It opened on Saturday in Russia so 2.9 mln look nice with 2day opening.

So far this year, Paul, Fast Five, Rio, Thor, Winnie the Pooh and Priest have opened OS before domestic if I'm not wrong.

It isn't a trend though. Paul is really a UK flick with Pegg and Frost. Pooh sorta is as well. Tintin later this year too.

And we all know that the April-early May blockbusters will probably always get the jump now because of holidays and precedent.

It'd start to be something though if Pirates, Potter and Transformers did, but it won't, not for awhile yet.

Also re: every blockbuster needs OS appeal, not really, sequels are loved by OS audiences as well as fantasy. So Fast Five and Thor. In the same way, Pirates, Panda, X-Men, Potter and Transformers should easily win OS. Cars is obviously being a whore so it will probably have a bump in gross too. Sci-fi is harder sell so S8, C&A, GL have to do well here. CA is a superhero so its in the same boat. I think ROTA will also do well OS. Hangover 2 is iffy, I think the first did very well so being in Bangkok just helps it.

But anyway, we also know every time a movie takes place overseas and is not just going there because they ran out of ideas, OS like it more.

Pirates is releasing few days earlier than US (it starts previews on 18th May and releases on 19th May here). KFP2 was scheduled earlier as well but then they dropped it because the dates of Pirates was too close to it.

Though I still agree OS markets aren't always getting movies earlier...its not yet a trend. From what I have seen some markets get few movies earlier or within a week (depending on the distributor rather than the genre itself), if not distributors generally wait for a month or a better spot for the release.

I don't care about having openings here before the ones in the US. But I would love WW day & date openings. I get that art/indie movies can take a year to finally find their way into theaters here, but sometimes it really sucks to wait a big movie for months.

Well, Ice Age 4 is set to be released a week before the States in a number of markets if IMDB is anything to go by.

I love the fact that lately the studios started to release some INTL numbers along the domestic numbers - it only shows how important ww grosses have become...

Anyway, so far we have these numbers:

$58m $271.1m F&F5
$27.5m $225m THOR
$16.7m $25.6m PRIEST
$6.1m $198m BLACK SWAN (Japan premiere)

Thor is doing great overseas...

Wow that's awesome opening for Black Swan in Japan

Though Fast Five was expected, it is doing great. WOW for Thor by end of this weekend it has a chance to clear $350m WW..amazing.

these are the numbers we needed, awesome for Black Swan and Thor,,,,,, Fast Five run is impressive, so glad to see a race car film improving its performance overseas,,,, could Fast Five success help Cars 2 OS later this year ??

THR OS Updates are back...woohoo!!
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the dominant international title for two prior successive rounds, took the No. 1 spot on the foreign theatrical circuit for a third consecutive weekend, grossing $69.4 million from more than 19,000 screens in more than 100 markets.

X-Men: First Class, the latest installment of the billion-dollar comic book film franchise from 20th Century Fox, underperformed Sunday’s box office projections by a full $3 million.

According to figures received Monday, the film actually finished not in second but in third place on the weekend, drawing $61 million in its opening round on the foreign theatrical circuit at 8,900 locations in 74 overseas markets.

The actual No. 2 finisher, Warner Bros.’ The Hangover Part II, collected $63.8 million -- $1.8 million more that Sunday’s estimate -- from 7,665 screens in 53 markets, of which 13 were new including Germany ($13 million including previews at 855 screens) and Russia ($5.1 million from 755 spots). Cume for the sequel to 2009’s comedy original (which grossed a total of $191.6 million foreign) totals $154 million after nine days of offshore release.

Fourth on the weekend was DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 in 3D via Paramount, which grossed $38.4 million on the weekend -- $1.6 million less than Sunday’s projection -- from 4,737 locales in 26 markets, pushing the animation sequel’s still early foreign gross total to $120.9 million. Panda 2 opens in 17 fresh markets this week.

