Universal’s "Ted" named world’s highest grossing R-rated comedy October 15, 2012 - 17:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Universal and Seth MacFarlane's "Ted", the tale of a trash-talking teddy bear, has become the world’s highest grossing original R-rated comedy of all time, TheWrap said. Fox's "Taken 2" had a great second week, racking up $41 million from 36 markets, which easily led the foreign grosses. Sony's "Hotel Transylvania" added $13.7 million from 25 territories and Paramount's "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" took in another $10.4 million from 30 markets, to up its foreign overall gross to $465.2 million and its worldwide to $681.5 million. "Ted" took in nearly $14 million from 44 overseas markets this weekend, upping its international gross to $250.5 million. With that, and a 16-week domestic gross of $218.5 million, the worldwide gross for "Ted" now stands at $469 million. That eclipses the standard established by "The Hangover," which took in $467.5 million worldwide in 2009. "Ted" had a great second week in Italy, moving up to No. 1 with $4.2 million to raises it overall gross there to $8.9 million. Strong bows in France ($2.8 million) and Belgium ($1.8 million) helped, too. "Ted" still has yet to bow in several markets, including Japan, where it will debut in January. Partner news  Top stories The winner, Denmark, and the runner-up Azerbaijan have found themselves in the center of a scandal which put their victory in question. “Love and War” is planned as a three-part love story about a woman and a man at war, with the latter eventually becoming a monk. The drama centers on the relationship between Assange and Domscheit-Berg, which became increasingly fraught as WikiLeaks' influence grew. Manzarek formed the band with lead singer Jim Morrison in 1965 after a chance meeting in Venice Beach, Los Angeles.   Partner news |  Latest news IMF chief to be questioned over arbitration payment  That step would mean there exists "serious or consistent evidence" pointing to probable implication of a suspect in a crime.India test launches BrahMos supersonic cruise missile “The missile performed a maneuver in the predetermined flight path and successfully hit the target,” the source said.Armenian education ministry, ICTP sign cooperation deal RA education ministry’s committee attended the meeting of International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.Turkey reportedly shuts border crossing with Syria Officials said some of the perpetrators had traveled close to Yayladagi after the bombings to try and slip into Syria. |
