The Box Office Thread

[Wayne]

Titanic did $35m worldwide last week - uh-mazing!

[Blondini]

I don't think the disappointment last weekend was Titanic, it was American Reunion. Titanic's already grossed a catrillion dollars and most everyone who likes the movie owns it on DVD already, what it makes now is just icing on the cake, while American Reunion is the long-awaited fourth installment of a franchise that was wildly popular and profitable in the late 90's and yet now there's no interest whatsoever in a revisit.

It's #1 in several other countries, though!

Really, what did anyone expect? It would have been #1 if The Hunger Games wasn't so huge in US. And it's a "teen movie" starring a bunch of 30somethings. Anyone who liked them before has moved on and teens today won't be interested. Imagine The Breakfast Club 2 12 years later - erm, no, thanks!

I'm interested but i just know instinctively that it wouldn't be as fresh or as brilliant as the original. I'll wait for PPV. *i even loved Band Camp*

[NothingFails]

I don't think the disappointment last weekend was Titanic, it was American Reunion. Titanic's already grossed a catrillion dollars and most everyone who likes the movie owns it on DVD already, what it makes now is just icing on the cake, while American Reunion is the long-awaited fourth installment of a franchise that was wildly popular and profitable in the late 90's and yet now there's no interest whatsoever in a revisit.

It's #1 in several other countries, though!

Really, what did anyone expect? It would have been #1 if The Hunger Games wasn't so huge in US. And it's a "teen movie" starring a bunch of 30somethings. Anyone who liked them before has moved on and teens today won't be interested. Imagine The Breakfast Club 2 12 years later - erm, no, thanks!

I'm interested but i just know instinctively that it wouldn't be as fresh or as brilliant as the original. I'll wait for PPV. *i even loved Band Camp*

I consider it disappointing similar to Scream 4 where in the present it can't open with half what previous installments grossed on their opening weekends did over a decade prior. Scream 4 and American Reunion have much higher budgets than the earlier installments. I know Scream 4 barely made worldwide what previous installments made in the US alone, and that's pretty bad.

[Muzikritik]

Very true, but American Reunion (like Scream 4) is likely to do well at overseas territories due to mass appeal.

I kinda wanna go see Titanic because I've only ever seen it once and that was in theatres as a kid, but the thought of sitting through a 3 hour movie is hard to get my head around!!

[Timmy94]

German weekly No.-1-movies from 2012 on (by viewers):

Sherlock Holmes: Spiel im Schatten 313,000
Sherlock Holmes: Spiel im Schatten 335,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 468,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 614,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 614,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 556,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 476,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 481,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 465,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 341,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 336,000
Türkisch für Anfänger 369,000
Die Tribute von Panem – The Hunger Games 366,000
Die Tribute von Panem – The Hunger Games 321,000
Die Tribute von Panem – The Hunger Games 283,000
Battleship 390,000

[ECE]

^ Good for Battleship in Germany

[Formusic]

April 15, 2012

TW LW Title Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #

1 1 The Hunger Games LGF $21,096,824 -36.3% 3,916 -221 $5,387 $336,666,363 $78 4
2 N The Three Stooges Fox $17,010,125 - 3,477 - $4,892 $17,010,125 $30 1
3 N The Cabin in the Woods LGF $14,743,614 - 2,811 - $5,245 $14,743,614 - 1
4 3 Titanic 3D Par. $11,930,249 -31.0% 2,697 +23 $4,424 $44,723,819 $18 2
5 2 American Reunion Uni. $10,473,810 -51.3% 3,203 +11 $3,270 $39,712,535 $50 2
6 4 Wrath of the Titans WB $6,906,209 -53.1% 3,102 -443 $2,226 $71,252,005 $150 3
7 5 Mirror Mirror Rela. $6,847,924 -38.3% 3,206 -412 $2,136 $49,316,185 $85 3
8 6 21 Jump Street Sony $6,558,868 -34.4% 2,735 -274 $2,398 $120,323,681 $42 5
9 N Lockout FD $6,231,836 - 2,308 - $2,700 $6,231,836 $20 1
10 7 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Uni. $3,051,285 -39.3% 2,112 -891 $1,445 $204,513,915 $70 7
11 14 The Raid: Redemption SPC $961,454 +82.7% 881 +705 $1,091 $2,526,072 - 4
12 8 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen CBS $888,546 -10.5% 435 -89 $2,043 $6,064,938 - 6
13 12 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island WB $721,427 +33.8% 502 -149 $1,437 $100,463,524 $79 10
14 N Woman Thou Art Loosed!: On the 7th Day Code $641,542 - 102 - $6,290 $641,542 - 1
15 17 October Baby (2012) Gold. $543,114 +48.6% 362 +23 $1,500 $4,321,302 - 4
16 N Bully (PG-13) Wein. $535,433 - 158 - $3,389 $535,433 - 1
17 10 John Carter BV $346,858 -58.2% 446 -569 $778 $68,747,869 $250 6
18 11 Safe House Uni. $337,610 -41.4% 371 -111 $910 $125,276,755 $85 10
19 9 Housefull 2 Eros $286,735 -66.2% 121 - $2,370 $1,339,391 - 2
20 N Blue Like Jazz RAtt. $258,653 - 136 - $1,902 $258,653 - 1

