SUBMITTED BY Kit-Kat

October 17, 2005 —

Even though Wallace & Gromit slid into a strong second spot for the top box office in the states; it continues to dominate over seas!

"Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" continued to dominate the international boxoffice over the weekend,which was otherwise sprinkled with holdovers and a few strong openings. Nick Park's latest installment of the Wallace & Gromit franchise took in an estimated $26.4 million internationally (including non-UIP territories), giving a cumulative total of more than $40 million. The DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations production opened at No. 1 in the U.K. with an estimated $11.3 million from 502 locations -- almost 100% more than Park's earlier effort, "Chicken Run" -- to garner a national cume, including previews, of $16.2 million. It also opened at the top spots in Germany, with an estimated $2.3 million from 680 screens, and Austria, with $225,000 from 94 sites, while holding on to its top place in France. With school holidays about to start in many European countries, UIP is expecting to see excellent returns over coming weeks.