Headline: Disney/Pixar's ''A Bug's Life'' Takes Top Box Office Overseas
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POINT RICHMOND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1998--After
one week in international release, "A Bug's Life," the U.S. domestic
record breaking computer-animated feature film from Disney/Pixar,
captured the number one spot in six international markets with a
cumulative total of $7.3 million. "A Bug's Life," a Walt Disney
Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film, was directed
by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Stanton.
"A Bug's Life" set premiere box office records in Australia (at
$3.1 million, topping the recent record set by "Antz" and double the
initial results of Babe 2, the sequel to Australia's third highest
grossing film); Thailand ($681,000, topping "Antz" by 80 percent,
surpassing this summer's record set by "Mulan" by 10 percent); and
Argentina, taking in $1,100,000 (improving upon the weekend's figure
by 4 percent and double the debut of "Toy Story").
The box office records continued in Singapore and Malaysia
($658,000), and New Zealand with $243,000 (double the debut of "Toy
Story" and the second best animated showings in those nations behind
"Mulan" and "The Lion King"); and Korea which took in $442,000
(exceeding the previous record holder "Mulan's" debut by 20 percent).
"We are excited by the early international box office success of
'A Bug's Life,'" said Steve Jobs, CEO of Pixar Animation Studios.
"Insects know no national or cultural boundaries, and we hope that 'A
Bug's Life' touches audiences around the globe, as it has here in the
U.S."
Mark Zoradi, President, Buena Vista International, stated "The
success of 'A Bug's Life' underscores the demand for this type of
modern storytelling on an International scale. The folks at Pixar have
created a film that entertains audiences of all ages and cultures.
We're looking forward to more exciting projects from Pixar."
Pixar Animation Studios combines creative and technical artistry
to create original characters and stories in the new medium of
computer animation. Pixar created and produced the first
computer-animated feature film, the Academy Award winning "Toy Story,"
and in 1997 entered into an equal partnership with The Walt Disney
Company to finance, produce, and distribute five computer-animated
feature films and related products. Pixar's stock is traded on the
Nasdaq National Market under the symbol PIXR.
CONTACT: Pixar Animation Studios
Katherine Singson, 510/620-6276
or
Bryn Richardson, 510/620-3577
or
Niehaus Ryan Wong Public Relations
David Libby, 650/827-7084
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