Fox's Night At The Museum refuses to be beaten as it climbs back up to the top spot, generating over $14m in its eighth week despite being dropped from four territories. Oscar contender Blood Diamond did not trail far behind, raking in $13.1m in its sixth week as it opens in an additional 11 territories. New entry Hannibal Rising fared well internationally, despite its absence of notable stars - the fourth instalment grossed $11m from 12 territories. And romantic comedy Music And Lyrics was a hit with lovers across the UK - the Warner Bros film generated $3.7m in its opening weekend in the territory. This week also saw boosts in studio films - Charlotte's Web catapulted up 589% and took $6.3m internationally, after a strong $3.6m UK opening, while Epic Movie was up by 151% after grossing $1.3m in the UK. The Holiday also went up 163%, generating $1.9m in its opening weekend in Italy.

International box-office - Weekend February 9-11
(Last3-day
week)Film (origin)gross $ScrsCume $Terr
1(2)Night At The Museum (US)$14,006,4464,559$231,500,29535
2(3)Blood Diamond (US)$13,118,1243,763$63,217,08354
3(1)The Pursuit Of Happyness (US)$12,059,1173,086$92,007,70346
4NewHannibal Rising (Czech-Fr-UK-US)$11,093,9401865$11,093,94012
5(5)Rocky Balboa (US)$7,622,9542,498$57,920,79327
6(46)Charlotte's Web (US)$6,368,9262,192$32,572,10929
7(11)Arthur And The Invisibles (Fr)$4,230,1312,358$72,572,18821
8NewMusic And Lyrics (US)$3,770,423432$3,770,4231
9(6)Babel (Mex-US)$3,707,8951,535$67,185,59440
10NewA Day For An Affair (S Kor)$3,702,665413$4,529,8181
11(30)Epic Movie (US)$3,642,229685$9,047,8939
12(34)The Holiday (US)$3,580,8471,353$120,490,26938
13(4)Voice Of A Murderer (S Kor)$3,428,916440$15,843,0971
14(9)Die Wilden Kerle 4 (Ger)$3,319,832856$9,706,2033
15NewMaster Kims (S Kor)$2,851,627397$3,342,6051
16(7)Dreamgirls (US)$2,826,5061,056$13,922,09815
17(14)Dororo (Jap)$2,811,719296$15,537,6221
18(10)Casino Royale (Czech-Ger-UK-US)$2,385,6701,285$420,599,76431
19NewOdette Toulemonde (Fr)$2,196,283307$2,196,2833
20(8)Apocalypto (US)$2,150,2141,401$59,207,79829
21(13)Saw III (US)$1,955,328710$76,110,92617
22(18)Moliere (Fr)$1,692,353478$4,795,3822
23(16)Notes On A Scandal (UK-US)$1,641,746305$5,389,5232
24(20)Miss Potter (UK-US)$1,475,688786$20,118,3708
25*The Guardian (US)$1,463,662319$39,961,8082
26(12)Salaam E Ishq: A Tribute To Love (Ind)$1,459,043497$16,942,76915
27(45)John Tucker Must Die (US)$1,453,320815$24,020,5066
28(28)KM 31 (Mex)$1,389,436249$4,218,7671
29(31)The Queen (Fr-It-UK)$1,357,058722$46,229,16119
30(22)The Departed (US)$1,328,664914$147,319,44221
31(15)Manuale D'Amore 2 (It)$1,320,776277$25,434,5521
32NewRys (Pol)$1,269,562120$1,281,9071
33(19)Happy Feet (Aus-US)$1,230,2711,696$168,415,62931
34(40)The Lives Of Others (Ger)$1,201,524190$20,246,8267
35NewBubble Fiction: Boom Or Bust (Jap)$1,177,683272$1,177,6831
36(29)The Last King Of Scotland (UK)$1,175,787384$10,289,34324
