According to
THR,
Iron Man 2 is off to a good start in Europe, opening more than a week in advance of its U.S. debut to give it more screen time before the World Cup begins in South Africa.
This from
THR:
"Marvel Studios' Iron Man 2
launched internationally Wednesday with No. 1 openings in six markets for a total $2.2 million from 960 venues.
That represented an auspicious a per-screen tally of $2,292, considered an encouraging average for the territories involved. France led the way for distributor Paramount, contributing $1.6 million on a day marked by the balmiest temperatures of the year locally.
The Robert Downey Jr. starrer also unspooled in Sweden, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and French-speaking Switzerland, with additional territories to bow the pic into the weekend.
Paramount didn't break down first-day territorial grosses but said the opening in France was 11% ahead of the comparable opening figure of 2008's Iron Man
, which premiered 'on the eve of a public holiday.'
The original Iron Man
grossed of $265 million internationally and $318.3 million domestically.
Beginning Thursday, Paramount debuts Iron Man 2
in 55 overseas markets, including such heavyweight territories as the U.K., Australia, Korea, Russia, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Spain and Hong Kong."
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