INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through May 27

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Marvel’s The Avengers (distributed by Disney) increased again to $782 million to date overseas (up from $723 million last week), although the growth rate continues to slow down.  (Click “read more” to see the updated weekly chart.)

We are now projecting The Avengers will finish around $1.46 billion worldwide.

                   BILLION DOLLAR CLUB

            TOP WORLDWIDE GROSSES ($ millions)

                      Domestic   Overseas    Worldwide

1. Avatar              $760.5     $2021.8     $2782.3

2. Titanic             $658.0     $1517.7     $2175.7

3. The Avengers        $611       $ 850       $1461 (projected) 

4. Harry Potter and    $381.0     $ 947.1     $1328.1

   Deathly Hallows P2

5. Transformers Dark   $352.3     $ 771.4     $1123.7 

    of the Moon

6. Lord of the Rings   $377.8     $ 742.1     $1119.9

   Return of the King

7. Pirates Caribbean   $423.3     $ 642.9     $1066.2

   Dead Man’s Chest

8. Toy Story 3         $415.0     $ 648.2     $1063.2

9. Pirates Caribbean   $241.1     $ 802.8     $1043.9

   On Stranger Tides

10 Star Wars Ep 1      $474.5     $ 551.7     $1026.3

   Phantom Menace

11 Alice in Wonderland $334.1     $ 690.1     $1024.3

12 The Dark Knight     $533.3     $ 468.6     $1001.9

Men in Black 3 enters the chart this week somewhat under $300 million, with a projected domestic final of $155 million and $132 million overseas to date.  Battleship‘s overseas total grew modestly to $233 million, pushing the current worldwide estimate to $300 million.