UPDATED: Disney's animated film had an exceptionally strong No. 1 debut in the United Kingdom.
With the month's international box office finishing significantly down from the total registered in January 2010 -- when Avatar exploded on the foreign theatrical circuit -- Disney Animation'ssnatched the No. 1 spot away from The Green Hornet , grossing just $17.2 million from 4,404 locations in 43 markets.
A stronger than anticipated U.K. opening for the 3D animation reworking of the classic Rapunzel tale pushed its take $2 million past the gross registered by Sony's The Green Hornet , the film which had been declared Sunday the weekend's reigning box-office champ.
As a result, Tangled takes over the No. 1 box-office perch for the second time this year. The Disney Animation title finished first on the weekend of Jan.9, again at the expense of Hornet , declared the winner initially but dropped to No. 2 when all overseas gross numbers were counted.
What did it for Tangled this time was the film's exceptionally strong No. 1 debut in the U.K., which yielded $8.2 million from 445 venues. Overseas gross total for the 3D animation reworking of the classic Rapunzel tale stands at $256.4 million with about 20% of the international market yet to play.
Hornet finished the weekend with $15.2 million drawn from 5,160 venues in 64 markets. Foreign gross total for the Seth Rogan vehicle, a 3D reworking on a popular radio series about a masked vigilante and sidekick Kato, stands at $59.8 million, boosting the worldwide total to $138.8 million.
Blessed with 10 Oscar nominations, made its overseas debut in Australia, drawing $2.4 million from 201 situations. The figure exceeds the comparable market opening of same directors Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men in 2007 by 200%, said distributor Paramount. A Mexico debut for Grit is set for this week.
With its 12 Oscar bids, sailed to $11.2 million from 1,180 screens in 17 territories, enough for a No. 4 weekend ranking. The film's foreign gross total to date stands at $67 million.
The historical drama grabbed the No. 2 position in the U.K. with $5.8 million garnered from 536 locations in its fourth round for a market cume of $38.6 million. In Australia and New Zealand, via Paramount, The Weinstein Co. co-production starring Colin Firth secured $2.2 million from 251 screens. A No. 5 Italy opening provided $1.3 million from 165 sites.
Foreign box office so far for other Oscar-related title is a mixed bag. Sony and other distributors' The Social Network has accumulated $117.7 million so far offshore, while director Danny Boyle's 127 Hours has rolled up about $11.2 million in limited runs via 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., with $10.6 million of the total coming from four rounds of U.K. playoff. Pixar/Disney's Toy Story 3 grossed $649.4 million overseas.
Paramount's The Fighter will open overseas this Friday in the U.K. Focus Features' Biutiful made its U.K. debut over the weekend, grabbing the No. 15 market spot with $247,390 derived from 47 locations. The vehicle for best actor nominee Javier Bardem has grossed $11.8 million so far from foreign playoff. Focus Features' The Kids Are All Right, which provided Annette Bening a best actress nomination, has grossed just $4.3 million in foreign playoff.
No. 1 in Russia was , director Simon West's remake produced by Millennium Films/Nu Image Entertainment of the 1972 Charles Bronson action vehicle. Universal, which handled the Russian release with Jason Staham as a ruthless hit man, reports the opening market gross was $4.26 million drawn from 469 locations. Opening No. 4 in the U.K. via Lionsgate, The Mechanic drew $1.48 million from 301 sites.
Third was Fox's Black Swan, which pushed its early foreign box-office total to $29.3 million thanks to an $11.6 million weekend at 1,293 screens in 16 territories. The Natalie Portman vehicle from director Darren Aronofsky drew third place in its second U.K. round with $4.1 million garnered from 429 screens.
Taking the top spots in Germany and Austria ($7.2 million from a total of 554 sites) – as well as the No. 5 slot on the weekend overall -- was Disney's Tron: Legacy, which grossed $11.1 million from 5,172 situations in 48 markets. With about 7% of the international market yet to play, the 3D sequel to 1982's Tron has accumulated $195.1 million so far on the foreign theatrical circuit.
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