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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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