The Foreign Steeple Chase

Unlike here, all across the fruited plain, the boy wizard retains his crown elsewhere:

... Weekend take for Deathly Hallows – Part 2 came to $121.3 million from some 19,200 screens in 59 territories compared to the record $312.3 million opening the weekend before ... The worldwide box office gross total for all eight titles in the Harry Potter franchise now stands at more than $7.2 billion. ...

Meantime, the entertainment conglomerates' animated fare continued to rack up grosses.

... Third on the weekend was Pixar/Disney’s Cars 2, which registered $17.7 million in its fifth round on the foreign theatrical circuit, hoisting is overseas cume to $173.7 million and its worldwide take to $350.1 million ...

... DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 drew $8.3 million on the weekend. ... hoisting its overseas cume to $437.2 million. The 3D animation distributed by Paramount opened at 42 sites in Hong Kong for debut tally of $1.6 million or more than a $37,000 average per screen. ...

KFP 2 now has a worldwide total of $598 million. So, even though Wall Street views the feature as a disappointment, it's likely to match #1's worldwide total of $631,744,560. Or certainly come close.

However, it's unlikely that Cars 2 will be considered a massive theatrical triumph for Pixar. ...