Terminator Salvation grossed $67.5 million from 8,325 screens in 70 markets. The fourth title in the sci-fi action series had been in foreign release for a fortnight, playing mostly limited dates in the Middle East and Asia. The Christian Bale/Sam Worthington vehicle broke wide over the weekend, finishing in first place in all but four of the territories it played.
The leading market was the UK, where Terminator Salvation grossed $11.6 million from 900 locations. Russia produced $8 million from 786 sites, the 10th biggest weekend opener ever for a Hollywood title in the market.

Terminator Salvation’s early foreign gross is $97.2 million. With $4.4 million from paid previews in Japan factored in, the cume is $101.6 million.
Last weekend’s No. 1 foreign attraction, Battle Of The Smithsonian, generated $26.7 million from 8,300 screens in 66 markets. Its foreign total stands at $148.4 million. The worldwide tally is $275.7 million.

The family comedy starring Ben Stiller premiered at No. 1 in Korea ($4.8 million from 542 spots) and finished first in its second China weekend with $2.1 million from 818 locations. No. 3, Tom Hanks-starring Angels & Demons, drew $22.3 million from 9,190 screens in 100 markets, hiking The Da Vinci Code follow-up’s international gross to $293 million. Fourth was the animation feature Up, which opened at the top of the box-office in Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela for an overall weekend tally of $7.8 million from 1,270 screens in four markets, including Russia. The international gross for Up stands at $13.5 million in 10 days of release. Worldwide total is $150.8 million.

The 11th Star Trek edition finished at No. 5, dialing up $6 million in its fifth weekend, playing 4,370 screens in 62 markets, for a solid international total of $112 million (worldwide, $334.8 million). Its foreign total is easily the biggest overseas tally of any of the Star Trek titles. The series’ top grosser previously was 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact,with offshore box-office of $57.4 million.

Hannah Montana: The Movie, the teen pop saga starring Miley Cyrus, generated $5.6 million from 2,100 screens in 21 markets, for an international gross thus far of $43.5 million. X-Men Origins: Wolverine drew $3.2 million during the weekend from 5,096 sites in 48 territories, hiking its foreign cumulative gross to $176.2 million. State Of Play, the thriller starring Russell Crowe, grossed $2.5 million from 1,170 sites in 28 markets for a total of $28.1 million.
Sam Raimi’s horror picture Drag Me To Hell opened in the Philippines and Thailand and generated an estimated $2.4 million overall from 860 screens. The movie’s cumulative gross for 10 days stands at $7.3 million.