Wasn't Casino Royale released a couple of weeks after it opened in the states....and still got a record opening.....it doesn't matter, i'm sure it'll be huge in India...

700+m totaL WW and it couLd have done 850+m if it was bigger in Europe. Mighty impressive for a non-franchise/non-sequeL fiLm.

nope the movie released in India the same date as US release date and hence made shit load of money. Also the movie released a week before DHOOM 2 a record breaking bollywood movie yet still managed to do well with that competetion becasue james bond is very popular in India.

This movie regardless of what it grosses now, is a mega hit......Transformers 2 is so going to have one of the biggest opening weekends of all-time everywhere...maybe except europe...

OK, well then the question must be....has Transformers ever been popular in India?

THAILAND - Weekend 3

Huge drop thanks to Harry Potter 5...

Declaration Of Independence - $5,893,805 ($821,292, -38.1%)
Naresuan (King Naresuan) - $5,397,167 ($873,745, -45%)
Spiderman 3 - $5,225,224 ($232,954, -64.7%) or $5,832,573 Actuals
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3; At World’s End - $4,323,033 ($239,951, -71.4%)
Tom Yum Goong - $4,185,900 ($333,400)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $4,102,700 ($516,900) or $3,976,485 ($4,127,705 week) Actuals
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $4,059,000 ($403,600)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $3,733,400 ($207,300 - Day 19) - OUT
Transformers - $3,721,374 ($213,050, -75.6%)
Spiderman 2 - $3,720,600 ($224,800 - Day 18) or $4,177,589 ($184,836, -75%) Actuals
The Holy Man (Luang Pee Teng) - $3,130,700 ($383,900)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $3,114,604 ($219,854, -60.2%) - OUT
The Day After Tomorrow - $2,818,318 ($208,500 - Day 18)


MALAYSIA - Weekend 3

Transformers becomes the 2nd largest movie of all-time in Malaysia behind Spiderman 3. They are running pretty close....Transformers can still beat Spiderman 3 here if it drops well next week....SM3 dropped 67% next week.

Spiderman 3 - $4,336,887 ($409,910, -49.6%) or $4,476,910 Actuals
Transformers - $4,158,829 ($463,323, -58.1%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $3,740,280 ($354,225, -58.2%)
Jangan Pandang Belakang - $1,618,731 ($173,435, -60%)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $1,547,162 (or $1,602,611 week)
Shrek 3 - $1,324,909 ($84,460, -75.5%)


SINGAPORE - Weekend 3

In neighboring Singapore, things are pretty much the same, though the drop was much harsher here against the opening of HP5. It won't be passing Spiderman 3.

Spiderman 3 - $4,770,156 ($422,088, -61.3%)
Transformers - $4,039,587 ($265,876, -74.8%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $3,219,690 ($215,862, -67.1%)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $2,813,276 (or $2,873,791 week)
Fantastic Four 2: Rise Of The Silver Surfer - $2,418,390 ($77,693, -85.7%)
Shrek 3 - $2,185,665 ($129,609, -69.7%)

No.

Official number for Week 1 in China:

2,993,872 admissions, 97m RMB, $12.76m

Ha, it's gone up...

DOMESTIC - Day 14

Transformers has one of the better 2nd Mondays of any movie this year.....sandwiched between Pirates 3 and Shrek 3.

1) Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $286,684,032 (Thu - $6,468,103)
2) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $278,901,370 (Wed - $4,004,937)
3) Spiderman 2 - $267,638,277 (Tue - $5,432,683)
4) Shrek 2 - $266,120,395 (Tue - $5,806,676)
5) Spiderman 3 - $253,357,629 (Thu - $2,923,838)
6) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $241,936,536 (Tue - $9,615,240)
7) Spiderman - $240,536,756 (Thu - $3,514,866)
8) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $232,297,818 (Thu - $3,327,937)
9) Transformers - $228,950,080 (Mon - $4,940,497)
10) Shrek 3 - $227,906,792 (Thu - $3,480,544)

