• Thanks to a handful of openings The Prestige was able to climb further up the charts hitting seventh with $4.26 million on 1323 screens in 22 markets for a total of $18.03 million. Good news, the film placed first in Australia with $1.11 million on 198 screens. Bad news, it could only manage sixth in France with $876,000 on 282 screens, and that was for the full week. To compound matters, it fell 51% during its second weekend in the U.K. earning $1.09 million on 229 screens over the weekend for a total of $4.32 million.
• Babel climbed into the top ten with $3.88 million on 912 screens in 15 markets for a total of $13.15 million. Its biggest opening was in France where it place fourth with $1.43 million on 250 screens but its best market continued to be Mexico where it remained in first place with $1.14 million on 295 screens for a two-week total of $3.91 million.
• A Good Year slipped a spot to ninth but it is already clear that the film will be a much bigger success on the international scene than it was domestically. This weekend it added $3.72 million on 1680 screens in 21 markets for a total of $13.10 million. The film's biggest opening was in South Korea where it earned fifth place with $554,000 on 119 screens over the weekend and $646,000 in total. Holdovers were mixed with the film down 47% in Australia to $451,000 on 284 screens over the weekend and $1.67 million in total. It held better in Germany down 32% to $572,000 on 354 screens for a two-week total of $2.13 million.
• Desu Noto 2, a.k.a., Death Note 2: The Last Name grabbed tenth place with $3.70 million on 367 screens in 2 markets for a total of $27.93 million. In Japan the film stood firm atop the box office with $3.55 million on 334 screens for a total of $26.17 million, while the rest of its box office has come from South Korea.
• Prete-Moi Ta Main, a.k.a., Rent A Wife fell out of the top ten with $3.70 million on 565 screens in 3 markets for a three-week total of $18.17 million, almost all of which has come from its native market of France.
• Ne Le Dis A Personne, a.k.a. Tell No One added $2.97 million on 509 screens in three markets for a total of $14.89 million after three week. Like the previous film, this one too as earned nearly all of its box office from France.
• 7 Zwerge - Der Wald Ist Nicht Genug was finally knocked out of first place Germany but still held well down 28% to $2.31 million on 810 screens for a total of $21.71 million. With a handful of smaller markets the film earned $2.73 million on 990 screens for a total of $26.68 million, which might be enough for the studio to produce another installment in the franchise.
• The Children of Men saw the most growth this wekend climbing 10 spots to 14th with $2.73 million on 985 screens in 24 markets for a total of $23.13 million after two months of release. This was mainly thanks to two third place debuts: Japan, ($899,000 on 229 screens), and Italy, ($794,000 on 222).
• Scoop remained in 15th place with $2.41 million on 690 screen in 11 markets for a total of $18.79 million. The film opened in Germany with the best per screen average in the top ten, however, it was only playing on 95 screens so its $583,000 was only good enough for seventh place.
• For the second weekend in a row, Step Up fell less than 10%, this time dipping 8% to $2.38 million on 968 screens in 19 markets and now has $31.23 million. The film missed the top ten in France with $748,000, but it was only playing on 97 screens giving it a healthy per screen average.
• My Super Ex-Girlfriend return to the charts thanks to openings in Germany and Italy. In the former it earned just $512,000 on 242 screens but secured a surprise first place debut in the latter with $1.49 million on 253 screen. Overall the film added $2.04 million on 516 screens in 7 markets for a running tally of $33.14 million.
• Wo Ist Fred!?, a.k.a., Woe is Fred, opened in third place in its native Germany with $1.85 million on 516 screens. Adding in a trio of smaller markets and the film placed 18th internationally with $1.97 million on 568 screens in 4 markets during its first weekend of release.
• Despite opened in South Korea, The Grudge 2 fell to 19th place with $1.95 million on 1413 screens in 20 markets for a total of just $20.07 million so far. In South Korea the film struggled with just $406,000 on 133 screens for an eighth place finish.
• The Illusionist made its first appearance on the international charts thanks mostly to a second place, $1.37 million opening on 203 screens in Spain. The film has been playing in limited or semi-limited release for a while earning $10.93 million internationally, including $1.81 million on 518 screens this past weekend.
• No major, or even midlevel openings left Flags Of Our Fathers falling down the charts as it fell out of the top 20. Over the weekend it added $1.64 million on 1087 screens in 12 markets to its total of $16.69 million. Over half of its international run has come from one market, Japan, where it earned $832,000 on 317 over the weekend for a total of $8.82 million.
• How The Lack Of Love Affects Two Men opened in first place in its native South Korea with $1.42 million on 321 screens over the weekend and $1.78 million in total.
• Barnyard: The Original Party Animals held on well despite having no new openings this weekend. It did dip from 20th to 23rd place but fell only 30% to $1.39 million on 1435 screens in 18 markets for a total of $26.60 million.
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause got its international run off in earnest this weekend with a fourth place, 791,000 debut on 224 screens in Australia while it placed second in its debut in New Zealand with $125,000 on 37 screens. Adding in holdovers and the film made $1.24 million on 610 screens in 5 markets for a total of $1.92 million.
• World Trade Center is just wrapping up its run added $1.23 million on 1255 screens in 38 markets for a total of $88.34 million.
• Marie Antoinette returned to the charts after a rather lengthy absence. It returned mostly thanks to its fourth place, $737,000 opening on 150 screens in Italy while it also scored fourth place in Sweden with $162,000 on 23 screens. Overall the film made $1.18 million on 343 screens in 10 markets for a total of $14.31 million internationally.
• You, Me & Dupree fell 38% to $1.16 million on 479 screens in 28 markets for a total of $52.30 million.
• Sexy Teacher opened in Love Me Not opened in second place in South Korea with $1.13 million on 266 screens over the weekend and $1.39 million in total.
• The Black Dahlia saw it weekend haul nearly sliced in half falling to $1.12 million on 612 screens in 9 markets for a total of $24.61 million.
• The Guardian opened in a few smaller markets as it just hung onto a spot in the top 30 with $1.08 million on 748 screens in 22 markets for a total of $24.36 million on the international scene.
• Happy Feet missed the top 30 during its international debut with $867,000 on 219 screens in three markets. The film earned $325,000 on 104 in Taiwan, $295,000 on 69 in Puerto Rico while in Malaysia it took in $247,000 on 46.

• Over The Hedge: $163.30 million
• Miami Vice: $100.03 million
• An Inconvenient Truth: $13.80 million.
• Flushed Away: $7.30 million
• Jackass: Number Two: $6.95 million

Date posted: 2006-11-26