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November 25, 2012
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through November 25

The big movers overseas this past week were Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (up $151 million to $351 million to date overseas) and Skyfall (up $61 million to $568 million overseas to date).  Updated worldwide tracks for Twilight and the completely re-energized James Bond follow.

TWILIGHT Films TrackSummit Entertainment Critics Positive ($ millions)
Opening Weekend Domestic Total Overseas Total Worldwide Total
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 11.16.2012 51% 141.1 311-est 450-est 761-est
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1  11.18.2011 25% 138.1 281.3 423.8 705.1
Twilight Saga: Eclipse 6.30.2010 49% 64.8 (157.6 Wed-Sun) 300.5 398.0 698.5
Twilight Saga: New Moon 11.20.2009 28% 142.8 296.6 413.2 709.8
Twilight 11.21.2008 49% 69.6 192.8 199.8 392.6

 

Recent James Bond Films:

Skyfall Nov 2012  $88.4 million domestic opening, $313-estimated million domestic gross, $920-estimated million worldwide

Quantum of Solace Nov 2008  $67.5 million domestic opening, $168.4 million domestic gross, $586.1 million worldwide

Casino Royale Nov 2006 $40.8 million domestic opening, $167.4 million domestic gross, $594.2 million worldwide

Die Another Day Nov 2002 $47.1 million domestic opening, $160.9 million domestic gross, $431.9 million worldwide

The World Is Not Enough Nov 1999 $35.5 million domestic opening, $126.9 million domestic gross, $361.8 million worldwide

 

Entering the worldwide chart this week are Rise of the Guardians (starting at #26, with the potential to get up to around #15), Life of Pi (entering at #30, with the potential to rise to about #19) and Red Dawn (starting at #51, with little hope of rising much higher).

 



About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.