Monday's Box Office Roundup

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and enjoyed your fill of turkey leftovers and football mania. Does anyone else have a Black-Friday-plus-Benadryl hangover? Just me ... well, excuse the slurry writing.

In case you don't recall, Patricia picked the following as the top five:

And once again, she was incredibly close, except that this week it's the No. 4 and 5 spots that ended up reversed:

Happy Feet, $37.9 million

Casino Royale, $31 million

Deja Vu, $20.8 million

Deck the Halls, $12 million

Borat, $10.4

Only one of our posters was prescient enough to pick the correct lineup: first-timer bubba8193. Congrats Bubba, and we hope you come back and play again next week. There were so many new predictions, I've spent a pathetic amount of time adding this morning, but here's where everyone is in the weekly standings:

Patricia -- this week: 12 points/total: 75 points (after 7 weeks)
zsxxx03 -- 11 points/66 points (6 weeks)
chrisnbn -- 11/65 points (6 weeks) and crzydcguy84 -- 11 points/65 points (7 weeks)
mrheenster -- 7 points/49 points (6 weeks)
drurd2006 -- no entry/27 points (3 weeks)
tangoeco -- 7 points/25 points (3 weeks)
laraeruiz -- 9 points/21 points (3 weeks)
bubba8193 -- 16 points (1 week)
ardentheater -- no entry/13 points (1 week)
brldisteach -- no entry/12 points (1 week)
filmman36 -- 12 points (1 week)
malc004 -- 12 points (1 week)
aargabrite -- no entry/11 points (1 week)
ajdear -- 11 points (1 week)
zippylizardhead --no entry/10 points (1 week)
bostonsleppard -- 9 points (1 week)
ethandavid26 -- no entry/ 9 points (1 week)
kandaegurl -- 9 points (1 week)
linc68503 --- no entry/9 points (1 week)
bnfan08 -- 8 points (1 week)
epr1202 -- 8 points (1 week)
horsegenius88 -- 8 points (1 week)
slowriter57 -- 8 points (1 week)
reverbzz -- no entry/7 points (1 week)
golfman -- no entry/7 points (1 week)
jecmen24 -- no entry/7 points (1 week)
cali1184 -- no entry/6 points (1 week)
bonaldduck -- 5 points (1 week)

For the second week in a row, 'Happy Feet' danced its way to a No. 1 finish, with 'Casino Royale' a close second. 'Happy Feet' has grossed a cool total of $100.1 million in just two weeks, while the latest 007 is headed to break the blockbuster threshold next week, currently holding at $94.2 million. Both films edged out the new Denzel Washington-Jerry Bruckheimer-Tony Scott thriller, 'Deja Vu,' which had to settle for third place with a decent-but-not-extraordinary $20.8 million opening weekend. The time-bending action flick is Denzel's seventh film since 2000's 'Remember the Titans' (his previous collaboration with Bruckheimer) to open with more than $20 million. Go, Denzel, go.

'Borat' is still showing strong, coming in at No. 5 with a little more than $10 million. Made for an estimated $18 million, the Sacha Baron Cohen phenom has grossed more than $109 million in four weeks. Lastly, 'Deck the Halls,' the bland holiday familyflick starring Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick as competitive neighbors obsessed with Christmas lights, managed to land in fourth place. Since pretty much any Christmas-themed film is likely to do well Thanksgiving weekend, we're guessing moviegoers didn't read the comedy's reviews. Box office trivia: Broderick's highest-opening film is 'Godzilla,' which had a staggering $55.7 million weekend in May, 1998.

That's all folks. Stay tuned for Patricia's weekly predictions on Friday, and stay warm!

POST: What do you think of the weekend's box office?

Tags: Happy Feet, Casino Royale, Borat, Deja Vu, Deck the Halls, Denzel Washington, Jerry Bruckheimer, James Bond, Sacha Baron Cohen, box office

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#2 Comment from summermovieblogEntry Author
11/27/06 6:12 PM | Permalink

Hey chris--Sandie here, jumping in to tell you that holidays are known for family moviegoing. All those family reunions lead to multi-generational movie trips, and 'Casino Royale' is not exactly kid-friendly. Still, looks like couples and teens found time to escape for some Bond action.
#1 Comment from chrisnbn
11/27/06 11:49 AM | Permalink

How does Happy Feet continue this strong run? I thought for sure Casino Royale would beat this week. I guess those little love penguins.

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