Updated overseas numbers:

Toy Story 3 - $562,600,000
Inception - $334,000,000
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $238,962,462
Oceans - $58,510,094
A Nightmare on Elm Street - $48,431,207
The Back-Up Plan - $39,747,263
The Ghost Writer - $39,623,770
Killers - $36,800,000
Letters to Juliet - $14,278,684

Shrek: $448,091,897

From uip. Says updated on the 19th, not sure if that means box office including or excluding Thursday. But that must be including Chinese gross, because that's $7.6m weekdays, after a $6m weekend.

I find it really interesting and rather shocking that Step Up 3D will gross over 100 million on the foreign circut, considering it's underperfomance domestically...

Man they are bad at keeping track of Expendables, I hope they get better at it, as Russia and China and the holdovers it should be over 40 million already overseas.

the Foreign Box Office continues to outpace the domestic box office this year, with a top 12 total this week of approx. 142.8 million, far ahead of the 90 million earned domestically this weekend.

Furthermore, foreign grosses are saving many films that could have been deemed disappointing to outright bombs given their domestic performances.

For Instance, Step Up 3D is already at 70 million overseas, with much more to come, after barely making 40 million on the domestic front. With a WW cume of 150 million though, it can hardly be deemed a disappointment given the relatively low budget and what should be strong foreign DVD sales.

The Last Airbender will finish above 150 million, and coupled with it's domestic performance will be over 300 million WW. Saved Paramount what could have been an embarrassment given the large budget. It did not however save M. Night the embarrassment of having another shitty movie.

Salt is well on it's way past 150 million overseas as well, making up for a somewhat weak domestic performance. It's overseas performance is actually enough for Sony to consider a sequel.

Shrek Forever After is a HUGE win on the foreign circuit as it now looks poised to sqeek past 500 million and well over 700 million total. Despite a weak domestic performance in relation to the other 3, Forever After is going to be the highest grossing Shrek overseas!

And ofcourse, Overseas box office save Tom Cruise's ass with Knight and Day passing 150 million. That performance is probably the reason Paramount is still going ahead with the next Mission Impossible.

Plus, the Overseas box office is just making domestic hits even bigger hits.
The Expendibles is rocking, and might make as much as 150 million overseas to compliment it's already steller domestic gross, which should finish above 100 million.

The Karate Kid is will be adding another 150 million to it's domestic cume as well.

And do I even have to mention Toy Story 3 and Inception, the big WW box office winners of the summer?

Worldwide should actually be bigger than domestic considering there are 140 times the number of countries or more.

Given, most places have no form of cinema and others have very small markets, it still should be outgrossing the domestic BO daily since Russia, China, Brazil etc are fast rising markets. Add to the fact that even if they don't embrace US films they have their own films also makes this almost expected to outgross the domestic market.

Still, it's quite amazing how big the US BO is. Look at giving a $15m budget to Ramona. That would never be a hit in 90% of countries even if people liked it because of how small the markets are.

Expendables is already over 100 million, I'd say its closer to about 130 overseas now. They really need to find a way to track it's numbers better. And a tidbit, Expendables may have passed Fahrenheit 911's WW total to become Lionsgate's biggest film ever.

Some early overseas numbers:

Resident Evil: Apocalypse - $45.5 million
Toy Story 3 - $632.2 million
The Sorcerer's Apprentice - $127.6 million

That would be quite good for Resident Evil... and Toy Story continues to chug along.....

Predators WW gross is higher than AVP:requiem.

Predators' overseas gross has been corrected - $73.5 million now.

How did they overestimate it by 6m?

Simple mistake, I suppose, no overestimation.

Once again the overseas weekend total puts the domestic one to shame; 119 million vs. about 65 million domestically.

At this point, especially with Potter still to come last this year, I don't see how the Foreign Box Office will slip behind the domestic one, making this year the first that Overseas box office beats Domestic.