[Formusic]

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/film/ba ... ice-153927



Battleship sinks Titanic at UK box office

Big-budget blockbuster Battleship has topped the UK box office charts with a £3.7m opening haul.

The Peter Berg epic, starring Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna, pulled in an impressive £1.5m in two days after a Wednesday opening and performed strongly over the weekend to hold the No. 1 spot.

Titanic 3D dropped to second position yet still took £1.8m over the weekend while the genre-twisting horror The Cabin In The Woods debuted in third with a creditable £1.6m.

Former chart-topper The Hunger Games dropped to fourth while Aardman's The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists rounded off the Top 5.

The Top 10 films at the UK box office are (last week's position in brackets):

1 Battleship (-)
2 Titanic 3D (1)
3 The Cabin In The Woods (-)
4 The Hunger Games (2)
5 The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (4)
6 Mirror Mirror (3)
7 21 Jump Street (6)
8 Wrath of the Titans (5)
9 Streetdance 2 (9)
10 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (8)

Source: Picturehouse

[Blondini]

As expected. That was a headline waiting to happen!

The Cabin In The Woods was an unsure prospect - it's had mixed reviews. As with all horrors, it will drop heavily, i think.

At the US box office:

The Hunger Games made it four weeks in a row at the top of the US charts over the weekend, as new releases The Three Stooges, Cabin In The Woods and The Lockout divided male cinemagoers.

The Hunger Games‘ achievement is a big one as it‘s the first movie to take the top spot four weeks running since Avatar did so in January 2010.

The Three Stooges proved they‘re not so dumb as they took second place with $17.1 million.

Failing to terrify The Hunger Games from the top position, The Cabin In The Woods opened in third with an estimated $14.9 million.

Titanic 3D sailed into fourth place on the weekend of the 100 year anniversary of the infamous ship‘s sinking, while American Reunion rounded out the top five.

Snow White stomper Mirror Mirror fell one place to sixth, Wrath Of The Titans moved a massive three places from fourth to seventh, while 21 Jump Street was demoted from sixth to eigth.

Guy Pearce‘s The Lockout debuted in a disappointing ninth with $6.25 million in sales, while Dr Seuss The Lorax continued to save trees in tenth.

http://www.mymovies.net/news/?s=4&n=1

[Blondini]

Incidentally, they're calling it American Pie: Reunion in the UK to hammer home the point that's it's from that franchise!

[NothingFails]

Battleship is a hit in the UK?

It hasn't come out in the US yet but I remember it seemed like the general consensus was that it would be one of the big bombs of the summer.

[Blondini]

Battleship is a hit in the UK?

It hasn't come out in the US yet but I remember it seemed like the general consensus was that it would be one of the big bombs of the summer.

Still might be! The next week is the true test - will it drop as word of mouth spreads?

[Serby]

Battleship is a hit in the UK?

It hasn't come out in the US yet but I remember it seemed like the general consensus was that it would be one of the big bombs of the summer.

Still might be! The next week is the true test - will it drop as word of mouth spreads?

