$700+ million worldwide!

It should grab around $10-11 million in France, $18-20 million in Germany, $2.5+ million in Australia and about $20 million in UK (incl. previews). A $75+ million weekend is certainly in store.

Without counting alternative costs it surely was a hit. BUT advertising campaign in Russia was extremely huge and obviously it would be better for Channel One simply to sell its advertising time rather than to waste it for Night Watch.
I guess, most of the money for worldwide distribution went to Fox.


The legal DVD market here is not so big, less than theater market.
BUT the thing is that we also have a huge illegal market. Bootlegged DVDs are everywhere, even in legal stores, the quality is quite good and the price is better than the price for legal ones. The state and the laws are too weak to change the situation. AND it is also legal here to download movies from the net at no charge (good quality, bad quality, excellent DVD quality - everything you want, even movies, which are not yet in theaters). For example, if you want, you can download Night Watch, Day Watch, Company 9, Turkish gambit from the net for 15 minutes. The legal movie industry loses hundreds of millions each year because of this. It's funny, that some movies are marked "for award consideration only" and come to the net thanks to award considerators.

I must strongly recommend you not to believe completely in russian box-office, because everything here can be sold and bought. And to buy some numbers and then say you've made a hit is quite simple. Such numbers can be good advertising tool.

The weekend estimate in Germany is...

2,400,000 admissions



That's astonishing.

yeah, thats unheard of for such a crap movie. it seems that it broke every single record here in austria, thats quite depressing. but there is still hope that CARS will sink it, it will win the domestic race by a huge margin.

'Meltdown' gets biz flowing at overseas B.O.

By DAVE MCNARY
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111794 ... id=19&cs=1

"Ice Age: The Meltdown" sizzled overseas with $93 million at 8,216 playdates in 45 markets.

Underlining the powerful worldwide appetite for CG toons, sequel generated the most heat at the foreign box office since the second weekend of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" grossed $95.4 million in late November.

The strong performance of "Meltdown" in every foreign market portends well for upcoming animated fare such as "Cars," "Over the Hedge" and "The Wild."

"Meltdown" nearly doubled its offshore take from its opening weekend, thanks mostly to impressive launches in Germany with $17 million at 1,061, the U.K. with $16.9 million at 502 and France with $12.5 million at 858. The German debut (including previews) represented a stunning 71% of the market and set records as Fox's biggest opening and best launch for a toontoon. The BlightyBlighty launch (also including previews) and the French opening marked the second best animated debuts in those markets.

"Meltdown" has already cumed $156 million overseas and $272 million worldwide. With many markets amid spring holidays and with openings still to come for Italy, Japan and South Korea, the sequel's poised to far surpass the original "Ice Age," which grossed $176 million overseas and $382 million worldwide.

"Meltdown" opened impressively in Australia with $3.8 million at 388 and set records for top toon launches in Austria with $2.9 million at 120, Switzerland with $2.8 million at 136, Norway with $2.02 million at 125 and Denmark with $1.5 million at 93.

Holdover bizbiz stayed solid, led by Russia with $5.1 million at 459, down 40%; Mexico with $4.9 million at 1,112, off 44%; and Spain, down 28% to $4.6 million at 450. Latin American traction manifested itself with records set for best second frame in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Peru. Brazilian biz edged down only 4% to $3.7 million at 565 for a cume of $9 million.

Fox Intl., which staggered openings to maximize benefits from holidays in individual markets, noted Sunday that "Meltdown" would have grossed $114.9 million had it opened all 45 markets together. That would have been the best foreign opening since the distribdistrib launched "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" in May with $144.7 million in its first five days.

"Meltdown" has provided the foreign box office a badly needed jolt after several months of lagging performance that saw the best biz come from BVI's 2005 holdover "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Overall international biz for the weekend towered over the year-earlier frame, which was led by "The Ring Two" with $14.8 million.


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TAIPEI (TWD$) - Weekend 2

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - 19,279,257 (15,737,000 2-Day) - 17

Performance in Taipei is not as dazzling as other markets, but still a very solid performer here. The original finished with 56m TWD in Taipei, a total which the sequel should surpass before the end.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - 115,442,405 (25,712,350, -29.1%) - 21
Kung Fu Hustle - 114,421,980 (22,134,710, -50.8%)*NY - 20
Harry Potter 4: GOF - 108,051,230 adms. (26,084,670, -38.9%) - 22
Harry Potter 2: COS - 103,876,650 (30,390,930, -25%) - 19
Spiderman 2 - 102,396,170 (18,448,190, -46.8%) - 21
War Of The Worlds - 96,254,700 (12,073,145, -63.5%) - 21
The Day After Tomorrow - 94,131,415 (19,000,720, -48.4%) - 18
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - 92,655,810 (26,651,820, -6.8%) - 18
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - 91,047,145 (18,333,805, -40.7%) - 18
King Kong - 87,423,850 (21,737,185, -27.8%) - 21
Harry Potter 3: POA - 83,697,485 (19,190,040, -46.7%) - 21
Spiderman 1 - 75,806,307 (19,899,982, -33%) - 18
Constaine - 71,982,380 (7,970,315, -55.2%) - 21
Troy - 71,192,370 (13,872,700, -56.1%) - 21
Men In Black 2 - 68,640,560 (11,452,280, -61.9%) - 18
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - 68,335,430 (13,148,775, -60.1%) - 20
Fearless - 67,434,315 (10,735,320, -12.9%) - 19
Minority Report - 65,071,590 (15,003,290, -29.8%) - 19
National Treasure - 63,242,415 (13,634,760, -46.5%)*Christmas - 20
I, Robot - 57,711,515 (10,953,075, -52.7%) - 17
Van Helsing - 55,486,400 (14,859,570, -19.6%) - 20
James Bond: Die Another Day - 55,027,850 (6,335,755, -66.3%) - 19
Hero - 53,235,865 (8,559,310, -62.6%) - 18
The Matrix: Revolutions - 51,498,330 (8,243,770, -59.9%) - 20
The Last Samurai - 50,576,550 (13,959,550, +10.8%) - 19
Shrek 2 - 49,410,160 (10,243,130, -28.3%) - 21
Madagascar - 48,001,095 (11,229,265, -36%) - 22
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - 46,625,900 (10,164,670, -40.1%) - 17
Finding Nemo - 45,634,800 (10,304,560, -44.9%) - 18
The Matrix: Reloaded - 43,866,275 (8,053,650, -50.4%) - 19
The Incredibles - 43,345,965 (17,391,020, -1.9%) - 21
Flightplan - 42,828,210 (9,014,420, -44.7%) - 17
Final Destination 3 - 42,512,690 (6,609,720, -59.7%) - 14
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle Of Life - 41,789,655 (8,081,620, -53.8%) - 20
The Hulk - 41,098,430 (7,947,180, -53.2%) - 19
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - 40,034,388 (7,036,722, -55.3%) - 18
Bruce Almighty - 39,771,825 (7,671,310, -53.2%) - 15
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - 38,453,930 (6,318,470, -58.6%) - 18
Fun With Dick And Jane - 37,840,965 (6,097,535, -17.3%) - 18
Star Wars 2: AOTC - 36,897,970 (7,996,890, -51.7%) - 19
Star Wars 3: ROTS - 36,703,740 (8,261,730, -46%) - 18

