Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800)	709	$109,449,237
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 701-800)	777	$184,065,945
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 401-500)	464	$109,449,237
Top 2005 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	19	$109,449,237
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 301-400)	308	$109,449,237
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 401-500)	487	$109,449,237
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 201-300)	246	$109,449,237
All Time Domestic Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	24	$109,449,237
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200)	134	$109,449,237
All Time Domestic Box Office for Universal Movies (Rank 101-200)	108	$109,449,237

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Aug 19, 2005	1	$21,422,815		2,845	$7,530	$21,422,815	1
Aug 26, 2005	1	$16,275,895	-24%	2,868	$5,675	$48,567,975	2
Sep 2, 2005	2	$13,301,085	-18%	2,901	$4,585	$68,651,840	3
Sep 9, 2005	2	$7,717,530	-42%	2,974	$2,595	$82,126,560	4
Sep 16, 2005	4	$5,967,005	-23%	3,006	$1,985	$90,726,553	5
Sep 23, 2005	7	$4,310,270	-28%	2,581	$1,670	$96,944,308	6
Sep 30, 2005	10	$3,120,045	-28%	2,152	$1,450	$101,405,778	7
Oct 7, 2005	14	$1,867,805	-40%	1,132	$1,650	$104,350,468	8
Oct 14, 2005	17	$1,025,870	-45%	725	$1,415	$106,038,403	9
Oct 21, 2005	19	$623,715	-39%	462	$1,350	$107,010,258	10
Oct 28, 2005	27	$302,680	-51%	322	$940	$107,511,573	11
Nov 4, 2005	24	$303,460	n/c	305	$995	$107,942,363	12
Nov 11, 2005	26	$282,150	-7%	285	$990	$108,343,438	13
Nov 18, 2005	24	$200,655	-29%	254	$790	$108,636,583	14
Nov 25, 2005	29	$175,070	-13%	199	$880	$108,918,903	15
Dec 2, 2005	30	$119,560	-32%	196	$610	$109,089,208	16
Dec 9, 2005	31	$98,410	-18%	160	$615	$109,243,478	17

