Pie 2 continued to do strong business in Brazil in its third weekend with a Friday through Saturday gross of approximately $0.3 million on 160 screens. It ranked second to the opening of Lord of the Rings. Pie 2's cume in Brazil is now $2.1 million, an increase of 62 percent over the total there for the first American Pie.
In Australia, Pie 2 grossed $0.29 million with 160 playdates this weekend, ranking seventh in its fifth week. Its 32 day cume Down Under is $6.5 million.
In Spain, Pie 2 in its fifth week grossed $0.2 million on 255 screens for Friday and Saturday. It ranked sixth and has a 32 day cume of $7.0 million, an increase of 19 percent over than original film's gross there.
Universal said it still has five 5 countries in which to open Pie 2, including Argentina Jan. 10 and Mexico Jan. 11.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films--those grossing more than $500,000--took in approximately $124.56 million, up about 7.31 per cent from the comparable weekend last year when key films grossed $116.07 million.
This weekend's key film gross was down about 23.75 percent from $163.34 million for the previous weekend.
Last year, Fox's third week of Cast Away was first with $22.22 million at 2,948 theaters ($7,538 per theater); and Paramount's fourth week of What Women Want was second with $15.56 million at 3,052 theaters ($5,097 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $37.8 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $40.0 million.