I hpe it will smash! Can't wait to see it in 2 days

[Formusic]

Worldwide

Nation/Territory #1 Movie #1 Movie
Wknd Gross

ARGENTINA Titanic 3D $783,513
AUSTRALIA Battleship $4,089,849
AUSTRIA Battleship $428,537
BAHRAIN Titanic 3D $4,968
BELGIUM Battleship $692,211
BOLIVIA Titanic 3D $87,153
BRAZIL Wrath of the Titans $1,769,777
CROATIA American Reunion $137,920
CZECH REPUBLIC Okresni prebor: Posledni zapas Pepika Hnatka $249,014
ECUADOR Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $144,506
FINLAND Titanic 3D $295,994
FRANCE Sur la piste du Marsupilami $8,661,750
GERMANY Battleship $4,222,375
HONG KONG Battleship $1,207,716
HUNGARY American Reunion $278,153
ICELAND Battleship $34,432
ISRAEL American Reunion $237,472
ITALY Battleship $2,796,494
JAPAN Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker $7,672,280
MALAYSIA Battleship $2,398,969
MEXICO Titanic 3D $1,893,376
NETHERLANDS American Reunion $729,566
NEW ZEALAND Battleship $466,854
NIGERIA 21 Jump Street $14,840
NORWAY Titanic 3D $838,019
PERU American Reunion $291,121
PHILIPPINES Battleship $1,084,761
PORTUGAL American Reunion $429,862
RUSSIA - CIS Titanic 3D $3,153,092
SINGAPORE Battleship $1,573,454
SLOVAKIA American Reunion $101,661
SLOVENIA American Reunion $104,334
SOUTH AFRICA (ENTIRE REGION) The Hunger Games $340,269
SOUTH KOREA Battleship $4,487,425
SWEDEN Battleship $527,884
THAILAND Battleship $1,643,246
UKRAINE American Reunion $184,255
URUGUAY Titanic 3D $52,706
VENEZUELA Wrath of the Titans $708,944

[Serby]

So far, Battleship is doing amazing!

[Muzikritik]

Battleship might slightly underperform in the U.S. market but it's global take will be impressive - far more than it's production and marketing budgets.

Saw it early today actually. So many gaping plot holes you could drain pasta in it, but as a big-budget popcorn blockbuster it gets the job done.

As for Cabin in the Woods - expect a drop but probably not in line with general horror films; I actually think positive word-of-mouth might keep this afloat for a few weeks yet. Especially with the Joss Whedon association, and with Avengers out soon.

[JackDaniels666]

I've heard a lot of positive talk about Cabin In The Woods to be fair, so I reckon it will last longer than most horrors.

[IceAngel]

Thought I'd share this article from The-numbers.com, interesting to see the Chinese numbers:

Titanic 3D had an insane second weekend on re-release on the international chart earning $98.90 million on 10,066 screens in 69 markets for totals of $157.15 million internationally and $201.87 million worldwide. Its complete total is now $2.04 billion, which is a stunning figure. The majority of the film's weekend haul came from China, where it broke records with $67 million, which broke Transformers: Dark of the Moon's record opening weekend in that market.

[NothingFails]

Funny that Wrath Of The Titans, American Reunion and Cabin In The Woods couldn't knock Hunger Games from #1, but some random movie where the most famous actor is Turtle from Entourage does.

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3424&p=.htm

[Formusic]

April 22, 2012

TW LW Title Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #

1 N Think Like a Man SGem $33,636,303 - 2,015 - $16,693 $33,636,303 $12 1
2 N The Lucky One WB $22,518,358 - 3,155 - $7,137 $22,518,358 - 1
3 1 The Hunger Games LGF $14,666,007 -30.5% 3,752 -164 $3,909 $357,066,467 $78 5
4 N Chimpanzee BV $10,673,748 - 1,563 - $6,829 $10,673,748 - 1
5 2 The Three Stooges Fox $9,764,214 -42.6% 3,482 +5 $2,804 $29,919,660 $30 2
6 3 The Cabin in the Woods LGF $8,016,075 -45.6% 2,811 - $2,852 $27,246,247 - 2
7 5 American Reunion Uni. $5,474,565 -47.7% 3,033 -170 $1,805 $48,518,325 $50 3
8 4 Titanic 3D Par. $5,032,557 -57.8% 2,515 -182 $2,001 $52,860,574 $18 3
9 8 21 Jump Street Sony $4,750,986 -27.6% 2,427 -308 $1,958 $127,217,167 $42 6
10 7 Mirror Mirror Rela. $4,408,179 -35.6% 2,938 -268 $1,500 $55,499,932 $85 4
11 6 Wrath of the Titans WB $3,922,412 -43.2% 2,502 -600 $1,568 $77,232,955 $150 4
12 9 Lockout FD $3,250,588 -47.8% 2,335 +27 $1,392 $11,219,620 $20 2
13 10 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Uni. $1,899,600 -37.7% 1,583 -529 $1,200 $207,152,865 $70 8
14 12 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen CBS $688,465 -22.5% 445 +10 $1,547 $7,077,215 - 7
15 13 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island WB $609,781 -15.5% 444 -58 $1,373 $101,238,907 $79 11
16 16 Bully (PG-13) Wein. $513,059 -4.2% 263 +105 $1,951 $1,258,468 - 2
17 11 The Raid: Redemption SPC $473,657 -50.7% 548 -333 $864 $3,494,568 - 5
18 N To the Arctic (IMAX) WB $270,228 - 50 - $5,405 $270,228 - 1
19 N Marley Magn. $262,004 - 42 - $6,238 $262,004 - 1
20 15 October Baby (2012) Gold. $250,082 -54.0% 305 -57 $820 $4,784,874 - 5


