Agora opened in first place in Spain and sixth place internationally with $7.90 million on 462 screens. This is great news, as the film cost $70 million to make and it will need a massive run to break even. It won't have to earn all of it in Spain, on the other hand, and should perform well throughout Europe and when it opens here.

• Fame rose to seventh place with $7.58 million on 2260 screens in 23 markets for a total of $26.99 million. The film was aided by its second place opening in France where it made $2.48 million on 455 screens, but that was for the full week. It opened in third place in Italy with $1.11 million on 337 screens. It has already made more internationally than it has made domestically, but only a small production budget is saving the film's bottom line.
• The Message fell to eighth place with $7.00 million on 726 screens in 2 markets for a total of $21.28 million. The film starts expanding in earnest throughout Asian next weekend, which could help it remain on the international top 30 for a while.
• Surrogates fell from first place to ninth place with $6.74 million on 2585 screens in 26 markets for a total of $40.13 million. The lack of major market openings hurt, but that's still a sharp drop-off and troubling for a film with its production budget.
• The Founding Of A Republic fell to 10th place with $5.71 million on 672 screens in 4 markets for a total of $57.59 million.
• Männerherzen opened in first place in Germany with $4.80 million on 587 screens while adding in smaller markets it managed 11th place internationally with $5.57 million on 685 screens in 3 markets.
• Fellow German film, Vicky the Viking, was right behind with $4.80 million on 1324 screens in 4 markets and it now has $43.93 million after a month of release. Most of this came from its native market where it pulled in $3.06 million on 803 screens over the weekend for a total of $32.54 million after a month of release.
• Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs added $4.64 million on 1754 screens in 27 markets for a total of $29.05 million. It had no major market openings this past weekend, but its international run is far from over at this point.
• The Final Destination slipped a spot to 14th with $4.22 million on 1842 screens in 42 markets for a total of $94.18 million. It opened in first place in Mexico with $1.33 million on 358 screens. At this pace, it will have no trouble becoming the first film in the franchise to reach $100 million internationally. In fact, it should earn more internationally than any other of the previous installments made worldwide.
• Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji opened in first place in Japan and 15th place internationally with $4.04 million on 306 screens.
• District 9 earned 16th place with $3.75 million on 2004 screens in 37 markets for a total of $69.64 million after two months of release. to 12th place with $5.00 million on 2456 screens in 9 markets over the weekend for a total of $64.20 million. It still has a few major markets left to open in, but it will have a nearly impossible task to overtake its domestic total at this point.
• Zombieland debuted in 17th place with $3.60 million on 633 screens in 5 markets. The film opened in second place in the U.K. with $1.95 million on 298 screens, while it placed first in Russia with $1.60 million on 330 screens.
• Couples Retreat was next with $2.90 million on 226 screens in 2 markets. Of that, $2.72 million was earned on 217 screens in Australia, where it placed first. The rest came from the film's third place opening in New Zealand.
• Fast & Furious returned to the chart in 19th place with $2.35 million on 322 screens, all of which came from the film's second place debut in Japan. So far the film has $197.47 million internationally, and has likely already cracked $200 million at this point.
• Baarìa slipped to second place in Italy while it fell to 20th place internationally with $2.31 million on 472 screens.
• Julie & Julia popped back onto the chart in 21st place with $2.23 million on 865 screens in 22 markets over the weekend for a total of $12.44 million internationally. It climbed to 4th place in Australia as it expanded there pulling in $1.33 million on 285 screens over the weekend and $1.79 million after two.
• The Girl Who Played With Fire continues to perform well earned $2.17 million on 470 screens in 6 markets for a total of $26.60 million.
• [REC] 2 fell to third place in Spain and 23rd place internationally with $1.92 million on 355 screens over the weekend for a total of $5.70 million after two. It is still above the pace of its predecessor, but it is not showing the same legs, which is to be expected.
• Wake Up Sid fell more than 50% to $1.91 million on 597 screens in 15 markets for a total of $6.97 million; however, this is still better than average for an Indian film.
• Mao's Last Dancer slipped a spot to third in Australia and 25th internationally with $1.80 million on 267 screens, giving the film $5.63 million after two weeks of release.
• Whatever Works remained in 26th place with $1.76 million on 412 screens in 7 markets for a total of $17.84 million.
• The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 nearly fell off the chart this past weekend pulling in just $1.74 million on 1435 screens in 33 markets. Its total of $78.56 million isn't bad, but the film did cost a lot to make.
• The Invention Of Lying added $1.71 million on 369 screens during its second weekend in the U.K. and it now has $5.96 million in that market. This film should have no trouble showing a profit relatively soon. It will get there internationally, if it can find an audience outside of English speaking markets, on the home market if it can not.
• My Sister's Keeper returned to the chart, barely, grabbing 29th place with $1.65 million on 689 screens in 19 markets for a total of $36.59 million. This was mostly thanks to the film's third place, $1.24 million opening in Japan, where it now has $1.56 million including midweek numbers. That's the film's last major market, but it still has a few others that will add some to its total. Not enough to match its domestic run, but perhaps enough to show a profit during its initial push into the home market.
• The Proposal nearly fell out of the top 30 with $1.50 million on 642 screens in 27 markets, but it did lift its totals to $148.94 million internationally and $312.54 million worldwide.

Date posted: 2009-10-19