'Watchmen' rules overseas boxoffice

March 08, 2009 An adaptation of a comic book series from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the Warner Bros./Paramount/DC Comics production, distributed overseas by Paramount, is the first big worldwide launch of 2009. The weekend tally for the David Fincher-directed film starring Brad Pitt was $7.3 million from 4,240 screens in 61 markets, good for an international cume of $189.6 million. Ranking fifth overall was Disney Animation's "Bolt," which continues to thrive internationally with a weekend tally of $4.2 million from 3,385 screens in 27 markets for a cume of $171.6 million (vs. a domestic total of $114 million).

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