The Simpsons Movie held the top spot for a second week as it continues to lay siege to the international box office, driven by a robust $6.9m top slot in Mexico. Transformers, closing fast on $300m overseas, added $30m from 6,118 venues in 53 territories to move into second. Ratatouille took third after it opened top in nine new territories: in France it opened to $11.4m and after five days had already amassed 85% of Cars' final tally there. Elsewhere, Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix and Shrek The Third passed $500m and $400m respectively in overseas grosses. Die Hard 4.0 is scheduled to pass $200m this weekend, while Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End is within sight of the $650m mark. A wave of Asian openers, including D-War, Flash Point, Secret, Masked Rider Den-o, Cash and Naruto Shippuden The Movie have all debuted in the top 20.
| ANALYSIS: INTERNATIONAL BOX-OFFICE WEEKEND AUGUST 3-5 | ||||||
| (Last | 3-day | |||||
| week) | Film (origin) | gross $ | Scrs | Cume $ | Terr | |
| 1 | (1) | The Simpsons Movie (US) | $46,660,525 | 6,561 | $183,629,974 | 75 |
| 2 | (3) | Transformers (US) | $29,673,322 | 6,118 | $296,708,905 | 50 |
| 3 | (5) | Ratatouille (US) | $25,693,000 | 3,693 | $84,264,000 | 27 |
| 4 | (2) | Harry Potter And The ... Phoenix (US-UK) | $25,061,894 | 8,338 | $509,522,754 | 59 |
| 5 | New | D-War (S Kor) | $13,794,061 | 689 | $19,661,152 | 1 |
| 6 | (4) | Die Hard 4.0 (US) | $7,148,786 | 3,171 | $192,828,313 | 29 |
| 7 | (6) | May 18 (S Kor) | $6,621,875 | 475 | $22,742,012 | 1 |
| 8 | * | Evan Almighty (US) | $5,605,772 | 1,402 | $12,158,394 | 15 |
| 9 | (7) | Shrek The Third (US) | $3,138,549 | 3,238 | $406,560,515 | 35 |
| 10 | New | Flash Point (HK) | $2,473,501 | 362 | $2,473,501 | 3 |
| 11 | New | Secret (Tai) | $2,158,297 | 436 | $3,067,192 | 3 |
| 12 | New | Masked Rider Den-o (Jap) | $2,048,157 | 265 | $2,048,157 | 1 |
| 13 | (9) | Hairspray (US) | $1,929,343 | 424 | $16,569,524 | 4 |
| 14 | New | Cash (Ind) | $1,923,652 | 584 | $1,923,652 | 16 |
| 15 | New | Naruto Shippuden The Movie (Jap) | $1,863,897 | 250 | $1,863,897 | 1 |
| 16 | (11) | Pokemon 2007 (Jap) | $1,854,397 | 351 | $26,699,891 | 1 |
| 17 | (10) | Partner (Ind) | $1,566,924 | 493 | $19,432,063 | 14 |
| 18 | (12) | Monkey Magic (Jap) | $1,533,825 | 461 | $21,297,169 | 1 |
| 19 | (8) | Knocked Up (US) | $1,520,544 | 515 | $15,306,388 | 8 |
| 20 | * | License To Wed (US) | $1,383,132 | 363 | $1,842,247 | 7 |
| 21 | New | Epitaph (S Kor) | $1,306,573 | 201 | $2,056,928 | 1 |
| 22 | * | Because I Said So (US) | $1,297,231 | 347 | $18,172,596 | 8 |
| 23 | (13) | Ocean's Thirteen (US) | $1,294,634 | 976 | $161,656,696 | 39 |
| 24 | (49) | 1408 (US) | $1,271,471 | 367 | $5,261,531 | 6 |
| 25 | New | Gandhi My Father (India) | $1,134,769 | 398 | $1,134,769 | 14 |
| 26 | * | Surf's Up (US) | $943,143 | 303 | $7,546,934 | 12 |
| 27 | (14) | Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (US) | $937,000 | 1,066 | $647,111,000 | 18 |
| 28 | * | Planet Terror (US) | $932,909 | 485 | $2,930,699 | 15 |
| 29 | (27) | Vacancy (US) | $896,965 | 598 | $8,517,986 | 21 |
| 30 | (15) | Death Proof (US) | $872,858 | 634 | $19,402,909 | 19 |
| 31 | * | Fracture (US) | $870,470 | 266 | $38,068,271 | 10 |
| 32 | (16) | Next (US) | $865,177 | 540 | $32,354,311 | 9 |
| 33 | (22) | Amazing Grace (UK) | $651,698 | 207 | $6,771,432 | 2 |
| 34 | * | Disturbia (US) | $643,726 | 211 | $10,011,723 | 9 |
| 35 | (19) | Hostel: Part II (US) | $632,463 | 539 | $16,061,597 | 18 |
| 36 | New | Kaidan (Jap) | $560,490 | 239 | $560,490 | 1 |
| 37 | (23) | Seance (Phil) | $541,726 | 66 | $1,530,776 | 1 |
| 38 | * | Priceless (Fr) | $536,873 | 213 | $21,647,451 | 3 |
| 39 | (25) | Pathfinder (US) | $519,637 | 296 | $17,156,083 | 4 |
| 40 | (17) | Invisible Target (HK) | $468,823 | 357 | $5,520,795 | 3 |
| *Re-entry. (c) Screen International, compiled by Leonard Klady | ||||||
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