Shark Tale - 29,041,060 (8,478,280, -31.4%) - 19
Chicken Little - 27,267,405 (8,174,320, -30.3%) - 20
Ice Age - 22,013,220 (12,025,830, +96.3%) - 18
Robots - 18,685,045 (3,968,935, -41.1%) - 19
The Polar Express - 17,913,145 (4,326,780, -40.2%) -20

So you have actually seen it?

no, but the embarrassing, painful tv spots speak for themselves. i refuse to suffer through the whole mess.

Okay, I might know the film you'll watch for our bet now...unless I can think of one you'd like to see less

BVI takes out The Wild, Scary Movie 4 day-and-date

Jeremy Kay in Los Angeles 14 April 2006
http://www.screendaily.com/story.asp?storyid=25851

Ice Age: The Meltdown will soar past $200m in its third weekend as it opens in seven smaller markets including Hong Kong on Apr 13.

Fox International executives remain in jubilant mood following a string of number one debuts and last weekend's astonishing $90m-plus haul.

The animated sequel has amassed more than $192.3m and is expected to sustain its march twith a string of mighty holds and more than a few record grosses.

Elsewhere comedy title The Pink Panther opens in South Korea on Apr 14 and stands at $71m, while horror remake The Hills Have Eyes goes out in Mexico on Apr 14 and has taken $11m to date.

Buena Vista international (BVI) takes on Ice Age this weekend when its own animated contender, The Wild, opens day-and-date with North America in 24 markets.

Openings include France on Apr 12, followed by Spain, Italy, Mexico and Brazil on Apr 14.

BVI will also unleash the fourth instalment in Dimension's Scary Movie franchise day-and-date with North America in eight markets. The spoof is set to open in Australia on Apr 13, and the UK and Russia on Apr 14.

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International - Weekend 2

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $270m ($84m - Australia/Brazil - 38/11700)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $247,552,678 ($61,451,814 - SKorea/Macedonia - 106/10591) or $255,992,846 by Mon or $268.7m week
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $211.7m ($64.6m - Australia - 30+/6450)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $208,871,637 ($96,832,449 - Japan/Spain/Italy/Brazil - 42/9488) or $236.9m week
Harry Potter 3: POA - $204.844m ($66.42m - Australia/Scandinavia/Hungary/Czech/SAfica - 40/9955) or $216.5m week
War Of The Worlds - $201,439,226 ($62,502,113 - France/SKorea/Belgium/Portugal - 84/5657) or $214.6m
The Matrix: Revolutions - $195.6m ($42m - 80+/10000+)
The Day After Tomorrow - $185,881,776 ($54.1m - Japan/SKorea - 112/9600) or $199.9m week
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $158,000,808 ($94,962,060 - UK/Germany/France/Australia - 49/8321) or $192.3m week
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $156m ($50m - Australia)
King Kong - $154,287,504 ($35,037,471 - 56/7059)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $154m ($113.2m - UK/Germany/Spain/Italy/Mexico - 62/8924)
Troy - $146.918m ($71.045m - UK/Japan/Italy/SKorea/Russia/Taiwan/ - 58/10272) or $162.3m week
Star Wars 2: ATOC - $128.9m ($36.7m - Norway - 73/5800)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $128m ($58.7m - Japan/Netherlands/Scandinavia - 20/5249)
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $120.3m ($30.9m - Russia - 94/7462)
Spiderman 2 - $113,906,316 ($45,824,201 - Japan/Germany/Austria/Sweden - 47/6723) or $126m week


International - Top 10 Largest Weekends

1) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $145,534,793 (114/10489) – Wk. 1
2) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $126.8m (28/7403) – Wk. 1
3) The Matrix: Revolutions - $119,037,452 (80+/10013) – Wk. 1
4) Harry Potter 3: POA - $113.51m (24/7885) – Wk. 1
5) The Matrix: Reloaded - $113.2m (62/8924) – Wk. 2
6) War Of The Worlds - $110,085,902 (79/9955) – Wk. 1
7) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $99.8m (27/5400) – Wk. 1
8) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $96,832,449 (42/9488) – Wk. 2
9) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $94,962,060 (49/8321) – Wk. 2
10) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $93,927,844 (57/11513) – Wk. 3