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Aug 19, 2005	1	$7,055,565			2,845	$2,480	$7,055,565	1
Aug 20, 2005	1	$7,994,450	+13%		2,845	$2,810	$15,050,015	2
Aug 21, 2005	1	$6,372,800	-20%		2,845	$2,240	$21,422,815	3
Aug 22, 2005	1	$3,015,700	-53%		2,845	$1,060	$24,438,515	4
Aug 23, 2005	1	$2,901,885	-4%		2,845	$1,020	$27,340,400	5
Aug 24, 2005	1	$2,604,555	-10%		2,845	$915	$29,944,955	6
Aug 25, 2005	1	$2,347,125	-10%		2,845	$825	$32,292,080	7
Aug 26, 2005	2	$4,846,915	+107%	-31%	2,870	$1,689	$37,138,995	8
Aug 27, 2005	1	$6,739,800	+39%	-16%	2,870	$2,348	$43,878,795	9
Aug 28, 2005	1	$4,689,180	-30%	-26%	2,870	$1,634	$48,567,975	10
Aug 29, 2005	1	$1,836,555	-61%	-39%	2,870	$640	$50,404,530	11
Aug 30, 2005	1	$1,906,445	+4%	-34%	2,868	$665	$52,310,975	12
Aug 31, 2005	1	$1,635,555	-14%	-37%	2,868	$570	$53,946,530	13
Sep 1, 2005	1	$1,404,225	-14%	-40%	2,868	$490	$55,350,755	14
Sep 2, 2005	2	$3,452,190	+146%	-29%	2,901	$1,190	$58,802,945	15
Sep 3, 2005	2	$4,859,175	+41%	-28%	2,901	$1,675	$63,662,120	16
Sep 4, 2005	2	$4,989,720	+3%	+6%	2,901	$1,720	$68,651,840	17
Sep 5, 2005	2	$3,234,615	-35%	+76%	2,901	$1,115	$71,886,455	18
Sep 6, 2005	2	$928,320	-71%	-51%	2,901	$320	$72,814,775	19
Sep 7, 2005	2	$839,995	-10%	-49%	2,901	$290	$73,654,770	20
Sep 8, 2005	2	$754,260	-10%	-46%	2,901	$260	$74,409,030	21
Sep 9, 2005	2	$2,453,550	+225%	-29%	2,975	$825	$76,862,580	22
Sep 10, 2005	2	$3,434,970	+40%	-29%	2,975	$1,155	$80,297,550	23
Sep 11, 2005	3	$1,829,010	-47%	-63%	2,975	$615	$82,126,560	24
Sep 12, 2005	2	$594,500	-67%	-82%	2,974	$200	$82,721,160	25
Sep 13, 2005	2	$684,020	+15%	-26%	2,974	$230	$83,405,380	26
Sep 14, 2005	2	$685,018	n/c	-18%	2,974	$230	$84,090,398	27
Sep 15, 2005	2	$669,150	-2%	-11%	2,974	$225	$84,759,548	28
Sep 16, 2005	4	$1,848,690	+176%	-25%	3,006	$615	$86,608,238	29
Sep 17, 2005	4	$2,765,520	+50%	-19%	3,006	$920	$89,373,758	30
Sep 18, 2005	4	$1,352,795	-51%	-26%	3,006	$450	$90,726,553	31
Sep 19, 2005	4	$435,870	-68%	-27%	3,006	$145	$91,162,423	32
Sep 20, 2005	4	$524,550	+20%	-23%	3,006	$175	$91,686,973	33
Sep 21, 2005	4	$466,105	-11%	-32%	3,006	$155	$92,153,078	34
Sep 22, 2005	4	$480,960	+3%	-28%	3,006	$160	$92,634,038	35
Sep 23, 2005	7	$1,291,555	+169%	-30%	2,581	$500	$93,925,593	36
Sep 24, 2005	7	$2,012,125	+56%	-27%	2,581	$780	$95,937,718	37
Sep 25, 2005	7	$1,006,590	-50%	-26%	2,581	$390	$96,944,308	38
Sep 26, 2005	7	$348,435	-65%	-20%	2,581	$135	$97,292,743	39
Sep 27, 2005	6	$355,000	+2%	-32%	2,581	$138	$97,648,000	40
Sep 28, 2005	6	$321,335	-9%	-31%	2,581	$125	$97,949,608	41
Sep 29, 2005	6	$336,125	+5%	-30%	2,581	$130	$98,285,733	42
Sep 30, 2005	10	$925,005	+175%	-28%	2,152	$430	$99,210,738	43
Oct 1, 2005	10	$1,463,360	+58%	-27%	2,152	$680	$100,674,098	44
Oct 2, 2005	10	$731,680	-50%	-27%	2,152	$340	$101,405,778	45
Oct 3, 2005	9	$247,480	-66%	-29%	2,152	$115	$101,653,258	46
Oct 4, 2005	9	$290,520	+17%	-18%	2,154	$135	$101,943,778	47
Oct 5, 2005	9	$259,125	-11%	-19%	2,154	$120	$102,202,903	48
Oct 6, 2005	8	$279,760	+8%	-17%	2,154	$130	$102,482,663	49
Oct 10, 2005	14	$220,740		-11%	1,132	$195	$104,571,208	53