11) The Passion Of The Christ - $223,720,260 (Tue - $4,827,581)
12) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $218,595,905 (Tue - $8,442,823)
13) The Matrix: Reloaded - $214,706,401 (Wed - $2,435,292)
14) Star Wars 1: PM - $212,558,695 (Tue - $5,459,637)
15) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $209,388,580 (Thu - $1,844,460)
16) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $208,050,000 (Wed - $3,196,000)
17) Harry Potter 1: SS - $196,027,962 (Thu - $2,073,000)
18) X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $186,166,074 (Thu - $2,387,089)
19) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $174,119,499 (Tue - $10,248,284)
20) Harry Potter 3: POA - $172,897,787 (Thu - $3,568,359)

War Of The Worlds - $171,334,671 (Tue - $3,077,922)
Independence Day - $169,888,490 (Tue - $4,646,457)

Looks like HP4 will take 8 days to get past $20 million, closing but not enough on Tuesday.

SHREK surely has to pass AWE this week, and another good weekend for TRF will put that movie mighty close to SM3's accum.

Some news from Moviemarshal.....slower than expected for HP5 to $20m, looks like the start of the new school term really affected it.

Transformers should pass SM3 eventually...on its way to around $27m.

DOMESTIC - Day 15

Pretty good drop and trying desperately to stay inside the top 10....

1) Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $296,676,213 (Fri - $9,992,181)
2) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $282,804,625 (Thu - $3,903,255)
3) Spiderman 2 - $272,674,954 (Wed - $5,036,677)
4) Shrek 2 - $271,515,827 (Wed - $5,395,432)
5) Spiderman 3 - $261,336,658 (Fri - $7,979,029
6) Spiderman - $252,374,308 (Fri - $11,837,552)
7) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $249,445,927 (Wed - $7,509,391)
8) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $238,464,654 (Fri - $6,166,836)
9) Shrek 3 - $235,262,860 (Fri - $7,356,068)
10) Transformers - $233,693,904 (Tue - $4,743,824)

11) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $229,636,178 (Wed - $11,040,273)
12) The Passion Of The Christ - $228,133,890 (Wed - $4,413,630)
13) Star Wars 1: PM - $217,854,543 (Wed - $5,295,848)
14) The Matrix: Reloaded - $217,013,805 (Thu - $2,307,404)
15) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $214,759,672 (Fri - $5,371,092)
16) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $211,321,893 (Thu - $3,272,000)
17) Harry Potter 1: SS - $202,110,000 (Fri - $6,082,000)
18) X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $191,128,432 (Fri - $4,962,358)
19) Harry Potter 2: COS - $181,419,676 (Fri - $13,378,160)
20) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $178,735,912 (Wed - $4,616,413)

War Of The Worlds - $174,319,438 (Wed - $2,984,767)
Independence Day - $173,838,942 (Wed - $3,950,452)

HP is going to get close to Shrek I think - with IMAX it may just pass it.

As for Transformers - I think $27m sounds right - hopefully it can do a bit more but we'll see.

The good news for Transformers and Potter this week is that there's no worthy competition. Premonition is the only big name, but It's not going to surprise....haven't even seen I advertisement yet....

and it's only showiung in about 4 session per theatre each day...compare to over 10+ still for potter and about 6 for Transformers...

Shrek the Third is now the highest grossing movie of the year having just passed AWE's accum overnight. TRF is closing to around a million behind SM3, meaning at least one of the big three is going down chart. Potter keeps on keeping on, the movie is off the pace of last week, but those figures were unmaintainable.

Two horse race now on Shrek vs Potter (given Harry's blitz, and the holds).


Spiderman topped out at around AUD$23.8m which means Transformers is around the $22m something mark at the mommment....

Shrek 3 would be around $32.6m+ surpassing Pirate 3's total of $32.6m.

Nothing in it really...

http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyA ... &Category=

Paramount/PPI's Transformers isn't doing too badly either, and currently stands at $159.9m. The frenetic blockbuster brings the noise to nine territories this weekend including Mexico and South Africa on Jul 20.

Universal/UPI's cime thriller Smokin' Aces goes out in Italy on Jul 20 and has grossed $19.6m to date, while the Argentina-Uruguay comedy-drama La Cascara opens in Spain on Jul 20.

