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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through MAY 22: Pirates Plays Very Well Overseas

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opens huge overseas, almost topping Fast Five in its first weekend.   


The table below shows the domestic and international grosses for the Top 25 films (out of the 47 movies released between January and April at over 500 theaters).  Fast Five is still the #1 film worldwide released between January and April, although the fourth Pirates has almost matched Fast Five after only one weekend.  Movies like Pirates, Thor and Bridesmaids will be included in the May through August chart when it starts being tracked in a few weeks. 



To see the Top 25 worldwide chart, click "Read more" below.


JAN-APR 2011 WORLDWIDE FILM GROSSES
TOP 25 FILMS PLUS SELECTED MAY RELEASES                     Int'l
 Rank                               ($ MILLIONS)           Impact
LW TW                      Worldwide  Domestic   Overseas   Ratio

 1  1  Fast Five              528        208       320*     1.54
       Pirates 4 [May rel]    511        254       256       
 2  2  Rio                    458        144       314      2.18
       Thor  [May release]    441        194       247       
 3  3  Rango                  240        121       119       .98

 4  4  Green Hornet           228         99       129      1.31
 5  5  Just Go with It        214        103       111      1.08
 6  6  Battle: Los Angeles    202         83       119      1.42
 7  7  Gnomeo and Juliet      189         99        90       .90
 8  8  Hop                    172        108        64       .59
 9  9  Limitless              148         85        64       .75
10 10  No Strings Attached    146         71        75      1.06

11 11  I Am Number Four       144         55        89      1.63
12 12  Unknown                128         64        65      1.02
       Bridesmaids [May rel]  120        120         0
13 13  Adjustment Bureau      116         62        54       .86
16 14  Source Code            113         55        58      1.05
25 15  Water for Elephants    104         58        45       .78
14 16  Justin Bieber: Never    98         73        25       .35
15 17  The Rite                96         33        63      1.91
19 18  Scre4m                  92         37        54      1.45
20 19  Red Riding Hood         89         38        52      1.37
18 20  Paul                    89         37        52      1.38 
17 21  Sucker Punch            89         35        53      1.52
21 22  Season of the Witch     84         25        59      2.40

22 23  Hall Pass               83         45        38       .85
23 24  Big Mommas: Like Father 80         38        43      1.13
24 25  Sanctum                 79         23        56      2.44

TOTAL Jan-Apr Movies         4771       2429      2342*      .96
 (Total of 47 movies)

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 Ratio indicates relative international performance. The Domestic number is either the actual final gross or the latest 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 Ratio is the film's Overseas number divided by its Domestic number. 


The total numbers at the bottom of the chart show that worldwide box office has crossed the $4.7 billion line for the movies released January-April.  (The totals do not include Pirates, Thor or Bridesmaids, all May releases.)  Overseas grosses have almost caught up to the domestic total for January-April, while we expect overseas to beat domestic by a wide margin in the summer period.  

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.      

Check back Wednesday for a look at the mid-week domestic performance of movies currently in release (a combined look at Monday and Tuesday numbers).   

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