Fox's 'The Martian' Opens With $100M Weekend Worldwide

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Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Fox's 'The Martian' blasts off in 50 global territories with a $100.2 million debut that has the film topping the box office charts in North America and internationally by capitalizing on great word-of-mouth and critical raves.  Chinese films including the comedy 'Lost in Hong Kong' and the action-adventure 'Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe' both made their mark with impressive performances on the chart this weekend." The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, are below. Martian, The - 20th Century Fox - $100.2M Hotel Transylvania 2 - Sony - $53.4M Lost In Hong Kong -