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International Box Office numbers can be very
deceptive until a
film opens in all markets and the final tallies are
counted.
For example Sin City just opened this past week in Spain at the
same time the DVD is being released
here.
But foreign box office usually makes up 45-70% of a
picture's total
box office run, the top four grossing movies of all
time had a minimum
of 60% of their box office come from overseas, so
it's not a surprise
that War of the Worlds or The Island does similar
numbers.
And of course it depends on the star's or
character's international appeal.
For instance Spider-man 2 made about $125
million more domestically than
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban last
year, but Harry's international
grosses actually made it a higher grossing picture
overall.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 4:44
PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Flashes and
flops
David,
Don't you think it's a bizarre world we live in when we can say
that a movie like FANTASTIC FOUR which pulled in $287,035,878 in four
weeks "tanked"?
And maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see any indication in these
figures to support the commonly-held notion that non-American audiences are
somehow more discerning than we are:
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS only made 20% of its money outside the USA.
WAR OF THE WORLDS made 60% of its money outside the USA.
THE ISLAND did far better outside the USA, pulling in almost 66% of its
take overseas(!)
In fact, it looks like the "arty films" do better in the USA than they do
elsewhere -- which surprises the heck out of me, but that seems to be what the
figures indicate.
-- JR
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