Having spent two weeksracking up healthy numbers in Germany - its only international outing so far,multiple Oscar nominee Ray expanded into seven further territories.

Openings in the UK, Italyand Australia helped Ray to enter the chart in 17th place with a $2.2m weekend - and thanks to its Germanreception where it dropped a mere 11% over the weekend, a cume of $4.3m.

In North America, where ithas been on release for 13 weeks, Ray re-entered the chart over the weekend andhas now amassed an impressive $73m.

Meanwhile, Bridget Jones;The Edge Of Reason is showing impressive legs - and is rapidly closing inon the $200m mark internationally.

Best performing territoriesfor the 30-something singleton sequel include: UK - $66.8m; Germany - £17.7m;France - $15.2m; Australia - $14m; Italy - $10.9m and Spain - $10m.

In comparison, in NorthAmerica, Bridget amassed a cume of $40m.