Box Office Round-Up
November 29th, 2006 in Box Office, Movies
Dancing penguins continued to tap dance their way to the top of the box office. “Happy Feet” was the winner of the Thanksgiving festivities, paying back its $100 million production budget in just two weeks, according to Box Office Mojo. The penguin’s chief competitor, the penguin-suited James Bond, still trailed just moments behind “Happy Feet” with a $31 million gross putting it at $94 million. While the super-spy has a little bit longer way to go to breaking its $150 million production budget, there’s little doubt Daniel Craig’s first outing was a critical success.
Tony Scott’s “Deja Vu” was a distant memory to the top two, however, at just over $20 million. And with the exception of the snow in “Happy Feet”, audiences seem unwilling to choke down the holiday season just yet - at least in the comedy department, with “Deck the Halls” opening with $12 million. Even further back, Darren Aronofsky’s long-awaited opened with $5.4 million next to Jack Black’s “Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny”, with $3.1 million.
The bottom rounded out with the mockumentary “For Your Consideration”, which just $2 million.
Next week sees the “The Nativity Story” opening alongside the Reynold-less “Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj” (okay, he makes a cameo) and the horror-thriller “Turistas”.
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