By the numbers

Industry total

*--* Movie 3-day gross Total (mill.) Venues Avgvenue Weeks

1Happy Feet $41.5 $41.5 3,804 $10,918 1 (Warner Bros.)

2Casino Royale 40.8 40.8 3,434 11,891 1 (Sony)

3Borat (20th 14.6 90.8 2,611 5,593 3 Century Fox)

4The Santa 8.3 51.7 3,359 2,472 3 Clause 3 (Walt Disney)

5Stranger Than 6.6 22.9 2,270 2,910 2 Fiction (Sony)

6Flushed Away 6.6 48.6 3,307 1,995 3 (DreamWorks Animation/Param ount)

7Saw III (Lions 2.9 75.0 1,942 1,502 4 Gate)

8Babel 2.9 12.0 1,251 2,322 4 (Paramount Vantage)

9The Departed 2.6 113.8 1,611 1,605 7 (Warner Bros.)

10Let’s Go to 2.2 2.2 1,495 1,485 1 Prison (Universal)

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*--* 3-day gross Change Year-to-date gross Change (in millions) from 2005 (in billions) from 2005 $145.0 -19.7% $8.18 +6.0%

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Note: A movie may be shown on more than one screen at each venue.

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.