Driven by a $1.2m bow on 177screens in Australia, family comedy Cheaper By The Dozen grossed $2.2m from 607 in five territories at theweekend to raise its international running total to $5.1m.

Elsewhere, Fox Internationalreported a fourth consecutive number one weekend for The Lord Of The Rings:The Return Of The King in Taiwan,adding $402,000 from 130 for $10.5m.

The naval drama MasterAnd Commander added $1.8m from 1,273screens for a $65.3m international cumulative score in Fox territories.

Stuck On You took $527,000 from 243 in its first weekend inFrance and opened in Russia on $332,000 from 156. The comedy grossed $3.2m atthe weekend to raise its total to $11.2m.

Following its sensationalopening last week in Brazil, the comedy Sexo, Amor E Traicao (Sex, Shame And Betrayal) added $577,000 from 157 and dropped 22% for a $2.2mtotal.

Jorge Fernando'scomedy grossed $1.1m when it opened on Jan 1 in Brazil on 154 screens, thethird biggest opening ever and the biggest per-screen average ever for a localtiproduction in the territory.

Sexo, Amor ETraicao is a TotalEntertainment production, co-produced by Globo Filmes, Titan Producciones/SPLand Fox.