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December 3, 2007 — Frank Segers reports ""Beowulf" remained the No. 1 film internationally for the third consecutive weekend, yielding an estimated $19.4 million from about 6,700 screens in 60 markets. The showing helped push distributor Warner Bros. International past the $2 billion mark in overseas grosses for 2007. Warners -- which also handled the international rollout of "300" and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" -- is enjoying its second-biggest-grossing year ever, surpassed only by 2004, when it took in $2.2 billion overseas.

"Beowulf," the pop culture rendering of the Old English poem directed by Robert Zemeckis, broadened its overseas run by at least six key markets, scoring most strongly in Japan, where it snared an estimated $2 million from 292 screens. An Australia bow generated $1.9 million from 269 sites, while Brazil weighed in with $1.2 million from 233 locations. Figures from a Russia opening were not available. The film also opened in Turkey and New Zealand (where it ranked No. 1 with $306,000 from 61 screens).

"Beowulf's" international gross is $75 million.

Propelled by a sizzling first-place opening in France, Disney's "Enchanted" -- which finished first domestically for the second consecutive weekend -- lured an estimated $10.7 million overseas from about 1,600 screens in a dozen territories, enough to place No. 2 overall. Its international cume stands at $18.5 million vs. $70.6 million domestic. The musical fantasy bewitched a huge $5.5 million from 540 sites ($9,259 per screen) in France, dominating the market with a 35% share. The debut figures are comparable to those of 20th Century Fox International's "Night at the Museum." The weekend action also was 10% ahead of Fox's "The Devil Wears Prada," which also opened strongly in France.

In Spain, "Enchanted" finished No. 1 for the second weekend in a row, drawing an estimated $2.2 million from 304 screens (down just 35% from the previous frame) for a market cume of $5.9 million. Continuing its graduated overseas release pattern, the film opens this weekend in Italy, Greece and Hungary. "