Box Office Repeats - Variety 12/3/06

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'Happy' days are here again

WB's penguins continue to dance to the top of the box office

'Happy Feet' continues to dance to the top of the box office

By Ian Mohr
Variety
December 3, 2006

Warner Bros.' B.O. champ "Happy Feet" reigned for a third straight frame over the weekend, dropping 54% of its biz, but still taking in another $17 million to raise its cume to $121 million domestically.

Also for a third weekend in a row, Sony's James Bond pic "Casino Royale" was at No. 2, behind Warners'animated penguins. "Casino" rolled $15.1 million off 3,386 screens to bring its cume to almost $116 million. Pic also crossed the $300 million mark worldwide over the frame and was No. 1 internationally.

Disney's Denzel Washington" starrer landed at No. 3, as the top three pics have remained the same now for two weekends in a row. "Deja" brought in $11 million off 3,108.

Widest new rollout of the frame, New Line's "The Nativity Story," meantime, birthed just over $8 million to come in fourth on the charts. Pic's per screen average was $2,603, off more than 3,000.

Holiday comedies "Deck the Halls" and "The Santa Clause 3" followed to round out the top five, with decent drops in what's customarily known as a very slow frame after Thanksgiving.

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