'Smurfs' sees only local rivals

"The Smurfs""The Smurfs" might not be setting the overseas weekend box office burning every week, however the The new sony live action-toon hybrid displayed sturdy enough legs to stand above all competitors for that seventh straight week, collecting $12.six million over the past weekend of Sept. 23-25, to push its worldwide cume beyond the $500 million mark.Even though major studio game titles weren't in a position to catch "The Smurfs" as a whole overseas grosses, several foreign-lingo photos completed solid perfs in your area. For example, Lebanese Oscar entry "Where Will We Go Ahead Now?Inch bowed with $153,358, which makes it the greatest opening to have an Arabic-speaking pic for the reason that country. The neighborhood record occured formerly by Lebanese TV production "Daddy's Girl," which collected $109,341 in 2007, then 2009's Egyptian blockbuster, "Omar & Salma 2," with $110,828.Also attractive to local auds, "Mannerherzen 2" -- a co-production among Warner Bros. Pictures Germany, Wiedemann and Berg Filmproduktion -- remained atop the German B.O. because of its second consecutive frame, having a weekend take of $1.7 million for any local cume of $5.5 million.The follow-as much as 2009's "Males within the City," about several males who fall interior and exterior love, made $6.4 million with each other from Germany, Austria and Europe.Warners also distribbed local title "Top Cat" in Mexico, in which the film required in $1.7 million in the soph sesh -- enough to keep no. 1 place for the reason that territory. "Top Cat," created by Anima Estudios in Mexico and Illusion Galleries in Argentina, totalled $5.six million in your area after two days.Last Century Fox launches Indian pic "Pressure," within the coming weekend in eight areas mostly including in the centre East, in addition to Australia and also the U.K. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com