Best-grossing local-language newcomer in France was "Tournee" ("On Tour"), director-actor Mathieu Amalric's Cannes competition entry this year, about a group of American strippers on tour in Paris. Opening round took $1 million from 135 screens. Coming in at No. 2 in France was Universal's release of "Fatal" from director-actor-singer-comedian-TV personality Michael Youn, which drew $2 million from 400 sites for a market cume of $6 million over 19 days.

Other international cumes: Universal's "Robin Hood," $201.7 million (thanks to a $1.3 million weekend at 4,055 sites in 51 markets); Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" in 3D," $688.7 million (fourth biggest overseas release ever); Marvel Ent./Paramount's "Iron Man 2," $304.7 million; Fox's "Marmaduke," $15.5 million; DreamWorks/Paramount's "She's Out of My League," $16.4 million; Universal's "Hanni Und Nanni," $2.2 million (in Germany and Austria only); and DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "How to Train Your Dragon," $262 million.

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Excellent numbers for Shrek4, it is constantly doing great numbers everywhere. TS3 also did great still Mexico is the biggest giant for it.

Not sure about Eclipse, the number on paper looks good but it was not able to match NM's OW still lower Euro value can be considered as one of the reasons it opened to a few more markets than NM. Anyways 400m OS still looks good.

"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" ruled the foreign theatrical circuit for the second straight session, grossing $81.1 million -- a 22% drop from its opening round -- over five days from 9,440 screens in 63 markets. Overseas boxoffice total stands at $219 million in 12 days.

The 20th Century Fox sci-fi-action film "Predators," the latest spinoff of director John McTiernan's 1987 title starring Arnold Schwarzenegger -- this one co-produced by Robert Rodriguez and directed by Nimrod Antal with Adrien Brody starring -- opened in 22 markets for $18 million from 3,094 locations. A No. 3 bow in the U.K. led the way with $3.5 million drawn from 395 locations. "Predators" landed the No. 4 spot on the weekend overall.

"The Last Airbender," director M. Night Shyamalan's fantasy adventure based on a Nickelodeon animated TV series, premiered in four offshore territories for a weekend tally of $10 million from a total of 1,205 sites. Biggest territory was Russia where the opening gross was a mighty $8 million from 870 spots, easily qualifying "Airbender" for the No. 1 market spot. A Japan opening is due this week.

Also dipping its toes offshore into four markets (Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore) was "Despicable Me," Illumination Entertainment's computer generated animation in 3D from Universal, with Steve Carell voicing the principal role. Opening gross was $5 million from a combined 736 screens, with Russia leading the way ($3.4 million from 553 locales). "Despicable Me" had the third biggest market opening this year of an animated title.

"Eclipse," the third installment of Summit Entertainment's "Twilight" franchise defied toasty summer weather in France and the U.K., opening No. 1 in these two key markets. Summit said the U.K. take was a jaw-dropping $21 million from 523 locations (including previews), the market's biggest opening of 2010 and about $2 million more than "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed in its market bow late last year.

The France gross opening tally was $12.4 million from an unspecified number of locales, also the highest opening market take of this year. By weekend's end, "Eclipse" is expected to also be No. 1 in its opening round in South Korea and in its sophomore session in Australia -- in addition to its first-place standing overall.

No. 2 on the weekend was "Shrek Forever After" in 3D, which took first place in 16 of its 17 new markets on the weekend, grossing $56.2 million overall from 7,022 venues in 47 territories. Foreign cume for the fourth and presumably final title in the "Shrek" franchise stands at $210 million so far, with openings due this week in four new markets, including Mexico and Belgium.

In Brazil, "Shrek Forever After" set a market opening record for an animation title with $7.4 million from 456 spots. In World Cup-crazy Spain, "Shrek" still managed $5.2 million from 626 venues while it drew $3.2 million in its Argentina bow at 141 spots (for a $22,695 per-screen average), a market opening gross record.

