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.
Casino Royale — CDN $19,742,555 — N.AM $143,669,000 — 13.7%
Blood Diamond — CDN $2,845,934 — N.AM $25,043,000 — 11.4%
The Holiday — CDN $3,961,399 — N.AM $35,093,000 — 11.3%
Rocky Balboa — CDN $1,698,412 — N.AM $22,233,000 — 7.6%
Eragon — CDN $2,487,423 — N.AM $37,645,000 — 6.6%
Happy Feet — CDN $10,293,910 — N.AM $159,101,000 — 6.5%
The Pursuit of Happyness — CDN $3,430,802 — N.AM $53,287,000 — 6.4%
Charlotte’s Web — CDN $1,532,395 — N.AM $26,809,000 — 5.7%
The Good Shepherd — CDN $557,994 — N.AM $9,979,000 — 5.6%
Night at the Museum — CDN $1,279,109 — N.AM $30,800,000 — 4.2%
A couple of discrepancies: Casino Royale and Blood Diamond were #4 and #10 on the Canadian chart, respectively (they were #11 and #12 in North America as a whole), while We Are Marshall and The Nativity Story were #7 and #10 on the North American chart, respectively.
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