Well, the international releases are slowing down, and in fact this week they will come to a close. On the 22nd, the final countries will finally get to see the movie. In light of that fact, it's interesting to watch and see how the box office numbers are doing.

Here's an update in France, sent in by Stephane:

There's alot more news about the huge success of TPM on French screens! Here is the translation from 'AFP (Agence France Presse) newswire:"La Menace Fantome" (Star Wars Episode I) attracted 1,965,289 viewers in 5 days from Wednesday to Sunday with 793 screens according to the distributor UFD (UGC Fox Distribution). Impressive!

Also, here's the latest from the Netherlands:

September 30 to October 17:

481,049 visitors
6,556,821 gross (approx. $3,214,000)
#1 movie for 2 weeks
#5 already in the top 10 for 1999
Stayed on #1 position when The Haunting and Big Daddy released a week a!fter TPM

Thanks to WJ for the report!