Potter adds $120m overseas, races past $560m in 12 days

The confirmed weekend haul of $121.3m through Warner Bros Pictures International boosted the running total to $559m after 12 days and combined with the $273.5m North American tally for $832.5m worldwide. The film is well on its way to become the only entry in the franchise to cross $1bn.

The film already ranks as the biggest Warner Bros release in Latin America and the biggest in the franchise in Eastern Europe, while the combined tally from Europe, the Middle East and Africa has overtaken the lifetime total of Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban.

The lead market was the UK, where $13.7m pushed the tally up to $70.6m.

In other key results:

Germany: $13.3m for $47.9m;

France: $10.8m for $41m;

Japan: $8.6m for $49.1m;

Australia: $8.5m for $41.2m;

Brazil: $6.1m for $25.3m
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South Korea: $5.4m for $19.5m;

Russia: $5.3m for $29.7m
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Mexico: $5m for $28.2m
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Italy: $3.5m for $25.5m;

Spain: $2.7m for $15.6m; and

Scandinavia: The film has surpassed the lifetime grosses of the first four in the series and stands at an estimated $29.5m, on a par with the lifetime gross of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1.

Horrible Bosses opened in third place in the UK on $3.3m from 570.

• Meanwhile, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon pulled off an extraordinary debut in China through Paramount Pictures International (PPI) as it grossed more than $40m. Overall the confirmed $76.1m international weekend deom 13,224 sites in 53 countries resulted in an excellent $556.1m running total and combines with the $325.8m North American score for $882.3m worldwide. See separate story here.

DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 grossed a confirmed $8.2m through PPI from 3,912 venues in 58 for $437.2m. The family sequel arrived in Hong Kong on $1.6m from 43 and added $1.4m from 789 in France for $23.8m in the sixth weekend. The final two markets of Japan and Italy received the film in August.

Speaking of Italy, Captain America: The First Avenger ventured into its first international market day-and-date with the impressive North American debut, grossing a very respectable $2.9m from 553 sites, according to confirmed results issued by PPi on Monday [25].

The summer’s latest superhero release touches down in around 30 territories next weekend and is expected to make a splash in the UK, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and Argentina.

• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International reported a $17.7m weekend for Cars 2 from 31 territories to reach $173.7m.

The latest Pixar release arrived in the UK on $6.1m (£3.8m), which executives said performed 42% better than the launch of Cars, which went on to gross £16.5m.

Leading territories are Mexico on $24.6m, Australia on $20.7m, Russia and Brazil each on $19.5m and Italy on $14.2m.

The worldwide tally stands at $350.1m. Next weekend’s new territories are France, Germany and Japan.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tidesadded $900,000 as the international running total climbed to $794.6m. The global figure is $1.032bn, making this the sixth biggest release in history behind Toy Story 3 on $1.064bn.

• Fox International reported a confirmed $12.3m weekend for Mr Popper’s Penguins from 3,888 screens in 47 markets for a $56.4m running total.

The Jim Carrey family feature fared well in a string of second place launches behind the Harry Potter finale, opening in France on $2.6m from 444, Mexico on $2.6m from 692, Spain on $1.3m from 358 and placed third in Argentina on $719,222 from 77.

It added $987,604 in the fourth weekend in Brazil from 241 for $8.8m. Australia stands at $12.4m after four.

Fox International Productions’ Assalto Ao Banco Central opened in Brazil in second place on an excellent $2.5m from 305. X-Men: First Class has grossed an estimated $205m, Black Swan an estimated $222.4m and Water For Elephants an estimated $58.1m.

• Sony Pictures Releasing International’s family release Zookeeper brought in $9m from 2,325 in 35 markets as the early tally reached $28.8m.

The film launched in 19 markets led by a $1.9m debut in second place in Russia on 518 screens. A further $2.6m from 616 in Germany raised the running total after three weekends to $10.5m. Zookeeper stands at $7.7m in Mexico after three.

Bad Teacher crossed $70m following $7.9m from 2,204 in 32. The R-rated comedy opened well in second place in Australia on $3.2m from 242. Germany has generated $16.2m after four, Russia $12.2m after two and the UK $12.5m after five.

• Another R-rated comedy enjoying the summer is Universal’s Bridesmaids and it too crossed $70m through Universal Pictures International following a confirmed $8.1m weekend from 1,905 in 33 territories. The figure is $71m and there are 23 territories to go including France, Spain and Italy in August.

Bridesmaids opened well in Germany in fourth place on a confirmed $1.8m from 414 and the Austrian debut produced an estimated $465,000 from 78 in third place. The film also arrived in Sweden and did well, grossing an estimated $320,000 from 94 in second place.

The UK led holdovers as a confirmed $1.7m in the fifth weekend resulted in Universal’s biggest release of the year-to-date on $29.9m. Australia has generated a confirmed $26.7m after six weekends.

Hop stands at a confirmed $74.4m and opened in South Korea on an estimated $600,000 from 183. Paul stands at a confirmed $57.2m, Fast And Furious Five has reached an estimated $394.3m and $603.7m worldwide with a good chance of coasting past $400m when it opens in Japan on Oct 11, while Beginners is on a confirmed $1.8m and opened in the UK on an estimated $254,000 from 69.

• Summit International reported that Vendome Productions and Playtone Productions’ Larry Crowne added $2.2m from 1,300 sites in 20 countries for $16.8m. The rom-com opened in Australia on $890,000 from 210 including $30,000 in previews.