Indiana Jones' Box Office Gold

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull made $311.1 million worldwide over the weekend.

The tally included $151.1 million from the United States and Canada - the second-highest U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend opening in history - and $160 million from number one launches in 61 other countries.

Foreign highlights included $24 million in Britain and $14 million in France.

Sales in France were boosted by the hype surrounding its glitzy world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera last Sunday.

The worldwide tally set a record for both Paramount Studios and for the film's director, Steven Spielberg.

For both, the old mark was held by War of the Worlds, which opened to $202 million in a similar number of territories during the US July 4 holiday weekend in 2005.