The International Box Office Discussion Thread

[baumer]

So if Twilight made 200 mill last weekend and this weekend it made about 18mill from 3 new markets, then that means it dropped about 64% overall internationally. Does that make sense to you guys?15.5 Germany1.8 Austria1.5 SwissSo if it fell 64%, that is really quite good.

[DeeCee]

64% is exactly what it fell in Australia.

[baumer]

64% is exactly what it fell in Australia.

So that would be a pretty good hold. Do you know how much BD1 and NM fell in their second weekends?

[peludo]

So that would be a pretty good hold. Do you know how much BD1 and NM fell in their second weekends?

According BOM, BD1 dropped a 59.8% and NM dropped a 62.9% in Australia.And it seems that BD2 has dropped a 62% in Spain. To compare, BD1 dropped a 60% and NM a 56.6%. Edited November 26, 2012 by peludo

[baumer]

Well, at this point, anything over 500 imo is great. Seeing this hit 800 mill WW will be very satisfying as a fan.

[CJohn]

100.000 tickets were sold to Twilight on his 2nd weekend here. First time this year a movie sells over 100.000 tickets two weekends in a row. Twilight is already over 370.000 tickets sold in 11 days.Trouble With the Curve, End of Watch, Pitch Perfect, Silent Hill Revelation and Perks bombed.

Edited November 26, 2012 by CJohn

[Olive]

Portugal

TOP 5:(1) Twilight Saga 521K€ (2) SkyFall 126K€ (3) Wreck-It Ralph 102K€ (4) Trouble with the Curve 0.80K€ (5) End of Watch 0,50K€

[Filmovie]

BDp2 yesterday surpassed NM and became the highest grossing entry in the franchise in Italy. Fantastic result. 800 mln is on the way.At the same time, Skyfall has solid chance to hit 1 billion WW. Amazing run.

[peludo]

BDp2 yesterday surpassed NM and became the highest grossing entry in the franchise in Italy. Fantastic result. 800 mln is on the way.At the same time, Skyfall has solid chance to hit 1 billion WW. Amazing run.

Welcome to forums. Thank you for the Italian info . And yes, Skyfall is nearly locked for 1 billion

[CJohn]

Rise of the Guardians apparently bombed over here, while Cloud Atlas is opening over Looper, Savages, The Watch, Men in Black 3 and John Carter between mid-size openers. That is very good for Cloud Atlas.

Edited November 30, 2012 by CJohn

[kayumanggi]

ROTG bombed in Portugal too? I seriously want to kill people.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

report ?

[efialtes76]

Foreign Box Office: 'Breaking Dawn - Part 2' Sets New Franchise Foreign Record, Drawing Nearly $450 Million

"Skyfall" crosses $620 million in overseas revenue; "Life of Pi" maintains fast pace in 11 markets.

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 is now the biggest-grossing franchise title overseas thanks to a $48.8 million weekend at some 11,800 locations in 73 territories, boosting its foreign gross total to $447.8 million.

The fifth and final title based on Stephenie Meyer’s series of novels about a young woman (Kristen Stewart) in love with a vampire (Robert Pattinson) has accumulated $16.9 million more than the franchise’s previous all-time offshore box office champ, last year’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, which collected $430.9 million.

Breaking Dawn Part 2 dominated a generally lackluster box office session overseas – taking the No. 1 spot for the third consecutive stanza -- with holdover titles for the most part registering diminishing returns. Biggest markets for the franchise film were the U.K. ($49.9 million) and Brazil ($41.6 million).

Worldwide, Breaking Dawn Part 2 has grossed $702.4 million. Lionsgate International, which is handling foreign distribution of the Summit Ent. co-production, said earlier that Breaking Dawn Part 2’s mighty action helped lift the distributor’s 2012 total foreign box office past the $1-billion mark.

Finishing No. 2 once again was Sony/MGM’s Skyfall, the 23rd installment of the James Bond franchise, which collected $34 million from 7,600 spots in 84 markets handled by Sony and licensees of co-distributor MGM.

The third outing starring Daniel Craig as 007 has collected a total foreign gross of $623 million of which Sony-handled territories have accounted for $539.3 million.

