'Tintin' finds more gold o'seas

The smart boy explorer from "The Adventures of Tintin: The Key from the Unicorn" is getting little difficulty finding his means by a large swath of areas, staking out a remarkable $123.7 million after just two days in the overseas box office."Tintin," distribbed by The new sony and Vital, collected a chart-topping $39.two million within the November. 4-6 weekend from the total 45 nations, including eight new areas, one of these Russia, in which the film gained $4.9 million, which a hearty 79% originated from three dimensional and Imax.The film's top market, however, was France, where it totalled $8.4 million in the second weekend, a small amount of 60% pic achieved positive results a week ago from increased holiday traffic in Gaul."Tintin" continues to be making B.O. head lines for days prior to its worldwide release -- nearly two several weeks in front of the 12 ,. 21 Stateside bow.Both The new sony and Componen, the second which reps just the U.K. in Europe, made the decision to provide European auds start looking to be able to take advantage of local summer break around this time around, in addition to make use of the original book series' recognition on that region ("Tintin" started in Belgium)."Tintin" launches a few days ago in India and Taiwan via The new sony and Componen, correspondingly.Also carrying out well in the second frame overseas, twentieth century Fox's sci-fi thriller "Over TimeInch made $17 million for any cume of $38.5 million. Pic released in 16 new areas, such as the U.K., where auds paid out $3 million -- enough for second place behind "Tintin," which collected $3.5 million there."Over TimeInch narrowly lost to "Tintin" in Russia, generating $4.3 million, lower only 14%. Around Australia, meanwhile, the film held to the top place, with $1.7 million. Fox states it needs the pic to eventually cume around $90 million worldwide, with possibility to mix the $100 million mark for the way its remaining marketplaces perform.Portugal may be the only new marketplace for "Over TimeInch a few days ago the film bows November. 23 in France, then Germany and The country the weekend of 12 ,. 2. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com