Pixar/Disney's "Toy Story 3," also in 3D, took the weekend's third spot with $39.1 million derived from 6,992 venues in 39 territories. Overseas gross total for the animation threequel stands at $213.1 million extracted from a bit more than half of the international marketplace. Openings this week are due in France and Hong Kong, territories Disney characterizes as "representing approximately 10% of our potential business."

In Japan, "Toy Story 3" set a market opening record for a Disney animation title ($10.6 million from 456 venues). An Italy intro provided $5 million over five days at 428 sites. The film continues strongly in Latin American markets, which have provided $110 million of the film's $213.1 million foreign cume.

No. 5 on the weekend was Sony's "The Karate Kid," which grabbed $12.3 million (including the China territory handled by a local distributor). Sony played the remake costarring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith of the 1980s original at 1,485 screens in 27 markets. Overseas cume stands at $42.1 million. A No. 1 Mexico bow generated $3.75 million from 701 sites while a No. 3 debut in Australia provided $3.2 million from 241 sites.

Fox's "Knight and Day" drew $10.36 million from 2,437 situations in 30 markets. International gross total to date is $38.5 million. As per the distributor, the action comedy costarring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz opened No. 1 in China with $4.4 million drawn from 1,158 sites over six days.

Opening No. 7 in France (but No. 3 in Paris) was Mars Distribution's release of "Copacabana," director Marc Fitoussi's comedy about the rocky relationship between a freewheeling, unconventional mother and her straight-laced daughter. The Isabelle Hupert vehicle, which played in the Cannes Festival's Critics Week sidebar this year, drew $400,000 from 125 sites.

In Paris, director Olivier Assayas' feature edition of his lengthy TV miniseries on terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (aka "Carlos the Jackal") -- which also played Cannes this year -- opened at just 14 sites and finished No. 12 in the city-suburbs market.

Other international cumes: Fox's "The A-Team," $57.8 million; Disney's "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," $236.4 million; Universal's "Get Him to the Greek," $18.5 million; Warner Bros.' "Sex and the City 2," $185 million; Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" in 3D," $689.1 million; Universal's "Robin Hood," $203 million; Sony's "Grown Ups," $7.9 million; Universal's "Fatal," $6.7 million (in France only); and Fox's "Marmaduke," $18.4 million.

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""The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" ruled the foreign theatrical circuit for a second straight session, grossing $81.1 million -- a 22% drop from its opening launch -- over five days from 9,440 screens in 63 markets. Overseas boxoffice total stands at $219 million in 12 days.

The 20th Century Fox sci-fi/action film "Predators," the latest spinoff of director John McTiernan's 1987 title starring Arnold Schwarzenegger -- this one co-produced by Robert Rodriguez and directed by Nimrod Antal with Adrien Brody starring -- opened in 22 markets for $17.3 million from 3,155 locations.

A No. 3 bow in the U.K. led the way with $3.3 million drawn from 396 locations. A Japan debut provided a No. 4 slot and $2.7 million derived from 373 locations. "Predators" also landed the No. 4 spot on the weekend overall.

"The Last Airbender," director M. Night Shyamalan's fantasy adventure based on a Nickelodeon animated TV series, premiered in four offshore territories for a weekend tally of $9 million from a total of 923 sites. The biggest territory was Russia, where the opening gross was an estimated $8 million from 870 spots, easily qualifying "Airbender" for the No. 1 market spot. A Japan opening is due this week.

Also dipping its toes offshore into four markets (Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore) was "Despicable Me," Illumination Entertainment's computer-generated animation in 3D from Universal, with Steve Carell voicing the principal role. Opening gross was $5 million from a combined 726 screens, with Russia leading the way ($3.4 million from 547 locales). "Despicable Me" had the third biggest Russia opening this year for an animation title.

