Ridley Scott‘s “Exodus” rolls up $23 million at overseas box officeDecember 8, 2014 - 11:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ridley Scott‘s “Exodus: Gods and Kings” rolled up $23 million at the overseas box office this weekend, one week ahead of its North American debut, Variety said. Fox opened the Biblical epic starring Christian Bale in 6,462 theaters in 10 foreign markets and it connected. Its $6.2 million opening in South Korea was the biggest ever for a Ridley Scott-directed film there. In Mexico, its $4.7 million opening was 41 percent bigger than that of “Prometheus.” And in Spain, its $3.7 million debut topped that of “Noah” by 43 percent, Fox said. Meanwhile, Lionsgate's “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” added $31.6 million from overseas and crossed $300 million internationally this weekend, raising its global total is $560.5 million. It marked the third week in a row that “Mockingjay” has been the No. 1 movie both domestically and abroad. In Germany, “Mockingjay” claimed the No. 1 spot for the third week in a row after adding another $4.3 million that upped its overall total there to $29 million. It pushed its total in the U.K. to $39.6 million by adding $4.1 million this weekend, and brought in $2.5 million from Franco to lift its overall haul there to $22 million. “Interstellar” lifted its overseas haul to a muscular $434 million, after adding $22.8 million from 64 markets this weekend. Christopher Nolan‘s space epic, which Warner Bros. is distributing overseas, continued its strong China run by adding a $7.1 million this weekend. That ups its total in the People's Republic to $119.2 million, making it Warner Bros.’ highest-grossing movie ever there. “Interstellar” has also taken in a whopping $67 million from South Korea. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |