The Overseas Steeple Chase

Some notable rollouts and holdovers:

"Resident Evil: Afterlife" took the No. 1 box office slot on the foreign theatrical circuit for the second consecutive weekend, grossing $38.7 ...

Sony opened "Eat Pray Love," the saga of a divorced woman finding herself via a world journey, in five markets for a weekend tally of $3.6 million drawn from 693 screens. ...

DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Shrek Forever After" in 3D boosted its overseas cume to $491 million ($20.7 million of which stems from a continuing Italy engagement) thanks to a $2.1 million weekend ...

And the other animated features in the global marketplace? Despicable Me has collected $88.5 million of its global $333,201,000 gross in foreign lands.

Then there's Diz Co.'s billion dollar baby Toy Story 3, which has collected $635.7 million at venues beyond America's shores.