'Inception,' 'Toy Story 3' lead foreign box office

"Inception'' led the foreign box office for a second weekend on Sunday after earning about $46.6 million from 58 markets.

A No. 1 Spain opening tallied $4.5 million, while a No. 2 Brazil debut provided $2 million.

After a month, director Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio has drawn a total foreign box office take of $250 million, with the U.K. ($39.4 million) and Japan ($23.7 million) throwing off a good chunk of the total action.

"Toy Story 3'' followed with $29.4 million from 49 markets, pushing its foreign gross to $498.7 million.

In Japan, the Pixar threequel etched its fifth consecutive No. 1 weekend with $5.4 million for a market total of $77.5 million.

Third-ranked "Salt'' opened at No. 1 in Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines, and drew $16.9 million in 39 markets.

The Angelina Jolie spy thriller has tallied $62.8 million since its foreign opening on July 21.

"Grown Ups,'' the new champ in Russia, followed with $12.7 million from 30 markets. Total gross for the Adam Sandler comedy is $33.5 million.

"Step Up 3D,'' the third installment of the urban dance franchise, opened at No. 5 with $12.3 million from 11 markets; it also bowed to an underwhelming $15.5 million in North America.

Other foreign totals include: "Shrek Forever After,'' $426.7 million; "The Twilight Sage: Eclipse,'' $372.8 million; "Knight and Day,'' $128 million; "The Karate Kid,'' $94.7 million; "The Sorcerer's Apprentice,'' $54.2 million; "The Last Airbender,'' $53 million; "Despicable Me,'' $43.5 million; and "Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,'' $11.1 million.

Foreign sales are booming so far this year.

According to studio figures through the end of July, the six Hollywood majors - 20th Century Fox, Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal and Sony - have tallied $7.9 billion, 32% ahead of last year's pace.

Fox, bolstered by "Avatar,'' leads the pack through July with sales of $2.2 billion followed by Disney ($1.7 billion), Warner Bros. ($1.5 billion), Paramount ($1.3 billion), Universal ($726 million) and Sony ($494.5 million).

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