The year's second quarter dawned on the foreign theatrical circuit with a new boxoffice champ in place as Warner Bros.' "Clash of the Titans" grossed an estimated $44.2 million in its opening launch at 4,240 screens in 15 markets.
Director Louis Leterrier's 3D, special effects-laden update of MGM's 1981 action fantasy loosely based on Greek mythology and co-produced by Ray Harryhausen and Charles Schneer is only the third title of 2010 to take the No. 1 spot overseas. (By this time last year, nine titles successively topped offshore charts.)
"Titans" took over Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" in 3D, which spent a month as the No. 1 foreign title after 20th Century Fox's "Avatar" dominated for the year's first eight rounds.
"Alice" drew $34.2 million from 8,443 spots in 51 markets, and ranks No. 3 on the weekend. "Avatar" finished out of the top five with $4.6 million generated from 2,300 screens in 37 markets for a foreign gross total of $1.959 billion.
Easter weekend action for "Titans,...
Director Louis Leterrier's 3D, special effects-laden update of MGM's 1981 action fantasy loosely based on Greek mythology and co-produced by Ray Harryhausen and Charles Schneer is only the third title of 2010 to take the No. 1 spot overseas. (By this time last year, nine titles successively topped offshore charts.)
"Titans" took over Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" in 3D, which spent a month as the No. 1 foreign title after 20th Century Fox's "Avatar" dominated for the year's first eight rounds.
"Alice" drew $34.2 million from 8,443 spots in 51 markets, and ranks No. 3 on the weekend. "Avatar" finished out of the top five with $4.6 million generated from 2,300 screens in 37 markets for a foreign gross total of $1.959 billion.
Easter weekend action for "Titans,...
- 4/4/2010
- by By Frank Segers
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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