02-05-2008, 11:09 PM
...But Faces A Monster Next Weekend.
This news about our favorite Gaul in from Hollywood:
France: new tentpole sequel power
'Asterix 3' leads international market with $31.5 million
By Hy Hollinger
Feb 6, 2008
"Asterix at the Olympic Games"
Europe joined the tentpole sequel brigade as the third edition of the popular French comic strip "Asterix at the Olympic Games" swept through key local markets to earn the weekend's international boxoffice championship with an estimated $31.5 million from some 5,000 screens in eight markets.
The French-German-Spanish co-production, rated the most expensive French movie ever made at $113 million, pulled in $24.9 million from France alone, but apparently found little interest in the U.K., where it was reported to have opened on only three screens to $4,000. Exact figures about "Asterix's" weekend performance were not available. Pathe, the distributor, said it would issue a full report of the week's performance on Wednesday. Several markets, including Russia, where it was supposed to have opened on 900 screens, are not included in the weekend estimates.
At any rate, "Asterix's" takeoff again demonstrates the growing strength of the overseas market in the early part of a new year when new entries, year-end holdovers, and Oscar-nominated films are getting conspicuous attention. Distribution experts say that overseas is definitely becoming an all-year market as demonstrated by Paramount's release of "Cloverfield" at this time of the year. The monster film took in $18.1 million from 3,174 screens in 34 territories for an early cume of $35.5 million. France is set to open this coming weekend, leading to speculation as to how it will fare against the second week of "Asterix."
hock: :? lol:
:wink:
Narukami
This news about our favorite Gaul in from Hollywood:
France: new tentpole sequel power
'Asterix 3' leads international market with $31.5 million
By Hy Hollinger
Feb 6, 2008
"Asterix at the Olympic Games"
Europe joined the tentpole sequel brigade as the third edition of the popular French comic strip "Asterix at the Olympic Games" swept through key local markets to earn the weekend's international boxoffice championship with an estimated $31.5 million from some 5,000 screens in eight markets.
The French-German-Spanish co-production, rated the most expensive French movie ever made at $113 million, pulled in $24.9 million from France alone, but apparently found little interest in the U.K., where it was reported to have opened on only three screens to $4,000. Exact figures about "Asterix's" weekend performance were not available. Pathe, the distributor, said it would issue a full report of the week's performance on Wednesday. Several markets, including Russia, where it was supposed to have opened on 900 screens, are not included in the weekend estimates.
At any rate, "Asterix's" takeoff again demonstrates the growing strength of the overseas market in the early part of a new year when new entries, year-end holdovers, and Oscar-nominated films are getting conspicuous attention. Distribution experts say that overseas is definitely becoming an all-year market as demonstrated by Paramount's release of "Cloverfield" at this time of the year. The monster film took in $18.1 million from 3,174 screens in 34 territories for an early cume of $35.5 million. France is set to open this coming weekend, leading to speculation as to how it will fare against the second week of "Asterix."
hock: :? lol: :wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
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