As noted below, there's one film in the world marketplace that continues to triumph:
With foreign box office in a pre-summer holding pattern, "Horton Hears a Who!" stayed on top for the third consecutive frame with $10.6 million at 5,300 playdates in 56 markets ...
Besides "Horton" and "21," only four other pics topped the $4 million mark ... Underlining the foreign appetite for family fare, "Horton" posted decent holdover numbers with a 15% gain in its French soph sesh to $3.8 million and a 7% hike in its fourth British frame to $1.2 million. The tale of the big-hearted elephant's hit $104.9 million offshore, joining "10,000 BC" and "Jumper" as the third U.S. title released this year to top the $100 million mark overseas.
Fox noted that "Horton" has far exceeded foreign perfs for previous Dr. Suess pics "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" ($85 million) and "The Cat in the Hat" ($35 million). With openings still coming in Italy, Japan and South Korea, the studio expects the CGI toon's final foreign cume to nearly match the domestic total, now at $139.6 million ...
So we know at least one thing. It's not live-action versions of Seuss for which overseas markets hunger, but the animated variety.
This bodes well for future employment in the 'toon biz, wouldn't you say?
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It could bode well for us, there are tons of Dr Suess books to adapt, and lots more, all at your public library and book stores. And let's hope they keep a bunch of the work here in this country. I'll settle for anywhere between the two oceans at this point.
As would many.
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