Fox International's Die Hard 4.0 scored a spectacular opening day in South Korea on Jul 18 and took $3.1m (2.9bn KRW). This set a new record for the distributor and was the fourth biggest industry opening day behind the early summer power trio of Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End, Shrek The Third, and Spider-Man 3.

Die Hard 4.0 launches in Taiwan on Jul 21, followed by Brazil in early August.

Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer stands at $105.9m excluding Germany, where it opens in early August.

Latest figures from Buena Vista International (BVI) and Sony Pictures Releasing International were unavailable at time of writing.

BVI's Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End should overtake Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's $642.2m tally soon to become the fourth biggest international release in history. Ratatouille stands at more than $30m.

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Die Hard 4 had an unbelievable opening day in South Korea, that's just $0.3m behind Spiderman 3, the current record holder....definately an $11m+ opening weekend....absolutely humgous....the past 5 weeks alone have delivered 4 of the strongest openings ever....

SOUTH KOREA (ADMS.) - Weekend 3

Undoubtedly, one of the best performances of all-time. It's the most impressive foreign performance of all-time, and tracking above ROTK (current record holder). It has breezed past both Spiderman 3 and Pirates 3 and should be passing Mission Impossible 3 (5.75m adms. lifetime) and possibly ROTK (5.96m adms.) this coming weekend.....

Definately looking at a 6.2-6.5m adms. take, which would place it close to last year's mega smash 200 Pound Beauty...and place it inside the Top 10 largest pics of all-time.

The Host - 9,129,400 adms. (328,500 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 550
The King And The Clown - 6,550,000 adms. (374)
Taegukgi - 6,539,031 adms. (234,512 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Transformers - 5,629,997 adms. (836,035 adms. 3-Day) - 540
Welcome To Dongmakgol - 5,508,748 adms.
Silmido - 5,050,000 adms. (179,800 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Tazza: The High Rollers (War Of Flowers) - 4,955,000 adms. (189,000 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 546
The King And The Clown - 4,758,000 adms. (389)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - 4,760,000 adms. (130,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Spiderman 3 - 4,577,000 adms. (122,500 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 627
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - 4,485,100 adms. (75,400 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 501
Marrying The Mafia 2 - 4,443,667 adms.
Mission Impossible 3 - 4,189,000 adms. (149,000 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 404
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - 3,903,200 adms. (166,800 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 374
Typhoon - 3,850,000 adms. (310)
200 Pound Beauty - 3,804,900 adms. (186,200 adms. 3-Day Seoul)*NY - 396

King Kong - 3,090,000 adms. (136,000 adms. 3-Day Seoul)*NY - 270
The Da Vinci Code - 2,917,832 adms. (75,391 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 292
War Of The Worlds - 2,900,000 adms.
Shrek 3 - 2,563,000 adms. (80,000 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 377
300 - 2,431,300 adms. (116,100 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 279
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - 2,370,300 adms. (43,800 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
Poseidon - 2,224,500 adms. (60,700 adms. 3-Day Seoul) - 225
The Day After Tomorrow - 2,120,000 adms. (83,400 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
The Matrix: Revolutions - 2,047,400 adms. (54,000 adms. 2-Day Soul)


CIS (RUSSIA) - Weekend 2

Largish drop but still topped the market....HP5 opens next week.

It's tracking above pics such as WOTWs, King Kong and TDAT which is fantastic. Will probably top out at about $15m....which is still bloody fantastic and one of the largest foreign takes of all-time.

