While Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull clearly took the international crown this weekend, representing a whopping 65% of the top 40 revenue, a couple of Cannes competition films fared well in their home territories, each passing the $1m mark.
Cannes Grand Jury Prize winner Gomorrah was the highest non-US film in the chart this weekend, taking $2.9m from 425 screens in Italy for a $6,868 screen average. The Italian mafia tale, directed by Matteo Garrone, remained at number seven and fell by just 8% in its second weekend. It is released in the territory through 01 Distribuzione and has generated $8.2m to date.
French film A Christmas Tale, for which star Catherine Deneuve won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes this year, opened in France and Switzerland with a $1.1m take from just 104 screens, backed by positive reviews from the festival. The tragic-comedy, distributed in France through Bac Films and Switzerland through JMH, entered at number 12 and boasted a $10,394 screen average, the second highest of the weekend.
Four additional French titles accounted for a mere 1.6% of the top 40 revenue (indicative of how Indiana Jones cannibalised the market this weekend), all of which were holdovers that failed to pass the $1m mark. Studio Canal's Deux Jours A Tuer fell 18% in its fourth weekend with a $908,192 take from 482 screens for a $7.2m tally to date. And Pathe's Welcome To The Sticks continues its marathon run with a $662,602 take from 513 screens in Belgium, France, Switzerland and the UK. The film maintained its steady drop at 35% and has taken a mammoth $202.5m after 13 weeks on release.
Europa's thriller Taken was down a steeper 56% in its 13th weekend with a $486,042 take from 294 screens for a $27.4m cumulative total while TF1's comedy Ca$h fell 55% with a $477,606 take for a $10.2m total to date.
Four Japanese films dotted the chart led by holdover title Partners: The Movie (Aibou) which was at number eight with a $2.1m weekend gross. The film, based on the detective television drama, fell just 8% in its fourth weekend. It played across 303 screens for a $6,870 screen average and has grossed nearly $31m to date. It is distributed by Toei.
Toho's Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess took $736,998 in its third weekend in Japan, falling 29%. The remake of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress played on 315 screens for a $2,340 screen average. It has generated nearly $6m since its release.
New Japanese entry After School, directed by Kenji Uchida, opened with a $681,766 take in its home territory. The mystery played on just 72 screens for a $9,469 screen average. It is released locally through Klockworx.
And remake My Darling Of The Mountains, starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, came in at number 32 with a $512,213 take from 158 screens. The period piece was at number nine on the Japanese weekend chart.
New entry from Russia, Practical Joke (Rozygrysh), made the top 30 with a $579,872 take in its home country. The teen drama, released through Caroprokat, came in fourth in Russia and played on 253 screens for a $2,292 screen average. It is directed by Andrei Kudinenko.
Elsewhere, the studios are back in their comfort zone as the top six films, all Hollywood offerings, accounted for 87% of the top 40 revenue. While Paramount's $146.4m Indiana Jones opening led the pack, the second instalment of The Chronicles Of Narnia fell 21% with an $18.3m take. Prince Caspian has generated $51.3m from just 13 territories as Disney staggers its worldwide release.
The top 40 international films generated $225.5m across 41,367 screens for the period from May 23-25.
