‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ took the top spot in the international box office race this weekend, conjuring up US$66,4 million and tying ‘Avatar’ for the fastest sprint to the US$1 billion mark at just 17 days.
There was little anti-American sentiment in evidence as audiences in 31 foreign territories rallied around the red, white and blue of ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ for a No 2 gross of US$48,5 million on its first weekend of wide release overseas.’Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ continued its strong international performance, extracting another US$42 million from audiences at nearly 12 000 locations in 61 markets. The film opened in Japan for the first time this weekend, posting a franchise best tally there of US$9,5 million in 318 theatres.’The Smurfs’, while battling ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ for first place at home, made their debut internationally with US$4,4 million in just seven markets and a larger than expected global total of US$40,6 million. – Nampa-AP
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