The International Box Office Discussion Thread

[pinocchio]

Awesome opening for The Lorax in Russia!

Numbers for Lorax in Russia seem to be a 10 day cume. They just didn't communicate the "preview" numbers last week. Based on this overall 9.7 mio number I would say it tanked in Russia.

[CJohn]

It was a fine opening.

[fmpro]

Numbers for Lorax in Russia seem to be a 10 day cume. They just didn't communicate the "preview" numbers last week. Based on this overall 9.7 mio number I would say it tanked in Russia.

I think that "tanked" is a little harsh here..Its still a non sequel

[iceroll]

I wish Japan would give Dreamworks movies a chance, their quality has really improved. HTTYD's gross there was extremely disappointing.

[fmpro]

I wish Japan would give Dreamworks movies a chance, their quality has really improved. HTTYD's gross there was extremely disappointing.

Their taste in animation are really strange...

[CJohn]

Overall, tastes in Japan are strange...

[CJohn]

Foreign Box Office: 'Hunger Games' Opens No. 1 Abroad in Unspectacular Fashion, Drawing $59.3 Million

"John Carter" losing steam in key markets; "21 Jump Street" still perky.

While a box office phenomenon in the U.S. and Canada, The Hunger Games opened less spectacularly on the foreign theatrical circuit, grossing $59.3 at some 7,700 locations in 67 offshore markets.

Overseas action assured Lionsgate’s action/sci-fi vehicle the weekend’s No. 1 box office ranking, but Games’ foreign opening is 2012’s second biggest – nearly $10 million less than the March 11 debut weekend gross of Disney’s John Carter.

(Disney International did not report a weekend total for Carter. The live-action, fantasy-adventure dropped to fourth place in such key markets Australia, Germany, Spain and South Korea. It finished No. 7 in the U.K., No. 8 in Italy and No. 9 in France, and is estimated to finish below its $40.7 million total figure reported in the prior weekend.)

Starring Jennifer Lawrence as a 16-year-old heroine who fights to survive a last-person standing contest, Games registered dominant No. 1 market introductions in Australia via Roadshow ($9.69 million at some 260 sites) and in the U.K. via Lionsgate ($7.49 million from some 515 situations). (It was already reported that John Carter did 22.2M this weekend)

Leading the non-English-speaking markets was Russia where Games grossed $6.5 million. The No. 1 France debut via Metropolitan Filmexport kicked in $3.75 million from about 400 locations while Germany via Studio Canal contributed even more, $3.9 million from 610 sites.

Latin and South American action was also strong. Mexico chipped in $3.59 million while Brazil furnished $2.6 million. Muscular per-screen numbers were posted in the Philippines ($1.71 million), Singapore ($1.38 million) and in Taiwan ($1.36 million).

Based on the first book of Suzanne Collin’s popular trilogy about kids killing kids in a dystopian future, Games drew a worldwide opening gross of $214.3 million.

Debuts in Italy, South Korea and Spain will take place next month while the film’s Japan opening is scheduled for September.

Fox International’s The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel costarring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith picked up steam on the foreign circuit with openings in about a dozen markets, highlighted by a No. 2 Australia debut, which produced $3.75 million from 288 screens.

Weekend gross overall for the comedy-drama about British pensioners in India came to $8.26 million drawn from 1,859 sites in 18 markets. Foreign cume stands at $33.3 million. Hotel opens domestically on May 4.

This Means War, Fox’s romantic comedy costarring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Thomas Hardy, continues buoyantly overseas with a weekend take of $5.9 million drawn from 3,966 playdates in 51 territories. A No. 4 opening in France generated $1.2 million elicited from 406 situations. War’s foreign gross total stands at $78.8 million.

Introducing itself to five medium-sized markets, Universal’s 3D animation title Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax registered $5.5 million on the weekend overall playing 1,953 venues in 25 territories. Foreign cume stands at $21.3 million with openings scheduled this week in 15 markets including Australia, Brazil, Mexico and Spain.

Sony’s 21 Jump Street, the tv-based comedy costarring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, drew $5.3 million on the weekend at 800 screens in 14 markets, pushing the film’s early foreign cume to $16 million. A No. 3 New Zealand opening provided $280,000 from 50 sites.

Warner’s Project X, director Todd Phillips high school comedy, lifted its overseas gross total to $20.8 million after a $4.4 million weekend at 1,300 screens in 27 markets. A No. 2 second round in France generated $2.8 million at 267 screens.

The Devil Inside, Paramount’s low-budget horror title elevated its foreign gross total to $44.5 million thanks to a $3.4 million weekend at 1,970 locations in 36 territories. It finished No. 4 in its second U.K. round drawing $1.2 million from 388 situations for a market cume of $5.8 million.

[*]Opening No. 1 in Spain was Sony’s The Vow, which grossed $1.9 million from 284 locations. On the weekend overall, the romantic comedy costarring Rachel McAdams andChanning Tatum drew 2.6 million from 1,045 screens in 26 markets, pushing the film’s overseas cume to $46.2 million.

[*]Top-grossing local language title in France was Studio Canal’s release of Cloclo (My Way), which tallied an estimated $2.9 million from some 900 situations. Market cume for the biopic of pop star Claude “Cloclo” Francois over two rounds comes to $8.6 million.

[*]Premiering No. 1 in South Korea was Lotte’s release of director Lee Yong-joo-I’s Architecture 101, a romantic drama grossing an estimated $5 million from 585 locations.

