`Happy Feet'Waltzes to No. 1 Finish
Monday, November 27, 2006
LOS ANGELES The dancing, singing penguins of "Happy Feet" ruled the box-office roost for a second straight weekend, with the animated hit taking in $37 million over Thanksgiving weekend.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc.:
1. "Happy Feet," Warner Bros., $37,038,046, 3,804 locations, $9,737 average, $99,256,766, two weeks.
2. "Casino Royale," Sony, $30,785,874, 3,443 locations, $8,942 average, $94,053,658, two weeks.
3. "Deja Vu," Disney, $20,574,802, 3,108 locations, $6,620 average, $28,649,398, one week.
4. "Deck the Halls," Fox, $12,001,256, 3,205 locations, $3,745 average, $16,916,923, one week.
5. "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," Fox, $10,304,802, 2,552 locations, $4,038 average, $109,136,807, four weeks.
6. "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause," Disney, $9,929,029, 3,043 locations, $3,263 average, $67,073,095, four weeks.
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7. "Flushed Away," Paramount, $5,756,455, 2,621 locations, $2,196 average, $57,266,350, four weeks.
8. "Stranger Than Fiction," Sony, $5,726,536, 2,258 locations, $2,536 average, $32,504,604, three weeks.
9. "Bobby," MGM, $4,857,736, 1,667 locations, $2,914 average, $6,100,358, two weeks.
10. "The Fountain," Warner Bros., $3,768,702, 1,472 locations, $2,560 average, $5,456,908, one week.
11. "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny," New Line, $3,234,879, 1,919 locations, $1,686 average, $5,212,156, one week.
12. "The Queen," Miramax, $2,587,471, 653 locations, $3,962 average, $20,970,016, nine weeks.
13. "Babel," Paramount Vantage, $1,968,883, 902 locations, $2,183 average, $15,194,482, five weeks.
14. "For Your Consideration," Warner Independent, $1,924,071, 623 locations, $3,088 average, $3,017,715, two weeks.
15. "The Departed," Warner Bros., $1,709,135, 910 locations, $1,878 average, $116,748,722, eight weeks.
16. "Saw III," Lionsgate, $1,574,838, 1,044 locations, $1,508 average, $78,090,811, five weeks.
17. "Dhoom 2," Yash Raj Films, $979,001, 63 locations, $15,540 average, $1,298,477, one week.
18. "Let's Go to Prison," Universal, $972,410, 1,495 locations, $650 average, $5,525,320, two weeks.
19. "The Prestige," Disney, $861,024, 565 locations, $1,524 average, $51,099,913, six weeks.
20. "Volver," Sony Pictures Classics, $512,127, 30 locations, $17,071 average, $1,331,883, four weeks.
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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a joint venture of General Electric Co. and Vivendi Universal; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; DreamWorks, Paramount and Paramount Classics are divisions of Viacom Inc.; Disney's parent is The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is a division of The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros., New Line, Warner Independent and Picturehouse are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corp., Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group; Lionsgate is owned by Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.
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