http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/battl ... box/266535

Battleship has held onto the spot at the UK box office for a second week.

Peter Berg's game adaptation, which features Rihanna in her first major acting role, took almost £1.3 million, just beating off competition from the week’s biggest new release, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, starring Ewan MacGregor.

Meanwhile, The Hunger Games climbs back up to three, with a running total of over £21 million making it the biggest UK cinema take of 2012 so far. The top five is completed by high-end horror film The Cabin In The Woods and Titanic 3D.

The only other new entries in the top ten are Lockout at seven and Gone at six. Meanwhile, Kevin MacDonald's Marley film opens as a major documentary hit, taking £164,000 across 64 sites.

With the release of Avengers Assemble this weekend, other major studios are not fielding any major competition, and with its expected stellar opening, director Joss Whedon can expect two films in next week’s top ten, as he also co-wrote and produced The Cabin In The Woods.

The UK box office top ten is:

1. Battleship - £1,282,091
2. Salmon Fishing In The Yemen - £1,169,235
3. The Hunger Games - £1,070,787
4. The Cabin In The Woods - £1,033,533
5. Titanic 3D - £925,740
6. The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists - £772,887
7. Lockout - £596,500
8. Mirror Mirror - £535,093
9. 21 Jump Street - £376,781
10. Gone - £275,087

[Blondini]

Gone flopping just like it did in US!

Nice to see The Hunger Games re-climb here! And Marley doing well - hopefully will climb like Senna did.

[Blondini]

Chimpanzee is a "Disney Nature" documentary narrated by Tim Allen. So - years after March Of The Penguins, Disney now decides to make an industry of these things? Surprised it took so long!

Apparently, it opened on Earth Day (Sunday) so its takings are all the more impressive!

[Timmy94]

German weekly No.-1-movies from 2012 on (by viewers):

Sherlock Holmes: Spiel im Schatten 313,000
Sherlock Holmes: Spiel im Schatten 335,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 468,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 614,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 614,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 556,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 476,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 481,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 465,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 341,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 336,000
Türkisch für Anfänger 369,000
Die Tribute von Panem – The Hunger Games 366,000
Die Tribute von Panem – The Hunger Games 321,000
Die Tribute von Panem – The Hunger Games 283,000
Battleship 390,000
Battleship 200,000

[Blondini]

Funny that Wrath Of The Titans, American Reunion and Cabin In The Woods couldn't knock Hunger Games from #1, but some random movie where the most famous actor is Turtle from Entourage does.

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3424&p=.htm

Based on a best-selling book, says the poster. So not random at all. Power of the black audiences, from the looks of it. See Tyler Perry. It's got a low 4.5 rating on IMDb so the general public don't rate it at all.

[Formusic]

