While Iron Man kick-started the summer season with a bang after taking nearly $100m across 56 territories in its opening weekend, a slew of Japanese films still accounted for 7.7% of the total revenue of international films.
New entrant Partners: The Movie (Aibou) was the highest non-US opener this weekend, coming in at number four with a $5.6m take in its home territory. The film, based on a popular detective television drama, played on just 300 screens for a massive $18,684 screen average, the highest of the weekend. It is distributed by Toei and has generated nearly $9m in Japan, including previews.
Toho's Detective Conan: Full Score Of Fear was up 20% this weekend with a $3.2m take for a $14.5m total, while Shaolin Girl was also up 20% in the territory with a $2.2m take for a $6.7m tally to date.
French contenders
Three new French titles graced the top 30, led by Studio Canal's Deux Jours A Tuer which opened at number 12 with a $2.3m take. The drama, based on the novel by Francois d'Epenoux, played on 403 screens for a $5,631 screen average. Gaumont's release 15 Ans Et Demi opened with $1.3m from 343 screens while UGC Distribution's Le Grand Alibi was right behind with a $1.2m take on 262 screens.
A further three French holdovers continued their strong showing - Ca$h was down 40% with a $2.1m weekend take for a $6.5m total; Welcome To The Sticks was down just 25% with a $1.9m take in its tenth weekend for a $196m total to date; and Europa's Taken fell 31% with a $1.8m take for a $22.9m tally.
Korean entrant Beastie Boys opened within the top 20 with a $1.6m weekend take. The film, starring Ha Jeong-woo and Yoon Gye-sang, is distributed through Lotte Entertainment.
Russia and the Philippines each offered a production to the international arena with Caroprokat's Alexander: Nevsky Battle taking $1.3m and Star Cinema's When Love Begins ... falling just shy of the $1m mark.
The top 39 films generated $183.5m from 37,648 screens for the period of May 2-4. Paramount's Iron Man accounted for 53.7% of the total weekend revenue.
| ANALYSIS: INTERNATIONAL BOX-OFFICE WEEKEND MAY 2-4 | ||||||
| (Last | 3-day | |||||
| week) | Film (origin) | gross $ | Scrs | Cume $ | Terr | |
| 1 | New | Iron Man (US) | $98,588,581 | 7,588 | $98,588,581 | 56 |
| 2 | (1) | The Forbidden Kingdom (Ch-US) | $9,626,519 | 2,062 | $40,513,028 | 11 |
| 3 | New | Made Of Honour (US) | $6,410,260 | 1,329 | $6,410,260 | 18 |
| 4 | New | Partners: The Movie (Aibou) (Jap) | $5,575,272 | 300 | $8,935,729 | 1 |
| 5 | (3) | 21 (US) | $4,084,821 | 1,574 | $37,704,102 | 31 |
| 6 | (6) | Fool's Gold (US) | $4,073,984 | 1,822 | $32,905,078 | 44 |
| 7 | (2) | Forgetting Sarah Marshall (US) | $3,893,809 | 980 | $16,167,326 | 10 |
| 8 | (5) | Horton Hears a Who! (US) | $3,669,519 | 3,238 | $131,956,653 | 20 |
| 9 | (15) | Nim's Island (US) | $3,285,105 | 1,445 | $20,580,262 | 13 |
| 10 | (11) | Detective Conan: Full Score Of Fear (Jap) | $3,198,430 | 335 | $14,456,991 | 1 |
| 11 | (4) | Street Kings (US) | $2,683,197 | 1,880 | $25,405,245 | 36 |
| 12 | New | Deux Jours A Tuer (Fr) | $2,269,206 | 403 | $2,269,206 | 2 |
| 13 | (21) | Shaolin Girl (Jap) | $2,198,361 | 312 | $6,738,601 | 3 |
| 14 | (8) | Ca$h (Fr) | $2,136,703 | 550 | $6,514,295 | 1 |
| 15 | (23) | Crayon Shinchan 16 (Jap) | $1,868,778 | 317 | $7,503,953 | 1 |
| 16 | (14) | Welcome To The Sticks (Fr) | $1,819,294 | 891 | $195,993,710 | 4 |
| 17 | (12) | Taken (Fr) | $1,750,599 | 483 | $22,893,069 | 4 |
| 18 | (17) | 10,000 BC (US) | $1,629,775 | 678 | $170,001,296 | 26 |
| 19 | New | Beastie Boys (S Kor) | $1,602,839 | 277 | $2,694,006 | 1 |
| 20 | (9) | Step Up 2 The Streets (US) | $1,527,528 | 1,043 | $85,173,595 | 18 |
| 21 | * | Saw IV (US) | $1,485,951 | 317 | $70,057,967 | 1 |
| 22 | (13) | Tashan (Ind) | $1,410,089 | 321 | $5,946,370 | 15 |
| 23 | (7) | The Spiderwick Chronicles (US) | $1,377,091 | 1,647 | $84,437,893 | 36 |
| 24 | New | Alexander: Nevsky Battle (Rus) | $1,324,295 | 378 | $1,324,295 | 3 |
| 25 | (24) | Sommer (Ger) | $1,304,962 | 511 | $6,159,630 | 3 |
| 26 | (20) | 27 Dresses (US) | $1,297,892 | 457 | $76,364,683 | 11 |
| 27 | New | 15 Ans Et Demi (Fr) | $1,278,884 | 343 | $1,278,884 | 1 |
| 28 | New | Le Grand Alibi (Fr) | $1,217,604 | 262 | $1,217,604 | 1 |
| 29 | (28) | Sand Chronicles (Jap) | $1,200,470 | 244 | $4,284,107 | 1 |
| 30 | (16) | Superhero Movie (US) | $1,166,843 | 611 | $15,002,781 | 15 |
| 31 | (31) | The Game Plan (US) | $1,061,143 | 1,117 | $53,472,068 | 12 |
| 32 | (25 | [Rec] (Sp) | $1,041,234 | 237 | $17,390,366 | 4 |
| 33 | (18) | The Eye (US) | $980,675 | 590 | $21,621,219 | 12 |
| 34 | (10) | Meet The Spartans (US) | $971,546 | 502 | $44,739,607 | 8 |
| 35 | New | When Love Begins ... (Phil) | $961,448 | 70 | $961,448 | 1 |
| 36 | (26) | The Other Boleyn Girl (US-UK) | $936,479 | 429 | $38,330,198 | 15 |
| 37 | (39) | The Wave (Ger) | $914,844 | 544 | $23,814,300 | 4 |
| 38 | (27) | Shutter (US) | $902,252 | 716 | $13,913,534 | 15 |
| 39 | (22) | Untraceable (US) | $804,279 | 845 | $21,343,821 | 21 |
| *Re-entry (c) Screen International, compiled by Leonard Klady | ||||||
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