"Eclipse," the third installment of Summit Entertainment's "Twilight" franchise defied toasty summer weather in France and the U.K., opening No. 1 in these two key markets. U.K. take was a jaw-dropping $20.7 million from 523 locations (including previews), the market's biggest opening of 2010 and about $2 million more than "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed in its market bow late last year.

The France gross opening tally was $12.5 million from 765 locales, also the highest opening market take of this year. "Eclipse's" No. 1 opening in South Korea generated $6.4 million over four days at 603 locations, while its No. 2 sophomore session in Australia produced $4.7 million from 533 screens for a market cume of $20.2 million.

No. 2 on the weekend was "Shrek Forever After" in 3D, which took first place in 16 of its 17 new markets on the weekend, grossing $54.5 million overall from 6,682 venues in 37 territories. Foreign cume for the fourth and presumably final title in the "Shrek" franchise stands at $207.7 million so far, with openings due this week in four new markets, including Mexico and Belgium.

In Brazil, "Shrek Forever After" set a market opening record for an animation title with an estimated $7.4 million from 456 spots. In World Cup-crazy Spain, "Shrek" still managed an estimated $5.2 million from 626 venues, while it drew $3.1 million in its Argentina bow at 141 spots (for a $21,642 per-screen average), a market opening gross record.

Pixar/Disney's "Toy Story 3," also in 3D, took the weekend's third spot with $35.2 million derived from 6,055 venues in 39 territories. Overseas gross total for the animation threequel stands at $210.4 million extracted from a slightly more than half of the international marketplace. Openings this week are due in France and Hong Kong, territories Disney characterizes as "representing approximately 10% of our potential business."

In Japan, "Toy Story 3" set a market opening record for a Disney animation title ($11 million from 530 venues). The film continues strongly in Latin American markets, which have provided $110 million of the film's $213.1 million foreign cume.

No. 5 on the weekend was Sony's "The Karate Kid," which grabbed $11.6 million (including the China territory handled by a local distributor). Sony played the remake starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith of the 1980s original at 1,513 screens in 26 markets. Overseas cume stands at $43.5 million. A No. 1 Mexico bow generated $3.37 million from 451 sites while a No. 3 debut in Australia provided $3.2 million from 241 sites.

Fox's "Knight and Day" drew $10.9 million from 3,224 locations in 30 markets. International gross total to date is $39 million. Per the distributor, the action comedy starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz opened No. 1 in China with $4.8 million drawn from 1,158 sites over six days.

Opening No. 7 in France (but No. 3 in Paris) was Mars Distribution's release of "Copacabana," director Marc Fitoussi's comedy about the rocky relationship between a freewheeling, unconventional mother and her straight-laced daughter. The Isabelle Hupert vehicle, which played in the Cannes Festival's Critics Week sidebar this year, drew $400,000 from 125 sites.

In Paris, director Olivier Assayas' feature edition of his lengthy TV miniseries on terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (aka "Carlos the Jackal") -- which also played Cannes this year -- opened at just 14 sites and finished No. 12 in the city-suburbs market. "The Killer Inside Me," director Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of the Jim Thompson crime novel starring Casey Affleck and Kate Hudson, opened at No. 7 in South Korea with $239,460 drawn from 144 screens.

Other international cumes: Fox's "The A-Team," $58 million; Disney's "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," $236.3 million; Universal's "Get Him to the Greek," $18.2 million; Warner Bros.' "Sex and the City 2," $185.5 million; Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" in 3D," $689.1 million; Universal's "Robin Hood," $202.9 million; Universal's "Fatal," $7.2 million (in France only); and Fox's "Marmaduke," $18.3 million.

Also, Sony's "Grown Ups," $7.8 million; Focus Features/Universal's "A Serious Man," $22.3 million; DreamWorks/Paramount's "She's Out of My League," $16.9 million; Fuji TV/Toho's "Bayside Shakedown: Set the Guys Loose," $28.2 million (over two rounds in Japan only); Universal's "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang," $61.2 million; Lionsgate's "Killers," $4.5 million (U.K. only); Universal's "Hanni und Nanni," $2.8 million (Germany and Austria only); and Marvel Ent./Paramount's "Iron Man 2," $305.9 million."

