News for Dec. 12, 2005

"Narnia" Gets Lion's Share of B.O.

12/12/05, 1:04 pm EST - Xoanon

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe tallied $67.1 million over from Friday to Sunday to score the second-biggest December weekend opening ever. The PG-rated Disney adaptation of C.S. Lewis' classic fable of four British kids, their magic closet and the coolest talking lion this side of Simba unspooled in 3,616 theaters, averaging a whopping $18,546 per site. The epic tale took the lion's share--57 percent--of ticket sales, according to estimates from Exhibitor Relations. [More]