No. 5 was Fast Five, which boosted its overseas gross total to $367 million thanks to a $10 million weekend at 5,546 locations in 60 territories. A muscular Venezuela opening at 65 playdates generated $1 million for a 46% market share. An October opening is set for Japan, the final overseas market for the fifth installment of the Universal car action franchise.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn and co-starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence, X-Men: First Class, the fourth sequel of the five-title franchise, pulled No. 1 numbers in some 20 territories. Biggest turnouts came from the U.K. ($8.97 million from 950 sites including previews), France ($7.1 million from 687 sites), Mexico ($5 million from 1,535 situations), South Korea ($5.4 million from 599 sites) and Australia ($5.1 million from 415 locations)

The mutant superhero saga has since its inception has picked up box office steam internationally relative to domestic action. While the first three titles in the franchise grossed more in the U.S. and Canada, the fourth, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), drew $195.9 million offshore versus $179.9 million domestically.

Original title in the series, X-Men (2000), grossed $139 million on the foreign circuit and $296.3 million worldwide. The first sequel, X-Men 2 (2003), bagged $193.2 million overseas and $408.2 million globally. Top grosser of the franchise is the third sequel, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), which racked up $225.3 million in foreign box office and $459.7 worldwide.

In all, the first four X-Men titles have collectively grossed $1.540 billion globally.

Meanwhile, the latest Pirates sequel pushed its international gross total past the $600-million mark ($600.4 million, more than three times its domestic cume). The Jerry Bruckheimer production starring Johnny Depp is currently the 16th biggest-grossing release ever on the foreign circuit. Its worldwide cume ($790.7 million) makes On Stranger Tides the 31st largest grosser ever released anywhere.

Not coincidentally, the distributors of X-Men and Pirates franchises are closely vying this year for the top spot among the six Hollywood major studios in terms of foreign box office. Both Disney and Fox have already surpassed the $1-billion overseas box office mark this year.

Fox is leading by a whisker so far with $1.109 billion amassed from January through May, down 43 percent from 2010 -- when Avatar was in initial overseas release during the first two months of the year.

The distributor said its 2011 showing (including a May tally of about $158 million, up 222% from May 2010) was driven by Rio (grossing a total of $323.7 million offshore through May), Black Swan ($211.4 million), Gulliver’s Travels ($158.3 million) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ($114.7 million).

While Fox’s January-through-May tally doesn’t include box office results from the latest X-Men title, Disney said it crossed the $1 billion mark (for the company’s 17th consecutive year) largely on the back of On Stranger Tides.

Disney’s 2011 offshore take so far is $1.108 billion. In May, when the Pirates sequel had its record-setting opening on the foreign circuit -- grossing $488 million during the month -- Disney registered a total of $499.4 million, up 159% from the comparable May 2010 figure.

Meanwhile, Paramount said it has grossed $895.2 million in the first five months of this year, up slightly (0.6 percent) from 2010’s comparable time frame. May-only action, however, sunk 27.3 percent from last year to $263.2 million.

Sony reports it has grossed $679.1 million through May, up more than 100 percent from 2010. May for Sony yielded $50.4 million in overseas box office, up 28 percent from May 2010. World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles (cume $118.9 million) and the Adam Sandler comedy Just Go With It ($111.7 million) were key drivers of Sony’s five-month action.

Universal is also having a solid year so far thanks largely to heavy Fast Five action. January-through-May foreign b.o. figure is $632.8 million, up seven percent from last year with the May-only figure ($311.5 million) increasing 66% from 2010. (Warner Bros. has yet to report year-to-date figures.)

Fox’s animation outing Rio bagged $2.76 million on the weekend from 2,350 venues in 25 territories, hiking its foreign cume to $327.1 million. Paramount’s Thor, director Kenneth Branagh’s screen treatment of the mythic comic book character, has generated total foreign box office of $257.2 million thanks to a $1.1 million weekend at 1,038 locations in 38 markets.

In France, Mars Distribution’s release of Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris dropped three notches to the market’s No. 6 spot, grossing $1.57 million from 493 screens. Market cume stands at $11.6 million.

Also in France, Tree of Life, Terrence Malick’s Cannes Festival prizewinner, alson dropped three rankings to No. 7 with $1.3 million drawn from 351 sites. The EuropaCorp Distribution release has registered a market total of $5.5 million thus far. Top local language newcomer in France was Pathe’s No. 4-ranked Monsieur Papa, a comedy-drama directed by and co-starring Kad Merad, which opened at 311 sites for $1.8 million.

