"High Five!" Borat shocks it's way to #1!

Borat has nothing to fear this week, his movie is #1 in all the US & A.

Yes, there is justice in the world of Hollywood on occasions. Despite showing on only a fourth as many screens as The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, Borat still beat out the final installment of the kiddie trilogy by a solid $6.4M margin. Posting a mightily impressive $31,511 per-screen average, it'll be intersting to see how the movie does as it begins to be released in more theatres and also gains the ever-valuable word of mouth publicity. As if that isn't enough, Sascha Baron Cohen's brainchild film has made it's way to #167 on IMDB's top 250 movies already. As Borat would say, "NICE!"

Full weekend results posted below:

Movie             Revenue   Screens  Wks  Average/  Pct     Total
             (Millions)                 Screen    Chg      Mln
1. Borat          $26.4     837      1   $31,511    --      $26.4
2. Santa Clause 3  20.0     3,458    1     5,784    --       20.0
3. Flushed Away    19.1     3,707    1     5,152    --       19.1
4. Saw III         15.5     3,167    2     4,894    -54      60.1
5. The Departed     8.0     2,785    5     2,873    -19     102.3
6. The Prestige     7.8     2,305    3     3,377    -19      39.4
7. Flags/Father     4.5     2,375    3     1,895    -29      26.6
8. Man Of The Year  3.8     2,388    4     1,600    -19      34.0
9. Open Season      3.1     2,458    6     1,261    -47      81.4
10. The Queen       3.0     387      6     7,778     58      10.1