'This Is It' also dominates overseas box office
Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 6:59PM | By Franck Tabouring 
Sony's Michael Jackson documentary "This Is It" is leading the worldwide box office, and I'm not surprised. The film delivered a strong debut overseas, scoring $68.5 million in 108 markets since its release Wednesday. That brings its worldwide total to $101 million.
Still going strong internationally was Pixar's animated adventure "Up," which dropped one spot and landed at No. 2 with a weekend gross of $12.8 million. The film's total gross currently stands at $352.7 million.
Meanwhile, Disney productions "Surrogates" and "G-Force" tied for third place with $6.1 million each. "Force" brought its international total to $148 million, while "Surrogates" with Bruce Willis reached a cumulative gross of $60.3 million.
At No. 4, France's live-action adaptation of "Le petit Nicolas" took home $5.6 million for a market total of $37.1 million. Following at No. 5 was Russia's "Kniga masterov" (Book of Masters), which picked up a solid $5.2 million.
Other results from this weekend's overseas box office: "The Ugly Truth" pulled $3.4 million, while "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" earned $4.9 million. "Inglourious Basterds" generated $3.9 million, with "Saw VI" bagging $3.3 million.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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I knew it.It would perform better in the international market than here in US .Go Michael Jackson you are meant to break more record.This will be a huge money maker for Sony in dvd too.I am happy that the movie got positive review and MIchael is remembered by his fans this will give huge boost to This it audio disc I see lot of money there too for sony.