DreamWorks/Aardman’s Flushed Away opens today in 3,707 theatres, according to Box Office Mojo counts. The film is doing well with the critics, garnering a 76% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer. Bruce Newman of the San Jose Mercury News says the film is an “adventure that – in both its breathtaking ingenuity and breathless excitement – exceeds Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Run“, while Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter thinks “Aardman has turned out a gloriously droll comic adventure that combines British wit with Yankee exuberance”. On the flip side of the coin, David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews believes “the almost total lack of substance ensures that most viewers will have an awfully hard time finding much here to embrace”, with Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune adding that “after the fourth electrocution gag, the 10th smack in the face and the 12th assault on a wee rodent crotch, we could all use something quiet”. Box Office Mojo projects a 3rd place finish for the opening weekend with $15.3 million.