Other international cumes: Fox’s Black Swan, $214.1 million; Sony, Focus Features and other distributors Hanna, $12.9 million; Focus Features’ The Eagle, $19.6 million; Fox’s Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, $46 million; Universal’s Paul, $53.9 million; Fox’s Water For Elephants, $53.7 million; UGC Distribution’s The Rabbi’s Cat, $1.6 million in France opener at 243 locations;

Also, Sony’s Priest, $42.1 million; Universal’s The Adjustment Bureau, $58.5 million; Gaumont’s La conquete (The Conquest), $5 million in France only; and Universal’s Senna, $3.6 million from three markets including a U.K. and Ireland debut for the racing car driver docu generating $500,000 from 67 screens); Focus Features’ Biutiful, $19.3 million; Fox’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2, $13.6 million; Universal’s Hop, $65.9 million; and Focus Features’ Another Year, $15.2 million.

Might seems redundant but here it is anyways

Studios OS Total from January to May
1. Fox - $1.109 billion
2. Disney - $1.108 billion
3. Paramount - $895.2 million
4. Sony - $679.1 million
5. Universal - $632.8 million

"DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 made its debut in the weekend’s No. 1 box office spot on the foreign theatrical circuit, grossing $56.5 million from 11,025 screens in 45 territories.

The tally was buoyed by the 3D animation sequel’s solid openings in 17 overseas markets. Total foreign gross for Panda 2 has exceeded the $200-million mark (cume is $205 million), as per distributor Paramount.

Panda 2 took the top spot in the U.K. and Ireland with an opening tally of $10 million from 516 venues. A Mexico bow delivered $8.3 million from 527 sites. Brazil kicked in $5.8 million from 404 situations while Argentina generated $2.3 million from 118 spots. Panda 2 in its Peru opening grossed $1.3 million from 52 locations for a $25,000 per-screen average, the biggest market opening of 2011.

With a tally of $41.1 million—down 41% from the prior round—Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ended its three-stanza hold on the No. 1 overseas boxoffice title.

Ranking No. 3 this time, the Disney release starring Johnny Depp played at 14,602 venues in 72 markets, moving its foreign gross total up to $678 million—more than three times its domestic take. Top market remains Japan where Tides drew a No. 1 ranking with a weekend gross of $6 million, pushing the market cume to $74.5 million.

Tides is easily the biggest-grossing Pirates title of the four franchise installments thus far, handily outpacing the previous foreign frontrunner, 2007’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, by $24 million. Worldwide cume stands at $886.8 million, making Tides the 19th biggest global grosser of all time.

Super 8, which premiered No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada, opened in nine mostly second-tier Southeast Asian markets on the weekend, drawing $6.7 million from a total of 652 screens and ranking No. 5 offshore overall. Opening weekend worldwide comes to $44.7 million

The sci-fi adventure, written and directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, premiered No. 3 in Australia to what distributor Paramount described as “an excellent holiday weekend gross” of $2.7 million drawn from 652 sites.

Super 8’s Hong Kong bow drew a No. 1 marketing ranking with $575,000 yielded from 42 situations for a per-screen average of $13,690. No. 1 openings were also recorded in Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Openings in 16 territories loom this week including Russia, Sweden and South Korea.

Finishing second on the weekend was 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: First Class, which tallied $42.2 million from 10,643 screens in 66 markets.

Overseas cume now stands at $124.2 million after only a dozen days of release on the foreign circuit. The latest installment of the billion-dollar comic book franchise took the top spot in France for the second consecutive weekend, grossing $3.25 million from 687 sites for a market cume of $11.5 million.

Warner Bros.’ The Hangover Part II crossed the $200-million foreign gross mark (cume is $215.5 million) thanks to a $38.3 million weekend at some 7,200 screens in 55 markets.

In just 18 days of foreign release, the comedy sequel has surpassed the $191.6 million overseas gross total recorded by 2009’s original, The Hangover. The sequel ranks No. 4 on the weekend overall. Top market was Germany where Hangover 2 grossed $7.9 million from 872 sites, ranking a dominant No. 1 in the market.

Universal’s Fast Five hoisted its foreign gross total to $378.3 million thanks to a $5.9 million weekend at 5,450 playdates in 63 territories. The overseas cume to date (a Japan opening is due in October) makes the latest installment of the car action franchise the biggest-grossing title of the series, besting previous foreign frontrunner, 2009’s Fast & Furious, by $170.3 million.

