Another big 'Knight' overseas

August 24, 2008 A No. 1 Germany opening provided $9.2 million from 955 sites (an average of $9,634 per screen, including previews), with the five-day market tally beating the total taken in Germany by 2005's "Batman Begins" by 10%, the distributor said. Universal's demolition derby actioner "Death Race," which finished No. 3 domestically, opened in four second-tier Far East markets, drawing a total of $1.1 million from 173 locations. There were two significant newcomers to the France market: "Babylon A.D.," director Mathieu Kassovitz's sci-fi adventure with an international cast (Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Depardieu), from Canal Plus and Fox; and "La fille de Monaco," a comedy drama directed by Anne Fontaine, a production of Warner Vision France, Warners' French unit.

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