No kicking 'Panda' off top of overseas chart

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – Kids and families in the international movie marketplace continue to embrace "Kung Fu Panda 2," giving it another weekend at the top of the overseas box office charts with an estimated $52.5 million for the weekend and $423.3 million overall. The global appeal of the film combined with the current foreign love affair with 3-D has made this one very popular "Panda."

"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" has been ruthless in its accumulation of international booty, with Capt. Jack and friends stealing a healthy $25.9 million over the weekend and amassing a global total of $952.2 million to date — about two weeks shy of $1 billion.

Debuting internationally in fifth place is "Green Lantern," the latest in a barrage of summer superhero movies. The Ryan Reynolds starrer pulled in $16 million overseas for a global total of $69.1 million to give the film a respectable start built on the foundation of its first-place North American opening weekend.

Here are the top 10 movies at international theaters last weekend, followed by distributor, estimated international gross for the weekend (excluding North America), worldwide gross to date (including North America), and number of weeks in release overseas as compiled Tuesday by Rentrak and provided by Hollywood.com:

1. "Kung Fu Panda 2," Paramount International, $53 million, $423 million, four weeks.

2. "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," Walt Disney International, $26 million, $952 million, five weeks.

3. "Hangover 2," Warner Bros. International, $22 million, $490 million, four weeks.

4. "X-Men: First Class," Fox International, $21 million, $283 million, three weeks.

5. "Green Lantern," Warner Bros. International, $16 million, $69 million, one week.

6. "Super 8," Paramount International, $13 million, $95 million, two weeks.

7. "Bridesmaids," Universal Pictures International, $7 million, $144 million, one week.

8. "Bad Teacher," Sony Pictures Releasing International, $3 million, $3 million, one week.

9. "Fast Five," Universal Pictures International, $3 million, $592 million, nine weeks.

10. "Adjustment Bureau," Universal Pictures International, $1 million, $124 million, one week.