Sunday, January 16, 2011

The Foreign Movie Races

Nothing new in the overseas markets. Animation continues to rake in sizable coin.

"Tangled," last round's No. 1 box office winner, finished a close second this weekend with $15.6 million generated from 4,723 screens in 33 territories for a foreign box office total of $212.5 million so far. ...

"Megamind" ... pushed its foreign gross total to $158 million due to a $7 million weekend from 4,262 venues in 60 territories. ... "Yogi Bear" opened No. 1 in Australia and New Zealand, and collected $5.7 million on the weekend from a dozen overseas markets, pushing its cume to $13.3 million. ...

For those of you keeping score at home or work cubicle, worldwide totals from the movies above are now as follows:

Tangled -- $393.5 million

Yogi Bear -- $95.4 million

Megamind -- $303.4 million

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

and Tangled is only playing in 55% of overseas markets. It will probably pass $600 million worldwide. It has the UK, Spain, Scandinavia, Japan, South Africa and South Korea left to open in.

but omg the budget is huge!!! (just thought I'd throw it in there because it is freaking inevitable that someone does)

Anonymous said...

Absolutely right, Anon. No matter how much it makes, it CAN'T break even, because it cost a gazillion dollars to make.

I know this because I broke into Robert Iger's personal papers and found out.

Anonymous said...

It just need 520 million to break even.

And Tangled still hasnt open in half of the international market yet, so it will surpass the number.

Anonymous said...

Actually I think it needs to make a billon dollars to break even.

Anonymous said...

Please, keep kidding yourself

Anonymous said...

Tangled is playing in far more than 55% of the foreign markets. You silly fanboys can't keep using the 55% number week after week. It just makes you look stupid.

Anonymous said...

To Anon 9:30am:

There is no need for name calling, man. Go get some anger therapy.

Anonymous said...

I'll do that when you go get a clue.

Anonymous said...

You dont even have one Mr Know-It-All

Anonymous said...

From today's Box Office Mojo international update:

"Playing in just 55 percent of the foreign markets, Tangled has thus far earned $212.5 million for a worldwide (domestic plus foreign) total of $393.5 million. It will easily pass $400 million worldwide this weekend before opening in the United Kingdom and South Africa on Jan. 28."

My Gosh, look, still 55%??!?! I guess Disney is opting for a slow international rolled out release as THEY ALWAYS DO.

that's probably why the 55% number has been thrown around for the past two weeks, because it hasn't opened in many new markets.

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