37(17)Deja Vu (US)$1,154,000939$107,428,00031
38(27)Marie Antoinette (Fr-Jap-US)$1,126,514472$36,684,95815
39(26)La Cena Per Farli Conoscere (It)$1,049,354260$3,019,9011
40(38)Stranger Than Fiction (US)$1,050,169517$8,767,12219
*Re-entry. (c) Screen International, compiled by Leonard Klady
NORTH AMERICA
Three-day weekend February 9-11 - Top 30
RankFilm (Origin) DistributorWeek3-dayScrsScreen%Total
gross $avg $changegross $
1(-)Norbit (US) ParamountNEW$34,195,4343,136$10,904 -$34,195,434
2(-)Hannibal Rising (Czech-Fr-UK-US) MGM StudiosNEW$13,051,6503,003$4,346 -$13,051,650
3(2)Because I Said So (US) Universal2$9,221,1302,529$3,646-30$25,805,720
4(1)The Messengers (US) Sony Pictures2$7,218,1872,529$2,854-51$24,742,205
5(4)Night At The Museum (US) 20th Fox8$5,754,3592,702$2,130-10$232,150,355
6(3)Epic Movie (US) 20th Fox3$4,570,0902,806$1,629-46$35,594,259
7(5)Smokin' Aces (US) Universal 3$4,113,0202,199$1,870-33$31,174,140
8(8)Pan's Labyrinth (Mex-US-Sp) Picturehouse7$3,577,2831,143$3,130-3$26,619,057
9(7)Dreamgirls (US) Paramount9$2,980,9672,284$1,305-25$97,006,872
10(10)The Queen (Fr-It-UK) Miramax19$2,373,1211,564$1,517-10$48,897,648
11(6)Stomp The Yard (US) Sony Pictures5$2,358,1592,046$1,153-42$59,080,670
12(9)The Pursuit Of Happyness (US) Sony Pictures9$2,353,5431,777$1,324-21$160,490,618
13(11)Catch And Release (US) Sony Pictures3$1,760,1831,561$1,128-32$14,406,807
14(16)Letters From Iwo Jima (US) Warner Bros8$1,729,451781$2,214+2$9,935,921
15(15)Babel (Mex-US) Paramount Classics16$1,677,367919$1,825-1$32,019,555
16(14)Notes On A Scandal (UK-US) Fox Searchlight7$1,542,943649$2,377-12$13,926,668
17(12)The Departed (US) Warner Bros19$1,342,338766$1,752-41$130,744,874
18(17)The Last King Of Scotland (UK) Fox Searchlight19$1,340,740540$2,483+6$11,449,370
19(13)Freedom Writers (US) Paramount6$1,018,4351,125$905-45$35,751,265
20(18)Children Of Men (UK-US) Universal8$809,190486$1,665-28$33,924,363
21(21)Blood Diamond (US) Warner Bros10$784,416451$1,739-10$55,104,016
22(20)Arthur And The Invisibles (Fr) MGM Studios5$721,512890$811-29$13,700,322
23(22)Charlotte's Web (US) Paramount9$673,043820$821-23$80,957,299
24(23)Volver (Sp) Sony Pictures Classics15$579,982301$1,927-20$10,946,263
25(25)Happy Feet (Aus-US) Warner Bros13$533,160483$1,104-10$193,383,272
26(26)The Painted Veil (US) Warner Independent Pictures7$506,600275$1,842-2$6,376,914
27(29)Venus (UK) Miramax8$470,071132$3,561+25$1,837,193
28(19)The Hitcher (US) Focus Features4$331,362580$571-70$16,237,220
29(-)Eragon (US) 20th Fox9$321,888361$892 -$74,068,828
30(30)Casino Royale (Czech-Ger-UK-US) Sony Pictures13$298,639187$1,597-17$166,275,268
$1 = $1.00. Nielsen EDI
Year-on-year performance -7.6% on equivalent week, 2006
Top 30 total 3-day gross $108.2m
UK/IRELAND
Three-day weekend February 9-11 - Top 10
RankFilm (Origin) DistributorWeek3-day3-dayScrsScreen%Total
gross £gross $avg $changegross $
