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EARLY WEEKEND REPORT NOVEMBER 5-7th

The paid previews for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason dominated the U.K. box office on Saturday with an excellent $2.3 million (£1.3 million) at 441 locations and a 33% market share. More Bridget Jones' paid previews are scheduled for Sunday at the same number of locations. For comparison, Bridget Jones's Diary had paid previews on the Wednesday and Thursday before opening and grossed a total $1.8 million (£1.1 million) at 360 locations over the two days. The film opens in the U.K., Australia, Croatia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland and Thailand next weekend.

Universal has distribution rights to The Grudge in the U.K., where it had an excellent opening this weekend. The weekend estimate is $4.1 million (£2.2 million) including previews of $736k (£396k). For comparison, Saw opened in October with $2.2 million (£1.2 million) at 301 dates. Open Water opened in September with $3.3 million (£1.8 million) at 377 dates. Dawn of the Dead opened in March with $3 million (£1.6 million) at 339 dates and The Ring opened in 2003 with $3 million (£1.7 million) at 396 dates.

Seven Dwarfs (Sieben Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald) had a record-breaking opening weekend and week last weekend and it is holding extremely well in its second weekend in Germany, Austria and German-Switzerland. In Germany, it is No. 1 ahead of the openings of Alien vs. Predator and Shall We Dance. It has a 41% market share and the weekend estimate is $10 million, off only 12% from opening, which raises the 11-day cume to $25.7 million. For comparison, it started out 21% behind the opening of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and after 11 days, Seven Dwarfs has narrowed the gap to 6%. (T) Ramshiff Surprise was 23% ahead of Seven Dwarfs' opening but now Seven Dwarfs' is only 18% behind.

In Austria, Seven Dwarfs is No. 1 ahead of the same new openings as Germany. It has a 36% market share and the weekend estimate is $1 million, off 20% from last weekend, which had a holiday on Monday. The 10-day cume is $3.1 million. German-Switzerland's estimate for the weekend is $425k at 38 dates, which raises the 11-day cume to $1 million.

Seven Dwarfs' weekend estimate is $11.4 million. It has grossed $30 million in 11 days at 885 playdates in these three countries.

Vanity Fair, which Universal is distributing in a few markets, opened in Spain this weekend. It grossed an estimated $46k from a limited release of 32 dates.

The Bourne Supremacy opened in Peru this weekend. Germany's weekend estimate is $1.1 million at 522 dates, off 40%. It is No. 4 in the market and the 18-day cume is $7.1 million, which is at the same level as The Bourne Identity. Austria's third weekend estimate is $120k at 51 dates, off 44% and is also No. 4 with a 17-day cume of $1.1 million. It just passed the final gross of Bourne Identity ($1.1 million).

The Bourne Supremacy's international weekend estimate is $2 million at 850 dates in 19 territories, which raises the cume to $93.4 million. It just passed the international total of The Bourne Identity, which grossed $92.4 million. There are 14 territories still to open including Japan on Feb. 5.

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EARLY INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND (NOVEMBER 5th-7th) REPORT FROM YAHOO



Local faves "Seven Dwarves" in German-speaking Europe, "A Very Long Engagement" in France and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" in Britain took top honors at the international boxoffice alongside "Shark Tale," which continued to scale the heights, gobbling another $11.3 million this weekend for a total of $130 million.

DreamWorks' fishy tale opened at No. 1 in Singapore with $700,000 from 26 locations (including previews of $250,000); in Malaysia with an estimated $260,000 from 33 sites (including previews of $42,000); in Turkey with $270,000 from 1,06l locations; and in Colombia with $400,000 from 85 sites.

Another $3.4 million poured in from France for "Shark Tale." However, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Engagement" (Un long dimanche de fiancailles) easily maintained the top position in France, taking $5.4 million from 707 prints in its second week and capturing 50% of the market share for top five films. The estimated total to date is $18.9 million.

Paramount's "The Manchurian Candidate" also opened well in France with about $1.125 million from 313 locations, hoisting the weekend total to $2.75 million and the cume to $6 million.

The paid previews for Working Title's "Bridget Jones" dominated the U.K. boxoffice Sunday with an excellent $2.3 million at 441 locations and a 33% market share.

The Sarah Michelle Gellar horror offering "The Grudge" debuted strongly in Britain with an estimated $4.1 million, including previews of $736,000.

"Dwarves" (Sieben Zwerge -- Manner allien im Wald)
was the No. 1 picture internationally this weekend. The family comedy is holding up extremely well in its second weekend in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland with weekend estimates from the three territories totaling $11.4 million. "Dwarves" has grossed $30 million in 11 days at 885 play dates in these three countries.

In Germany, "Dwarves" is No. 1 ahead of openings for "Alien vs. Predator" ($3.9 million from 561 locations) and "Shall We Dance?" ($2.3 million opening from 600 play dates). "Dwarves" has a 41% market share and the weekend estimate is $10 million, off 12%.

German-speaking Switzerland's estimate is $425,000 at 38 locations.

In Austria, "Dwarves" is No. 1 -- ahead of openings for "Alien vs. Predator" ($445,000 from 60 screens) and "Shall We Dance?" ($450,000) -- with a 36% market share and a weekend estimate of $1 million, off 20%.

"Shall We Dance?" took about $6.7 million from 1,000 screens for the Buena Vista International territories. Openings of $1.8 million in Spain and $200,000 in Hong Kong twirled the estimated totals including non-BVI territories Italy and France to more than $10 million. The Richard Gere starrer was No. 1 in Italy, ahead of the $1.6 million opening of "Alien vs. Predator" from 250 prints. "Dodgeball" also opened in Italy to a fair $602,000 from 176 screens.

"Alien vs. Predator" earned another $6.1 million this weekend for a total to date of $61.7 million from 1,800 prints across 27 markets. The monster mauling opened with an excellent $606,000 from 47 screens in Belgium, as well as $376,000 from 65 screens in Sweden.

"Resident Evil: Apocalypse"
debuted at No. 1 in Spain, devouring $2.5 million from 354 prints, up 40% from the franchise's original entry.

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INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND REPORT (BOM):



The paid previews for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason dominated the U.K. box office on Saturday with an excellent $2.3 million (£1.3 million) at 441 locations and a 33% market share. More Bridget Jones' paid previews occurred on Sunday at the same number of locations, but results won't be available until its opening next weekend. For comparison, Bridget Jones's Diary had paid previews on the Wednesday and Thursday before opening and grossed a total $1.8 million (£1.1 million) at 360 locations over the two days. The film opens in the U.K., Australia, Croatia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland and Thailand next weekend.

Seven Dwarfs (Sieben Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald)
nearly matched its record-breaking opening in Germany, rose in Switzerland, and held extremely well in Austria. In Germany, it was No. 1 ahead of the openings of Alien vs. Predator and Shall We Dance with a 41% market share. Thanks to a $9,223,858 weekend gross from 786 screens Seven Dwarfs was off only 19% from its opening, which raised the 11-day cume to $24,889,669. For comparison, it started out 21% behind the opening of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and after 11 days, Seven Dwarfs has narrowed the gap to 8%. That trend should continue as no major family films open until November 25 when The Polar Express, National Treasure, and Christmas with the Kranks debut.

In Austria, Seven Dwarfs was No. 1 ahead of the same new openings as Germany. It had a 36% market share with a weekend gross of $915,767 on 110 screens, off 30% from last weekend, which had a holiday on Monday. The 10-day total is $3,003,615. German-Switzerland's tally for the weekend was $504,415 at 38 dates (up 4% from last weekend), which raised the 11-day cume to $1,120,994.

Seven Dwarfs' weekend gross was $10,644,139 from 934 locations in three markets. It has grossed $29,014,728 in 11 days of release.

A Very Long Engagement grossed a fantastic $6.2 million from 768 screens in three countries over the weekend for a $19.9 million total to date. The picture didn't hold as well as it would have liked in France as it dropped 41% from its opening. The second weekend take of $5.6 million from 707 prints was, however, the lowest drop of all films in the Top 10 and moved its total there to $18.5 million. It remained in first place.

In Belgium the picture ranked third nationally with a $344,000 haul, which was 6% bigger than last weekend and 72% ahead of Amélie. Its total there grew to $896,000. In French Switzerland Un long dimanche de fiançailles grossed $203,700 from 20 screens to retain pole position and fall only 13%. That pushed its total there to $483,800.

Shall We Dance is having a blockbuster run overseas thanks to a huge run in Italy and strong starts everywhere else, but especially Australia and Germany. Italy supplied the romantic comedy with an incredible $2,400,634 second weekend haul from 410 screens. Despite a holiday session the previous weekend the picture fell 47% and rose to first place for a $7,913,572 total.

