Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,687	$55,334,418
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,844	$93,058,501
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,269	$55,334,418
Top 2005 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	49	$55,334,418
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 701-800)	773	$55,334,418
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,354	$55,334,418
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 701-800)	758	$55,334,418
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 201-300)	241	$55,334,418
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500)	471	$55,334,418
All Time Domestic Box Office for Lionsgate Movies	44	$55,334,418

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
May 6, 2005	4	$9,107,071		1,864	$4,886	$9,107,071	1
May 13, 2005	5	$7,021,391	-23%	1,876	$3,743	$19,614,256	2
May 20, 2005	4	$5,546,006	-21%	1,905	$2,911	$27,648,811	3
May 27, 2005	6	$4,658,473	-16%	1,680	$2,773	$34,796,250	4
Jun 3, 2005	8	$3,266,884	-30%	1,319	$2,477	$40,932,504	5
Jun 10, 2005	11	$1,876,639	-43%	908	$2,067	$44,299,728	6
Jun 17, 2005	11	$1,297,689	-31%	651	$1,993	$46,422,459	7
Jun 24, 2005	14	$1,030,658	-21%	492	$2,095	$48,198,479	8
Jul 1, 2005	14	$767,622	-26%	424	$1,810	$49,507,303	9
Jul 8, 2005	16	$623,199	-19%	317	$1,966	$50,619,511	10
Jul 15, 2005	17	$428,624	-31%	275	$1,559	$51,379,460	11
Jul 22, 2005	22	$285,617	-33%	208	$1,373	$51,898,164	12
Jul 29, 2005	28	$176,958	-38%	155	$1,142	$52,232,114	13
Aug 5, 2005	28	$184,605	+4%	136	$1,357	$52,526,089	14
Aug 12, 2005	35	$138,859	-25%	135	$1,029	$52,772,342	15
Aug 19, 2005	43	$85,460	-38%	131	$652	$52,931,832	16
Aug 26, 2005	34	$139,246	+63%	199	$700	$53,116,469	17
Sep 2, 2005	37	$95,229	-32%	137	$695	$53,278,804	18
Sep 9, 2005	48	$48,429	-49%	90	$538	$53,382,847	19
Mar 10, 2006	25	$342,709		175	$1,958	$53,747,526	45
Mar 17, 2006	27	$314,717	-8%	206	$1,528	$54,188,544	46
Mar 24, 2006	36	$152,766	-51%	152	$1,005	$54,440,780	47
Mar 31, 2006	44	$68,581	-55%	88	$779	$54,557,348	48

