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.
Away from Her — CDN $584,025 — N.AM $2,401,000 — 24.3%
Georgia Rule — CDN $2,100,000 — N.AM $16,281,000 — 12.9%
Fracture — CDN $4,670,000 — N.AM $36,604,000 — 12.8%
Spider-Man 3 — CDN $30,700,000 — N.AM $303,342,000 — 10.1%
28 Weeks Later — CDN $2,380,000 — N.AM $23,706,000 — 10.0%
Shrek the Third — CDN $18,480,000 — N.AM $201,380,000 — 9.2%
The Invisible — CDN $1,430,000 — N.AM $18,712,000 — 7.6%
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End — CDN $8,690,000 — N.AM $129,057,000 — 6.7%
Waitress — CDN $214,883 — N.AM $5,592,000 — 3.8%
A couple of discrepancies: The Canadian figure for Spider-Man 3 combines the regular release ($28,600,000), which came in at #3, with the IMAX release ($2,100,000), which came in at #6 — so I do not know what film would have been #10 in Canada if those figures had been combined. I believe the American figure for Spider-Man 3 has already combined the regular and IMAX revenues. Away from Her and The Invisible were #8 and #10 on the Canadian chart, respectively (they were #11 and #12 in North America as a whole), while Bug, Disturbia and Wild Hogs were #4, #8 and #9 on the North American chart, respectively.
MAY 29 UPDATE: The Canadian Press has figures for the four-day American holiday weekend, and has only one figure for Spider-Man 3. It also reports that Disturbia was #9 in Canada, while The Invisible was #10. The CP gives weekend figures only, and not the cumes, so I don’t have enough info to revise my list.
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