The International Box Office Discussion Thread

[Fake]

Korea(admissions):SH2:448,287(-14.6%)/1,432,109.

Not bad for SH2. Should finish close to SH's total.

[Robertron]

So Paramount and WB didn't report today?

Lots of public holidays everywhere, so not really surprising.Again, we have to wait for weekend-only numbers for Australia.(Any numbers for Australia in the report are from Monday-Sunday)

[fmpro]

So Paramount and WB didn't report today?

Does not look like it

[fmpro]

Alvin is doing good business in Europe. Should cross 300M WW mark comfortably.

Agree.. Should do more than 300 mill

[efialtes76]

Italy(30-1):PIB:€2.328m/€11.768MSH2:€2.263M/€14.292MNew Years Eve:€0.998M/€3.234MAC:€0.590M/€1.926MIdes of March:€0.518M/€2.682MMidnigth in Paris:€0.316M/€7.972M

[fmpro]

So.. Almost flat for SH and a hefty increase for Alvin.. Something like 40%

[fmpro]

But SH2 made more on monday 26th than this weekend alone?I dont know if that says something about this weekend or about monday 26th

[efialtes76]

Monday 26th was national holiday in Italy,and January 6 will be too!.

[efialtes76]

Screen Daily:

Alvin 3 adds $24m for Fox Int'l as $100m beckons

2 January, 2012 | By Jeremy Kay

As Ghost Protocol was expected to cross $200m over the holiday weekend Fox International reported that its third Alvin family film grossed an estimated $24.4m to elevate the early tally to $81m.

Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked was active on 6,764 screens in 57 markets and held well across the board, led by France on $4.1m from 602 for number two and $10.7m after two weekends and the UK on $2.4m from 650 for number four and $14.3m after three.

The film added $1.6m in Germany from 650 for number five and $4.9m after two and ranks number one in Belgium and Holland on $1.9m after two and $3m after three, respectively. It ranked top after the Jan 1 opening day in Australia generated $1.4m from 366 and opened in Russia on $1.4m from 608.

Cameron Crowe’s lighthearted drama We Bought A Zoo arrived in seven new markets, earning $5.2m from 1,413 screens in 13 markets overall for an early $7.8m. Australia dominated proceedings as the film opened top (prior to the launch of Alvin 3) on $3.1m from 279.

Alien invasion thriller The Darkest Hour brought in $3.4m from 2,111 in 16 for $8.3m in the second weekend of international release and debuted at number one in Malaysia on $853,629 on 150. It arrives in a further 17 markets this week including South Korea, Taiwan, Sweden and Belgium.

New Regency’s In Time added $1.3m from 1,006 in 13 markets as the running total climbed to $103.5m. The sci-fi thriller stands at $8.8m in France after six weekends and after five has reached $8.6m in Germany and $7.4m in Spain.

Fox International Productions’ Taiwanese local sensation You Are The Apple Of My Eye has become the biggest Chinese language film of all-time in Hong Kong and the territory’s sixth biggest release ever on $8.2m.

[*]The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo generated $8.3m through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) from 1,540 screens in 15 markets as the early running total reached $12.2m. The thriller opened at number four in the UK on $6.7m from 920 following the Boxing Day (Dec 26) launch, while the Friday-Sunday period produced $2.4m.

David Fincher’s English language adaptation stands at $2.9m in Sweden – where the late author Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy takes place – after two sessions.

Arthur Christmas is approaching the $100m mark following a $3.5m weekend from 3,930 screens in 74 markets. The animation stands at $32.7m in the UK after eight weekends, $7.3m in France after six and $2.5m in Italy after two.

The Adventures Of Tintin has reached $178.5m through SPRI and is off to a decent start in Mexico, where it has taken $2.2m after two weekends. The overall running total including PPI stands at more than $245m.

[*]Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) issued revised results for its international performance in 2011 (see earlier story on Screendaily). Top brass anticipate a $2.17bn finish, which combines with $1.2bn in North America for $3.385bn worldwide. This was The Walt Disney Company’s third best year ever and the fifth time it has crossed the $3bn mark.

WDSMPI executives reported a $4m holiday weekend launch of DreamWorks’ War Horse in two markets. The Muppets grossed $5m for an early $9.3m from 13 markets.

