, 5 0 0 ▁screens ▁that ▁week end . ▁Its ▁overall ▁rank ▁for ▁the ▁week end ▁was ▁second , ▁behind ▁Ever est . ▁Its ▁opening ▁week ends ▁in ▁the ▁U . K ., ▁Ireland ▁and ▁Mal ta ▁($ 9 . 5   mill ion ▁including ▁pre views ), ▁Mexico ▁($ 7 . 8 4   mill ion ), ▁South ▁Korea ▁($ 4 . 2   mill ion ), ▁Russia ▁and ▁the ▁C IS ▁($ 6   mill ion ), ▁Germany ▁($ 3 . 9   mill ion ), ▁Italy ▁($ 3 . 7   mill ion ) ▁and ▁France ▁and ▁Spain ▁($ 3 . 2   mill ion ▁respectively ) ▁in ▁October ▁represented ▁its ▁largest ▁tak ings . ▁In ▁China , ▁it ▁opened ▁with ▁an ▁estimated ▁$ 1 2 . 1   mill ion ▁debut ing ▁at ▁second ▁place ▁behind ▁the ▁Chinese ▁local ▁film ▁The ▁Wit ness ▁which ▁gross ed ▁$ 1 8 . 5   mill ion . ▁While ▁the ▁China ▁figures ▁are ▁low ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁recent ▁Hollywood ▁movie ▁open ings , ▁it ▁actually ▁excel led ▁the ▁first ▁film ' s ▁local ▁lifetime ▁gross ▁by ▁ 1 9 % ▁in ▁just ▁the ▁first ▁six ▁days . ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁total ▁ear nings , ▁its ▁largest ▁market ▁outside ▁of ▁North ▁America ▁is ▁the ▁U . K . ▁($ 2 9 . 4   mill ion ) ▁followed ▁by ▁Mexico ▁($ 2 3 . 7   mill ion ) ▁and ▁Venezuela ▁($ 1 9 . 9   mill ion ). ▁ ▁Crit ical