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Fox International’s Life Of Pi usurps Hobbit, crosses $300m

6 January, 2013 | By Jeremy Kay

Fox 2000’s acclaimed Yann Martel adventure brought in a further $60.1m over the weekend, buoyed by Fox’s fourth biggest debut of all time in Russia.

Life Of Pi, directed by Ang Lee, was active on 10,041 screens in 64 markets and as of Sunday [6] stood at $301.9m.

Russia led the way on $14.2m from 1,600 followed by a trio of mighty launches elsewhere. Australia generated $8.3m from 545 including previews, South Korea $5.4m from 392 including previews and New Zealand $1.2m from 140.

The adventure also arrived in Ukraine, Uruguay, Chile and Bolivia. Pi ranked number one in all debut territories except South Korea, where it placed second.

Germany and the UK led the holdovers. The former delivered $5.9m from 728 for $15.4m and second place after two weekends and the UK produced $5.3m from 931 for $28.7m and second place after three.

Elsewhere the film has amassed $15.6m in Lee’s native Taiwan after seven and ranks as Fox’s third biggest release in history, and $15.2m in India after the same period to rank as the third biggest Hollywood release ever.

As previously reported here, the film is no longer active in China where it generated $91m.

Fox International’s comedy Parental Guidance is in the early stages of release and stands at $16.2m following a $5m haul from 1,798 in 20. It has reached $5.5m in Australia and $5.4m in the UK, both after two.

    [*]Warner Bros Pictures International reported that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey brought in a further $57.1m from 13,500 screens in 65 markets to reach $561m internationally and $825m worldwide.

New Line/MGM/Warner Bros’ fantasy saga crossed the $500m mark last Thursday [3] and coaxed $6.1m out of Australia audiences in its second weekend to reach $29.7m.

Germany led the holdovers for the Middle Earth fantasy, producing $9.4m for $74m. The UK generated $6.5m for $72.3m, France $5.2m for $39.6m and Russia $5.1m for $36.4m.

The Hobbit stands at $26m in Spain, $21.5m in South Korea, $20.9m in Italy and $18.5m in Sweden, $17.4m in Mexico, $15.8m in Brazil, $15.7m in Japan, $12.8m in Holland, $11.2m in Denmark, $10.6m in Norway, $8.9m in Switzerland and $7.6m in New Zealand.

    [*]In its third weekend in operation, Jack Reacher plundered $22.3m through Paramount Pictures International (PPI) from 4,293 cinemas in 47 countries to stand at $55.6m. The Tom Cruise thriller opened in Australia on $3.2m from 211 sites and arrived in Germany on $2.9m from 489, Italy on $1.9m from 320 and Mexico on $1.3m from 453. The second weekend holdover in the UK generated $3m from 448 for $11.8m while France delivered $2.8m from 559 for $8.3m.

DreamWorks Animation’s Rise Of The Guardians grossed $9.6m from 4,943 in 58 in its eighth weekend for $181.4m. France has produced $22.6m after six, the UK $17.9m after five and Australia $11.2m after three.

Cirque Du Soleil is active in eight territories and opened in Spain on $2.9m from 786. Russia has generated $5.3m after two weekends and the early international tally stands at $12.1m.

    [*]Wreck-It Ralph grossed $19.5m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International to reach a relatively early $132.7m and a worldwide running total of $311.2m.

    [*]Universal Pictures International (UPI) reported that Working Title’sLes Misérables grossed $14.5m from 1,014 sites in 17 territories to stand at $81m.Combined with the $103.6m North American estimate – the film crossed $100m at the North American box office in a record 13 days for a musical – the global tally has reached $184.6m.

Les Misérables opened in nine markets and scored number one debuts in Portugal and UAE. It ranks as Universal’s biggest film of all time in South Korea where a further $4.3m boosted the running total to $28.9m.

It ranks as the top Hollywood release in Japan where $3.7m elevated the score to $25.2m after 17 days. Hong Kong has generated $3.1m after two weekends while stars Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe have pushed the tally in Australia up to $14.2m after two. Les Misérables stands at $6.5m in Spain after 13 days and there are 46 territories to open including the UK this week.

UPI opened Kathryn Bigelow’s awards heavyweight Zero Dark Thirty in Spain, one of a basket of rights that Universal acquired including the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and South Africa.

The thriller ranked second by Sunday on $1.5m from 232 sites. It opens in France on Jan 23 followed by the UK on Jan 25 and Germany on Jan 31.

Comedy Pitch Perfect added $5m from 1,012 in 15 for $37.2m and Anna Karenina stands at $24.1m. Colpi Di Fulmine has taken $13m in Italy after 25 days.

    [*]Sony/MGM/Eon’s Skyfall crossed $725m mark thanks to a $7.4m weekend haul from 2,525 screens in 55 markets for $726.4m. The James Bond juggernaut has amassed $163.5m in the UK after 11 weekends in service, $83.3m in Germany after ten and $29.2m in Japan after six. Sony Pictures Releasing International markets have produced $637.3m while MGM markets account for $89.1m.

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I loved the movie but Tom Hooper style is just a pure WTF.

I thought that the style worked in it's own strange, and inexplicable way. If they did this for Lincoln, or Argo, or any of the other films this year it'd be a disaster, but something about Les Mis makes it work wonderfully. It feels really theatre-y but also at the same time grand, towering, and epic.
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The global box office for 2012 was just amazing. 2012800- 1700- 3600- 4500- 7400- 10300- 11200- 23 100- 39 films grossed over 100M2011900- 1800- 2700- 3500- 4400- 9300- 14200- 19100- 382010600- 3500- 5300- 10200- 19100- 41 (Lots of low grossing 100M)20092 billion- 1 (James Cameron is king overseas)600- 4400- 7300- 9200- 14100- 31

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The global box office for 2012 was just amazing.2012800- 1700- 3600- 4500- 7400- 10300- 11200- 23100- 39 films grossed over 100M

True. And Am I right in assuming that the 23 films that grossed over 200 million are also counted in the 39 films that grossed over 100 million?And the chart will probably look even better when everything's said and done. Skyfall could hit 800M, Les Mis will hit 300-400 million OS. Hobbit's still going, and etc.
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True. And Am I right in assuming that the 23 films that grossed over 200 million are also counted in the 39 films that grossed over 100 million?And the chart will probably look even better when everything's said and done. Skyfall could hit 800M, Les Mis will hit 300-400 million OS. Hobbit's still going, and etc.

Yes. The 23 films grossed over 200 are counted in the 100 since they grossed over 100M.Also remember Life of Pi should hit 400M Edited by Andrew the Alien
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Expected a $5m+ opening for Pi in Australia after New Years Day. That's also very solid for JR as it had fairly limited sessions and didn't open as wide as Pi.

Keep in mind that Life of Pi has both 2D and 3D screens. Also, I don't think there is a minimum number of sessions per day to qualify that screen in the count.I.e. JR could have 5-6 session per day on one screen, whereas LoP may have 6-7 sessions per day split across a 2D and 3D screen, but also share it with another movie.Screen count kind of makes it misleading when comparing 2D to 3D.
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