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Add the andPOP Facebook Application(andPOP) - Borat opened in about 800 screens. Santa Claus 3 was screened in four times that amount. So who came out on top of the weekend box office?
Borat is No. 1 in the U.S. and North America, selling out theatre after theatre, earning $26.4 million in its opening week. Wa wa wee wa!
"The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" came in second with $20 million in receipts.
The cartoon "Flushed Away" opened at No. 3 with $19.1 million.
Here is the top 10 highest-grossing movies of the weekend:
1. "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," $26.4 million.
2. "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause," $20 million.
3. "Flushed Away," $19.1 million.
4. "Saw III," $15.5 million.
5. "The Departed," $8 million.
6. "The Prestige," $7.8 million.
7. "Flags of Our Fathers," $4.5 million.
8. "Man of the Year," $3.8 million.
9. "Open Season," $3.1 million.
10. "The Queen," $3 million.