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Aug 19, 2005	1	$32,292,080		2,845	$11,350	$32,292,080	1
Aug 26, 2005	1	$23,058,675	-29%	2,868	$8,040	$55,350,755	2
Sep 2, 2005	2	$19,058,275	-17%	2,901	$6,570	$74,409,030	3
Sep 9, 2005	2	$10,350,518	-46%	2,974	$3,480	$84,759,548	4
Sep 16, 2005	4	$7,874,490	-24%	3,006	$2,620	$92,634,038	5
Sep 23, 2005	7	$5,651,695	-28%	2,581	$2,190	$98,285,733	6
Sep 30, 2005	10	$4,196,930	-26%	2,152	$1,950	$102,482,663	7
Oct 7, 2005	14	$2,529,870	-40%	1,132	$2,235	$105,012,533	8
Oct 14, 2005	17	$1,374,010	-46%	725	$1,895	$106,386,543	9
Oct 21, 2005	22	$822,350	-40%	462	$1,780	$107,208,893	10
Oct 28, 2005	27	$430,010	-48%	322	$1,335	$107,638,903	11
Nov 4, 2005	23	$422,385	-2%	305	$1,385	$108,061,288	12
Nov 11, 2005	26	$374,640	-11%	285	$1,315	$108,435,928	13
Nov 18, 2005	28	$307,905	-18%	254	$1,212	$108,743,833	14
Nov 25, 2005	29	$225,815	-27%	199	$1,135	$108,969,648	15
Dec 2, 2005	29	$175,420	-22%	196	$895	$109,145,068	16

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,614	$66,827,602
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,157	$66,827,602
Top 2005 Movies at the International Box Office	39	$66,827,602
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 701-800)	751	$66,827,602
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,240	$66,827,602
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 601-700)	669	$66,827,602
All Time International Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	78	$66,827,602
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 301-400)	375	$66,827,602
All Time International Box Office for Universal Movies (Rank 101-200)	188	$66,827,602

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,078	$176,276,839
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 701-800)	742	$176,276,839
Top 2005 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	25	$176,276,839
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 401-500)	467	$176,276,839
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 701-800)	771	$176,276,839
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 301-400)	400	$176,276,839
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	44	$176,276,839
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300)	228	$176,276,839
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Universal Movies (Rank 101-200)	141	$176,276,839

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Feb 12, 2006	24	79,703		871,206	$1,443,995	$15,735,535	9
Feb 19, 2006	18	76,423	-4%	947,629	$1,386,779	$17,122,314	10
May 28, 2006	17	86,699		1,194,558	$1,126,220	$21,177,732	24
Jun 4, 2006	22	44,955	-48%	1,239,513	$583,965	$21,761,697	25
Apr 19, 2009	23	46,534		1,711,093	$474,456	$27,367,638	175

2008 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I

December 3rd, 2008

Thanksgiving is over and that can only mean on thing, Christmas shopping! And that means it is time for our annual Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will look at some of the recent releases, as well as some soon to be released Blu-ray films. More...

DVD Releases for September 30, 2008

September 30th, 2008

A much smaller list of films on this week's list. How small? It fit on one page. This is mainly for two reasons. One, I didn't get to the backlog of late arrivals. I hope to get a big chunk of them done for next week, but I have ten new releases to get through first. Secondly, the first of the summer monster hits came out this week, and Iron Man scared away a lot of the competition. Speaking of competition, there was quite a race for the DVD Pick of the Week with the Two-Disc Collector's Edition or Blu-ray release of Iron Man near the top of the list. As was the Judd Apatow Unrated Comedy Collection, also on Blu-ray. I couldn't decide which was better, so I'm giving the title of DVD Pick of the Week to both. Other contenders were Sports Night - The Complete Series 10th Anniversary Edition and Taxi to the Dark Side - Buy from Amazon, and Can't Hardly Wait, although the last one comes with a "Guilty Pleasure" warning. More...

2007 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I

December 2nd, 2007

It's the first of December. (At least it was when I was writing this intro the first time. I was only going to do a dozen or so releases, but the list ballooned well out of control.) This week kicks off our second annual Holiday Gift Guide with a look at some high definition releases, because nothing says holidays like a format war. More...

Contest - Expecting a Bundle of Prizes

May 28th, 2007

After three monster hits in four weeks, the box office returns to more modest fare but that doesn't mean our box office prediction contest is any less impressive. Our target movie this week, Knocked Up, is also the feature movie in our prizes with T-shirts, poster, etc. There's even a ping pong ball. (Nope, don't know why either.) The prize pack will be divided between the person who comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend (Friday to Sunday), without going over, and the person who comes the closest to the film's opening 3-day weekend (Friday to Sunday), without going under. In addition, the former will also win a copy of The 40-Year Old Virgin... slightly used. That's right, I've upgraded to the 2-disc special edition, so I'm giving away the Unrated Edition to one lucky contestant. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

DVD Releases for May 22, 2007

May 22nd, 2007

It's the first busy week of the month, and it won't get this busy again for the rest of summer. There is literally a hundred releases mentioned on this week's list, roughly half of which are coming out to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Wayne. However, while there were plenty of those releases coming out, it was another classic movie to win the DVD Pick of the Week. That classic film is The Third Man - Criterion Collection - 2-Disc Edition - Buy from Amazon. More...

