I didn't know that for real this time! Good.

Yeah that number is good for Super 8 given the markets it has been released. I am sure it will cross $200m OS total.

Cars 2 had a great opening but given that there hasn't been an animated movies for a month and then Pixar/Disney brand this was expected.

KFP2 is holding well, let's hope it can hold well for few more weeks to reach $500m OS total in face of Cars 2

TH2 did amazing looking at $600m WW total. Pirates slowed down and $800m OS might not happen.

Even with less markets that is poor for Green Lantern and just OK for Penguins.

Japan has had a strong start and corpse thinks it will make 30M there. So its definitely looking at bigger number than trek.

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon decisively retained its No. 1 ranking for the second consecutive weekend on the foreign theatrical circuit, registering $93 million from 9,926 locations in 59 markets and hoisting its overseas gross total to $384 million.

New to the foreign circuit on the weekend was Zookeeper, Sony’s comedy with talking animals starring and coscripted by Kevin James and coproduced by Columbia Picture and MGM. Opening in 19 markets, the film grossed $7.5 million from some 1,510 locations, slightly less than $5,000 per screen. A No. 2 debut in Germany generated $3 million from 608 locations.

While the weekend tally for director Michael Bay’s 3D action extravaganza was down about 58% from its opening round, it racked up strong No. 1 stanzas in a host of key international markets. Korea came in with $16.7 million from 1,402 venues, a 12-day market box office record. The U.K. and Ireland contributed $7.7 million from 523 locations.

Australia also kicked in $7.7 million from 254 spots. Russia weighed in with $7.2 million from 690 sites, Germany came up with $6.6 million from 638 spots while France registered $4.6 million from 700 venues. Dark of the Moon opens in China on July 21 and eight days later in Japan.

The overseas box office jolt from Dark of the Moon comes at a fortuitous time for the Hollywood’s major studios. Soft first quarter foreign box office for the “big six” – down 23% from 2010 – evened out by June 30, moving slightly ahead of last year’s first half tally by 4%.

Four studios reported first-half offshore box office of $1 billion or more: Disney ($1.487 billion), 20th Century Fox ($1.343 billion), Paramount ($1.292 billion) and Warner Bros. ($1.030 billion). Universal reported first half overseas box office of $725 million, up 9% from 2010. Sony came in with $717 million, an increase of 85% from last year. (Only Fox and Warner Bros. reported declines from 2010’s first half, 34% for Fox and 8.5% for Warner Bros.)

In all, the “big six” grossed $6.595 billion in the first half. (Calendar 2010 generated record foreign box office of $12.7 billion.)

Powering a strong second quarter – and registering much-higher foreign numbers than in the U.S. and Canada -- was Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which has grossed $774.2 million, three-and-a-third times its domestic tally. Also, Fox’s Rio yielded $333.4 million offshore, nearly two-and-a-half times its domestic gross. (Grosses are as of June 30.)

Other first half tallies of offshore hits (with gross multiples versus respective U.S. and Canada takes): Paramount’s Kung Fu Panda 2 ($356.1 million, more than double); The Hangover Part 2, $291.5 million, about $50 million more than its domestic take); Universal’s Fast Five, ($391 million, nearly double); and Sony’s and other distributors’ The Tourist ($210.7 million, nearly triple its U.S. and Canada total).

The blazing pace of the opening rounds of 2011’s second half will intensify this week with the initial foreign rollout on Wednesday (July 13) of Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 25 territories. The eighth and presumably final installment of the most lucrative series in film history will be playing in virtually every international market by the coming weekend.

The first seven Harry Potter titles grossed significantly higher amounts offshore than in the U.S. and Canada – of the total of $6.4 billion amassed worldwide, $4.4 billion came from offshore playoff. Top foreign earner to date is the penultimate in the series, 2010’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, which grossed $659 million offshore. With its 3D admission-price advantage overseas, the upcoming Harry Potter is likely to beat that.

Holding at No. 2 on the weekend was Pixar/Disney’s Cars 2, which grossed $26.9 million from 27 territories – about 45% of the international marketplace – for an overseas cume of $121.6 million. Strong No. 1 openings were recorded in Spain ($5.1 million including previews) and Argentina ($3.3 million, a record market debut for a Disney animation title).

No. 3 was DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 in 3D, which via Paramount pushed its overseas gross total past the $400-million mark ($404 million) thanks to a $14.3 million weekend at 8,749 venues in 57 markets.

Fourth was Sony’s Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz, which had No. 2 openings in Russia ($5.4 million from 545 sites), Spain ($1.9 million from 336 situations) and in the Ukraine. Overall weekend was $13 million from 2,465 screens in 30 markets for an international gross total of $45.7 million.

No. 5 was Fox’s Mr. Popper Penguins, which opened in 18 markets and drew $10.2 million overall on the weekend from 2,709 screens in 39 territories. Overseas cume for the Jim Carrey comedy comes to $26.5 million.

Universal’s Bridesmaids opened in seven markets and drew $8 million overall from 1,492 dates in 15 territories. With 37 foreign markets yet to play the female-oriented comedy has racked up an overseas cume of $48.5 million.

After a $6.5 million weekend, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has amassed a total of $785.4 million foreign ($1.021 billion worldwide). Warner’s The Hangover Part 2 pushed its overseas cume to $310.4 million after a $5.5 million weekend at 4,300 screens in 57 markets.

Summit Int’l.’s Larry Crowne costarring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts drew $4.2 million from some 1,920 screens in 18 markets, bringing its early foreign gross total to $8.4 million. After resolution of a distribution disagreement in the U.K., director Terrance Malik’s Cannes award winner Tree of Life finally opened in the market (in the No. 5 spot) via Fox Searchlight.

