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In sixth place is The Handmaiden, the latest film from acclaimed South Korean director Park Chan-Wook, who is still probably most famous in the West for directing Oldboy. It earned $10.7 million and has a running total of $12.7 million.

Money Monster is seventh, as the largely forgotten star vehicle gets a bit of a boost from opening in a swath of territories in Europe. The Jodie Foster-directed thriller earned $8.3 million, bringing its international cume to $28.3 million and its global one to $66.5 million. That's shaping up to be a decent result for a film with a $27 million budget.

Me Before You debuts in eighth place with $7.7 million, giving it a global debut of $25.9 million. These kind of weepies tend not to do huge business internationally (with the very notable exception of The Fault in Our Stars, which earned $182.9 million overseas) but they don't need to since they tend to be made cheaply. This one cost only $20 million, so it should make out pretty well.

Deadpool finally arrived in Japan this weekend and the Merc with a Mouth brought in $6.5 million. That may sound low, but bear in mind that this is the biggest debut ever for an X-Men-related film. Not that the Fox release needs much in the way of plaudits or superlatives at this point, since its running total of $409.3 million internationally and $772.2 million globally, all against a tiny (for superhero movies) budget of $58 million, makes this easily one of the most profitable superhero movies ever.

Rounding out the top ten this week we have The Nice Guys, Shane Black's incredibly fun crime caper starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. It opened in a handful of territories this weekend, including the UK, Brazil and Pakistan, and earned $5.5 million. Talky comedies, even ones with big names and entertaining action, tend not to do that well outside of the US on account of the cultural/language barriers, so international numbers might not be enough to overcome the film's soft US total of $29.1 million to date. Still, $12 million internationally is still $12 million.

Finally, in news that falls outside of the top ten but is significant, Zootopia earned $3.6 million this weekend which, when combined with the $790,000 it earned in the US, pushed it over the $1 billion mark worldwide, becoming the second film of 2016 to manage that feat after Captain America: Civil War. That also makes it one of the most successful Disney animated movies ever, behind only Frozen, and is yet another sign that this shaping up to be a very good year for Disney (Alice and The Finest Hours aside).

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