INTERNATIONAL
Universal's international division reported that
Spy Game opened in Australia last Thursday to $0.93 million on 190 screens. Ocean's Eleven placed first Down Under with Spy neck and neck with Lord of the Rings for the number two spot. Universal has limited international rights on Spy, which it has also released in Belgium and Switzerland. Universal's Spy's international total is $2.1M.
In the U.K., Long Time Dead grossed $0.44 million on 217 screens for Friday and Saturday in its second weekend. Dead ranked sixth on the British chart and had a nine day cume of $1.7 million.
American Pie 2 finished third for the weekend in Mexico, behind the openings of Vivir Mata and The One with a two day gross of $0.27 million on 235 screens. Its cume is $4 million, which is 220 percent ahead of the original American Pie. The sequel will pass the original's final gross of $4.4 million later this week.
In Argentina, Pie 2 was fourth in its third week with a 3-day gross of $55,000 on 60 screens, down only 18 percent. It followed the openings of Vanilla Sky and Amélie and week nine for Harry Potter. Pie 2's 17-day cume in Argentina is $0.5 million.
In Brazil this weekend, Pie 2 grossed $41,000 on 95 screens, bringing its 37 day cume to $3 million.
Pie 2's overall international cume to date is a sexy $135.4 million.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films--those grossing more than $500,000--took in approximately $130.75 million, up about 41.96 percent from last year when they totaled $92.1 million.
This weekend's key film gross for three days cannot be compared to the previous weekend of this year, which was a four day holiday weekend.
Last year, Sony's opening week of The Wedding Planner was first with $13.51 million at 2,785 theaters ($4,851 per theater); and Paramount's third week of Save the Last Dance was second with $9.78 million at 2,561 theaters ($3,818 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $23.3 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $31.8 million.