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $25,175,742 ($6,360,036/ 164,855,313 R, -56%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $20,514,323 ($4,901,890/ 131,738,294 R, -47%)
Shrek 3 - $18,775,254 ($3,430,629/ 91,484,583 R, -71.7%)
Dnevnoy Dozor (Day Watch) - $18,656,337 ($5,885,363/ 168,733,366 R, +145%)
Volkodav (Wolfhound) - $15,315,715 ($6,606,135/ 174,392,054 R)*NY
Company 9 - $14,280,626 ($4,336,624/ 123,610,697 R, -14%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $13,512,023 ($3,385,108/ 93,655,783 R, -47%)
Spiderman 3 - $12,615,807 ($2,234,719/ 57,817,096 R, -71%)
Transformers - $11,936,567 ($2,371,109/ 60,411,826 R, -65%)
Zhara (The Heat) - $11,883,995 ($4,516,390/ 119,225,921 R)*NY
Bumer, Film Vtoroy (Bimmer, Part Two) - $10,736,864 ($1,488,619/ 41,179,221 R, -61%)
Taxi 4 - $10,625,135 ($2,221,321/ 57,837,645 R, -63%)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $9,716,834 ($2,763,250, -34%)
Турецкий гамбит Егор Бероев (Turkish Gambit) - $9,562,492 ($2,084,185, -39%)
Lubov Morkov - $9,538,280 ($2,585,629/ 67,323,315 R, -48%)
War Of The Worlds - $8,561,736 ($1,345,379, -64%)
Nochnoj Dozor (Night Watch) - $8,429,139 ($2,593,056, -8%)
300 - $8,281,762($1,851,793/ 48,207,912 R, -63%)
Troy - $8,141,855 ($1,930,043, -43%)
King Kong - $7,525,278 ($1,311,779/ 37,772,939 R, -65%)
James Bond: Casino Royale - $7,545,781 ($1,982,588/ 52,344,883 R, -57%)
The Da Vinci Code - $7,312,970 ($1,863,939/ 50,426,633 R, -32%)
Bastards - $7,026,808 ($2,158,865/ 60,987,504 R, -37%)
Die Hard 4: Live Free Or Die Hard - $6,860,357 ($1,530,098/ 39,262,008 R, -56%)
Ratatouille - $6,822,900 ($1,866,310/ 47,889,141 R, -47%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $6,641,441 ($1,370,074, -52%)


SWITZERLAND - Weekend 2

After a fantastic opening last week, it was hit hard by the opening of Potter....down a humungous 63%.

Lord of The Rings: ROTK - $10,135,134 ($3,087,201/ 22,579,788 SKR, +10%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $6,645,081 ($1,312,716/ 9,562,086 SKR, -32%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $6,578,445 ($1,365,038/ 9,479,506 SKR, -53%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $5.4m (12-Days - 123)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe - $5,349,688 ($926,469/ 7,373,396 SKR, -39%)*New Years
James Bond: Casino Royale - $5,170,157 ($1,326,101/ 8,979,295 SKR, -35%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $4,773,394 ($1,452,429/ 11,724,442 SKR, -40%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $4,644,164 ($1,098,594/ 8,081,587 SKR, -40%) or $4,949,501 by Mon
Harry Potter 3: POA - $4,477,938 ($871,452/ 6,579,811 SKR, -43%)
Göta Kanal 2: Kanalkampen - $4,090,924 ($1,363,902/ 9,333,181 SKR, -17%)*NY
The Da Vinci Code - $4,050,202 ($1,132,738/ 8,249,164 SKR, -26%)
Finding Nemo - $3,948,880 ($1,483,182/ 11,140,180 SKR, -18%)
Spiderman 3 - $3,883,337 ($900,963/ 6,163,487 SKR, -62%)
Spiderman 2 - $3,260,596 ($467,057/ 3,453,793 SKR, -59%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $3,159,691 ($897,545/ 7,415,517 SKR, -16%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $3.1m ($893,000, -20%)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $3,015,768 ($569,300/ 4,331,804 SKR, -51%)
Evil (Ondskan) - $2,745,981 ($897,347/ 6,942,774 SKR, -18%)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $2,745,311 ($953,420/ 7,349,724 SKR, -35%)
Troy - $2,418,746 ($709,617/ 5,361,653 SKR, -26%)
The Incredibles - $2,290,689 ($740,286/ 5,076,141 SKR, -31%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $2,282,431 ($492,055/ 3,674,867 SKR, -59%) or $2,320,745 Actuals
Transformers - $2,243,670 ($286,818/ 1,903,525 SKR, -63%)
Brother Bear - $2,215,497 ($832,304/ 5,947,228 SKR, -15%)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $2.2m (13-Days, -43%)
Die Hard 4: Live Free Or Die Hard - $2,095,457 ($434,536/ 2,929,294 SKR, -41%)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $2,093,976 ($324,342/ 2,636,252 SKR, -51%)
King Kong - $1,597,680 ($380,272/ 3,032,175 SKR, -41%)

TRANSFORMERS hasn't opened in Switzerland yet...

