Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End made Spider-Man 3 walk the plank this weekend. BVI's third instalment of the franchise knocked Sony's web-slinger off the top spot as it raked in a whopping $216.3m from 102 territories in its first weekend, for a total of $251m to date.
Spider-Man 3 dropped 59% in its fourth weekend, still generating a sizable $21m over the three-day period. And Warner Bros' thriller Zodiac took $5.7m - down 38% - from 18 territories while Shrek The Third took $4.3m from four territories, a 70% slump.
New Indian films made a dent in the chart: drama Shootout At Lokhandwala entered at number six, grossing $1.5m from 17 territories, while rom-com Cheeni Kum entered at number nine, with $1.4m from 15 territories. And new Korean films Secret Sunshine and Evil Twin took a collective $2.4m in their home territory at the weekend.
| Analysis: International box-office Weekend May 25-27 | ||||||
| (Last | 3-day | |||||
| week) | Film (origin) | gross $ | Scrs | Cume $ | Terr | |
| 1 | New | Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's...(US) | $216,361,000 | 17,600 | $251,041,000 | 102 |
| 2 | (1) | Spider-Man 3 (US) | $21,072,193 | 10,365 | $500,997,234 | 76 |
| 3 | (3) | Zodiac (US) | $5,766,820 | 1,449 | $18,459,103 | 18 |
| 4 | (2) | Shrek The Third (US) | $4,326,534 | 642 | $22,908,653 | 4 |
| 5 | (4) | Fracture (US) | $2,683,454 | 1,009 | $20,666,536 | 17 |
| 6 | New | Shootout At Lokhandwala (Ind) | $1,509,618 | 454 | $1,509,618 | 17 |
| 7 | (7) | 28 Weeks Later (US-UK) | $1,483,351 | 749 | $13,352,943 | 12 |
| 8 | New | Secret Sunshine (S Kor) | $1,465,832 | 266 | $2,336,597 | 1 |
| 9 | New | Cheeni Kum (Ind) | $1,437,849 | 361 | $1,437,849 | 15 |
| 10 | (6) | Mr Bean's Holiday (UK-US-Fr) | $1,387,078 | 1,981 | $178,688,921 | 38 |
| 11 | (5) | Next (US) | $1,308,527 | 794 | $23,645,875 | 20 |
| 12 | (8) | Wild Hogs (US) | $1,198,000 | 1,067 | $77,138,000 | 24 |
| 13 | New | Evil Twin (S Kor) | $946,824 | 202 | $1,616,509 | 1 |
| 14 | (12) | Premonition (US) | $843,727 | 585 | $18,298,919 | 5 |
| 15 | (10) | Stomp The Yard (US) | $827,029 | 327 | $9,812,414 | 6 |
| 16 | (15) | TMNT (US-HK) | $776,854 | 829 | $35,603,247 | 19 |
| 17 | (20) | The Lives Of Others (Ger) | $714,386 | 445 | $54,955,599 | 14 |
| 18 | (16) | Bridge To Terabithia (US) | $702,249 | 622 | $38,149,583 | 9 |
| 19 | (18) | For Those We Love (Jap) | $682,656 | 303 | $5,575,613 | 1 |
| 20 | (9) | Unstoppable Marriage (S Kor) | $681,079 | 238 | $7,634,284 | 1 |
| 21 | (17) | Gegege No Kitaro (Jap) | $664,771 | 302 | $17,369,625 | 1 |
| 22 | (11) | Shooter (US) | $657,512 | 694 | $42,601,681 | 45 |
| 23 | New | Love Songs (Fr) | $646,360 | 225 | $646,360 | 1 |
| 24 | (22) | Bizan, The Mountain Of Mother's Love (Jap) | $642,847 | 291 | $5,809,857 | 1 |
| 25 | * | Curse Of The Golden Flower (Chi-HK) | $632,292 | 340 | $64,259,565 | 12 |
| 26 | New | Trivial (Fr) | $601,765 | 209 | $601,765 | 1 |
| 27 | New | The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (Fr-US) | $562,205 | 235 | $562,205 | 3 |
| 28 | (14) | The Hills Have Eyes II (US) | $530,664 | 548 | $12,534,219 | 13 |
| 29 | (13) | Blades Of Glory (US) | $474,686 | 643 | $15,994,636 | 17 |
| 30 | (21) | The Reaping (US) | $433,309 | 688 | $35,703,948 | 27 |
| 31 | (32) | Breach (US) | $421,482 | 272 | $1,457,899 | 5 |
| 32 | (38) | Alter Ego (Gr) | $411,945 | 119 | $1,901,495 | 1 |
| 33 | (23) | The Number 23 (US) | $407,355 | 327 | $38,404,349 | 21 |
| 34 | (31) | La Vie En Rose (Fr) | $402,981 | 398 | $56,259,581 | 13 |
| *Re-entry. For the full chart, see ScreenDaily.com. (c) Screen International, compiled by Leonard Klady | ||||||
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