The Stars of Twilight

Summit International’s New Moon stayed top overseas and soared past the $300m mark as an estimated $40.7m haul from 9,167 sites in 62 territories boosted the running total to $314.5m.

Weekend business was led by a $4.9m number one launch in South Korea from 450 screens that ranks as the fifth highest launch by a foreign title this year, according to unconfirmed data. The debut rises to $5.6m including Wednesday’s opening day.

The vampire saga has amassed $39.2m in the UK, more than $32m in France, more than $28m in Australia, and more than $25m in each of Italy and Spain.

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