Universal’s "Ted" named world’s highest grossing R-rated comedyOctober 15, 2012 - 17:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Universal and Seth MacFarlane's "Ted", the tale of a trash-talking teddy bear, has become the world’s highest grossing original R-rated comedy of all time, TheWrap said. Fox's "Taken 2" had a great second week, racking up $41 million from 36 markets, which easily led the foreign grosses. Sony's "Hotel Transylvania" added $13.7 million from 25 territories and Paramount's "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" took in another $10.4 million from 30 markets, to up its foreign overall gross to $465.2 million and its worldwide to $681.5 million. "Ted" took in nearly $14 million from 44 overseas markets this weekend, upping its international gross to $250.5 million. With that, and a 16-week domestic gross of $218.5 million, the worldwide gross for "Ted" now stands at $469 million. That eclipses the standard established by "The Hangover," which took in $467.5 million worldwide in 2009. "Ted" had a great second week in Italy, moving up to No. 1 with $4.2 million to raises it overall gross there to $8.9 million. Strong bows in France ($2.8 million) and Belgium ($1.8 million) helped, too. "Ted" still has yet to bow in several markets, including Japan, where it will debut in January. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. Azerbaijan proposes Armenia to jointly seek cancelation of Minak Group The Azerbaijani President maintained that the move will show “how sincere Armenia is.” Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. |