Post by ckal on May 1, 2011 15:06:55 GMT -5
Marvel Studios next big superhero movie 'Thor' opens this week May 6th in the United States. Those living in other countries were lucky enough to receive this movie in theaters last week, and thanks to all of the foreign 'Thor' movie-goers, it has opened huge. $83 million international box office for its first weekend to be exact. Here are more details from THR about the markets 'Thor' opened in:
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Paramount’s Thor decisively claimed the weekend’s No. 1 box office spot on the foreign theatrical circuit with a gross of $83 million -- 2011’s biggest opening weekend tally by more than $25 million -- from some 7,250 locations in 56 overseas markets.Director Kenneth Branagh’s interpretation of a Stan Lee comic book about an otherworldly renegade warrior defending planet earth opened No. 1 in the U.K. and Ireland ($9 million from 500 situations over five days), in France ($8.1 million from 579 locales), South Korea ($5.7 million from 513 spots), Italy ($5.5 million from 455 locations) and Spain ($5 million from 377 situations).
Thor also recorded first place openings in several smaller markets including Taiwan ($2.1 million from 58 sites for a per-screen average of $36,206), Singapore and the Philippines. In Vietnam, the opener yielded $308,000 from 19 sites, which Paramount said was a three-day debut record for the market.
So far, Thor has tallied an overall foreign gross of $93 million. The Marvel Ent. outing opened last round in Australia where this time it drew a second-weekend tally of $3.3 million from 226 locations, a 42% from the opener, hoisting the Down Under cume to $13.1 million.
Thor also recorded first place openings in several smaller markets including Taiwan ($2.1 million from 58 sites for a per-screen average of $36,206), Singapore and the Philippines. In Vietnam, the opener yielded $308,000 from 19 sites, which Paramount said was a three-day debut record for the market.
So far, Thor has tallied an overall foreign gross of $93 million. The Marvel Ent. outing opened last round in Australia where this time it drew a second-weekend tally of $3.3 million from 226 locations, a 42% from the opener, hoisting the Down Under cume to $13.1 million.
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