Think things are bad for the movie business Stateside? Business is just as slow internationally, where the market is down 23 percent year to year.
But the foreign market received a little happy news this weekend, with the premiere of Fox’s “Rio” in 11,612 locations worldwide.
The 3D family film grossed $55 million internationally over the weekend, accoring to its studio, the biggest start at home or abroad this year (the film opens up in North America next weekend).