Teen sci-fi thriller "I Am Number Four" comes in second as Oscar nominees "True Grit" and "The King's Speech" take the third and fourth spots, respectively.
With its five nominations -- including best actress and best director bids for Natalie Portman and Darren Aronofsky , respectively -- Swan has collected a total of $122.6 million in overseas box office since making its offshore debut on Dec. 9. It opened No. 1 in Hong Kong and Spain, No. 2 in South Korea and claimed France as its biggest weekend market (No. 3 with $2.59 million in its third round at 363 locations for a market cume of $13.4 million).
Paramount'sopened in 19 markets including France (No. 2 with $3.5 million from 397 sites), Germany ($2.2 from 267 spots), Hong Kong and South Korea. Overall weekend at 3,540 situations in a total of 56 markets registered $13.5 million, qualifying for a No. 3 weekend ranking. With its 10 nominations, Grit has collected a total of $47.1 million since opening overseas in Australia on Jan. 26.
Propelled by its dozen nominations -- including a best picture bid plus a best actor nomination for Colin Firth --has collected via various distributors an estimated $142 million overseas since it opened in the U.K. on Jan. 7. (Final figures are not due until Monday.) Latest round at some 40 markets, including openings in India and Japan, should generate an estimated $12 million, enough for a No. 4 weekend ranking.
Sony's, bolstered by eight Oscar nominations, including for best picture and best director ( David Fincher ), is ending its offshore run that began on Oct. 7 with foreign box office of $126 million. With its seven nominations, including best director ( David O. Russell ) and supporting actor ( Christian Bale ), boxing dramais still slugging it out overseas with an estimated $18 million collected via various local distributors since Paramount introduced the title in the U.K. on Feb. 4.
An Oscar citation would surely benefit director Danny Boyle 's 127 Hours , which opened in eight markets, and generated $3.5 million overall on the weekend from 1,887 situations in 40 territories. The Fox release with its six nominations -- including for best picture and best actor ( James Franco ) -- hoisted its foreign gross cume to $18.3 since premiering overseas on Nov. 3.
With a single nod (best supporting actor for Jeremy Renner ), bank heist drama The Town from Warner Bros. managed a $64.6 million foreign gross since last September. With a best actor nomination ( Javier Bardem ) Focus Features' Biutiful has grossed $14.4 million since opening in France on Oct. 20 (the film played the Cannes Festival the previous May.)
Focus Features and other distributors' The Kids Are All Right has claimed best actress ( Annette Bening ) and best supporting actor ( Mark Ruffalo ) nominations and a total foreign gross of $11.2 million since opening last August in Israel. Winter's Bone , which provided a best supporting actor nomination to John Hawkes , has barely registered overseas via a network of local distributors, grossing an estimated $1.5 million offshore so far.
Dwarfing the foreign grossing power of all other Oscar-related films are the two genuine blockbusters with multiple nominations this year. One is Pixar Disney's animation entry, Toy Story 3 (only the third animation title in Oscar history to grab a best picture nomination), which grossed more than $1 billion worldwide with $649.4 million of the total coming from overseas since opening June 16.
The second is Warner's, which grossed $825.5 million worldwide of which $533 million emanated from foreign screens beginning July 16 of last year and running through the following November. Inception cornered eight nominations, including a best picture nod.
On the weekend overall on the foreign circuit, Disney's release of DreamWorks'drew $16.3 million from 2,125 situations, including China ($1.9 million from 450 locations) and No. 1 action in a dozen territories including Russia, Australia and Korea. Early overseas cume for the sci-fi-thriller comes to $19.3 million from 21 markets. Number Four ranks as the weekend's No. 2 title.
Ranking fifth on the weekend was Just Go With It , Sony's romantic comedy costarring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston , which grabbed 9.4 million from 2,112 screens in 19 markets, pushing its overseas cume to $25.1 million. A No. 2 Germany bow yielded $3 million from 511 sites.
Paramount's No Strings Attached drew $9 million from 2,625 spots in 41 markets, hoisting the romantic comedy's overseas cume to $34 million. Disney Animation's Tangled has generated a total of $343 million offshore thanks to a $7.9 million weekend from 4,225 venues in 52 territories. Worldwide take for the 3D reworking of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale comes to $538 million.
Racking up $7.8 million at 3,600 screens in 38 territories was Warner Bros. ' Yogi Bear , pushing the animation title's foreign cume to $90.75 million. Disney and other distributor's animation-musical outing(No. 1 in its third U.K. round) pushed its foreign cume, via various distributors, to $17.6 million after an estimated $7.8 million weekend.
Turbocharged in Japan and taking the No. 1 spot was Fox's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , which opened to $6.4 million from about 1,000 venues (83% of the gross came from 3D sites). Foreign cume overall stands at $284.1 million.
Universal's British comedy Paul generated $3.6 million from 440 sites in the U.K., enough for a No. 2 market ranking. U.K. cume is $16.7 million. Paramount's Justin Bieber: Never Say Never drew $2.8 million from 841 locations in five markets including solid Brazil and Argentina openings. Early cume for the concert film is $5.3 million.
Other international cumes: Warner's Hereafter , $68.3 million; Pathe's Nothing to Declare , $55.3 million in France only and still No. 1 in the market; Fox's Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son , $13 million over 10 days of foreign release (after a $6 million weekend 1,717 screens in 22 markets); Fox's Gulliver's Travels , $165 million (after a $5.8 million weekend from 2,422 venues in 25 territories); Sony's The Green Hornet , $127.9 million; Fox's Love & Other Drugs , $64.4 million; Sony's The Tourist, $183.8 million; Fox's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps , $85.5 million; Sony's Tricksters , $9.9 million in two rounds in Russia only; Paramount's Morning Glory , $18.8 million; and Warners' Unknown , $12.6 million in territories handled by Warners only.
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