International Box Office

Your foreign takings.

International -- Weekend Take -- (Accumulation)

1) World War Z -- $70,100,000 -- ($135, 300,000)

2) Monsters University -- $44,200,000 -- ($129,300,000)

3) Man Of Steel -- $52,200,000 -- ($271,100,000)

4) Despicable Me 2 -- $41,500,000 -- ($50,000,000)

5) Now You See Me -- $5,000,000 -- ($48,700,000)

6) Fast & Furious 6 -- $6,100,000 -- ($448,700,000)

7) The Hangover 3 -- $7,700,000 -- ($227,500,000)

8) Epic -- $5,100,000 -- ($130,500,000) ...

What leaps out at me is that two of three animated features are doing extremely well in the global marketplace.

Disney has a sizable hit with Monsters University, and Universal/Illumination Entertainment wil be owning have a blockbuster. DM 2, going head-to-head with Monsters in Australia, is the animated feature that came out on top.

There's going to be large numbers of animated features opening this summer; many (most?) will do big business at the turnstiles.

As for the latest international entry, the Nikkster informs us:

Despicable Me 2 opened #1 in five of its 6 new territories this weekend for an early cumulative total of $28M through Friday from the UK-Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, French-speaking Switzerland, and Sweden.

The weekend estimate is for an early total of $48.6M through Sunday. As a comparison in the same seven territories, DM2 is performing well ahead of the original Despicable Me as well as DreamWorks sequels Kung Fu Panda 2 and Madagascar 2 and 3. Gru and his manic minions open in North America in limited release Tuesday night and go wide on Wednesday before the Fourth Of July holiday.

Expectations are for new records in the 38 territories with the U.S./Canada opening next weekend. ...