Shall We Dance also had strong openings in Germany and Spain. In Germany the film grossed $3,029,045 from 610 screens, which was 4% bigger than Erin Brockovich and 17% better than Runaway Bride. In Spain the picture grossed $1,750,814 from 300 screens in its three-day debut, which was at the same level as My Best Friend's Wedding and Intolerable Cruelty. The picture also opened in Austria, grossing $477,233 from 74 screens.

In other holdovers Shall We Dance was again potent. In New Zealand the picture remained No. 1 with a $124,668 gross from 58 screens, off only 27%, for a $472,815 total. In its third week in Australia the picture declined just 17% to $1,053,081 on 255 and a $5,058,748 total. It fell to third place behind Hero and The Forgotten's openings. Israel fell only 14% to $193,355 on 25 and a $847,608 total. It was also in its third week.

Shall We Dance's surprising strength overseas is just that, surprising. Its fantastic holds and strong openings are quite baffling. Neither stars Jennifer Lopez nor Richard Gere have a strong following overseas and the original Japanese version was not very successful outside of Japan. It seems the biggest attribute to its success has been its loneliness on the charts. This is the time in most markets when local pictures own the marketplace and the holiday pictures are about two weeks away. So this might be one of the strongest spots for a romantic comedy. It also helps to be very well reviewed and liked.

Shark Tale had three strong starts over the weekend in smaller markets, but kept its overall international take healthy with a $8,654,984 haul from 3,871 screens in 24 markets and a $127,843,988 total (all information excludes Brazil, Chile, Panama, and Venezuela). The biggest opening came from Singapore where the family feature fetched an excellent $446,264 from 26 screens. The movie actually opened on Thursday so the four-day opening take would be $692,943. The movie also opened well in Turkey ($308,093 on 111 screens) and Malaysia ($194,139 on 33 - $235,974 four-day opening). Shark Tale is in its fourth week or more in all other markets except Hungary.

Collateral had yet another healthy weekend abroad, grossing $5,394,886 from 2,118 screens in 23 markets for a $97,265,040 total, which means it will pass the century mark by Saturday. The thriller continues to hold well in all markets especially in Japan, where the film was off 36% from its opening to $1,838,800 on 356 screens for a 9-day total of $9,310,836. With no more major openings left Collateral looks to dissipate over the weekends and wind up with a little over $110 million as its strong holds will likely fall fast as the holiday movie selection grows.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse is having a fantastic run overseas. Over the weekend the picture grossed $4,662,700 from 1,036 screens in 14 Columbia TriStar markets for a all-territory total of $61,956,155. Helping most to that take was Spain's superb $2,507,571 opening on 349 screens. That was surprisingly 9% bigger than The Mummy and 19% better than Hollow Man. Apocalypse also opened well in Italy with a second-place start of $1,682,517 from 250 screens.

Universal has distribution rights to The Grudge in the U.K., where it had an excellent opening last weekend. The weekend gross was $3,344,299 on 361 screens excluding previews of $736k (£396k). For comparison, Saw opened in October with $2.2 million (£1.2 million) at 301 dates. Open Water opened in September with $3.3 million (£1.8 million) at 377 dates. Dawn of the Dead opened in March with $3 million (£1.6 million) at 339 dates and The Ring opened in 2003 with $3 million (£1.7 million) at 396 dates.

In Australia Hero was tops with a $1,706,145 haul from only 165 screens. The picture unseated Shall We Dance and was better than The Forgotten's $1,107,819 debut on 200 screens. Australia is another market waiting for the slew of holiday movies that kicks off with The Polar Express on November 18 (although a case can be made for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason on November 11).

The Forgotten
launched in 10 markets over the weekend (including Australia), which led to a $3,682,203 haul from 1,165 screens in a total of 18 markets and a $11,853,892 cumulative total. The Julianne Moore mystery/thriller opened extremely well in Brazil, grossing $779,387 on 151 screens and also opened in Greece ($112,139 on 31), Hungary ($123,691 on 20), and Turkey ($150,494 on 40). In Mexico The Forgotten was off only 23% to $548,865 on 289 for a 24-day total of $3,527,882.

Finding Neverland looks like it has word-of-mouth in the U.K., which it desperately needed after its soft debut. Falling just 27% the drama grossed $1,049,056 from 324 screens in its second weekend of release for a $3,389,069 total.

The Manchurian Candidate kicked off in 12 new markets last weekend with decent results. The picture winded up with a $2,549,790 weekend haul from 873 screens in 17 markets for a $5,975,066 total (all information excludes Hungary). The biggest chunk came from France where the remake grossed $1,090,162 from 309 screens in its five-day debut. The result was nothing spectacular, but the movie's almost mediocre domestic run resulted in low print counts and lower advertising.

Exorcist: The Beginning continues to perform solidly overseas with a $2.7 million weekend gross from 1,422 screens in 19 countries for a $15.9m total. The prequel had a fine opening in Colombia, grossing $124,000 from 40 screens to rank second behind Shark Tale. Results were 16% better than Ghost Ship and 54% better than Gothika.

In its second weekend in Mexico The Beginning held onto the top spot thanks to a $575,700 gross from 361 screens for a $2.5 million total. In Spain the picture grossed $970,000 in its sophomore session from 292 screens for a $4.3 million total while Brazil's $369,400 from 150 helped increase its total there to $1.5 million. Through two weeks in the U.K. Exorcist's total is $1.9 million.

The Bourne Supremacy opened in Peru last weekend, grossing $53,900 from 24 screens, but that wasn't anything significant in its $1,650,853 weekend haul from 980 screens in 20 territories for a $92,914,864 total. Germany's weekend gross of $974,650 at 549 dates, off 47%, was the biggest factor in the total weekend take. It was No. 4 in the market and the 18-day cume is $6,966,383, which is at the same level as The Bourne Identity. Austria's third weekend gross was $102,081 at 58 dates, off 54%. It was also No. 4 with a 17-day cume of $1,181,877. It will just passed the final gross of Bourne Identity ($1,126,250) during the week.

The Bourne Supremacy's $92,914,864 total meant it just passed the international total of The Bourne Identity, which grossed $92,196,151. There are 14 territories still to open including Japan on Feb. 5.

The Terminal inched closer to the century mark with a $1,245,336 weekend haul from 831 screens in 16 territories for a $97,219,608 total.

White Chicks grabbed $1,857,490 from 1,055 over the weekend for a $31,389,701 international total. Aside from three small openings the gross came from four-week or more holdovers.

Catwoman's $609,800 opening in Japan from 243 screens led to a $1.2 million weekend from 525 screens in 16 countries for a $38.9 million total.


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I am very surprised by Shall We Dance?'s international performance. It will probably be a hit over here, in the UK as well. I wonder if it'll hit $150m worldwide. Should be able to pull that off.

On another note:

Collateral is doing very well overseas (as all Cruise's) movies and will end up with $220m+ worldwide.

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INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND REPORT November 12-14

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is the No. 1 film internationally with record breaking openings in the 6 territories: the U.K., Australia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland and Croatia. The weekend estimate is $26,597,139 at 1,016 playdates in 6 territories, which is an outstanding $26,178 per screen.

In its home market, the U.K., Bridget Jones's Diary's sequel was phenomenal. With a weekend gross of $19,376,954 (£10.3 million) from 503 screens including previews of $5.9 million (£3.3 million) the picture had the tenth biggest opening ever in the U.K. (in Pounds sterling). It was also Universal's and Working Title's biggest opening weekend ever in the U.K. in US$ and Pounds sterling. Love Actually was their previous record holder with $11.1 million. And even more surprising was the fact that it's debut was 136% bigger than the original in US$ and 85% bigger in Pounds sterling. Bridget Jones's Diary was clearly a word-of-mouth hit as it went on to gross $60,296,418 (£42,007,008), which is the thirteen highest total to date in the U.K. The Edge of Reason will fall faster than the original, but it should easily match the $60 million total as the exchange rate is much more kind.

The Edge of Reason took in $4,317,400 at 261 dates in Australia, which placed it at the No. 1 spot with a 50% market share. That was 125% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary in US$. It was the biggest opening ever for Working Title in Australia. It was Universal's second biggest opening ever in US$ behind Jurassic Park: The Lost World (US$4.6 million). Bridget's local currency gross is A$5.6 million was Universal's third biggest in A$ behind Gladiator (A$5.9 million) and Lost World (A$5.8 million).