Worldwide

Nation/Territory #1 Movie #1 Movie
Wknd Gross

ARGENTINA Titanic 3D $703,835
AUSTRALIA The Lucky One $2,368,681
AUSTRIA Battleship $281,314
BAHRAIN Titanic 3D $3,316
BELGIUM The Hunger Games $321,861
BOLIVIA Titanic 3D $64,658
BRAZIL American Reunion $1,942,146
BULGARIA Battleship $40,884
CHILE The Pirates! Band of Misfits $233,416
CROATIA Battleship $60,472
CZECH REPUBLIC Okresni prebor: Posledni zapas Pepika Hnatka $140,629
DENMARK A Royal Affair $460,518
EAST AFRICA The Hunger Games $16,063
ECUADOR Wrath of the Titans $323,768
EGYPT Battleship $46,333
FINLAND Iron Sky $170,821
FRANCE Sur la piste du Marsupilami $6,854,672
GERMANY Battleship $2,185,161
GREECE Battleship $304,122
HONG KONG Battleship $549,633
ICELAND 21 Jump Street $21,991
ISRAEL American Reunion $166,815
JAPAN Kamen Rider X Super Sentai Super Hero Taisen $4,995,597
LEBANON Battleship $55,282
MALAYSIA Battleship $1,463,527
MEXICO Titanic 3D $1,390,818
NETHERLANDS Battleship $609,153
NEW ZEALAND Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $333,602
NIGERIA Seeking Justice $8,491
NORWAY Titanic 3D $418,792
PERU The Pirates! Band of Misfits $285,748
PHILIPPINES Battleship $820,373
POLAND Intouchables $390,821
PORTUGAL American Reunion $245,633
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Titanic 3D $13,997
SINGAPORE Battleship $966,406
SLOVAKIA Estebak (Confident) $54,832
SLOVENIA American Reunion $56,621
SOUTH AFRICA (ENTIRE REGION) The Hunger Games $186,318
SOUTH KOREA Battleship $3,482,543
SPAIN The Hunger Games $3,825,194
SWEDEN The Hunger Games $377,492
THAILAND Battleship $912,397
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Battleship $929,818
URUGUAY Titanic 3D $59,331
VENEZUELA Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $509,058

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http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3426&p=.htm


Summer 2012 Foreign Forecast
by Ray Subers
The Dark Knight Rises



April 25, 2012

The Summer movie season officially starts in the U.S. when The Avengers opens on May 4th. Overseas, though, the season has actually already gotten underway with Battleship's foreign rollout. This extended schedule is indicative of the growing importance of the overseas market to Hollywood's bottom line—last year, international grosses accounted for 69 percent of overall sales, compared with 66 percent in 2010 and 64 percent in 2009.

Nearly all big-budget movies this Summer are designed with the intention that they will earn at least 60 percent of their revenue in foreign territories, with the biggest grosses likely coming from developing countries China and Russia. As usual, sequels like The Dark Knight Rises and Ice Age: Continental Drift should fare the best, though some original movies like Brave, Snow White and the Huntsman and Prometheus will likely make their mark as well.

Here's a look at some of the top contenders, including a forecast for what they may gross during their overseas run. Keep an eye out for the domestic forecast, which should arrive next week ahead of The Avengers U.S. debut.

The Dark Knight Rises: The Dark Knight is the second-highest grossing comic book adaptation ever overseas with $469 million—still, compared to its domestic total of $533 million, that seems like an unremarkable number. In the four years since that movie was released, though, the international marketplace has expanded significantly, and The Dark Knight seems to be highly regarded (two years later, Christopher Nolan's Inception earned $533 million overseas). The promise that this is the end of Nolan's Batman story should also help, and the movie has a very good chance of becoming one of the highest-grossing movies ever on an overseas basis.
Forecast: $850 million

Ice Age: Continental Drift: As hard as this may be to believe, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the top animated movie ever overseas with $690 million. With very few exceptions, animated sequels improve on their predecessors, often by large margins. Since it's the fourth entry in the franchise, a strong comparison for Continental Drift is Shrek Forever After. That movie only experienced an eight percent bump over its predecessor, and something in that area seems reasonable for Ice Age 4.
Forecast: $740 million

The Avengers: The five lead-in movies for The Avengers didn't quite breakout overseas—the biggest entry thus far is Iron Man 2 with around $312 million. Bringing the whole team together, though, to fight a large global threat should give the movie a huge boost. A nice comparison here is Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which brought wide-scale destruction to the city of Chicago (similar to what The Avengers is doing to New York City) and improved a healthy 78 percent over its predecessor.
Forecast: $580 million

The Amazing Spider-Man: Five years ago, Spider-Man 3 earned $555 million overseas. The reboot, which subs out series regulars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst for Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, could take a bit of a hit in attendance in developed markets for being so closely timed to the last entry. However, the title character is easily one of the most popular comic book characters on a global basis, and the expansion of developing markets like China, Russia and Brazil combined with the addition of 3D should allow The Amazing Spider-Man to match Spider-Man 3's gross.
Forecast: $570 million

