LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - led world moviegoers to "Rio" for the weekend.
Animated 3D misadventure of a Brazilian MACAW scored more open so far this year North American box-office and was the first choice in overseas for a second weekend, Distributor, 20th Century Fox said Sunday.
The film sold approximately $ 40 million worth of tickets across the United States and the Canada during the three days from April 15, arriving at the upper end of expectations.
He also provided some rare good news at the box office where sales so far this year are down 19% to $ 2.65 billion, according to Hollywood.com box office analysts.
The previous best this year launch was the bow of $ 38 million for the Johnny Depp "rango" cartoon, which remains the largest release of 2011 with $ 119 million. "Rio" put end to the reign of two weeks of another cartoon, the stamps of Easter-themed "Hop".
Stimulated by heavy criticism, an "A" rating among customers polled by CinemaScore tracking firm and spring holidays break/Easter, "Rio" should have little difficulty in becoming the first blockbuster big of the year.
His foreign career rose to 129 million after a weekend of 54 million dollars on the 62 markets. (Fox estimated earlier to a total of $ 128 million). It opened at no. 1 in France and remained at the top in these markets such as the Brazil, the Mexico, the Spain and the Germany. The Brazil is no surprise, top market as a whole with sales to date of $ 18.9 million.
"SCREAM 4" SILENCE
"Rio," a cost approximately 90 million dollars to make, focuses on Blu, a rare blue Macaw (doubled by Jesse Eisenberg of "the Social Network"), which returns him to the Brazil after a silhouette as pets contraband to the United States existence. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha, the native behind the trilogy of "ice age" the Fox of Rio de Janeiro. Fox is a unit of News Corp..
Opening to no. 2 in with much less success North America was "Scream 4," the first opus of the franchise of horror in 11 years.
The release of Dimension Films sold approximately 19.3 million tickets across the United States and the Canada. The industry had planned the bloody meeting of Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell to open in the mid-$ 20 million range. Dimension is a unit of the Co. Weinstein closed
The best of the opening series was the beginning of 34.7 million for "scream 3" in 2000, but there quickly stalled and finished with $ 89 million - the worst in the series. The original of 1996 has been the most successful with sales of $ 103 million.
"Hop" slipped No. 3 with $ 11.2 million, taking its total to $ 82.6 million. Foreign total sound is to $ 29.4 million in 45 countries, including 13 still to open it. The film was released by Universal Pictures, a unit of Comcast Corp-controlled NBC Universal.
Top 10 boasted a new entry. "the conspirateur Robert redford," its first exit Director since the underperformer 2007 "Lions for Lambs," earned solid $ 3.9 million, tying the number 9 with the flop of comedy "Your Highness."
The drama to murder Abraham Lincoln, one of a handful of serious films, inclination of adults in the rooms, played in just room 707, while the rest of the top 10 in average 2 approximately 900 each. It has been edited by closed Roadside Attractions.
(Reported by Dean Goodman.) (Editing by Laura MacInnis and Mohammad Zargham)
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