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Synopsis

Happy Feet is set deep in Antarctica. Into the land of Emperor Penguins, where each needs a heart song to attract a soul mate, a penguin is born who cannot sing. Our hero Mumble, son of Memphis and Norma Jean, is the worst singer in the world. However, as it happens, he is a brilliant tap dancer!

The Numbers' Movie Spotlight - Happy Feet

It takes just one look at this year's list of digitally animated films to realize two things. One, there have been far too many of them. And two, far too few of them have been major hits. Only one such film has reached $200 million, and only two others have topped $100 million. In the end, ticket sales for digitally animated films in 2006 might not top those for 2004, despite having more than three times as many releases in theaters.

That's not an encouraging sign for the release of Happy Feet this weekend, but the penguin pic has a couple of things working in its favor. First, it's being released at just about the perfect time for a family movie. Second, it has penguins in it. We'll take a look at what this is likely to add up to at the box office.

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Cast

Elijah Wood		Mumble
Robin Williams		Ramone/Lovelace
Brittany Murphy		Gloria
Hugh Jackman		Memphis
Nicole Kidman		Norma Jean
Hugo Weaving		Noah
Anthony LaPaglia		Boss Skua
Elizabeth Daily		Young Mumbles
Magda Szubanski		Miss Viola
Steve Irwin		Kev
Miriam Margolyes		Mrs. Astrakhan

External Links

IMDb	Complete cast details, plot summary, reviews etc.
Official Website	Official movie home page
StarPulse	Visit Starpulse.com for more info on Happy Feet
ComingSoon.net	Movie trailers, release date news

Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
11/17/2006	1		$41,533,432		3,804	$10,918	$41,533,432	3
11/24/2006	1		$37,038,046	-10.82%	3,804	$9,737	$99,256,766	10
12/1/2006	1		$17,545,418	-52.63%	3,804	$4,612	$121,501,018	17
12/8/2006	2		$12,904,413	-26.45%	3,650	$3,535	$137,932,841	24
12/15/2006	4		$8,358,421	-35.23%	3,335	$2,506	$149,244,791	31
12/22/2006	8		$5,163,474	-38.22%	2,565	$2,013	$159,119,637	38
12/29/2006	9		$7,650,181	+48.16%	2,565	$2,983	$175,967,627	45
1/5/2007	13		$4,004,462	-47.66%	2,212	$1,810	$185,414,182	52
1/12/2007	18		$2,023,238	-49.48%	1,451	$1,394	$188,209,088	59
1/19/2007	22		$1,308,288	-35.34%	1,004	$1,303	$190,695,949	66
1/26/2007	25		$920,214	-29.66%	650	$1,416	$191,927,188	73
2/2/2007	25		$591,291	-35.74%	575	$1,028	$192,708,687	80
2/9/2007	25		$533,160	-9.83%	483	$1,104	$193,383,272	87
2/16/2007	32		$289,956	-45.62%	305	$951	$193,800,551	94
2/23/2007	31		$221,523	-23.60%	230	$963	$194,254,584	101
3/2/2007	23		$466,309	+110.50%	621	$751	$194,776,258	108
3/9/2007	21		$622,496	+33.49%	550	$1,132	$195,551,539	115
3/16/2007	19		$616,334	-0.99%	490	$1,258	$196,561,994	122
3/23/2007	23		$395,313	-35.86%	405	$976	$197,207,309	129
3/30/2007	26		$201,559	-49.01%	294	$686	$197,560,897	136
4/6/2007	36		$111,559	-44.65%	224	$498	$197,756,995	143
4/13/2007	49		$55,605	-50.16%	141	$394	$197,865,227	150
4/20/2007	60		$22,680	-59.21%	74	$306	$197,902,748	157
4/27/2007	55		$30,095	+32.69%	93	$324	$197,961,083	164
5/4/2007	58		$21,412	-28.85%	79	$271	$197,992,827	171

