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.
Zombieland — CDN $8,530,000 — N.AM $71,181,556 — 12.0%
Law Abiding Citizen — CDN $6,150,000 — N.AM $51,485,280 — 11.9%
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs — CDN $12,700,000 — N.AM $118,604,078 — 10.7%
Astro Boy — CDN $1,120,000 — N.AM $11,316,418 — 9.9%
Couples Retreat — CDN $8,580,000 — N.AM $87,026,280 — 9.9%
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant — CDN $897,829 — N.AM $10,809,975 — 8.3%
Michael Jackson’s This Is It — CDN $2,840,000 — N.AM $34,442,926 — 8.2%
Saw VI — CDN $1,730,000 — N.AM $22,534,749 — 7.7%
Where the Wild Things Are — CDN $4,030,000 — N.AM $62,650,379 — 6.4%
Paranormal Activity — CDN $3,460,000 — N.AM $84,627,372 — 4.1%
A couple of discrepancies: Zombieland and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs were #8 and #9 on the Canadian chart, respectively (they were #12 and #11 on the North American chart), while The Stepfather and Amelia were #8 and #10 on the North American chart, respectively (they were #11 and #12 in Canada).
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