Despite a much laterrelease than in most international territories, Shark Tale proved anearly Christmas success in Romania when it opened with 12,500 admissions lastweek on just five prints.

Shark Tale opened a line of animation releases at theRomanian cinemas and will be followed by Pinocchio 3000 on December 17and Polar Express a week later.

Last week's othernew release, director Jeff Nathanson's crime-comedy The Last Shot withAlec Baldwin and Matthew Broderick couldn't even come near Shark Tale'sperformance and closed the weekend with just over 300 admissions on its singleprint.