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
11/17/2006	2		$12,257,221		3,804	$3,222	$12,257,221	1
11/18/2006	1		$17,128,133	+39.74%	3,804	$4,503	$29,385,354	2
11/19/2006	1		$12,148,078	-29.08%	3,804	$3,194	$41,533,432	3
11/20/2006	2		$3,022,447	-75.12%	3,804	$795	$44,555,879	4
11/21/2006	2		$4,015,369	+32.85%	3,804	$1,056	$48,571,248	5
11/22/2006	1		$7,462,263	+85.84%	3,804	$1,962	$56,033,511	6
11/23/2006	2		$6,145,209	-17.65%	3,804	$1,615	$62,178,720	7
11/24/2006	1		$15,322,279	+149.34%	3,804	$4,028	$77,500,999	8
11/25/2006	1		$13,928,362	-9.10%	3,804	$3,662	$91,429,361	9
11/26/2006	1		$7,787,405	-44.09%	3,804	$2,047	$99,256,766	10
11/27/2006	2		$1,354,303	-82.61%	3,804	$356	$100,611,069	11
11/28/2006	2		$1,183,406	-12.62%	3,804	$311	$101,794,475	12
11/29/2006	2		$1,077,997	-8.91%	3,804	$283	$102,872,472	13
11/30/2006	2		$1,083,128	+0.48%	3,804	$285	$103,955,600	14
12/1/2006	2		$4,303,229	+297.30%	3,804	$1,131	$108,258,829	15
12/2/2006	1		$8,227,390	+91.19%	3,804	$2,163	$116,486,219	16
12/3/2006	1		$5,014,799	-39.05%	3,804	$1,318	$121,501,018	17
12/4/2006	2		$827,296	-83.50%	3,804	$217	$122,328,314	18
12/5/2006	2		$884,442	+6.91%	3,804	$233	$123,212,756	19
12/6/2006	2		$887,357	+0.33%	3,804	$233	$124,100,113	20
12/7/2006	2		$928,315	+4.62%	3,804	$244	$125,028,428	21
12/8/2006	3		$3,084,512	+232.27%	3,650	$845	$128,112,940	22
12/9/2006	1		$6,009,551	+94.83%	3,650	$1,646	$134,122,491	23
12/10/2006	2		$3,810,350	-36.60%	3,650	$1,044	$137,932,841	24
12/11/2006	4		$679,380	-82.17%	3,650	$186	$138,612,221	25
12/12/2006	4		$732,393	+7.80%	3,650	$201	$139,344,614	26
12/13/2006	4		$752,335	+2.72%	3,650	$206	$140,096,949	27
12/14/2006	4		$789,421	+4.93%	3,650	$216	$140,886,370	28
12/15/2006	6		$2,094,152	+165.28%	3,335	$628	$142,980,522	29
12/16/2006	4		$3,709,220	+77.12%	3,335	$1,112	$146,689,742	30
12/17/2006	5		$2,555,049	-31.12%	3,335	$766	$149,244,791	31
12/18/2006	5		$926,426	-63.74%	3,335	$278	$150,171,217	32
12/19/2006	5		$1,046,298	+12.94%	3,335	$314	$151,217,515	33
12/20/2006	6		$1,193,432	+14.06%	3,335	$358	$152,410,947	34
12/21/2006	5		$1,545,216	+29.48%	3,335	$463	$153,956,163	35
12/22/2006	8		$1,800,000	+16.49%	2,565	$702	$155,800,000	36
12/23/2006	8		$2,200,000	+22.22%	2,565	$858	$158,000,000	37
12/24/2006	5		$1,600,000	-27.27%	2,565	$624	$159,600,000	38
12/25/2006	14		$1,402,273	-12.36%	2,565	$547	$160,521,910	39
12/26/2006	9		$2,460,206	+75.44%	2,565	$959	$162,982,116	40
12/27/2006	8		$2,634,217	+7.07%	2,565	$1,027	$165,616,333	41
12/28/2006	7		$2,701,113	+2.54%	2,565	$1,053	$168,317,446	42
12/29/2006	9		$2,863,406	+6.01%	2,565	$1,116	$171,180,852	43
12/30/2006	9		$2,818,039	-1.58%	2,565	$1,099	$173,998,891	44
12/31/2006	9		$1,968,736	-30.14%	2,565	$768	$175,967,627	45
1/1/2007	8		$2,358,270	+19.79%	2,565	$919	$178,325,897	46
1/2/2007	8		$1,344,238	-43.00%	2,565	$524	$179,670,135	47
1/3/2007	8		$901,272	-32.95%	2,565	$351	$180,571,407	48
1/4/2007	8		$838,313	-6.99%	2,565	$327	$181,409,720	49
1/15/2007	11		$843,014		1,451	$581	$189,052,102	60
1/19/2007	26		$190,000		1,004	$189	$189,580,000	64
2/19/2007	21		$120,421		305	$395	$193,920,972	95

Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross
2006-11-23	2		$63,405,603		4,023	$15,761	$63,405,603
2006-11-30	2		$45,813,076	-27.75%	4,611	$9,936	$109,219,090
2006-12-07	4		$35,105,303	-23.37%	6,463	$5,432	$144,324,393
2006-12-14	2		$42,640,093	+21.46%	8,923	$4,779	$186,964,486
2006-12-21	4		$34,400,393	-19.32%	8,650	$3,977	$221,364,879
2006-12-28	4		$42,232,052	+22.77%	8,121	$5,200	$263,596,931
2007-01-04	3		$44,289,790	+4.87%	8,337	$5,312	$307,886,721
2007-01-11	4		$22,650,951	-48.86%	7,487	$3,025	$330,537,672
2007-01-18	10		$12,520,500	-44.72%	5,567	$2,249	$343,058,172
2007-01-25	17		$7,066,686	-43.56%	4,166	$1,696	$350,124,858
2007-02-01	19		$6,305,883	-10.77%	1,925	$3,276	$356,430,741
2007-02-08	25		$3,604,729	-42.84%	2,776	$1,299	$360,035,470
2007-02-15	38		$1,890,754	-47.55%	2,179	$868	$361,926,224
2007-03-22	15		$5,080,518	+168.70%	1,361	$3,733	$373,578,620
2007-03-29	22		$3,880,195	-23.63%	1,230	$3,155	$377,458,815
2007-04-05	38		$1,602,869	-58.69%	952	$1,684	$379,061,684

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