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It was another big weekend overseas for The Smurfs, which topped Rise of the Planet of the Apes again for first place, while Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 reached what is probably its last major milestone in its incredible foreign run. James Cameron

It was a box-office bloodbath for Conan the Barbarian and Fright Night among others over the weekend. On the bright side, The Help climbed to the top spot, due to a combination of a strong hold and those weak new releases, while Rise of the Planet of the Apes took second.

On Friday, it was a box-office bloodbath for Conan the Barbarian and Fright Night among others. Between the weak new releases and a strong hold, The Help climbed to the top spot, while Rise of the Planet of the Apes took second. Marcus Nispel

Update: From Thursday night shows that started at 9 p.m., Fright Night drew an estimated $400,000 at over 1,700 locations. Robert Rodriguez

Further solidifying its foreign drawing power, The Smurfs unseated four-time champ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 to take the top spot this weekend. Rise of the Planet of the Apes also put up mighty numbers, while Transformers: Dark of the Moon made another major move on the all-time worldwide chart.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes fended off an onslaught of four new nationwide releases to top the weekend box office again. The Help won the debut dust-up, blind-siding a tepid Final Destination 5, while 30 Minutes or Less and Glee The 3D Concert Movie floundered.

On Friday, Rise of the Planet of the Apes fended off the onslaught of four new nationwide releases to top the box office again. The Help won the dust-up between a tepid Final Destination 5, 30 Minutes or Less and Glee: The 3D Concert Movie.

This weekend, four new movies enter nationwide release: Final Destination 5 haunts close to 4,700 screens at 3,155 locations, 30 Minutes or Less nabs over 3,100 screens at 2,888 locations, The Help cleans up on around 3,100 screens at 2,534 locations, and Glee: The 3D Concert Movie warbles at 2,040 all-3D locations.

Update: On Thursday, it was a photo finish between The Help and Rise of the Planet of the Apes for the top spot. Help made $4.334 million, while Apes drew $4.329 million.

Prior to Avatar's release in December 2009, only four movies had ever made over $1 billion worldwide. Since then, that number has grown to ten, with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 all reaching the coveted milestone in the past three months alone. Each of Summer 2011's billionaires are sequels that showed massive gains on their predecessors in foreign markets, thanks in part to current exchange rates and 3D premiums (the format has yet to experience much of a backlash overseas). Heath LedgerChristopher NolanWill Smith

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Over the weekend, Rise of the Planet of the Apes swung in with a chest-beating debut, while The Change-Up was flung aside and The Smurfs stretched its lead over Cowboys & Aliens.

With help from a strong opening in China, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 reached its final major milestone this weekend. On Sunday, it passed The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King to move up to third place on the all-time worldwide (domestic plus foreign) chart with $1.135 billion. It only trails James Cameron's Avatar ($2.78 billion) and Titanic ($1.84 billion), but by insurmountable margins.

On Friday, Rise of the Planet of the Apes handily won the box office battle, while The Change-Up attracted few bodies and The Smurfs extended its lead over Cowboys & Aliens.

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Update: In its midnight opening, Rise of the Planet of the Apes made $1.254 million at 1,124 locations. James FrancoJason BatemanRyan Reynolds