After seven rounds as an also-ran on the foreign theatrical circuit, Disney Animation's "Tangled" finally nailed the No. 1 overseas box office spot with a weekend take of $26.3 million – a mere $100,000 ahead of No. 2 "The Tourist" – from 3,636 venues in 43 markets.
First place openings in 10 markets plus strong holdovers in German-speaking territories put the 3D animation retelling of the classic Rapunzel tale over the top. Foreign box office cume now stands at $179.3 million from playoff in about 55 percent of the international marketplace. Global cume is $355.2 million.
The 20th Century Fox film "Gulliver's Travels," a 3D adaptation of the Jonathan Swift classic starring Jack Black — which narrowly finished in the No. 1 foreign box office spot last round — dropped to No. 3 this time with a tally of $21 million drawn from 5,085 venues in 39 markets. Offshore gross cume stands at $81 million. Weekend action was powered a strong Russia bow ($9.5 million from 934 sites).