International - Largest Print/Screen Counts

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK – 11,700 (38) – Wk. 2
Harry Potter 4: GOF – 11,513 (57) – Wk. 3
Harry Potter 4: GOF – 10,937 (58) – Wk. 4
Star Wars 3: ROTS – 10,591 (106) – Wk. 2
Star Wars 3: ROTS – 10,489 (114) – Wk. 1
Troy – 10,272 (58) – Wk. 2
The Matrix: Revolutions – 10,013 (80c+/109t) – Wk. 1 + 2
Harry Potter 3: POA – 10,000 (48) – Wk. 3
Harry Potter 3: POA – 9955 (40) – WK. 2
War Of The Worlds – 9955 (79) – Wk. 1
Harry Potter 2: COS – 9850 (41) – Wk. 4 + 5
Troy – 9752 (58) – Wk. 3
Star Wars 3: ROTS – 9630 (105) – Wk. 3
The Day After Tomorrow – 9600 (24/112) – Wk. 2
Troy – 9500+ (47) – Wk. 1
Harry Potter 4: GOF - 9488 (42) – Wk. 2
Spiderman 2 – 9318 (61) – Wk. 3
The Matrix: Reloaded – 9300 (62) – Wk. 3
The Day After Tomorrow - 9276 (100c/110t) – Wk. 1
Harry Potter 4: GOF – 9233 (57) – Wk. 5
Harry Potter 3: POA – 9200 (50) – Wk. 4
The Matrix: Reloaded – 8924 (62) – Wk. 2
The Day After Tomorrow – 8904 (67) – Wk.3
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK – 8826 (45) – Wk. 3
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK – 8813 (51) – Wk. 4
Troy – 8800 (58) – Wk. 4
Harry Potter 1: PS – 8524 (37) – Wk. 4
Harry Potter 3: POA – 8460 (50) – Wk. 5
Harry Potter 2: COS – 8450 (54) – Wk. 7
Harry Potter 1: PS – 8378 (39) – Wk. 5
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown – 8321 (49) – Wk. 2
Spiderman 2 – 8295 (61) – Wk. 4
Star Wars 3: ROTS – 8217 (100) – Wk. 4
Harry Potter 2: COS – 8201 (32) – Wk. 3
Batman Begins – 8131 (85) – Wk. 2

AUSTRALIA (AUD$) - Opening Weekend

Nice solid opening in Australia, it's the 3rd largest opening for a CGI animated feature behind Shrek 2 and Nemo. Look for strongs legs as the Easter holidays kick in...will easily break AUD$20m total here.

1) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $14,115,394 (US$7,918,875 - 424 SC)
2) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $13,359,734 (incl. $1.2m midnights - US$10,446,272 - 535 SC)
3) Shrek 2 - $13,159,869 (US$9,720,795 or $13,646,848 incl. Tas p/v - 437 SC)
4) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $12,731,703 (US$9,464,748 3-Day - 453 SC)
5) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $12,355,237 (US$9,217,025 - 552 SC)
6) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $11,967,380 (US$6.5m - 457 SC)
7) Harry Potter 3: POA - $11,935,745 (US$8.6m or $12,274,543 incl. Tas p/v - 452 SC)
8) The Matrix Reloaded - $11,092,773 (US$7,224,680 3-Day - 480 SC)
9) Harry Potter 2: COS - $10,640,941 (US$5.9m - 488 SC)
10) Spiderman - $10,563,980 (US$5.8m - 470 SC) or $13m (5-Day)*Queens Birthday

11) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $9,749,937 (4-Day or $13,872,707/ US$5m 5-Day - 406 SC)
12) Harry Potter 1: PS - $9,249,505 (US$4.8m - 476 SC)
13) Star Wars 1: PM - $9,139,628 (US$6,024,000 - 372 SC)
14) Finding Nemo - $8,038,861 (US$5.2m or $8,183,563/ US$5.3m incl. p/v - 399 SC)
15) The Matrix: Revolutions - $7,996,289 (US$5.598m - 455 SC)
16) Independence Day - $7,710,385 (US$6m - 351 SC) or $9,817,129 week
17) Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $7,309,417 (US$4.9m - 377 SC)
18) Spiderman 2 - $7,136,602 (US$4,922,209 4-Day or $8,735,015/ US$6,028,034 5-Day - 441 SC)
19) Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - $6,990,165 (US$5.1m/ 680,000 adms. - 463 SC)
20) The Day After Tomorrow - $6,664,837 (US$4.7m - 402 SC) or $5,045,325 by Tue

War Of The Worlds - $6,647,477 (US$4,993,598 4-Day or $7,847,424/ US$5,895,000 5-Day - 399 SC)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $6,642,424 (or $15,453,995 7-Day or $17,133,740 8-Day - 419 SC)*New Years
Troy - $6,641,426 (US$4.7m - 418 SC)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $6,415,525 (US$4.7m - 356 SC) or $7,808,470 (US$5,952,486)*Queens Birthday
Mission Impossible 2 - $6,395,638 (US$3.7m - 366 SC)
Men In Black 1 - $6,227,000 (US$4.6m - 359 SC) or $8,084,111 week
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $6,009,433 (or $7,223,610/ US$4,889,516 5-Day - 358 SC)
Gladiator - $5,927,458 (US$3.5m - 287 SC)
Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle - $5,843,578 (US$3.9m - 391 SC)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $5,815,000 (US$4.6m - 310 SC) or $7,216,064 week
2 Fast 2 Furious - $5,732,170 (US$3,767,682 - 301 SC) or US$4,443,797 (5-Day)
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me - $5,718,323 (US$3.7m - 242 SC)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason - $5,588,705 (or $5,592,497/ US$4,317,400 incl. p/v - 370 SC)
Austin Powers 3: Goldmember - $5,572,348 (US$3,021,553 - 329 SC)
The Mummy Returns - $5,440,204 (US$2.7m - 349 SC)
Ocean’s Eleven - $5,409,083 (US$2.8m - 286 SC)
Men In Black 2 - $5,353,291 (US$2.99m - 365 SC)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $5,255,468 (US$3,829,121 or $5,307,087/ US$3,866,730 incl. p/v - 388 SC)
Pearl Harbor - $5,239,000 (US$2.7m - 411 SC)
8 Mile - $5,169,952 (US$2.9 - 217 SC)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $5,165,265 (or $5,176,961/ US$3.4m incl. p/v - 377 SC)