Since its overseas opening on Oct. 26, Skyfall has accumulated nearly $200 million more that the $432.2 total foreign gross of the previous franchise record holder, 2006’s Casino Royale, also starring Craig.

A No. 1 Japan opening provided $5.9 million from 587 situations, which Sony said was 51% bigger than the opening market gross of 2008’s Quantum of Solace, which grossed a total of $407.7 overseas. A No. 1 bow in South Africa ($800,000 from 128 spots) was also recorded for Skyfall.

Premiering in 46 territories in what distributor Paramount pointedly noted was “a non-holiday weekend,” DreamWorks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians drew a mild-mannered $40 million overall playing at 8,708 locations in 55 markets. The film’s overseas gross total since its Nov. 16 foreign opening is $57 million.

The $145 million fantasy title featuring the voices of Alec Baldwin and Hugh Jackman recorded No. 1 bows in some 20 markets, as per Paramount, the biggest of which was France ($4.7 million at 620 sites) and Mexico ($3.7 million from 577 spot).

Brazil contributed $3.1 million at 397 locales, Italy also generated $3.1 million at 510 situations while the U.K. registered $3 million at 487 sites, sufficient for a No. 3 market ranking. Rise of the Guardians’ “run is expected to continue well into the holiday season and school holidays,” said Paramount. Openings in Israel, Iceland and South Africa are on tap this week.

Making No. 1 debuts in Spain, Singapore and Malaysia was Twentieth Century Fox’s release of Life of Pi, the film version of Yann Martel’s novel about a young castaway and a Bengal tiger.

Directed by Taiwanese-born Ang Lee, the Fox 2000 co-production drew $21.5 million on the weekend overall playing a total of 5,678 in 11 markets, the best of of which were China ($11 million in second round at 3,800 site for a market cume of $38.5 million) and Taiwan ($2.6 million at 165 locations, a rousing 47% increase from the opening weekend).

Despite its relatively limited foreign release, Life of Pi has generated a total of $61.1 million in just two rounds.

Argo, actor-director Ben Affleck’s international thriller from Warner Bros., grossed $4.1 million on the weekend at more than 2,100 screens in 49 territories, representing a relatively benign 38% drop from the prior weekend. Offshore cume stands at $56 million. Best markets are Australia (cume $10.1 million) and France (cume $7.6 million).

Sony Animation’s Hotel Transylvania, a comedy voiced by Adam Sandler and Kevin James about a boy who discovers Dracula is real, grossed $3.5 million at 3,065 sites in 57 markets. The title’s foreign gross total stands at $152.8 accumulated since Sept. 27. A No. 2 Venezuela opening generated $675,000 at 105 sites.

Opening No. 3 in France was Populaire, director Regis Roinsard’s 1950s period comedy, which opened out-of-competition at November’s Rome Film Festival. The Mars distribution release, about the romantic entanglement of a fast-typing secretary, drew an estimated $2.9 million from some 450 screens. The Weinstein Co. has acquired U.S. distribution rights.

Other international cumes: Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph, $44 million; Universal’s Pitch Perfect, $4.9 million; UGC Distribution’s Therese Desqueyroux, $2.6 million in two rounds in France only; Universal’s The Man With The Iron Fists, $1.7 million; Stone Angels’ Comme Des Freres, $2.1 million in two rounds in France only; Universal’s Ted, $283 million; Universal’s The Bourne Legacy, $162.8 million; Universal’s Anna Karenina, $11.5 million; and Universal’s ParaNorman, $43.2 million.

Edited December 2, 2012 by efialtes76

[kayumanggi]

What's up with WRECK-IT RALPH? When will it be released in other markets?

[RthDeadWov]

WIR opens another 7 moarkets this week inclu Frankce, Germany australia Switzerland

[The Toymaker]

So, Rise of the Guardians will make a worldwide theatrical loss when all is said and done?

[efialtes76]

Guardians edges past Twilight to rule international on $26m

9 December, 2012 | By Jeremy Kay

DreamWorks Animation’s Rise Of The Guardians dominated a tight international session as the family release reached an estimated $90.5m in its fourth weekend through Paramount Pictures International (PPI).

