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Borat continues glorious run at the box-office, beats out all the newcomers.
Borat continued to dominate the American theaters this weekend, pulling in another $29 million to maintain the number one spot tit earned a week ago. After ten days, the Sacha Baron Cohan inspired Kazakhstani has pulled in $67.8 million. Initially distributed to just 837 theaters, the demand for Borat brought it to 2,566 theaters over the weekend.
Following in the footsteps of Borat were a familiar pair. The Santa Clause 3 and Flushed Away took the two and three spot behind Borat. The Santa Clause 3 took in another $16.9 million in its second week while the Paramount-DreamWorks animated flick Flushed Away brought in $16.7 million.
It was a rude welcoming for the newcomers at the box-office. The Will Farrell comedy Stranger Than Fiction could only manage $14.1 million to grab the fourth spot. After a wider release, the Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett drama Babel took in $5.65 million to finish sixth at the box-office. The Return, starring Sara Michelle Geller, suffered through ha $4.8 million weekend to finish in the eighth spot and Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott couldn’t convince anybody to spend their money on A Good Year, it only managed $3.8 million.
1. "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," $29 million.
2. "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause," $16.9 million.
3. "Flushed Away," $16.7 million.
4. "Stranger Than Fiction," $14.1 million.
5. "Saw III," $6.6 million.
6. "Babel," $5.65 million.
7. "The Departed," $5.2 million.
8. "The Return," $4.8 million.
9. "The Prestige," $4.6 million.
10. "A Good Year," $3.8 million.