Paramount’s Super 8 passed the $50 million foreign gross mark ($51 million) thanks to a $2.5 million weekend at 1,227 locations in 30 markets. Opening No. 2 in France was Mars Distribution’s Case Depart, a time-shifting comedy from star-codirector-coscripter Frabrice Eboue about a pair of half brothers. Debut round drew an estimated $2.5 million from 350 screens.

Fox’s X-Men: First Class zipped past the $200 million foreign gross mark ($201.8 million) after a $2.5 million weekend at 2,756 screens in 44 markets.

Other international cumes: Paramount’s Thor, $265 million; Fox’s Monte Carlo, $2.8 million; Universal’s Hop, $70.7 million; Fox’s Black Swan, $221.2 million; Universal’s Fast Five, $392.9 million; Fox’s Water For Elephants, $57.8 million; and Universal’s Senna, $7.9 million."

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All sorts of record breaking awesome numbers from HP7.2
That's 59% drop for TF3, I thought it could have done a little better still though with $762.8m already in bank, $1B is looking very good. It should cross $800m WW total by next weekend, with China opening there is a chance for $825m total.

Cars 2 is just not getting a break from those big drops. KFP2 did good given that this was HP weekend.

The concluding Harry Potter installment Braves a 62 Percent Drop still emerged the resounding No. 1 offshore title, besting its closest competitor by more than a $40-million margin.

Weekend take for Deathly Hallows – Part 2 came to $120.2 million from some 19,000 screens in 59 territories compared to the record $312.3 million opening the weekend before at some 20,000 venues in the same number of markets. That’s called a moderate fall from an extraordinarily high box office perch.

In just a dozen days of foreign release, Deathly Hallows – Part 2 has accumulated total foreign gross of $559 million, more than double the sequel’s $273.5 million domestic tally so far. The worldwide box office gross total for all eight titles in the Harry Potter franchise now stands at more than $7.2 billion.

Ranking No. 1 in all key foreign markets, Deathly Hallows – Part 2 came away with these weekend takes: in the U.K ($13.9 million from 581 locations for a market cume of $71.1 million); Germany ($13.4 million from 920 sites, cume $47.3 million); and in France ($11.7 million, cume $42 million).

Warner’s said that grosses in Scandinavia were robust “despite the horrible events in Norway.” Records for the distributor were set in Latin America, Russia and in Mexico. An opening in China is due Aug. 4.

Paramount’s Captain America:The First Avenger, which opened No. 1 in North America, dipped its toes in international waters over the weekend with an Italy premier. Friday-to-Sunday gross came in at $2.9 million from 553 locations.

Debuts in some 30 markets including the U.K., Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Australia and South Korea are due this week. (In Korea, Russia and the Ukraine, Marvel Studios’ comic-book movie adaptation starring Chris Evans will play off under the title The First Avenger, said the distributor.)

Also introducing itself overseas on the weekend was Warner’s Horrible Bosses, a crime caper costarring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis. Opener at 409 situations in the U.K. generated $3.4 million and a No. 3 market ranking.

Opening in five miniscule foreign markets was Friends With Benefits, Sony’s romantic comedy costarring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis. Debut at a total of 17 screens drew $85,715.

Finishing No. 2 was Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which is now the “all-time biggest grossing movie ever distributed by Paramount Pictures International,” said the distributor. Weekend take was $76.1 million from 13,224 venues in 53 markets, lifting the foreign box office total over four rounds to $556.1 million.

Paramount said director Michael Bay’s 3D action extravaganza set a China opening record for an American title with an estimated three-day debut of $41.4 million, beating the comparable market opening 20th Century Fox Avatar by some 72%. Dark of the Moon bows in Japan this coming Friday.

Third on the weekend was Pixar/Disney’s Cars 2, which registered $17.7 million in its fifth round on the foreign theatrical circuit, hoisting is overseas cume to $173.7 million and its worldwide take to $350.1 million – just about evenly spit between domestic and offshore action.

A No. 2 U.K. debut for the 3D animation about talking autos produced $5.8 million from 486 locations. Disney said the market debut was 25% better than the comparable market bow of DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2. Foreign box office for Cars 2 overall should spurt this week thanks to openings in France, Germany and Japan.

No. 4 on the weekend was 20th Century Fox’s Mr. Popper’s Penguins, which collected $12.3 million from 3,888 situations in 47 markets. No. 2 openings were recorded in France ($2.6 million from 444 sites), Mexico ($2.58 million from 692 spots) and in Spain ($1.26 million from 358 locations). Overseas total take so far for the Jim Carrey comedy comes to $56.4 million.

Openings in 19 territories, including No. 2 bows in Russia, the Ukraine, Venezuela and the United Arab Emirates, pushed the weekend gross for Zookeeper to $9.7 million from a total of 2,258 locations in 35 markets, enough for a No. 5 weekend finish. The talking animals comedy starring Kevin James has grossed a total of $29.5 million since opening overseas on July 6.

DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 drew $8.2 million on the weekend from 3,912 venues in 42 territories, hoisting its overseas cume to $437.7 million. The 3D animation distributed by Paramount opened at 42 sites in Hong for debut tally of $1.6 million or more than a $37,000 average per screen.

Bridesmaids,which has grossed more than $160 million in the U.S. and Canada, continues to chug along on the foreign circuit. Weekend tally from 1,887 sites in 31 territories also came to $8.2 million, pushing the foreign gross total to $71 million. Universal’s female-oriented comedy opened No. 2 in Sweden, No. 3 in Austria and No. 4 in Germany ($2.2 million from 415 locations). Poland debuts this week.

Also grabbing an estimated $8.1 million weekend, from 2,262 screens in 33 markets, take was Bad Teacher, Sony’s comedy starring Cameron Diaz. A No. 2 Australia opening provided an estimated $3.2 million from 242 screens. Overseas cume since a June 17 offshore bow stands at $70.4 million.

