Weekend Box Office Estimates 11/3/06 - 11/5/06

Wow-ee-wow-we-wow! Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan surprised everyone by becoming this weekend's number one film with $26,375,000 on only 837 screens, MUCH higher than anticipated, and utterly wiped the floor with kiddie contenders The Santa Clause 3 and Flushed Away - making it pretty much a bona-fide phenomenon. Also, The Queen continues to play well in limited release, entering the top ten for the first time. Here are this weekend's top ten studio estimates according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Borat - $26,375,000
2. The Santa Clause 3 - $20,000,000
3. Flushed Away - $19,100,000
4. Saw III - $15,500,000
5. The Departed - $8,000,000
6. The Prestige - $7,784,000
7. Flags of Our Fathers - $4,500,000
8. Man of the Year - $3,821,000
9. Open Season - $3,100,000
10. The Queen - $3,010,000

Final totals will be available on Monday.

See the full list here.