Sunday, December 18, 2011

The Foreign Steeple Chase

... belongs to Brad Bird.

... [T]he foreign theatrical circuit to some degree shook off its box office blahs with Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol taking the No. 1 weekend spot, gathering $68.2 million over five days ...

Meantime, the kitty cat with the sword has moved to Number Two.

... Foreign cume for the 3D animation spinoff [Puss in Boots] stands at $188.2 million, as per distributor Paramount. A muscular No. 2 opening in Italy registered $3.3 million from 385 locations. ...

No. 4 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked ... drew $14.5 million from 3,815 situations. A No. 2 U.K. debut provided $4 million from 756 situations. ...

Ranking No. 5 was Sony's Arthur Christmas ... which grossed $9.7 million from 6,745 screens in 62 markets. Cume stands at $72.8 million. ...

The most interesting factoid gleaned from the above? A respected animation director has the Number One live-action feature, and the next three out of four positions are filled by animated long-forms.

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