CJohn Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Lorax is going to be a monster over Easter here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) HR: Foreign Box Office: 'Journey 2' Limps To Fourth Straight No. 1 Victory Overseas "This Means War" places second while "The Artist" rebounds to No. 2 in native France; domestic hit "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" opens gently in the Middle East, poised for Easter. A lethargic weekend on the foreign theatrical circuit saw Journey 2: The Mysterious Island tenuously holding onto the top box office spot for the fourth consecutive weekend, grossing $14.7 million from 6,600 screens in 52 territories. The New Line/Walden Media/Warner Bros. family adventure costarring Josh Hutcherson and Dwayne Johnson opened No. 4 in Germany by tallying $1.7 million from 438 screens. Journey 2’s total foreign box office now stands at $184.5 million, which Warners said is 29% more than the overseas total compiled by 2008 predecessor Journey To The Center Of The Earth. Universal’s 3D animation title, Dr. Seuss’The Lorax, which opened No. 1 domestically, tested international waters on the weekend via 43 Middle Eastern dates, grossing $500,000. The distributor plans a big overseas push late this month for Easter holidays. More than 60 territories will play the adaptation of the children’s classic over the next five months. Opening in eight markets, Twentieth Century Fox’s romantic comedy This Means War rolled up a $14.1 million weekend playing at 3,962 screens in 51 markets, and hoisting its overseas gross total to $43.2 million. Best of the new openers was the U.K. where the Reese Witherspoon-Chris Pine-Thomas Hardy vehicle staked out the No. 3 spot, collecting $2.9 million from 487 locations. It ranks No. 2 on the weekend. Making its debut in five markets, Universal’s Safe House, a thriller starring Denzel Washington, hoisted its foreign gross total to $51.6 million thanks to $10.8 million weekend at 3.500 situations in 50 territories. Along with a No. 1 bow in Indonesia, the film premiered No. 4 in Italy ($1.3 million at 319 locations). It took the weekend’s No. 3 spot overall. Fourth was DreamWorks/Disney’s young-man-and-horse drama, War Horse, which galloped to $10.6 million on the weekend, playing in 52 territories. Foreign gross total for the Steven Spielberg film comes to $79.1 million. No 5 was Director Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, which received an Academy Awards boost, grossing $9.6 million on the weekend at 2,091 venues in 34 territories handled by Paramount. A Japan opening yielded $3.3 million from 212 situations. Overseas cume from Paramount territories comes to $51.7 million. Opening in 22 territories, the low-budget horror title from Paramount, The Devil Inside, nailed down $7 million on the weekend from 2,034 sites in 37 markets. A No. 3 Germany introduction drew $1.7 million from 214 situations. A No. 1 Mexico holdover kicked in $1.3 million. Fox’s Chronicle, about high schoolers with supernatural powers, grossed $6 million from 2,308 situations in 35 markets. A No. 3 hold in France came up with $1.7 million from 346 spots, raising the market cume to $5.4 million. Underworld: Awakening, the vampire versus werewolf sequel starring Kate Beckinsale, premiered No. 1 in Brazil ($1.77 million from 277 locations) and drew $4.6 million on the weekend from 43 territories handled by Sony. Distrib’s total take overseas for the title, $81.1 million. Opening No. 5 in Russia ($1.25 million at 319 spots), Sony’s The Vow came up with $4.1 million on the weekend overall at 1,750 screens in 23 territories. Overseas gross total for this amnesia-themed drama starring Rachel McAdams comes to $36 million. Fox’s The Descendants starring George Clooney pushed it overseas gross total to $83.7 million thanks to a $3.2 million weekend grossed at 2,159 sites in 48 territories. Its best-film Oscar victory propelled director-scripter Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist, starring Jean Dujardin, from the No. 11 slot in France last round to No. 2 this stanza. Weekend gross was an estimated $1.8 million drawn from 363 spots, lifting the film’s estimated market cume to $20 million collected over 21 weeks. Also in France, best-actor Oscar winner Dujardin had a banner round. His latest starring vehicle (which he also co-produced, co-directed and co-scripted), is Les Infideles (The Players), which opened No. 1 in the market via Mars Distribution. Debut take was an estimated $7.2 million from 625 locations. Les Infideles is an episodic comedy about male infidelity as seen by seven directors including Dujardin. Taking the No. 1 spot in the U.K. was Fox International’s release