The International Box Office Discussion Thread

[pinocchio]

First reports on OS performance for BS and so in in six or seven hours I guess.

[CJohn]

Can't wait to read them because this is a mess right now.

[CJohn]

From ERC:

HIT! Universal's BATTLESHIP shot down $58 mil in int'l waters w/ 26 territories reporting at 4,950 sites.

With China and Russia it could have done 100M OW. I am hoping for 300M OS at this point.

[Fake]

Pretty expected in the end.

[Fake]

So Titanic handily wins the weekend.

[CJohn]

So Titanic handily wins the weekend.

China alone was more than enough :lol:But I have to say that it will increase over here. I can see some very big holds in the other markets.

[Fake]

China alone was more than enough :lol:But I have to say that it will increase over here. I can see some very big holds in the other markets.

The drop next weekend (total OS figure) will be absolutely ugly. Biggest drop ever?

[Heretic]

Might be over 100m OS this weekend for Titanic. BEAUTIFUL.

[CJohn]

The drop next weekend (total OS figure) will be absolutely ugly. Biggest drop ever?

Never thought about it until now

[CJohn]

Might be over 100m OS this weekend for Titanic. BEAUTIFUL.

It is happening. Mark my words, Titanic is going to have a 100M OS weekend.

[Fake]

It is happening. Mark my words, Titanic is going to have a 100M OS weekend.

And over 70% drop next weekend. :PBTW Titanic should be hitting $2 Billion mark. Congrats!

[A Marvel Fanboy]

VARIETY:

Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games" continued to display marathon-like stamina domestically, scoring $21.5 million -- its fourth straight win Stateside -- for a cume of $337.1 million. But business boomed internationally, as Universal's "Battleship" won the world with an estimated $58 million from 26 territories.

"Hunger Games" collected an additional $15 million internationally this weekend, for a global cume of $531 million.

The weekend's Stateside players, including "Hunger Games" and three wide releases, struggled to keep B.O. totals afloat, down around 12% from this time last year.

Fox's "The Three Stooges" remake performed at the high-end of tracking projections, with an estimated $17.1 million, while Lionsgate's horror pic "The Cabin in the Woods" did OK with $14.9 million. Neither pic represented a major financial investment, however.

The weekend's third new entry, FilmDistrict's "Lockout," from distrib Open Road Films, earned a tepid $6.3 million.

Domestic three-day totals, at an estimated $110 million, clocked in at the lowest so far this year, behind the weekend of March 16-18 with $111 million.

While the weekend's trio of Stateside releases opened quietly, "Battleship" made a bang overseas.

"Battleship" furthers the trend of kick-starting a pic's global run internationally several weeks, if not months, before the U.S. ("Battleship" bows Stateside on May 18.)

In 2010, Paramount essentially started the summer season first overseas, when the studio bowed "Iron Man 2" internationally before the States. The same happened last fall with "The Adventures of Tintin" -- but more than a month in advance.

In the case of "Battleship," U aimed to avoid a summer pipeline filled with big-budget tentpoles made even more crowded by the Olympics and the European soccer championship.

But even after this weekend's sluggish domestic perf, year to date totals still are approximately 18%-20% up over 2011. As one distribution exec noted, "The biz is definitely in good shape headed into summer."

http://www.variety.c...ws%7CLatestNews

Edited April 15, 2012 by firedeep

[CJohn]

That Battleship number is probably better than we think.

[fmpro]

Sounds like it^^

[Fake]

This year has been a bit disappointing overall with regard to overseas grosses.I hope it is just the calm before the storm.

[CJohn]

Battleship only opened in 26 markets. But yes, John Carter and Wrath really disappointed OS. Lets wait before judging Battleship OS results.

Edited April 15, 2012 by CJohn

[Heretic]

It's definitely because of the lack of good, appealing films. This summer should change that, starting with The Avengers, which will be huge.

[fmpro]

This year has been a bit disappointing overall with regard to overseas grosses.I hope it is just the calm before the storm.

It is... Avengers will do huge numbers and it will be great to follow

[CJohn]

Box Office Shocker: 'Titanic 3D' Scores Top Opening of All Time in China

The 3D makeover of the classic movie earns $88.2 million in its second weekend internationally, including an astounding $58 million in China; "Titanic's" lifetime gross has now crossed $2 billion globally.

James Cameron's 3D rerelease of Leonardo DiCaprio-Kate Winslet starrer Titanic is a runaway hit in China, where the movie has scored the best opening gross of all time in debuting to $58 million.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon held the previous record, opening to $55 million last year in China on its way to grossing north of $145 million.

The good news for Titanic doesn't end there. The rerelease may have been a slow starter last weekend, but it has since taken off, with a 12-day worldwide cume of nearly $191 million through Sunday and pushing the movie's lifetime gross past the $2 billion mark.

Thanks to the China opening, Titanic 3D easily won the weekend race at the foreign box office, grossing $88.2 million from 69 markets for an international cume of $146.4 million. The movie beat Universal's Battleship, which earned a projected $58 million as it rolled out in its first 26 markets (Battleship doesn't open in China until next weekend).

IMAX runs contributed $5.8 million of Titanic's global weekend gross, including north of $3 million in China alone. IMAX's 12-day cume is $13.6 million, well ahead of expectations.

In North America, Titanic 3D came in No. 4 for the weekend, falling onlly 22 percent to an estimated $11.6 million for a cume of $44.5 million.

Titanic 3D's global cume of $190.9 million eclipses the $178.2 milllion earned worldwide by Disney's 3D release of The Lion King last year. Lion King 3D was a box office hit, grossing $94.2 million domestically and $84 million worldwide for a total $178.2 million.

The 3D conversion of Titanic cost $18 million, and was personally supervised by Cameron.

In China, the film's six-day opening gross is 32 percent ahead of the lifetime earnings of Titanic, which cumed $44 million when released in China in 1998, itself a record for more than a decade.

From THR:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-shocker-titanic-3d-china-leonardo-dicaprio-kate-winslet-312267

[CJohn]

It's definitely because of the lack of good, appealing films. This summer should change that, starting with The Avengers, which will be huge.

I hope you are right, but The Avengers may do no more than Iron Man 2 numbers adjusted with 3D.