In the U.K. Universal opened Honey 2, a dance drama from Marc Platt Productions, in the market’s fifth spot. Opening tally was $850,000 from 301 sites. An opening in Germany is next on June 23, while a France bow is due July 20.

Other international cumes: Sony’s Priest, $44 million; Fox’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2, $15.6 million; Universal’s Hop, $67.3 million; Sony, Focus Features and other distributors’ Hanna, $14.8 million; Universal’s Paul, $55.1 million; Fox’s Rio, $329.5 million; Universal’s Senna, $4.8 million from seven territories; Fox’s Black Swan, $216.8 million; Universal’s The Adjustment Bureau, $59.8 million; Fox’s Water For Elephants, $55.3 million."

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I think that is a softer opening for KFP2...still a great number. Looks like it will end up with $400m-$450m OS total, though it has a good chance of crossing $500m if it holds well in the coming weeks.
X-Men is just ok...another $100m is the max I see for it with $350m WW total as the max.
Hangover 2 is doing great, the franchise has already become huge...now we will have to see if it can maintain the momentum.
Pirates is well poised to cross $1b WW total.

Some Paramount updates (the studio hit $1b...):

$259m Thor
$205m KFP2
$162.2m Little Fockers
$119.5m Rango
$79.8m True Grit
$77.5m No Strings Attached

"DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 held on to the top spot overseas through PPI as an estimated $53.5m from 10,267 sites in 55 markets boosted the running total to $280m.

Elsewhere Disney’s Pirates 4 surged past $730m following a $26m fifth weekend haul, while Warner Bros’ Hangover Part II became the biggest R-rated global comedy and Green Lantern earned $17m from its first limited internatinal foray. X-Men: First Class added $21m for Fox and stands at $163m.

Returning to Kung Fu Panda 2, China is the film’s biggest marke so far and generated a further $2.1m at the weekend from 2,650 sites for $77m.

There were 10 new number one debuts led by France where it delivered the biggest animated release of the year-to-date with $7.2m from 760. It produced $6.8m in Germany from 690, $2.8m in Spain from 403, $1.2m in Belgium from 115 and a notable $1.1m in Norway from 137.

In the second weekend holdovers Mexico led the way on $5.4m from 533 locations for $15.8m, while the UK generated $4m from 515 after a 20% slide for $15.4m. Brazil stands at $11m. South Korea has produced $35.4m after four weekends and Argentina added $1.6m from 117 for $4.7m after two.

Super 8 is revving up and used a handsome $12.5m weekend gross from 2,252 sites in 29 territories to climb to an early $22m. As with Kung Fu Panda 2 there were 10 new releases, of which the biggest was a number one debut in Russia on $4.1m from 596.

The sci-fi mystery opened in South Korea on $2.1m from 356 and took $500,000 in Sweden from 88 for number one. The most significant holdover came from Australia on $1.8m from 235 for $5.7m after two weekends.

The remarkable voyage of Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides continued with a $25.9m haul in the fifth weekend for $731.9m. This combines with $220.3m in North America for a $952.2m global tally.

Pirates 4 ranks comfortably as the fourth biggest international release in history, behind The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King on $742.1m, Titanic on $1.242bn and Avatar on $2.022bn. It is the 11 the biggest worldwide release and will overtake Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part I on $954.5m within a day or two.

The top territory is Japan on $87.5m, followed by Germany and Switzerland on $74.1m, China on $69.5m, Russia on $62.8m and the UK on $50.7m. Japan led the way at the weekend on $5.7m followed by Germany and Switzerland on $3.9m and China on $1.9m. The UK generated $1.6m.

Hangover Part II is now the biggest R-rated comedy global release in history. The film generated $21.4m through Warner Bros Pictures International from approximately 5,800 screens in 55 markets as the running total climbed to $256m and the global tally ascended to $488m, overtaking the predecessor’s $468m.

The film added $4.1m in Germany from 862 for $31.5m after three weekends and $2.7 in the UK from 476 for $48.m after four. Australia added $2m from 425 for $30.4m after four.

Green Lantern grossed $17m as it opened day-and-date with North America on 3,253 screens in the UK, Russia, New Zealand, Asia and select Middle East markets. The superhero adaptation opened top in the UK on $4.9m from 907 and ranked second in Russia on $3.2m from 771. South Korea generated $942,500 from 304 and Hong Kong brought in $780,000 from 47.

