NEWS | Penguins Beat Bond!!

Despite an impressive debut as 007, Daniel Craig's Casino Royale only managed to finish in second place over its first weekend of release, as Happy Feet - that's right, the latest "animated animal" movie - scored over US$42M in receipts, and nabbed the #1 spot. Some insiders are claiming that the two films will switch positions when the "official numbers" are released on Monday, but I guess we'll have to wait and see for that. For now, the latest Bond film also dropped from its previous series release, Die Another Day, which opened with US$47M, and ended up making US$161M.

Pierce Brosnan's debut as Bond back in 1999, The World Is Not Enough, managed to score about US$36M. That said, the word on the street on the latest Bond flick is stupendous (although everyone seems to agree that it's a little "too long" for its own good), so we'll see what happens over the coming weeks.

Kiwis of course, will have to wait till after Christmas to check out the new Bond.