LONDON -- When it rains, it pours money for U.K. exhibs. July's torrential rain sent 21.8 million Brits, more than a third of the population, running to theaters for entertainment -- the highest figure for a single month in U.K. box office history. The previous record was 19 million admissions in February 2002.
"Cloverfield" scared up solid but not monstrous overseas biz to top the weekend at the international box office with $18.6 million at 3,174 playdates in 33 markets. The horror thriller topped the $16 million launch of French comedy "Asterix at the Olympic Games" in a moderate frame.
ミラクル7号 January 31-3 1週目 1 N Cheung Gong 7 hou (CJ7) Sony $2,115,955 85SCR February 7-10 2週目 1 1 Cheung Gong 7 hou (CJ7) Sony $2,220,959 (+5.0%) 69SCR トータル$5,293,911
日本 Par's "The Spiderwick Chronicles" led the rest of the pack with $4.4 million at 2,796 in 64 markets, paced by a moderate $1 million Japanese launch and a $1 million
"10,000 BC" grab $2.2 million at 1,650, mostly from its $1.6 million Japanese launch.
アイアンマン Iron Man" stayed golden at the international box office, dominating the weekend with $39 million at 7,500 playdates in its second frame Following its $98 million debut, "Iron Man" posted the second-largest weekend gross of 2008 despite a 60% decline as sunny weather in Europe held down biz. "Iron Man" -- handled in most markets by Paramount -- saw its foreign cume hit $165 million in a dozen days, lifting the worldwide total to $342 million with plenty of gas still in the tank for the rest of the month.
スピードレーサー while "Speed Racer" crashed out of the gate with a disappointing $12.8 million at 3,940.
最高の人生の見つけ方 Warner's "The Bucket List" scooped up $2.2 million, mostly via a second-place Japanese launch behind local production "Partners," to lift its foreign cume to a respectable $68.9 million -- $23 million behind its domestic take.
The success of “Iron Man” -- handled by Par in most overseas territories -- has already underlined the appetite for mega-franchise action fare in foreign markets. It’s become the year’s top Hollywood title with $206 million internationally and $428 million worldwide.
ttp://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986429.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 International audiences dig 'Indiana' Film is sixth biggest foreign launch of all time By DAVE MCNARY Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" found a massive international treasure with $143 million at 8,300 playdates in 56 markets -- the sixth biggest foreign launch of all time.
"The Happening" took $32.1 million at 5,714 playdates in 88 markets, "Incredible Hulk" turned in a far stronger per-screen performance, with $31 million at 3,165 in 38 territories, as the superhero pic won head-to-head battles while holding back launches in much of Europe.
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" also stayed solid, with its fourth frame declining 50% for a foreign cume of $357.7 million
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988530.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 'Hancock' exerts its Will overseas Underlining Will Smith's worldwide appeal, Sony's "Hancock" ruled a robust international box office with a launch weekend of $78.3 million at 5,444 playdates in 50 markets.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988879.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 'Mamma' is queen overseas Foreign box office in tune with Universal マンマミーア Universal's "Mamma Mia!" came out singing overseas ahead of its domestic launch, dominating in English-speaking markets with $24 million on just 1,368 screens in a dozen territories for a stunning $17,536 per-location average.
レッドクリフ In Asia, "Red Cliff" enjoyed a boffo start as part one of the historical epic bowed in five territories to an opening weekend north of $23 million.
ハンコック現在海外収益は1.8億ドル、ソニーは最終的に3.5-4億ドルを見こんでるとのことだが・・ Action fans, meanwhile, continued flocking to "Hancock," giving the pic an impressive $71.4 million at 8,125 playdates in 66 markets). Pic has already hit $180 million internationally in a dozen days. Holdover markets declined just 45% and Sony execs upped their forecasts for a final "Hancock" foreign gross in the range of $350 million to $400 million, maintaining Will Smith's sterling international record.
ダークナイト The box office Batfrenzy swooped into international markets as "The Dark Knight" launched brightly with $40 million at 4,500 playdates in only 20 territories.