Fox International Productions’ Assalto Ao Banco Central, a local language drama based on an actual bank heist, opened to $2.55 million from 305 screens in Brazil. In its fourth round on the foreign circuit, Summit Int’l.’s Larry Crowne costarring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts snared an estimated $2.2 million on the weekend, playing some 1,300 locations in 20 countries. Overseas cume so far is $16.8 million.

Ranking No. 3 in France was Mars Distribution’s Case Depart, about the antics of a pair of half brothers. Third round at some 400 screens generated an estimated $2.1 million for a market cume of $10.4 million. Finishing No. 4 was Pathe’s Les Tuches (The Tuches), a comedy about a slacker family hitting the lottery, which grossed an estimated $1.4 million in its fourth stanza at 429 sites for a market cume of $9.5 million.

Other international cumes: Disney’sPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, $794.6 million (worldwide, $1.032 billion); Fox’s Black Swan, $222.4 million; Universal’s Hop, $74.3 million; Mars Distribution’s Midnight in Paris, $15.5 million over 11 rounds in France only; Fox’s Water For Elephants, $58.1 million; Universal’s Paul, $57 million; Europa’s Tree of Life, $7 million over 11 stanzas in France only; Universal’s Fast Five, $394.3 million; Fox’s X-Men: First Class, $205 million; and Universal’s Beginners, $1.8 million in the U.K., Germany and Spain only.

Also, Paramount’s Super 8, $56.6 million; Focus Features’ Beginners, $3.4 million; Paramount’s Thor, $266.6 million; Universal’s The Adjustment Bureau, $65.2 million; Focus Features’ Biutiful, $19.9 million; Universal’s Senna, $8.2 million; Focus Features’ Jane Eyre, $2 million; and Fox’s Monte Carlo, $3.37 million.

God, if last year's Shrek, Ice Age 3, and 2012 being not just bailed out but destroying overseas, Pirates and Transformers both doing 700,800+ is just sickening. I'm not liking how badly tastes have gotten in the rest of the world, makes me not want to travel.

It's not that much about tastes. It's about 3D being of immensely huge help overseas. And there are more 3D screens which lessens the impact when a new 3D movie opens thus giving it better legs and no big drops for weeks unlike in the US. Captain America opens here (my town has 5 2D screens, 9 2D/3D screens) tomorrow in 3D. It has 7 3D showings. Harry Potter (3rd week) keeps most of the larger screens though and has 9 3D showings. Animals United (5th week) has 3 3D showings. Kung Fu Panda 2 (9th week) has 2 3D showings. Transformers (5th week) has 3 3D showings. Pirates of the Caribbean (11th week) has 2 3D showings. I bet that it's the same case all over the rest of the world. It seems that 3D implementation went much smoother overseas and venues are more cunning when it comes to planning 3D shows. It also helps the fact that that to see a 2D version you either have to wait a couple of weeks or there's like 1 showing a day and for the first couple of weeks only, later they leave you only one or two 3D showings.

I can't wait to see 3D fatigue kicking in overseas. There's no more leisure planning when it comes to cinema I feel. If you want to catch a movie the way you want it (akhm 2D, especially when it comes to 3D conversions) you have to be very active and make sure not to miss that one showing a day and plan everything around it.

^ Wow that is a huge 3D count, here in Singapore we have more 2D + Digital screens over 3D, though 3D screens are the biggest ones. And probably since this is a small country we don't have as many screens overall so we 60% vs 40% ratio of 3d vs 2d respectively, the biggest theater chain here GV cinemas can handle only 2 at max 3 3D movies (with sharing screens), the 2D ratio increases ofcourse as a movie gets older and new 3D movies are coming. For instance HP here is retaining some 3D screens, then TF3 still has a few, bigger halls but lesser (of the above 2) 3D screens for CA. HP has 50% 2D vs 3D, TF3 has 60% 3D (the WOM for 3D here is very good) vs 40% 2D, CA 60% 2d + Digital vs 40% 3D (but all big screens) and the smaller screens are very small with capacity of 70-80 only so they are fast falling.

Paramount Pictures International becomes the first studio of 2011 and fastest ever to cross $2 Billion Box Office Mark.

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Potter's China debut provides more than $25 million; 'Smurfs' finished as the weekend's No. 2 while 'Apes' opens fourth.

Thanks to a humongous China debut – which Warner Bros. estimates at $25.5 million drawn from 4,200 venues -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 remained this round’s foreign box office winner, grossing $61.8 million from 15,632 screens in 61 markets.

Foreign gross total for the final installment of the most lucrative film franchise ever stands at $791.1 million, more than double Death Hallows’ domestic take.

Top four offshore markets are the U.K. ($4.2 million on the weekend, cume $99.7 million), Japan ($4.75 million, $80.4 million), Germany ($4.3 million, $68.6 million) and France ($4 million, $55.5 million). Deathly Hallows has been the foreign box office champ for the last four consecutive frames.

Premiering in 35 markets on the weekend and pushing its way to the No. 2 spot is The Smurfs, the 3D Sony Animation co-production about the tiny blue creatures adventures in New York City. Sony says first place ranks were recorded in “virtually every market we tracked.”

Weekend take overall was $45.2 million drawn from 5,170 locations in a total of 42 markets. Top four markets were Brazil ($6.65 million from 319 locations), France ($5.9 million from 714 venues), Mexico ($5.5 million from 901 sites) and Germany ($5.4 million from 755 situations).

Early foreign cume for The Smurfs comes to $52.8 million amassed since its offshore opening on July 27. Worldwide, the total is $129 million.

20th Century Fox’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes opened offshore simultaneously with its domestic bow, generating $23.4 million from 3,437 locations – for a per-site average of $6,835 --in 25 territories. (Worldwide debut generated $77.4 million.) It ranks No. 4 on the foreign circuit on the weekend.

