The International Box Office Discussion Thread

[Fake]

Does it hurt to hear it Fake

That was meant to be sarcastic.

[fmpro]

From THR

Summit Ent.’s girl-loves-vampire saga The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I collected $8.1 million from some 7,300 sites in 74 markets, pushing its foreign gross total to $391.4 million. Openings in Hong Kong and Japan are due Dec. 22 and Feb. 25, respectively.

Japan and HK could do 10 mill alone

[Fake]

From THR

Summit Ent.’s girl-loves-vampire saga The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I collected $8.1 million from some 7,300 sites in 74 markets, pushing its foreign gross total to $391.4 million. Openings in Hong Kong and Japan are due Dec. 22 and Feb. 25, respectively.

BD1 continues to do well.

Should end up over 410M easily.

[baumer]

Okay, thanks guys.

[baumer]

There should be close to another 10 mill in those two markets as well, so it could challenge for 425 mill.

[Fake]

It might be possible.

[John Marston]

Tin Tin will make no more than slightly above 400 ww

[Fake]

More breakdowns from SD:Tom Cruise returned with a vengeance asMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol grossedan estimated $68.2m and pushed ParamountPictures International (PPI) to the brink of$3bn in ticket sales for the year-to-date.The fourth entry in the action franchise playedin 6,079 sites in 36 markets. South Korea led astring of number one debuts on $11.1m from948 venues over four days, followed by Japanon $9m from 343 over three and Russia on$6.1m from 680.Ghost Protocol scored the biggest launch inhistory on the UAE on $2.4mn from 27 sites. Itlaunched on $5.2m in France from 616 andtopped the charts in Australia on $4.2m from240. The combined Middle Eastern totalamounts to $3.5m for the biggest openingweekend for any film in the region.There was a notable $4m number one launch inIndia on $4m from 700 venues, aided by arecent publicity appearance by Cruise and AnilKapoor, who also stars in the film. The filmdebuted in Germany on $3.8m from 580 andopened top in Taiwan on $3.2m from 51venues and did the same in Spain on $2.6mfrom 383.Cruise scored career-best launches in Singaporeand Malaysia on $1.6m from 26 and $1.5mfrom 97, respectively. Hong Kong produced a$1.3m number one debut on 90.“We are absolutely thrilled with the MIGP startinternationally,” PPI head Anthony Marcolysaid. “The filmmaking team has provided uswith an exceptionally playing film thatmoviegoers around the world are embracing.With two and a half weeks of school holidaysstill to come, we are positioned extremely wellas the must see event over the Christmasseason.”DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots tookanother giant stride towards the $200m mark as$30.4m through PPI from 6,054 sites propelledthe running total to $188.2m. The film openedin Italy on $3.3m from 385, while Germany ledholdover business with $4.9m from 693 for$13m.In the third weekend in France $3.7m from1,049 pushed the tally to $19.4m. Puss InBoots stands at $12.2m in Brazil and hasreached $10.3m in Mexico after three, $7.7m inAustralia and $6.6m in the UK and an excellent$4.7m in Argentina, all after two.A banner year for PPI has so far produced$2.9bn in overall grosses and a highly placedsource at the studio estimated the figure couldclimb as high as $3.2bn factoring in the holidayseason run for Ghost Protocol.Transformers 3 has grossed $771m in 2011,Kung Fu Panda $501m, Thor $269m, CaptainAmerica $192m and Puss In Boots $188m andcounting.Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadowslaunched in six markets through Warner BrosPictures international and generated $14.7mfrom 2,113 screens. The UK led the way with a$5.8m number one debut from 1,040 followedby Italy on an outstanding $5m number onefrom 575.There was a mighty $1.2m number one Swedishlaunch on 187. The adventure sequel launchedin Hong Kong on $1m including previews from79 and arrived in first place in Turkey on animpressive $966,000 from 132. Hollandgenerated $685,000 from 100.New Year’s Eve added $8.9m from close to3,200 screens in 42 markets for $27.8m. Therom-com boosted the Australian tally in thesecond weekend by $1.7m from 336 to $6mand swelled the UK running total by $1.3mfrom 443 to $4.7m after the same period oftime. Germany stands at $3.2m after two.Happy Feet Two has reached $55.6m, whichincludes $6.2m from Russia, $5.5m from theUK and $4.3m from Brazil.Fox International reported that Alvin & theChipmunks: Chipwrecked launched in 38markets day-and-date with North America tobring in $14.5m from 3,815 screens.Only six of the markets were top 16 marketsand these included $4m from the UK from 756screens for number two and $1.6m from 1,022in Mexico for number one. The Spanish debutdelivered a $1.5m number two finish from 364.France and Germany receive the family sequelnext weekend, followed by Russia, Australia,Italy, Argentina and Brazil during the New Yearholiday period.New Regency’s In Time took another steptowards $100m as a $3.3m weekend haul from1,787 in 26 resulted in $97.2m. The sci-fithriller arrives in Japan in February.For the year-to-date, Fox International releaseshave produced more than $2.07bn, with Rioleading the way on $306.1m, Black Swan on$222.5m, X-Men: First Class on $209m,Gulliver’s Travels on $159m out of a total$196.4m and The Chronicles Of Narnia: TheVoyage Of The Dawn Treader on $115.7m out ofa total $313.8m.Arthur Christmas grossed $9.7m throughSony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)from 6,745 screens in 62 markets for arelatively early $72.8m running total thatpushed the worldwide tally over $110m.Aardman Animation and Sony PicturesAnimation’s family tale added $2.4m in its sixthweekend in the UK for $24.5m and $1.6m in itssecond session in Russia where the tallyclimbed to $5.7m. The film stands at $5m inFrance, $4.5m in Australia, $3.9m in SouthKorea and $3.1m in Germany.Russian hit Vysotsky grossed a further $2.7mfrom 898 in its third weekend for $25.5m,whole Jack And Jill stands at $16.8m andMoneyball has reached $29.4m from 39markets.The Adventures Of Tintin grossed $2.7mthrough SPRI and PPI from 4,720 screens in 34markets for $239.1m and has grossed $171.7mthrough SPRI, $54m through PPI and $13.4mthrough independents.Summit International reported that BreakingDawn: Part I added $8.1m in the fifth weekendfrom close to 7,300 theatres in 74 markets for$391.4m. Summit International will not reportagain until 2012, by which time the film isprojected to reach $410m.This year to-date Summit International releaseshave grossed $753.7m. The Three Musketeersreached $119.5m and Source Code $86.1m.Universal’s Tower Heist has reached $50.4mthrough UPI and opened at number three inBrazil on $868,000 from 210. The comedy haseight territories to go including Australia on Dec26.German rom-com Rubbeldiekatz grossed $3.1mfrom 542 sites in two territories, with Germanyaccounting for $3m from 489. French dramaDes Vents Contraires debuted in France on$850,000 from 195 in eighth place. LocalSpanish acquisition Fuga De Cerebros 2 (BrainDrain 2) held firm in fourth place on $710,000from 300 for $6m after three weekends.A Dangerous Method, which Universal isreleasing in four territories, stands at $6.3m.Johnny English Reborn is on $153.4m andPhantom Of The Opera Live At The Royal AlbertHall took $115,000 from 18 venues in SouthKorea. The running total from Universal’sreleases in 19 territories comes to $4.5m.

[tilko]

THR

As the rollouts of three major-studio seasonal tentpoles commenced offshore, the foreign theatrical circuit to some degree shook off its box office blahs with Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol taking the No. 1 weekend spot, gathering $68.2 million over five days from 6,079 locations in 36 offshore markets.

The fourth installment of the 15-year, high-octane action franchise starring Tom Cruise premiered dominantly in Asia and in the Middle East, seizing the No. 1 spots in at least a dozen markets including Japan ($9 million in three days from 343 locations) and South Korea (via C.J. Entertainment, $11.1 million over four days from 948 venues).