International Details - Garfield Continues to Gobble Up the International Box Office

September 10th, 2006

No new openings left Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties down 40% to $5.87 million on 3779 screens in 32 markets for a total of $90.08 million. It was reported that the film broke a record for an animated film in China with $6.7 million putting it ahead of The Lion King, which is a strange thing to report since the movie isn't animated. Sure, it has a CG lead, but that's not the same. As for the film's prospects for the future, hitting $100 million internationally is academic at this point and with several openings to go, including previews in Australia this weekend, the film could finish with close to the $125 million earned by the original. More...

Still Having Fun on the International Charts

February 12th, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane fell to sixth place with $6.45 million on 2487 screens in 43 markets for an running international total of $53.27 million so far, which is less than half of what it earned domestically. The film opened in Singapore with $450,000 from 30 screens and managed to repeat in first place in Italy with $1.33 million on 314 screens over the weekend and a $3.96 million total after two weeks. Meanwhile in the U.K. the film fell from first to third, but it still earned $1.59 million on 374 screens for a three-week total of $9.34 million. More...

Flightplan Comes out on Top

February 11th, 2006

For the second week in a row, Flightplan lead the way on the rental charts taking in $8.22 million in DVD rentals. That was down just 15% from its opening, which pushed its total to $18.07 million so far. More...

International Details: Jet Li has Nothing to Fear

February 5th, 2006

Jey Li's latest Hong Kong production, Fearless, (a.k.a. Huo Yuan Jia) started its international run in sixth place with $7.35 million on 596 screens in 6 markets. The film finished first in four Asian markets including China with $1.39 million, Taiwan with $630,000, Singapore with $605,000 and Malaysia with $590,000. Paradoxically, the film's best market was its home market of Hong Kong, where it had to settle for a close second place with $2.03 million on just 48 screens over the full week. So far there is still no North American release date, but with this start, that should change soon. More...

Flightplan Soars to the Top of the Home Market

February 4th, 2006

Flightplan was the clear winner on this week's home market charts taking first on the rental charts with $9.66 million and also finishing first in sales, (as usual, no sales numbers were released). More...

Turmoil on International Charts

January 29th, 2006

Late updates have changed some of the results on in International Top Five this week as My Boss, My Student crushed the competition in South Korea with $7.59 million on 450 screens over the weekend and $9.31 million in total. This meant that despite Brokeback Mountain earning a better than initially reported $7.39 million, it was pushed out of the top five and into sixth place. More...

International Round-up: Dick and Jane's Fun has Just Begun

January 22nd, 2006

A few more markets helped Fun with Dick and Jane remain flat last weekend at the international box office with $5.25 million on 1,458 screens in 18 markets for an early total of $18.09 million. Its best market was Mexico where it opened in first place with $1.87 million on 418 screens while in Germany the film added $1.47 million on 478 screens for a two-week total of $4.39 million. The film's biggest running total still came from Australia, where the film has managed $7.39 million after three weeks, including $710,000 over this past weekend. More...

Home Market: Second Wedding not quite as Opulent

January 21st, 2006

It was a busy week for new releases with three newcomers in the top five, but that didn't stop Wedding Crashers from keeping its home market crown. The DVD was able to top the charts for the second week in a row with $10.29 million, which was down 24% from last week and enough to lift its total to $24.18 million after just two weeks. More...

Crashing the Home Market

January 14th, 2006

We had a new number one this week as Wedding Crashers took top spot on both the rental and the sales charts. The film earned $13.57 million in combined rentals, $12.80 million of that from DVDs. More...