Directed by Rupert Wyatt and starring James Franco, Rise premiered No. in at least nine markets with Spain ($5.2 million from 517 sites), Australia ($5.1 million from 359 locations) and Russia ($5.09 million from 1,012 situations) leading the list. Fox said weekend action exceeded expectations “given only four of the top 15 international markets are in release.”

Rise is the seventh installment of Fox’s long-running feature series begun in 1968 with the original Planet of the Apes, directed by Franklin Schaffner and costarring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowell and Kim Hunter. (The Apes franchise also includes three tv versions that aired in the early-to-mid 70’s, one of which was an animation treatment.)

The last feature edition was director Tim Burton’s 2001 remake, Planet of the Apes, costarring Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Roth, which grossed $360.7 million worldwide of which $182.3 million was generated overseas. Rise will open this week in 15 markets including the U.K., France, Germany and Belgium.

Finishing No. 3 on the weekend was Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The First Avenger, which has flown past the $100-million overseas gross mark ($103 million) since it began its foreign run on July 22. Worldwide, the comic book adaptation distributed by Paramount has registered $246.2 million so far.

Latest weekend drew $27.5 million from 5,037 locations in 41 territories -- bolstered by openings in Spain ($2.5 million from 381 spots), Hong Kong and Israel. Captain America opens in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and India this week.

No. 5 on the weekend was Pixar’s Cars 2, which registered $20.1 million in its seventh weekend on the foreign circuit, “representing approximately 91% of our potential (overseas) performance,” said distributor Disney. Foreign cume stands at $258.4 million while the 3D animation’s worldwide take comes in at $443.1million.

Director Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which opened offshore on June 29, has collected a total gross of $693.5 million, the most of any title ever released overseas by distributor Paramount. Latest weekend pulled $17.5 million from 10,680 venues in 62 markets including strong holdovers in Japan and China and a No. 1 bow in Indonesia ($1.8 million from 98 locations for a per-site average of $18,367).

The foreign run of Super 8, director J.J. Abrams’ sci/fi-adventure co-produced by Steven Spielberg, has generated $76.5 million since June 9. Weekend tally was $15.5 million from 2,827 locations in 49 markets thanks to openings in 10 territories including France (No. 2 with $5 million drawn from 517 spots). In the U.K. and Ireland, the second place debut generated $3.3 million from 498 situations. Openings in Netherlands, Brazil, Colombia and Panama are due this week.

Dominating the South Korean market was C.J. Entertainment’s release of director Kim Ji-Hun’s Sector 7, an action thriller about a viral monster attacking underground oil fields. The No. 1 bow registered an estimated $11.9 million at 892 sites. The film is the first local language title to be digitally re-mastered in 3D for playoff in Imax’s 10 locations in the market.

Warner’s comedy-drama Horrible Bosses has an early international cume of $24.9 million after a $7.7 million stanza at 2,100 screens in 32 markets. France and Italy open Aug. 17.

Fox’s Jim Carrey comedy Mr. Popper’s Penguins elevated its foreign gross total to $80.8 million thanks to a $5.86 weekend at 3,206 screens in 33 territories. Universal’s Bridesmaids drew $4.3 million from 1,780 sites in 34 territories, lifting its overseas gross total to $89.8 million. With 19 more territories still to play, the female-oriented comedy opens in France, Spain and in Switzerland this week.

Sony’s Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz has grossed $88.8 million since opening overseas on June 17, with the latest weekend furnishing $4.3 million from 1,755 screens in 31 markets. Also from Sony is the Kevin James talking animals comedy Zookeeper, which drew $3.2 million from 2,150 sites in 36 markets for a foreign cume of $49.9 million amassed since July 6.

Warner’s Green Lantern nudged its foreign gross total to $45.7 million to fare due to a $3.5 million weekend at 1,646 sites in 20 territories. Openings in France, Australia and Mexico are due this week.

Other international cumes: DreamWorks Animation/Paramount’s Kung Fu Panda 2, $451 million (thanks to a $2 million weekend at 2,348 spots in 59 territories); Sony’s Friends With Benefits, $7.7 million (after a $1.9 million weekend at 617 screens in nine markets); Universal’s Honey 2, $7.5 million; Fox’s X-Men: First Class, $206.1 million; Mars Distribution’s Midnight in Paris, $15.9 million in France only; Universal’s Hanna, $7.6 million from the U.K. and Australia; Fox’s Rio, $341.6 million; Mars Distribution’s Case Depart, $13.6 million in France only; Fox’s Monte Carlo, $5.85 million; Universal’s Paul, $59.2 million; Pathe’s Les Tuches, $11.7 million in France only; Fox’s Assalto Ao Banco Central, $8.3 million; and Universal’s Fast Five, $394.7 million.

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Transformers 3 is doing amazing overseas.

Green Lantern has only made 45 overseas?

That's horrible.

It is yet to release in all the markets. It should still do $150m OS.

Harry Potter's No. 1 Foreign Box Office Rank Seized by 'The Smurfs'

The 3D animation grosses nearly $55 million overseas, sending 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2' to third place; 'Cowboys & Aliens' is off to a slow start at foreign box office.

After a month atop the box office charts on the foreign theatrical circuit, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 was finally shoved aside by The Smurfs, which finished No. 1 for the first time with a weekend take of $53.5 million -- $6.5 million less than Sunday's estimate -- collected from 10,690 locations in 45 markets.

Returns for the 3D Sony Animation co-production about the tiny blue creatures’ adventures in New York City were substantially bolstered by a $13.4 million five-day opening surge in China at 2,3110 venues. A first place bow in Russia provided $4.4 million from 663 situations while a No. 2 U.K. debut kicked in $6.2 over five days from 767 situations.

The Smurfs has accumulated a foreign gross total of $142.2 million since it opened overseas on July 27.

For its part, Warner’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 dropped to third place with a weekend tally of $29.3 million garnered from some 15,000 locations in 61 foreign markets, hoisting its offshore gross total to a humongous $858.2 million after five rounds of foreign release.

