Opening in only 837 theaters, Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," exploded into the No. 1 spot in ticket sales for the weekend with an estimated $26.4 million. It had a huge $31,511 in per-screen sales.
The Walt Disney Co.'s (DIS) "The Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause," came in second making around $20 million in its debut.
The Paramount Pictures' "Flushed Away," from its Dreamworks division scored the No. 3 spot for the weekend with a healthy $19.1 million take. It's an animated story about a mouse flushed down a toilet of a wealthy London apartment to encounter a tough group in the sewers of the city.
Here's the rest of the top ten for the weekend:
| 1 | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America ... | $26,375,000 |
| 2 | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | $20,000,000 |
| 3 | Flushed Away | $19,100,000 |
| 4 | Saw III | $15,500,000 |
| 5 | The Departed | $8,000,000 |
| 6 | The Prestige | $7,784,000 |
| 7 | Flags of Our Fathers | $4,500,000 |
| 8 | Man of the Year | $3,821,000 |
| 9 | Open Season | $3,100,000 |
| 10 | The Queen | $3,010,000 |
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