In the Netherlands the sequel was also No. 1 with an outstanding weekend gross of $1,129,549 at 109 dates. Thursday's opening was Universal's biggest opening day ever there. The weekend gross was Working Title's biggest opening ever as well as Universal's second biggest opening weekend in the market behind Jurassic Park 3 ($1.4 million). The Edge of Reason was 130% bigger than BJD.

The record books kept on breaking for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason in smaller markets. It opened No. 1 in Hungary with a weekend gross of $405,005 at 35 dates, which was Universal's and Working Title's biggest opening weekend ever in Hungary. It was 200% bigger than BJD. Poland's No. 1 debut was a resounding $1,287,226 from 97 screens, which was Universal and Working Title's biggest opening ever. Thursday's opening day gross was Universal's biggest ever and the weekend gross was 200% bigger than the original. In Croatia The Edge of Reason's weekend gross was $81,004 from 11 dates, which was Universal's biggest opening ever and % bigger than BJD.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason's success proves once again that British romantic comedies are kings in international profits. They rarely do just as well in the U.S. as overseas. For example Four Weddings and a Funeral grossed $52.7 million in the U.S. and $193 million overseas. Love Actually grossed $59.5 million in the U.S. and $185.2 million overseas. Even Bridget Jones's Diary fits that mold as it grossed $71.5 million in the U.S. and $208.7 million overseas. Almost any Working Title picture that's a romantic comedy is gold in the international markets and The Edge or Reason is no exception. The picture opens in 10 more territories next weekend including Spain and Sweden.

A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) grabbed $5.641 million from 774 screens in 3 countries for a $27 million total. In its third weekend in France the Jean-Pierre Jeunet picture again was far ahead of the competition thanks to just a 8% drop from the previous week. Engagement grossed $5.2 million (€4.1 million) from 707 prints for an outstanding $25.1 million (€19.6 million) total.

In neighboring Belgium and Switzerland A Very Long Engagement also performed well. In Beligum the picture again placed first with a $208,500 (€241,000) gross from 42 screens (off only 11%) for a $1.3 million (€960,000) total. In French Switzerland the war drama was also in pole position with a $683,200 (€817,500) total to date.

The Grudge held strong in the U.K. It was No. 2 behind The Edge of Reason with a weekend gross of $2,814,246 (£1.6 million), off just 16% from last weekend (-28% including the previews). The 10-day cume is $8,881,497 (£5 million). It will pass the final total of Dawn of the Dead this week.

Seven Dwarfs (Sieben Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald) continued its outstanding run in the German-speaking markets. It was the No. 1 film in all three countries for the 3rd week in a row. In Germany it dominated the box office with a 36% market share and was ahead of the openings of The Forgotten and The Manchurian Candidate. The weekend gross was $6,485,009 at 807 dates, off 30%, which raised the 18-day cume to $33,049,384.

Austria grossed $660,350 at 108 dates, off 28%. It had a 29% market share and was ahead of the same openings as in Germany. The 17-day cume is $3,855,772. German-Switzerland grossed $429,436 at 43 dates, off 15%. The 18-day cume is $1,646,348.

Seven Dwarfs' weekend estimate from the above three territories is $7,574,795 at 958 dates and the total after 17 days is $38,551,503.

The Forgotten opened in nine more markets, which helped it gross $4,411,352 from 1,464 screens in 24 countries for a $17,791,246 total. Its best start came from Germany where it grossed $1,571,706 from 355 screens. That rather soft start put it at fourth place behind three holdovers, but ahead of fellow opener The Manchurian Candidate. Strong starts came from smaller markets like Austria ($273,373 on 51), Belgium ($328,21 on 23), and Singapore ($166,343 on 20).

Holdovers didn't hold too well. In Australia the picture tumbled 53% in its second week to $522,889 from 199 for a $1,922,333 total. That dropped it down to fourth place on the Australia chart. The Forgotten looks like it will follow Secret Window's path and finish with around $45 million. Thanks to a lengthy run in Japan Secret Window is about to cross that mark as it already has $44,184,811.

Collateral fell just 19% in its third week in Japan to $1,493,199 from 290 screens for a 16-day total of $12,755,660. That helped its total international gross to cross the century mark. The thriller hauled in $3,441,453 worth of business from 1,576 screens in 21 markets for a $104,633,749 total.

The Manchurian Candidate finally had an excellent opening last weekend. In Italy the picture grossed $1,232,186 from just 145 screens. Although that ranked third it was one of the film's biggest openings to date. The thriller also opened well in Spain with a $985,777 gross from 166 screens. However, in Germany Denzel Washington's record reappeared with a measly $863,925 from 306 screens ($1,011,985 including previews). Overall the movie reaped $4,937,423 from 1,348 screens in 20 markets for a $11,862,079 total.

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid has had all sorts of returns. In India it had a record-setting opening which led to a stunning $4,261,984 total while in Australia it could only muster $1,768,839. Most recent was France's solid $930,855 opening from 245 screens next to the U.K.'s pathetic $356,833 start from 157 screens. Overall the movie grossed $1,727,527 from 725 screens in 19 markets for a $25,821,338 total.

Thanks to strong German returns Shark Tale had another solid weekend abroad. The fish tale grossed $6,116,143 from 3,428 screens in 21 countries for an impressive $138,211,442 international total. In its fifth week in France the picture grossed $1,694,660 from 640 screens for a $20,352,473 33-day total.

Exorcist: The Beginning had a terrific launch in Italy. Placing first the picture grossed $3.6 million from 402 screens. That bested Red Dragon by 57%, Hollow Man by 64%, and the director's cut of The Exorcist by 71%. The horror/thriller was release there by Eagle Pictures. In Warner Brothers' markets the movie grossed $1.4 million from 1,155 screens in 18 markets for a $18.4 million total.

Birth held strong in two markets, but tumbled 61% in its second weekend in the U.K. In the U.K. the Nicole Kidman drama grossed $544,115 from 275 screens for a $1,752,731 total. In France the film fell only 27% to $275,241 from 126 screens for a $936,824 total. Greece recorded a 36% drop to No. 4 and a $259,271 gross from 30 screens for a $637,455 total.

Catwoman grossed $543,800 from 423 screens in 12 countries for a $40.5 million total while other WB stablement, Troy, improved its international total to $364 million.


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VARIETY INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND REPORT November 12-14


As Renee Zellweger might say in her "Bridget Jones" guise, her pic's first offshore openings over the week Meanwhile, "The Incredibles" was simply, ah, incredible, as it launched in seven markets in Asia and Europe, smashing toon opening records in Taiwan, the Philippines and Finland, according to Sunday projections.

The frame's champ, "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" wooed an estimated $26.7 million on just 973 playdates in six territories, posting a socko $27,440 average per engagement. The Zellweger/Hugh Grant (news)/Colin Firth (news) headliner amassed a projected $19.1 million on 496 situations in the U.K., including $5.9 million in previews, accounting for 54% of the market. That reps the biggest weekend ever in Blighty for Universal and producers Working Title, beating "Love Actually's" $11.1 million, and, sans sneaks, it was UIP's second best behind "Shrek 2." In pounds, the sequel's debut was 85% ahead of the original "Bridget Jones's Diary."

The romantic comedy fetched an estimated $4.3 million on 256 in Australia, 125% up on the predecessor in U.S. dollars, also a Working Title high and Universal's second biggest behind "The Lost World: Jurassic Park."

Singleton's saga pulled in a projected $1.5 million on 66 in Poland (200% ahead of the first edition); $1.1 million on 107 in Holland (130% bigger); $410,000 in Hungary (200% better); and $108,000 in Croatia.

"These results confirm the global appeal of 'Bridget Jones' and we look forward to the rollout into the rest of the world over the next few weeks," UIP prez Andrew Cripps said Sunday.

Overseas numbers are at odds with results Stateside, where Zellweger starrer bowed in fourth place with a disappointing $8.9 million -- barely enough to hold off "Seed of Chucky" with $8.8 million.

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"The Incredibles" drew an estimated $5.8 million, led by Sweden's $1.3 million (slightly below "Finding Nemo"), Taiwan's $1.3 million (more than doubling "Nemo") and Norway's $950,000.

Pixar/Disney toon mustered roughly $690,000 in Denmark, $480,000 in the Philippines, $425,000 in Finland and $330,000 at the Grand Rex in Paris, where it's platforming as a primer for its Nov. 24 nationwide bow.

"Shark Tale" feasted on $6.7 million from holdovers and openings in several minor territories, propelling its cume to $138.5 million in 36 territories.

Teutonic spoof "Seven Dwarfs" continued to dominate Germany, ringing up about $6.2 million in its third outing (off 32%), hoisting the territory total to a wondrous $32.8 million.

Warners' wartime drama "A Very Long Engagement" reigned in its third sojourn in France, grossing an estimated $5.1 million (dropping only 19%) and elevating local cume to $25 million.

