![12 Movies That Made More Money Overseas Than in America](https://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2020/09/overseas-hits.jpg?w=980&q=75)
12 Movies That Made More Money Overseas Than in America
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is the first major movie release in theaters since the pandemic started. The film grossed $20 million domestically during its opening weekend, but earned over twice that number overseas. Obviously, Tenet is performing better in countries where coronavirus isn’t running rampant. But this isn’t the first case where a movie has performed significantly better internationally than stateside. Every now and then, a blockbuster fails to hit the mark with American audiences, but finds huge popularity in foreign film markets. Here are twelve movies that made way more money outside of the domestic box office.
Gallery — Sci-Fi Movies That Predicted The Future:
More From Mix 92.3
![The Best and Worst Cliffhanger Endings in Movies](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2022/08/attachment-best-worst-cliffhanger.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![’90s Movies We Can’t Believe Got Remakes](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2021/07/attachment-total-recall-4-5-31.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![10 Actors Who Demanded Script Changes (And Got Them)](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2021/07/attachment-10-Actors-That-Demanded-Script-Changes-And-Got-Them.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![12 Movies That Were Supposed To Get Sequels (But Didn’t)](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2021/06/attachment-final-conan-episode-img1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The 15 Worst Remakes In Movie History](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2020/09/The-15-Worst-Movie-Remakes-In-Movie-History.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Meanest Movie Reviews on the Internet](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2019/11/meanest-movie-reviews.png?w=980&q=75)
![Dark Universe, A Shared Universe For Universal Monsters, Dies at 1](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2017/05/dark-universe.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![‘Pacific Rim’ Is Getting a Netflix Anime Series](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2018/03/pacific-rim-uprising-jaeger.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![What’s the Best Tom Cruise Action Movie? We Ranked Them All](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2017/06/american-made.jpg?w=980&q=75)