US Box Office
A certain secret agent didn’t have to battle super villains at the box office, but had to face an army of… Penguins. Happy Feet proved to be the winner, with $42.3 million, ahead of a very satisfactory opening for the first Bond to be distributed by Sony (instead of the previous tradition of MGM releasing it), with $40.6 million. At three, Borat is finally showing signs of fatigue, dropping some 46% to $14.3 million, but with a healthy $90.5 cume. The Santa Clause 3 and Flushed Away round out the top five with resp. $8.2 million and $6.8 million.