The Simpsons Movie raked in the international doh! this weekend as Fox's much-awaited film opened with $82.5m over the three-day period. The Springfield gang amassed a total of $96.8m across 71 territories on 5,527 screens for a whopping $14,925 average. The fifth Harry Potter instalment slipped by 51% to second place, taking $48.9m at the weekend, carrying it over the $450m mark in just three weeks. Transformers was up 32% after an impressive $17.7m opening in the UK, taking a total of $44.5m at the weekend. Korean drama May 18 entered the chart in sixth place, taking $7.3m in three-days for a total of $9.6m in its home territory. And Ratatouille increased 160% after expanding in six territories, generating more than $10m for a cumulative $50.9m to date. Evan Almighty, Amazing Grace and Mr Bean's Holiday all re-entered the international chart.
| Analysis: International box-office Weekend July 27-29 | ||||||
| (Last | 3-day | |||||
| week) | Film (origin) | gross $ | Scrs | Cume $ | Terr | |
| 1 | New | The Simpsons Movie (US) | $82,488,432 | 5,527 | $96,854,197 | 71 |
| 2 | (1) | Harry Potter And The ... Phoenix (US-UK) | $48,923,875 | 10,318 | $450,265,768 | 58 |
| 3 | (2) | Transformers (US) | $44,539,767 | 5,331 | $249,468,071 | 47 |
| 4 | (3) | Die Hard 4.0 (US) | $10,136,079 | 4,220 | $177,018,553 | 34 |
| 5 | (6) | Ratatouille (US) | $10,022,000 | 2,467 | $50,890,000 | 20 |
| 6 | New | May 18 (S Kor) | $7,398,625 | 534 | $9,663,664 | 1 |
| 7 | (4) | Shrek The Third (US) | $6,911,524 | 4,101 | $398,651,932 | 38 |
| 8 | (13) | Knocked Up (US) | $3,028,291 | 564 | $12,964,046 | 4 |
| 9 | (5) | Hairspray (US) | $2,949,606 | 394 | $11,496,008 | 3 |
| 10 | (8) | Partner (Ind) | $2,811,222 | 648 | $10,223,952 | 17 |
| 11 | (7) | Pokemon 2007 (Jap) | $2,330,663 | 351 | $20,709,157 | 1 |
| 12 | (12) | Monkey Magic (Jap) | $1,994,664 | 460 | $16,295,405 | 1 |
| 13 | (10) | Ocean's Thirteen (US) | $1,953,936 | 1,544 | $159,784,666 | 42 |
| 14 | (9) | Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (US) | $1,891,000 | 1,664 | $644,484,000 | 23 |
| 15 | (14) | Death Proof (US) | $1,439,361 | 714 | $17,556,572 | 21 |
| 16 | (11) | Next (US) | $1,341,713 | 594 | $30,658,417 | 11 |
| 17 | (15) | Invisible Target (HK) | $1,278,409 | 522 | $4,804,214 | 3 |
| 18 | * | Evan Almighty (US) | $1,196,141 | 287 | $5,898,946 | 8 |
| 19 | (28) | Hostel: Part II (US) | $1,155,319 | 784 | $15,053,668 | 17 |
| 20 | New | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (US) | $868,928 | 139 | $868,928 | 3 |
| 21 | (17) | Alone (Thai) | $843,915 | 194 | $6,301,481 | 3 |
| 22 | * | Amazing Grace (UK-US) | $809,627 | 198 | $5,683,647 | 2 |
| 23 | New | Seance (Phil) | $759,662 | 68 | $759,662 | 1 |
| 24 | New | No Reservations (US) | $751,088 | 249 | $751,088 | 1 |
| 25 | (18) | Pathfinder (US) | $738,122 | 281 | $16,108,961 | 4 |
| 26 | * | Mr Bean's Holiday (US-UK-Fr) | $712,605 | 550 | $186,517,699 | 10 |
| 27 | (19) | Vacancy (US) | $708,731 | 423 | $6,741,055 | 15 |
| 28 | (25) | Doraemon: Nobita No Kyoryu (Jap) | $689,388 | 227 | $4,334,613 | 3 |
| 29 | New | Muoi (S Kor) | $616,082 | 181 | $616,082 | 1 |
| 30 | (16) | Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (US) | $575,633 | 557 | $109,405,297 | 8 |
| 31 | (26) | Persepolis (Fr) | $531,100 | 352 | $6,825,719 | 2 |
| 32 | (20) | Kung Fu Tootsie (Thai) | $481,672 | 139 | $1,682,173 | 1 |
| 33 | * | Paradise Lost (aka Turistas) (US) | $422,300 | 218 | $4,885,691 | 3 |
| 34 | New | In Country Melody (Thai) | $419,094 | 101 | $419,094 | 1 |
| 35 | (22) | Premonition (US) | $416,389 | 230 | $26,186,108 | 8 |
| 36 | New | Nanking (US) | $404,752 | 55 | $404,752 | 1 |
| 37 | (31) | 2 Days In Paris (Fr) | $381,007 | 199 | $4,751,132 | 8 |
| 38 | (21) | Naqaab (Ind) | $371,148 | 411 | $5,461,630 | 14 |
| 39 | (33) | La Vie En Rose (Czech-Fr-UK) | $361,372 | 134 | $62,457,212 | 12 |
| 40 | (24) | Hot Fuzz (US-UK-Fr) | $352,754 | 254 | $55,069,460 | 8 |
| *Re-entry. (c) Screen International, compiled by Leonard Klady | ||||||
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