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Japan’s Earthquake Pushes Down International Box Office 60% From Last Year

6:21 PM PDT 3/13/2011 by Frank Segers

Paramount’s “Rango” takes the top international spot with $23 million in 46 markets; Disney’s “Tangled” opens to only $1.6 million in Japan amidst “ongoing tragic conditions.”

In a drab box office stanza on the foreign theatrical circuit – down a full 60% from the 2010’s comparable weekend largely due to Japan’s earthquake ordeal – Paramount’s Rango claimed the No. 1 spot, snaring $23.3 million from 5,103 locations in 44 markets, and pushing its early overseas gross total to $46.4 million.
 
The good news is that theatrical exhibition continued in more or less reasonable fashion in those parts of Japan not affected by the earthquake.

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