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Nice For Predators, should be able to do 120+ WW

Well, even AVP: Requiem made $125+ million WW, so yeah, it definitely will (though the performance in Germany will be rather underwhelming it seems).

Mostly everything dropped from the estimates expect for a few. World cup effects were felt everywhere as well other than US

True, but the Alien films were always pretty huge overseas, while the single Predator films were just decent performers, I think the AVP films helped spread give the Predator franchise a wider worldwide audience.

Updated overseas grosses:

Alice in Wonderland - $690,100,000
Toy Story 3 - $221,900,000
Robin Hood - $203,369,972
The Bounty Hunter - $69,185,469
Oceans - $56,689,120
The Ghost Writer - $37,419,285
The Hurt Locker - $32,210,565
Letters to Juliet - $8,970,332

Just saw this article at The Numbers

http://www.the-numbers.com/interactive/ ... ewsID=5286

It says that Eclipse grossed 73.73m and was released in 53 markets. The overseas total is also 216m.

How are these numbers so different ?

Some numbers are up:

$32.9m - $267.5m TS3
$20.0m - $63.5m KNIGHT & DAY
$15.6m - $15.6m INCEPTION
$11.1m - $37.6m PREDATORS
$8.3m - $8.3m SORCERER
$6.3m - $20m AIRBENDER
$4.3m - $52.9m KARATE KID
$4.0m - $11.3m DESPCIABLE
$1.0m - $9.5m GROWN UPS

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/enterta ... flops.html

Some more:

$52.2 - $292.5 SHREK 4
$42.0 - $288.0 ECLIPSE

http://www.screendaily.com/

http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/shrek-topples-eclipse-to-lead-overseas-on-522m/5016140.article

Shrek - $52.2m/$292.5m
Eclipse - $42m/$288m
Marmaduke - $21.7m (total)
Get Him To The Greek - $1.0m/$20.6m
Robin Hood - $204.1m (total)

I updated the article with more numbers and some actuals.

"Returning to the foreign theatrical circuit's No. 1 boxoffice perch after three stanzas of also-ran status, Pixar/Disney's "Toy Story 3" drew $62 million on the weekend from 3,897 screens in 43 markets, pushing its overseas gross total to $351 million.

Finishing a solid No. 2 on the weekend was Warner Bros.' "Inception," which drew $56.7 million from 5,840 venues -- for a $9,709 per-screen average -- in 38 territories. Early international gross total stands at $84 million.

Director Christopher Nolan's sci-fi-thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio had No. 1 debuts in Japan ($8.9 million from 523 screens), France ($8.1 million from 717 locations), Russia ($6.75 million from 906 locales) and Australia ($6.4 million from 413 situations). Openings in 13 markets, including Germany, are set for this week.

Sony rolled out "Salt" overseas day-and-date with its domestic release at 779 screens in 17 secondary markets for an opening weekend tally of $5.1 million.

Director Phillip Noyce's Cold War thriller starring Angelina Jolie as a suspect CIA agent premiered No. 1 in Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. It finished second in India, the best opening in the market for a Jolie title. Brazil, Japan, Korea and Russia openings are due this week.

Driving the weekend action for "Toy Story 3" in 3D were record openings in U.K. and Spain. In the U.K.,the animation threequel grossed a huge $30.6 million (including previews), the market's biggest opening ever for an animation title. In Spain, the debut tally was $7.9 million, also an animation market record.

"Toy Story 3's" foreign cume qualifies the title as Disney's sixth biggest-grossing animation title ever offshore. Worldwide gross total, $730.5 million, makes it the seventh biggest-grossing animation title of all time from any distributor. Openings in German-speaking European territories, plus Portugal, are on tap this week.