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
May 6, 2005	4	$2,820,499			1,864	$1,513	$2,820,499	1
May 7, 2005	4	$3,628,404	+29%		1,864	$1,947	$6,448,903	2
May 8, 2005	4	$2,658,168	-27%		1,864	$1,426	$9,107,071	3
May 9, 2005	3	$903,000	-66%		1,864	$484	$10,010,000	4
May 10, 2005	2	$849,000	-6%		1,864	$455	$10,858,000	5
May 11, 2005	2	$863,000	+2%		1,864	$463	$11,722,000	6
May 12, 2005	2	$871,000	+1%		1,864	$467	$12,592,865	7
May 13, 2005	6	$2,100,000	+141%	-26%	1,876	$1,119	$14,700,000	8
May 14, 2005	5	$2,993,672	+43%	-17%	1,876	$1,596	$17,614,691	9
May 15, 2005	5	$1,999,565	-33%	-25%	1,876	$1,066	$19,614,256	10
May 16, 2005	5	$690,000	-65%	-24%	1,876	$368	$20,305,000	11
May 17, 2005	5	$671,000	-3%	-21%	1,876	$358	$20,975,000	12
May 18, 2005	4	$586,000	-13%	-32%	1,876	$312	$21,561,000	13
May 19, 2005	4	$542,000	-8%	-38%	1,876	$289	$22,103,805	14
May 20, 2005	4	$1,559,080	+188%	-26%	1,905	$818	$23,662,885	15
May 21, 2005	4	$2,325,622	+49%	-22%	1,905	$1,221	$25,988,507	16
May 22, 2005	4	$1,660,304	-29%	-17%	1,905	$872	$27,648,811	17
May 23, 2005	4	$698,000	-58%	+1%	1,905	$366	$28,347,000	18
May 24, 2005	4	$577,000	-17%	-14%	1,905	$303	$28,924,000	19
May 25, 2005	4	$561,000	-3%	-4%	1,905	$294	$29,485,000	20
May 26, 2005	4	$653,000	+16%	+20%	1,905	$343	$30,138,000	21
May 27, 2005	6	$1,275,562	+95%	-18%	1,680	$759	$31,413,339	22
May 28, 2005	6	$1,776,491	+39%	-24%	1,680	$1,057	$33,189,830	23
May 29, 2005	6	$1,606,420	-10%	-3%	1,680	$956	$34,796,250	24
May 30, 2005	5	$1,401,436	-13%	+101%	1,680	$834	$36,197,686	25
May 31, 2005	5	$501,977	-64%	-13%	1,680	$299	$36,699,663	26
Jun 1, 2005	6	$478,551	-5%	-15%	1,680	$285	$37,178,214	27
Jun 2, 2005	6	$487,406	+2%	-25%	1,680	$290	$37,665,620	28
Jun 3, 2005	8	$954,034	+96%	-25%	1,319	$723	$38,619,654	29
Jun 4, 2005	8	$1,356,188	+42%	-24%	1,319	$1,028	$39,975,842	30
Jun 5, 2005	8	$956,662	-29%	-40%	1,319	$725	$40,932,504	31
Jun 6, 2005	8	$347,127	-64%	-75%	1,319	$263	$41,279,631	32
Jun 7, 2005	8	$388,922	+12%	-23%	1,319	$295	$41,668,553	33
Jun 8, 2005	8	$391,735	+1%	-18%	1,319	$297	$42,060,288	34
Jun 9, 2005	8	$362,801	-7%	-26%	1,319	$275	$42,423,089	35
Jun 10, 2005	12	$541,537	+49%	-43%	1,319	$411	$42,964,626	36
Jun 11, 2005	10	$789,010	+46%	-42%	908	$869	$43,753,636	37
Jun 12, 2005	10	$546,092	-31%	-43%	908	$601	$44,299,728	38
Jul 4, 2005	14	$182,929			424	$431	$49,690,232	60
Sep 5, 2005	35	$25,746			137	$188	$53,304,550	123

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
May 6, 2005	3	$12,592,865		1,864	$6,756	$12,592,865	1
May 13, 2005	6	$9,509,940	-24%	1,876	$5,069	$22,102,805	2
May 20, 2005	4	$8,034,972	-16%	1,905	$4,218	$30,137,777	3
May 27, 2005	6	$7,527,843	-6%	1,680	$4,481	$37,665,620	4
Jun 3, 2005	8	$4,757,469	-37%	1,319	$3,607	$42,423,089	5
Jun 10, 2005	11	$2,701,681	-43%	908	$2,975	$45,124,770	6
Jun 17, 2005	12	$2,043,051	-24%	651	$3,138	$47,167,821	7
Jun 24, 2005	15	$1,571,860	-23%	492	$3,195	$48,739,681	8
Jul 1, 2005	15	$1,256,631	-20%	424	$2,964	$49,996,312	9
Jul 8, 2005	16	$954,524	-24%	317	$3,011	$50,950,836	10
Jul 15, 2005	16	$661,711	-31%	275	$2,406	$51,612,547	11
Jul 22, 2005	22	$442,609	-33%	208	$2,128	$52,055,156	12
Jul 29, 2005	29	$286,328	-35%	155	$1,847	$52,341,484	13
Aug 5, 2005	29	$291,999	+2%	136	$2,147	$52,633,483	14
Aug 12, 2005	36	$212,889	-27%	135	$1,577	$52,846,372	15
Aug 19, 2005	42	$130,851	-39%	131	$999	$52,977,223	16
Aug 26, 2005	37	$206,352	+58%	199	$1,037	$53,183,575	17
Sep 2, 2005	16	$2,150,843	+942%	137	$15,700	$55,334,418	18
Sep 9, 2005	47	$70,399	-97%	90	$782	$53,404,817	19
Mar 10, 2006	26	$469,010		175	$2,680	$53,873,827	45
Mar 17, 2006	31	$414,187	-12%	206	$2,011	$54,288,014	46
Mar 24, 2006	37	$200,753	-52%	152	$1,321	$54,488,767	47

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	4/29/2005	$36,165	57	61	553	$1,472,280	9/25/2020
New Zealand	8/25/2005	$0	0	1	1	$563	4/3/2022
Rest of World						$44,365,777
International Total						$45,838,620	4/3/2022

