Foreign Box Office: Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion' Opens With $13.1 Million Friday Overseas
While Tom Cruise's sci-fi filmObliviondoesnt open until Friday, April 19, in the United States, it has just launched successfully in overseas markets.
Distributor Universal reports it captured $13.1 million Friday, has collected $23.1 million to date and is on target for an opening weekend of $60.5 million.
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That will make the film, directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Kosinksi, Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark,the top film in the international marketplace this weekend as it bows in 52 territories.
Oblivion opened at number one in 48 of those territories, including Russia, where it took in $1.5 million, the biggest opening day of the year for a non-3D release. After two days, the movies Russian box office total is $3.2 million, marking Cruises biggest opening in Russia ever.
In the U.K. and Ireland, Oblivion opened at number one with a $1.6 million from 520 dates, which is the widest release for a Cruise movie in that market. The opening day gross is on par with the Mission Impossible films and is 41 percent higher than Tron: Legacy, Kosinskis last feature, and 34 percent higher than Cruises last movie Jack Reacher.
Oblivion also ranked number one in Spain with $771,000 and France with $560,000. In South East Asia, it had its best showing in Korea, grossing $1.3 million in two days. And in Latin America, it saw its best opening in Mexico, where it picked up $650,000.
By way of comparison, the studio reported,Oblivions opening was 22 percent above that of Tron: Legacy in the comparable territories, 70 percent ahead of
Oblivion opens in the U.S. and Canada and seven more international territories next weekend.
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