The eighth and final installment of the series is now the highest overseas grosser of the franchise, said Warner Bros.

Making a tepid debut overseas in 13 markets via Paramount was Cowboys & Aliens, director Jon Favreau’s sci-fi-western hybrid starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. Opening weekend at 1,472 screens came in at $6.96 million, with about $2.8 million coming from 600 screens in Russia.

TV musical inspired Glee The 3D Concert Movie had a downright dismal opening overseas at 295 venues in five markets, grossing a mere $1.2 million via 20th Century Fox.

No. 2 on the weekend was Fox’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which recorded substantial first place spots in the U.K. ($9.6 million from 488 locations), France ($8.7 million from 702 sites) and in Germany ($4.7 million from 724 situations). Overall, Rise came up with $40.8 million from 5,918 venues in 40 territories for an overseas cume of $75.5 million.

No. 4 was Warner Bros.’ Green Lantern, which has had tough sledding in overseas markets to date. Weekend take bounced to $14.1 million thanks to a No. 1 bow in Australia ($3.1 million from 400 locations) and a strong No. 1 debut in Mexico ($4.5 million registered at 1,593 spots).

Pixar’s Cars 2 from Disney finished fifth on the weekend, pushing its foreign gross total to $290 million thanks to an eighth frame gross of $13.1 million garnered from 45 markets. Worldwide tally for the 3D animation stands at $476 million.

Two Paramount releases, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Captain America: The First Avenger, drew $14.6 million from 7,570 sites in 62 markets for the former, $12.1 million from 4,948 situations in 45 territories for Captain America.

Transformers logged a strong Japan weekend -- thanks to Obon school holidays – and came up with $4.6 million from 322 situations. The Michael Bay action title has grossed $728.4 million overseas thus far. Captain America from Marvel Studios has registered $127.7 million since opening offshore on July 22.

Director J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 is closing in on the $100-million foreign gross mark ($93.9 million) thanks to a $8.9 million weekend at 3,150 locations in 54 markets. Weekend openings in five territories included a $1.2 million bow at 215 creens in Brazil.)

Bridesmaids drew $5.2 million from 1,945 locations in 35 territories, pushing its overseas cume to $97.7 million. Distributor Universal expects the female- oriented comedy to break the $100-million foreign mark by Tuesday.

Registering $5.7 million – from 2,085 situations in 36 markets – was Warner’s comedy-drama Horrible Bosses. Overseas cume so far comes in at $35.2 million.

Fox’s Mr. Popper’s Penguins raised its overseas gross total to $90 million after a $4.7 million weekend at 2,700 sites in 33 territories. A No. 1 Italy debut furnished $1.29 million at 290 screens.

Zookeeper, Sony’s talking animals comedy starring Kevin James, came up with a weekend gross of $3.7 million from 1,899 screens in 41 markets for a cume of $56.4 million. For its part, Sony’s Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz, drew $3 million from 1,410 sites in 44 territories for a foreign cume of $94 million.

Sony introduced its German-language production, Resturlaub (Residual Leave) in Germany, Austria and in German-speaking Switzerland. Director Gregor Schnitzler’s comedy drew $2.3 million overall from 498 screens.

Other international cumes: DreamWorks Animation/Paramount’s Kung Fu Panda 2, $452.7 million (with a Japan opening due this week); Universal’s Fast Five, $395.8 million; Fox’s Monte Carlo, $7.4 million; Universal's Senna, $8.7 million in seven markets; Fox’s X-Men: First Class, $206.2 million; Universal's Paul, $59.5 million; Fox’s Rio, $342.5 million; and Fox’s Assalto ao Banco Central, $10.1 million in Brazil only

Updated totals in OS markets

The Smurfs - $35.2m - $211.5m - $329.8m
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - $29.6 million - $123.1m - $257.9m
The Inbetweeners - $21.5m - $21.5m - $21.5m
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $14.9m - $901m - $1.267b
Captain America: The First Avenger - $11.4m - $147.1m - $312.2m
Green Lantern - $11.9m - $78.6m - $194.2m
Cars 2 - $10m - $314.4m - $501.3m
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $6.7m - $747.9m - $1.097m
Conan the Barbarian(estimate) - $5.5m - $5.5m - $16.5m
Super 8 - $8.7m - $108.2m - $233.9m
Cowboys & Aliens - $8.2m - $17.8m - $107.9m
Horrible Bosses - $7m - $45.4m - $157.7m
Kung Fu Panda 2 - $6.6m - $460.1m - $625m
Crazy, Stupid, Love. - $4.2m - $5.1m - $69.9m
Spy Kids 4: All The Time In The World 3D - $4.15m - $4.15m - $16.9m
Bridesmaids - $3.4m - $104.8m - $272.4m
Bad Teacher - $3.4m - $98.8m - $196.9m
Friends with Benefits - $3.3m - $13.4m - $68.1m
Mr. Popper's Penguins - $2.8m - $95.7m - $162.5m
Zookeeper - $2.8m - $62.2m - $139m
Glee - $1.3m - $2.9m - $13.6m
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X-Men: First Class - $206.8m - $352.8m
Hop - $76.5m - $184.6m
Senna - $9m - $9.27m
Monte Carlo - $8.2m - $31m
Fast Five - $397m - $606.88m
Resturlaub (Residual Leave) - $4.6 million - $4.6m
Assalto Ao Banco Central - $10.9m - $10.9m
Beginners - $5.7m - $11.3m
Paul - $59.6m - $97.1m
One Day - $1.2m - $6.8m
You Are The Apple Of My Eye - $3.1m - $3.1m
Jane Eyre - $4.2m - $15.4m

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Overheard 2 big in China as The Inbetweeners storms the UK

"What looks certain to be a record box office summer on the foreign theatrical circuit for the big Hollywood studios ended over the Labor Day weekend with The Smurfs narrowly taking the No. 1 spot with $23.3 million drawn from 8,360 screens in 71 overseas markets.

