Disney scored a one-two punch at the foreign box office with "Up" and "Surrogates" combining for over $24 million during a typically moderate autumn session on Sept. 25-27.

"Up" took in $12.3 million at 3,700 in 25 markets, led by $4.3 million in Germany in its second sesh for a $10.7 million cume. Its fourth Australian frame delivered $3.1 million -- an impressive 6% gain, for a cume of $13.4 million -- and its Brazilian total has hit $8.1 million in a month.

The Pixar toon has topped $215 million overseas with October launches still coming in the U.K., Benelux and Italy and a December debut in Japan.

With domestic cume having hit $292 million, the worldwide total for "Up" has gone to $507 million, moving it into the company of 66 other pics that have topped half a billion dollars in combined international and domestic grosses. That list includes three 2009 titles -- Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" at $924 million, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" at $878 million" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" at $841 million.

"Surrogates" finished a close second with $12.2 million at 1,590 in 10 market launches -- a debut that saw stronger per-screen grosses outside the United States. Russia, which continues to emerge as a major contributor to Hollywood pics, led the way with $5 million in what was the top debut for a Bruce Willis title as it exceeded "Live Free or Die Hard" by 50%.

Spain saw "Surrogates" place second to the second frame of "Inglourious Basterds" with $2.2 million while the U.K. opening was a modest $1.6 million -- far behind the $4 million debut of "Fame." "Surrogates" launched in first in five other markets -- Hong Kong with $508,000, Taiwan with $489,000, Turkey with $410,000, Poland with $335,000 and the Philippines with $293,000 -- and matched or outperformed similar titles such as "The Island."

"Inglourious Basterds" led the rest of the international pack during the final September frame with $7.5 million at 2,800 in 41 territories. Foreign cume for the Quentin Tarantino WWII epic has topped $130 million with 21 additional markets to open.

Spain delivered the best "Basterds" numbers for Universal with $2.6 million, down 37% in its soph sesh for an $8.6 million cume. In Germany and France, the sixth frames finished fifth in both markets with $890,000 and $725,000, respectively; German cume has hit $20 million and France has totaled $22 million.

"Basterds," handled by the Weinstein Co. domestically, has become U's top foreign grosser this year -- well ahead of "Public Enemies" at $99 million. Those two pics have contributed about 25% of the studio's international takings in 2009, which had gone past $927 million as the third quarter ended.

Universal is the only one of the majors still under $1 billion for the year as all other five managed to pass the milestone during the third quarter. Fox reached the mark first in early July in the wake of opening "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" and had hit $1.69 billion as of the end of the third quarter -- having already exceeded its 2008 total of $1.6 billion -- with the third "Ice Age" contributing a stunning $682 million.

"Ice Age 3" was still generating biz in the final fall frame with $2.4 million, mostly from its fifth Italian session of $1.4 million for an Italo cume of $41 million.

Warner Bros. also reached the $1 billion international mark in late July in the wake of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" performing at the usual stellar heights of the franchise on its way to $624 million. Paramount became the third studio to reach the milestone in August, thanks mostly to "Transformers 2" with $430 million in foreign grosses; as of the end of the third quarter, Par had totaled $1.27 billion.

Sony went past $1 billion in late August with "Angels and Demons" making the top contribution with $348 million. And Disney hit the mark shortly thereafter for a record 15th straight year and reached $1.1 billion as of the end of the third quarter.

With tentpoles mostly out of the market as is typical with fall frames, local pics gained prominence. In Italy, Giuseppe Tornatore's big-budget Sicilian epic "Baaria" finished first with $3.1 million at 510 for Medusa during the same week it was named the country's official candidate for foreign- language film Oscar. That easily topped Disney's "G-Force" with $2.2 million and "Ice Age 3."

Woody Allen's "Whatever Works" slipped 26% in its second Italian frame to $1.09 million at 333, bringing the cume to $3.27 million. Sony's "District 9" entered the chart in fifth with $928,245 at 253 screens in its first frame, followed by the launch of "The Girl Who Played With Fire," the Daniel Alfredson-helmed adaptation of the Steig Larsson thriller, with $697,550 off 250 screens.

In Spain, Juan Jose Campanella's romantic thriller "The Secret of Your Eyes," fresh from competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival, debuted with $1 million at 209. Iberian bookers indicated they're expecting a leggy run due to good word of mouth.

In Japan, sci-fier "20th Century Boys 3" regained the No. 1 spot to lift its 37-day total to $42 million, making distrib Toho's goal of $50 million a near-certainty. Time-travel drama "Ballad" rose from fourth to second with a 148% boost.

Advance tickets for the Michael Jackson's concert docu "This Is It" went on sale in Japan on Sept. 27 at 296 theaters with 87,122 sold in the first two days -- a smoking-hot start.

In France, Disney's launch of "The Proposal" finished first with $2.3 million, pushing the foreign cume to $141 million. "L'Affaire Farewell," starring helmer Emir Kusturica, debuted with $1.85 million at 455 while "The Hurt Locker" opened for SND with $624,000 at 121.

David Hayhurst in France, Michael Day in Italy, Mark Schilling in Japan and Emilio Mayorga in Spain contributed to this report.