UIP launched horror title My Little Eye into four European territories last weekend to varying success amongst crowded markets.

The Spanish launch saw $250,843 (Euros 212,715) for sixth position from 140 screens - an average of just $1,792. The release put Marc Evans' film up against bigger budget Hollywood releases including Filmax's Bulletproof Monk, Columbia's I Spy and UIP stablemate How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days.

The film suffered similar problems in Denmark where it opened ninth with $18,756 (DKR 118,032) from 12 screens. The Netherlands performed better taking $75,350 from just 25 screens for sixth position and an average of $3,014, while Belgium landed $36,833 from 17 screens.

Italy - where the horror genre frequently performs well - has proven the most lucrative market for UIP which opened the film to $421,627 from 114 screens on May 9 where it has grossed $975,652 to date.

Other key territories include Mexico ($380,254) and Brazil ($158,121) which opened My Little Eye on May 30.

UIP has recorded $2.1m from the title in 11 territories so far with Greece receiving the film this Friday (June 20) and upcoming major territories including Korea (Aug 15) and Australia (Sept 4).

My Little Eye proved a big hit last year in the UK where it opened with $1.4m (£840,633) from 255 sites on Oct 4 for Momentum Pictures before going on to take $4.5m (£2.7m).

Its home entertainment release is also going strong with 44,000 units sold since April 21. The two-disc special edition DVD (r.r.p. £19.99) accounts for 79% of sales, leaving video (r.r.p.. £9.99) with 21%.

Evans is currently in London completely principal photography on his latest horror title, Trauma, starring Colin Firth and Mena Suvari. Myriad Pictures is handling sales and has pre-sold several, as yet unnamed, territories.