In Spain, Sony's pickup "Say I Do" nabbed about $1.4 million on 300 in a close race for pole position with the soph session of local terrorist thriller "El Lobo."

"Shall We Dance" courted $6.4 million in BVI's markets and its estimated cume advanced to $32 million, including a projection for its third weekend in Italy, where it's handled by an indie. Richard Gere (news)/Jennifer Lopez (news) starrer was tops in Mexico, bringing in $530,000, and a solid No. 2 in Germany, drumming up $2.3 million in its second turn (slipping by 26%), scoring a hearty $6.6 million to date.

Remake of the poignant Japanese tale pocketed $1.2 million in its soph sesh in Spain (easing by 30%), for a decent haul of $3.6 million.

In their second stanzas in the U.K., "The Grudge" abated by just 14% to $2.9 million, hiking its total to a sturdy $9 million; and word of mouth kicked in for "Bad Santa" after its ho-hum preem, as the subversive comedy improved by 16% to $925,000, sending its tally to $2.4 million.

"Finding Neverland" continued to enchant the Brits, earning $901,000 in its third adventure (declining by just 15%) and a nifty $5 million so far.


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Movie - weekend gross - % Change - total gross - week

1. Exorcist: The Beginning - $3,631,991 - NEW - $3,632,361 - 1
2. Shall We Dance - $1,736,746 - -29% - $10,528,113 - 3
3. The Manchurian Candidate - $1,175,080 - NEW - $1,182,947 - 1
4. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - $915,292 - NEW $915,292 - 1
5. Resident Evil: Apocalypse - $839,983 - -49% - $3,019,554 - 2
6. The Village - $628,917 - -60% - $8,138,816 - 3
7. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - $442,216 - -27% - $1,246,281 - 2
8. Vera Drake - $313,482 - -15% - $841,528 - 2
9. Collateral - $300,755 - -49% - $8,636,494 - 5
10. I, Robot - $212,881 - -59% - $5,641,821 - 4

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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason was the No. 1 film internationally for the second week in a row thanks to a weekend take of $20.9 million from 1,800 playdates in 18 territories, which raises the international cume to $59.3 million.

In Denmark Bridget opened on Friday, grossing $173,000 from 66 dates, which is Universal's second biggest opening day ever, behind Jurassic Park: The Lost World. Over the weekend it held on at No. 1 just ahead of Alien vs. Predator and The Incredibles (week 2) and grossed $526k, which puts it neck and neck with 8 Mile to be Universal's third biggest opening weekend ever behind Van Helsing and Jurassic Park: The Lost World. It is the biggest opening day ever for a Working Title film and is 165% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary.

The Edge of Reason was fantastic in Israel as well with a No. 1 opening. The weekend estimate is $275k at 32 dates, which makes it Universal's and Working Title's biggest opening ever in Israel. It is 9% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary.

Bridget opened No. 1 in New Zealand ahead of the openings of Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid and The Polar Express and has 51% of the market share. The weekend gross is $560k at 62 dates, which makes it Universal's and Working Title's biggest opening weekend ever. It is 167% bigger than the opening weekend of Bridget Jones's Diary.

Norway opened the film at No. 1 with an outstanding $1 million at 78 dates, far ahead of the No. 2 film, The Incredibles (week 2). This is Universal's and Working Title's biggest opening day and biggest opening weekend ever in Norway. It is 112% bigger than the opening weekend of Bridget Jones's Diary.

The picture was No. 1 in Portugal as well. On Thursday The Edge of Reason grossed $106k at 50 dates, which is Universal's fourth biggest opening day ever and the biggest opening day for Working Title. It is 58% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary's opening day. It was especially good since most films open on a Friday. The weekend estimate is $410k, which will make it Universal's third biggest opening weekend ever behind 2 Fast 2 Furious and Jurassic Park: The Lost World.

South Africa had an excellent No. 1 opening on Friday. The weekend estimate is $365k, which would make it Universal's seventh biggest opening weekend and 36% bigger than the opening weekend of Bridget Jones's Diary.

Bridget opened No. 1 in Spain and has 23% market share. The weekend estimate is $2.3 million at 313 dates, which is the biggest Working Title opening weekend and Universal's ninth biggest opening weekend ever. It is 62% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary.

Sweden had an excellent opening. Bridget's weekend estimate is $675k at 80 dates and it is neck and neck with The Incredibles (week 2) for No. 1. The opening is Universal's fourth biggest opening weekend and Working Title's biggest opening weekend ever. It is 16% bigger than the opening weekend of Bridget Jones's Diary, which opened on a Wednesday for a five day weekend.

In holdovers Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason was just as impressive. The film held strong in the U.K., staying in first placed ahead of the openings of After the Sunset, The Manchurian Candidate, and Taxi. Bridget's weekend estimate is $10 million (£5.4 million), off 25% from last weekend excluding previews. The U.K. total is $39 million (£21 million). Compared to the original, The Edge of Reason is 82% ahead in US$ and 43% ahead in pounds sterling. After 10 days in release, Bridget is already Universal's fifth highest grossing film ever in US$ and Universal's seventh highest grossing film in pounds sterling.

In Australia, Bridget was again No. 1 with a 33% market share. It is far ahead of the openings of The Grudge and The Polar Express. The weekend estimate is $2 million at 261 dates, off 41%. The 11-day total is $8.2 million. It is 54% ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary, which is great considering that last weekend it was just 41% ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary.

The Netherlands moved into its second weekend on Thursday and grossed $151k at 96 dates, off only 27% from Universal's biggest opening day of all time there. The weekend estimate is $825k, off 27%, which raises the 11-day cume to an outstanding $2.3 million, which is 135% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason opens in six more territories next weekend, including Mexico and Russia.

Universal has the No. 1 and No. 2 films in the U.K. this weekend with Bridget at No. 1 and The Grudge at No. 2. The Grudge grossed $1.6 million (£880k), off 42% in its third week. The 17-day total is $11.8 million (£6.3 million). It will pass SAW, (now in its eighth week), this week.

Hayao Miyazaki has done it again. With his new animated film, Howl's Moving Castle, the director has again set the opening weekend record for a local film. He did that back in 1997 with Princess Mononoke and in 2001 with Spirited Away. Spirited Away went on to become the highest grossing movie of all time in Japan with $234 million ($292 million including inflation). Howl's Moving Castle chalked up $14.2 million (Â¥1.48bn) from 450 screens in its first two days. The previous record holder was Bayside Shakedown 2, which was released in 2003. The debut was 40% ahead of Spirited Away's start.

The fllm's distributor, Toho, is now projecting a possible $480 million gross, which would mean that nearly one-third of Japan's entire population would see the film. Back in 2001 Toho under-predicted Spirited Away. Moving Castle's 450 screen count, surpassed the 408 Bayside Shakedown 2 had in 2003 to set the record for screen counts.

The Polar Express fared no better overseas than at home. In Australia, the film grossed an estimated $921,475 (AU$1,189,000) from 226 screens, ranking third behind Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2nd weekend) and The Grudge. The opening is 14% higher than The Santa Clause 2 and Elf.

In New Zealand, The Polar Express grossed an estimated $86,960 (NZ$124,228) from 58
screens, ranking third behind Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid The opening is on par with ELF and The Santa Clause, and 34% higher than The Santa Clause 2.

Seven Dwarfs (Sieben Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald) is No. 1 for the fourth week in a row in Germany and still has a 30% market share. It broke the record for the highest grossing 2nd and 3rd weekends ever for a German film. The weekend estimate is $4.2 million, off 35%, which raises the 25-day cume to $38.8 million. It started out 21% behind Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban and is now 3% ahead of it.

In Austria, it is No. 1 for the fourth week in a row and has a 23% market share. The weekend estimate is $350k at 84 dates, off 47%. The 24-day cume is $4.3 million and it will pass the final gross of Shrek 2 next week. The film has grossed $2 million in 25 days in German-Switzerland.

Seven Dwarfs' weekend estimate is $4.8 million at 892 dates in the above three territories and the total after 25 days is $45.1 million.


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Bridget Jones #1 overseas, huge openings everywhere


Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason was the No. 1 film internationally for the second week in a row thanks to a weekend take of $20,651,260 from 1,816 playdates in 18 territories, which raised the international cume to $58,969,962.

In Denmark Bridget opened on Friday, grossing $173,000 from 66 dates, which was Universal's second biggest opening day ever, behind Jurassic Park: The Lost World. Over the weekend it held on at No. 1 just ahead of Alien vs. Predator and The Incredibles (week 2) and grossed $529,574, which put it neck and neck with 8 Mile to be Universal's third biggest opening weekend ever behind Van Helsing and Jurassic Park: The Lost World. It was the biggest opening day ever for a Working Title film and was 168% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary.

