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Mamma Mia! (film series) the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman, until it was surpassed by Patty Jenkins' "Wonder Woman" in 2017. It is the third highest-grossing film of 2008 internationally (i.e., outside North America) with an international total of $458.4 million and the thirteenth highest gross of 2008 in North America (the US and Canada) with $144.1 million. In the United Kingdom, "Mamma Mia!" has grossed £69.2 million as of January 23, 2009, and is the ninth highest-grossing film of all time at the UK box office. The film opened at #1 in the U.K, taking £6.6 million on 496 screens. It managed