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Being one of the best films released in 2011 helps, but for
those people in North America who still didn’t quite get what a big deal Tintin
is everywhere else (It’s like Football (Soccer) all over again! Then the $55.8m
from just 19 markets (several of them minor) should really spell it out. It
opened number 1 in 17 of those markets and the comic boom investigative
Journalist / adventurer / “wisp of ginger...” found $21.5m in France, which is
the biggest ever opener for a non domestic, non-sequel. Spielberg’s first 3D /1st
Motion Capture animation film also dug up an impressive $10.7M in the U.K; $6.7M in Spain; $4.6 from the Germans 4.6, $1.8m from the
Swiss; $1.6m in Denmark; $1.3m in Holland; $1.3m in Italy and in Herge’s native
Belgium $2.1M.
So that’s A very, very encouraging start for the man-boy
wonder and millions of fans in 19 countries are now cursing the fact that Peter
Jackson has ended up (unexpectedly) on Hobbit duty, meaning the 2nd
part of the Spielberg & Jackson’s Tintin double won’t start filming for
some time. Curse you Middle Earth!!!
It remains to be seen whether Tintin the move, as made by
Spielberg & Jackson, conquer the United States in a way that the books have
never really managed, but here is yet more evidence that whatever the
box-office there it could be simply sauce for the goose. Tintin has every
chance of making a very decent profit before it even opens in North America on
the 23rd of December. One thing seems certain, Mo-Cap animation has
not been a turn off for potential audiences and Tintin has a very good chance
of becoming the most successful film in the format. Given that the film has
many major markets, most of them very Tintin friendly, yet to open it will
surely, at the very least, be the biggest Mo-Cap film at the international box
office. Much credit for this has to go to Jackson’s WETA. Their animation is
far superior to that of Image Movers and they have not only removed the “dead
eyes” / “Uncanny Valley” effect of most of the Image Movers’ films, but in fact
have managed to get an extremely high level of performance through the eyes.
Mo-Cap animation for the masses...
Film
|
Year
|
North American
Gross
|
International
Gross
|
Worldwide
|
Budget
|
|||
1
|
Disney’s Christmas Carol
|
2009
|
$137,855,863
|
$187,430,783
|
$325,286,646
|
$200m
|
||
2
|
Polar Express
|
2004
|
$181,993,278
|
$124,140,582
|
$306,133,860
|
$165m
|
||
3
|
Beowulf
|
|
$82,280,579
|
$114,113,166
|
$196,393,745
|
$150m
|
||
4
|
Monster house
|
2006
|
$73,661,010
|
$66,513,996
|
$140,175,006
|
$75m
|
||
5
|
The Adventures of Tintin*
|
2011
|
$55,000,000
|
$55,000,000
|
$130m - $140m
|
|||
5
|
Mars Needs Moms
|
2011
|
$21,392,758
|
$17,600,000
|
$38,992,758
|
$150m
|
||
*Only
released in a small % of markets for less than 1 week.
Synopsis...
“Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures Present "The
Adventures of Tintin" directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by
Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish. Starring Jamie Bell
("Billy Elliot," "Defiance") as Tintin, the intrepid young
reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of
high adventure, and Daniel Craig ("Quantum of Solace,"
"Defiance") as the nefarious Red Rackham.”
North America
|
|
United States
|
23-Dec-11
|
Latin America
|
|
América Central
|
30-Dec-11
|
Argentina
|
5-Jan-12
|
Bolivia
|
12-Jan-12
|
Brasil
|
20-Jan-12
|
Chile
|
5-Jan-12
|
Colombia
|
1-Jan-12
|
Ecuador
|
13-Jan-12
|
México
|
25-Dec-11
|
Perú
|
25-Dec-11
|
Uruguay
|
6-Jan-12
|
Venezuela
|
23-Dec-11
|
Middle East / Africa
|
|
Bahrain
|
3-Nov-11
|
Egypt
|
2-Nov-11
|
Israel
|
3-Nov-11
|
Jordan
|
2-Nov-11
|
Kuwait
|
3-Nov-11
|
Lebanon
|
3-Nov-11
|
Nigeria
|
23-Dec-11
|
Oman
|
3-Nov-11
|
Qatar
|
3-Nov-11
|
South Africa
|
23-Dec-11
|
Syria
|
3-Nov-11
|
United Arab Emirates
|
3-Nov-11
|
Asia Pacific
|
|
Australia
|
26-Dec-11
|
Hong Kong
|
24-Nov-11
|
India
|
11-Nov-11
|
Korea
|
8-Dec-11
|
Malaysia
|
10-Nov-11
|
New Zealand
|
26-Dec-11
|
Pilipinas | Philippines
|
30-Nov-11
|
Singapore
|
10-Nov-11
|
Taiwan
|
12-Nov-11
|
Thailand
|
10-Nov-11
|
Vietnam
|
11-Nov-11
|
Europe
|
|
België | Belgique | Belgium
|
26-Oct-11
|
Bulgaria
|
4-Nov-11
|
Ceská republika | Czech Republic
|
27-Oct-11
|
Danmark | Denmark
|
27-Oct-11
|
Deutschland | Germany
|
27-Oct-11
|
España | Spain
|
28-Oct-11
|
Eesti | Estonia
|
28-Oct-11
|
Ελλάδα | Greece
|
3-Nov-11
|
France
|
26-Oct-11
|
Hrvatske | Croatia
|
3-Nov-11
|
Íslan | Iceland
|
28-Oct-11
|
Italia | Italy
|
28-Oct-11
|
Latvijas | Latvija, Latvija | Latviju |
Latvia
|
28-Oct-11
|
Lietuvos | Lietuva | Lithuania
|
28-Oct-11
|
Magyarország | Hungary
|
3-Nov-11
|
Nederland | Netherlands | Holland
|
26-Oct-11
|
Norge | Norway
|
28-Oct-11
|
Österreich | Austria
|
28-Oct-11
|
Polska | Poland
|
4-Nov-11
|
Portugal
|
27-Oct-11
|
Россия | Russia
|
3-Nov-11
|
România
|
28-Oct-11
|
Slovenija | Slovenia
|
3-Nov-11
|
Slovensko | Slovakia
|
3-Nov-11
|
Srbija | Crna Gora | Serbia and Montenegro
|
3-Nov-11
|
Suisse | Switzerland (Fr)
|
26-Oct-11
|
Schweiz | Switzerland (Ger)
|
27-Oct-11
|
Svizzera | Switzerland (Itl)
|
28-Oct-11
|
Suomi | Finland
|
4-Nov-11
|
Sverige | Sweden
|
28-Oct-11
|
Türkiye | Turkey
|
4-Nov-11
|
Ukraine
|
3-Nov-11
|
United Kingdom
|
26-Oct-11
|