The Edge of Reason was fantastic in Israel as well with a No. 1 opening. The weekend take was $240,586 at 32 dates, which made it Universal's and Working Title's biggest opening ever in Israel. It was 9% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary.

Bridget opened No. 1 in New Zealand ahead of the openings of Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid and The Polar Express and had 51% of the market share. The weekend gross was $604,778 at 65 dates, which made it Universal's and Working Title's biggest opening weekend ever. It was 167% bigger than the opening weekend of Bridget Jones's Diary.

Norway opened the film at No. 1 with an outstanding $1,003,712 at 79 dates, far ahead of the No. 2 film, The Incredibles (week 2). This was Universal's and Working Title's biggest opening day and biggest opening weekend ever in Norway. It was 112% bigger than the opening weekend of Bridget Jones's Diary.

The picture was No. 1 in Portugal as well. On Thursday The Edge of Reason grossed $106k at 50 dates, which was Universal's fourth biggest opening day ever and the biggest opening day for Working Title. It was 58% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary's opening day. It was especially good since most films open on a Friday. The weekend gross was $433,616, which will make it Universal's third biggest opening weekend ever behind 2 Fast 2 Furious and Jurassic Park: The Lost World.

South Africa had an excellent No. 1 opening on Friday. The weekend gross was $375,483, which would make it Universal's seventh biggest opening weekend and 36% bigger than the opening weekend of Bridget Jones's Diary.

Bridget opened No. 1 in Spain and had a 23% market share. The weekend gross was $2,585,325 at 312 dates, which was the biggest Working Title opening weekend and Universal's ninth biggest opening weekend ever. It was 89% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary.

Sweden had an excellent opening. Bridget's weekend gross was $734,011 at 80 dates and it was neck and neck with The Incredibles (week 2) for No. 1. The opening was Universal's fourth biggest opening weekend and Working Title's biggest opening weekend ever. It was 16% bigger than the opening weekend of Bridget Jones's Diary, which opened on a Wednesday for a five day weekend.

The Edge of Reason also opened in the Czech Republic/Slovakia, grossing $303,290 from 22 screens.

In holdovers Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason was just as impressive. The film held strong in the U.K., staying in first placed ahead of the openings of After the Sunset, The Manchurian Candidate, and Taxi. Bridget's weekend gross was $9,358,679 (£5.4 million), off 29% from last weekend excluding previews. The U.K. total is $38,437,219 (£21 million). Compared to the original, The Edge of Reason is 82% ahead in US$ and 43% ahead in pounds sterling. After 10 days in release, Bridget is already Universal's fifth highest grossing film ever in US$ and Universal's seventh highest grossing film in pounds sterling.

In Australia, Bridget was again No. 1 with a 33% market share. It was far ahead of the openings of The Grudge and The Polar Express. The weekend gross was $2,515,502 at 262 dates, off 42%. The 11-day total is $8,119,119. It was 54% ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary, which is great considering that last weekend it was just 41% ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary.

The Netherlands moved into its second weekend on Thursday and grossed $151k at 96 dates, off only 27% from Universal's biggest opening day of all time there. The weekend gross was $977,389, off just 14%, which raised the 11-day cume to an outstanding $2,470,827, which was 135% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason opens in six more territories next weekend, including Mexico and Russia.

Universal had the No. 1 and No. 2 films in the U.K. last weekend with Bridget at No. 1 and The Grudge at No. 2. The Grudge grossed $1,456,993 (£880k), off 47% in its third week. The 17-day total is $11,607,583 (£6.3 million). It will pass Saw, (now in its eighth week), this week.


Howl's Moving Castle - Best Debut of a Local movie in Japan


Hayao Miyazaki has done it again. With his new animated film, Howl's Moving Castle, the director has again set the opening weekend record for a local film. He did that back in 1997 with Princess Mononoke and in 2001 with Spirited Away. Spirited Away went on to become the highest grossing movie of all time in Japan with $234 million ($292 million including inflation). Howl's Moving Castle chalked up $14.3 million (Â¥1.48bn) from 448 screens in its first two days. The previous record holder was Bayside Shakedown 2, which was released in 2003. It was also the third biggest opening of all films in Japan behind the first two editions of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The debut was 40% ahead of Spirited Away's start.

The film's distributor, Toho, is now projecting a possible $480 million gross, which would mean that nearly one-third of Japan's entire population would see the film. Back in 2001 Toho under-predicted Spirited Away. Moving Castle's 450 screen count, surpassed the 408 Bayside Shakedown 2 had in 2003 to set the record for screen counts.



Amazing Previews for The Incredibles in UK


The Incredibles smashed opening weekend cartoon records in Singapore and Malaysia last weekend. In its opening in Singapore the Pixar picture grossed $797,000, which was 36% ahead of Finding Nemo. Malaysia recorded $550,000, which was 50% bigger than the prior animated champion Dinosaur.

The Incredibles had incredible two-day preview attendance in the U.K. last weekend. The animated title grossed $6.5 million in paid previews and will open nationwide on Friday. The picture opened officially in two theaters in London, grossing $280,000.

In holdovers The Incredibles were fantastic. Sweden fell 34% for a $2.2 million, Taiwan moved to $1.9 million after a 25% drop, and Denmark has $1.5 million after a 41% downfall. At the Grand Rex theater in Paris The Incredibles has racked up $644,000 in two weeks. On Sunday it notched 14,200 admission in the 2,000-seat auditorium to mark the single-day theater record for any theater in the country.

Overall the superhero feature grossed $5.4 million for an early $12.3 million total.


Shall We Dance continues amazing run, AvP grabs big openings, The Polar Express disappoints


Shall We Dance had another fabulous weekend in the international arena. The romantic dance comedy accumulated $6.07 million from 2,039 screens in 17 countries for a $41.93 million total. The picture had one major start in Greece last weekend and was awesome. The Richard Gere/Jennifer Lopez comedy grossed $423,493 from 51 screens, which was 2% better than Chicago and 40% better than The Hours. However, it was the holdovers that presented the most business. In its third week in Germany the picture fell just 25% to $1,787,516 from 619 screens for a $9,171,170 total It fell 39% in Italy, where its in its fourth week, to $1,044,342 from 327 screens for an impressive $11,954,919 total. In sophomore sessions Shall We Dance grossed $382,466 from 187 screens in Mexico (off 38%) for a $1,295,475 total and $100,423 from 78 screens in South Korea (off 72%) for a $608,083 total.

Alien vs. Predator continued to grab big debuts from European markets. The picture mustered $2.4 million in Spain from 397 screens, a top-ranked $1.6 million in Italy from 299, and $367,000 in Denmark. The picture will easily pass its domestic total of $80.3 million as it already has $67.5 million in international receipts thanks to a $6.3 million weekend.

The Polar Express fared no better overseas than at home. In Australia, the film grossed $925,440 (AU$1,196432) from 226 screens, ranking third behind Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2nd weekend) and The Grudge. The opening was 15% higher than The Santa Clause 2 and Elf.

In New Zealand, The Polar Express grossed $92,965 (NZ$132,675) from 58
screens, ranking third behind Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid The opening was 6% better than Elf and The Santa Clause, and 36% higher than The Santa Clause 2.

A wider platform is scheduled for The Polar Express next week with openings in Germany, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and Japan.


Very Long Engagement, Seven Dwarves continue amazing performances


Seven Dwarfs (Sieben Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald) was No. 1 for the fourth week in a row in Germany and still has a 30% market share. It broke the record for the highest grossing 2nd and 3rd weekends ever for a German film. The weekend gross was an unprecedented $4,092,893 from 827 screens, off 36%, which raised the 25-day cume to $38,702,213. It started out 21% behind Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and is now 3% ahead of it.

In Austria, it was No. 1 for the fourth week in a row and had a 23% market share. The weekend gross was $370,504 at 103 dates, off 46%. The 24-day cume is $4,353,221 and it will pass the final gross of Shrek 2 next week. The film has grossed $2,010,333 in 25 days in German-Switzerland.

Seven Dwarfs' weekend gross was $4,752,148 at 973 dates in the above three territories and the total after 25 days is $45,065,767.

The Manchurian Candidate's international campaign is got some vitalizing juice from the U.K. and Belgium last weekend to record a fantastic gross of $4,509,419 from 1,658 screens in 23 markets for a $18,846,261 total. In the U.K. the Jonathan Demme remake had a solid $1,158,186 debut from 342 screens That tops one of Denzel Washington's best openings ever in Training Day's $1,050,199 from 264 screens. The reason many movie patrons went to The Manchurian Candidate was assuredly, however, not because of Denzel Washington. In Belgium the picture grossed $215,963 from 25 screens for a Top 3 placement. The Manchurian Candidate still has Latin America and Asia ahead, but it looks like it won't top $40 million.

