Canadian box-office stats — August 15 & 22 & 29

Canadian box-office stats — August 15 & 22 & 29 August 31, 2010

Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest.

Piranha 3D — CDN $2,650,000 — N.AM $18,266,889 — 14.5%
The Switch — CDN $2,130,000 — N.AM $16,410,009 — 12.9%
Eat Pray Love — CDN $7,610,000 — N.AM $60,531,326 — 12.6%
The Expendables — CDN $9,720,000 — N.AM $82,040,183 — 11.8%
Nanny McPhee Returns — CDN $1,860,000 — N.AM $16,991,285 — 10.9%
Inception — CDN $29,570,000 — N.AM $270,519,920 — 10.9%

Vampires Suck — CDN $2,760,000 — N.AM $27,834,256 — 9.9%
The Other Guys — CDN $9,090,000 — N.AM $99,018,172 — 9.2%

The Last Exorcism — CDN $1,210,000 — N.AM $20,366,613 — 5.9%
Takers — CDN $829,748 — N.AM $20,512,304 — 4.0%

And here are the figures for the previous weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest.

Step Up 3D — CDN $6,230,000 — N.AM $36,868,951 — 16.9%
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — CDN $2,550,000 — N.AM $20,898,255 — 12.2%
Piranha 3D — CDN $1,230,000 — N.AM $10,106,872 — 12.2%
Eat Pray Love — CDN $5,480,000 — N.AM $47,214,078 — 11.6%
The Expendables — CDN $7,270,000 — N.AM $65,357,117 — 11.1%
Inception — CDN $28,290,000 — N.AM $262,031,594 — 10.8%
The Switch — CDN $910,475 — N.AM $8,436,713 — 10.8%

Nanny McPhee Returns — CDN $794,544 — N.AM $8,407,685 — 9.5%
The Other Guys — CDN $7,770,000 — N.AM $88,253,482 — 8.8%

Vampires Suck — CDN $1,470,000 — N.AM $18,566,733 — 7.9%

A couple of discrepancies: Step Up 3D was #10 on the Canadian chart (it was #14 in North America as a whole), while Lottery Ticket was #4 on the North American chart (it was #17 in Canada).

And here are the figures for the weekend before that, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest.

Step Up 3D — CDN $4,540,000 — N.AM $29,844,422 — 15.2%
Salt — CDN $12,210,000 — N.AM $103,438,273 — 11.8%

Inception — CDN $26,340,000 — N.AM $248,469,482 — 10.6%
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore — CDN $3,710,000 — N.AM $35,218,937 — 10.5%
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — CDN $1,050,000 — N.AM $10,609,795 — 9.9%
Dinner for Schmucks — CDN $5,800,000 — N.AM $58,785,547 — 9.9%
Eat Pray Love — CDN $2,140,000 — N.AM $23,104,523 — 9.3%
The Expendables — CDN $3,140,000 — N.AM $34,825,135 — 9.0%

The Other Guys — CDN $5,760,000 — N.AM $69,951,822 — 8.2%
Despicable Me — CDN $18,120,000 — N.AM $222,197,390 — 8.2%


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