US movies with higher theatrical revenues from a single non US country than US revenues themselves

[The Toymaker]

It's awesome, isn't it?!

 

The Expendables 3 will probably also be a high grosser, and might even be a contender for this thread if it drops off in the US like many are predicting.

[chasmmi]

I know it doesn't qualify the criteria but Korean gross for About Time is going to double the amount taken in the UK Box Office.

 

there's even a 0.5% chance it takes more than the combined gross from US and Uk together. But that's looking very unlikely now.

[AniNate]

I define a movie's nationality by the director's. Though since people like James Cameron and Roland Emmerich have lived in the US for quite a while I do consider their films American.

[iceroll]

I know it doesn't qualify the criteria but Korean gross for About Time is going to double the amount taken in the UK Box Office.

 

there's even a 0.5% chance it takes more than the combined gross from US and Uk together. But that's looking very unlikely now.

Why's it doing so well in Korea?

[Fancyarcher]

Seeing how good Titanic rerelase is doing in China I got an idea to do a list of films from US which did a better business in a single foreign country than in US.

Any ideas?

So far I got these:

 

2013:

Escape Plan , US gross approx. 24M, chinesse gross 41M. (as of 4-12-2013) Difference 17M.

 

 

2012:

Resident Evil: Retribution 2012 US Gross $42,345,531 Japan gross $48,337,622 Difference $5,992091

2011 and later:

Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 US Gross $13,756,082 Japan gross $42,911,049 Difference $29,154,967

The Last Samurai 2003 US Groos $111,127,263 Japan Gross $119,268,595 Difference $8,141,332

CASSANDRA'S DREAM 2008 US Gross $973,018 Italian Gross $6,891,125 Difference $5,918,107

Carnage 2011 US Gross $2,542,198 German Gross $7,754,332 Difference $5,212,134

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS 2008 US Gross $9,046,156 Spanish Gross $13,315,890 Difference $4,269,734

YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER 2010 US Gross $3,248,246 French Gross $7,399,145 Difference $4,150,899

The Three Musketeers 2011 US Gross $20,374484 Japan Gross $24,394935 Difference $4,020451

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS 2009 US Gross $7,689,607 Italian Gross $11,119,996 Difference $3,430389

BACHELORETTE US Gross $447,954 Australia Gross $2,713,930 (Italy $2,235,226, France $1,192,880 ) Difference $2,265,976

I LOVE YOU, PHILLIP MORRIS 2010 US Gross $2,037,459 UK Gross $3,496,127 Difference $1,458,668

Dragonball Evolution(2009): US Gross $9,362,785 - Chinesse gross $9,516,837 Difference $0,154052

Drive Angry 2011 US Groos $10,721,033 Chinese Gross Aprox Same Difference $0

Whatever works (2009): US: 5,306,706 -- Italy: 7,399,626; -- France: 6,863,683; Spain: 5,590,384

You will meet a tall dark stranger (2010): US: 3,248,246 -- France: 7,399,145; Italy: 6,487,957; Spain: 5,960,295

Melinda and Melinda (2005): US: 3,826,280 -- Spain: 4,505,892

Cassandra's Dream (2008): US: 973,018 -- Brazil: 990,951; France: 3,529,457; Italy: 6,891,125; Poland: 1,202,635; Spain: 3,416,432-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

The Three Musketeers and Resident Evil: Retribution (along with every Paul W.S. Anderson movie of the 21st century) were mainly German productions

[Olive]

About time  SK>DOM

[AniNate]

Doesn't quite qualify, but I'm shocked that Movie 43 did almost as much in Russia

[chasmmi]

Richard Curtis style Rom-coms are ridiculously popular here (and in Japan too i believe).

 

I wouldn't be shocked if Japan follows suit (unless its already been released and i am already wrong about this).

 

 

 

[Tower]

I define a movie's nationality by the director's. Though since people like James Cameron and Roland Emmerich have lived in the US for quite a while I do consider their films American.

 

So Gravity is Mexican?

[AniNate]

So Gravity is Mexican?

 

Cuaron's lived between the US and UK for the past decade.

[dezorz]

TF4, US gross (7.7.2014) 175M, chinesse gross (7.7.2014) 213M Difference 38M

[Rudolf]

TF4 is a totally new category as it will probably be the highest grosser DOM this Summer

 

AVATAR2 would also be an ever bigger category, if it could make more in China (Titanic3D saw some makingup need)

[BadAtGender]

TF4 is a totally new category as it will probably be the highest grosser DOM this Summer

 

AVATAR2 would also be an ever bigger category, if it could make more in China (Titanic3D saw some makingup need)

 

Do you think Avatar 2 can make more than $500m in China? I don't doubt that it'll do tremendous business, but that seems to be a lot, even allowing for 2.5 more years of market expansion.

[Rudolf]

Do you think Avatar 2 can make more than $500m in China? I don't doubt that it'll do tremendous business, but that seems to be a lot, even allowing for 2.5 more years of market expansion.

there are some Chinese posters here, who seem to think that is possible

[KATCH-2D2]

there are some Chinese posters here, who seem to think that is possible

I hope not.

 

Avatar is the most overrated movie of the century. I feel sick just to think about how Avatar 2 will annihilate the world like the first one.

[Rudolf]

I hope not.

 

Avatar is the most overrated movie of the century. I feel sick just to think about how Avatar 2 will annihilate the world like the first one.

trust me it will!

[KATCH-2D2]

trust me it will!

I know it will, I just hope it wouldn't.

 

I might like Avatar2 though, very slim chance  since I didn't like any of the characters from the first Avatar.

[dezorz]

expendables 3 china gross soon will overcome US one. (33,5M in china in 7 days to 36M in US in about 20 days)

[dezorz]

It's awesome, isn't it?!

 

The Expendables 3 will probably also be a high grosser, and might even be a contender for this thread if it drops off in the US like many are predicting.

 

 

very very nice guess.

[dezorz]

Need for speed US gross  43M, chinesse gross 66M Difference 23M