June 27-29, 2003
Around the World
Round Up
by
Kenan Bresnan
Early Edition-
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle defied its
domestic preem with fantastic openings in 11
international markets. All told Full Throttle
bagged approximately $13.2m from 1,267 screens.
The sequel was No. 1 in nine territories, but had to
settle for No. 2 behind local rookies in South Korea and
Hong Kong.
The film grabbed an estimated $6.2m on 467 screens,
nudging The Matrix Reloaded right out of the top
spot, which it had held for three straight weeks.
The debut, which included $1.2m in previews, doubled the
original picture's opening. The femme fighters
drummed up roughly $2.3m on 172 in South Korea (57%
bigger than the first Angles and behind local
title Crazy First Love), $800,000 on 50 in the
Philippines (60% ahead), $750,000 on 49 in Singapore
(50% better), $740,000 on 153 in Thailand (40% higher),
and $500,000 on 44 in Malaysia (38% ahead), and $257,026
in Hong Kong (20% below the original and behind local
vampire action comedy The Twins Effect).
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle did excellent
in European markets as well picking up an estimated
$670,000 on 101 in Switzerland, $500,000 on 88 in
Norway, and $370,000 on 70 in Denmark (25% bigger than
the original).
Columbia TriStar Int'l will release the sequel next
weekend in 33 markets, including the U.K., Italy,
Australia, and Taiwan.
Bruce Almighty, however, was the frame's
top-grosser, grossing an estimated $23.9m from 2,414
screens in 17 markets, elevating its total to $71.5m.
The Jim Carrey laffer's best territory was, by far,
in the U.K., where it grossed about $11.8m, including
$3.6m from previews. That would make it the 12th
highest opening movie of all time. In Spain in
grossed $3.6m and $1.1m in the Netherlands (a BVI record
in ticket sales).
Bruce Almighty has a divine $14.6m through its
third orbit in Germany (still No. 1), $7.1m after its
fourth in Brazil, and $6.4m in 11 days in Australia
(falling a moderate 38%).
The Hulk was No. 3 in the international
market, grossing $11.3m on 1,652 screens in 14
territories (excluding some Latin American territories)
pushing its total to $15,667,692 with 32 territories
still to open in. The Hulk expanded into 12 more
territories last weekend and was No. 1 in all of them.
The film opened to an excellent $1.2m on 83 playdates in
Taiwan. In Australia The Hulk grossed a
very good $2.2m on 221 playdates. In New Zealand
the film grossed $325,000 on 52 screens.
Mexico's
$4.6m ($850,000 on 340 of previews) debut on 516 playdates passed
The Lost World: Jurassic Park's debut of $3.3m to become Universal's biggest opening
ever in Mexico. With 2 Fast 2 Furious
Universal controls a massive 63% of the marketplace
there. For comparison The Matrix Reloaded
opened with $4m (no previews), X2 opened with
$3.3m (no previews), and The Lord of the Rings: The
Two Towers opened with $3.1m (no previews).
The Hulk had an estimated $1.2m debut over the
weekend in Brazil at 286 playdates, which is Universal's
8th biggest opening in the market. In South Africa the
film had a tremendous opening day of $110,000 on 84
screens on Friday, which was Universal's 8th biggest
ever in that market. In Panama and Central
America, The Hulk opened very strongly across the
region on Friday. Panama grossed $21,000 and
recorded the second biggest opening day of the year
behind The Matrix Reloaded. Costa Rica
record the third biggest opening day of the year and
Nicaragua was a UIP opening day record with $10,000.
The Hulk will open in 9 more
countries next weekend including France, Germany, Spain,
and South Korea.
2 Fast 2 Furious took very large dips in many
territories, but still was No. 4 in the international
marketplace with an $11.1m weekend at 3,147 playdates in
22 territories pushing its total to $54,118,138.
It's best drop, 45%, was in Italy where it grossed
$614,000 on 160 screens, pushing its 10-day tally there
to $2.4m. Elsewhere the drop was much bigger.
The film fell 55% in the U.K., collaring $8.2m in 10
days. 2 Fast 2 Furious plunged 71% in
Germany taking $7.1m in 11 days and was down 47% in
Spain where it has $3.9m in 10 days.