X-Men: First Class added $21.2m through Fox International from 9,086 screens in 67 markets for $163.2m. The top market was South Korea on $2.1m from 379 for $13.5m after three weekends followed by the UK on $2m from 634 for $20.5m after the same amount of time.

Elsewhere, the film stands at $14.8m in France, $12.6m in Australia, $11.1m in Mexico, $10.9m in Brazil, $5.2m in Germany and $5.1m in Japan.

Latest figures put Black Swan on $218.8m, Water For Elephants on $56.7m, Rio on an amazing $331.2m and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid 2 on $16.7m.

Fired up by a magnificent $6.8m number one launch in Australia from 234, Universal’s comedy Bridesmaids made its first international forays and brought in $7.3m through UPI from 339 sites in seven territories.

Fast Five added $2.8m from 2,500 venues in 56 territories to boost the running total to a formidable $385m, which combines with the $206.8m North American score for a global take of $591.8m. The Japanese debut in October could push the heist thriller past $400m internationally and $600m worldwide.

The Adjustment Bureau has reached $61.5m and animated feature Hop stands at $68.7m, while documentary Senna stands at $5.9m. Espionage thriller The Debt, which Universal is releasing overseas, opened in France on $600,000 from 210. Remaining territories will follow in the next few months.

Paul stands at $55.5m and Toronto favourite Beginners added $213,000 in its second weekend in Germany in 59 locations for $610,000.

Summit International reported that Summit/Alcon’s rom-com Something Borrowed added $2.9m from 1,280 screens in 29 territories for $17.8m. It opened in Germany on $1m from 261. Palme d’Or winner The Tree Of Life added 2m from 1,040 in 15 for a very respectable $15.9m and opened in Germany on $590,000 from 99 sites.

Sony Pictures Releasing International reported that the R-rated Cameron Diaz comedy Bad Teacher opened in the UK on $3.4m from 520.

Action title Priest brought in $1.3m from 965 screens for $46m and opened in five territories including Italy on $300,000 from 197. Hanna stands at $16.6m."

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Looks like KFP2 and Hangover will end up closer in WW total than I previously expected. X-men dropped heavily this weekend still though $200m OS is looking good, which is definitely good number for it.

Green Lantern did great in UK and OK in rest of the markets

Some numbers are up:

$42.9m CARS 2
$15.6m/$283.2m HANGOVER 2
$13.5m/$756.1m POTC4
$12.9m/$18.3m BAD TEACHER
$12.9m/$186.0m X-MEN
$11.5m/$21.3m BRIDESMAIDS
$10.5m/$36m SUPER 8
$7.1m/$29.4m GREEN LANTERN
$3.4m/$4.6m MR. POPPERS PENGUINS

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

What markets did Cars 2 open in? I guess it's bound to outgross the first one overseas by a fair margin.

KFP2 - $37/$340

"Pixar/Disney’s Cars 2 in 3D posted a swift No. 1 opening lap on the foreign theatrical circuit, beating comparable overseas debuts of previous Pixar outings. Director-coscripter John Lasseter’s animation adventure comedy drew $42.9 million overall from 18 overseas territories, which represent what Disney described as “25% of our potential performance.”

The opening take was 127% ahead of the comparable figure registered by the 2006 Cars original, which grossed $217.9 million offshore. In addition, said Disney, the Cars 2 debut beat that of 2009’s Up (which grossed a total of $438.3 million foreign) by 80%. The weekend also outpaced that of 2007’s Ratatouille (with a foreign cume of $417.3 million) by 77%; and that of 2010’s Toy Story 3 ($648.2) by 4%.

Biggest Cars 2 markets were Russia ($9.3 million), Mexico ($8.1 million), Brazil ($7.6 million), Italy ($5.7 million) and Australia ($5.2 million). Disney said that the opening three-day gross total worldwide came to $110.9 million.

Meanwhile, DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 - playing more than three times as many offshore territories on the weekend as Cars 2 - dropped to No. 2 this time after a $37 million weekend overall at 10,006 locations in 56 markets. Panda 2 had been the No. 1 foreign box office champ for the previous two stanzas.

