No we see worldwide grosses more than domestic or overseas which is the point I'm making. Ok... I'll paint a picture for you, lets say your folks bought you ten presents but you got 30 from your relatives in total, which leaves a combined total of 40 gifts. Now would you honestly brag about the ten gifts or thirty gifts respectively or would you tell people you got a total of forty, which is more impressive than ten or thirty. So overseas grosses do matter and do contribute in a part to how well a movie will do. Let's face it, the public is swayed by numbers, domestic, overseas or worldwide.