Indian film Sarkar Raj was this weekend's highest non-US entry in the international arena, taking $5.4m from 1,433 screens in 17 territories.
The film is one of 17 that crossed the $1m mark over the June 6-8 weekend, as the top four films - all Hollywood offerings - saturated the market.
Sex And The City, Kung Fu Panda and the latest instalments of Indiana Jones and The Chronicles Of Narnia accounted for 67.3% of the top 40 revenue. Sex And The City ousted Indiana Jones from the top slot after expanding in 25 territories, taking $37.6m over the three-day period.
Sarkar Raj, distributed by Eros International, came in at number six with a $3,790 screen average. The film, which is about a foreign company wanting to set up a power plant on farmers' land west of Mumbai, opened at number eight in the UK, where it took $368,375 from 56 screens. It is directed by Ram Gopal Varma and stars Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.
Four Japanese titles took more than $7m, led by Toho's The Magic Hour which opened at number one in Japan with $4.8m from 379 screens. The film, written and directed by Koki Mitani, boasted a $12,715 screen average - the second highest of the international weekend behind Kung Fu Panda's $13,449.
Six French films generated a more modest $3.7m collectively, each failing to reach the $1m mark. The pack was led by two new entries - Gaumont's JCVD, the Jean Claude Van Damme docudrama from Mabrouk El Mechri, which took $833,461 from 270 screens while Films Distribution's crime story Affaire De Famille opened with an $811,774 take across 270 screens.
Additionally, Korean comedy Girl Scouts opened in the top 20, taking $877,469 from 265 screens in its home territory. It is distributed by Lotte Entertainment.
The top 40 international films generated $171.2m from 42,947 screens for the period June 6-8.
| Analysis: International box-office Weekend June 6-8 | ||||||
| (Last | 3-day | |||||
| week) | Film (origin) | gross $ | Scrs | Cume $ | Terr | |
| 1 | (2) | Sex And The City (US) | $37,642,055 | 5,714 | $92,163,947 | 39 |
| 2 | (1) | Indiana Jones & The Kingdom... (US) | $36,857,586 | 7,926 | $327,418,154 | 58 |
| 3 | New | Kung Fu Panda (US) | $20,456,457 | 1,521 | $20,456,457 | 9 |
| 4 | (3) | The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian (US) | $20,322,047 | 4,446 | $101,247,047 | 27 |
| 5 | (4) | What Happens In Vegas (US) | $7,433,396 | 3,482 | $109,084,237 | 45 |
| 6 | New | Sarkar Raj (Ind) | $5,431,628 | 1,433 | $5,431,628 | 17 |
| 7 | New | The Magic Hour (Jap) | $4,819,111 | 379 | $4,819,111 | 1 |
| 8 | (7) | 21 (US) | $4,568,612 | 1,579 | $59,433,436 | 49 |
| 9 | (15) | Superhero Movie (US) | $3,499,666 | 1,158 | $26,286,088 | 10 |
| 10 | (5) | Iron Man (US) | $3,240,154 | 2,755 | $247,003,081 | 54 |
| 11 | (6) | Made Of Honour (US) | $3,012,038 | 1,552 | $35,094,897 | 29 |
| 12 | New | You Don't Mess With The Zohan (US) | $2,071,346 | 406 | $2,071,346 | 3 |
| 13 | (30) | Prom Night (US) | $1,815,023 | 771 | $6,627,204 | 19 |
| 14 | (11) | Gomorrah (It) | $1,477,497 | 349 | $14,441,443 | 1 |
| 15 | (10) | Il Divo (It) | $1,432,211 | 358 | $5,114,132 | 1 |
| 16 | (8) | Speed Racer (US) | $1,233,317 | 1,676 | $36,738,954 | 33 |
| 17 | 16) | The Mist (US) | $1,047,089 | 461 | $24,212,813 | 6 |
| 18 | (9) | Partners: The Movie (Aibou) (Jap) | $969,445 | 301 | $37,074,013 | 1 |
| 19 | * | My Mom's New Boyfriend (US-Ger) | $922,240 | 277 | $2,245,947 | 3 |
| 20 | New | Girl Scouts (S Kor) | $877,469 | 265 | $1,048,530 | 1 |
| 21 | New | JCVD (Fr) | $833,461 | 370 | $833,461 | 2 |
| 22 | New | Affaire De Famille (Fr) | $811,774 | 270 | $811,774 | 2 |
| 23 | (12) | Cyborg She (Jap) | $811,230 | 293 | $3,615,496 | 1 |
| 24 | (13) | 88 Minutes (US) | $726,679 | 504 | $11,480,572 | 9 |
| 25 | * | Gone Baby Gone (US) | $716,352 | 291 | $11,365,329 | 2 |
| 26 | * | Then She Found Me (US) | $714,107 | 197 | $1,807,072 | 2 |
| 27 | (14) | Caregiver (Phil) | $682,351 | 70 | $2,547,894 | 1 |
| 28 | (32) | The Eye (US) | $677,395 | 453 | $24,596,515 | 12 |
| 29 | (21) | A Christmas Tale (Fr) | $633,435 | 202 | $3,259,243 | 2 |
| 30 | (17) | Rambo (US) | $609,529 | 304 | $68,718,274 | 1 |
| 31 | (18) | Fool's Gold (US) | $510,208 | 537 | $39,262,364 | 14 |
| 32 | (33) | Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (US) | $506,574 | 192 | $14,374,682 | 5 |
| 33 | (19) | The Forbidden Kingdom (US-Ch) | $504,522 | 405 | $53,155,678 | 11 |
| 34 | (23) | Deux Jours A Tuer (Fr) | $496,748 | 427 | $9,196,127 | 1 |
| 35 | * | Leatherheads (US) | $496,319 | 283 | $8,557,269 | 11 |
| 36 | New | 48 Hours A Day (Fr) | $494,371 | 201 | $494,371 | 2 |
| 37 | New | The Taste Of Fish (Jap) | $469,202 | 259 | $469,202 | 1 |
| 38 | (27) | Welcome To The Sticks (Fr) | $468,984 | 439 | $205,222,648 | 5 |
| 39 | (22) | The Bucket List (US) | $455,809 | 326 | $79,695,855 | 10 |
| 40 | * | Mongol (Rus-Ger-Kaz-Mong) | $433,520 | 115 | $14,477,789 | 4 |
| *Re-entry (c) Screen International, compiled by Leonard Klady | ||||||
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