INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS September 18

The Worldwide Box Office revenue chart has been expanded to the Top 30 releases this week (currently the cut-off to make the list is about $150 million worldwide).  Through Sunday, The Smurfs have moved up to #8 and is closing in on $500 million worldwide ($144 million domestic and an incredible $345 million overseas).

Rise of the Planet of the Apes has crossed the $400 million mark but is stuck at #11.  Rise is going to need to find another $50 million overseas to displace Thor from #10, a tough task at this point in its release.


The Help now has $6 million overseas and finds itself at #26 worldwide.  With only $5 million more from overseas markets, it can move up to #24, but it is going to be hard to get much higher than that due to limited overseas potential overall.