Capitalizing on its location shoot in the emirate of Dubai (where Cruise scales the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building), Ghost Protocol established an opening record in the United Arab Emirates, grossing $2.4 million from 27 spots for an unheard of per-location average of nearly $89,000.

First place finished were recorded in Australia, New Zealand, India, Taiwan, Singapore (the biggest market opening of a Cruise film), Malaysia, Hong Kong and New Zealand. In Europe, Ghost Protocol was No. 1 in Spain ($2.6 million from 383 spots), Belgium and Portugal. Its No. 2 France bow generated $5.2 million from 616 locations, while Russia kicked in $6.1 million from 680 sites.

In all, Ghost Protocol generated 2011’s tenth largest No. 1 weekend opening. At least 10 fresh openings are on tap this week including in Mexico and Brazil.

Mission: Impossible titles have proved to be far more popular offshore than in North America. Worldwide, the first three franchise titles have grossed $1.402 billion to date with $871.5 million coming from foreign playdates and $530.4 million drawn domestically.

Foreign cume of the 1996 series original, director Brian DePalma’s Mission: Impossible, came to $276.7 million (versus $181 million domestic).John Woo’s 2000 sequel, Mission Impossible II, drew $331 million overseas ($215.4 million domestic). 2006’s Mission: Impossible III, directed by J.J. Abrahms, yielded $263.8 million offshore versus $134 million in the U.S. and Canada.

No. 2 on the weekend was DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots, which elicited $30.4 million from 6,054 venues in 43 markets. Foreign cume for the 3D animation spinoff of Shrek stands at $188.2 million, as per distributor Paramount. A muscular No. 2 opening in Italy registered $3.3 million from 385 locations.

Opening offshore on a modified basis – in the U.K., Italy, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Sweden and Turkey – Warner Bros.’ Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows registered $14.65 million from 2,113 situations. It ranks third on the weekend.

Director Guy Ritchie’s sequel costarring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law premiered No. 1in the U.K. ($5.8 million from 1,040 screens) and also in first place in Italy ($5 million drawn from 575 sites).(The 2009 original, Sherlock Holmes, grossed 524.4 million worldwide with $315.4 million of the total originating from foreign playdates.) Game of Shadows opens this week in Germany and Korea.

No. 4 was Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked, the third installment of 20th Century Fox’s $800-million-plus computer animation franchise based on a tv cartoon series about singing chipmunks. Opening launch in 38 territories drew $14.5 million from 3,815 situations. A No. 2 U.K. debut provided $4 million from 756 situations.

Whereas its franchise predecessor, “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” premiered offshore on Dec. 23, 2009, playing 5,479 screens in 45 markets and grossing $37.1 million – beating the opening figure of the series original by more than 200% -- Chip-Wrecked had a more limited foreign opening, said Fox.

“We are staggering release dates across the year-end holidays, so comparison’s with Alvin 2 will not be apples-to-apples,” asserts the distributor. Whereas Squeakquel’s foreign launch includedopenings inAustralia, Germany, France, Russia and Belgium, the Chip-Wrecked campaign is skipping these markets initially.

First two titles in the Alvin series accumulated worldwide box office of $803.3 million of which $369.9 million came from overseas playdates and $433.4 million originated in the U.S. and Canada. Squeakquel cumed $226.1 million foreign (versus $217.5 million domestic) while the 2007 franchise original, Alvin and the Chipmunks registered $143.8 million foreign (versus $215.9 million domestic).

Ranking No. 5 was Sony's Arthur Christmas, the 3D Aardman Animation title about a resentful Santa, which grossed $9.7 million from 6,745 screens in 62 markets. Cume stands at $72.8 million. Warner Bros./New Line’s New Year’s Eve generated $8.9 million from 3,200 screens in 42 territories. Foreign cume for the romantic comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker stands at $27.8 million. Openings in France, Italy, Spain and Japan are on tape this week.

Summit Ent.’s girl-loves-vampire saga The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I collected $8.1 million from some 7,300 sites in 74 markets, pushing its foreign gross total to $391.4 million. Openings in Hong Kong and Japan are due Dec. 22 and Feb. 25, respectively.

