James Bond Beaten by Dancing Penguins

Posted on November 20, 2006

Happy Feet, which stars lots of dancing animated penguins, was tops at the box office this past weekend, beating out Casino Royale. Happy Feet made $41,533,432 at 3,804 theaters, with a per theater average of $10,918.

Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig came in second with $40,833,156 at 3,434 theaters, for a per theater gross of $11,890. In third place was Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, which made $14,602,874. The film so far has made $90,757,366. In fourth place was The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause with $8,302,661 and in fifth place was Will Ferrell's Stranger Than Ficiton with $6,605,197.

So, why did dancing penguins beat James Bond at the box office? We're not sure, because Casino Royale is a great, very entertaining movie. And Daniel Craig makes Bond his own. At the theater we were at on Friday, we saw hordes of harassed-looking parents toting screaming children to see Happy Feet. Maybe they were more interested in entertaining the kids than in seeing an action flick.

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