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Rank	Title	Weekend Gross	Theater Count	Territory Count	Total Gross
1	Shrek	$17.1	2,772	18	$47.1
2	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	$12.2	2,106	17	$41.0
3	Pearl Harbor	$10.7	4,039	34	$130.1
4	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	$6.6	526	1	$25.2
5	The Mummy Returns	$3.8	1,862	24	$197.1

Repeating the previous weekend, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence lead Japan while Pearl Harbor took almost a record amount a previews. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider plowed into the United Kingdom stealing Shrek's spot which is smashing animated records left and right. Opening on the same weekend as in the States, Cats & Dogs debuted in Taiwan to surprising numbers.

In Japan, Steven Spielberg's A.I. earned $6.5 million just in its sophomore session on 526 screens, abating just 21%, excluding sneaks, selling 545,444 tickets. That stands as an industry record in Yen, Japan's local currency, surpassing the second weekends of Mission: Impossible 2 by 22%, Jurassic Park by 23%, and Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace by 24%. It definitely won't be a Titanic which actually improved its second weekend tally. Its nine-day tally is $25.1 million.

Pearl Harbor clocked 123,000 sneaks on Saturday, registering $1.6 million from 389 screens, eclipsing Armageddon's previews by 139% to rank as the market's fourth-highest in history, behind A.I., The Phantom Menace, and Mission: Impossible 2. Unlike Australia, Japanese previews tell us that Pearl Harbor is going to have a huge opening on Saturday.

The WWII epic raked in $10.7 million overseas, pushing its total to $130.1 million. Michael Bay's pic captured $1.5 million on 282 in Spain, 4% up on Armageddon and 22% better than Saving Private Ryan.

Pearl Harbor set opening records for BVI in Sweden fetching $820,000 on 105 (the third-best for opening for a U.S. title there behind Independence Day and The Phantom Menace, Norway accumulating $490,000 on 79, Poland grabbing pole-position with $425,000 on 100, and Portugal taking $280,000 on 73, beating Gone in Sixty Seconds.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider seized pole position in the United Kingdom with $5.3 million on 448, including previews, besting Gladiator's entry by 8%. The actioner continued to run by the domestic result, falling by 48% in France, scoring $7 million 12 days and 45% in Germany pocketing an estimated $6.5 million in 11 days. Simon West's pic totaled $11 million from 16 markets, propelling its cume to $41 million, excluding contributions from Latin America.

This weekend's front runner was DreamWorks' Shrek, rustling up $17.1 million from roughly 3,000 theaters in 20 territories, catapulting is cume to $47.1 million. The CGI flick took $1.9 million in three days from South Korea, making it the all-time high for an animated entry and a local DreamWorks' record. It also commanded France with $3.2 million on 690 and Germany at $2.7 million on 669, comfortably ahead of Toy Story 2 and A Bug's Life in both territories, but below Dinsoaur and Tarzan. Looking on the bright side, Shrek eased by just 16% in the UK and 3% in Australia totaling $13.4 million and $9.2 million, respectively.

In Hong Kong, the green ogre devoured a superb $734,000, considering there was a typhoon which caused havoc last Thursday and Friday.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire captivated Mexico with $2 million on 400, slightly ahead of A Bug's Life. In a surprising showing, Cats & Dogs stole $777,000 on 56 in Taiwan, beating last week's Shrek opening. Dr. Dolittle 2 entered Australia in third place, ringing up a good $1 million on 271 plus $431,000 form sneaks, but was bitten by Cats & Dogs in Taiwan, on taking $181,000 on 49 screens.

Swordfish continued its Asian run grabbing a nifty $399,000 on 70 in Thailand and $598,000 on 75 in South Korea, and dipped by a very good, for an action film, 26% in Oz, fetching a smart $3.5 million in 11 days.

Ivan Reitman's Evolution took the top spot in Italy with $390,000 on 276, where many theaters are closed for the summer, but could only manage third spot in The Netherlands behind Pearl Harbor's sophomore session and Bridget Jones's Diary's fifth weekend.

Moulin Rouge danced into Singapore with an OK $243,000 on 25. The Mummy Returns is poised to become the first film on 2001 to hit the $200 million mark internationally. It currently has $197,062,366 as of Monday.

Next week, a plethora of mild-performing films shoot off in Germany along with Original Sin's first outing, which hasn't been pushed back after the U.S. halted the opening until August. Also in the United Kingdom mild-performing films debut including Pokemon 3: The Movie, Recess: School's Out, Sweet November, and Whipped. Evolution and Someone Like You battle it out in Australia. In France, Driven leads the screen count with 383, followed by The Wedding Planner (358), and Original Sin (217). Joe Dirt could on manage an opening screen count of 5. And of course Pearl Harbor opens in Japan along with The Emperor's New Groove's final stop.

Look for Pearl Harbor to come in around $9-10 million in Japan, including sneaks, with The Emperor's New Groove in third behind A.I.: Artificial Intelligence's third week. In France Shrek shouldn't fall too much, but it's too early to tell how the openers will do. Otherwise all the films leading the countries should continue to lead their respective countries expect the United Kingdom, where Shrek should overthrown Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.