Fuji TV's Hero was the hot international opener this weekend, according to Screen's international chart. Click here for full details.

Generating $8.9m in its home territory from 475 screens, the Takuya Kimura-starrer, directed by Masayuki Suzuki catapulted to number three in the weekly chart of top performing films in international markets.

While Universal Pictures International's (UPI) The Bourne Ultimatum may have crept back up to the number one slot, Hero an adaptation of hit Japanese TV series saw a whopping $18,771 screen average, far surpassing Bourne's $4,727 screen average.

Bourne took $15.8m from 3,341 screens and was up 8% after expanding in 8 territories. It opened at number one in Germany with a $4.7m take and in Mexico with a $1.4m take.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) saw continued success with Ratatouille the animated adventure stands at number two, generating $9.1m over the three-day period after a $2.9m opening in Australia.

Paramount Pictures International's (PPI) Shrek The Third fell by 55% to number four over the weekend, grossing nearly $8m over the three-day period while New Line's Rush Hour 3 saw a 30% drop to number five with $5.08m.

UPI's I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry was up a whopping 194%, generating $4.7m after opening in Brazil and Italy and Fox International's Die Hard 4.0 was up 284% after taking $3.7m from its first weekend in Spain.

Star Simon Pegg took the UK's number one slot as Run, Fat Boy, Run generated $4.1m over the three-day period and put the film at number eight in the international chart.

Judd Apatow's comedy Knocked Up fell by 33%, taking $4.03m from 22 territories while Warner Bros still made the top 10 with Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, which took $3.6m from 44 territories for a 48% drop over the weekend.

UPI's Atonement entered at number 12, taking $3.3m from 411 sites in the UK for an $8,051 site average.

And South Korean drama My Father, distributed by Lotte Entertainment, entered the chart at number 16 with a $2.5m take in its home territory while Eros International's comedy Heyy Babyy still made the top 20 with a $1.7m take in its third weekend.

Japanese hits Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone and Life: Tears In Heaven grossed $1.6m and $1.1m respectively both still in the top 30.

Bollywood film Dhamaal opened to $1.04m from 511 screens in 16 territories at the weekend while German comedy Kein Bund Fars Leben fell by 40% in its second weekend to number 31.

Russian opener Antidope and new Thai entry The House failed to hit the $1m mark but still made the top 40.

The top 40 international films generated $114.5m over the period from September 7-9.