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.
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.
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