Ice Age 4 usurps Spidey to dominate int’l arena on $95m Fox International reported that in its third weekend the animation was active on 14,131 screens in 64 markets and has now reached a $339m running total.
Fox International claimed Ice Age: Continental Drift ranked number one in 30 of its 37 markets where rankings were available at time of writing. The early worldwide tally stands at $385m. Russia led the way on $16.4m from an all-time wide screen count of 2,090 screens as the film scored the biggest opening weekend of the year-to-date and the biggest opening day for an animated film. The UK debut generated $9.1m from 1,246, which combines with previews for a $20.8m running total.
There was a strong Hong Kong launch on $2.1m from 127. Germany produced $12.4m after climbing 7% in the second weekend from 1,214 for $33.6m. France led the third weekend holdovers on $6.9m from 1,019 for $34.3m, which ranks as the second biggest territory gross so far behind $34.9m in Mexico following a $4.4m gross there from 1,046.
Staying with the third weekend holds, Ice Age 4 grossed $5.3m in Brazil from 891 for $28.6m, $4.1m in Australia from 456 for $23.7m and $2.6m in Argentina from 270 for $14.8m for the industry’s biggest third weekend. Spain stands at $13.2m, Colombia a staggering $10.1m, Norway $6.8m and Sweden $5.1m.