2 Fast 2 Furious has 20 more territories to
open in including Japan on August 23.
The Matrix Reloaded, unseated by Charlie's
Angels: Full Throttle in Japan, still managed an
impressive $5.1m weekend in its fourth weekend (down
just 21%), hoisting
its territory total to a socko $63.1m. Warner
Brothers stated that without Charlie's Angel's
previews Reloaded would have remained No.1. Over
the weekend The Matrix Reloaded grossed $9.94m
from 4,980 screens in 60 countries. It now
has $397.2m to date.
Next weekend The Hulk debuts in 9 more
countries including France, Germany, Spain, and South
Korea. Finding Nemo expands in Latin
American, including Brazil and Mexico, along with
Israel. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
hits 33 markets, including the U.K., Italy, Australia,
and Taiwan. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
debuts day-and-date in Russia, Puerto Rico, and
Colombia. Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas
debuts day-and-day in Australia, New Zealand, and
Argentina. The Hulk receives a whopping 805
screens in France and debuts next to Nos enfants
cheris (198) and Livraison
à domicile
(122). Full
Throttle handles 450 screens in the U.K. along with
Dark Blue (210).
These
are my predicted foreign totals for the
selected films. (Red
is the predicted
total while
blue
is the current
gross).
The Hulk:
Impressive debuts still leave the question: can it
perform as well in Europe? Methinks yes. I
predict this film will go the way of Planet of the
Apes (which took in $179.3m) and finish with around
$185m.
$15,667,692
2 Fast 2 Furious:
This film is poised to outdo the original's $ total and
should be a surefire hit abroad based on its original
markets. Look for $92m.
$54,118,138
The Matrix Reloaded:
Outstanding numbers across the board. It has $300
already and just entered Japan. With late bloomers
possibly in India (June 13) and China (TBD) this movie
has a good chance at $429m.
$397.2m
Finding Nemo:
Watch out The Matrix Reloaded! The U.S.
success of not only box office, but word-of-mouth should
be translated into gold overseas. Family films
always to well and the lack of the genre lately should
equal outstanding success for this little fish.
Japan especially should bring in the numbers. Look
for a total of $357 or
more! $15m
Bruce Almighty:
Looking at is early Asian debuts and stunning success in
Italy, Jim Carrey's latest comedy looks to not only have
domestic success, but also wow the international
markets. The film's comedic appeal seems to be
resonating overseas and the result should be
spectacular. Due to Italian success, Germany
should been one of Bruce Almighty's standout
markets along with the usual U.K. and Australia.
The film has the chance to break out in Japan, but that
will have to wait until after August. A total of
$200m could be accumulated.
$71.5m
Johnny English: Look
for a final total of $136.8m
when all is said and down. Its best performances
will be in Asia, Australia, Germany, and the United
Kingdom.
$113,411,436
X-Men 2:
When the original came out, it wasn't that big of a
success. It grossed $137.6m in international
sales, which is worthy of a sequel, but doesn't seem to
equate to $200m+ business, which would be a
mega-blockbuster. However, Fox has pushed this
film outstandingly hard and with the lack of really
impressive business in the last month X-Men 2
looks to secure outstanding business. Until The
Matrix Reloaded debuts X-Men 2 should control
almost every single territory for two weeks in a row.
Now that equates to big business. Look for an
opening weekend gross (internationally) of $57m and a
week total of around $85m. In two weeks it should
be pressing $200m with $175m and will likely cross $200m
the week The Matrix Reloaded debuts. Look
for a final total of $195m
when all is said and down. Its best performances
will be in Asia, Australia, Germany, and the United
Kingdom.
$187m
Catch Me If
You Can:
$174,689,863
Gangs of
New York:
$114,785,061
The Lord of
the Rings: The Two Towers:
$577,382,917
Harry
Potter & the Chamber of Secrets:
$604,608,624
My Big Fat
Greek Wedding: Still has Japan to go on July
19, 2003.
$115,482,163
*Numbers
are changed whenever a market produces
unexpected numbers.
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