Exciting things to come in the years ahead I think...

Avatar, Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland, Inception, Shrek 4, Twilight 3, Prince Of Persia and Clash Of The Titans are the responsable for the stunning OS performance this year !!

Hmm, I'm pretty sure this is not the first year...something must be off about previous calculations.

No, it's true.
Keep in mind that some markets have expanded hugely over the last few years, like Russia and China.
Also keep in mind this is ONLY including hollywood films, and not films that are distributed by local film companies around the world...

What? That's not true at all. And not only is it not true, you can't just exclude local films. What about the plethora of US-produced films that don't get much international distribution?

If you're sure of your claim, can you provide a source?

Upated overseas grosses:

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - $389,454,400
Iron Man 2 - $309,623,574
How to Train Your Dragon - $275,010,725
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $244,388,000
Sex and the City 2 - $195,395,643
Knight and Day - $152,543,964
A Nightmare on Elm Street - $49,651,621
Killers - $44,300,000

""Resident Evil: Afterlife" took the No. 1 box office slot on the foreign theatrical circuit for the second consecutive weekend, grossing $38.7 million drawn from more than 5,300 screens in 48 markets.

In only 10 days overseas, Constantin Film's scifi-action-horror outing starring Milla Jovovich has broken the $100-million offshore box office barrier (actual cume, $103.2 million).

That makes "Afterlife" the biggest-grossing title overseas of the "Resident Evil" franchise; previous title holder was 2007's "Resident Evil: Extinction," which tallied a foreign gross total of $95.5 million.

In its latest weekend of play, "Afterlife" took the No. 1 spot in 42 of its 48 markets, scoring best in its second Japan round ($4.7 million from 655 sites). Notable first-place debuts were recorded in Mexico ($4.45 million from 660 spots), Korea ($3.8 million from 278 locations) and Brazil ($2.92 million from 302 screens), as well as in the Ukraine, Portugal, Chile and Romania.

"Afterlife" is being distributed overseas by Sony (whose territories threw off $30.2 million of the total weekend gross) in addition to local distributors in various markets and Summit International, which is handling the film in Thailand, the Philippines, Turkey and Israel.

Newcomers to the overseas circuit this weekend included Warner Bros.' "The Town," actor-director Ben Affleck's crime drama about Boston-area bank robbers, which opened No. 1 in Paris and No. 2 in France overall. Debut heist in the single market was $2.2 million, including previews from 293 locations.

Sony opened "Eat Pray Love," the saga of a divorced woman finding herself via a world journey, in five markets for a weekend tally of $3.6 million drawn from 693 screens. The Julia Roberts vehicle debuted stylishly in Japan ($1.63 million drawn from 295 screens), Italy (No. 2 with $1.7 million elicited from 336 spots) and took the No. 1 spot in Argentina.

"Easy A," director Will Gluck's romantic comedy about a high school girl's manipulation of her school's rumor mill, opened No. 5 in Australia via Sony with $1.2 million extracted from 172 locations.

Universal premiered "Devil," a horror thriller backed by Media Rights Capital and coproducer M. Night Shyamalan, at 555 screens in seven offshore territories for $2.3 million on the weekend. A No. 2 debut in the U.K. provided $1.3 million from 336 sites. There will be seven more openings, including Russia, later this week.

George Clooney's latest vehicle, "The American," opened No. 1 via Focus Features/Universal in Spain with $1.7 million drawn from 274 locations. Second weekend out (it opened in Italy last round) came up with $2 million from 474 sites, elevating the film's early overseas gross total to $3 million.

Still coming up with solid offshore numbers is "Inception," director Christopher Nolan's scifi thriller from Warner Bros. Latest international weekend drew $10.2 million from 5,460 situations in 60 markets. Foreign gross total for the Leonardo DiCapiro vehicle comes to $468.2 million. An Italy opening is due this week.

