Your Foreign Box Office

... with visual effects extravaganzas and animated features sprinkled throughout.

Weekend Foreign Box Office -- (World Totals)

Spongebob Squarepants -- $16,200,000 -- ($84,600,000)

Jupiter Ascending -- $32,500,000 -- ($51,500,000)

Big Hero 6 -- $12,700,000 -- ($505,112,975)

The Hobbit 3 -- $9,700,000 -- ($939,312,902)

Night at the Museum 3 -- $7,800,000 -- ($325,979,611)

Boonie Bears Movie 2 -- $6,800,000 -- ($29,000,000)

Paddington -- $1,300,000 -- ($211,268,475)

Into the Woods -- $3,400,000 -- ($171,635,326

Penguins of Madagascar -- $3,500,000 -- ($345,790,198)

The entertainment press succinctly summarizes the overseas market:

Jupiter Ascending topped the foreign box office, grossing $32.5 million from 10,200 screens across 65 countries. Warner Bros., the studio behind the $179 million production, said it played particularly well in markets such as Russia, where it made $4.7 million. ...

“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” lapped up $16.2 million from 25 territories. ... The film’s global estimate through Sunday stands at $82.8 million, topping its $74 million production budget. ...

“Big Hero 6” crossed the $500 million mark at the global box office. That’s the fourth Disney title from 2014 to hit those lofty figures, joining “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Maleficent” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” The film secured third place on the foreign charts, generating $12.7 million and bringing its global haul to $505.1 million. ...

Lastly, Penguins of Madagascar is over $345 million in world grosses. That's not bad for most features, but when you have a price tag of $132 million, you're running close to the wind, profit-wise. As a DreamWorker said to me recently: "The penguins has crossed over into television territory. The series is out around the world and that hasn't helped the theatrical version."

Oh, well. ...