'journey' adds ports, cruise ships to top

Warner Bros. put wind within the sails of "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" within the February. 10-12 sesh, and also the sci-fi/adventure follow up responded having a chart-topping gross of $$ 30 million from 30 areas. Growing the pic to China and Russia in the 4th worldwide voyage, to coincide using the film's Stateside release, Warners saw "Journey 2" bring in $57.3 million worldwide within the 72 hours, getting the pic's global cume for an outstanding $106.5 million. In China, the "Journey to the middle of our planetInch follow up arrived at No. 1 with $13.5 million, creating up to 50 % from the film's total weekend gross. In the Russian B.O., "Journey 2" totalled $6.8 million -- a lot more than 160% in front of its predecessor's opening gross in Russia. Allocated in a reported $79 million (excluding marketing costs), "Journey 2" had solid holds in a number of marketplaces including Mexico, in which the follow up dropped just 27% for any weekend gross of $2.two million -- much better than the neighborhood opening of "The Lady in Black" -- and pressed its local cume to $6.9 million. In South america, "Journey 2" fell a scant 21%, grossing $1.5 million for any cume of $4.4 million within the U.K., it made $1.4 million (lower 25%) for a maximum of $3.7 million. Fox bowed the three dimensional re-discharge of "The Exorcist: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" at 65 day-and-date areas, including Germany, the U.K. and France. The retrofit collected an worldwide weekend gross of $20.5 million. Local energy black outs in Italia triggered by severe winter months wet the nation's overall box office, where "The Exorcist" battled to gross just north of $500,000, landing in seventh place. Local-language pic "Com'e bello far l'amore" capped the neighborhood frame with $3.3 million. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com