A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) finally began to fall in the French markets amassing $3.1 million from 775 screens for a $31.2 million total. Now in its fourth week in France, the picture grossed $2.8 million (€2.2 million) from 711 screens. After impressive holds there the picture finally tumbled 46%, but still remained the top film in the market. The war drama's outstanding total improved to $29 million (€22.6 million). The Oscar contender also maintained the top spot in French Switzerland for the fourth straight week with a total gross of $814,500 (Swiss Franc 974,500).


House of Flying Daggers and The Exorcist both open well in France


Opening in France was Yimou Zhang's House of Flying Daggers, which grabbed $1.45 million in its first five. Thanks to a $20.3 million run in Japan and over $10 million in China, the picture has grossed $44 million to date.

Exorcist: The Beginning continues to perform well overseas. In France the picture grossed $1.2 million (€917,700) from just 163 prints in its debut. That was the highest per screen average of any film on the Top 10 chart. The surprising tart was 14% better than Stigmata's and 23% better than The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The picture lacked screens in Austria and Germany as well, but couldn't mimic the screen average The Beginning had in France. In Austria the prequel ranked third with an $157,100 (€121,300) debut from 42 screens, which was 83% better than Secret Window and 15% better than The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Including previews the picture has grossed $178,400 (€137,800) to date. Germany scored a paltry $307,100 (€237,200) from 87 prints.


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White Chicks had another surprising start in South Korea last weekend. The Sony Pictures Releasing International-distributed picture (Columbia TriStar International officially changed their name on Monday) grossed $243,270 from 82 screens ($312,007 including previews). Overall White Chicks grossed $1,201,270 from 799 screens in 26 markets for a $35,889,540 total.

After the Sunset had o.k. debuts in three markets last weekend. In the U.K. the picture made $1,220,757 from 316 screens, which is in line with its U.S. opening (which is nothing to brag about). Greece saw a more promising $299,493 on 42 screens while Thailand was less impressive with $180,000 on 65 screens. After two weeks of release the Brett Ratner Action/Adventure production has made $2,430,085.

Cellular had several nice premiers over the weekend to gross $1,800,528 from 973 screens in a total of 16 markets. With about half of its markets already in play Cellular has grossed a solid $8,647,156. The New Line thriller opened in six markets including France where the picture had a very surprising start of $1,080,608 from 222 screens. Argentina recorded a promising $100,617 from 31 screens and Serbia had a $14,783 gross from six screens. The film wasn't as potent in Lithuania ($5,382 from 3), Mexico ($380,160 from 200), and Norway ($38,617 from 15).

Taxi had a disappointing launch in the U.K., grossing just $988,020. That led to a $1.9 million weekend and a $6.5 million total.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow bombed in yet another market over the weekend with a $361,901 opening from 121 screens in Germany. The picture has recorded just over $11 million in a little over 20 markets.


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No news on Catwoman or Troy :(


Nope, not this weekend.

Either WB just didn't report on them or the grosses are too small. I was hoping that Troy can somehow reach $500 million. :(

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I was hoping that Troy can somehow reach $500 million. :(


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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason opened in 6 more territories this weekend including debuts in Latin America and Southeast Asia. The weekend estimate is $14.6 million at 1,887 playdates in 24 territories, which raises the international cume to $84 million. There are 29 territories still to open including Germany and Brazil next weekend.

Bridget opened in Mexico and grossed an estimated $375k at 146 dates. It is No. 3 behind the opening of The Polar Express and The Princess Diaries (week 2). The opening weekend estimate is at the same level as Bridget Jones's Diary.

Singapore's opening weekend estimate is $255k at 26 dates, which is 2% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary. It is No. 2 behind week 2 of The Incredibles and ahead of the opening of The Polar Express.

Bridget Jones's Diary was certainly a European-powered picture in terms of box office performance. It was O.K. in Southeast Asia and was never very good in Latin America. The Edge of Reason's recent starts in Mexico and Singapore suggest it will perform just as well as Bridget Jones's Diary, which is fine because it is making huge strides past the original in Europe.

As expected Bridget had two fantastic premiers in Europe last weekend. In Russia the comedy opened on Thursday. The paid previews of $329,000 were Universal's highest grossing ever. The weekend estimate is $840k, which would make it Universal's second biggest opening in Russia behind only 2 Fast 2 Furious. The original's opening weekend gross was $50k at 23 dates. The Edge of Reason also opened in French Switzerland where it had a phenomenal No. 1 debut of $330,000 at 26 dates.

In holdovers, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason sequel-like drops in most markets, but had some strong holds as well.

After two weeks at No. 1 in Australia, Bridget slipped to No. 2 behind the opening of National Treasure. The weekend estimate is $1.3 million at 259 dates, off 48%. The 18-day cume is $10.4 million, which is 50% ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary. It will pass the final total of the original ($11,353,608) this week.

Bridget held strong at No. 1 in New Zealand ahead of the opening of National Treasure by 132%. The weekend estimate is $432k at 61 dates, off just 28%, which raises the 11-day cume to $1.3 million. It is 171% ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary and will pass the final total of Bridget Jones's Diary ($1.8 million) this week.

Bridget is No. 2 in its second weekend in Spain behind the opening of The Incredibles. The weekend estimate is $1.9 million, off only 28% from last week's opening. The 10-day cume is $5.2 million and it is 73% ahead of its predecessor.

In the U.K., Bridget was No. 2 behind the opening of The Incredibles. Bridget's weekend estimate is $5.6 million (£3 million), off 40% in its third weekend. The 17-day cume is a phenomenal $50.3 million (£27 million). It is 28% ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary in £ and 63% ahead in US$. After just 15 days, it is Universal's 4th highest grossing film ever in the U.K. in US$ and their 5th highest grossing film in £.

Seven Dwarfs' (Sieben Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald) weekend estimate is $2.6 million at 841 playdates in three territories and the cume after 32 days is $48.6 million.

After 4 weeks at No. 1 in Germany, Seven Dwarfs finally slipped to No. 2 behind the opening of National Treasure. But it is ahead of the openings of The Polar Express and Christmas with the Kranks. The weekend estimate is $2.2 million at 723 dates, off 45% and the 32-day cume is $41.6 million.

Dwarfs is also No. 2 in Austria behind National Treasure and ahead of the same openings as Germany. The weekend estimate is $175k at 79 dates, off 53%. The 31-day cume is $4.6 million and it will pass the final total of Shrek 2 next weekend.

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Im glad for Bridget Joens and all but, tut, where is the incredibles numbers????

Thats all i really care about!

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I am sure they'll be released soon. So far only Universal's estimates have been released.

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Great numbers for Bridget Jones. How far will it go? Any guesses?

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UK remains the anchor.......and it didn't drop to badly in its 3rd weekend against the opening of Incredibles......

BJ2 is now miles ahead of both Love Actually ($62m) and the original ($60m)......and should have no problems passing both in US$......

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $75,012,015 (£41,841,702 - $11,647,047/ £6,496,723, -9%) or $72,212,290 New Line Actuals
Harry Potter 3: POA - $66,947,505 (£36,501,923 - $6,203,953/ £3,374,330, -23%)
Shrek 2 - $63,815,998 (£34,995,827 - $6,260,813/ £3,445,177, -52%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $61,741,788 (£38,403,392 - $9,283,252/ £5,774,170, -29%)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $57,631,776 (£37,016,898 - $7,246,797/ £4,654,618, -36%)
Toy Story 2 - $54,565,380 ($12,799,563 week, -47%)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $54,270,479 (£38,134,347 - $8,260,476/ £5,809,759, -30%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $50,946,156 ($10,560,030 week, -31%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $50,342,961 (£34,988,861 - $8,586,797/ £5,967,910, -24%)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason - $50.3m ($5.6m, -40%) est.
The Matrix: Reloaded - $44,271,828 ($4,128,094, -34%)
Monsters Inc - $41,326,069 ($6,040,533, -26%)
Independence Day - $39,865,884 ($9,647,532 week, -16%)
Spiderman 2 - $37,917,887 (£20,835,879 - $2,833,740/ £1,557,140, -57%) or $38,922,858 by Mon
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $38,156,933 ($3,571,457, -59%)
Men In Black 1 - $38,035,392 ($7,934,576 week, -22%)
Titanic - $37,838,033 ($11,441,542 week, -12%)

Love Actually - $36,444,357 (£21,079,416 - $5,536,682/ £3,202,417, -31%)
Bridget Jones’ Diary - $31,453,411 (£21,318,637 - $5,022,277/ £3,506,182, -18%)

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I expect Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason to make about £38 million in the UK, a bit less than what the original has made. Due to the exchange rates, it will overtake it in $, though.

