‘Terminator Salvation’ Tops $300M At The Box Office
Initially struggling in the US, Terminator Salvation has now cracked the $300M mark thanks to a super-strong international showing.
The fourth Terminator movie earned $18.4M over the weekend to raise its international earnings to $200M. Combined with the post weekend US domestic tally of $119.5M the McG flick is now at $319.5M worldwide.
Star Trek drew $1.9M over the weekend internationally to raise its foreign haul to $122.2M. With a $239.4M domestic tally, Star Trek remains a little over $40M ahead of Terminator Salvation. With Terminator Salvation still to be released in Mexico (July 31) it may yet overtake Star Trek’s total gross when both film’s theatrical releases are done.
Although the post weekend news is good news for Terminator fans, a box office comment would be remiss if it didn’t mention the fact that the real no.1 movie in the foreign market on the weekend was Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The sequel to Transformers stole the number one box office from Terminator Salvation with a reported $20M haul.
Predictions that Terminator Salvation will catch Star Trek must, of course, factor in this week’s looming wide release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
The Michael Bay special effects extravaganza is already no.1 in foreign markets even though it only premiered in two territories (Japan & UK). It outperformed the original’s opening weekend by 71% in the U.K. and 13% in Japan and it has already sold out theaters in the US with advanced ticket sales.
There is no doubt Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be the center of attention from hereon and both Terminator Salvation and Star Trek can expect to feel a dent in ticket sales as a result.
Source: THR / Box Office Mojo
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