In its fourth week in Germany, Pie 2 slid to second place behind the opening of The Fast and the Furious. After 23 days, Pie 2's cume is $25M, making it Universal's top grossing film in Germany this year.
In Austria, Pie 2 also slipped to second place in its fourth week. Its cume is $2.6 million, making it Universal's highest grossing film in Austria this year.
Pie 2's international cume is now $58 million, with 28 countries to still to open.
Bridget Jones's Diary opened strongly in first place in Italy last Friday. Its two-day gross there was $0.268 million on 38 screens.
In Japan, Bridget has been enjoying great success. Now in its fifth week, it continues in the top five with a 28-day cume of $13 million.
In France, Bridget is being distributed by Studio Canal, and opened atop the chart last week, grossing $5.1 million for its first week in theaters.
Bridget passed $165 million at the international box office this weekend and still has five countries to open.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films--those grossing more than $500,000--took in approximately $79.9 million, up about 6.78 per cent from the comparable weekend last year when key films grossed $74.83 million.
This weekend's key film gross was up a marginal 0.05 percent from last weekend of this year, when key films took in approximately $79.87 million.
Last year, Universal's third week of Meet the Parents was first with $16.02 million at 2,619 theaters ($6,115 per theater); and Fox's opening week of Bedazzled was second with $13.11 million at 2,568 theaters ($5,104 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $29.1 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $22.1 million.