ハンコック3週目 残すはイタリアと日本 "Hancock" launched in Spain with $8.6 million and showed solid staying power with more than $4 million in France, Germany, Russia and the U.K., where it's cumed $41 million after three weeks. International cume's hit $253.5 million, and with launches coming in Italy and Japan,
ダークナイト 週末 "The Dark Knight" dominated the international box office with $65.6 million at 7,143 playdates in 43 markets. 海外での累計 With its first European launches and impressive holdover biz pushing foreign cume to $126.3 million イギリス U.K. with $22.3 million オーストラリア In Australia, it declined only 37% to $7.2 million for the third best soph sesh ever, イタリアIn Italy, "Knight" obliterated the competition with a $5 million launch
ハンコック Sony's "Hancock" has been a key contributor with $294.6 million in less than a month, including $19.2 million at 7,563 this weekend with no new openings
パンダ "Kung Fu Panda" has become the second-leading foreign grosser this year with $305 million, including $17.8 million at 6,565 during the frame,
インディ "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" with $455.5 million.
○ダークナイト Warner Bros.・"The Dark Knight" remained remarkably healthy with just a 39% decline despite no new openers. The U.K. stayed solid with a 25% decline to $12.9 million, while the Australian cume hit $31.8 million, making the Batpic the top grosser of the year in Oz.
海外の模様 ttp://www.variety.com/article/VR1117991067.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 'Dark Knight' fights overseas battle Aug. 24, 2008, 4:45pm ダークナイト With the summer winding down, the Batpic's international cume has hit a boffo $381.2 million with a solid $9.2 million German launch
Disney's "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" graduated with honors at the weekend's foreign box office in a dominant launch with a socko $40 million at 3,090 playdates in 22 markets.
LONDON ? Bondpic “Quantum of Solace” got off to a lightning start on home turf Friday, taking $8 million (?4.94 million) on its first day at U.K. wickets. Socko day one haul, which was powered by lots of advance ticket sales, makes “Solace” the biggest Friday opening of all time in the U.K.
過去の記録については Previous Friday best was “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” which bagged $6.5 million (ユーロ4 million). “Casino Royale” did $4.7 million on its opening Friday but, unlike “Solace,” it had Thursday previews.
●007慰めの報酬 James Bond returned with a record-setting blast at the international box office as Sony/MGM's "Quantum of Solace" gunned down a socko $38.6 million at 2,123 playdates in the U.K., France and Sweden, two weeks ahead of the domestic launch. イギリス 週末3日と初日の記録更新 British biz for the pic dazzled on Bond's home turf with $25.3 million at 1,150, breaking the three-day launch record held by "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and taking in a jaw-dropping 70% of the market. The Daniel Craig vehicle also set a Friday record with $8 million, 23% higher than "Goblet." フランス The $10.6 million French launch for "Quantum of Solace" set a Bond pic record over three days, topping the five-day mark of "Casino Royale" by 16%.
カジノの海外累計が425Mなので最終的には海外累計でインディ4を抜く可能性も With "Casino Royale" having topped $425 million offshore and a high-powered worldwide promo campaign, "Quantum of Solace" may wind up topping "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," with $467 million, as the top 2008 international title
●ハイスクール〜3 週末→Disney's second frame of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" as it danced its way to a solid $25.9 million at 3,805 in 32 markets. "HSM3" kicked in its top gross in Italy with a $4.9 million opening -- Disney's fifth highest in that market -- while the U.K. followed with $4.3 million, off 56%, and France with $3.5 million, down a mere 7%. トータル→ The tuner's already taken in $85 million outside the U.S.
●マダガスカル2 The frame also saw Paramount's "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" turn golden in its first launches with a stunning $17.8 million at 635 in Russia and Ukraine -- the top openings ever for both markets and an early indication that the sequel could outperform the original's $340 million overseas cume.
007は "Quantum's" international cume stands at $357.8 million. Market grosses include $77.4 million in the U.K., $30.8 million in France and $37.1 million in Germany.
●地球が静止する日 Backed by 7,700 screens in 90 territories, 20th Century Fox's "The Day the Earth Stood Still" took command of the overseas market during the weekend with a $39 million gross as the major studios vied for positioning for the upcoming holiday season.
●007 James Bond also remained a force at the international boxoffice, with Sony's "Quantum of Solace" raising its overseas cume to $367 million after a weekend take of $5.2 million from 4,200 screens in 70 markets.
“Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” stampeded to the top spot of the pre-Christmas weekend international box office with $33.5 million at 5,959 playdates in 56 territories.