The film took $3m from 665 in its second weekend in France where the early tally climbed to $8.4m and finished top in the UK on $2.6m from 495 for $6.5m after two. Guardians ranked top in Italy where $2.5m from the second weekend raised the score to $5.9m.

Elsewhere Guardians held top in Mexico on $2.2m from 575 theatres for $6.5m after two and brought in $2.1m from 400 in Brazil for $6.3m after two It grossed $1.8m from 553 in South Korea for $4.9m, $1.7m in Russia from 700 for $13.2m after three and $1.7m in Spain from 540 for $4m after two. Germany has generated $2.9m after two.

[*]The dazzling early start for Life Of Pi continued as it sailed past $100m in its third weekend of release through Fox International.

The fantasy adventure added $23.8m from 5,612 screens in 11 markets to reach $105.7m. China led the way with a $14.6m number one hold from 4,000 to boost the tally to $68.3m after three, followed by Spain on a $2.4m table-topper from 662 for $6.4m after two.

Pi also stayed top in its third weekend in Taiwan on $2.3m from 105 for $9.7m and it ranks as the number one Hollywood release in India, where a $1.3m from 350 boosted the score to $10.4m after three. The film ranks as the third biggest release of the year-to-date in the sub-continent behind The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man.

[*]The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is nearing the $500m mark through Summit/Lionsgate International as $23.5m boosted the running total to $482.4m. Already the biggest in the franchise at the international box office, Breaking Dawn – Part 2 has now become the worldwide champion too on $751.1m.

[*]Sony, MGM and Eon’s Skyfall – now Sony’s highest global grosser on $918m and counting (see separate story) – added $20.3m through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) from 6,235 screens in 84 markets to reach $656.6m.

James Bond stayed top in its third weekend in Australia thanks to a $4.8m haul from 574 that propelled the running total to $33.5m. 007 ruled Japan in the second weekend on $3.3m from 578 for $13.2m and brought in $2.4m in Germany from 1,049 for $74.7m after six weekends.

There was more good work in the UK as Skyfall generated $2.3m from 805 to reach $154.5m. The film overtook Avatar last week to rank as the biggest release in UK box office history. France has produced $56.5m after seven and Holland, where the thriller has ruled the charts for the entire six weeks of its run, has generated $19.1m.

SPRI markets accounted for $18.8m of the weekend business to boost the company’s gross to $571.1m, while MGM markets brought in $1.6m for $85.5m.

Hotel Transylvania grossed a further $3.6m through SPRI from 2,940 in 61 for $157.8m. The animation has been a big hit in Spain where it has generated $14m after seven weekends. Venezuela has produced $1.9m after two.

[*]Wreck-It Ralph has crossed $50m in relatively early stages through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International as $5.8m from 26 territories boosted the score to $51.1m. The global running total stands at $215.5m.

[*]Universal Pictures International (UPI) reported that Pitch Perfect brought in $3.9m from 460 sites in nine territories for $8.8m, buoyed by a strong number two launch in Australia on $3.6m from 240.

Anna Karenina grossed $2.6m from 740 in 16 for $14.3m and opened in France and Germany, among others, although UPI did not report the numbers. There are 36 territories to go.

The Gerard Butler-Jessica Biel rom-com Playing For Keeps opened day-and-date with North America in Russia in second place on $2m from 552. Nu Image handled the bulk of international sales and FilmDistrict distributes in North America.

Moonrise Kingdom stands at $6.2m through UPI and #20m overall. The Man With The Iron Fists has grossed an early $2.4m and opened in the UK on $80,000 from 100 theatres. Ted stands at $283.1m internationally and $501.8m worldwide.

[peludo]

LIfe of Pi 2.4 million in Spain? It has stayed flat or even it has increased since last weekend (2.35 million opening)

[CJohn]

LIfe of Pi 2.4 million in Spain? It has stayed flat or even it has increased since last weekend (2.35 million opening)

[Fake]

WOM kicking in!In fact LOP is having crazy holds everywhere except NA. I wonder why that is.