Although final numbers won’t be in until later this week, extraordinarily strong offshore returns from May through Labor Day for several mega-hits indicate a new seasonal high for the big six majors. Fueling the action were several factors including a weak dollar (good for film exporters), continued foreign enthusiasm for 3D formats and for animation sequels.

“Without having the numbers in front of me, I feel that (a record summer) has got to be the case given the scale at which some of these (seasonal releases) have come in (at the box office),” said Paul Hanneman, co-president of Fox Theatrical International.

Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 has drawn foreign box office of $937 million, two-and-half times its U.S. and Canada gross. Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides registered $800.9 million, a full three-and-a-third times more than its domestic tally. Paramount’s foreign box office record holder, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, has delivered $762.2 million, more than double its domestic return.

(The biggest hit on the foreign circuit in summer 2010 was Pixar/Disney’s Toy Story 3, which grossed $606.1 million offshore during the season.)


For its part, Sony Animation’s The Smurfs had collected a total gross of nearly $300 million ($295.8 million) offshore, nearly two-and-a-half times its domestic cume. Weekend action for the live action-computer generated animation title included No. 1 openings in the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Malaysia, Sweden, Kuwait and Finland. The 3D animation finished No. 1 at the overseas box office for the fourth consecutive stanza.

Finishing No. 2 once again was 20th Century Fox’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which grossed $19.35 million from 5,973 situations in 52 markets, and lifting its market cume to $186.5 million (versus $160 million in the U.S. and Canada). No. 1 debuts in five Latin American markets were led by Mexico ($5.2 million from 1,403 venues).

No. 3 was Warner Bros./New Line’s Final Destination 5, the latest in the 11-year old horror series, which tallied $18.7 million derived from some 4,300 screens in 35 territories, for an overseas gross total of $58.3 million. A No. 1 France premier delivered $4.7 million from 361 screens.


Fourth was Paramount’s Cowboys & Aliens, the sci-fi-western with Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, which collected $9 million from 4,518 locations in 46 markets, lifting the total foreign gross to $50 million. A No. 1 Spain debut came up with $2.1 million from 376 sites. Fifth was Warner’s Horrible Bosses, which generated $8.1 million from more than 2,600 screens in 52 markets for an overseas cume of $68.7 million.

Maintaining No. 1 status in the U.K. is Entertainment Films’ teen comedy The Inbetweeners Movie, which generated an estimated $6.5 million in its third round at some 490 locations for a market cume of $56 million. Also coming in at $6.5 million on the weekend was Pixar/Disney’s Cars 2, which played in 53 territories, and pushed its foreign cume to $351.7 million (versus $188.6 million domestic).

Warner’s Green Lantern has generated nearly $100 million in overseas box office ($98.2 million) after a $5.7 million weekend at some 3,000 situations in 40 markets. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 bagged another $5.5 million derived from 4,100 screens.


DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 from Paramount upped its overseas cume to $485.5 million (versus $165 million domestic) thanks to a $4.7 million weekend at 1,874 spots. Paramount’s Captain America also came up with $4.7 million from 3,192 locations in 58 territories, hoisting its overseas gross total to $164.5 million.

Disney introduced the DreamWorks drama,The Help—currently the top-grossing title in the U.S. and Canada—in Australia where the tally was $1.7 million from some 225 screens, enough for a No. 3 market ranking. Universal opened espionage thriller The Debt in Russia for a weekend tally of $2 million.


As the summer winds down, local product and U.S. independent films are finding lucrative niches in various markets around the world. No. 1 in Germany is Constantin Films’ The Three Musketeers, the latest adaptation costarring Logan Lerman and Milla Jovovich of the Alexandre Dumas’ novel. Opener generated an estimated $3 million from some 645 spots.

No. 2 in Russia was the American indie, Shark Night 3D, a horror thriller costarring Sara Paxton and Dustin Milligan coproduced by Sierra Pictures and Incentive Film Ent. Opening round at some 575 situations delivered an estimated $2.6 million.

In Korea, Lotte Cinema’s The Ultimate Arrow held the top spot in fourth round with a weekend take of an estimated $2.6 million from some 470 sites for a market cume of $8 million. In France, Wild Bunch Distribution introduced La guerre es declaree (War Is Declared) about a young couple confront with seriously ill child. Opener at some 200 situations came in at an estimated $1.4 million.

In Brazil, Paramount introduced O Homem Do Futuro (Man From The Future), a time travel outing, which grossed $1.5 million (including previews) at an uspecified number of locations.

Other international cumes: Universal’s The Change-Up, $4.6 million (after a $3.6 million weekend at 542 sites in 10 markets); Sony’s Friends With Benefits, $18.6 million; Universal’s One Day, $8.8 million; Fox’s Mr. Popper’s Penguins, $104.6 million; Sony’s Zookeeper, $69.2 million; Fox’s Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, $4 million; Warner’s Crazy, Stupid, Love, $16.1 million (after a $3.3 million weekend at 1,400 sites in 25 markets); Fox’s What A Man, $8.3 million in Germany only; Warner/Pathe’s La Piel Que Habito (The Skin That I Live In), $5.8 million in France and Spain only; Fox’s Monte Carlo, $9.3 million; Universal’s Bridesmaids, $112.5 million; and Fox’s You Are The Apple of My Eye, $10 million in Taiwan only."

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Quite dissapointing for The Three Musketeers, it had potential to breakout in Europe at least but these openings in Austria and Germany are worrying.

The Smurfs is doing incredible business, another real surprise in the international markets in a year full of positive surprises.

I would have thought 350WW for Smurphs would be incredible. Afterall Alvin & Chipmunks and Scooby Doo showed these movies did a little bit better in the states, but wow, it has an outside shot at 500 million., but I'm thinking more 480-495.