of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, director John Madden’s comedy-drama costarring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Tom Wilkinson about impoverished English pensioners moving to a retirement hotel in India. Second round at 525 spots jumped 7% to draw $3.8 million, pushing the film’s market cume to $11.1 million. In Italy, Filmauro’s release of director Carlo Verdone’s Posti in piedi in paradiso (Standing In Paradise) opened No. 1 at some 460 screens for an estimated $4.8 million. The comedy-drama concerns three divorced men forced to live together to save expenses. In South Korea, director Jeon Gye-soo’s third feature, Love Fiction, about the romantic tribulations of a shy writer and his paramour, opened No. 1 with an estimated $7.4 million registered at 615 locations. In Germany, the French comedy sensation Intouchables remains No. 1 after nine frames in the market. Latest round drew an estimated $2.6 million from 745 screens, lifting the market cume to an estimated $58 million. Other international cumes: Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, $476 million; Universal’s Contraband, $14.4 million; Fox’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, $50.2 million; DreamWorks Animation/Paramount’s Puss In Boots, $386.3 million; Fox’s In Time, $123.6 million; Sony’s Jack and Jill, $71.9 million (after a $2.4 million weekend at 1,320 screens in 40 markets; Fox’s August 8, $8.4 million from Russia only; Disney’s The Muppets, $69.8 million; Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $204.1 million; and Fox’s We Bought A Zoo, $25.7 million. Edited March 4, 2012 by efialtes76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop54 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Underworld Awakening's international cume is still screwy...the number should be up to $90M by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 That In Time number is the same as last weeks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Holly crap The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Holly crap The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel!!! Increase in UK, very solid. I'm interested to see how it does here in the US... trailer gets a great reaction every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 It'll be big in Australia too, British films tend to do well here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Where are WiB numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 It's annoying they never seem to be reported in these articles... Apparently it was 2nd in the UK though after another small drop this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 It's annoying they never seem to be reported in these articles... Apparently it was 2nd in the UK though after another small drop this week.Holy shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Underworld Awakening's international cume is still screwy...the number should be up to $90M by now.Agree.. That number is all over the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 That In Time number is the same as last weeks?Many numbers are..Shitty article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Where are WiB numbers?And GR2?? Last week at number 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertron Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 And GR2?? Last week at number 1Like its DOM run - it bombed haaaard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Italy(2-4):1.Posti in piedi in Paradiso:€ 3.095.832(new)2.Intouchables:€ 1.510.304/€ 3.753.6983.Journey 2: € 1.150.254/€ 3.232.5174.Safe House:€ 969.472(new)5.In Time:€ 421.326/€ 3.469.325 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Like its DOM run - it bombed haaaard!Lets wait for the numberMust have made a few bucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Italy(2-4):1.Posti in piedi in Paradiso:€ 3.095.832(new)2.Intouchables:€ 1.510.304/€ 3.753.6983.Journey 2: € 1.150.254/€ 3.232.5174.Safe House:€ 969.472(new)5.In Time:€ 421.326/€ 3.469.325Very dissapointing for Safe House Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Very interesting OW for GR2 in Portugal. It is not bad. But it is still a big drop from the last one.And one more thing... HUGO IS NUMBER 1 HERE FOR 3 WEEKS IN A ROW!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Very interesting OW for GR2 in Portugal. It is not bad. But it is still a big drop from the last one. And one more thing... HUGO IS NUMBER 1 HERE FOR 3 WEEKS IN A ROW!!! Well deserved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I feel if there is any hope for John Carter it will come from the international markets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
