Monday, November 27, 2006

No Small "Feet"

The preliminary Thanksgiving weekend numbers are in...And once again, the animated penguins of Happy Feet sang and danced their way to the top of the box office. Skating past both Casino Royale (still, the latest Bond flick is the ' Biggest Global Bond Ever; #1 Overseas With $200+ Mil Worldwide...) and the Denzel Washington, sci-fi action er Déjà Vu...



From Box Office Mojo's Brandon Gray:

'Happy Feet' [$37.9 million] and 'Casino Royale' [$31 million] dominated the box office again over Thanksgiving weekend, with new release 'Deja Vu ' [$20.8 million] at a distant third...

The Mojo continues right here...

While over at Variety, Ian Mohr writes in today's edition:

The penguins are powerful.

Warner Bros.' "Happy Feet" crossed the $100 million mark after just two weeks in release, dancing to a five-day Thanksgiving take of $51.5 million. Three-day perf of $37.9 million from 3,804 playdates made for a plump per-engagement average of $9,975....

Of the frame's new openers, Disney's "Deja Vu" and Fox's "Deck the Halls" fared best, while Warners' "The Fountain," MGM's expanding "Bobby" and New Line's rock comedy "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny" all struggled mightily for attention in what's sizing up to be a very crowded holiday movie season.

"Deja Vu," the Denzel Washington starrer from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, bowed at No. 3 with $29 million over five days off 3,108. Pic hit $20.8 million over three days for a per-engagement average of $6,704. Opening was Washington's seventh of more than $20 million.

Fox's Christmas comedy "Deck the Halls," meanwhile, decorated the studio's coffers with $12 million over three days and almost $17 million for five by appealing mostly to females.

Fox's holdover "Borat" rounded out the top five, taking in $15.4 million over the five-day holiday to raise it cume to nearly $110 million. "Borat" is now being boosted by repeat biz, as the demos on an R-rated comedy give the studio access to just so many eyeballs...


Article Continues...

Finally, for his holiday wrap-up, Joshua Rich of Entertainment Weekly shares this headline:

"Happy Feet" dances to the No. 1 spot for the second weekend in a row.

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