Virgin Enjoys a Threepeat

January 7th, 2006

For the third week in a row, The 40-Year Old Virgin was the leader on both the rental and the sales charts. It ended the year on top with $8.51 million over the week, which was down just 1% from last week and enough to push its total to $27.48 after three weeks. More...

Cowboys and Virgins among WGA Nominations

January 6th, 2006

The Writers Guild of America announced its nominations this week, and while there are plenty of awards, only three are for theatrical releases. More...

Virgin's Still Number One the Second Time Around

December 31st, 2005

The 40-Year Old Virgin remained it top spot on both the rental and the sales charts showing its domestic run was no fluke. The film have the best week-to-week drop-off in the top ten as it slipped just 16% to $8.60 million over the week and $18.97 million during its two week run. More...

DVD Review - The 40-Year Old Virgin

December 28th, 2005

The 40-Year Old Virgin was one of the biggest surprise hits of the year, topping $100 million during its theatrical run, and the Unrated DVD should easily top that on the home market. But is the film truly earning this success, or was it a mere fluke? More...

3.7 Million are Virgins No More

December 23rd, 2005

The 40-Year Old Virgin not only did it lead the way on the rental chart bringing in $10.18 million in combined rentals, ($9.82 million from DVDs and $370,000 from VHS), but it also led the way in sales with 3.7 million units sold. Sales totaled $65 million in its opening week. To put this in perspective, the home market release made more than $75 million during its opening week, which is more than the film earned during its first three weeks of theatrical release. More...

Not Quite Like Heaven

December 18th, 2005

Just Like Heaven dipped at the box office falling out of the top five with $4.53 million on 1609 screens in 30 markets over the weekend for an early total of $18.04 million internationally. Its best opening was in Belgium where it debuted in second place with $252,000 on 40 screens over the weekend and $290,000 in total. It also had debuts in Holland with $139,000 on 57 screens over the weekend and $167,000 overall, and in Greece with $116,000 on 24 and Norway with $113,000 on 26. Holdovers include Germany where the film dropped 24% to $890,000 on 273 screens for a total of $2.41 million so far, while in Spain the film fell 39% to 718,000 on 200 screens for a two-week total of $3.09 million. More...

Four has Fantastic Start

December 17th, 2005

Fantastic Four was the movie that stopped the massive box office slump this summer, and it is continuing that strong performance on the home market. It topped the home market with a combined total of $11.26 million, $10.47 million from DVDs and $800,000 from VHS. More...

DVD Releases for December 13, 2005

December 12th, 2005

It's Special Edition week, with several such releases just screaming to become last minute Christmas gifts. Many of these are not A-List gifts and are more for people who are difficult to shop for. Even so, just a quick glance reveals more than half-a-dozen releases worthy of consideration for the DVD Pick of the Week, with The 40-Year Old Virgin - Unrated Widescreen Edition leading the way. Other choices include Airplane - Don't Call Me Shirley Edition, Gilmore Girls - The Complete Fifth Season, Rock 'n Roll High School - Rock On Edition, and The Simpsons - The Complete Seventh Season. And from the Better Late Than Never Category, there's Nothing - Buy from Amazon. More...

International Details: Flightplan has Bumpy Landing

December 11th, 2005

Flightplan fell out of the top five with $5.13 million on 2,430 screens in 38 markets for a total of $94.65 million on the international scene. It did fall from second to sixth on this week's charts, but it should still reach $100 million by this time next week. Its best market of the weekend was the U.K. where it remained in second place with $2.14 million on 416 screens for a two-week total of $6.59 million. More...

Her Shoes Fall out of Fashion

December 4th, 2005

Here's this week's round-up of international box office numbers.

In Her Shoes fell out of the top five this week with $3.95 million on 2,050 screens in 23 markets for a $30.60 million international box office. The film held up amazingly well in Spain, dropping just 8% to $810,000 on 290 screens, but it wasn't as fortunate in France where it lost more than half its opening, earning $400,000 on 293 screens, falling out of the top ten in the process. It suffered a similar fate during its third weekend in the U.K. where it was down 55% to $736,000 on 268 screens, but the film already has $7.06 million there, which is better than its domestic run if you take into account the relative sizes of the two markets. More...