[*]Universal Pictures International’s (UPI) comedy caper Tower Heist added $2.8m from 750 sites in 23 territories for $57.5m. It opened in Australia on Boxing Day and has reached $4.6m from 199 in its first week.

Universal is distributing the German rom-com Rubbeldiekatz in German-speaking Europe and reported a $3m weekend from 643 in three for $11.2m. The running total in Germany itself is $10.4m.

The Change-Up stands at $36.5m and opened in limited release in Spain on $665,000 from 210. Immortals has grossed more than $100m including Lionsgate territories and stands at $30m from Universal territories. Johnny English Reborn has amassed $154m and is set to arrive in Japan and Venezuela in the coming months.

UPI enjoyed a $1.3bn calendar year in 2011 according to revised figures issued on Jan 1. Executives said the result represented a 9% rise on 2010 performance.

The top five films were Fast And Furious Five on $419m, Johnny English Reborn on $154m, Bridesmaids on $119m, Hop on $80m and The Adjustment Bureau on $66m. The leading local language acquisition for the year was Russia’s Office Romance on $12m.

[efialtes76]

Germany(admissions)Weekend Estimates:SH2:315K/1.000KPIB:285K/2.085KAlvin3:195KMI4:175K/1.065K

[John Marston]

Tin Tin overseas gross finally updated. 260M Should reach 290M maybe 300 if lucky

[fmpro]

Monday 26th was national holiday in Italy,and January 6 will be too!.

Will numbers be as good as monday 26th?? Edited January 2, 2012 by fmpro

[fmpro]

Germany(admissions)Weekend Estimates:SH2:315K/1.000KPIB:285K/2.085KAlvin3:195KMI4:175K/1.065K

Pretty good holds

[fmpro]

Tin Tin overseas gross finally updated. 260M Should reach 290M maybe 300 if lucky

It still has some small markets to open in..But 300 mill looks tough and 400 mill WW even tougher..

[efialtes76]

Screen Daily:

Ghost Protocol enters 2012 as top int'l film on $37m hold

2 January, 2012 | By Jeremy Kay

Ghost Protocol soared past $225m thanks to an estimated $37m weekend haul from 54 markets through Paramount Pictures International (PPI) that propelled the running total to $225.3m and ensured supremacy for the third consecutive weekend.

The film dominated the UK following the Boxing Day (Dec 26) launch and grossed $12.7m in its first seven days. For the third consecutive weekend Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol stayed top in Japan and South Korea, where it has amassed $35.7m and $34.8m, respectively.

The latest tally in France and Russia stands at $14.8m and $12.2m, respectively. It arrives later this month in China, Italy, Scandinavia, Poland and Argentina.

DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots added $21.3m from 50 markets for $274.5m and has reached $16.1m in Italy after three weekends.

The Adventures Of Tintin opened top in Australia and New Zealand on Boxing Day on a combined $8.6m, which brings PPI’s territories to $64m and results in a $260.5m overall tally.

The figure incorporates Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) $178.5m haul and $12.1m in Japan through Toho Towa and $5.9m in South Korea through Lotte.

PPI head Anthony Marcoly confirmed that the company’s films generated $3.21bn for 2011, as reported recently on Screendaily.

Fox International reported that Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked grossed an estimated $24.4m to elevate the early tally to $81m.

The third entry in the family franchise was active on 6,764 screens in 57 markets and held well across the board, led by France on $4.1m from 602 for number two and $10.7m after two weekends and the UK on $2.4m from 650 for number four and $14.3m after three.

The film added $1.6m in Germany from 650 for number five and $4.9m after two and ranks number one in Belgium and Holland on $1.9m after two and $3m after three, respectively. It ranked top after the Jan 1 opening day in Australia generated $1.4m from 366 and opened in Russia on $1.4m from 608.

Cameron Crowe’s lighthearted drama We Bought A Zoo arrived in seven new markets, earning $5.2m from 1,413 screens in 13 markets overall for an early $7.8m. Australia dominated proceedings as the film opened top (prior to the launch of Alvin 3) on $3.1m from 279.

Alien invasion thriller The Darkest Hour brought in $3.4m from 2,111 in 16 for $8.3m in the second weekend of international release and debuted at number one in Malaysia on $853,629 on 150. It arrives in a further 17 markets this week including South Korea, Taiwan, Sweden and Belgium.

