Alain Chabet’s Houba! stays at numero un in France

Sur la Piste du Marsupilami

Com­bin­ing live action with ani­ma­tion, Pathe’s release of the adven­ture story Houba! Sur la Piste du Mar­supil­ami stayed at No. 1 spot in France for the third week­end in a row.

Cre­ated by Alain Cha­bet, the tale (known in Eng­lish as HOUBA! On The Trail Of The Mar­supil­ami) brought in $6.1 mil­lion from 750 venues this past week­end for a total in France of $29.8 million.

The Pirates! Band of Mis­fits, a Sony Pic­tures Animation-Aardman Ani­ma­tions co-production, made $7.8 mil­lion this week­end at 4,580 the­aters in 46 coun­tries, rais­ing its over­seas total to $55.9 mil­lion. It opens this com­ing Fri­day in the United States and Canada.

Uni­ver­sal Stu­dios’ 3D Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax col­lected $5.1 mil­lion from 3,298 loca­tions in 49 coun­tries abroad, rais­ing its total for­eign gross to $83.3 million.

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