`TITANIC' UNSTOPPABLE OVERSEAS WITH $440 MILLION IN RECEIPTS.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski ``Titanic'' has plowed plow also plough n. 1. A farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing. 2. through the unpredictable waters of the international box office, topping $440 million in foreign ticket sales, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. 20th Century Fox International. It appears likely the romantic disaster epic, up for 14 Academy Awards, will reach a record $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales. Universal's ``Jurassic Park'' currently leads with $914.2 million. ``Titanic'' posted record openings in Poland, Norway, Lebanon and Peru in its ninth weekend of international release. It is the fourth picture in history to take in $400 million or more internationally, following ``Jurassic Park'' (estimated at $557.2 million), ``Independence Day'' ($505 million) and ``The Lion King'' ($455 million). Over the weekend, James Cameron's $200 million film, starring Kate Winslet <noinclude></noinclude> Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-nominated, BAFTA, Grammy and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning English actress. and Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who garnered world wide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic. , also entered the U.S. record books, topping ``E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' as the nation's top grosser in its first run. Over the four-day Presidents' Day Pres·i·dents' Day n. The third Monday in February, observed in the United States as a legal holiday in commemoration of the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Noun 1. weekend, ``Titanic'' racked up another $32.8 million to bring its domestic tally to $376.2 million, bringing it worldwide ticket sales to $816.2 million. A Fox spokesman says ``Titanic'' expects to top Disney's ``The Lion King'' foreign sales this week. CAPTION(S): Box Box: The weekend's top 10 (Box Office) |
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