Madagascar - $4,597,250 (US$3,575,734 or $7,834,056/ US$6,093,317 incl. p/v - 365 SC)
Monsters Inc - $3,738,657 (or $6,733,142 5-Day - 357 TC)
Shrek - $3,546,724 (US$1,835,398 or $7,606,683/US$2.8m incl. p/v - 325 TC)
Ice Age - $2,603,528 (298 SC)
Robots - $2,516,713 (or $2,558,474/ US$1.9m - 385 SC)*Easter

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ROMANIA

Opening Weekend:

Ice Age 2 opened 2 weekends ago with the largest opening since Alexander and Meet The Fockers in early 2005. It's by far the largest animated opening of All-Time. Suprisingly, no animated film over the past few years have opened more than $35k, that was held by Shark Tale

Star Wars 3: ROTS - $131,503 (34,360 adms. - 10)
War Of The Worlds - $89,209 (26,065 adms. - 8)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $78,958 (or $101,013 week - 8)
Alexander - $75,936 (24,626 adms. - 8)
Meet The Fockers - $74,779 (19,129 adms. - 7)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $72,487 (18,724 adms. - 6)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $65,966 (17,489 adms. - 9)
Troy - $63,774 (27,460 adms. - 8)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $63,125 (18,494 adms. - 8)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $62,042 (14,120 adms. - 10)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $54,692 (23,558 adms. - 8)
The Passion Of The Christ - $53,945 (25,885 adms. - 6)
Kingdom Of Heaven - $52,950 (14,101 adms. - 8)
King Kong - $46,943 (12,204 adms. - 8)

Shark Tale - $34,752 (12,493 adms. - 5)
Madagascar - $26,356 (6,377 adms. - 5)
Shrek 2 - $26,201 (11,107 adms. - 7)
The Incredibles - $15,430 (5,620 adms. - 7)
The Polar Express - $13,812 (4,122 adms. - 5)
Robots - $11,656 (3,440 adms. - 6)


Weekend 2:

IA2 had one of the best holds of all-time and closes in ROTK. Ice Age 2 has already made more than King Kong, Spiderman 2 did in their entire runs. IA2 will fight it out with ROTK and ROTS for the largest total (post 2003), both of those pics finished around $370-380k.

Star Wars 3: ROTS - $253,881 ($72,021/ 20,379 adms., -45%)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $177,073 (or $200,656 week)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $171,921 ($65,004/ 15,939 adms., -11%)
War Of The Worlds - $161,008 (39,411/ 11,152 adms., -57%)
Troy - $160,153 ($44,935/ 20,198 adms., -30%)
The Passion Of The Christ - $154,876 ($38,845/ 19,906 adms., -27%)
Alexander - $152,264 ($39,173/ 12,048 adms., -49%)
Meet The Fockers - $138,258 ($41,836/ 11,155 adms., -44%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $136,404 ($35,185/ 10,504 adms., -45%)
Kingdom Of Heaven - $117,204 ($42,246/ 11,655 adms., -19%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $116,857 ($29,678/ 8,271 adms., -55%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $113,508 ($27,844/ 12,786 adms., -49%)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $102,342 ($30,696/ 9,397 adms., -50%)

Shark Tale - $59,154 ($12,421/ 3,924 adms., -65%)
Shrek 2 - $56,819 ($14,883/ 6,605 adms., -42%)
Madagascar - $54,681 ($16,109/ 3,763 adms., -41%)
The Polar Express - $30,370 ($6,927/ 2,958 adms., -50%)
The Incredibles - $30,290 ($6,278/ 2,014 adms., -61%)
Robots - $23,716 ($7,132/ 1,937 adms., -39%)

Ice Age 2 broke the opening week record in Germany with roughly 3.6 million admission.

Right now it looks like it will have the best second weekend behind the three Lord of the Rings movies. It should tie the "fastest to 6 million admissions" record held by TTT, with a very small chance of even beating it.

Ice Age continues to sink competition with $54m weekend

Jeremy Kay in Los Angeles 17 April 2006
http://www.screendaily.com/story.asp?storyid=25857

Fox International's Ice Age 2: The Meltdown remained the runaway number one title in the international marketplace as it crossed $250m in its third weekend.

The hit animated sequel added an estimated $54m on 7,298 screens in 57 territories over the Easter weekend for a total of $250.5m.

Strong holdovers and low drop-offs powered weekend business, led by Germany's $10.9m on 1,111 screens for $35.3m, France's $7.4m on 863 for $23.2m, and the UK's $6.7m on 502 for $33.7m.

Elsewhere Australia added $3.1m on 388 for $8.4m, Spain generated $3m on 450 for $18m, and Brazil produced $2.6m on 519 for $12.2m.

Latest figures from Fox International executives put Russia on $17.5m, Austria on $6.1m, Switzerland on $6m, Belgium on $5.5m, and Norway on $5.1m.

Of the new openings, Hong Kong produced $829,000 on 45 and Thailand generated $516,000 on 110.

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Huge 3rd weekend gross. Only HP1, HP2, HP4, SM2 and Reloaded have grossed more in the 3rd weekends....Ice Age 2 is on par with ROTK which also grossed $54m.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $390,432,677 ($72.6m 4-Day or $54m 3-Day - 45/8826)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $332,149,623 ($93,927,844 - Australia - 57/11513)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $309,033,001 ($37,041,068 - 105/9630)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $293.6m ($42.4m - 35/7573)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $269.4m ($44.9m - Spain/Indonesia or $41.2m/$265.7m without Jap p/v - 48/10,000)
War Of The Worlds - $255,375,000 ($28,960,000 - 68/6865)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $250.5m ($54m - 57/7298)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $250m ($55.3m - Indonesia - 62/9300 - 9.1m tickets)
The Day After Tomorrow - $243,592,915 ($33,413,682 - 67/8904)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $236m ($40m)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $230.2m ($21.5m - 94)
Troy - $222.3m ($40.3m - 58/9752) or $230.5m week
King Kong - $222,445,814 ($28,619,108 - 56/6963)*New Years
Harry Potter 2: COS - $208m ($58.8m - Australia/Spain - 32/8201 - 11.2m tickets)
Spiderman 2 - $200,033,296 ($56,711,495 - UK/France/Spain/Netherlands/Belgium - 57/9318)

At this pace, and with Japan/Korea still ahead.....expect an international total around $425-450m, which when added to the $200-$210m Domestic gross will make this a $630-660m worldwide grosser.