"A pair of robust offshore openings kept Sony’s The Smurfs at the top of the foreign box office heap on the weekend as the 3D live-action/computer animation hybrid drew $17.3 million from 6,900 locations in 72 markets.

The family-oriented feature about those lovable blue creatures set loose in New York City premiered No. 1 in Australia ($3.75 million registered at 384 venues) and in Italy ($3.7 million from 556 spots), lifting its total offshore box office haul to $344.5 million accumulated since July 27.

The Smurfs has now finished No. 1 on the foreign theatrical circuit for the last six consecutive weekends.

No. 2 on the weekend was Johnny English Reborn, the Rowan Atkinson spy thriller sendup, which opened at 1,372 screens in 15 offshore markets -- for a per-screen average of $8,528 -- grossing a total of $11.7 million.

Reborn is the second Johnny English spy spoof starring the British comedian. The original was released eight years ago, and drew $133 million on the foreign circuit, nearly five times its domestic gross ($28 million).

Distributor Universal said the Relativity Media-Studio Canal-Working Title Films co-production, which opened No. 1 in 13 territories, recorded the biggest kickoff weekend of any Atkinson title to date.

Russia provided $2.5 million from 574 screens (a Universal market record for a comedy) while Australia kicked in $2.6 million from 239 situations with school holidays in the offing. Germany opens Oct. 6, the U.K. a day later. Reborn won’t reach the U.S. and Canada until Oct. 28.

While popular overseas, Atkinson’s previous titles -- 1997’s Bean and 2007’s Mr. Bean’s Vacation – have underperformed in the U.S. and Canada. Bean grossed $207 million overseas versus $45 million domestic. Vacation drew $197 million offshore, just $33 million domestically.

Disney’s reissue of The Lion King in 3D may have topped the domestic box office chart on the weekend, but its foreign re-release eked $700,000 out of 17 offshore markets, boosting the overseas gross total to only $12.1 million accumulated over six rounds. Top markets so far are Mexico (cume $5.6 million) and Brazil ($2.2 million). Australia opens this week.

First place bows in Belgium and South Africa plus a No. 4 debut in Mexico ($1 million at 351 situations) helped Sony’s Friends With Benefits generate $9.2 million on the weekend overall from 2,365 sites in 31 territories. It ranks No. 3 on the weekend overall. Foreign cume for the romantic comedy costarring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake stands at $42.8 million.


Fourth was 20th Century Fox’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which pushed its foreign gross total to $221.2 million after a $7.8 million weekend at 4,386 locations in 47 territories. With five big markets to go, including Italy, Japan and China, there’s still more foreign action ahead for the latest from Fox’s long-running Apes franchise.

No. 5 was Warner Bros./New Line’s Final Destination 5, the latest sequel in the long-running horror series, which delivered $6.5 million from 3,200 situations in 49 markets. Foreign cume stands at $88.8 million with $18.6 million of the total grossed in Russia.

Marvel Studios/Paramount’s comic book adaptation, Captain America: The First Avenger, drew $3.4 million in its second China round from some 7,000 venues, hoisting its market return to $12.1 million. Weekend overall came up with $5.1 million from a total of 8,429 locations for a foreign box office total of $184.6 million accumulated since July 22.


In at least five key territories, locally-produced or local language films are taking first place positions. The U.K’s No. 1 title on the weekend was Optimum Releasing-Studio Canals’ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, costarring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth. The update of the John le Carre Cold-War spy novel opened at some 385 locations for an estimated $5 million.

Warner’s romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love opened in nine markets, most notably in France where it placed No. 2 with $1.5 million derived from 272 spots. Weekend overall came up with $4.7 million from 1,700 locations in 39 markets, pushing the foreign gross total to $27.3 million. Russia and the U.K.open this week.

Warner’s Horrible Bosses pushed its foreign total to $84.5 million with a $4.2 million weekend at 2,000 sites in 46 territories. Paramount’s Cowboys & Aliens, the sci-fi/western hybrid costarring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford grossed $4 million on the weekend at 2,971 venues in 55 markets, nudging its foreign gross total to $64.1 million.

France was dominated by director Yann Samuell’s family comedy update, La Guerre Des Boutons, which opened at some 425 screens to $3.5 million and took the No. 1 market spot. In Germany, Austria and German-speaking Swtizerland, Warner Home Entertainment opened its local acquisition, Männerherzen…und die ganz ganz grosse Liebe, a comedy from director Simon Verhoeven. Debut round delivered $3.5 million from some 800 locations.

Opening No. 1 in Mexico was Warner’s release of a local language Mexican-Argentinian coproduction, Don Gato (Top Cat), which drew $3.4 million from 1,007 screens.

In Japan, Fuji TV/Toho’s release of Unfair 2: The Answer premiered in the market’s No. 1 spot, grossing an estimated $3 million from some 110 situations. Directed by Shimako Sato, the title is the latest film adaptation of a hit Fuji TV series about the trials of an urban police force trying to solve bizarre crimes in Tokyo. South Korea’s No. 1 was Lotte Cinema’s The Ultimate Arrow, which collected an estimated $2.3 million in its sixth weekend in the market.

Universal’s body-swap comedy, The Change-Up, opened No. 4 in the U.K. ($1.2 million from 419 sites), and grossed $2.6 million on the weekend overall from 1,276 locations in 16 markets. Cume for the Jason Bateman-Ryan Reynolds vehicle stands at $11.1 million.

