Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Wintertime Foreign Derby

Now with Reporteresque Add On.

The trade papers inform us that animation remains a major player in non-U.S. venues.

Trio Atop Overseas Box Office -- "Tangled," "Green Hornet," "Little Fokcers" draw crowd ...

It seems as though the long-haired girl with the skillet is hanging in there.

... ["The Green Hornet"] landed in the midst of several holdovers like "Little Fockers" and "Tangled," all of which ran a horse race for the overseas B.O. crown. Disney's "Tangled" came in with $15.6 million.

... "Tangled" held well in Oz with $3.1 million, slipping 47% from the toon's record-setting Australian bow last weekend. The pic now stands as the market's biggest debut ever for a nonsequel animated pic ...

Further, as Box Office Mojo reports: "['Tangled'] will easily pass $400 million worldwide this weekend before opening in the United Kingdom and South Africa on Jan. 28. ...'

Add On: Lastly. The Hollywood Reporter informs that:

... Tangled has generated $231.8 million overseas. Its worldwide total stands at $418.1 million. ...

Of course, the little long-haired girl is still a financial failure for the Mouse, but what you gonna do? Just let her hang out there and keep making money, I guess.

Happily, the Yogster still ambles along.

"Yogi Bear" pushed its overseas cume to $22.7 million thanks to a $5.9 million weekend from some 2,000 screens in 15 markets. Its second Australia round provided $2.5 million from 383 sites for a market cume of $9 million.

The cash keeps rolling in from various points of the globe.

15 comments:

Flynn Lives Ryder said...

This Tangles movie is soooo gonna bomb! Just you wait and see. I can't wait to see the faces of all those drone-numbed Disney fans when it does.

Tanked. That's what they should have called it.

Anonymous said...

Shut up and let the grown ups talk you little DreamWanker.

Anonymous said...

why a guy with a nickname like "Flynn lives Ryder" would bash Tangled when its nickname is a name of a character of the film.

0_o

Anonymous said...

The first poster is just a guy being sarcastic. Unfortunately, sarcasm doesn't translate well in print, and the fanboys are taking it seriously and trying to turn this into yet another DreamWorks/Disney bash-fest. Give it a break, kids.

Anonymous said...

And you know that the first poster its being sarcastic because...?

Anonymous said...

Because I have adult reading comprehension. Because the poster wrote in future tense about an event that has already happened. Because the poster pretended to express a certainty that has already been shown to be false. Because the poster playfully misspelled the movie's title, while posting with a fake name taken from the movie. Because I don't have a knee-jerk fanboy partisan response to every single comment here.

Anonymous said...

Oh gee you are so smart!. Let's give you a trophy.

Anonymous said...

There was a time when people were embarrassed for having shown their ignorance and rudeness. Sadly, those days are gone.

Anonymous said...

agreed

Anonymous said...

Tangled was a cute kid's cartoon. Much better than that dragon cartoon last year.

Steve Hulett said...

What's going on here?! I can't leave you people alone for two hours, and THIS goes on!

Now sit down and play nice. Don't make me come back there, or I'm telling your MOTHERS.

Anonymous said...

Amazing how neither dragon or tangled were anywhere near the mega success of despicable me. Talk about profit...wow!

Anonymous said...

Despicable Me is really getting overrated.
Dragon and Tangled are much better films.

rufus said...

Sarchasm:1. (n.) The abyss between the creator of witticisms and the intended recipient who does not find the humor in it.

rufus

Anonymous said...

Now i feel like Sheldon Cooper from "The Big Bang Theory".

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