American Movies With Higher Grosses in Other Countries

[jscoggins]

Historically, due to the size of our economy and moviegoing habits, the US has been the single largest box office market for home-grown products.

However, there is a growing trend of movies performing better outside of the US than back home. I'm not referring to the worldwide gross being bigger than the domestic gross. Rather, I'm referring to instances where the gross in one country alone beats the US gross.

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The Last Samurai (2003)
US Gross: $111 mil
Japanese Gross: $119 mil




Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
(Note: Almost all of the dialogue was in Japanese.)
US Gross: $13.7 mil
Japanese Gross: $42.9 mil




Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
US Gross: $42.3 mil
Japanese Gross: $48.3 mil




Pacific Rim (2013)
US Gross: $101.8 mil
Chinese Gross: $111.9 mil




Escape Plan (2013)
US Gross: $25 mil
Chinese Gross: $40.9 mil




Need for Speed (2014)
US Gross: $43.6 mil
Chinese Gross: $66.2 mil




Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
(Note: Coproduction with China with significant scenes set there.)
US Gross: $245.4 mil
Chinese Gross: $301 mil




The Expendables 3 (2014)
US Gross: $39.3 mil
Chinese Gross: $72.9 mil




Furious 7 (2015)
US Gross so far: $340 mil
Chinese Gross so far: $389 mil