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'Gran Torino' holding strong in foreign markets -- Nicolas Cage's "Knowing" gained knowledge of first place at the international box office, topping a moderate frame with $9.8 million at 1,711 playdates in 10 markets.

Summit Entertainment's Nicolas Cage starrer "Knowing" easily topped the weekend box office chart in debuting to an estimated $24.8 million, while "I Love You, Man" and "Duplicity" came in on the lower end of expectations.

1. Knowing (Summit) OPENER [3,332 Theaters] Fri $8.8M, Wkd est $25M
2. I Love You, Man (DW/Paramount) OPENER [2,711] Fri $6.2M, Wkd est $18.5M
3. Duplicity (Universal) OPENER [2,575] Fri $4.6M, Wkd est $14.3M

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I want Alex Proyas to put out a movie I love again just as much as anybody else out there, but I wasn't convinced I'd get it with KNOWING. I don't have a hate-boner for Nic Cage, but like our reviewer below points out he's become wildly uneven in the last decade or so.