Warner Bros. Pictures International has reached the $2 billion mark in foreign grosses for 2004, Daily Variety said Friday.

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The paper said that makes Warners the first international distributor to cross the $2 billion threshold in a single year, and demonstrates the increasing significance of international box-office returns.

The studio's overseas grosses were led by three pictures that have taken in more than $300 million each in foreign markets -- "The Last Samurai,""Troy" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."

The paper said United International Pictures -- a joint venture that distributes films abroad for Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks -- is expected to hit the $2 billion mark this month.

The previous record for overseas grosses in a single year was $1.95 billion, set in 1998 by 20th Century Fox International. The all-time box-office champion "Titanic" accounted for $1.2 billion of that figure.