>The huge-grossers are "kids" movies; doesn't that really just point
>out that people will spend money on their kids that they wouldn't
>spend on themselves?
>
>That's news?
That's not the whole story though. What these movies have in common is they're not too complicated. And that means they can travel 'round the world easily.
Here are the numbers for Wall-E
Domestic: $223,808,164 42.9% + Foreign: $297,460,073 57.1%
= Worldwide: $521,268,237
and for Casino Royale
Domestic: $167,445,960 28.2% + Foreign: $426,793,106 71.8%
= Worldwide: $594,239,066
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jamesbond21.htm