| Analysis: International box-office Weekend May 23-25 | ||||||
| (Last | 3-day | |||||
| week) | Film (origin) | gross $ | Scrs | Cume $ | Terr | |
| 1 | New | Indiana Jones And The Kingdom... (US) | $146,388,656 | 8,427 | $146,388,656 | 55 |
| 2 | (2) | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (US) | $18,347,000 | 3,681 | $51,259,745 | 13 |
| 3 | (3) | What Happens In Vegas (US) | $13,066,439 | 3,862 | $77,458,853 | 56 |
| 4 | (1) | Iron Man (US) | $11,714,333 | 5,886 | $228,973,402 | 54 |
| 5 | (5) | Made Of Honour (US) | $3,322,367 | 1,695 | $25,555,061 | 25 |
| 6 | (4) | Speed Racer (US) | $3,114,223 | 3,351 | $30,675,323 | 39 |
| 7 | (7) | Gomorrah (It) | $2,918,839 | 425 | $8,171,878 | 1 |
| 8 | (9) | Partners: The Movie (Aibou) (Jap) | $2,081,624 | 303 | $30,959,302 | 1 |
| 9 | * | Rambo (US) | $2,006,182 | 304 | $63,949,379 | 1 |
| 10 | (6) | 21 (US) | $1,872,385 | 1,037 | $49,274,564 | 34 |
| 11 | (10) | Bhootnath (Ind) | $1,244,504 | 688 | $10,207,943 | 13 |
| 12 | (17) | The Bucket List (US) | $1,182,262 | 396 | $76,263,651 | 15 |
| 13 | New | A Christmas Tale (Fr) | $1,080,959 | 104 | $1,080,959 | 2 |
| 14 | (8) | Superhero Movie (US) | $1,025,827 | 522 | $20,192,843 | 12 |
| 15 | (11) | Jannat (Ind) | $961,747 | 653 | $3,563,591 | 15 |
| 16 | (18) | Deux Jours A Tuer (Fr) | $908,192 | 482 | $7,195,655 | 2 |
| 17 | (16) | Nim's Island (US) | $875,649 | 806 | $25,878,040 | 16 |
| 18 | (15) | Forgetting Sarah Marshall (US) | $805,560 | 519 | $23,189,049 | 9 |
| 19 | (14) | The Forbidden Kingdom (US-Chi) | $800,568 | 675 | $50,881,110 | 12 |
| 20 | (24) | Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess (Jap) | $736,998 | 315 | $5,976,273 | 1 |
| 21 | (13) | In Bruges (Bel-UK) | $731,375 | 387 | $12,200,979 | 7 |
| 22 | New | After School (Jap) | $681,766 | 72 | $681,766 | 1 |
| 23 | (25) | Welcome To The Sticks (Fr) | $662,602 | 513 | $202,521,146 | 4 |
| 24 | (22) | Charlie Wilson's War (US) | $639,229 | 304 | $49,967,263 | 2 |
| 25 | (12) | D-War (S Kor) | $632,500 | 555 | $67,991,352 | 1 |
| 26 | * | Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (US) | $622,625 | 204 | $12,880,669 | 7 |
| 27 | (30) | Horton Hears A Who! (US) | $595,326 | 1,193 | $138,597,529 | 31 |
| 28 | New | Practical Joke (Rozygrysh) (Rus) | $579,872 | 253 | $579,872 | 1 |
| 29 | (27) | O Cocuklari (Tur) | $578,224 | 189 | $1,973,088 | 1 |
| 30 | (34) | Detective Conan: Full Score Of Fear (Jap) | $546,066 | 324 | $21,997,163 | 1 |
| 31 | (26) | Shutter (US) | $520,383 | 351 | $16,768,360 | 16 |
| 32 | New | My Darling Of The Mountains (Jap) | $512,213 | 158 | $512,213 | 1 |
| 33 | (29) | 88 Minutes (Ger-US) | $507,288 | 408 | $8,563,812 | 5 |
| 34 | (21) | Taken (Fr) | $486,042 | 294 | $27,424,778 | 6 |
| 35 | (28) | [Rec] (Sp) | $482,491 | 374 | $20,343,145 | 4 |
| 36 | (23) | Ca$h (Fr) | $477,606 | 386 | $10,190,995 | 3 |
| 37 | (19) | The Cleaner (US) | $476,968 | 172 | $2,749,511 | 3 |
| 38 | (40) | Sommer (Ger) | $469,296 | 502 | $8,034,431 | 3 |
| 39 | (32) | Prom Night (US) | $463,872 | 286 | $3,945,706 | 6 |
| 40 | * | Never Back Down (US) | $463,245 | 311 | $12,448,339 | 7 |
| *Re-entry (c) Screen International, compiled by Leonard Klady | ||||||
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