1(-)Music And Lyrics (US) Warner BrosNEW£1,929,058$3,758,882432$8,701 -$3,758,882
2(-)Charlotte's Web (US) Paramount Pictures Int'lNEW£1,892,120$3,686,906489$7,540 -$3,686,906
3(-)Epic Movie (US) 20th FoxNEW£1,368,657$2,666,908326$8,181 -$2,666,908
4(-)Hannibal Rising (Czech-Fr-UK-US) Momentum PicturesNEW£1,044,309*$2,034,897340$5,985 -$2,034,897
5(4)Notes On A Scandal (UK) 20th Fox2£830,943$1,619,141299$5,415-27$5,323,309
6(2)Blood Diamond (US) Warner Bros3£814,435$1,586,974322$4,928-31$9,669,905
7(3)Arthur And The Invisibles (Fr) Momentum Pictures2£741,591$1,445,033401$3,604-37$4,107,788
8(1)Dreamgirls (US) Paramount Pictures Int'l2£563,703$1,098,408270$4,068-58$4,616,664
9(-)Goal! 2 (Ger-UK-Sp) BVINEW£326,278$635,772163$3,900 -$635,772
10(6)The Pursuit of Happyness (US) Spri5£316,487$616,693273$2,259-60$17,766,740
$1 = £0.51. * inc £105,464 of previewsScreen International
Year-on-year performance +13.4% on equivalent week, 2006
Top 20 total 3-day gross $21.6m
FRANCE
Week ending February 6 - Top 10
RankFilm (Origin) DistributorWeek7-day7-dayScrsScreen%Total
gross EURgross $avg $changegross $
1(-)Blood Diamond (US) Warner BrosNEWEUR2,337,852$3,033,413459$6,609 -$3,033,413
2(-)Moliere (Fr) Wild BunchNEWEUR2,160,247$2,802,967465$6,028 - $2,802,967
3(-)The Pursuit Of Happyness (US) Gaumont SonyNEWEUR1,882,810$2,442,987322$7,587 -$2,442,987
4(-)L'Ile Aux Tresors (Fr-Hun-UK) 20th FoxNEWEUR1,513,686$1,964,041588$3,340 -$1,964,041
5(1)Rocky Balboa (US) 20th Fox2EUR1,436,375$1,863,728494$3,773-62$6,710,589
6(2)Have Mercy On Us All (Fr) GSPF2EUR1,104,180$1,432,698487$2,942-53$4,471,683
7(-)The Lives Of Others (Ger) Ocean FilmsNEWEUR756,729$981,872131$7,495 -$981,872
8(3)Jacquou Le Croquant (Fr) Pathe3EUR689,677$894,871555$1,612-51$5,444,818
9(4)The Serpent (Fr) Wild Bunch4EUR395,988$513,803285$1,803-51$5,440,720
10(5)Arthur And The Invisibles (Fr-US) EuropaCorp Dist8EUR385,466$500,151440$1,137-49$44,526,119
$ figures approximated on a $5.57 average ticket price. Le Film Francais
Year-on-year performance -53.8% on equivalent week, 2006
Top 20 total 7-day gross $18.7m
The Screen Index Cumulative grosses to Feb 16 issue
Weekly total: $212.9m
Year-on-year comparison -9.77%
Week-on-week comparison +7.61%
The weekly total is the sum of the grosses in the top nine markets
SPAIN
Three-day weekend February 9-11 - Top 10
RankFilm (Origin) DistributorWeek3-day3-dayScrsScreen%Total
gross EURgross $avg $changegross $
1(-)Blood Diamond (US) Warner BrosNEWEUR1,789,653$2,326,037351$6,627 -$2,326,037
2(1)Night At The Museum (US) 20th Fox3EUR1,591,425$2,068,397468$4,420-45$12,755,268
3(2)The Pursuit Of Happyness (US) Spri2EUR1,209,039$1,571,405290$5,419-36$4,542,354
4(-)John Tucker Must Die (US) 20th FoxNEWEUR692,733$900,355249$3,616 -$900,355
5(4)Babel (Mex-US) UIP7EUR450,040$584,923212$2,759-32$11,420,763
6(3)Pulse (Jap-US) DeA Planeta2EUR348,182$452,537251$1,803-49$1,461,135
7(-)Dias De Cine (Sp) BVINEWEUR302,834$393,598248$1,587 -$393,598