Zorro Leaves its Mark

November 27th, 2005

The Legend of Zorro fell from second to sixth this week and because of that its quest from $100 million internationally took a serious hit. Over the weekend the film pulled in $4.20 million on 4062 screens in 62 markets for a running tally of $80.73 million. In France the film fell 57% to $1.01 million over the weekend and $14.80 million during its four-week run while it had a similar drop-off in Spain where it was down 56% to $475,000 over the weekend and $9.10 million in total. The box office was less kind in Russia, (down 68% to $136,000); Germany, (down 70% to $232,000) and the U.K., (down 83% to $120,000). More...

Corpse Bridesmaid

November 20th, 2005

The Corpse Bride missed the top five by the narrowest of narrow margins losing out to Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit $5.50 million to $5.45 million. The film earned its $5.45 million on 2586 screens in 28 markets pushing its total to $53.4 million total at the international box office. In South Korea the film fell 43% to $753,000 on 114 screens, which is better than average for the market. And the film is also doing well in Italy adding $764,000 on 268 screens to its $2.67 million running tally there, $700,000 in France for a $8 million box office, and $462,000 in Japan for a $7.0 million box office. More...

Chicken's Little Start on the International Scene is Lucrative

November 13th, 2005

Chicken Little started its international run with day-and-date debuts in 9 markets earning $5.54 million on 900 screens, just missing the top five in the process. Its best market was kid-friendly Mexico with $3.1 million on 600 screens, which is about on par with its opening domestically. On the other hand, the film broke records in Malaysia with $477,000 on 40 screens. Other results include a first place debuts in Russia with $1.1 million on 197 screens and in Taiwan with $463,000 on 18 screens, (including previews). More...

Zorro Steals the Show

November 6th, 2005

With The Legend of Zorro earning a nearly worldwide release this past weekend, and the imminent release of another juggernaut, there was little room for other releases this weekend on the international scene. More...

Surprise Twist on the International Charts

October 30th, 2005

Oliver Twist opened in two major markets over the weekend, placing second in both France with $2.4 million on 547 screens and Italy with $1.3 million on 301 screens. Other markets include $360,000 in the U.K. for a $3.6 million total there and $140,000 in Poland for $1.1 million. Add it up and you have $4.2 million for the weekend and $9.6 million in total. More...

International Weekend: Wallace and Gromit a Smashing Success

October 19th, 2005

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit crushed the competition on the international charts this weekend earning a stunning $26.4 million in just eight markets for an early international total of $40.3 million. Unsurprisingly, the film's best market was the U.K., which is the home of Nick Park and Aardman Animations. There, the film pulled in an amazing $11.3 million on 502 screens over the weekend ($16.2 million previews), and beat the nearest competition by a factor of nine. The film also opened in first place in France with $2.88 million on 538 screens, Germany with $2.28 million on 680 screens, and in Austria with $225,000 on 94 screens. As for holdovers, the film fell just 23% to $1 million in Mexico for a $2.65 million total there, and 17% in Spain with $830,000 for the weekend and $2.5 million in total. It wasn't so fortunate in Australia and New Zealand, falling 54% and 78% respectively, but it was a post-holiday weekend there and large drop-off for a film of this type is expected. More...

Gromit Goes Global

October 12th, 2005

The stop motion animated film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit not only won the domestic box office race, but it won the international one as well. Overall it earned $9.23 million on 1,895 screens in 13 markets for a $11.4 million running tally. Most of that came from the U.K., where the film earned $5 million from 487 previews. It opened in second place in Mexico with $1.25 million on 353 screens, third place in Spain with $1.01 million on 225 screens and in Brazil it made $361,000 (placing unknown). Holdovers include $740,000 in Australia and $176,000 in New Zealand. More...