Finishing No. 3 on the weekend (down from No. 1 last round) and helping to push Paramount's 2010 foreign boxoffice to about $1.25 billion currently was DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek Forever After" in 3D, which continues to generate substantial business in its graduated overseas rollout. "Shrek's" weekend gross was $33 million drawn from 7,297 venues in 57 markets.

No. 1 holds in Mexico and Brazil generated handsome numbers: $4.7 million from 821 spots in the former for a market total of $18.8 million over two frames; and $4.1 million in Brazil from 513 locations for a local cume of $27.3 million over three rounds. The fourth "Shrek's" foreign gross total stands at $361 million amassed since May 20.

Fourth on the weekend was Summit International's "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," which had no new foreign openings on the weekend but nonetheless furnished $20.1 million from 6,580 screens in 69 markets, for an overseas cume of $326.4 million. A No. 1 second weekend in Germany provided an estimated $4.8 million from 768 situations.

Propelled by a No. 3 opening in Germany ($3.4 million from 712 sites), 20th Century Fox's "Knight and Day" landed $16.2 million from 5,561 sites in 60 markets. It ranks No. 5 on the weekend. Overseas cume stands at $89.1 million.

Sony's "The Karate Kid" update costarring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith has accumulated $65.4 million since it opened on the foreign circuit on June 9. A No. 2 Germany debut provided $4.4 million from 519 situations. Weekend action overall came to $10.4 million from 2,005 screens in 38 markets.

Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," now playing in about 15% of the total international marketplace, nabbed $10.3 million on the weekend from 1,138 screens in 21 territories.

After 11 days on the foreign circuit, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced action-fantasy costarring Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel stands at $25.3 million, largely derived from Russia (market cume, $10.4 million). Global cume for "Apprentice" comes to $67.9 million thus far. Openings in eight markets, including Mexico and Holland, are due this week.

Fox's "Predators" has generated $48.2 million in total so far overseas. Weekend action for the sci-fi-action title starring Adrien Brody came to $5.7 million from 3,381 venues in 34 territories.

Paramount's "The Last Airbender" landed $4.4 million on the weekend from 1,413 screens in 10 territories, with Japan (market cume $4.3 million in nine days) and Russia (cume $16.5 million) providing most of the overall action.

Director M. Night Shyamalan's fantasy adventure based on a Nickelodeon TV series opened No. 1 in Turkey and the Philippines, and has rolled up a total gross of $27.3 million overseas. "Airbender" openings in a half-dozen markets, including France and Belgium, are due this week.

Universal's "Despicable Me" opened nicely in Taiwan (estimated $500,000 from 54 sites for a per-screen average of $9,259) and garnered $3.2 million overall on the weekend from 597 spots in nine markets. The family oriented, 3D animation title featuring the voice of Steve Carell has grossed $17.4 million overseas so far. Openings in 10 territories, including Argentina and Mexico, are on tap this week.

In France, Pyramide Distribution opened Italian import "Le premier quil l'a dit" ("Loose Cannons") in the No. 9 spot (No. 7 in Paris). Director Ferzan Ozpetek's comedy-drama about a pasta magnate and his two gay sons grossed an estimated $325,000 from 150 locations.

Other international cumes: Sony's "Grown Ups," $12.5 million (after a $2.7 million weekend at 715 screens in 11 markets); Universal's "Get Him to the Greek," $21.7 million; Fox's "Marmaduke," $25 million; Le Pacte's "Tournee" ("On Tour"), $2.7 million over four rounds in France only; Fox's "The A-Team," $60.9 million; Universal's "Robin Hood," $204.7 million; Universal's "Fatal," $8.5 million over 40 days in France only; and Universal's "Hanni und Nanni," $4 million Germany and Austria only. "

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This is the first time they mention Egypt

if Salt opened at #1, that means Inception opened at #2 (both opened here last week)

though I think, preview included, Inception should rank above Salt