8(5)Apocalypto (US) Aurum4EUR294,156$382,319267$1,432-47$5,254,340
9(-)Miss Potter (UK-US) AurumNEWEUR267,076$347,122184$1,887 -$347,122
10(-)Little Children (US) Tri PicturesNEWEUR242,246$314,851110$2,862 -$314,851
$1 = EUR0.77. Nielsen EDI
Year-on-year performance -0.9% on equivalent week, 2006
Top 20 total 3-day gross $10.7m
GERMANY
Four-day weekend February 8-11 - Top 10
RankFilm (Origin) DistributorWeek4-day4-dayScrsScreen%Total
gross EURgross $avg $changegross $
1(-)Rocky Balboa (US) 20th FoxNEWEUR2,725,322$3,542,139743$4,767 -$3,542,139
2(1)Die Wilden Kerle 4 (Ger) BVI2EUR2,208,847$2,870,870715$4,015-33$8,282,256
3(2)Saw III (US) Kinowelt2EUR1,090,073$1,416,783436$3,250-55$5,155,196
4(3)The Pursuit Of Happyness (US) Spri4EUR789,206$1,025,742513$2,000-32$9,250,506
5(4)Blood Diamond (US) Warner Bros3EUR717,371$932,377498$1,872-29$4,741,840
6(5)Dreamgirls (US) UPI2EUR455,108$591,510218$2,713-33$1,734,481
7(6)Arthur And The Invisibles (Fr) Tobis Film3EUR445,872$579,506496$1,168-23$2,852,334
8(7)Night At The Museum (US) 20th Fox7EUR351,885$457,350588$778-25$21,348,785
9(9)Schwere Jungs (Ger) Constantin Film4EUR313,519$407,485202$2,017-17$3,004,695
10(8)John Tucker Must Die (US) 20th Fox4EUR259,642$337,460435$776-42$2,966,748
$1 = EUR0.77. Nielsen EDI
Year-on-year performance +3.88% on equivalent week, 2006
Top 15 total 4-day gross $13.6m
ITALY
Three-day weekend February 9-11 - Top 10
RankFilm (Origin) DistributorWeek3-day3-dayScrsScreen%Total
gross EURgross $avg $changegross $
1(1)Night At The Museum (US) 20th Fox2EUR2,453,443$3,188,774463$6,887-33$9,511,124
2(-)Hannibal Rising (Czech-Fr-UK-US) FilmAuroNEWEUR2,199,835$2,859,156364$7,855 -$2,859,528
3(-)The Holiday (US) Universal Pictures Int'lNEWEUR1,529,918$1,988,456316$6,293 -$1,988,456
4(2)Manuale D'Amore 2 (It) FilmAuro4EUR912,249$1,185,663277$4,280-56$23,400,827
5(4)La Cena Per Farli Conoscere (It) Medusa Film2EUR724,780$942,007260$3,623-31$2,778,431
6(-)Arthur And The Invisibles (Fr) 01 DistribuzioneNEWEUR715,448$929,878345$2,695 -$929,878
7(3)The Pursuit Of Happyness (US) Medusa Film5EUR559,399$727,059198$3,672-54$18,986,193
8(5)Blood Diamond (US) Warner Bros3EUR491,148$638,352183$3,488-47$4,540,899
9(6)Step Up (US) Medusa Film3EUR401,986$522,467177$2,952-56$4,371,142
10(-)Mi Fido Di Te (It) Medusa FilmNEWEUR232,772$302,537103$2,937 -$302,537
$1 = EUR0.77. Cinetel
Year-on-year performance +79.1% on equivalent week, 2006
Top 20 total 3-day gross $14.1m
MEXICO
Three-day weekend February 9-11 - Top 10
RankFilm (Origin) DistributorWeek3-day3-dayScrsScreen%Total
gross pesogross $avg $changegross $
1(1)KM 31 (Mex-Sp) Videocine215,285,463$1,389,436249$5,580-5$4,218,767
2(-)Blood Diamond (US) Warner BrosNEW11,128,847$1,011,603350$2,890 -$1,011,603
3(2)The Pursuit Of Happyness (US) Spri210,968,702$997,046303$3,291-25$3,344,509
4(3)Apocalypto (US) 20th Fox37,160,670$650,899446$1,459-50$6,677,549