New Regency’s In Time added $1.3m from 1,006 in 13 markets as the running total climbed to $103.5m. The sci-fi thriller stands at $8.8m in France after six weekends and after five has reached $8.6m in Germany and $7.4m in Spain.

Fox International Productions’ Taiwanese local sensation You Are The Apple Of My Eye has become the biggest Chinese language film of all-time in Hong Kong and the territory’s sixth biggest release ever on $8.2m.

[*]The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo generated $8.3m through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) from 1,540 screens in 15 markets as the early running total reached $12.2m. The thriller opened at number four in the UK on $6.7m from 920 following the Boxing Day launch, while the Friday-Sunday period produced $2.4m.

David Fincher’s English language adaptation stands at $2.9m in Sweden – where the late author Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy takes place – after two sessions.

Arthur Christmas is approaching the $100m mark following a $3.5m weekend from 3,930 screens in 74 markets. The animation stands at $32.7m in the UK after eight weekends, $7.3m in France after six and $2.5m in Italy after two.

The Adventures Of Tintin is off to a decent start in Mexico through SPRI and has taken $2.2m after two weekends.

[*]Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) issued revised results for its international performance in 2011. Top brass anticipate a $2.17bn finish, which combines with $1.2bn in North America for $3.385bn worldwide. This was The Walt Disney Company’s third best year ever and the fifth time it has crossed the $3bn mark.

WDSMPI executives reported a $4m holiday weekend launch of DreamWorks’ War Horse in two markets. The Muppets grossed $5m for an early $9.3m from 13 markets.

[*]Universal Pictures International’s (UPI) comedy caper Tower Heist added $2.8m from 750 sites in 23 territories for $57.5m. It opened in Australia on Boxing Day and has reached $4.6m from 199 in its first week.

Universal is distributing the German rom-com Rubbeldiekatz in German-speaking Europe and reported a $3m weekend from 643 in three for $11.2m. The running total in Germany itself is $10.4m.

The Change-Up stands at $36.5m and opened in limited release in Spain on $665,000 from 210.

Immortals has grossed more than $100m including Lionsgate territories and stands at $30m from Universal territories.

Johnny English Reborn has amassed $154m and is set to arrive in Japan and Venezuela in the coming months.

UPI enjoyed a $1.3bn calendar year in 2011 according to revised figures issued on Jan 1. Executives said the result represented a 9% rise on 2010 performance.

The top five films were Fast And Furious Five on $419m, Johnny English Reborn on $154m, Bridesmaids on $119m, Hop on $80m and The Adjustment Bureau on $66m. The leading local language acquisition for the year was Russia’s Office Romance on $12m.

[efialtes76]

France(28-1January)

INTOUCHABLES : 975 089 (+55%)

ALVIN 3 : 601 353 (+7%)

MI4: 411 628 (+15%)

PIB : 407 679 (+10%)

HUGO : 271 812 (+37%)

[John Marston]

Sherlock Holmes update106m

[Fake]

It still has some small markets to open in..But 300 mill looks tough and 400 mill WW even tougher..

300M OS should be achievable.400M WW is looking very tough indeed,

[Fake]

France(28-1January)

INTOUCHABLES : 975 089 (+55%)

ALVIN 3 : 601 353 (+7%)

MI4: 411 628 (+15%)

PIB : 407 679 (+10%)

HUGO : 271 812 (+37%)

Intouchables is a monster!

20M shouldn't be much difficult now.

[Fake]

From THR:

Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, 2012’s first box office champ on the foreign theatrical circuit, took the top weekend spot for the third consecutive round, drawing $37 million drawn from 54 overseas markets, and lifting its total offshore gross to $225.3 million.

The high-octane sequel starring Tom Cruise opened the U.K. on “Boxing Day” holiday – the day after Christmas when, traditionally, British Commonwealth aristocracy gave boxes containing gifts to their domestic help – and grossed $12.7 million in its first week, No. 1 in the market.

First-place holdovers were also recorded in Japan and Korea. Paramount said Protocol has so far grossed $10 million or more in nine markets, including India ($10.1 million).

Second on the weekend overall was Warner Bros.’ Sherlock Holmes: A Games of Shadows, which collected $34 million from playdates in 45 terrrories.

