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$21.8 Mil 'Despicable Me' Reclaims No. 1 Box Office Spot Overseas

School holidays helped animated hit get its second wind; 'Megamind' debuts No. 1 in Russia and Ukraine a week before its U.S. bow.

Family-oriented animation trumped horror on the foreign circuit over the Halloween weekend as Despicable Me reclaimed the No. 1 box office spot, snaring $21.8 million from 4,546 venues in 44 markets and pushing its offshore gross total to $234.4 million.