5(4)Night At The Museum (US) 20th Fox83,257,620$296,115329$900-35$19,771,549
6(5)Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer (Fr-Ger-Sp) Gussi43,057,487$277,923207$1,343-27$3,496,872
7(6)Pan's Labyrinth (Mex-US-Sp) Warner Bros171,950,821$177,328125$1,419-20$5,517,842
8(-)Employee Of The Month (US) VideocineNEW1,736,719$157,866151$1,045 -$158,139
9(8)Rocky Balboa (US) 20th Fox51,717,287$156,100204$765-10$4,731,768
10(7)The Holiday (US) UIP51,610,290$146,374134$1,092-24$3,056,519
$1 = peso11.00. Screen International, Compiled by Leonard Klady
Year-on-year performance +19.74% on equivalent week, 2006
Top 10 total 3-day gross $5.3m
JAPAN
Two-day weekend February 10-11 - Top 10
RankFilm (Origin) DistributorWeek2-day2-dayScrsScreen%Total
gross Yengross $avg $changegross $
1(1)Dororo (Jap) Toho3Yen342,579,882$2,811,719296$9,499-10$15,537,622
2(2)The Pursuit of Happyness (US) Col TriStar3Yen242,805,409$1,992,822272$7,327-16$13,092,039
3(-)The Guardian (US) BVINEWYen178,074,548$1,461,544317$4,611 -$1,461,544
4(-)Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust (Jap) TohoNEWYen143,488,879$1,177,683272$4,330 -$1,177,683
5(3)Marie Antoinette (Fr-Jap-US) Toho, Towa4Yen109,284,292$896,949273$3,286-21$12,839,988
6(4)Battle Of Wits (Chi-HK-Jap-S Kor) Shochiku2Yen87,229,374$715,934246$2,910-34$2,818,427
7(5)The Departed (US) Warner Bros4Yen80,246,299$658,620293$2,248-26$9,582,114
8(6)I Just Didn't Do It (Jap) Warner Bros4Yen67,931,845$557,550203$2,747-26$6,038,660
9(-)Heaven Can Wait. Maybe ... (Jap) Gaga CommNEWYen59,418,910$487,680212$2,300 -$487,680
10(9)26 Years Diary (Jap) Col TriStar3Yen44,830,427$367,945150$2,453-7$2,407,204
$1 = Yen121.75. Screen International, Compiled by Leonard Klady
Year-on-year performance -2.3% on equivalent week, 2006
Top 10 total 2-day gross $11.1m
SOUTH KOREA
Two-day weekend February 10-11 (93% screens reporting) - Top 10
RankFilm (Origin) DistributorWeek2-day2-dayScrsScreen%Total
gross wongross $avg $changegross $
1(-)A Day For An Affair (S Korea) Cinema ServiceNEW2,481,950,000$2,655,770357$7,439 -$4,183,551
2(1)Voice Of A Murderer (S Korea) CJ Entertainment22,269,109,100$2,428,023380$6,390-61$13,845,778
3(-)Master Kims (Korea) ShowBoxNEW1,778,519,600$1,903,076349$5,453 -$2,767,865
4(-)Charlotte's Web (US) UIPNEW620,597,500$664,060147$4,517 -$805,385
5(2)The Perfect Couple (S Korea) ShowBox3488,604,100$522,823200$2,614-64$6,989,345
6(4)Click (US) Spri2346,671,300$370,950149$2,490-61$2,036,188
7(5)200 Pounds Beauty (S Korea) ShowBox9295,188,500$315,862136$2,323-64$38,142,694
8(3)Curse Of The Golden Flower (Chi-HK) CJ Ent3265,655,600$284,260143$1,988-75$5,860,516
9(8)Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox (S Korea) CJ Entertainment3240,903,500$257,77599$2,604-54$2,359,816
10(6)Apocalypto (US) 20th Fox2221,191,200$236,682134$1,766-70$1,638,076
$1 = won934.55. Kofic
Year-on-year performance N/A on equivalent week, 2006
Top 10 total 2-day gross $9.6m