'Half-Blood Prince' dominates overseas box office

David Yates' "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" topped the international box office with a stunning five-day total of $237 million, enough to score the largest-ever five-day start overseas.

Worldwide, the sixth installment in the popular series has collected $396.7 million to date. The film is currently playing in 54 markets on the international circuit and had no trouble beating the five-day launch of $192.9 million set by "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

At a distant No. 2, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" picked up another $60.7 million, lifting its overseas total to $429 million. Following in third place with $15.3 million was "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," which brought its total gross to $398 million.

Meanwhile, Sacha Baron Cohen's R-rated comedy "Brüno" pulled $10.6 million this weekend, reaching a cumulative gross of $46 million.

At No. 5, Todd Phillips' success comedy "The Hangover" finished with $5.8 million, lifting its international cume to a solid $84.2 million.

Other results from the overseas box office: "Public Enemies" took home $4.3 million for a total of $24.1 million; "The Proposal" generated $3.4 million for a cume of $48.1 million; and "Angels & Demons" reached a total haul of $347.6 million.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter