Where 'The Tourist' is becoming a hit

The Angelina Jolie-Johnny Depp action-adventure has grossed $210.7 million overseas, which is more than three times what it took in domestically. From THR:

In fact, it's Jolie's fourth most successful film after "Salt," "Wanted" and "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," and Depp's best showing after the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, "Alice in Wonderland" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." The top territory for "The Tourist" was Japan, where the movie earned $22.5 million. Depp is a huge star there, and attended the Tokyo premiere of in March.

Here's another example of how the movie landscape is changing - to the point where the U.S. box office is not necessarily a critical component to a film's financial success.


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