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: After spending two movies in Africa, the Madagascar animals make their way to mainland Europe in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. That move will obviously help maintain the franchise's strength in that region, and with likely improvements in Asia and Latin America the DreamWorks Animation sequel should noticeably out-gross Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa ($424 million).
Forecast: $525 million

Brave: Disney/Pixar has an incredibly strong track record overseas—in the last five years, the lowest-grossing movie was WALL-E at $298 million, and Up managed to get to $438 million. The best comparison for Brave, though, is non-Pixar Disney animated movie Tangled, which earned $390 million a year-and-a-half ago. With the Pixar brand attached, Brave could wind up close to that amount.
Forecast: $380 million

MIB 3: There's a fair amount of cynicism being directed towards the third installment in the Men in Black franchise, and it may not wind up being a huge hit domestically. However, Will Smith's status as an international superstar has never been in doubt—Hancock and I Am Legend, Smith's most recent action movies, earned $396 million and $329 million, respectively. MIB 3 will at least join these movies in the $300 million club.
Forecast: $370 million

Snow White and the Huntsman: Producer Joe Roth also brought 2010's Alice in Wonderland to the big screen, and that movie earned over $690 million overseas. That total is unthinkable for Snow White and the Huntsman, but it does have an internationally recognizable cast (Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth), and fantasy movies tend to do disproportionately well overseas (look at the last two Narnia movies for evidence of that). Distributor Universal Pictures International got Robin Hood to $216.4 million in 2010, and Huntsman's fantasy elements should help it get noticeably higher than that.
Forecast: $280 million

Battleship: It's cheating to make a forecast for Battleship at this point, considering it's already opened in most foreign markets and has made over $141 million. Depending on how it holds on in China and Russia, and how it plays in Latin America, the movie could wind up close to $300 million, though we'll play it more conservative for now.
Forecast: $270 million

G.I. Joe: Retaliation: With $152.3 million, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra was a decent overseas performer, though it was probably held back a bit by its U.S.-centric premise. Retaliation combats that problem by adding The Rock and Bruce Willis, both of whom are major international stars. The Rock recently helped Journey 2: The Mysterious Island get to over $220 million, while Willis' last blockbuster-level overseas release was Live Free or Die Hard, which earned $249 million. Retaliation should be able to get to similar levels.
Forecast: $260 million

Prometheus: Ridley Scott's quasi-prequel to Alien is a tricky one to gauge on an overseas basis. Sci-fi movies don't play quite as well as fantasy—for example, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek only earned $128 million in 2009. That being said, Alien Resurrection did $113 million fifteen years ago. Using that as a launching pad, Prometheus could be in for over $200 million. It's also important to remember that 20th Century Fox International got Rise of the Planet of the Apes to over $305 million last Summer, which is probably the high-point for Prometheus.
Forecast: $250 million

Dark Shadows: Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's last collaboration, Alice in Wonderland, earned an incredible $690 million overseas. A more modest comparison, though, for Dark Shadows is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which did $268 million. One thing that might keep Dark Shadows even lower than that is China's stance on the supernatural—it doesn't look like any of the Twilight movies played there, implying that Dark Shadows, which stars Depp as an un-dead vampire, may also get squashed by censors.
Forecast: $240 million

Rock of Ages: The two best comparisons for Rock of Ages are Hairspray and Mamma Mia!, though there's a huge discrepency between the two movies in overseas grosses. Hairspray earned a meager $83 million, while Mamma Mia! did an incredible $465 million. While Rock of Ages hews closer to Hairspray in many ways (including sharing a director, Adam Shankman), it can split the difference between the two movies thanks to the presence of international star Tom Cruise.
Forecast: $230 million

The Bourne Legacy: The Bourne Ultimatum hit a new high for the Bourne series when it earned $215 million overseas in 2007. For The Bourne Legacy, though, star Matt Damon is replaced with Jeremy Renner. While Renner is a recognizable star following Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and The Avengers, Damon's portrayal of Jason Bourne was integral to the franchise's success to this point. A slight drop seems inevitable for the Damon-less entry.
Forecast: $200 million

The Expendables 2: While official figures aren't available for the first Expendables movie, it definitely earned over $171 million. Bringing back all of the essential cast while expanding the roles of Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger should help it reach roughly the same point.
Forecast: $180 million

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Personally , i m rooting for the next Dark Knight and Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart seems great in her Snow White role (despite my dislike of twilight), plus the story is kind of different.