CLINT EASTWOOD - MARLEY AND ME BEATS WATCHMEN OVERSEAS

MARLEY AND ME BEATS WATCHMEN OVERSEAS

Overseas, Marley and Me scampered to the top of the box-office list, earning $13.9 million in 34 countries. It nosed out the second weekend of Watchmen , which collected $13.5 million in 54 countries to bring its foreign total to $49.5 million. Marley earned nearly half its total overseas gross in dog-loving Great Britain, where it took in $6.5 million, according to Daily Variety . The Clint Eastwood drama Gran Torino continued to show strength, earning $11.4 million in 27 countries, bringing its overseas total to $47.7 million after three weeks.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date) 1. Race to Witch Mountain , Disney, $24,402,214, (New); 2. Watchmen , Warner Bros, $17,817,301, 2 Wks. ($85,751,993); 3. The Last House on the Left , Universal, $14,118,685, (New); 4. Taken, Fox, $6,568,651, 7 Wks. ($12,675,2054); 5. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail , Lionsgate, $5,108,532, 4 Wks. ($83,187,594); 6. Slumdog Millionaire , Fox Searchlight, $5002777, 18 Wks. ($13,260,2820); 7. Paul Blart Mall Cop , Sony/Columbia, $3,119,151, 9 Wks. ($137,785,983); 8. He's Just Not That Into You , Warner Bros., $2,939,484, 6 Wks. ($89,038,259); 9. Coraline , Focus, $2,718,231, 6 Wks. ($69,240,852); 10. Miss March , Fox, $2,409,156, (New).

17/03/2009