While I don't think it is a lock for Top 5 in 2006 yet (with MI3, Da Vinci Code, Cars, Superman, Pirates, Happy Feet, Charlotte's Web all capable of pulling $600m).....it is looking very good indeed.

EDIT:

I forgot about Italy...LOL, this will be the 2nd time i revise my predictions upwards.....OK, my predictions - $210m Dom + $460m International for $670m.

Even though MI3 will underperform domestically, in total it will have a massive gross:

$546 m worldwide in 2000, w/ $330 m from overseas. I'd say there's a strong chance it could do $400-450 m + overseas this time around, for a $600 m + worldwide total.

DVC will do $450 m + overseas imo.

Cars could do $400 m + overseas.

POTC could do $900 m + worldwide.

I don't think Superman will do all that outstanding overseas. It was always more popular here anyway. Superhero movies (the biggies) haven't done all that outstanding overseas anyway, with Batman Begins, and X2 not outdoing their domestic totals. Spiderman is the exception, but the release dates had been instrumental in helping Spiderman 1 (precursor to Ep II), with Spidy 2 following that up with a similar total. Superman will need very good release dates far from POTC 2, Da Vinci Code, MI3, because those are going to be bigger events than Superman will be overseas.

The only thing helping DVC will be the action adventure angle which sells well overseas. The plot material will likely be bigger in Europe but I could see it vastly underperfoming in Asia and other areas.

UNITED KINGDOM - Weekend 2

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $17,021,824 (£9,775,974 incl. $4.1m/ £2.4m p/v - 502 TC)

The 2nd weekend drop was quite huge, compounded by Scary Movie 4's solid opening. Look a bit deeper though and it's not holding too badly....pulling away from other kid flicks such as Incredibles, Wallace and Narnia.

Harry Potter 3: POA - $57,358,339 (£31,557,411/ €45,758,246 - $7,979,760/ £4,391,262/ €6,637,330, -82%/-54%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $56,126,443 (£29,624,592 - $17,574,079/ £9,275,599, -38%)
Shrek 2 - $51,997,493 (£28,510,031/ €41,339,545 - $12,933,493/ £7,097,154/ €10,290,873, -54%/-34%)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $49,688,947 (£27,989,784 - $12,692,042/ £7,149,427, -52%/-31%)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $47,073,735 (£30,041,516 - $11,459,237/ £7,313,056, -61%/-27%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $44,325,932 (£24,304,352 - $9,897,852/ £5,427,091, -62%/-51%) or $49,299,165 by Mon
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $41,920,696 (£26,154,322 - $13,107,551/ £8,177,801, -37%)
Toy Story 2 - $41,765,817 ($24,264,690 week, +41%)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $41,167,251 (£29,134,532 - $11,812,960/ £8,362,749, -49%/-15%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $40,386,126 ($15,206,601 week, -40%)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason - $38,438,950 (£20,691,687/ €30,002,946 - $9,376,398/ £5,047,315/ €7,318,607, -52/-29%) or $38,437,219 ($9,358,679) Actuals
The Matrix: Reloaded - $35,947,336 ($6,188,919, -69%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $34,581,198 ($6,398,332/ £3,608,531, -63%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $34,463,595 (£23,698,891 - $11,380,782/ £7,825,995, -29%)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - $34,457,236 (£19,422,510 - $7,880,233/ £4,441,851, -44%)
War Of The Worlds - $31,942,355 (£17,568,570 - $7,656,122/ £4,219,120, -51%/-44%)
Spiderman 2 - $31,123,263 (£16,663,060/ €24,161,437 - $6,706,267/ £3,590,463/ €5,206,171, -59%/-49%)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $31,223,720 (£21,436,645 - $8,673,829/ £5,955,107, -48%)
The Incredibles - $30,890,300 (£15,944,309/ €23,121,529 - $8,141,598/ £4,187,280/ €6,073,835, -57%/-33%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe - $30,491,631 (£17,204,098 - $8,504,495/ £4,798,576, -40%)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit - $29,618,259 (£16,688,112 - $8,282,555/ £4,666,723, -50%/-29%)
Monsters Inc - $29,574,831 ($8,225,303, -37%)
Meet The Fockers - $29,114,665 (£15,481,678 - $8,666,694/ £4,588,360, -42%/-37%)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $28,122,284 ($8,351,912, -41%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $27,783,778 (£15,124,655 - $5,901,382/ £3,210,352, -56%) or $27,977,476 Actuals
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $27,124,470 ($11,261,118 week, -28%)
Finding Nemo - $27,084,100 (£16,139,415 - $9,939,819/ £5,923,138, -20%)


GERMANY - Weekend 2

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $17,149,317 (€14,157,790/ 2,395,588 adms. - 1061 TC)

Surpassing even the wildest predictions, Ice Age 2 is displaying Rings like opening powers....monstering $37m in just 2 weekends. It's admissions has already passed 5m, and is just several days away from topping Madagascar's total (biggest animated flick of 2005 and the 2nd largest for the year).

