"Button" sews up international box office – Reuters
Published on: 11th February, 2009
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With 13 Oscar nominations and three BAFTA wins, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" stepped out as the No. 1 film on the international circuit during the weekend, garnering an estimated $31 million from 5,126 screens in 47 markets.
