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...
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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...
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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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