Columbia/Revolution's actionthriller XXX opened top of thecharts in Japan over the weekend, grossing $2.45m from 407 screens for aper-theatre average of $6,007. Studio executives expect the picture to play foreight weeks and will be aiming for a final cumulative score above $17m. Thepicture also opened at number one in Sweden on 60 screens with $363,000 for a$6,050 per-theatre average.

Also opening in Holland, XXX took $681, 490 from 92 screens for a per-theatreaverage of $7,407. The opening was a little less than those enjoyed by MenIn Black II.

XXX held top spot in its second weekends in the UK andGermany and to date has grossed $11.2m and $7.9m respectively in thoseterritories. Its international running total is just over $77m.