Overseas hits cross borders

September 24, 2009 Senior citizens having sex, a rock star deciding to kill himself, a clueless Italian bungling his way through a Christmas vacation -- these are the plot lines of top local hits in key European territories. A Scandinavian crime print trilogy, "Millennium," has unleashed a multiplatform campaign that will see it exploited across theatrical, books, film, DVD, TV and merchandising. Below is a rundown of recent local favorites and how they increasingly are making moolah by crossing national borders, licensing remake rights or optimizing their franchise potential.

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