If it continues like this, it will surely become the first film since ROTK to register more than 10m admissions total.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $48,481,306 (€38,930,489/ 5.562.998 adms. - $17,450,618/ €14,012,846/ 1.882.958 adms., -26%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $38.5m (€40,881,490/ 5.629.205 adms. - $15.1m/ 2.082.480 adms., +0%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $37,066,354 ($12,372,491/ €10,074,548/ 1,686,853 adms., -29%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $35,960,285 ($10,268,326/ €8,752,413/ 1,263,778 adms., -53%)
(T)Raumschiff Surprise: Periode 1 - $33.8m (€26,544,807/ 4.622.347 adms. - $9.2m/ €7,191,303/ 1.187.538 adms., -42%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $33.55m (€37,585,696/ 5.151.793 adms. - 2.071.465 adms., +12%)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $31.7m ($11m, -32%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $28,809,336 (3.417.788 adms. - $6,544,329/ 735.891 adms., -61%) or $30,717,551 by Mon
Harry Potter 3: POA - $28.8m (€23,619,995/ 3.821.060 adms. - $9.9m/ €8,108,433/ 1.270.593 adms., -35%)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $28.5m (5.119.871 adms. - $10.5m/ 1.752.126 adms., -34.5%)
Finding Nemo - $25,513,618 (3.969.850 adms. - $9,119,880/ €7,605,980/ 1.381.341 adms., -29%)
Sieben Zwerge - Männer Allein Im Wald (7 Dwarfs) - $24,889,669(€20,143,986/ 3.475.391 adms. - $9,223,858/ 7,477,170/ 1.272.259 adms., -19%)


FRANCE - Weekend 2

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $12.5m (858 TC)

Somewhat largish drop in its 2nd weekend, might not make it $50m at this rate....

Les Bronzes 3: Amis Pour La Vie - $43.2m (€36.1m - $14.3m/ €11.9m, -41%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $34.8m ($8.9m, -59%) or $35,727,041 by Mon
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $33m ($11m)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $31m (5,046,067 adms. - $10.5m/ 2,110,083 adms., -25%)
Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre - $30.5m ($11.6m)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $27.6m (€22,862,354/4.116.317 adms. - $9.7m/€8,956,609/1.612.618 adms., -38%)
Jurassic Park 1 - $26.4m (-18%)
Finding Nemo - $24.2m ($9.8m, -21%)
Shrek 2 - $23,631,879 (€26,861,153/ 5.017.550 adms. - $8,521,570/ €6,792,054/ 1.268.727 adms., -14%)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $23.4m ($8.18m, -39%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $23.2m ($7.4m, -44%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $22m (4,496,320 adms. - 2,091,495 adms., -13%)
La Verite Si Je Mens 2 (Would I Lie To You 2) - $21.7m (4.3m adms. - $7.4m, -33%)
Spiderman 2 - $21,371,149 (€17,354,351/ 3.124.613 - $5,689,600/ €5,686,400/ 1.023.824, -56%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $21.1m ($8.4m)


AUSTRALIA - Weekend 2

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $5,255,468 (US$3,829,121 or $5,307,087/ US$3,866,730 incl. p/v - 388 SC)

The Easter weekend helped stabilise the 2nd weekend drop, it's the 3rd largest for a CGI animated flick behind only Shrek 2 and Nemo. Comparatively, IA2's performance in AsiaPacific and Asia hasn't been as spectacular as in Europe/LatinAmerica...though for an animated flick, it is doing pretty well...

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $26,671,665 ($7,686,250, -40%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $25,844,984 ($6,225,127, -56%)
Shrek 2 - $25,340,125 ($8,502,965, -35%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $24,118,897 ($5,872,528, -40%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $23,894,476 ($3,876,439, -42%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $22,638,420 ($6,421,037, -52%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $20,883,134 ($5,130,940, -58%)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $20,856,397 ($6,165,170, -48%)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $20,568,149 ($6,012,809, -46%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $20,525,056 ($4,076,203, -66%)
Spiderman - $19,534,504 ($5,025,270, -52%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $19,309,286 ($7,593,705, -17%)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $18,190,505 ($4,923,416, -54%)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $17,333,852 ($5,157,172, -44%)
Spiderman 2 - $16,702,710 ($4,591,550, -36%)
Finding Nemo - $15,894,094 ($5,984,624, -26%)
Independence Day - $14,267,436 ($4,450,307, -42.4%)
Meet The Fockers - $14,112,158 ($5,345,899, +104%)*8-Day or $15,542,995 ($6,776,736 5-Day)*
War Of The Worlds - $13,952,292 ($3,548,557, -47%)
Men In Black 1 - $13,342,140 ($5,258,029 week, -32%)
Madagascar - $13,118,640 ($3,624,726, -21%)
Mission Impossible 2 - $13,073,252 ($4,871,668 5-Day, -24%)
Troy - 12,960,879 ($4,296,886, -35%)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - $12,928,120 ($4,142,974, -41%)
Shrek - $12,612,862 ($3,273,603, -8%)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $12,462,679 ($2,729,160, -66%)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $12,381,425 ($5,165,361 week, -28%)
Monsters Inc - $12,375,998 ($3,244,521, -13%)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $12,334,836 ($3,102,700, -58%)
Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle - $12,326,501 ($3,536,497, -39%)
Gladiator - $12,123,713 ($4,303,311, -27%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $12,102,958 ($3,622,193, -46%)
The Incredibles - $12,071,041 ($4,493,347, +135%)*8-Day or $13,210,172 ($5,632,478 5-Day)*
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $12,022,413 ($3,044,466, -53%)
Meet The Parents - $11,971,444 ($3,232,242, -23%)
What Women Want - $11,953,994 ($3,010,762, -41%)
Men In Black 2 - $11,909,370 ($2,879,538, -46%)
Bean - $11,672,548 ($5,117,326 week, -22%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $11,664,358 ($4,284,327, -19%) or $13,043,531 ($5,663,500 5-Day)*Easter
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $11,574,549 ($2,740,495, -55%)
Twister - $11,317,635 ($5,039,421, +3.1%)
Jurassic Park 1 - $11,304,447 ($4,066,554, -16%)


SPAIN - Weekend 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $6,466,388 (€5,343,241/ 1,000,745 adms. - 449 TC)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $12,262,407 ($4,588,081/ 3,787,736/ 702,684 adms., -29%)

