"Museum" the top attraction at foreign box office

02/01/2007 18:12

By Frank Segers

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Domestic champ "Night at the Museum" was also the No. 1 choice at the foreign box office during the New Year weekend, earning an estimated $47.3 million from 24 territories.

A special effects-laden comedy starring Ben Stiller as a bumbling security guard at New York’s Museum of Natural History, "Museum" bowed strongly in the U.K. ($14.2 million), Mexico ($7.3 million), Germany ($5.9 million) and Australia ($4.9 million), among other territories.

In its second weekend in South Korea, "Museum" garnered an $3.7 million, raising its market total to $13.1 million. The film’s overseas total stands at $58 million; in North America, it has picked up $125.8 million.

"Happy Feet" was No. 2 with $20.2 million from 58 markets, raising its overseas total to $113.8 million. The biggest of the new markets was Australia, where it snared a six-day total of $8.7 million. The biggest holdover territory was the U.K., where the weekend tally was an estimated $3.5 million, raising its market total to $26.9 million.

Finishing at No. 3 was "Eragon," which garnered $20 million from 51 markets, pushing its international gross to $105 million.

Tied at No. 4 were "Casino Royale" and "The .....continued below

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Holiday," each with $16 million apiece. The international total for the Agent 007 auctioneer stands at $338 million, compared with a domestic total of $155 million. "Holiday" has grossed $70 million to date overseas.

Other foreign totals: "Deja Vu," $49.6 million; "Flushed Away," $73.5 million; "Charlotte’s Web," $64.9 million; "The Departed," $116.4 million; "The Prestige," $30.5 million; "Open Season," $95 million; "Borat," $114 million; "Children of Men," $27.7 million; and "Flags of Our Fathers," $24 million.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

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