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Not even Johnny Depp can shake the foreign box office from its torpor so far this year.
His new cartoon "Rango" opened at No. 1 internationally, mirroring its North American result, but with a less-than-lofty gross of $16.5 million drawn from 33 markets. (Its $38 million bow in the United States and Canada fell a tad short of expectaions.)
No first-place box office title this year has logged an opening weekend gross of more than $27 million overseas. As a result, foreign sales for the six big American studios through February collectively dipped 31% from 2010 (when "Avatar" was roaring through its offshore release).
A droll animation western directed by Gore Verbinski, with the title character voiced by his "Pirates of the Caribbean" cohort, "Rango" boasted of No. 1 openings in the U.K. and Ireland ($3.1 million), Mexico ($2.7 million), Spain ($1.9 million) and Argentina ($450,000). It opens this week in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Italy.
"Black Swan" placing a close second with $15.6 million from 45 markets on the heels of its Oscar win last weekend for star Natalie Portman. Its overseas total stands at $147.6 million.
Last week's foreign champion, "I Am Number Four," fell to No. 3 with $12 million drawn from 26 territories. Nearly a quarter of its $42 million foreign haul comes from China with $9.4 million.
Matt Damon's "The Adjustment Bureau" came in at No. 4 with $10.5 million from 21 markets. In addition to opening at No. 2 in North America, it took the silver in the U.K. ($2.4 million) and Australia ($1.9 million). The top film in Australia, with $2 million, was the new comedy "Hall Pass." "Bureau" debuts in 10 foreign territories this week, including Germany.
"True Grit," which went zero for 10 at the Oscars, delivered $8 million from 57 territories hoisting the foreign total for the Coen brothers' Western update to $61 million. Of that number, $7.1 million comes from France.
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