The German thriller "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" replaced "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" as the No. 1 film at the international weekend box office, according to final studio data issued Monday. (Weekend reports had indicated that "Pirates" took the lead for the 11th time in 12 weekends.)

Director Tom Tykwer's film earned $11.3 million from five markets, while "Pirates" took in $7.3 million from 34 countries. As the Johnny Depp swashbuckler winds down its box office campaign, the film has earned $625.3 million to date overseas.

"Perfume's" rise to No. 1 was partly fueled by its 51% hold of the German market for a second weekend. It earned $6.7 million for a market total of $20.1 million. Also after two weekends, it has earned $2.7 million in Austria, $1.4 million in Switzerland and $6.1 million in Russia. The Tykwer film arrived in Italy at No. 3 with $1.1 million.

"Perfume" is the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an orphan born with a super-human sense of smell, who decides to create the ultimate perfume by killing beautiful girls and distilling their smell. It stars Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman.

With no Hollywood titles with significant box office clout entering the market, local-language films are moving into the limelight, at least until the major U.S. studios start unleashing their year-end holiday gifts.

According to a report from South Korea, there were no Hollywood entries at all among the country's top 10 films last weekend, a list that included seven local films and one each from China, Japan and Spain.

In Spain, Augustin Diaz Yanes' local-language thriller "Alatriste," No. 1 for four weeks, has earned $18.2 million to date.

In the U.K., Alfonso Cuaron's sci-fi thriller "Children of Men" reached the peak with $2.4 million; in France, "World Trade Center" dominated with $2.6 million; "The Devil Wears Prada" was No. 1 in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina; "Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" hit the top in Australia with $1.3 million; and "The Lake House" ruled Japan with $1.5 million.

"Cars" crossed the $200 million line following a weekend haul of $5.5 million from 24 countries.

"World Trade Center," which entered eight new markets over the weekend, emerged with $6.2 million, lifting its international total to $8.2 million.

The Wayans brothers' "Little Man" tallied $4.9 million from 31 markets for a cumulative total of $29.5 million.

"You, Me and Dupree" lifted its international gross to $35.6 million after taking in $3.8 million from 24 markets. (Hy Hollinger)