I'm pretty sure you're talking about Sweden...

Haahha good eye, yeah i think so///

DENMARK - Weekend 2

Huge drop against Potter, not doing that much more than WOTWs here

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $6,134,548 ($1,125,036/ 6,203,449 DKR, -53%)
The Da Vinci Code - $5,125,023 ($1,188,006/ 6,874,518 DKR/ 76,843 adms., -46%)
Spiderman 3 - $2,647,308 ($612,209/ 3,357,663 DKR, -44%)
Die Hard 4: Live Free Or Die Hard - $2,546,050 ($456,796/ 2,494,014 DKR, -46%)
Spiderman 2 - $2,463,232 ($342,976/ 2,048,905 DKR/ 30,903 adms., -57%)
King Kong - $1,994,857 ($221,034/ 1,390,349 DKR/ 15,558 adms., -72%)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $1,813,498 ($286,975/ 1,813,971 DKR/ 26,920 adms., -56%)
Batman Begins - $1,652,420 ($416,723/ 2,559,263 DKR/ 34,965 adms., -32%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $1,592,981 ($405,900/ 2,465,194 DKR/ 38,400 adms. -43%) or $1,620,713 Actuals
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $1,571,011 ($264,759/ 1,748,205 DKR/ 27,508 adms., -44%)
Superman Returns - $1,416,324 ($351,170/ 2,052,397 DKR/ 23,056 adms., -45%)
Transformers - $1,361,182 ($153,182/ 836,743 DKR, -65%)
Kingdom Of Heaven - $1,356,034 ($258,945/ 1,523,889 SKR/ 20,186 adms., -45%)
Mr. Bean’s Holiday - $1,347,988 ($454,699/ 2,536,036 DKR, +20%)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $1,330,561 ($308,135/ 1,855,314 DKR/ 26,417 adms., -54%)
300 - $1,320,650 ($270,973/ 1,511,323 DKR, -53%)
Bad Boys 2 - $1,282,038 ($310,476/ 1,983,012 DKR/ 30,946 adms., -27%)
War Of The Worlds - $1,196,749 ($181,383/ 1,133,102 DKR/ 15,618 adms., -51%)
Mission Impossible 3 - $1,062,374 ($298,115/ 1,725,070 DKR/ 23,605 adms., -41%)
Fantastic Four 2: Rise Of The Silver Surfer - $634,432 ($129,649/ 714,394 DKR, -61%)

AUSTRALAI (US$) - Week 3

With school holidays over, Transformers dropped a large but expected 47%. It's still tracking as one of the largest USD$ grossers of all-time and will end up with around $22-23m.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $26,784,607 ($4,365,057, -49%)
Shrek 2 - $26,578,510 ($6,174,398, -31%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $22,754,474 ($4,083,960, -38%)*Queen’s
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $22,392,133 ($3,505,082, -49%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $21,687,333 ($3,387,053, -43%)
Shrek 3 - $21,177,746 ($3,439,849, -35%)
Happy Feet - $20,434,697 ($3,199,232, -39%)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $20,217,359 ($3,014,669, -44%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $19,308,237 ($4,745,945, -43%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $19,186,424 ($2,982,147, -44%)
Transformers - $19,100,596 ($3,292,319, -47%)
Meet The Fockers - $18,110,657 ($4,200,266, -38%)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $17,497,522 ($2,588,905, -28%)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $17,195,665 ($2,730,298, -45%)
Spiderman 3 - $16,761,175 ($2,665,690, -37%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $16,674,681 ($2,633,645, -42%)

The Da Vinci Code - $15,667,849 ($2,680,498, -37%)
War Of The Worlds - $13,384,768 ($1,941,180, -47%)
King Kong - $12,260,350 ($2,850,617, -6%)*New Years
X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $10,871,609 ($1,686,481, -41%)*Queens


SPAIN - Opening Week

Solid opening for Transformers in Spain where it opened just below Independence Day.

