Sunday, April 17, 2011

The Derby on Far Shores (April Edition)

As goes the steeple chase here ... so goes the steeple chase there.

... [N]ew market openings boost Universal's "Hop" to the weekend's No. 3 spot with $10.3 million.

... 3D animation title Rio flew high on the foreign theatrical circuit on the weekend with a No. 1 box office draw of $53.9 million drawn from 13,705 screens in 62 territories. ... Rio finished No. 1 overseas for the second straight weekend. ...

Universal’s Hop grossed $10.3 million overall from 5,200 playdates in 45 territories for a foreign gross cume to date of $29.4 million. It ranks No. 3 on the weekend. ...

The interesting wrinkle here is that the Easter Bunny saga, even though its tied to North American culture, is still doing brisk business overseas. (Not in the Rio category, but still earning a nice piece of change.)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

It has been announced that a 'Tangled' short is in the works:

http://www.wdtimes.com/features/screen_scenes/article_16c5ca7e-66bf-11e0-b446-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story

Anonymous said...

Hey Steve, is the 'Tangled' short, one of the three shorts in production at WDAS you've previously mentioned?

Anonymous said...

The made for tv crap fest atlas shrugged, by that promiscuous liar ayn rand, bombed. As expected. Just like her "theories," which have time and time again been proven irrelevant.

Anonymous said...

Damn, Rio is at almost $130 million overseas in just it's second weekend? Wow. With kids out of school for spring break this coming week, this one is going to be profitable pretty damn quick. Who says great animation can't save a mediocre story?

Anonymous said...

The made for tv crap fest atlas shrugged, by that promiscuous liar ayn rand, bombed. As expected. Just like her "theories," which have time and time again been proven irrelevant.

It opened so far down the totem pole, is it even worth mentioning?

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