Cume for the 3D animation title (released by Paramount) comes to $340 million since its overseas debut on May 26. Its No. 2 (after Cars 2) Australia premier drew $4.8 million from 259 spots.

No. 3 on the weekend, Warner Bros.’ The Hangover Part 2, registered a first-place Spain opening (2.9 million including previews from 495 screens) and grossed $15.6 million on the weekend overall from some 5,200 screens in 56 markets. Cume for the biggest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time comes to $283.2 million offshore.

No. 4 was Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which drew $13.5 million on the weekend, pushing the overseas gross total for the Jerry Bruckheimer production costarring Johnny Depp to $756.1 million -- three-and-a-third times the adventure fantasy’s domestic gross. Worldwide tally ($985.2 million) is breathing hard on the $1-billion benchmark.

A pair of female-oriented comedies opened strongly in key markets.

Sony’s Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz as a foul-mouthed junior high school teacher, drew A-plus premiers in Germany ($6.1 million from 466 screens), Austria, Belgium and Holland, finishing No. 1 in each market.

Overall, the R-rated comedy grossed $12.9 million from 1,500 screens in 24 markets for an early foreign gross total of $18.3 million. A No. 4 second weekend in the U.K. dropped 40% to $1.9 million elicited from 441 screens for a market cume of $7.3 million. (Worldwide cume for Bad Teacher stands at $49.3 million.) It finished No. 5 on the weekend.

Bridesmaids' No. 1 debut in the U.K. and Ireland elicited $5.8 million from 482 locations while a No. 3 Russia bow at 333 playdates registered $1.3 million. Overall on the weekend, the Kristen Wiig vehicle grossed $11.5 million from a total of 1,210 screens in 11 territories, pushing its early overseas total to $21.3 million.

20th Century Fox’s X-Men: First Class pushed its worldwide cume past the $300-million mark (cume, $317 million) thanks to a $12.89 weekend overseas at 6,897 sites in 68 markets. International gross total stands at $186 million.

Super 8, Paramount’s sci-fi adventure written and directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, is performing much stronger in the U.S. and Canada (cume $95.2 million) than overseas. Latest weekend on the foreign circuit drew $10.5 million from 2,430 locations in 30 territories, nudging the offshore cume to $36 million.

Flaccid so far overseas are Warner Bros.’ The Green Lantern and Fox’s Mr. Popper’s Penguins. The screen edition of the DC comics superhero generated $7.1 million on the weekend at 2,900 screens in 16 markets, bringing its overseas gross total over two rounds to $29.4 million. Jim Carrey’s latest comedy, rolling out slowly offshore, grossed $3.38 million from 1,187 screens in 16 markets, nudging its overseas gross total to $4.6 million over two rounds.

New local language releases took the numbers two and three spots in France. Finishing second in the market was UGC Distribution’s L’eleve Ducobu (The Student Ducobu), director-coscripter Philippe de Chauveron’s comedy about a likeable school dunce (Claude Vincent). Opening round at some 500 screens drew an estimated $2.2 million.

No. 3 was director Roschdy Zem’s crime drama, Omar m’a tuer (Omar Killed Me), about the questionable conviction of a gardener accused of murder. The Mars Distribution release grossed an estimated $1.5 million from some 300 sites.

Other international cumes: Mars Distribution’s Midnight in Paris, $13.2 million over seven rounds in France only; Universal’s Fast Five, $389 million; Europa’s Tree of Life, $6.4 million over seven frames in France only; Universal’s Honey 2, $2.8 million; Memento Films’ Nader and Simin, A Separation, $3 million over three rounds in France only; Fox’s Black Swan, $220.3 million; Universal’s The Adjustment Bureau, $63 million; Fox’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, $17.5 million; Universal’s The Debt, $1.2 million; Lionsgate’s Limitless, $72.5 million; and Universal’s Hop, $69.4 million."

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Nobody watches JJ Abrams movies outside the USA.

Cloverfield, while not directed by Abrams (obviously still his project) made more overseas than domestically. Same for Mission: Impossible 3.

Wow, i didn't know that!

Not only that, but with France, Italy, Spain, Germany, UK, Brazil, Netherlands and Mexico ahead, there's a good chance that Super 8 will also make more overseas than domestically. Its OS run is still in very early stages.