Fox’s animated musical “Rio 2” exacted a measure of revenge at the overseas box office this weekend, after it was edged by “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” domestically.
The family film from Blue Sky Studios rolled up an impressive $62.3 million from 62 markets, beating out the $60.6 million that Disney’s Marvel superhero sequel ran up in 54 territories.
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The narrow win overseas was the reverse of the North American results, where “The Winter Soldier” narrowly beat out “Rio 2.”
The top territory for Fox’s family musical, which features a voice cast topped by Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg and chart-topping singer Bruno Mars, was China with $12 million.
Mexico ($8.7 million), France ($4.6 million) and the U.K. ($2.9 million) also helped the sequel top the numbers put up by the original in comparable markets. That’s significant, because the first “Rio” was a hit overseas, with more $340 million.
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The big second weekend by “The Winter Soldier” raised its overall foreign total to $317.7 million, well past the final hauls of “Captain America: The First Avenger” ($194 million), “Iron Man” ($267 million), “Thor” ($268 million) and “Iron Man 2” ($312 million).
Paramount’s Biblical epic “Noah” was the third-ranking movie overseas, with $36.2 million from 53 markets. That raises the international total for Darren Aronofsky‘s Old Testament tale to $162 million.
The teen sci-fi tale “Divergent” had its biggest weekend abroad, bringing in $23.2 million from 63 markets to raise its foreign total to $50.3 million and its worldwide haul to $175.1 million. It opened with $3.2 million and claimed the top spot in Russia.