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Article: 'Thunder' rolls: 'Knight' fights on o'seas.(The Dark Knight)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- August 25, 2008
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"The Dark Knight stayed bright at the foreign box office, with a healthy $34 million at 7,700 playdates in 62 markets, while "Mamma Mia!" kept up its dazzling overseas run.
With the summer winding down, the Batpic s international cume hit a boffo $381.2 million with a solid $9.2 million German launch. With its stunning domes tic total at $489 million, Warner's "Dark Knight" is now 13th on the list for combined worldwide grosses with $870 million--with an outside shot at joining "Titanic" and the third versions of "The Pirates of the Caribbean and "The Lord of the Rings" as the only pics to gross more than $1 billion worldwide.
And "Mamma Mia!" stayed ...