Tap-dancing into 3,804 theaters this weekend is Happy Feet, from Warner Bros. Pictures. Thus far, the computer-animated adventure is finding some of the best reviews of the year for an animated feature. For instance, its status at Rotten Tomatoes is easily “fresh” with 79%, as the site’s “Cream of the Crop” section awards a healthy 86% rating. Likewise, Happy Feet is showered with praise at Metacritic, where a score of 76 rests. With the positive word of mouth, how will the film do at the box office? Box Office Guru projects a first-place finish with $40 million, close to the Lee’s Movie Info guess of $43.6 million. Box Office Report aims a little higher in its prediction, however, estimating a weekend gross of $48 million. All three sites agree, though, that Happy Feet should finish the weekend at #1, even against the latest Bond undertaking, Casino Royale.
Happy Feet opens