Batutta
Major Contributor
Article in the LA Times explains why. The short version; Resident Evil: Afterlife and Gulliver's Travels, both 3D films, tanked here but between them made almost 500 million overseas.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the...fizzling-in-us-but-skyrocketing-overseas.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the...fizzling-in-us-but-skyrocketing-overseas.html