Other international cumes: Warner's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, $946.7 million; Universal and other distributors’ Sanctum, $57.7 million; Warner's Green Lantern, $105.4 million; Disney’s The Help, $5.6 million (with $5 million coming from Australia); Universal’s The Paramount’s Super 8, $129.2 million; Focus Features/Universal’s One Day, $20.6 million; Pixar/Disney’s Cars 2, $360.4 million versus $189.7 million domestic; Fox’s Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, $4.8 million; Sony’s Battle: Los Angeles, $121.4 million (after a $2.2 million opening weekend in Japan at 391 sites); Fox’s Monte Carlo, $10.7 million; Universal’s Bridesmaids, $115.8 million; DreamWorks Animation/Paramount’s Kung Fu Panda 2, $494 million; Sony’s Zookeeper, $75.4 million; Disney’s Fright Night, $11.1 million over five rounds; Lionsgate’s Limitless, $77.7 million; Fox’s What A Man, $13.5 million from Germany only; Focus Features/Universal’s Jane Eyre, $9.5 million; and The Debt, $4.9 million (Universal territories only)."

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Smurphs is def clearing 500 million now, great holds. 550 looks out of reach but 535 looks attainable.

C&A looks like it might crawl to 200 million at some point (One of the slowest overseas roll outs ever)

"This is beginning to sound like a broken record.

The Smurfs took the weekend’s No. 1 box office spot on the foreign theatrical circuit, grossing $12.9 million from 6,150 locations in 69 markets.

This is the seventh consecutive stanza that the Sony Animation coproduction finished on top overseas. And while the weekend in general was in one of those pallid, in-between periods (after summer and before fall gets underway in earnest), an offshore win is still a win. No other title this year has won the top foreign box office spot more often than has The Smurfs.

Since it opened foreign on July 27, the 3D live action/computer animation hybrid about lovable blue creatures in New York City has grossed $364.4 million – more than 2.6 times its domestic tally -- enabling its worldwide box office to exceed the half-billion mark ($502.8 million).

In second place was Sony’s Friends With Benefits, which was buoyed by a No. 1 Spain opening ($1.975 million from 356 sites). Overall weekend take for the romantic comedy costarring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake was $9.7 million from 2,969 screens in 45 markets, raising the film’s foreign gross to $55.6 million.

Second weekend on the foreign circuit for Universal’s Johnny English Reborn drew $7.4 million from 1,706 play dates in 19 territories. The latest Rowan Atkinson spy spoof had solid bows in India and Greece, and a No. 2 holdover in Australia ($1.9 million at 238 sites for an 11-day market cume of $5.5 million).


With 44 markets yet to play including Hong Kong, Norway and Spain beginning this week, Reborn has rolled up an early overseas gross total of $23.6 million. (The film’s domestic bow is set for Oct. 28.) It finished No. 3 on the weekend.

No. 4 on the weekend was Warner Bros./New Line’s horror sequel Final Destination 5, which grossed $6.6 million from 3,600 situations in 52 markets. A Mexico opening generated $734,000 from 336 sites. Its overseas cume stands at $98.4 million.

Tied for No. 5 and registering a dominant No. 1 opening in South Korea was C.J. Entertainment’s Silenced, a drama based upon a 2009 book covering a series of grisly events that actually occurred at a rural school for the hearing impaired. Director Hwang Dong-Hyuk’s outing bagged an estimated $6.2 million over five days at some 560 locations.

Also grossing $6.2 million and tied for fifth place was Warner’s Crazy, Stupid, Love, which played in more than 2,700 screens in 47 territories. Cume for the romantic comedy comes to $35.4 million. A No. 2 U.K. opening provided $1.25 million from 395 locations.

Twentieth Century-Fox’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes collected another $5.8 million at 3,530 situations in 36 markets. An Italy bow generated $1.9 million from 541 sites. Overseas gross total for the latest in Fox’s longstanding Apes series stands at $230.5 million.

Beaucoup French media attention to the highly unusual release a week apart of competing local language films from different distributors -- both titled Le Guerre des Boutons (War of the Buttons) and both recreations of director Yves Robert’s 1962 classic -- resulted in respective No. 1 and No. 2 box office weekends.

Opening No. 1 was the latest La Guerre produced by Thomas Langman, directed by Christophe Barratier and released by Mars Distribution. It collected an estimated $4 million from some 550 situations. No. 2 in its second France weekend was UGC Distribution’s La Guerre, directed by Yann Samuell, which drew $2.4 million in its second round at some 600 screens for a market cume of $7.7 million.

Maintaining its No. 1 hold in the U.K. was Optimum Releasing-Studio Canal’s update of the John le Carre spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which collected an estimated $3.9 million in its second round at some 425 screens. The Gary Oldman-Colin Firth costarring vehicle has collected a market cume of about $11.2 million so far.

DreamWorks’ Fright Night in its sixth round pushed its foreign gross total to $15.6 million due to a $3.5 million weekend in 28 territories, which distributor Disney says is “73% of our potential performance.” And although Disney’s The Lion King 3D continues No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada, its foreign gross total stands at just $16 million after a $1.9 million weekend, its seventh round offshore, in 19 territories.

Other international cumes: Warner’s Horrible Bosses, $89.4 million (after a $3.1 million weekend at 1,800 screens in 44 markets); Marvel Studios/Paramount’s Captain America: The First Avenger, $186 million (after a $1.7 million weekend at 7,980 locations in 60 markets); Warner’s Männerherzen 2, $5.75 million in Germany only; and Fox’s Mr. Popper’s Penguins, $116 million.

Also, Paramount’s Super 8, $131.3 million; DreamWorks/Disney’s The Help, $7.2 million; Warner’s Don Gato, $5.7 million in Mexico only; DreamWorks Animation/Paramount’s Kung Fu Panda 2, $495.6 million; Fox’s Monte Carlo, $12 million; Paramount’s Cowboys & Aliens, $66 million; Universal’s Bridesmaids, $117 million; Pixar/Disney’s Cars 2, $362.5 million; Fox’s Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, $5.6 million; The Debt, $6.4 million (Universal territories only); Sony’s Zookeeper, $77.5 million; and Warner’s Contagion, $6.45 million."

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