Paramount's "The Last Airbender" from director M. Night Shyamalan generated $5.7 million in weekend grosses from 2,999 venues in 58 territories. A No. 1 Australia bow drew $2.6 million from 341 venues. Foreign box office for the 3D adaptation of a Nickelodeon TV series totals $158.6 million.

Sony's cop comedy "The Other Guys" opened a solid No. 1 in the U.K. with $3.1 million drawn from 434 screens (it also premiered No. 1 in the United Arab Emirates). Overall weekend for the Will Farrell-Mark Wahlberg title drew $5.5 million from 785 locations, moving its early overseas cume to $9 million.

Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced live action outing starring Nicolas Cage, pulled $5.3 million in weekend action from 3,948 sites in 53 markets. With the film winding down its overseas run, the international gross total stands at $137.6 million. Global cume is just shy of $200 million.

Fox's horror movie sendup, "Vampires Suck," opened No. 1 in Italy ($2.6 million from 317 locations), and drew $5.2 million on the weekend overall from 1,782 situations in 24 territories. Overseas cume stands at $19.8 million.

"Despicable Me," Universal's 3D animation outing voice principally by Steve Carell, opened in Korea and New Zealand, generating $5 million overall on the weekend from 1,450 venues in 29 territories. The film held the No. 2 spot in Australia with $2 million drawn from 177 locations for an 11-day market cume of $7.2 million. Overseas gross total stands at $88.5 million.

Sony's Cold War drama, "Salt" drew $4.5 million on the weekend from 2,735 sites in 68 markets thanks in part to a No. 1 Greece debut ($600,000 from 102 locations). Cume for the Angelina Jolie vehicle stands at $162.8 million. Summit Int'l./Universal/Disney's "Step Up 3D" grossed $4.1 million from 1,799 screens in 38 markets for an international cume of $102 million, as per Summit.

Sony's "The Karate Kid" updates moved its international cume to $174 million thanks to a $3.9 million weekend at 2,425 spots in 47 markets. Pixar/Disney's "Toy Story 3" in 3D with its $635.7 million foreign gross total accumulated over four-and-a-half months is now the 10th highest-grossing international release ever. Latest weekend generated $3.5 million from 3,456 sites. Global cume is $1.046 billion.

Sony's "Grown Ups" starring Adam Sandler laughed all the way to $3.2 million from 1,875 locales in 50 markets, pushing its overseas cume to $89.2 million. The Family-oriented "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" began runs in Korea, Italy and Australia, and grossed $3 million on the weekend from a total of 2,295 sites in 52 markets. Cume for the Warner's release is $60.5 million.

Another family title, DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Shrek Forever After" in 3D boosted its overseas cume to $491 million ($20.7 million of which stems from a continuing Italy engagement) thanks to a $2.1 million weekend at 1,828 venues in 61 territories. And this latest "Shrek" has yet to play Japan.

Top title in France was Mars Distribution's "Des homes et des dieux" ("Of Men and Gods"), which grossed $2.8 million in its second round at 384 spots. Market cume for the drama from director Xavier Beauvois about monks fending of Muslim terrorists in mid-90's Algeria stands at $6.5 million.

Opening No. 6 in France was director Claude Lelouch's romantic drama, "Ces amours-la." The Rezo Films' release described as a "hym to love" drew $750,000 from 325 screens.

Other international cumes: Paramount's "Dinner for Schmucks," $5 million; Fox's "Hidalgo: La Historia James Contada," $1.5 million in No. 2 Mexico opener at 659 sites; Universal's "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World," $12 million; Fox's "Avatar: Special Edition," $2.014 billion; Paramount's "Tomorrow When the War Began," $9 million over three rounds in Australia and New Zealand; Fox's "Nosso Lar," $13.5 million over three Brazil rounds; Fox's "The A-Team," $99.9 million; Fox's "Marmaduke," $45.8 million; and Fox's "Predators," $73.8 million."


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