Holding very well in its 3rd weekend, the largest for any recent animated flick....should top out with $25m.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $31,330,560 (€24,876,465/ 5.129.605 adms. - $4,392,324/ €3,487,505/ 693,826 adms., -37.6%)
Shrek 2 - $25,804,630 ($2,686,094/ €2,158,196/ 429,004 adms., -51%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $21.6m (€21,519,170 - $2,770,000/ €2,618,510, -50%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - €19,684,000 (€2,501,000, -41.9%)
Torrente 3: The Protector - $19,378,079 ($1,677,830/ €1,389,965/ 267,366 adms., -62%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $19,148,827 ($1,748,865/ €1,477,948/ 283,004 adms., -60%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $18,167,104 ($2,047,398/ €1,668,220/ 312,827 adms., -50%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $18,139,977 ($2,934,866/ €2,389,773/ 441,321 adms., -37%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $16.7m
Troy - $16,569,814 ($2,685,744/ €2,199,356/ 433,635 adms., -41%)
The Incredibles - $16,564,269 ($2,009,926/ €1,520,127/ 299,168, -48%)
Finding Nemo - $16,153,563 ($2,495,107/ €2,036,007/ 414,284 adms., -48%)
La Gran Aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón - $16m
War Of The Worlds - $15,633,364 ($1,519,480/ €1,261,715/ 235,984 adms., -51%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $15,487,068 ($1,375,371/ €1,118,094/ 223,898 adms., -55%)

By the way, the third weekend was actually over $60 million internationally, not $54 million according to The-Numbers.com

Yes indeed, actuals were up $6m.

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $47,373,645 (Spain/Mexico/Russia/Brazil/Netherlands - 29/4605) or $64.2m week
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $158,000,808 ($94,962,060 - UK/Germany/France/Australia - 49/8321) or $192.3m week
3 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $263,192,823 ($60,337,957 - HK - 57/8303) or $291.5m week

Another huge weekend is in store with Ice Age 2 opening in Italy, Japan and SKorea. I don't expect the Asian openings to break any records. Italy might be a different story judging by how Madagascar opened last year ($7.4m).

I'm expecting another $60m weekend, pushing its total to $350m International.


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SWITZERLAND - Weekend 2

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $3,173,293 (or $2,762,494/ 3,596,215 SFR 4-Day - 139)

One of the more outstanding markets, Ice Age 2 has maintained its record pace and leads ROTK by more than $1m. It should easily cross $10m and depending on how it holds latter on, might surpass the all-time animated champion, Nemo at $12m. ROTK is the other target at $11m.

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $6,881,298 ($2,342,386/ 2,991,227 SFR, -17%)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $5,526,854 ($1,910,363/ 2,389,864 SFR, -11%)
Finding Nemo - $3,859,126 ($1,674,049/ 2,164,545 SFR, +2%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $3,722,851 ($1,362,697/ 1,716,998 SFR, -28%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $3,044,019 ($1,057,648/ 1,394,826 SFR, -36%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $2,912,906 ($605,308/ 749,674 SFR, -61%)
Troy - $2,837,627 ($1,317,464/ 1,683,587 SFR, +12%)
Meet The Fockers - $2,732,166 ($939,698/ 1,098,977 SFR, -19%)
Spiderman 2 - $2,679,905 ($574,155/ 703,455 SFR, -63%)
Titanic - $2.6m
The Day After Tomorrow - $2,590,101 ($775,091/ 965,531 SFR, -31%)
Hitch - $2,445,908 ($994,828/ 1,144,947 SFR, -17%)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $2,430,467 ($614,732/ 818,208 SFR, -51%)
Ocean’s Twelve - $2,377,121 ($541,909/ 615,554 SFR, -60%)*
Ready, Steady, Charlie! - $1,958,063 ($867,952/ 1,167,396 SFR, +14%)
Shrek 2 - $ 1,983,741 ($723,811/ 892,169 SFR, -12%) or $1,913,420 ($794,842, -8%)


DENMARK - Weekend 2

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,582,098 (or $1,265,353/ 7,795,714 DKR/ 122,838 adms. 3-Day - 92)

Solid hold in its sophomore session. It might push $10m by the end, though expect a total closer to $9m.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $7,670,471 ($2,048,301/ 12,244,746 DKR/ 146,170 adms., -9%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $5,433,947 ($1,505,988/ 9,575,370 DKR/ 112,955 adms., -47%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $4,042,263 ($900,316/ 5,470,863 DKR/ 86,850 adms., -30%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $3.8m (12-Days - 86)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $3,467,810 ($881,752/ 5,404,696 DKR/ 79,321 adms., -52%)
Gi'r Aldrig Op (Far Til Fire) - $3,457,123 ($1,065,665/ 6,617,353 DKR/ 114,064 adms., +152%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $3,348,303 ($621,325/ 3,706,575 DKR/ 49,536 adms., -55%) or $3,589,541 by Mon
Troy - $2,648,828 ($538,722/ 3,281,196 DKR/ 38,860 adms., -40%)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $2.6m
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $2,540,728 ($506,440/ 3,202,471 DKR/ 46,349 adms., +12%)*New Years
Spiderman 2 - $2,463,232 ($342,976/ 2,048,905 DKR/ 30,903 adms., -57%)
Shrek 2 - $2,418,333 ($872,643/ 5,277,659 DKR/ 88,095 adms., -18%) or $2,419,870 ($873,189) Actuals
Brother Bear - $2,387,999 ($667,937/ 3,891,336 DKR/ 73,755 adms., +21%)
My Sister’s Kids In Egypt - $2,284,369 ($973,877/ 5,803,527 DKR/ 104,051 adms., +104%)
King Kong - $1,994,857 ($221,034/ 1,390,349 DKR/ 15,558 adms., -72%)


BELGIUM - Weekend 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,433,274 (€1,184,329 - 120)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Metldown - $3,581,788 ($1,585,581/ €1,308,992, +11%)

Largest 3rd weekend of any movie post 2003. It should challenge ROTK and GOF, both movies ended with $9.5m-$10m totals

