Prince isn't, apparently, the under-performer in foreign lands that it is stateside.
Powerful opening launches in a handful of key overseas markets on the Memorial Day weekend propelled " Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" to the No. 1 spot on the foreign-theatrical circuit.
The Disney film drew $59 million from 7,100 screens in 47 territories for an early international cume of $87.5 million ....
And the green ogre is nosing into various countries beyond the seas:
... "Shrek" finished third wordwide, which opened in six markets including Turkey. Overall weekend tally was $18.5 million from 1,685 venues in 15 territories.
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And what did the Persia movie cost to make? I read 200 million.
If it's a flop in the USA, it's going to have trouble making a profit, no matter what it's doing overseas.
Countries outside of US and Japan likely don't even know it's based on a videogame, and take it as straightforward genre eye-candy.
The second example this month of stateside releases carrying too much cultural baggage, while overseas foreigners remain blissfully out of context. :)
That's pretty patronizing
Suggest you check geography wise sales of PoP skews to know if it's famous or not, before making such assumptions
It's been played in Asia since the days of the PC 486
in countries outside of the US and Japan PRINCE DIDN'T FACE ANY COMPETITION: NO SHREK, NO SEX AND THE CITY 2!!! Those movies will open next week...
and I think that if two so-so sequels made more money than "Prince"... I wonder what will happen to "Sorcerer's...", being that it opens against "Inception"... (btw, "Sorcerer's..." looks like a blown-up version of a Disney Channel Original Movie...)...
Well August, actually here in Holland both PoP and Sex and the City are in theaters as we speak, PoP is #1 in Holland, not the biggest country, I know.
And yes, even the dutch people know that PoP is based on the game :S people from overseas are not retarded
especially since PoP is a Ubisoft property and not a US one
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