The superhero film drew the lowest No. 1 weekend gross overseas since Oct., bumping 'Tangled' to No. 2 while 'Fockers,' 'Tron' and 'Tourist' hold strong and round out the top five.
A lackluster weekend on the foreign language theatrical circuit saw Sony's high- budget The Green Hornet narrowly taking the No. 1 box office slot with an estimated $16.1 million grossed from 2,981 offshore screens in 35 markets.
The 3D special effects-laden feature, based loosely on the popular radio series about a masked vigilante and his sidekick Kato, drew the lowest No. 1 weekend gross overseas since Oct. 3 when Sony's Resident Evil: Afterlife claimed the top spot with $15.6 million.
Hornet -- reportedly produced on a budget exceeding $125 million -- took the No. 1 box office spots in at least seven markets. Germany was the biggest with $4.5 million drawn from 609 spots. In the U.K. the Seth Rogan vehicle (he co-produced, co-scripted and is the star) finished No. 2 with $3.15 million grossed from 489 venues while in France, the tally was $2.35 million from 522 situations.
Hornet also opened No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada .
Disney Animation's Tangled , last round's No. 1 box office winner, finished a close second this weekend with $15.6 million generated from 4,723 screens in 33 territories for a foreign box office total of $212.5 million so far. The 3D animation retelling of the classic Rapunzel tale remains gangbusters in Latin America, and now ranks as Disney's 19th animation title to surpass $200 million in over overseas box office.
Universal introduced director Ron Howard 's comedy The Dilemma , costarring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James , in four offshore markets (Australia, New Zealand, Romania and Japan) for an estimated $1.8 million drawn from 303 situations – for a $5,941 per-screen average.
The take from Australia's bow ($1.4 million from 190 locations) was suppressed by flooding in Queensland and Victoria. Dilemma, which opened No. 2 domestically, debuts in six markets this week including the U.K.
Paramount's Little Fockers finished No. 3 on the weekend with $15.2 million elicited from 5,152 locations in 53 markets, pushing the overseas cume for the third title in the Meet The Parents comedy franchise to $134.5 million. A No. 2 Italy opening generated $3.3 million from 340 situations.
No. 4 on the weekend was Disney's Tron: Legac y, which premiered in China at an unspecified number of situations for $8.1 million, as per Disney. Overall weekend take for the 3D sequel to 1982's Tron was $14.6 million from 5,573 venues in 45 territories. With about 45% of the foreign circuit yet to play, Legacy has accumulated $167.2 million so far with a global take coming in at $324.1 million.
Finishing fifth was The Tourist , which Sony and other distributors have in release at 4,210 screens in 68 markets. Weekend take is $13.9 million pushing the overseas gross total for the romantic thriller costarring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie to $122 million. A No. 1 Mexico bow threw off $1.5 million from 351 locations.
The 20th Century Fox film Gulliver's Travels is on the verge of breaking the $100-million-gross barrier overseas (cume stands at $99.7 million) thanks to am $11 million weekend from 4,643 screens in 43 markets. The Jack Black 3D vehicle opened in Brazil to $2.3 million drawn from 452 spots.
Openings in eight markets – led by a No. 2 Germany bow; $2 million generated from 350 situations – pushed the weekend tally of Love and Other Drugs to $9.2 million overall from a total of 2,351 screens in 27 markets. Cume for the romantic comedy comes in at $34.6 million.
Fox's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader claimed $9 million on the weekend from 5,862 screens in 66 markets, pushing its overseas gross total to $258.9 million.
No. 1 in the U.K. remains The Weinstein Co's coproduction The King's Speech , which enunciated its way via Momentum to an estimated $7 million from some 430 locations. Paramount is handling the film in Australia where the weekend take was $1.8 million from 105 sites for a market cume of $12 million.
Holding Italy's No. 1 slot for the second consecutive weekend was Medusa Film's Ma che bella giornata ( But What A Beautiful Day ), a comedy starring Checco Zalone , which amassed an estimated $8 million from at least 482 locations for a market cume so far of about $33.5 million.
DreamWorks Animation's Megamind , released by Paramount, pushed its foreign gross total to $158 million due to a $7 million weekend from 4,262 venues in 60 territories. The 3D animation opened No. 1in South Korea via C.J. Entertainment, garnering $3 million from 592 situations.
Warner Bros.' animation title Yogi Bear opened No. 1 in Australia and New Zealand, and collected $5.7 million on the weekend from a dozen overseas markets, pushing its cume to $13.3 million. Same distributor's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I drew $5.3 million from some 4,100 screens in 53 territories. The seventh Harry Potter title, with an estimated cume of $648 million, is poised to become the second highest foreign grosser of the most profitable franchise in movie history. (Offshore cume for the first Harry Potter is still tops with $657 million).
An Australia bow ($1.97 million from 203 locations) helped Sony's Burlesque generate a weekend total of $4.9 million from 1,245 screens in 28 markets pushing the offshore gross total of the musical drama costarring Cher and Christina Aguilera to $24.6 million.
Fox's Unstoppable, the runaway train vehicle starring Denzel Washington , came up with $4.3 million from 1,655 screens in 13 territories for an overseas cume of $76.3 million. Director Clint Eastwood 's Hereafter grossed $4.1 million from 1,100 screens in 20 markets. The Warner's release has rolled up an early foreign cume of $13.8 million.
Paramount's Morning Glory , a romantic comedy costarring Rachel McAdams , Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton , opened in eight territories, and drew $4 million on the weekend overall from 1,383 sites in 11 markets. Cume so far stands at $7.2 million.
Opening in Denmark was Sony's release of director James L. Brooks ' How Do You Know , the romantic comedy costarring Reese Witherspoon , Owen Wilson , Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson . Weekend take was $200,000 from 84 situations for a per-screen average of $2,381.
Fox opened in the U.K. Conviction , starring Hillary Swank as single working mother who puts herself through law school in order to defend her brother convicted of murder. No. 12 bow generated an estimated $350,000 from 254 locales.
Seizing the top spot in Japan and pushing its foreign gross total to $108.1 million was Sony's The Social Network , which collected $2 million from 344 Japan locations. Weekend overall drew $2.3 million from 715 screens in 30 markets.
Grabbing the No. 1 spot in France was Relativity Media/Atlas Ent.'s Season of the Witch , costarring Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman , which was released in the market by Metropolitan Filmexport. Debut round at some 250 spots landed an estimated $2.5 million.
Top grossing local language title in France was Le Fils a Jo , a rugby-themed comedy directed and scripted by former rugby star Philippe Guillard . The Gaumont release opened No. 3 in the market with an estimated $1.9 million from 400 situations.
Ranking No. 4 in France was Mar's Distribution's La chance de ma vie ( The Chance of My Life ), a comedy about a romantically befuddled marriage counselor. Second round at 350 sites drew an estimated $1.4 million for a market cume of $4.4 million. No. 5 was Disney's pickup of Japanese animation/fantasy title from Studio Ghibli Kari-gurashi no Arietti ( The Borrowers ), which drew an estimated $1.1 million from some 177 locations.
Other international cumes: Universal's Devil , $25 million (thanks to a $1.2 million weekend at 280 sites in 12 markets); Lionsgate's Saw 3D , estimated $85 million; Universal's Last Night , $625,000 from 199 locations in Russia only; and Lionsgate's The Next Three Days , estimated $22 million.
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