By Frank Segers
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -
The comedy "Bienvenue
chez les Ch'tis," the French film industry's biggest-ever hit,
narrowly claimed the No. 1 spot internationally during the
weekend as HollywoodDr.
Seuss' Horton Hears A WhoEaster session overseas.
"Bienvenue," a comedy of manners about a postal worker who
is transferred to a small northern village where the locals
speak an incomprehensible dialect, earned an estimated $14.7
million during its fifth consecutive weekend as the No. 1 title
in France.
The weekend total is likely to float higher since estimates
from the film's runs in French-speaking Switzerland and Belgium
were not available Sunday. The film has grossed an estimated
$152 million to date, largely from just its home territory.
"Horton" finished No. 2 for the weekend with an estimated
$13.2 million from 52 markets in its third frame. Its foreign
total is $77 million. 10,000 BC" came in at No. 3 with $12
million from 62 territories, raising its overseas total to
$142.5 million.
"The Spiderwick Chronicles" finished at No. 4 with $8.1
million from 52 territories; its foreign total rose to $48.1
million. "Step Up 2 The Streets" rounded out the top five with
$7 million from 27 markets for an international total of $51.7
million.
Other foreign totals: "27 Dresses," $6.1 million; "Jumper,"
$118.3 million; "Vantage Point," $61.2 million; "The Game
Plan," $38.7 million; "Meet the Spartans," $31.9 million;
"Juno," $58.8 million; "The Other Boleyn Girl," $24.5 million;
"No Country for Old Men," $78.3 million; and "There Will Be
Blood," $31.7 million.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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