Jason Bourne kicked the Simpsons out of the top spot as The Bourne Ultimatum took $15.2m in its third weekend - pushing it past the $50m mark. The third instalment of the franchise expanded into a further five territories, taking $2.5m in its first weekend in Russia and opening to $1.1m in Brazil. The Simpsons Movie dropped 48% to number three, taking $11.5m at the weekend, while Disney's Ratatouille took $11.8m, putting it at number two. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix crossed the $600m mark in its seventh weekend, while comedy writer/director Judd Apatow continues to build his empire: Knocked Up increased 632% at the weekend after a $3.1m opening in the UK. Bollywood comedy Heyy Babyy made the top 10 in its first weekend with $4.2m, while The Last Legion, Taxi 4, Sicko and In The Land Of Women all re-entered the chart.
| ANALYSIS: INTERNATIONAL BOX-OFFICE WEEKEND AUGUST 24-26 | ||||||||||||
| (Last | 3-day | |||||||||||
| week) | Film (origin) | gross $ | Scrs | Cume $ | Terr | |||||||
| 1 | (2) | The Bourne Ultimatum (US) | $15,165,195 | 2,059 | $52,554,830 | 24 | ||||||
| 2 | (3) | Ratatouille (US) | $11,826,000 | 2,820 | $172,349,000 | 29 | ||||||
| 3 | (1) | The Simpsons Movie (US) | $11,537,711 | 6,158 | $289,723,603 | 41 | ||||||
| 4 | (4) | Harry Potter And The... Phoenix (US-UK) | $9,882,639 | 5,254 | $608,984,480 | 62 | ||||||
| 5 | (5) | Rush Hour 3 (US) | $8,053,751 | 2,054 | $40,217,638 | 19 | ||||||
| 6 | (31) | Knocked Up (US) | $6,886,681 | 1,628 | $25,536,260 | 19 | ||||||
| 7 | (6) | Transformers (US) | $5,665,289 | 3,903 | $367,102,839 | 50 | ||||||
| 8 | (9) | Evan Almighty (US) | $5,305,850 | 2,760 | $40,700,375 | 34 | ||||||
| 9 | New | Heyy Babyy (Ind) | $4,238,761 | 763 | $4,238,761 | 1 | ||||||
| 10 | (13) | May 18 (S Kor) | $3,912,664 | 317 | $45,268,771 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | (12) | D-War (S Kor) | $3,817,283 | 369 | $54,579,063 | 1 | ||||||
| 12 | (8) | Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (US) | $3,356,217 | 1,964 | $141,674,952 | 13 | ||||||
| 13 | (7) | Surf's Up (US) | $3,283,016 | 1,973 | $32,162,941 | 34 | ||||||
| 14 | (38) | Disturbia (US) | $2,835,969 | 752 | $15,138,971 | 17 | ||||||
| 15 | (11) | Die Hard 4.0 (US) | $2,673,012 | 1,629 | $220,219,611 | 17 | ||||||
| 16 | (14) | Underground Rendezvous (S Kor) | $2,551,079 | 257 | $8,165,482 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | (21) | Hairspray (US) | $2,381,809 | 1,021 | $28,400,918 | 18 | ||||||
| 18 | (20) | Changing Partners (S Kor) | $2,315,375 | 258 | $6,348,194 | 1 | ||||||
| 19 | (15) | License To Wed (US) | $2,232,512 | 1,342 | $14,196,646 | 16 | ||||||
| 20 | (30) | No Reservations (US) | $2,176,537 | 756 | $7,590,902 | 16 | ||||||
| 21 | (10) | Stardust (UK-US) | $2,124,616 | 516 | $12,579,204 | 4 | ||||||
| 22 | New | Gloss (Rus) | $2,090,240 | 498 | $2,090,240 | 1 | ||||||
| 23 | (17) | Ocean's Thirteeen (US) | $2,002,022 | 694 | $184,612,631 | 28 | ||||||
| 24 | New | 3 Amis (Fr) | $1,943,601 | 460 | $1,943,601 | 2 | ||||||
| 25 | New | Life: Tears In Heaven (Jap) | $1,672,793 | 289 | $1,672,793 | 1 | ||||||
| 26 | New | Swindler In My Mom's House (S Kor) | $1,668,042 | 284 | $2,260,734 | 1 | ||||||
| 27 | * | The Last Legion (US-UK-Fr-Slov-It) | $1,661,081 | 298 | $6,161,340 | 1 | ||||||
| 28 | (19) | Chak De India (Ind) | $1,596,993 | 473 | $13,845,785 | 15 | ||||||
| 29 | * | Taxi 4 (Fr) | $1,463,801 | 286 | $58,584,301 | 4 | ||||||
| 30 | (18) | Bratz (US) | $1,448,095 | 678 | $6,245,046 | 5 | ||||||
| 31 | (16) | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (US) | $1,424,691 | 353 | $7,355,755 | 6 | ||||||
| 32 | (28) | Next (US) | $1,061,585 | 591 | $37,236,586 | 7 | ||||||
| 33 | * | Sicko (US) | $891,252 | 424 | $1,534,818 | 8 | ||||||
| 34 | (25) | Blood Brothers (Chi) | $845,290 | 339 | $3,887,998 | 3 | ||||||
| 35 | (27) | Pokemon 2007 (Jap) | $828,642 | 321 | $39,739,776 | 1 | ||||||
| 36 | (26) | Monkey Magic (Jap) | $824,467 | 461 | $33,824,181 | 1 | ||||||
| 37 | (23) | Shrek The Third (US) | $817,491 | 1,437 | $417,624,891 | 19 | ||||||
| 38 | New | Someone Behind You (S Kor) | $783,802 | 193 | $1,150,497 | 1 | ||||||
| 39 | New | El Club De Los Suicidas (Sp) | $727,193 | 321 | $727,193 | 1 | ||||||
| 40 | * | In The Land Of Women (US) | $716,060 | 188 | $308,744 | 1 | ||||||
| *Re-entry (c) Screen International, compiled by Leonard Klady | ||||||||||||
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