As Chinese films are being loaded into the end of the year, the latest one to make a mark is Firestorm. For Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, it’s the fourth-biggest box office outside of the U.S. Gravity now has an estimated cume of $66.85M making it the film’s biggest overseas territory. Smaug goes out in 2014 as does Disney’s Thor: The Dark World. Catching Fire opens in Japan on December 27th. A further 23 territories including Spain and the UK will open day-and-date with North America on Christmas weekend. The Keanu Reeves samurai pic that has been a disappointment in the territory, next opens in Malaysia and Singapore on December 19th and Indonesia on December 20th. Also in Japan, Universal’s 47 Ronin brought in another $485K at 331 dates for a 10-day total of $2.8M. 2 spot behind local hit Lupin III Vs Detective Conan. 3D reps over 78% of the total box office. Gravity had a lot of traction in Japan where it bowed to $3.6M on 544 screens. Here are some of the notable happenings around the globe this weekend: Another Warner Bros film, Gravity, had a super opening in Japan, while Disney’s Frozen melted the Russian box office and Sony’s Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 was bright and shiny in Venezuela and Australia. 1 in each of its openings on about 16,405 screens and drew 3% more than An Unexpected Journey. Its international haul has come in higher than Sunday’s estimates with an overseas cume of $135.4M. The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug was the big story of the weekend, rolling out in 49 markets since last Wednesday.
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