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” finished a respectable second with $21 million a t 7,850 in 92 markets, led by a solid $4.9 million launch in Japan. And with a $3.9 million Brit debut, “Twilight” continued to bite into sizable foreign coin with $11 million at 3,140 in 27 territories.
"Madagascar 2" has now hit $278 million overseas, tying it for eighth biggest foreign grosser of the year with "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian." It opens in China on New Year's Day.
Fox's "The Day The Earth Stood Still" continued to connect overseas with $20.3 million at 6,500 in 62 markets, led by its $5.7 million opening in South Korea, and has crossed the $100 million mark in overseas grosses.
2008年の海外収益について 推定99億ドルで前年95億ドルを上回る ttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i7a4b4ca5771c6f2d753f28b4d7371350 Overseas b.o. breaks record with $9.9 bil The six majors pass $1 bil each for second consecutive year Jan 1, 2009, 08:16 PM ET Things may be tough economically around the globe, but the major Hollywood film distributors still managed to gross record high overseas boxoffice in 2008, garnering an estimated $9.9 billion, up 4% from 2007's $9.5 billion international total.
Amid the worldwide economic recession, international moviegoers played a starring role in keeping Hollywood out of the doldrums in 2008. Thanks to solid traction by tentpoles in overseas markets, the six major studios saw year-end grosses rise 4% to $9.9 billion -- a particularly impressive achievement given the strengthened dollar, which means fewer greenbacks when converted from foreign currencies.
Early estimates placed Paramount at $2 billion, followed by Warner Bros. at $1.8 billion, Universal at $1.71 billion, Fox at $1.67 billion with Disney and Sony tied at $1.37 billion.
新世紀影院や華星影院など各映画館によると、当日のチケットの売上は上映中の映画「非誠勿擾 (if you are the one)」などの作品を大きく上回ったという。中影公司は、「昨日午後7時の時点で 全国でチケットの売上は1200万枚を記録した」と紹介。「この映画は最終的に4億枚はいく。パート1を 見た人は必ずパート2も見るだろうし、パート1を見ていない人でもパート2は見るだろう。劇場での 上映数は過去最多だし、宣伝にも国内で一番力を入れている。最初の週末を迎えればこの映画の 威力がわかるだろう」と劇場側も自信たっぷりの様子。
動員数第1位は、スタジオ・カナル製作の“Babylon A.D.”(マチュー・カソヴィッツ監督)で、世界40 カ国で1010万人を動員。Patheが製作した“Asterix at the Olympic Games”(31カ国910万人)と、 “Welcome to the Sticks”(12カ国410万人)がそれぞれ2位と5位、ヨーロッパ・コープ製作の“Taken” (23カ国880万人)と“Transporter 3”(7カ国730万人)が3位と4位にランク・インしている。 また、『ペルセポリス』(130万人)、『キャラメル』(120万人)、“I've Loved You So Long”(100万人)と、 アート系映画も健闘している。 国別で見ると、フランス映画にとってアメリカが最大のマーケットで、1780万人を動員。2位ロシア (720万人)、3位ドイツ(560万人)、4位イギリス(400万人)という結果になった。
"Valkyrie," starring Tom Cruise as a rebellious Nazi officer, has emerged as the No. 1 title on the international circuit for a second consecutive weekend, grossing an estimated $18.6 million from 3,900 screens in 26 markets for an overseas cumulative total of $38.9 million.
Finishing in the No. 2 spot was Warners' "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which grossed an estimated $11.5 million from 2,271 screens in 24 markets, pushing its foreign gross total to $37.7 million. The Brad Pitt vehicle opened at No. 1 in Germany ($4.6 million from 635 sites), Austria and Switzerland, according to Warners, and is vying for the top spot in Holland. Openings in five key markets, including the U.K. and Japan, are due this week
週末速報 ttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ib2336cb7507211a2615d268c6c48d546 'Benjamin Button' tops international b.o. Awards contender brings in $31 mil from 47 markets With 13 Oscar nominations and 11 BAFTA bids, Warners' "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" looks to step out as the No. 1 film on the international circuit over the weekend, garnering an estimated $31 million from 5,126 screens in 47 markets.
The David Fincher title starring Brad Pitt (up for a lead actor award at Sunday night's British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards in London) opened at No. 1 in Spain ($5 million in three days from 459 sites), No. 1 in Paris, with a France total of $5.1 million over five days from 566 screens, and No. 2 in Japan ($3.6 million in two days from 426 screens).