"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" lost the first place to “The Dark Knight” in the US box office, but Brendan Fraser’s latest flick had a very good results in the foreign markets.

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" opened in the first spot in 26 markets and it gained almost $59.5 million.

With this result, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" surpassed the previous two movies of the franchise. The original movie, “The Mummy, released in 1999 gained $16.7 million in the foreign markets, while 2001's "The Mummy Returns" brought in $21.5 million.

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" earned over $10 million in South Korea ($13.3 million) and Russia ($12.7 million).

“The Dark Knight”, which is available in 51 markets, gained $37 million, bringing the total gross of the movie to $202.5 million.

In North America, “The Dark Knight” claimed the top spot for a third week, and appeared headed to record earnings with the dark tale that was actor Heath Ledger's last performance.

The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins, garnered 43.8 million dollars in ticket sales at US and Canadian theatres.

With total sales at 394.9 million dollars over three weeks, “The Dark Knight” could challenge the all-time record of 600.8 million dollars held by Titanic in 1997.

Two other movies have jumped the 200 million dollar total - Will Smith's “Hancock”, with 216 million dollars after five weeks on the circuit, was in seventh place for the weekend, while the tale of a beloved robot seeking friendship, “Wall-E”, was in eighth place after a six-week 204.2-million-dollar box office take.

Will Ferrell's comedy “Step Brothers” held third place with 16.3 million dollars, the Abba film Mamma Mia was fourth with 13.1 million dollars, Journey to the Center of the Earth was fifth with 6.9 million dollars and Swing Vote with Kevin Costner debuted in sixth place with 6.3 million dollars.

Ninth and tenth place were claimed by The X-Files, with 3.4 million dollars, and Space Chimps with 2.8 million dollars.