International Box Office is Buzzing with Caffeine

October 5th, 2005

Too much chocolate is bad for your health, but try telling that to the international box office. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has topped the international box office for the fourth weekend in a row and the sixth during its run this weekend adding $10.2 million on 3,200 screens in 52 markets. Its best market of the weekend was again Japan where it finished first, again, with $3.1 million for the weekend on 360 screens and $28.7 million during its run. It was also first in Italy with $2.4 million on 282 screens for a $6.5 million running tally and in Norway with $740,000 on 92 screens, and in New Zealand with $314,000 on 80. With no more major markets, and precious little midlevel ones as well, the film is just wrapping up its international run, a run that has earned the film $219 million so far. More...

Serenity's Start is Nothing to get Excited About

October 3rd, 2005

The mini-winning streak the box office was on came to a crashing end this weekend as the total box office was only $88 million, down 11.4% from last weekend and a stunning 21.7% from last year. Of course, this time last year was the first weekend in October, so the year-to-year drop-off is to be expected. Year-to-date, 2005 is behind 2004 by 6.6% at $6.479 billion to $6.934 billion. But at least the Fall is still ahead by 7.7% at $453 million, and at this point you have to take whatever good news you can find. More...

International Round-up: Red Eye Takes Off

October 2nd, 2005

Red Eye added another $3.7 million on 2,057 screens in 37 markets to its $22 million international total. The film opened in second place in both Spain with $850,000 on 215 screens and in the Netherlands with $250,000 on 59 ($300,000 including previews). More...

Mafia Sequel Squeezes into Top Five Again

September 25th, 2005

Marrying the Mafia 2 again led its native market of South Korean with $4.81 million over the weekend and $12.78 million during its two-week run. And like last week, this was enough for the film to secure a place in the top five overall just beating out Pride and Prejudice. More...

Box Office Far from Heavenly

September 19th, 2005

The box office this weekend can best be described as mixed. No film beat expectations by a really significant margin and most of the new films struggled, pushing the overall box office down 2.2% from last week. On the other hand, the box office was up 7.9% from last year, which is the more important number at this point. Year-to-date 2005 has brought in $6.239 billion in ticket sales, which is 7% behind the same time period of 2004, but the gap is closing and with a strong final quarter 2005 may avoid a drop-off. More...

Mafia Rubs Out Competition

September 18th, 2005

Marrying the Mafia 2 is the latest local film to lead the South Korean box office as it opened with $5.555 million on 449 screens, $7.515 million including Thursday. Not only was that easily enough for first place in its home market, but also put the film in third place on the overall international box office charts. More...

Heavenly Box Office

September 16th, 2005

It's another busy weekend at the box office with three films opening wide (although one of those film is getting a sub-2,000 theatre opening). Assuming the box office can maintain most of the momentum created since Labor Day weekend, we should see another strong year-to-year growth and that's much needed good news. More...

Speak of the Devil

September 12th, 2005

The fall box office season got off to a fast start over the weekend thanks almost entirely to one movie. The surprisingly fast start of the box office champ helped the overall box office climb by 8.7% from last year. (Although it was down by 7.3% from last weekend, but that's better than one would expect from a post-holiday weekend.) Continuing the yearly comparison, 2005 is still behind 2004, but the margin was narrowed to 7.2% with $6.129 billion so far. More...

U.K. is Virgin Territory

September 11th, 2005

The 40-Year Old Virgin topped the U.K. marked with an impressive $3.26 million on 394 screens in the U.K., but this is probably not indicative of its potential in other international markets. The film should do well in the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand, but will likely struggle in non-English speaking markets. (Germany may be an exception.) More...

Will the Change of Season Change 2005's Fortunes?

September 9th, 2005

The fall box office season begins today with what is historically one of the worst weekends of the year. There's not much in the way of quality releases this week, but with only two widely different films going wide, at least they won't be stealing moviegoers away from each other. More...

