The updated worldwide grosses rankings show that Rango (Paramount) has slightly expanded its lead (with more room to grow) and that Battle: Los Angeles (Sony) is poised to challenge The Green Hornet (also Sony) for #2. Hop (Disney) enters the chart in the top 10, at #8, with some serious upside in the coming weeks. It will probably finish just behind Rango, although it could make the race for the top of the January-April rankings interesting. Perhaps even more interesting is another animated, anthropomorphic animal movie, Rio (Fox), which opened this weekend with a dazzling $55 million overseas. It will enter the chart next week when we have North American results. In any case, talking lizards, bunnies and birds will end up dominating the top 5 worldwide.
Fox originally planned to open Rio worldwide April 8, but decided to shift North America to the less crowded weekend of April 15. However, the international dates were set, and we have the unusual instance of a film opening wide outside its home territory first.
JAN-APR 2011 FILM GROSSES Int'l
Rank ($ millions) Impact
LW TW Worldwide Domestic Overseas Index
Rank ($ millions) Impact
LW TW Worldwide Domestic Overseas Index
1 1 Rango 241 128 112*
2 2 Green Hornet 228 99 130 +3
3 3 Battle: Los Angeles 194 89 105* +3
4 4 Just Go with It 194 106 88 -1
5 5 Gnomeo and Juliet 179 101 78 -12 2 Green Hornet 228 99 130 +3
3 3 Battle: Los Angeles 194 89 105* +3
4 4 Just Go with It 194 106 88 -1
6 6 No Strings Attached 143 71 72 +4
7 7 I Am Number Four 135 61 74 +5
-- 8 Hop 133 118 15* -6
8 9 Unknown 126 75 51
8 9 Unknown 126 75 51
9 10 Adjustment Bureau 114 66 48* +1
10 11 Limitless 106 83 23* -4
11 12 Justin Bieber: Never 92 73 19 -3
12 13 The Rite 88 32 56 +11
14 15 Big Mommas: Like Father 79 42 37 +5
16 16 Paul 79 46 33* +3
15 17 Sanctum 78 30 48 +921 18 Sucker Punch 70 38 32* +5
17 19 The Dilemma 67 48 18 -2
18 20 Hall Pass 67 48 19 -2
19 21 Lincoln Lawyer 65 60 5 -8
20 22 Diary Wimpy Kid 2 59 59 0 -8
-- 23 Source Code 56 50 6* -8
22 24 Red Riding Hood 54 39 15* -2
-- 25 Insidious 49 49 0 -9
23 26 The Mechanic 49 32 17 -1
24 27 Mars Needs Moms 44 28 16*
25 28 The Roommate 41 41 0 -727 30 Beastly 25 25 0 -2
28 31 Country Strong 20 20 0
29 32 Drive Angry 3D 18 13 5
30 33 Take Me Home Tonight 6 6 0
TOTAL Jan-Apr Movies 3023 1832 1191*
Not included in the rankings yet, Rio earned $55 million this past weekend overseas, before its North American release Friday.
How to read: From left to right, the first two numbers are a film's rankings Last Week (LW) and This Week (TW), Worldwide gross (in millions), which is the sum of Estimated Domestic Final and International gross to date. (The two numbers do not always add up to the worldwide number exactly due to rounding.) The International Impact Index indicates relative international performance. The Domestic number is either the actual final gross or the ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Ultimate estimate if the movie is still playing. The Overseas number is the actual gross to date, which tends to lag in reporting. An asterisk indicates significant overseas upside to come. The International Impact Index is the difference between a film's Domestic ranking and its Worldwide ranking.
The total numbers at the bottom of the chart show that worldwide box office has crossed the $3 billion line, in this, the weakest third of the year. A reminder, we divide the year into thirds (Winter/Spring movies released between January and April, Summer Movies between May and August, and Fall/Holiday movies between September and December). We will chart the January-April movies through the end of May, when we will start tracking the international audience for the May-August films.
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