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Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone took $43.6 million from 4,129 engagements in 17 markets for a grand total of $77.6 million; here are the records it broke:

$14.8 million on 1,226 prints in Germany - highest opening ever eclipsing the record held by Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace, by nearly 40%!

Germany's Sunday gross ($4.4 million) was the second highest single-day gross in history.

Germany Saturday gross ($4.8 million) is now the highest single-day gross in history.

It took the biggest non-holiday opening day gross in Germany as well.

It also took the highest number of screens with 1,226 crushing Episode I's on 1,005.

Film only dropped 13% in the U.K. and 11% in Taiwan.

In Brazil it took the biggest opening weekend ever with $1.8 million on 484.

In Denmark it took the biggest opening weekend ever with $1,283,153 from 89 screens.

In Sweden it took the biggest opening weekend ever with $1,525,827.

In Finland it took the biggest opening weekend ever with $663,500 on 65 and week with $953,854 on 66.

In Norway it took the biggest opening weekend ever with $1,076,856 on 93.

In The Netherlands it took the biggest opening weekend ever with $1.7 million 250 and week with $2,162,531 on 243.

In Austria it took the biggest opening weekend ever with $1.4 million from 143.

In Beligum it took the second-biggest opening of all time with $1.14 million on 124 behind The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

In Singapore, it took the biggest opening day of all time with $428,972 and a weekend total of $847,347 (the second-highest behind The Lost World: Jurassic Park).

In The Philippines it scored the second biggest opening in history with $1,118,000 on 50 behind Godzilla.

It took the biggest opening weekend in Germany-speaking Switzerland with $1 million 68.

It took the biggest opening day record with $1.118 million (2.162 million in Austrlian Dollars). It also had the highest screen count with 476 crushing Pearl Harbor's 411. Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace has the opening weekend record with $6,024,000

Meanwhile Spy Game took $1.4 million on 267 in the U.K. Riding in Cars With Boys took $450,000 on 175 in Australia. The Last Castle only manage $500,000 in a week in Australia

These are my predicted foreign totals for the selected films:

Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone: $577 million (I'm going out on a limb!)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire: $78 million

The Princess Diaries: $71 million

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: $141 million

Swordfish: $85 million

Shrek: $259 million

Bridget Jones's Diary: $171 million

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence: $181 million

Cats & Dogs: $110 million

American Pie 2: $161 million

The Others: $126 million