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Our number one film this week is the Chinese smash Monster Hunt. It earned $46 million, which is impressive in and of itself, but it pales in comparison to the $211 million the film has earned so far after only a few weeks. This is just the latest huge hit in a year that has seen multiple films earn massive amounts at the Chinese box office, reaffirming its importance as a key part of the global marketplace.

The Minions continue their quest for world domination this weekend, demonstrating that they don't even need a super villain to manage it. The Despicable Me spinoff is number two with $44 million, which brings its overseas total to $497.8 million. It currently looks like Minions will finish slightly lower than Despicable Me 2 domestically ($368 million) but it should equal or better its international total of $602.7 million. It currently has $497.8 million.

Ant-Man, Marvel's little-ish film that sort-of could, is third with $35.4 million. The Paul Rudd vehicle has so far earned $120.4 million outside of the U.S. and has a global total of $226.5 million. Ant-Man was made for a modest (by Marvel standards) $130 million, so it's well on the way to eking a small profit, even if it looks like Rudd will be a bit player in other Marvel movies, rather than headlining another solo movie, for the foreseeable future.

Fourth is Pixar's latest triumph Inside Out, which continues its slow roll out and finds $28.3 million. To date, Inside Out has earned $229.8 million internationally and $550.1 million globally. Every Pixar film since Up has earned at least $300 million internationally, and while Toy Story 3's studio high of $648.2 million seems out of reach, it should join the $400 million club alongside Up, Monsters University and Ratatouille.

FIfth is Jian Bing Man, a Chinese superhero movie that co-stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, because why not? It earned $25 million and has a new total of $132 million.

Pixels, which sort of flopped in the U.S., earned $21.4 million internationally this weekend, which must take some of the sting away. That gives it a new international total of $25.4 million, which Sony hopes will form the basis for a solid overseas run that will offset any domestic disappointment. Considering the film's special effects, use of iconic video game characters and that even Jack and Jill managed $75 million outside of the U.S., that's probably a fairly safe bet.

Seventh is Assassination, a South Korean historical drama about effort to assassinate a Japanese official during World War II. The local title has so far earned $19.5 million and has $23 million so far.

Chinese hit Monkey King is eighth with $17 million, giving it a new total of $95 million.

Terminator Genisys is ninth this week with $10.7 million. While it flamed out pretty quickly domestically, Genisys has earned a not-bad $219.4 million overseas, which pushes its global total to $305 million. That compares favorably to the $246 million that Terminator Salvation earned back in 2009, but considering that wasn't enough to keep the franchise going with Christian Bale, future installments with the current cast don't look all that likely.

Finally this week is Paper Towns, which earned $8 million, giving it an overseas total so far of $16 million. That's pretty good for a film that cost only $12 million, and suggests that the aftershocks of The Fault in Our Stars (which earned a massive $182.4 million internationally last year) are giving a slight boost to the latest John Green adaptation.