Director Guy Ritchie’s sequel costarring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law opened forcefully in Russia (No. 1 with $6.4 million including sneak previews at 1,170 locations) and in Mexico (also No. 1 with $3.1 million drawn from 1,153 sites). Foreign cume comes to $106 million offshore with openings in Spain and Australia due this week.

Down Under, Steve Spielberg is to some extent competing with himself.

The director’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn opened on “Boxing Day” in Australia via Paramount, while the director’s War Horse from Dreamworks/Touchstone via Disney premiered in the market’s No. 5 spot, grossing an estimated $3.5 million from some 243 locations. Overall, the World War I drama costarring Jeremy Irvine and Emily Watson generated $4 million over its six-day launch in its two-market offshore bow.

For its part, Tintin grabbed Australia’s top spot and the No. 1 slot in New Zealand with a combined $8.6 million, raising its overseas cume to $260.5 million collected via Sony, Paramount, Toho-Towa in Japan and Lotte in South Korea since its offshore bow on Oct. 26.

Opening in the U.K. and five other smaller markets was Sony’s The Girl With The Dragon Tatto, which collected $8.3 million on the weekend overall from 1,540 sites in 14 markets. First full week in the U.K. at 920 sites yielded $6.7 million of the weekend total for director David Fincher’s edition starring Rooney Mara of the Swedish thriller. Early international cume stands at $12.2 million over two rounds.

Opening in at least a half dozen markets including Australia and Russia was 20th Century Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, which collected $24.4 million on the weekend – up 48% from last weekend, says Fox -- from 6,764 locations in 57 territories. It ranked No. 3 on the weekend.

Cume for the third installment of computer animation franchise about singing chipmunks stands at $81.1 million. Alvin is especially popular with school holiday crowds in France where it ranked second with $4.1 million drawn from 602 situations in its second market round for a local cume of $10.7 million.

Fourth was DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots, buoyed by school vacation audiences, grossed $21.3 million on the weekend in 50 markets, hoisting its overseas gross total to $274.5 million. No. 5 was Warner Bros./New Line’s New Year’s Eve, which gathered $10 million from playdates in 55 offshore territories, lifting its international cume to $67.2 million.

Gripping the No. 1 spot in France for the ninth consecutive round was Gaumont’s Intouchables, the local-language comedy phenomenon about a wealthy quadriplegic (Francois Cluzet) bonding with a caretaker (Omar Sy) with a shady past. Weekend gross at some 898 screens bounced about 53% to $7.5 million, lifting the film’s market cume to $129.1 million.

Fox’s We Bought A Zoo introduced itself in six new markets, and collected $5.2 million on the weekend overall from 1,413 screens in 13 territories. Director Cameron Crowe’s family drama costarring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson premiered No. 6 in Australia, generating $3.1 million from 279 locales. The film’s early cume stands at $7.8 million.

Sony’s seasonal family outing, Arthur Christmas, elevated its overseas cume to nearly $100 million ($96.9 million) since its Nov. 11 opening overseas after a $3.5 million weekend at 3,930 sites in 74 markets.

Fox’s release of The Darkest Hour, a Russia-set sci/fi-horror outing about alien invaders, made its debut in five new markets including Germany where opened No. 9. Weekend take overall was $3.4 million from 2,111 situations in 16 territories. Early international cume stands at $8.3 million.

Rubbeldiekatz, Universal’s German-language romantic comedy release, ranked No. 3 in its third Germany round (up nearly 80% from the prior stanza with $2.8 million drawn from 562 situations for an 18-day market cume of $10.4 million), and generated $3 million on the weekend overall from 643 sites in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland. Cume stands at $11.2 million.

Other international cumes: Fox’s In Time, $103.5 million; Universal’s Tower Heist, $57.5 million (after a $2.8 million round at 750 sites in 23 markets); Fox’s You Are The Apple Of My Eye, $25 million from four Asian markets including Hong Kong where it is the market’s biggest Chinese-language title ever; Disney’s The Muppets, $9.3 million; Universal’s The Change-Up, $36.5 million; Studio Canal’s Hollywoo, $15 million over four rounds in France only; and Universal’s Johnny English Reborn, $154 million.