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Much as it did in America, The Divergent Series: Insurgent dominated the international box office this weekend. And, in another parallel, its success was kind of mediocre. Insurgent earned $47 million from a very wide 77 territories, which isn’t great compared to most blockbusters (last week’s champion Cinderella, earned $15 million more from fewer territories) but it’s performing stronger in all those places than Divergent did last year, so the series is seeing some much needed growth to match its incrementally bigger budgets. I wouldn’t expect to see it become a juggernaut internationally in the way that the Twilight films did (New Moon earned twice as much overseas as Twilight did, $413.2 million vs. $192.8 million), but it should at least eclipse the $137.8 million that Divergent earned.

Cinderella continues to do pretty well with overseas audience, who rewarded it with $41.1 million this weekend. The act of financially sound cannibalism on the part Disney has so far earned $131.1 million internationally, and has a global total of $253.3 million.

Ahead of its US debut this weekend, DreamWorks’ Home hit a small number of territories and earned a fairly strong $19.2 million. Reviews haven’t been great for this one, and reactions from audiences have been decidedly mixed, but this is still a decent start for a film that wants to be broad and appealing, and which falls very much into the Shrek/Madagascar mold of DreamWorks films, rather than the Kung Fu Panda/How to Train Your Dragon one. Based on this opening, it could easily become a Monsters vs. Aliens/Megamind-style mid-level hit for the studio.

Taken 3 opened in China and for that reason alone it is number four. The Liam Neeson trilogy-closer opened to $18 million In China and earned $600,000 from other territories, bringing the film’s international tally to $224.2 million. Even if it craters next week, it should have no problem topping Taken 2’s international total of $236 million.

In fifth place this week is Lost and Love, a Chinese drama about a man’s 15 year search for his missing daughter. That very compelling-sounding premise clearly resonated with audiences who rewarded it with $16.2 million.

Kingsman: The Secret Service is sixth with $8.5 million. The spy caper has performed consistently well over the last month and a half both domestically and internationally, and its overseas tally now sits at a very impressive $181.3 million, while its global total is just short of the $300 million mark.

Will Smith’s global appeal continues to play well for Focus, which added $7.9 million this weekend. That brings its overseas total to $71 million, and pushes the film closer and closer to a profitability that it is unlikely to find in the US.

Liam Neeson makes his second appearance in the top ten this week, though this one is a little less impressive than the first was. Run All Night earned $5 million, good for a somewhat weak eighth place. It’s still quite early for the action thriller, which will expand into more markets over the coming weeks, but its anemic total of $15.2 million suggests that it’s unlikely to become another Non-Stop.

Chappie continues to sputter and spark in ninth place this week, as the misfire from Neill Blomkamp added $5.1 million. After nearly a month in release, the film has earned $43.3 million internationally, which looks pretty good compared to the $28 million it has earned domestically, but is still pretty weak compared to Chappie’s relatively modest $50 million budget.

Big Hero 6 rounds out the chart this weekend as it continues to play pretty well in China, where it is now the highest grossing film in box office history there. It added $6.6 million in total, bringing its international total to a very impressive $422.8 million.