Though quite a distance behind WOTWs.

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $15,054,153 (8-Day or $14,114,088 7-Day - 827 TC)
The Da Vinci Code - $14,590,966 (750 TC)
Spiderman 3 - $12,654,762 (758 TC)
Shrek 3 - $12,041,214 (687 TC)
Spiderman 2 - $10,485,488 (9-Day or $8,071,268 7-Day - 603 TC)
War Of The Worlds - $9,880,421 (9-Day or $7,930,087 7-Day - 465 TC)
300 - $8,448,516 (536 TC)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $7,464,433 (9-Day or $5,925,401 7-Day - 471 TC)
I, Robot - $7,390,561 (446 TC)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $7,355,732 (580 TC)
The Day After Tomorrow - $7,182,302 (474 TC)
Superman Returns - $6,397,061 (or $4,911,091 without p/v - 560 TC)
Independence Day - $6,194,998 (244 TC)
Transformers - $6,076,995 (or $4,782,688 without p/v - 651 TC)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $5,827,844 (453 TC)
King Kong - $5,619,952 (9-Day or $4,706,075 7-Day - 500 TC)
Mission Impossible 2 - $5,187,743 (298 TC)

That makes up for the big drop it experienced last weekend (God i hate HP!).

It surprises me that even against this sorta competition, Transformers is holding extremely well in South Korea....it's almost a lock to beat ROTK...

http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyA ... &Category=

DreamWorks/Paramount' Transformers is bearing down on $200m through PPI after $34m from 4,315 sites in 42 territories raised the tally to $192m.

Business was boosted by a number one $5.5m debut in Mexico on 413 screens that produced another career high for director Michael Bay.

Of the other nine releases, the film produced a new Bay record in Brazil on $2.7m from 327 screens, and opened number one in a handful of Latin American markets.

Results were as follows: $1m from 100 sites in Argentina; $892,000 from 88 in Colombia; $839,000 from 39 screens in Chile; $800,000 from 14 sites in Panama; $582,000 from 133 sites in Peru; and $495,000 from 60 sites in Venezuela. All generated new opening records for Bay except Argentina.

Transformers also opened top in South Africa on $382,000 from 102 venues.

Shrek The Third is still going strong, and added $10.6m from 4,544 screens in 54 territories for $381.4m.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111796 ... id=13&cs=1

Paramount's "Transformers" continued its strong foreign perf with $34 million at 4,315 in 42 territories as the actioner expanded into Latin America and outperformed previous Michael Bay pics and "War of the Worlds." Mexico led the way with $5.5 million, followed by Brazil with $2.7 million, edging the second frame of "Phoenix."

"Transformers" has topped Par's expectations with $192 million overseas without yet launching in the four biggest markets -- Japan, the U.K., Germany and France. Its global gross is a brawny $455 million.

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$455m would put Transformers at #70 on the All-Time Worldwide charts, right behind 300.

60 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $474.2 $197.2 41.6% $277.0 58.4% 1989
61 Jaws Uni. $470.7 $260.0 55.2% $210.7 44.8% 1975
62 Pretty Woman BV $463.4 $178.4 38.5% $285.0 61.5% 1990
63 Cars BV $462.0 $244.1 52.8% $217.9 47.2% 2006
64 The Matrix WB $460.4 $171.5 37.2% $288.9 62.8% 1999
65 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $459.3 $234.4 51.0% $224.9 49.0% 2006
66 Mission: Impossible Par. $457.7 $181.0 39.5% $276.7 60.5% 1996
67 Gladiator DW $457.6 $187.7 41.0% $269.9 59.0% 2000
68 The Last Samurai WB $456.8 $111.1 24.3% $345.6 75.7% 2003
69 300 WB $455.6 $210.6 46.2% $245.0 53.8% 2007
Transformers - $455m
70 Ocean's Eleven WB $450.7 $183.4 40.7% $267.3 59.3% 2001