INTERNATIONAL
Universal's international division reported Sunday morning that in Argentina A Beautiful Mind was number one with $45,000 (-10%) on 50 playdates. E.T. moved up three pegs to sixth place with $17,000 (+13%) on 50 playdates.
Panic Room opened in first place in Australia with $1.1 million on 200 playdates. Time Machine opened number two with $0.65 million on 183 playdates. A Beautiful Mind is fourth in its 6th week with $0.36 million on 230 playdates. The Scorpion King opens next Thursday.
In Brazil, A Beautiful Mind is third with $0.2 million (-20%) on 156 playdates. K-Pax, which Universal is releasing in Brazil, opened fourth with $60,000 on 55 playdates. E.T ranked tenth with $35,000 (-14%) on 159 playdates.
A Beautiful Mind was fourth in Germany with $0.63 million (-26%) on 355 playdates. Spy Game finished eleventh with $0.2 million (-49%) on 230 playdates. E.T was 14th with $0.14 million (-30%) on 538 playdates.
In Spain, E.T had a two day gross of $0.14 million (-35%) on 250 playdates. A Beautiful Mind was fifth with $0.26 million (-30%) on 190 playdates.
Ali G Inda House, Universal's latest film from Working Title, continued to perform solidly in the U.K. where it has grossed $12.8 million in 23 days on 394 playdates. Scorpion King opens Friday (Apr. 19) in the U.K.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films--those grossing more than $500,000--took in approximately $91.98 million, up about 7.84 percent from last year when they totaled $85.3 million. Key films this weekend were down about 12.78 percent from the previous weekend of this year's total of $105.46 million.
Last year, Dimension Films' third week of Spy Kids was first with $12.5 million at 3,172 theaters ($3,941 per theater); and Paramount's second week of Along Came A Spider was second with $11.53 million at 2,530 theaters ($4,556 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $24.0 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $28.9 million.