Transporter Delivers a Victory on Labor Day

September 6th, 2005

Most films were able to beat expectations over the weekend and that meant that Summer 2005 was able to end on a high note, sort of. The 3-day weekend was down by 3.9% from last weekend, which is no surprise given the nature of the Labor Day long weekend, but it was up 5.4% from last year. Over the four day weekend 2005 was still higher, but by just 1.0% meaning ticket sales were down from last year. Overall Summer 2005 was a massive disappointment bringing in just $3.53 billion, down 9% from last year and the lowest level since 2001's $3.34 billion. While there are a lot of possible reasons being floated around for the slump, the most likely reason is the huge number of really bad movies, several of which were released in the past few weeks. More...

Labor Day Delay

September 5th, 2005

The Labor Day long-weekend is historically the slowest long-weekend of the year when it comes to box office numbers. However, it's still a long-weekend and that means there will be a one day delay in the weekend warp-up and the per theatre charts. In the meantime here are the studio estimates for the top five, plus the two other new releases. More...

Box Office Suffers Labor Day Pains

September 2nd, 2005

For the third weekend in a row we have a contender for worst movie of the year contest. In fact, this weekend there are two such movies. (And next weekend it looks like we'll have another.) Even so, there should be enough moviegoers interested in the other two releases that the weekend could show significant growth, maybe not compared to last weekend, but certainly compared to last year. More...

Virgin Twice as Nice the Second Time Around

August 29th, 2005

The last weekend in August was weaker than expected when it came to new releases, but at least holdovers generally held up well. Overall the box office was down 14.5% from last weekend and 6.1% from last year, dropping below $100 million in the process. Year-to-date 2005 has earned $5.868 billion in total ticket sales, which is down 7.8% from the same time last year. Summer is even worse - down 9.2% to $3.367 billion. More...

Box Office Prospects Look Grimm

August 26th, 2005

The last weekend in August brings us three wide releases, sort of. The widest release, and most likely weekend champion, is opening much wider than expected, but the other two films are not. One is opening in not much more than 2,000 theatres while the other didn't even crack the top ten on the theatre count chart for the weekend. On the plus side, this weekend last year was really weak, so 2005 should catch up a little bit. More...

Empty Clubhouse

August 23rd, 2005

No film was able to make it into the $10,000 club over the weekend, The Untold Story of Emmett Till came the closest with $13,165 since Wednesday, but only $8,695 of that was earned over the weekend. That was still enough to lead the Per Theatre Charts ahead of the re-release of Elevator to the Gallows and the overall box office leader, The 40-Year Old Virgin, which earned averages of $7,596 and $7,530 respectively. More...

Millions Check out Virgin

August 22nd, 2005

It was another mixed weekend at the box office as the overall box office was down, again. However, the margin was very close dipping just 5.0% from last weekend and 3.4% from last year. That helped lift the year-to-date comparison with 2005 behind 2004's pace by 7.4% at $5.722 billion while the summer session is off by 9.4% at $3.221 billion. You know you've lowered your standards when losing by a small margin is considered a victory. More...

Virgin is Delivered to Theatres

August 19th, 2005

Today's my birthday and as a gift the movie industry has given me not one, but two films with overwhelmingly positive reviews. Of course, this is also the week that Supercross: The Movie opened so we'll call it a draw. More...

Movie Website Updates for August 12 - August 18

August 18th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, Into the Blue - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for August 5 - August 11

August 11th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, The 40-Year-Old Virgin - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for July 29 - August 4

August 4th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, Broken Flowers - Official Site. More...

2005 Preview: August

August 1st, 2005

The Dog Days of Summer. Not sure why they are called that, but it could have something to do with all the movie releases that look like dogs. What these films lack in quality, however, they are making up for in quantity, with between 13 and 17 movies being released over the four weeks. (There are few films that may or may not get wide releases and another couple that will likely get pushed back.) With this much competition, all but a few will likely bomb and most look like huge mistakes. After reading the list of predictions, head here to discuss them with other movie fans. More...

Movie Website Updates for July 22 - July 28

July 28th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, Sky High - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for July 8 - July 14

July 14th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, Skeleton Key - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for July 1 - July 7

July 7th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, Murderball - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for June 10 - June 16

June 16th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for May 27 - June 2

June 2nd, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, The Perfect Man - Official Site. More...