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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

The Ugly Truth<\/i> \u2014 CDN $10,710,000 \u2014 N.AM $77,450,118 \u2014 13.8%<\/span>
Funny People<\/i> \u2014 CDN $4,910,000 \u2014 N.AM $47,910,620 \u2014 10.2%
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince<\/i> \u2014 CDN $28,470,000 \u2014 N.AM $283,879,025 \u2014 10.0%
District 9<\/i> \u2014 CDN $3,540,000 \u2014 N.AM $37,354,308 \u2014 9.5%
A Perfect Getaway<\/i> \u2014 CDN $1,080,000 \u2014 N.AM $11,560,335 \u2014 9.3%
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard<\/i> \u2014 CDN $505,556 \u2014 N.AM $5,642,137 \u2014 9.0%
The Time Traveler\u2019s Wife<\/i> \u2014 CDN $1,660,000 \u2014 N.AM $18,623,171 \u2014 8.9%<\/span>
G-Force<\/i> \u2014 CDN $8,320,000 \u2014 N.AM $99,056,616 \u2014 8.4%
Julie & Julia<\/i> \u2014 CDN $3,350,000 \u2014 N.AM $43,340,386 \u2014 7.7%
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra<\/i> \u2014 CDN $7,400,000 \u2014 N.AM $98,577,529 \u2014 7.5%<\/span><\/p>\n

A couple of discrepancies: A Perfect Getaway<\/a><\/i> was #10 on the Canadian chart (it was #12 in North America as a whole), while Ponyo<\/a><\/i> was #9 on the North American chart (it was #12 in Canada).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"