
Variety's round up of international box office has 'Silver Surfer' flying high.
Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" led the rest of the pack with $22.1 million at 8,451 in 44 markets, led by a solid Mexican launch of $5.7 million at 1,070 and a more-than-respectable British soph sesh with $4.1 million at 479, down 48%. But the Australian opening came in well below other recent tentpole launches with $2.4 million at 343."Surfer" saw its foreign cume hit $57 million, with launches next frame in Argentina and Brazil, while Fox holds off on several major markets until August. Its combined worldwide take has hit $154 million -- 44% of the final worldwide cume for "Fantastic Four" two years ago.