Six new entries broke into the international box-office chart this week, with Sony Pictures' Hancock storming to the top of the table.
Non-US new entries failed to break into the top 10, with India's Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na reaching number 12. Written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala and distributed by UTV Communications, the musical romantic comedy opened in 14 territories taking $3.5m across 423 screens.
A second new offering from India entered the chart this week at number 18. Flying cars, robots and time travel feature in Harry Baweja's musical romance Love Story 2050. Distributed by Adlabs Films, it took $1,753,827 from 793 screens for an average of $2,212.
The other non-US films to enter the chart were France's London Mon Amour, which reached number 15, and Japan's The Climbers High, which came in at number 21.
Lorraine Levy's French romantic comedy London Mon Amour, starring Vincent Lindon, Pascal Elbe and Virginie Ledoyen (with Pathe distributing), took $2,097,527 from 352 screens - a decent screen average of $5,959.
Released this week in its home territory, The Climbers High took more than $1.5m from 284 screens. Distributed by the Toei Company, it had a screen average of $5,487 and reached number four in the Japanese chart.
The highest screen average of the week was taken by the Japanese film Boys Over Flowers: Final, which dropped one place in the chart after debuting last week at number eight. The Toho distributed film took a screen average of $17,626 from 400 screens, with $7m takings this week bringing the film's cumulative gross to $24,433,346.
The second-highest average went to Universal's Mamma Mia! The Movie which debuted at number 16 after taking $11,760 from each of its 157 screens; a sign of its potential when it expands from two territories in future weeks.
| ANALYSIS: INTERNATIONAL BOX-OFFICE WEEKEND JULY 4-6 | ||||||
| (Last | 3-day | |||||
| week) | Film (origin) | gross $ | Scrs | Cume $ | Terr | |
| 1 | New | Hancock (US) | $65,411,921 | 5,759 | $78,860,628 | 55 |
| 2 | (2) | Kung Fu Panda (US) | $40,164,106 | 5,325 | $154,132,142 | 40 |
| 3 | (3) | The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince ... (US) | $24,723,373 | 5,127 | $194,223,726 | 39 |
| 4 | (1) | Wanted (US) | $17,963,234 | 2,323 | $63,675,921 | 23 |
| 5 | (13) | Wall-E (US) | $13,742,023 | 2,147 | $18,746,009 | 11 |
| 6 | (4) | Sex And The City (US) | $8,388,142 | 3,972 | $214,164,288 | 54 |
| 7 | (6) | Indiana Jones And The Kingdom ... (US) | $8,214,808 | 3,001 | $430,093,965 | 44 |
| 8 | (5) | Get Smart (US) | $7,557,263 | 2,089 | $34,334,668 | 23 |
| 9 | (8) | Boys Over Flowers: Final (Jap) | $7,050,459 | 400 | $24,433,346 | 1 |
| 10 | (7) | The Incredible Hulk (US) | $4,646,937 | 3,353 | $94,871,057 | 51 |
| 11 | (9) | The Happening (US) | $4,314,377 | 3,064 | $78,876,088 | 38 |
| 12 | New | Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (Ind) | $3,458,111 | 423 | $3,458,111 | 14 |
| 13 | (10) | Public Enemy Returns (S Kor) | $2,489,570 | 422 | $21,297,355 | 1 |
| 14 | (14) | Seuls Two (Fr) | $2,222,285 | 576 | $7,098,779 | 3 |
| 15 | New | London Mon Amour (Fr) | $2,097,527 | 352 | $2,097,527 | 3 |
| 16 | New | Mamma Mia! The Movie (US) | $1,846,350 | 157 | $1,846,350 | 2 |
| 17 | (11) | You Don't Mess With The Zohan (US) | $1,818,318 | 644 | $23,157,366 | 9 |
| 18 | New | Love Story 2050 (Ind) | $1,753,827 | 793 | $1,753,827 | 17 |
| 19 | (16) | The Magic Hour (Jap) | $1,634,328 | 379 | $28,048,152 | 1 |
| 20 | (21) | Forgetting Sarah Marshall (US) | $1,602,606 | 906 | $33,819,098 | 20 |
| 21 | New | The Climbers High (Jap) | $1,588,250 | 284 | $1,588,250 | 1 |
| 22 | (17) | Un'estate Al Mare (It) | $1,508,929 | 569 | $5,179,487 | 1 |
| 23 | (15) | Made Of Honour (US) | $1,469,648 | 1,156 | $50,572,713 | 26 |
| 24 | (18) | What Happens In Vegas (US) | $1,301,380 | 893 | $128,164,723 | 23 |
| 25 | (20) | 21 (US) | $1,290,338 | 659 | $73,262,581 | 29 |
| 26 | (34) | Speed Racer (US) | $1,233,295 | 902 | $43,065,891 | 15 |
| 27 | (12) | Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (Ind) | $1,145,050 | 693 | $4,615,005 | 16 |
| 28 | (19) | Dasavatharam (Ind) | $1,118,320 | 543 | $16,227,750 | 7 |
| 29 | (24) | Street Kings (US) | $1,068,076 | 501 | $35,223,017 | 5 |
| 30 | (28) | In Bruges (UK) | $984,059 | 287 | $16,169,692 | 7 |
| 31 | (22) | Crossing (S Kor) | $923,071 | 243 | $3,724,829 | 1 |
| 32 | (26) | Waltz With Bashir (Isr) | $863,031 | 240 | $2,234,428 | 3 |
| 33 | * | Happy-Go-Lucky (UK) | $671,879 | 178 | $4,695,967 | 5 |
| 34 | * | The Strangers (US) | $590,349 | 191 | $2,533,301 | 3 |
| 35 | (25) | Kung Fu Hip-Hop (Chi-HK) | $545,300 | 197 | $1,920,400 | 2 |
| 36 | (23) | Adulthood (UK) | $533,722 | 179 | $5,922,805 | 1 |
| 37 | (27) | Sarkar Raj (Ind) | $484,705 | 517 | $16,713,933 | 10 |
| 38 | (29) | August Rush (US) | $470,081 | 276 | $30,771,349 | 1 |
| 39 | * | The Mist (US) | $441,930 | 328 | $26,087,281 | 6 |
| 40 | (32) | Nim's Island (US) | $441,356 | 509 | $30,835,248 | 8 |
| *Re-entry (c) Screen International, compiled by Leonard Klady | ||||||
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