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $6,756,247 ($1,194,103/ €948,118, -35%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $5,635,930 ($858,168/ €725,229, -46%)
Ice Age 2: The Metldown - $5,556,268 ($1,395,032/ €1,135,933, -13%)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $4.5m
Shrek 2 - $4,346,887 ($995,474/ €803,517, -14%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $4,239,050 ($1,110,568/ €914,353, +11%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $4,063,406 (€3.5m - $891,576/ €735,550, -19%)
Finding Nemo - $3,690,564 ($643,348/ €524,972, -33%)
Troy - $3,477,039 ($698,223/ €571,775, -52%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $3,344,158 ($638,697/ €520,410, -2%)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $3,307,433 ($402,672/ €331,580, -40%)


SWEDEN - Weekend 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,440,264 (11,224,986 SKR - 159)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $2,745,311 ($953,420/ 7,349,724 SKR, -35%)

Currently tracking #2 behind Nemo; its doubtful that Ice will last as long as Nemo, still $8m will put it in the company of ROTS and HP3.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $15,507,581 ($2,485,037/ 17,847,536 SKR, -21%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe - $8,333,250 ($1,246,662/ 9,559,155 SKR, +30%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $6,013,103 ($968,648/ 7,211,487 SKR, -11%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $6,009,314 ($840,032/ 6,773,430 SKR, -42%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $5,334,172 ($271,159/ 2,040,797 SKR, -69%)
Finding Nemo - $5,253,497 ($948,444/ 7,166,443 SKR, -36%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $4,406,957 ($684,941/ 5,519,940 SKR, -26%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $4,239,386 ($706,534/ 5,350,723 SKR, -27%)
Evil (Ondskan) - $4,024,342 ($660,823/ 5,039,436 SKR, -27%)
Spiderman 2 - $3,953,819 ($279,622/ 2,126,441 SKR, -38%) or $4,024,651 Actuals
The Matrix: Revolutions - $3,528,480 ($286,323/ 2,150,572 SKR, -50%)
Troy - $3,334,545 ($523,616/ 3,903,714 SKR, -27%)
Brother Bear - $3,318,246 ($657,176/ 4,801,854 SKR, -19%)
Ocean’s Twelve - $2,975,971 ($359,342/ 2,402,273 SKR, -18%)*NY
The Incredibles - $2,928,015 ($470,225/ 3,161,652 SKR, -38%)
Chicken Little - $2,833,937 ($528,047/ 4,148,126 SKR, -15%)


RUSSIA (CIS) - Weekend 3

1 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $7,779,006 (or $6,411,266/ 177,672,850 3-Day - 397 SC)
2 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $13,512,023 ($3,385,108/ 93,655,783 R, -47%)

In just 3 weeks, Ice Age takes over from ROTK as the largest foreign grosser in CIS. It's still trailing the two local giants; but a total around $20m is in store.

Dnevnoy Dozor (Day Watch) - $24,201,076 ($3,367,640/ 95,811,715 R, -43%)
Company 9 - $19,281,680 ($2,479,436/ 70,769,302 R, -43%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $15,920,399 ($1,345,722/ 37,040,325 R, -60%)
Турецкий гамбит Егор Бероев (Turkish Gambit) - $14,142,370 ($1,695,933, -19%)
Nochnoj Dozor (Night Watch) - $12m+
Bumer, Film Vtoroy (Bimmer, Part Two) - $11,822,192 ($444,122/ 12,368,975 R, -70%)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $11,228,070
Troy - $10,015,790 ($690,604, -64%)
War Of The Worlds - $9,397,482 ($557,164/ 15,987,653 R, -59%)
King Kong - $8,941,428 ($263,763/ 7,580,918 R, -80%)
Bastards - $8,670,868 ($1,096,040/ 30,892,764 R, -49%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $8,162,314 ($752,870, -45%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $7,486,790 ($371,383/ 10,536,321 R, -73%)
Alexander - $7,462,383 ($617,617, -68%)
Spiderman 2 - $7,343,568 ($911,291, -35%)
Van Helsing - $7,054,849 ($806,474, -61%) - Day 17
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $6,874,800 ($889,710/ 25,507,986 R, -34%)
Madagascar - $6,754,652 ($326,699, -71%)

THR

Ice Age: The Meltdown had a meltdown at the overseas box office. The gravy holiday grosses are history.

It pretty much died in Japan in its opening weekend. Now it may barely pass $400M while it looked like it might pass $500M after last weekend. Even after adding 3 major territories, the weekend gross fell from $60M in the 3rd weekend to $23M in the 4th weekend. The drop excluding the new openers is a whopping 75%.

just what i thought, its no competition for pixars CARS!

gargantuan drop

Thats a huge drop, it straight out bombed in japan, it will end with about 410 international and 205 domestic for a 615 ww total, #1 of the year ww? not even close.

Hmmm, this is very disappointing in Japan. Japan has pretty much become the make/break market for all movies. Look at the boost it gave to Narnia late in its run!

Still, I expect at least $650 million worldwide. Should have good holds from now on.

UPDATE FROM GERMANY

Estimated 750,000 admissions in its third weekend (-55.5% from last weekend) for a total of 6,975,000 admissions.

Despite the big drop, it is still HUGE. It will easily end up as the biggest movie of 2006 in Germany. I really see no competition for it. After 18 days, it is already the #31 of all-time here.

To put it into perspective and compare it with other final admission counts:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 9,693,596
Finding Nemo - 8,678,707
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - 7,978,480
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 7,914,065
Men in Black - 7,437,419
Ice Age - 7,212,212
Ice Age: The Meltdown - 6,975,000 (est. after 18 days!)
Madagascar - 6,699,790
Harry Potter and the Prisonder of Azkaban - 6,545,279
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - 5,978,657
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - 5,620,503
Shrek 2 - 5,312,463
Spider-Man - 5,186,528


As you can see, it's pretty darn huge. I expect it to get close to 9,000,000 admissions by the end of its run here, making it the biggest CGI animated flick ever here, the #1 film of 2006 and the 16th biggest movie ever here.

Well I do think it will be leggy in Japan. I think it will stay around for a few weeks it should still pass 400 million.

BOM reported the weekend total as $40M for Ice Age 2 and a total of $333M. Much better than the earlier report. The holdover drop was 50%. But the movie still tanked in Japan and S. Korea.

BOM International Report