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Variety: Dragon Ball Z Is Top Non-U.S. Film Overseas
posted on by Egan Loo
The entertainment trade news source Variety reported on Sunday that the anime G.I. Joe: Retaliation, The Croods, Jack the Giant Slayer, and Oz the Great and Powerful.
While the other four films are playing in over 50 territories each, Variety is basing its estimate of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods' performance on 328 screens in just one country: Japan. 16 IMAX theaters earned US$450,000 for a per-screen average of US$28,000.
Oricon reported that Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods' box office total as of 1:00 p.m. on its first day were 47.3% of target of 3 billion yen ($32 million).
The top-grossing film outside the United States this past weekend is G.I. Joe: Retaliation, with US$80 million on 7,775 locations in 53 countries.
Thanks to Liam for the news tip
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods' first-day estimates via Kanzenshuu
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