Sunday, August 26, 2012

Foreign B.O. at August's End

The non-stop steeple chase merrily continues:

... The weekend’s No. 3 title, Brave, took the No. 1 spot in the U.K. in its fourth market round, drawing an estimated $4.3 million ... [The feature] took $14.6 million in its 10th round of foreign release in 48 territories, lifting it offshore cume to $212.3 million. ...

A No. 1 Italy opening ($7.7 million over five days) propelled DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted to an $11.7 million weekend at 2,933 playdates in 39 markets. It ranks No. 5 on the weekend. Foreign cume stands at $369 million. ...

Universal’s Ted pushed its international gross total to $155 million ...

Focus Features/Universal’s ParaNorman, Laika Ent.’s 3D stop motion animation followup to Caroline, drew $3.9 million on the weekend at 2,230 situations in 17 territories for a foreign cume of $12.5 million. ...

It's useful to keep in mind that many of these mainline, computer-generated features are scoring half a billion at the global box office.

And up.

Modern animation of the CG variety pulls more dollars from foreign venues than it does from the United states. It wasn't this way decades back, but even in 1977, The Rescuers made more money in Germany that Star Wars. Executives who read cash flow charts have scoped out the future: animation is a high-grossing part of the movie landscape, ripe for further expansion. So we can expect more animated product, in all seasons of the year.

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