And how it's faring at the box office.
... Paramount/DreamWorks' "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" led the way with an estimated $31 million from 6,221 locations in 58 territories, raising its international gross to $278 million ...
Among Disney-branded family attractions ... the animated "Bolt" latched on to $6.5 million from 2,300 screens in 24 markets to lift its foreign gross to $45.5 million, and Disney/Pixar's long-running "WALL-E" saw its overseas cume rise to $282.2 million as it held the No. 1 spot in Japan for a fourth consecutive week ($2.1 million, for a market cume of $24 million) ...
Universal Animation's family offering "The Tale of Despereaux" earned $5 million from 1,815 dates in 10 territories, providing an early foreign gross of $7.8 million.
So, my back of the envelope calculations: Bolt has a worldwide take of $150 million; Wall-E is up past $507 million; and Madagascar Deux has $443 million in the till.
What's interesting to note here is that the biggest grossers come from California, while the up-and-comer Despereaux hails from France ... and, if reports are true, cost $60 million to produce.
Add On: In Hong Kong, over the holiday weekend, the jungle animals triumph at the turnstiles:
The Dreamworks Animation feature "Madagascar Escape 2 Africa" took a narrow victory at the Hong Kong box office over the four day Christmas weekend, squeaking into No.1 with $732,000 from a 35 screen release by distributor Intercontinental ...
"The Tale of Despereaux" debuted with $256,000 on 31 screens ...
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Isnt Framestore in London?
Yes, Despereaux was done at Framestore in London. Bit of a disappointment in the box office numbers. Safe to say there won't be another major animated feature in London for a while.
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