Monday
07Jul2008
‘Hancock’ finds overseas box office glory
Monday, July 7, 2008 at 7:56AM | By
Franck Tabouring
Will Smith’s latest action hit “Hancock” dominated the international box office this weekend with a stunning $78.3 million in ticket sales in 50 territories, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Along with its five-day domestic gross of $107.3 million, Peter Berg’s film brought its worldwide total to $185.6 after just a few days in release. That’s not a bad result for Will Smith, who proved yet again he’s still a global box office hero.
DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda” delivered another strong weekend performance overseas with $38 million in a total of 44 markets. John Stevenson and Mark Osborne’s computer-animated family adventure lifted its international total to $151 million.
Meanwhile, “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” finished in third place with $24.3 million from ticket sales in 42 territories, reaching a total haul of $194 million. Although the film had a slow start domestically, the sequel to “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” brought its worldwide cumulative to $332 million.
Last week’s overseas box office champion "Wanted" dropped to No. 4 this weekend, collecting $18.8 million and bringing its international total to $64.2 million after only two weeks in release. Pixar’s “WALL-E” followed in fifth place with $12.9 million from only 11 markets.
Other results from the international box office: New Line Cinema’s “Sex and the City” reached an overseas total of $209.3 million, while “Get Smart” took in $7.3 million and lifted its cumulative to $34.3 million. “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” reached $429 million.






Reader Comments (1)
I'm glad that narnia is making more now. I really loved the first one and the second one as well. I hope the third one is just as good!!! It is making less money because when it was released, two weeks after Iron man and one week before Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the crystal skull. Everybody was just overlooking it due to when it came out.