Robots ruled the international box office this weekend as Transformers took the number one spot with $47.1m, for a total of $97.2m to date. Michael Bay's blockbuster was up 30% after expanding in an additional 19 territories. A second weekend also proved helpful for Die Hard 4.0, which was up 37% after expanding into a further 14 territories, taking $42.3m for an $86.1m total. Animated adventure Ratatouille also saw a boost - the film was up 57%, raking in $9.1m over the three-day period. And Australian audiences flocked to see US comedy Knocked Up, as it opened with a $2.9m take in its first weekend in the territory. The Good Shepherd re-entered the chart with $1m, while The Descent, Taxi 4, Nancy Drew and Swedish comedy Heartbreak Hotel also returned to the top 40 this weekend.
| Analysis: International box-office Weekend July 6-8 | ||||||
| (Last | 3-day | |||||
| week) | Film (origin) | gross $ | Scrs | Cume $ | Terr | |
| 1 | (2) | Transformers (US) | $47,173,848 | 3,381 | $97,207,996 | 29 |
| 2 | (3) | Die Hard 4.0 (US) | $42,392,739 | 6,903 | $86,165,568 | 49 |
| 3 | (1) | Shrek The Third (US) | $35,686,848 | 5,912 | $325,526,983 | 42 |
| 4 | (5) | Ocean's Thirteen (US) | $9,309,023 | 4,744 | $141,771,604 | 54 |
| 5 | (7) | Ratatouille (US) | $9,135,000 | 1,818 | $17,771,000 | 13 |
| 6 | (6) | Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (US) | $8,939,000 | 5,242 | $624,933,000 | 101 |
| 7 | (4) | Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (US) | $7,846,287 | 4,098 | $96,807,009 | 35 |
| 8 | (New) | Knocked Up (US) | $2,978,394 | 222 | $3,338,842 | 1 |
| 9 | (10) | Persepolis (US-Fr) | $1,400,786 | 380 | $3,742,160 | 2 |
| 10 | (9) | Apne (Ind) | $1,296,960 | 665 | $5,308,192 | 16 |
| 11 | (8) | Hostel: Part II (US) | $1,239,828 | 934 | $10,717,825 | 18 |
| 12 | (14) | Maiko Haaaan!!! (Jap) | $1,152,476 | 287 | $11,756,730 | 1 |
| 13 | (12) | Black House (S Kor) | $1,043,781 | 276 | $8,645,723 | 1 |
| 14 | (*) | The Good Shepherd (US) | $1,043,493 | 256 | $33,837,211 | 4 |
| 15 | (15) | Blades Of Glory (US) | $981,588 | 269 | $23,885,469 | 8 |
| 16 | (11) | Aap Ka Surroor (Ind) | $904,426 | 498 | $3,896,344 | 14 |
| 17 | (28) | Bridge To Terabithia (US) | $847,561 | 399 | $45,740,593 | 6 |
| 18 | (New) | Je Deteste Les Enfants Des Autres (Fr) | $838,517 | 254 | $838,517 | 1 |
| 19 | (13) | 28 Weeks Later (US-UK) | $834,928 | 367 | $23,633,398 | 7 |
| 20 | (16) | Zodiac (US) | $803,535 | 1,064 | $45,892,445 | 34 |
| 21 | (*) | The Descent (UK) | $761,026 | 188 | $30,374,816 | 1 |
| 22 | (19) | Fracture (US) | $727,250 | 701 | $35,737,948 | 17 |
| 23 | (*) | Taxi 4 (Fr) | $633,197 | 187 | $56,178,804 | 3 |
| 24 | (24) | The Secret Of The Magic Gourd (Chi-US) | $594,000 | 150 | $1,702,000 | 1 |
| 25 | (20) | Conversations With My Gardener (Fr) | $586,804 | 537 | $8,060,646 | 2 |
| 26 | (18) | Roman De Gare (Fr) | $563,798 | 291 | $1,777,468 | 3 |
| 27 | (New) | Incorregibles (Arg) | $536,506 | 118 | $536,506 | 2 |
| 28 | (21) | The Haunted Samurai (Jap) | $531,963 | 285 | $4,306,083 | 1 |
| 29 | (*) | Nancy Drew (US) | $509,117 | 208 | $1,572,417 | 3 |
| 30 | (34) | La Vie En Rose (Fr-UK-Czech) | $483,250 | 254 | $59,842,691 | 13 |
| 31 | (25) | Cafe Solo O Con Ellas (Sp) | $478,529 | 299 | $1,439,827 | 1 |
| 32 | (32) | Sivaji (Ind) | $477,823 | 247 | $5,465,729 | 9 |
| 33 | (22) | Spider-Man 3 (US) | $475,858 | 928 | $550,075,765 | 36 |
| 34 | (*) | Heartbreak Hotel (Swe) | $468,073 | 138 | $5,758,778 | 2 |
| 35 | (23) | Evan Almighty (US) | $454,186 | 202 | $4,026,791 | 8 |
| 36 | (29) | Hooked On You (HK) | $411,328 | 125 | $1,299,428 | 3 |
| 37 | (*) | Stomp The Yard (US) | $407,416 | 434 | $12,905,051 | 8 |
| 38 | (31) | 300 (US) | $394,322 | 304 | $245,224,101 | 3 |
| 39 | (27) | Death Proof (US) | $377,849 | 371 | $12,512,132 | 17 |
| 40 | (30) | Wild Hogs (US) | $356,000 | 409 | $83,802,000 | 15 |
| *Re-entry. (c) Screen International, compiled by Leonard Klady | ||||||
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