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International movie marketplace gets all 'Tangled'

Updated: 2011-01-13 13:39

(Agencies)

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LOS ANGELES – "Tangled" ascended to the top of the international box office race in its seventh weekend of release, jumping from sixth place in 21 territories to the top spot in 28 territories and earning $24.8 million as it crosses the $350 million mark in worldwide revenue.

Astonishingly, at No. 2, the Italian comedy "Ma che Bella Giornata" (translated as "But What a Beautiful Day") earned an incredible $24.3 million in just two international territories in its debut weekend, with nary a North American screen in sight.

In notable action outside of the top five, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1" crossed the $900 million mark in global revenues, fueled by an $8.4 million weekend in an impressive 40 international territories after just two months in release.

Here are the top 20 movies at international theaters last weekend, followed by international gross for the weekend (excluding North America), number of theater locations, number of territories, worldwide gross to date (including North America), and number of weeks in release as compiled Wednesday by global media measurement company Rentrak Corp. and provided by Hollywood.com:

1. "Tangled," $24,745,055, 5,129 locations, 28 territories, $350,496,102, seven weeks.

2. "Ma Che Bella Giornata," $24,286,111, four locations, two territories, $24,971,340, one week.

3. "The Tourist," $19,257,529, 5,123 locations, 43 territories, $161,088,229, five weeks.

4. "Little Fockers," $19,142,084, 7,298 locations, 40 territories, $233,665,110, 24 weeks.

5. "Gulliver's Travels," $15,392,425, 5,083 locations, 24 territories, $95,533,406, three weeks.

6. "Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," $11,914,063, 6,773 locations, 44 territories, $318,599,262, six weeks.

7. "Tron Legacy," $10,552,856, 5,160 locations, 38 territories, $282,323,324, four weeks.

8. "The King's Speech," $8,455,667, 1,279 locations, four territories, $51,724,343, seven weeks.

9. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1," $8,398,980, 4,158 locations, 40 territories, $910,775,383, eight weeks.

10. "Unstoppable," $8,206,293, 984 locations, 12 territories, $139,504,549, nine weeks.

11. "Season of the Witch," $6,916,301, 3,260 locations, six territories, $18,283,137, one week.

12. "Megamind," $6,897,952, 3,606 locations, 38 territories, $293,122,453, 10 weeks.

13. "Hereafter," $6,655,831, 322 locations, nine territories, $39,571,721, 13 weeks.

14. "Eyyvah Eyvah 2," $5,813,364, 426 locations, three territories, $5,813,368, one week.

15. "Love and Other Drugs," $5,472,787, 1,184 locations, 15 territories, $49,726,648, seven weeks.

16. NA

17. "Burlesque," $3,610,859, 1,053 locations, 18 territories, $56,080,023, seven weeks.

18. "The Next Three Days," $3,495,953, 1,270 locations, 16 territories, $40,675,321, eight weeks.

19. "Nutcracker: the Untold Story," $3,375,712, 15 locations, four territories, $12,172,437, three weeks.

20. "127 Hours," $3,357,380, 398 locations, one territory, $14,257,536, 10 weeks.

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