As for worldwide, the opening have been amazing everywhere and USA looks like it'll be one of the very few territories where the sequel won't overtake the original. Right now I am projecting a worldwide gross of around $265 million.

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INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND REPORT November 26-28



SYDNEY (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Incredibles" has delivered Disney's biggest single weekend ever at the international box office, taking in $45.5 million, according to data issued Sunday.

The haul outshone that of 2003's "Finding Nemo," which took in $39.1 million on a similar release pattern across 22 countries and 4,000 screens. The total for "The Incredibles" rose to almost $60 million, and is set to leap past the $100 million mark next week.

The suburban superheroes smashed records in the United Kingdom for animated pictures with a booty of $18.6 million, compared to Nemo's $12.3 million, impressive even when taking the depreciation of the U.S. dollar into account.

Close behind was France, where "The Incredibles" soared to a weekend total of $9 million. In Italy the Pixar production amassed $5.8 million, making it the biggest animation release there ever.

Other drivers from the 12 opening territories were No. 1 bows in Spain with $5.5 million, Belgium with $1.3 million and Greece, where "The Incredibles" had the highest-ever take for an animated film to date with $521,000.

Next weekend openings in Japan, Switzerland, Thailand and Argentina will make "The Incredibles" the film to beat.

"Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" added six territories, as its weekend estimate of $14.6 million drove the international tally to $84 million from 24 countries.

The Renee Zellweger picture opened on par with predecessor "Bridget Jones's Diary" in Mexico, grossing an estimated $375,000, No. 3 behind the opening of "Polar Express" and "Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement" in Week 2.

After two weeks at No. 1 in Australia, "Bridget" slipped to No. 2 behind the opening of "National Treasure" ($1.6 million, on par with star Nicolas Cage (news)'s "Face/Off"). Still, "Bridget" held at No. 1 in New Zealand ahead of "National Treasure."

In other holdovers, the film earned $703,000 in Spain and $2.3 million in the United Kingdom.

Weekend results for "Polar Express" amounted to about $8.2 million, thanks to openings in Japan of $1.8 million, Germany of $2 million, Mexico of $1.8 million and Brazil of $350,000.

In second-weekend holdovers, the family animated film took $711,000 in Australia (off 24%), while in New Zealand it was up 6% with a weekend estimate of $100,000.

"National Treasure" was off to a solid start, hauling $6.9 million thanks to No. 1 openings in Australia, Germany ($3.9 million), the Philippines ($525,000) and Austria ($450,000). The film performed better than other Cage starrers in most territories.

Although it lost its crown at the German and Austrian box office after four weeks on top, "Sieben Zwerge -- Manner allein in Wald" (Seven Dwarfs) remained ahead of bows for "Polar Express" and "Christmas With the Kranks" (No. 6 in Germany, No. 4 in Austria).

"Shall We Dance?" took $3.3 million for the weekend, including $251,000 from a No. 1 bow in Brazil.

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spooked $3 million from 27 markets including openings in Britain of $1.1 million (No. 3) and in Holland of $230,000 (No. 4). The foreign total stands at $26.3 million.

Oliver Stone's "Alexander" opened in Taiwan with an unspectacular $1.1 million. "I Heart Huckabees" debuted disappointingly in the United Kingdom with $275,000 despite the starring role of local heartthrob Jude Law.


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The Polar Express had a very decent opening in Germany, thank God. It opened much better than Elf over here. Japan's opening is a bit disappointing, but it also opened there againt the second weekend of Howl's Moving Castle (which results I can't wait to see), so it's not THAT bad. I hope The Polar Express can make around $230 million worldwide at least.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is doing very well and I can't wait to see how it'll fare in Germany. The original was very successful here for this type of a movie, I believe it even outdid Pearl Harbor and The Mummy Returns over here (in admissions, this is how box-office is counted over here). The Asian and Latin American openings are not spectacular, but I doubt anyone anticipated them to be great. In most European markets the movie has had record-breaking openings and all indicates that the movie will pass $200 million internationally. At the moment, I project a $265 million WORLDWIDE gross.

AMAZING for The Incredibles, looks like it's on track to become one of the year's 4 highest worldwide box-office grossers. It remains to be seen if it is incredible enough to outdo Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban and Spider-Man 2. Considering the movie's concept and the fact that it is not as accessible as Finding Nemo I project it to fall short of Nemo's total worldwide gross. Nonetheless, I project it to become the 4th successful movie worldwide this year, outgrossing The Passion of the Christ. I see a total WW gross of around $750 million.

Nice to see The Forgotten doing decent, Secret Window-like business overseas. Personally I loved this movie and glad to see it doing pretty well. At the moment I project a worldwide take of around $108 million.

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SYDNEY (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Incredibles" has delivered Disney's biggest single weekend ever at the international box office, taking in $45.5 million, according to data issued Sunday.

The haul outshone that of 2003's "Finding Nemo," which took in $39.1 million on a similar release pattern across 22 countries and 4,000 screens. The total for "The Incredibles" rose to almost $60 million, and is set to leap past the $100 million mark next week.


Those two paragraphs are pure music to my ears :D

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INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND REPORT from BOM:



The Incredibles had a record-breaking weekend abroad. Its $44.3 million weekend take from 4,362 screens in 22 markets was BVI's single biggest weekend ever. Thanks to huge openings in European markets the Pixar animated feature was able to increase its international total to $59.1 million.

Living up to its name, The Incredibles opened at No. 1 almost everywhere. Taking an astonishing $18.1 million from 494 screens in the U.K. (including sneaks) the picture grabbed a BVI record, toppling Monsters, Inc. In pounds sterling it was the eleventh highest opening ever, just behind the recent entry by Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. In US dollars the picture was 22% bigger than Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, 37% better than Monsters, Inc., and 47% better than Toy Story 2. It was the second biggest animated opening ever behind Shrek 2's unreal $29,591,472 from 512 screens. The Incredibles may not live as long as Shrek 2 either as its competition grows bigger by the week including The Polar Express and Christmas with the Kranks this week as well as Lemony Snicket three weeks from now.

The U.K. was just the tip of the iceberg, however. In France The Incredibles grossed a stunning $9.2 million from 960 screens, which nearly matched Shrek 2's $9,931,499 and topped Tarzan's $7.2 million. It was third highest American animated title opening ever. The picture was stellar in neighboring Belgium as well, grossing $1.3 million on 121 for the second biggest entry ever for an animated title.

In Spain, the action/adventure movie grossed $5.6 million from 421 screens, which was on par with Finding Nemo and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Italy supplied $5.4 million from 755 screens, which was the biggest opening ever for an animated picture.

In smaller openings the picture was also incredible. The picture grossed $362,000 on 75 screens in Greece to record the industry's biggest ever animated launch and in Israel the movie grossed $352,000 on 32 for BVI's biggest opening ever. Hungary had an impressive $203,000 start, but The Incredibles didn't score so well in the Netherlands, where it grossed only $764,697 from 195 screens, which didn't even top Bridget Jones' third weekend.

Fresh off its disappointing opening in the U.S. Alexander launched solidly in the international arena. From just 848 screens in 10 markets the Oliver Stone epic grossed $7.4 million over the weekend. It commanded pole position in Russia, grossing $3.7 million from 345 screens, which tops The Day After Tomorrow and Spider-Man 2. In Croatia, the picture amassed $187,915 from 10 screens, which was the third biggest opening of the year behind The Return of the King and The Passion of the Christ. Turkey scored an impressive $580,000 on 64 screens, which made it the top foreign language picture in the market.

In Taiwan, the picture grossed $1.1 million on 110 screens, easily topping the market. Alexander was on top in Sweden, grossing $474,500 on 61 while Finland produced $170,288 on 35 and Denmark scored $419,602 on 48. Alexander also opened well In Malaysia ($127,800 on 24), the Philippines ($263,000 on 41), and Thailand ($475,800 on 110).

However, these numbers are misleading. Taiwan's launch was nothing to brag about for this type of picture. Troy was 136% better than Alexander. Alexander didn't even top Face/Off, which opened in 1997. In Sweden the opening might not even make a list of the top 60 best openings ever. It doesn't compare to Terminator 3's $1.3 million or Troy's $1 million. That goes for the rest of Scandinavia. In Thailand Alexander's $475,800 gross was nowhere near Troy's $1,081,700 or even Alien vs. Predator's $1,034,000. Russia's mark is so high, because the market is growing abnormally fast. The only gross that reflects a mark that is outstanding is Croatia's $187,915 form 10 and that's not what the $155 million production wanted to hear.