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,101-2,200)	2,146	$45,838,620
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,619	$45,838,620
Top 2005 Movies at the International Box Office	55	$45,838,620
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,013	$45,838,620
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,690	$45,838,620
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 901-1,000)	951	$45,838,620
All Time International Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 301-400)	355	$45,838,620
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 501-600)	525	$45,838,620
All Time International Box Office for Lionsgate Movies	66	$45,838,620

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,824	$101,173,038
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,343	$101,173,038
Top 2005 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	51	$101,173,038
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 801-900)	850	$101,173,038
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,438	$101,173,038
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 701-800)	795	$101,173,038
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 201-300)	254	$101,173,038
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500)	482	$101,173,038
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Lionsgate Movies	55	$101,173,038

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Feb 12, 2006	17	116,489		187,518	$1,403,995	$2,260,349	23
Feb 19, 2006	25	61,311	-47%	248,829	$739,178	$2,999,527	24
Feb 26, 2006	22	67,432	+10%	316,261	$815,084	$3,814,611	25
Mar 5, 2006	23	81,261	+21%	397,522	$982,844	$4,797,455	26
Mar 12, 2006	7	275,723	+239%	673,245	$3,094,825	$7,892,280	27
Mar 19, 2006	9	185,471	-33%	858,716	$1,870,104	$9,762,384	28
Mar 26, 2006	12	119,665	-35%	978,381	$1,209,263	$10,971,647	29
Apr 2, 2006	11	118,809	-1%	1,097,190	$1,202,466	$12,174,113	30
Apr 9, 2006	6	259,796	+119%	1,356,986	$2,701,723	$14,875,836	31
Apr 16, 2006	19	148,865	-43%	1,505,851	$1,769,826	$16,645,662	32
Apr 23, 2006	16	64,949	-56%	1,570,800	$774,796	$17,420,458	33
Apr 30, 2006	27	50,692	-22%	1,621,492	$604,857	$18,025,315	34
May 7, 2006	25	50,200	-1%	1,671,692	$546,522	$18,571,837	35
Feb 25, 2007	24	80,359		2,074,692	$1,084,043	$23,563,098	77
Mar 11, 2007	18	91,918		2,185,752	$1,239,974	$25,061,298	79
Sep 2, 2007	15	52,821		2,243,382	$429,630	$25,528,440	104

DVD Releases for June 27, 2006

June 26th, 2006

It's an absolutely horrid week for DVD releases with six or seven contenders for DVD Pick of the Week, I have no idea how I'm going to afford to buy them all. But I will buy them all. Oh yes, I will buy them all. While the latest Masters of Horror collection was high on my list, as was Why We Fight - Buy from Amazon and Imagine Me & You - Buy from Amazon, (but for widely different reasons), I went with the criminally underrated Yellowbeard - Buy from Amazon as my DVD Pick of the Week. Maybe one day it will get the Special Edition treatment it so richly deserves. More...

International Details - Its Sink of Swim for New Releases

April 16th, 2006

Several films made they international debut this past weekend with even more returning to the charts, but because of the power of Ice Age: The Meltdown, none of them were able to reach the top five, but a few came close. Leading that list is Jean-Philippe; the French film debuted in third place in its native home with $3.34 million on 550 screens. It also opened in two other French-speaking markets but was much weaker earning seventh in Switzerland with $62,000 on 12 screens over the weekend and $68,000 in total while in Belgium it managed just ninth with $131,000 on 29 screens over the weekend and $144,000 in total. Add it up and the film pulled in $3.53 million on 591 screens in 3 markets during its first weekend of release. More...

Narnia Overthrows King for Home Market Crown

April 15th, 2006

Narnia opened in first place on the home market with a lower than expected $8.73 million in rentals, and it did even better on the sales charts. But more on that in a bit. More...

DVD Releases for April 4, 2006

April 3rd, 2006

The first Tuesday of the month is usually the busiest when it comes to DVD releases, and while there are certainly more releases coming out tomorrow than there are in the next two weeks, it is not as busy as I would like when it comes to top notch releases. At first glance there are only two that are even contenders for the DVD pick of the week, including Brokeback Mountain - Buy from Amazon and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Collector's Edition. But while there are a couple of DVDs that are worth picking up, none make it to the level of DVD Pick of the Week. (And a quick glance at the coming weeks suggest there might not be one till the end of the month.) One last note, if you are interested in picking up Narnia, check out our contest first. More...

