'Knowing' tops overseas boxoffice

March 29, 2009 The year's first quarter on the international circuit ended with a whimper at the boxoffice as Summit Entertainment's "Knowing," a time-capsule sci-fi thriller with Nicolas Cage, grabbed the No. 1 spot with a relatively modest $9.5 million from 1,684 locations in 10 markets for an early overseas total of $14.1 million. Preliminary soundings of the Hollywood majors indicate at best a mixed first quarter at the international boxoffice. (When the value of the greenback is strong, foreign currencies shrink in dollar terms when repatriated to the U.S.) But measured in local currencies, many foreign markets showed growth in the quarter, Disney said.

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