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Tintin continues to triumph in cinemas.
Tintin has recently expanded to the rest of Europe and the Middle East, and has once again been received with open arms. According to ”Box Office Mojo”, Tintin has brought in an extra 40.8 million dollars between the 45 territories, which added to what the movie had already received comes to about 125.3 million dollars over the past 2 weeks! After years and years of work, the results are literally paying off:
(…the movie opened to a…) solid second place start in Russia ($5.9 million). However, its top market was once again France, where it plummeted 64 percent to $7.8 million after its enormous opening last weekend. It held extremely well in Spain (easing 12 percent to $6.15 million), and it also added $3.6 million in Germany and $3.3 million in the United Kingdom. Finally, the movie was up 25 percent to $2.5 million in author Herge’s native Belgium. Next weekend, Tintin is set to expand in to a handful of smaller Asian markets like India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
We have no reason to think the movie won’t continue to do well in the remaining countries. Today Europe, tomorrow the world! And finally, the USA in December…grumble grumble grumble….
Source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3303&p=.htm
Consider yourself lucky if you live in the USA waiting for the movie. In Australia, we have to wait till Boxing Day! Talk about a bad release date…
November 8th, 2011 at 7:48 amI’m with you, Trix! Grumble grumble.
November 8th, 2011 at 10:26 amToo right, Trix and Emily. I’m an Aussie too. There’s no need for such delays. Tintin is well-known here, definitely more so than in the United States. The wait is killing me.
November 8th, 2011 at 10:42 amTintinrulz and Emily, I am definitely with you. And the books are a lot more popular here. They used to not cost much, but now they cost quite a bit. So they are very popular.
November 8th, 2011 at 11:08 amI can always be sure to find at least one Tintin book in any library down within our cold little state (I’m sure you know which one!) so I assume that many other children have grown up with the stories like myself and my brothers. It is definitely more widely known here than in the USA. Also, we are right next door to Jackson’s homeland. How could he allow us and NZ to be among the last to see his movie?
November 8th, 2011 at 2:56 pmI’m an Aussie too and can’t wait. The funny thing is that the (stupid) movie industry wonders why people download movies and TV series here. With really late movie release dates and only a few TV channels that play the same thing over and over, Australia is a bit of a joke. I’m holding off on this movie though as it HAS to be seen on the big screen. Bring it on!
November 9th, 2011 at 5:25 amThey also didn’t bring our release date forward. It’s been the 26th since the first release dates were out! And the Tintin books are way more popular here.
November 9th, 2011 at 6:31 amAnd the Tintin books are quite popular at the library too. Often quite hard to get!
November 9th, 2011 at 6:32 amI like how all the Australian fans have turned up in this thread to have a little moan.
November 9th, 2011 at 8:00 amFINALLY saw the standees and posters in our malls here in the Philippines (most of the cineplexes here are in malls). About time, since it’s slated for Nov. 30 here.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:55 amDid any of you guys see the British Tintin movie site? The intro is pretty awesome.
http://www.uk.movie.tintin.com/livetheadventure/
November 9th, 2011 at 8:08 pmAs a kiwi the boxing day seems an age away, may have to download it
November 9th, 2011 at 11:28 pmthe movie was visually stunning. the detail and realism is incredible. loved the adventure and characters.
November 10th, 2011 at 4:01 am@ Caleb,
That site is soooo cool! And the intro is so amazing! I can see somthing like that in 3D….. quite a good site. Very interesting.
November 10th, 2011 at 7:49 amI would encourage veryone to read this review of the film:
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention/posts/steven-spielbergs-the-adventures-of-tintin-is-handily-one-of-the-years-best-films
Nice to see someone who covers Oscars love the film so much!
November 11th, 2011 at 7:23 pm