[*]In France, local-language box office phenomenon Intouchables remained No. 1 for the seventh straight stanza, grossing an estimated $5.5 million from 829 screens. Market cume for the comedy sensation costarring Francois Cluzet as a wealthy quadriplegic bonding with a caretaker (Omar Sy) with a shady past totals more than $110 million.

Also in France, Hugo, director Martin Scorsese’s 3D interpretation of Brian Selznick’s book about a young orphan who lives in a train station in 1930’s Paris opened via Metropolitan Filmexport at some 450 venues, taking the market’s No. 5 spot with an estimated tally of $2 million. New to the market was Des vents contraires, a mystery drama from director Jalil Lespert, which collected an estimated $850,000 from 195 screens, finishing No. 8 in the market. Universal is distributing.

[*]In Italy, George Clooney’s Golden Globe best-picture nominee The Ides of March opened No. 5 at some 240 locations via 01 Distribution, drawing an estimated $900,000. Top local language title, Medusa’s Finalmente La Felicita, premiered in the market’s No. 3 spot. Director Leonardo Pieraccione’s comedy about an addled music professor grossed an estimated $2 million elicited from some 470 situations.

[*]In Germany and Austria, RubbeldieKatz (Woman in Love), director Detley Bucks Tootsie-like comedy about a movie actor mistakenly cast in a woman’s role, drew $3.1 million from 542 sites in both markets. Universal is distributing the local-language film in German-speaking Europe.

[*]In Spain, Fuga de Cerebros 2 (Brain Drain 2), a Universal local acquisition, held at No. 4 with an estimated $710,000 drawn from 300 screens, elevating its market cume to $6 million grossed over 17 days.

Other international cumes: Sony/Paramount's The Adventures of Tintin:The Secret of the Unicorn, $239.1 million; Warner’s Happy Feet Two, $55.6 million (after a $4.4 million weekend at some 5,000 screens in 48 markets); Sony's Vysotsky: Thank God I'm Alive, $25.5 million from Russia only; Fox’s In Time, $97.2 million (after a $3.3 million weekend at 1,787 sites in 26 territories); Universal’s Tower Heist, $50.4 million; Sony's Jack and Jill, $16.8 million; Disney’s Real Steel, $192.7 million (after a $2.4 million weekend in 52 markets); Wild Bunch’s Hollywoo, $11.5 million over two rounds in France only; Universal’s Johnny English Reborn, $153.4 million; Disney’s The Muppets, $7 million; Universal’s A Dangerous Method, $6.3 million; Sony's Moneyball, $29.4 million; Disney’s The Lion King 3D, $69.6 million; Universal’s Immortals, $24.7 million; and DreamWorks/Disney’s The Help, $33.5 million.

[Fake]

Why the fuck does my phone copy-paste like that?

[DeeCee]

Because it's not an iPhone.

[Robertron]

And why does that last report say Intouchables is at $110m after a $5.5m WE when it was at $115m last weekend... Stupid exchange ratesAnd that's a pretty big drop compared to the first part of its run..

[A Marvel Fanboy]

M4 is heading to 600m (400m+ OS) WW.Let's see if it can take FF5 down.

[Fake]

Because it's not an iPhone.

iPhone is a POS.

[Ariadne]

Excellent opening for MI4.It's good to see that BD1 is going to make 700m WW as well.

[fmpro]

iPhone is a POS.

I'll put a spell on you..Things will grow on you in strange places

[fmpro]

Summit expect BD to cross 410 by january 1

Edited December 19, 2011 by fmpro

[Fake]

I'll put a spell on you..Things will grow on you in strange places

Protego!Now take that!

[Krissykins]

I wonder what New Year's Eve is going to finish on. Probably 40-45m. Hard to tell if it'll hold well over the next two weeks or not.Anyway, too little too late.

[Fake]

Tintin grossed only 0.6M from SK this weekend. Down 84%. Atrocious drop!