<I>Happy Feet</I> Numbers Make Warner Bros. Feel Warm and Fuzzy

Digital penguins edge Bond for top spot over long weekend.

The producers of Happy Feet had plenty to be thankful for over Thanksgiving weekend, particularly the $51.5 million dollars it raked in, and edging Agent 007 himself for the #1 spot. Casino Royale, the latest James Bond flick, was absolutely no slouch making $45 million and a worldwide gross approaching record numbers. Both movies actually made the all-time Thanksgiving-weekend top five, but those undeniably cute digital penguins rule the roost for the second straight week. Rounding out the long-weekend top five were Dej? Vu ($29 million), a Denzel Washington action/thriller, Deck the Halls ($16.8 million), destroyed by critics, and Borat ($15.4 million), bringing Sacha Baron Cohen's vision up and over the $100 million threshold. It was disappointment for Jack Black and makers of Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny, as the film opened in 11th place with a $5.1 million take. The word is that the film had no penguins, leading to its bitter weekend.

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