[*]Surfacing No. 1 in its opening Italy round was Medusa Film’s release of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, the action vehicle that has been playing the foreign markets since Feb. 24 via various local distributors. Opener for the Nicolas Cage vehicle drew an estimated $1 million at 285 spots.

Director Martin Scorsese’s Hugo has grossed a total of 72.9 million in foreign territories handled by Paramount after a $2.4 million weekend at 1,648 venues in 35 markets.

Grossing $2.3 million each on the weekend were two Universal releases: Contraband, the action title starring Mark Wahlberg, which played at 1,780 situations, and has collected a total of $24.8 million offshore to date; and Safe House, the CIA drama starring Denzel Washington which played at 1,980 sites for a foreign cume of $71.1 million.

Other international cumes: Fox’s The Descendants, $88.9 million; Warner’s Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, $212 million; Fox’s Chronicle, $56.1 million; DreamWorks Animation/Paramount’s Puss In Boots, $394.7 million; Fox’s Star Wars – Episode I in 3D, $57.2 million; Warner’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $347 million; Fox’s In Time, $130.4 million; Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, $483.1 million; Mars Distribution’s Les Infideles, $16.8 million in France only; and Fox’s We Bought A Zoo, $30.8 million.

[Robertron]

Amazing for THG in Australia!!

[CJohn]

Very good in english-speaking countries and Russia. Average in the rest of the world.

Edited March 25, 2012 by CJohn

[rockNrollaDIM]

Ok... expected, I guess. Hopefully it has some legs OS.

[iceroll]

September in Japan? Why the long wait? And when in China?

[CJohn]

September in Japan? Why the long wait? And when in China?

Is the release in China confirmed?

[Robertron]

Very good in english-speaking countries and Russia. Average in the rest of the world.

Hopefully legs will help it. Hopefully.

[Fake]

Lionsgate’s runaway train reached $214.3m worldwide after its opening weekend factoring in the $155m North American launch and opened top in virtually every market according to the distributor.

The Hunger Games’ $59.3m international gross came from approximately 7,700 sites in 67 markets led by a stunning $9.7m haul in Australia and followed by $7.5m in the UK despite unseasonably warm weather there.

An impressive results roster included Russia on $6.5m, Germany on $3.9m, France on $3.8m, early Mexican estimates on $3.6m, Brazil on $2.6m and the Scandinavia region on a combined $3.7m.

In Asia The Hunger Games achieved a huge $1.7m in the Philippines, $1.38m in Singapore, $1.36m in Taiwan, $709,000 in Hong Kong, $655,000 in Malaysia and $649,000 in Thailand. The UAE generated $656,000 while the combined Gulf region accounted for close to $1m.

[*]Fox International reported that The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel grossed an excellent $8.3m from 1,859 screens in 18 markets for $33.3m. The drama opened in second place behind The Hunger Games on $3.8m from 288 including previews and added $1.4m from 470 in the UK to boost the tally to a dazzling $24.9m after five weekends.

Comedy This Means War added $5.9m for $78.8m and opened in France in fourth place on $1.2m from 406. Chronicle stands at $56.1m and is yet to arrive in eight further markets including Germany, Italy and Japan. The Descendants has grossed $88.9m.

[*]Dr Seuss’ The Lorax added $5.5m through UPI from 1,953 sites in 25 territories this weekend for an early international total of $21.3m. The family title scored one of Universal’s best second weekends in Russia where $2.8m from 693 boosted the tally to $13.4m. There are 40 territories to go over the next five months. Contraband stands at $24.8m and Safe House is at $71.1m.

MGM-Sony’s action comedy 21 Jump Street grossed $5.3m from 800 screens in 14 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) as the early international running total climbed to $16m. The film added $2.8m in Australia — a highly rewarding market this weekend — for $8.8m after two sessions. The UK has returned $6.4m after two.

Romance The Vow added $2.6m from 1,045 in 26 for $46.2m and used the absence of The Hunger Games in Spain to pull off a number one debut on $1.9m from 284.

[*]Warner Bros Pictures International reported that Sherlock Holmes 2 has reached $347m while Journey 2 stands at $212m. Project X brought in $4.4m from 1,300 screens in 27 markets for an early $20.8m. The comedy grossed $2.8m in its second weekend in France from 267 screens for $6.8m.

[*]

[*]PPI’s The Devil Inside grossed $3.4m from 1,970 venues in 36 territories for an impressive $44.5m. The horror film added $1.2m in the UK from 388 for $5.8m.

Martin Scorsese’s Hugo stands at $72.9m and DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots is at $394.7m and used $1.3m from 299 in the second weekend in Japan to climb to $5.8m. Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol has reached a towering $483.1m and PPI announced last weekend that it had crossed $100m in China.

[tilko]

Episode 1 3D has reached 100m WW.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

PIB is so close to 400M.

[pinocchio]

Episode 1 3D has reached 100m WW.

Not very promising for AOTC...

[pinocchio]

In Germany THG started with a very mediocre 390'000 admissions.Second was german comedy Turkish for Beginners with 275 k admissions (second week)Third was Intouchables with 135 k admissions in week 12 or so...

[lab276]

Hmm, that's quite a bit less than the prediction. I hope it gains some legs.

[Heretic]

Ah, so they did mention the weather in the UK. I'm sure it had a little bit of an effect. This weeks not much better it's meant to get even warmer but it should cool down by the weekend.