The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the new installment of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia saga to hit theaters topped the domestic and international box office over the weekend.

While its $24.5 million domestic take has been deemed “underwhelming” by some analysts,   its $67 million international take may be harder to ignore.

From the Hollywood Reporter:

Distributor 20th Century Fox said the third installment in the Chronicles
of Narnia series based on the religion-infused novels of C.S.
Lewis opened early last week at both 3D and conventional screens in
Australia (where the latest Narnia was shot), India and Spain largely
to take advantage of available 3D locations in those markets.

Thus Dawn Treader‘s international cume to date stands at $81
million. Globally, the cume is $105.5 million. Fox notes that the film has yet
to play such key offshore markets as Japan, China, Germany, Italy, Poland,
Argentina and the Scandinavian countries.

The Walden Media/Fox 2000 Pictures co-production, directed by Michael Apted,
took the No. 1 spot in at least 32 markets on the weekend with Russia leading
the list ($11.3 million generated from 1,284 venues). Mexico provided generated
$7.5 million, the third highest opening tally recorded by any Fox title.

France came up with $5.5 million from 739 sites. South Korea provided $5.4
million from 493 situations while the U.K. — despite frigid weekend weather –
kicked in $4 million from 1,153 sites. Second weekend Australia market cume
stands at $5.66 million; Spain, $9.2 million; and India, $4.3 million.

This being the Christmas season, good word of mouth can potentially provide strong legs that will further lift the movie into holiday blockbuster status.