For the third week in a row, "Happy Feet" and "Casino Royale" finished No. 1 and No. 2 in the weekend box office race.
The family animation story "Happy Feet" stayed at No. 1, taking in another estimated $17 million. Its total now has reached a hefty $121 million domestically.
"Casino Royale" came in right behind "Happy Feet," garnering another $15 million, to give it a total of $115.9 million in the U.S. market. It is estimated that they will probably end up with an international total that will surge past the current "Bond" record of $432 million that has stood since "Die Another Day" did that. It's over $300 million as of this weekend.
For the second-straight week, "Deja Vu" stayed in third place with an estimated $11 million, making the total for its first 10 days $44.1 million.
The top ten for the weekend were:
| 1 | Happy Feet | $17,045,000 |
| 2 | Casino Royale | $15,100,000 |
| 3 | Deja Vu | $11,032,000 |
| 4 | The Nativity Story | $8,025,000 |
| 5 | Deck the Halls | $6,650,000 |
| 6 | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | $5,006,000 |
| 7 | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America | $4,825,000 |
| 8 | Turistas | $3,540,000 |
| 9 | Stranger Than Fiction | $3,400,000 |
| 10 | National Lampoon's Van Wilder: | $2,295,000 |
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