Granted, the picture is performing better comparatively overseas, at the moment, than at home, but it isn't doing as well as Troy, The Last Samurai, or King Arthur, which all tripled there domestic gross in the international marketplace. It's a little too early to tell what Alexander will finish with, but this isn't too great.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason opened in 6 more territories this weekend including debuts in Latin America and Southeast Asia. The weekend gross was $14,925,586 at 2,076 playdates in 25 territories, which raised the international total to $84,236,044. There are 29 territories still to open including Germany and Brazil next weekend.

Bridget opened in Mexico and grossed $302,649 at 141 dates. It was No. 3 behind the opening of The Polar Express and The Princess Diaries (week 2). The opening weekend was 20% below the opening of Bridget Jones's Diary.

Singapore's opening weekend take was $256,660 at 25 dates, which was 2% bigger than Bridget Jones's Diary. It was No. 2 behind week 2 of The Incredibles and ahead of the opening of The Polar Express.

Bridget Jones's Diary was certainly a European-powered picture in terms of box office performance. It was O.K. in Southeast Asia and was never very good in Latin America. The Edge of Reason's recent starts in Mexico and Singapore suggest it will perform just as well as Bridget Jones's Diary in those two areas, which is fine because it is making huge strides past the original in Europe.

As expected Bridget had three fantastic premiers in Europe last weekend. In Russia the comedy opened on Thursday. The paid previews of $329,057 were Universal's highest grossing ever. The weekend gross (including those previews) was $1,023,262 on 68 screens, which would make it Universal's biggest opening ever in Russia topping 2 Fast 2 Furious. The original's opening weekend gross was $50,000 at 23 dates. The Edge of Reason also opened in French Switzerland where it had a phenomenal No. 1 debut of $325,198 at 26 dates. The sequel also opened in Slovenia, grossing $128,666 from 14 screens.

In holdovers, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason had sequel-like drops in most markets, but had some strong holds as well.

After two weeks at No. 1 in Australia, Bridget slipped to No. 2 behind the opening of National Treasure. The weekend gross was $1,350,173 at 261 dates, off 47%. The 18-day total is $10,386,147, which is 50% ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary. It will pass the final total of the original ($11,353,608) this week.

Bridget held strong at No. 1 in New Zealand ahead of the opening of National Treasure by 132%. The weekend gross was $448,189 at 64 dates, off just 26%, which raised the 11-day total to $1,347,308. It is 171% ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary and will pass the final total of Bridget Jones's Diary ($1.8 million) this week.

Bridget was No. 2 in its second weekend in Spain behind the opening of The Incredibles. The weekend gross was $1,916,594 from 313 screens, off only 27% from last week's opening. The 10-day cume is $5,196,350 and it is 73% ahead of its predecessor.

In the U.K., Bridget was No. 2 behind the opening of The Incredibles. Bridget's weekend gross was an astonishing $5,622,655 (£3 million) on 487 screens, off 40% in its third weekend. The 17-day cume is a phenomenal $50,231,978 (£27 million). It is 28% ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary in £ and 63% ahead in US$. After just 15 days, it is Universal's 4th highest grossing film ever in the U.K. in US$ and their 5th highest grossing film in £.

Beginning its international tour, National Treasure had a promising $7.7 million weekend thanks mainly to a No. 1 start in Germany of $4,363,212 on 768 screens, which was a personal best for Nicolas Cage. In Australia the adventure picture knocked off Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason with a $1,496,333 opening from only 277 screens. Bridget, in its third week is playing on 351. Cage scored another all time mark in Austria where the picture grossed $465,000 on 73 screens.

None of the opening compared to the Philippines remarkable $525,000 debut from 54 screens, which a career best for Cage and the biggest opening ever for a Walk Disney live-action picture. National Treasure grossed $423,000 on 58 in Switzerland for a new benchmark for Cage, while South Africa produced $286,000 on 100, roughly equal to the opening of Pirate of the Caribbean.

The Polar Express continued to mimic its domestic performance with good, but somewhat disappointing starts followed by strong holds. In Japan the animated fantasy adventure yielded $1.8 million (¥187.3 million) from 413 screens, which was 97% of Ice Age and 75% of Shrek. It was nowhere near Finding Nemo or Shrek 2. Germany's opening was also good, with a weekend gross of $2.1 million (€1.63 million) from 737 prints. The film ranked third. Mexico supplied $1.855 million (Peso 21 million) from 500 prints, ranking first in the market. The result surpassed Cats and Dogs by 33% and The Grinch by 29%. The Polar Express was also No. 1 in Brazil with $395,000 (Real 1.1 million), which was 49% higher than The Grinch. The Polar Express also opened in Colombia, grossing $152,000, which ranked first and in Puerto Rico, grossing $219,000, which ranked second.

The Tom Hanks picture held well in Australia and New Zealand. In Oz the picture grossed $700,000 (AU$906,000), which was only a 23% drop from the opening weekend. Its total there grew to $1.82 million (AU$2.34 million) In New Zealand it grossed $98,000 (NZ$141,000), which was off only 6% for a $217,000 (NZ$310,000) total.

Seven Dwarfs' (Sieben Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald) weekend gross was $2,771,301 at 928 playdates in four territories for a 32-day total of $48,756,754.

After 4 weeks at No. 1 in Germany, Seven Dwarfs finally slipped to No. 2 behind the opening of National Treasure. But it was ahead of the openings of The Polar Express and Christmas with the Kranks. The weekend gross was $2,351,299 at 786 dates, off 43% and the 32-day cume is $41,847,619.

Dwarfs was also No. 2 in Austria behind National Treasure and ahead of the same openings as Germany. The weekend gross was $188,234 at 95 dates, off 49%. The 31-day cume is $4,613,906 and it will pass the final total of Shrek 2 next weekend. Its German Switzerland total grew to $2,270,419 after a $206,957 weekend gross from 44 screens.

The animated family feature opened in its first non-German market in Belgium. However, the picture opened on only 3 screens, which were in border cities next to neighboring Germany. Seven Dwarfs grossed a solid $24,810 from those screens.

A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
grossed $2.1 million from 745 screens in three markets for a $34.1 million total. Now in its fifth weekend in France, the picture grossed $1.9 million (€1.48 million) from 684 screens, ranking third in the markets. The outstanding cumulative total to date there is now $31.6 million (€24.7 million).

Shall We Dance continued to have solid business from its holdovers, grossing $4.02 million over the weekend from 1,912 screens in 21 territories for a $48.49 million total. The biggest gross came from its fourth week in Germany where it took in $1,103,766 worth of business from 608 screens, which was a drop of 44% and moved its total to $10,825,527. It fell only 23% in its second weekend in Greece, grossing $326,612 from 49 screens for a $967,915 total. Italy's total moved to $12,766,040 in its fifth weekend.

The Forgotten had several solid debuts over the weekend, which accumulated to $3,035,855 from 1,487 screens in 33 markets for a $26,425,012 total. The thriller opened in third place in the U.K., grossing $1,199,337 from 302 screens. The Julianne Moore picture also opened well in Argentina ($121,058 from 28) and the Netherlands ($192,742 from 30).

Christmas with the Kranks tanked in the German-speaking markets last weekend. From Austria, Germany, and Switzerland the comedy grossed only $1,025,702 from 485 screens for a $1,040,986 total. It was best in Germany with a fifth-place start of $794,305 from 372 screens. Austria produced just $130,000 from 48 and Switzerland yielded only $115,000 from 40. Sony was wise to start its international run in the German-speaking regions as they're the most kind to family comedies such as Kranks. Although its attempt to build some steam for high print counts in the rest of the world looks to have failed.

The Manchurian Candidate had another mediocre weekend at the international box office, grossing $2,731,261 from 1,415 screens in 25 markets for a $23,199,290 total. Highlighted the session was Greece's impressive $248,356 debut from 31 screens. The picture also had a strong hold in its third week in Spain where it grossed $437,335 from 165 screens, falling only 14% to $2,334,033. Highlighting its foreign tour are Australia's $2,301,677 through five weeks, France's $2,634,657 through four, Germany's $2,287,937 through three, Italy's $3,366,218 through three, and the U.K.'s $2,584,454 through two.

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Alexander looks like it'll do pretty decent business overseas, might even break $200 million worldwide.

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Any word on the second weekend of Howl's Moving Castle?

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RogueCommander wrote:
Any word on the second weekend of Howl's Moving Castle?


Not yet :(

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