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July 23, 2006
The Foreigners
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest raked it in over the weekend, bowing in 11 new markets to add $62 million to its coffers.
Pic, which has now grossed $217 overseas, became the 20th Buena Vista Intl. title to cross the $200 million barrier abroad and the 10th to plunder more than $500 million worldwide.
Perhaps the only real surprise over the weekend would have come had "Pirates" been bested in any of its new territories, which included Japan, Mexico and Brazil as well as a host of smaller ones (Hungary, Portugal, Poland) and some challenging terrain for Hollywood pics (India).
There are still major openings to come: Pic has yet to open in Spain, Germany, Italy and France.
In head-to-head square-offs around the globe, "Pirates" forced Warner Bros.' No. 2 finisher of the frame, Superman Returns, to walk the plank every time.
And
With no major openings on its side, Warner Bros.' Superman Returns flew in with $16.3 million from 5,900 prints in 40 markets. International cume is $110 million.
And
UIP's Over the Hedge and BVI's Cars continued Hollywood's roll abroad with high-profile CG-animated fare: Both crossed the $100 million mark.
Posted by poland at July 23, 2006 06:55 PM
Comments
I don't know the foregin markets as well. DP, would you say this is on traclk for $500 million overseas? $600 million?
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at July 23, 2006 07:33 PM
Pirates 2 is tracking ahead of Finding Nemo, which made $524,911,000 overseas, so $500 million is perfectly possible for Dead Man's Chest.
The legs will determine if $600 million (think Goblet of Fire business) is possible, and thus becoming the third movie to ever cross the $1 billion mark.
The third biggest opening in Japan bodes extremely well. Legs in Australia are iffy, but it will hold the largest opening and largest gross for the year there.
Posted by: Tofu at July 23, 2006 07:42 PM
Haven't been really paying attention to overseas this summer but has there been a case this year of a Kingdom of Heaven or King Arthur of foreign sales redeeming a soft domestic gross? Last year even the Island regained some face due to worldwide grosses but it doesn't seem to have rescued MI3 or Superman. Was it the world cup stealing focus or are we all on the same page this year?
Posted by: hcat at July 23, 2006 08:03 PM
Define 'rescue'.
MINORITY REPORT
Domestic: $132,072,926 36.9%
Foreign: $226,300,000 63.1%
= Worldwide: $358,372,926
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
Domestic: $133,501,348 36.9%
Foreign: $227,996,825 63.1%
= Worldwide: $361,498,173
The current percentage differences between the two? Eerie.
Posted by: Tofu at July 23, 2006 08:35 PM
CLERKS 2 did well too....right? Right? ;-)
Posted by: PetalumaFilms at July 23, 2006 09:30 PM
Whoa, Tofu, those numbers are creepy.
Cars and Over the Hedge are gonna end with near identical results here in Australia. Pirates is tracking pretty similarly to the US here as well, but it hasn't crossed over $30mil yet. Staying in Australia for a minute, My Super-Ex Girlfriend did really well down here, compared to the US. Normally a US opening of $8mil means it will open in Australia to $800,000, but instead it opened to $1.26mil, so they'll be happy with that, but really it's nothing significant.
The best thing about the Aussie top 10 this week. Jindabyne and Ten Canoes continuing to make lots of money and being in the Top 10. If these two films ever make it to America (Jindabybe will - it has Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne) see them. They're supurb.
THE END.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at July 24, 2006 01:01 AM
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