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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

Piranha 3D<\/i> \u2014 CDN $2,650,000 \u2014 N.AM $18,266,889 \u2014 14.5%
The Switch<\/i> \u2014 CDN $2,130,000 \u2014 N.AM $16,410,009 \u2014 12.9%
Eat Pray Love<\/i> \u2014 CDN $7,610,000 \u2014 N.AM $60,531,326 \u2014 12.6%
The Expendables<\/i> \u2014 CDN $9,720,000 \u2014 N.AM $82,040,183 \u2014 11.8%
Nanny McPhee Returns<\/i> \u2014 CDN $1,860,000 \u2014 N.AM $16,991,285 \u2014 10.9%
Inception<\/i> \u2014 CDN $29,570,000 \u2014 N.AM $270,519,920 \u2014 10.9%<\/span>
Vampires Suck<\/i> \u2014 CDN $2,760,000 \u2014 N.AM $27,834,256 \u2014 9.9%
The Other Guys<\/i> \u2014 CDN $9,090,000 \u2014 N.AM $99,018,172 \u2014 9.2%<\/span>
The Last Exorcism<\/i> \u2014 CDN $1,210,000 \u2014 N.AM $20,366,613 \u2014 5.9%
Takers<\/i> \u2014 CDN $829,748 \u2014 N.AM $20,512,304 \u2014 4.0%<\/span><\/p>\n

And here are the figures for the previous<\/i> 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

Step Up 3D<\/i> \u2014 CDN $6,230,000 \u2014 N.AM $36,868,951 \u2014 16.9%
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World<\/i> \u2014 CDN $2,550,000 \u2014 N.AM $20,898,255 \u2014 12.2%
Piranha 3D<\/i> \u2014 CDN $1,230,000 \u2014 N.AM $10,106,872 \u2014 12.2%
Eat Pray Love<\/i> \u2014 CDN $5,480,000 \u2014 N.AM $47,214,078 \u2014 11.6%
The Expendables<\/i> \u2014 CDN $7,270,000 \u2014 N.AM $65,357,117 \u2014 11.1%
Inception<\/i> \u2014 CDN $28,290,000 \u2014 N.AM $262,031,594 \u2014 10.8%
The Switch<\/i> \u2014 CDN $910,475 \u2014 N.AM $8,436,713 \u2014 10.8%<\/span>
Nanny McPhee Returns<\/i> \u2014 CDN $794,544 \u2014 N.AM $8,407,685 \u2014 9.5%
The Other Guys<\/i> \u2014 CDN $7,770,000 \u2014 N.AM $88,253,482 \u2014 8.8%<\/span>
Vampires Suck<\/i> \u2014 CDN $1,470,000 \u2014 N.AM $18,566,733 \u2014 7.9%<\/span><\/p>\n

A couple of discrepancies: Step Up 3D<\/a><\/i> was #10 on the Canadian chart (it was #14 in North America as a whole), while Lottery Ticket<\/a><\/i> was #4 on the North American chart (it was #17 in Canada).<\/span><\/p>\n

And here are the figures for the weekend before that<\/i>, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest.<\/p>\n

Step Up 3D<\/i> \u2014 CDN $4,540,000 \u2014 N.AM $29,844,422 \u2014 15.2%
Salt<\/i> \u2014 CDN $12,210,000 \u2014 N.AM $103,438,273 \u2014 11.8%<\/span>
Inception<\/i> \u2014 CDN $26,340,000 \u2014 N.AM $248,469,482 \u2014 10.6%
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore<\/i> \u2014 CDN $3,710,000 \u2014 N.AM $35,218,937 \u2014 10.5%
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World<\/i> \u2014 CDN $1,050,000 \u2014 N.AM $10,609,795 \u2014 9.9%
Dinner for Schmucks<\/i> \u2014 CDN $5,800,000 \u2014 N.AM $58,785,547 \u2014 9.9%
Eat Pray Love<\/i> \u2014 CDN $2,140,000 \u2014 N.AM $23,104,523 \u2014 9.3%
The Expendables<\/i> \u2014 CDN $3,140,000 \u2014 N.AM $34,825,135 \u2014 9.0%<\/span>
The Other Guys<\/i> \u2014 CDN $5,760,000 \u2014 N.AM $69,951,822 \u2014 8.2%
Despicable Me<\/i> \u2014 CDN $18,120,000 \u2014 N.AM $222,197,390 \u2014 8.2%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"