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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.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The Golden Compass<\/i> \u2014 CDN $2,670,000 \u2014 N.AM $25,783,232 \u2014 10.4%
Awake<\/i> \u2014 CDN $1,020,000 \u2014 N.AM $10,743,207 \u2014 9.5%
American Gangster<\/i> \u2014 CDN $11,420,000 \u2014 N.AM $125,553,670 \u2014 9.1%
No Country for Old Men<\/i> \u2014 CDN $2,520,000 \u2014 N.AM $28,744,592 \u2014 8.8%
Beowulf<\/i> \u2014 CDN $6,720,000 \u2014 N.AM $76,119,822 \u2014 8.8%
Hitman<\/i> \u2014 CDN $3,130,000 \u2014 N.AM $35,822,721 \u2014 8.7%<\/span>
Bee Movie<\/i> \u2014 CDN $10,230,000 \u2014 N.AM $121,021,546 \u2014 8.5%
Fred Claus<\/i> \u2014 CDN $4,590,000 \u2014 N.AM $65,536,922 \u2014 7.0%
Enchanted<\/i> \u2014 CDN $5,850,000 \u2014 N.AM $83,868,421 \u2014 7.0%
August Rush<\/i> \u2014 CDN $1,600,000 \u2014 N.AM $25,133,572 \u2014 6.4%<\/span><\/p>\n

A couple of discrepancies: Bee Movie<\/i> and American Gangster<\/i> were #8 and #9 on the Canadian chart, respectively (they were #11 and #12 in North America as a whole), while This Christmas<\/i> and The Mist<\/i> were #3 and #10 on the North American chart, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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