Variety reports that WB is unleashing "The Matrix Reloaded" everywhere one to two weeks after the US release (May 15) except Japan (June 7), China and India.
As an R-rated pic it won't play as super-wide as "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' " 10,000 prints, but Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, president of international distribution, says the sci-fi/actioner will go out on more than 7,000.

The first "Matrix" raked in $ 284 million overseas; Kwan-Rubinek won't say where she thinks the follow-up will finish, noting simply, "The anticipation for it is enormous."