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.
The Queen — CDN $3,239,243 — N.AM $17,291,000 — 18.7%
Babel — CDN $1,710,232 — N.AM $12,013,000 — 14.2%
Casino Royale — CDN $5,236,603 — N.AM $40,600,000 — 12.9%
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan — CDN $11,386,270 — N.AM $90,504,000 — 12.6%
The Prestige — CDN $5,763,562 — N.AM $49,418,000 — 11.7%
Stranger Than Fiction — CDN $2,480,561 — N.AM $22,900,000 — 10.8%
The Departed — CDN $11,389,090 — N.AM $113,861,000 — 10.0%
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause — CDN $4,185,454 — N.AM $51,620,000 — 8.1%
Flushed Away — CDN $3,608,264 — N.AM $48,803,000 — 7.4%
Happy Feet — CDN $2,457,969 — N.AM $42,320,000 — 5.8%
A couple of discrepancies: The Queen and The Prestige were #8 and #9 on the Canadian chart, respectively (they were #11 and #13 in North America as a whole), while Saw III and After Dark’s Horror Fest: 8 Films to Die for were #8 and #10 on the North American chart, respectively.
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