Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Alex]

Almost exactly 1/2 the box office and it is 11th on the list. However, Disney is apparently doing an extremely slow roll around the globe (but I don't expect it'll get anywhere near $600 million from its current $280 million).

It just opened in Australia (which did $23MM for Panda), hasn't yet opened in China/Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, or Russia (each of which did $20MM plus for Panda).

But in terms of money, Wall-E is generally losing to Kung Fu Panda in countries where they've both played. In the United States, Wall-E is only about $5 million up on Kung Fu Panda.

But foreign numbers are generally fuzzy. So it isn't particularly exact. I was just surprised to see it so high. Another surprise is the second Narnia movie which is #7 on the list.

And if you wonder why we very well may see a Hancock sequel, it is because it did 60% of its business in other countries and ended up making almost exactly as much money as smash hit Iron Man (which did 55% of its bank in the U.S.).