Under Climbing Up World Charts

March 19th, 2006

A number one opening in France, as well as a slew of smaller debuts, pushed Underworld: Evolution into sixth place on the international charts with $4.98 million on 1473 screens in 20 markets for a running tally of $36.12 million after nearly two months in release. In France the film earned $1.84 million on 346 screens while it managed the same feat in a trio of Asian markets: Taiwan with $600,000 on 75 screens, Malaysia with $310,000 on 45, and Hong Kong with $290,000 on 25. Interestingly, the original was banned in Malaysia. More...

Still Lining Up for a Night with Johnny Cash

March 18th, 2006

Despite the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Walk the Line remained in first place on the rental charts with $10.03 million over the week and $21.81 million in total. More...

Oscar Bounce Crashes

March 14th, 2006

Famed Oscar Bounce failed to materialize this year partially because the awards were spread out over many difference films and partially because many winners were well into their releases. More...

Crash Collides with Mountain Atop Oscars

March 5th, 2006

The Oscars were handed out tonight and while there were a handful of multiple winners, no single movie stood out. More...

Independence Day for Brokeback

March 4th, 2006

There were no big winner at today's Independent Spirit Awards with several films sharing the awards. More...

Oscar Contest - Category Highlight - Best Picture

March 1st, 2006

With the Oscars less than a week away and our contest well under way, there's no better time to take a closer look at some of the nominees. Today we'll look at the most prestigious award, Best Picture. More...

Oscar Contest - Category Highlight - Best Achievement in Directing

February 25th, 2006

With the Oscars just over a week away and our contest well under way, there's no better time to take a closer look at some of the nominees. Today we'll look at the Best Achievement in Directing. More...

Oscar Contest - Category Highlight - Best Support Roles

February 15th, 2006

With the Oscars less than a month away and our contest well under way, there's no better time to take a closer look at some of the nominees. Today we'll look at the Best Supporting Roles for both Actor and Actress. 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...

Early Gold for Oscar Nominations

February 7th, 2006

With most of the nominations in the more prestigious categories going to smaller films, the famed Oscar bounce is very important this year. However, the first weekend's results were mixed. More...

Cowboys Win is Written in Stone

February 7th, 2006

The Writers Guild of America announced its winners over the weekend with Crash taken home the Best Original Screenplay while Brokeback Mountain added yet another win with Best Adapted Screenplay. Finally, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room won for best Documentary. More...

Mountain of Oscar Nominations

January 31st, 2006

Brokeback Mountain again led the list of nominees as with 8 Oscar nods. There were three films with six nominations a piece, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck, and Memoirs of a Geisha, (although for that last one, they were all the less prestigious technical awards. More...

SAG Spreads out the Love

January 29th, 2006

There were 5 theatrical awards handed out tonight by the Screen Actors Guild, and five different films won. 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...

Cowboys Produce another Nomination

January 6th, 2006

It's guild day today as the Producers Guild of America nominations were announced this week. 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...

SAG Singles out Cowboys

January 6th, 2006

Of the 13 awards the Screen Actors Guild will hand out on January 29th, 2006, five will be awarded to theatrical releases. And like past awards nominations, Brokeback Mountain again led the way, with four in total. However, this time there were two films close behind as Crash and Capote each received three nominations. More...

Cowboys find Gold in Brokeback Mountain

December 13th, 2005

Brokeback Mountain was the big winner today as Golden Globe nominations were announced. With seven nods, it led all films, which is an important Oscar indicator. 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...

Whale of a Start to Award Season

November 30th, 2005

The Independent Spirit Awards announced the nominations today and The Squid and the Whale led the way with six nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and nods in three of the four acting categories. 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...

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...

Internationl Round-up: Company Nine Reaches $14 Million

October 16th, 2005

Company 9 remained in first place in Russia, its home market, down just 13% to $4.3 million for a running total of $14.3 million, which is well ahead of Revenge of the Sith's final box office in the market (which was just shy of $10 million). More...

Amityville Scares Slump Into Submission

October 15th, 2005

The Amityville Horror won the race for top spot on the rental charts with $8.78 million in DVD rentals and $520,000 in VHS rentals for a combined total of $9.30 million. This result, plus the rest of the competition, helped pull the rental market out of its extended slump. More...

The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming!

October 9th, 2005

Company 9 opened in its native market of Russia with a stunning $5.0 million over the weekend and $6.25 million including the midweek numbers, which is better than Revenge of the Sith's opening in that market. This also means there were two films that did so well in their local markets that they managed to place in the top five overall. More...

Yard Goes Long

October 8th, 2005

The Longest Yard again won the race on the home market with $9.11 million in DVD rentals and $800,000 in VHS rentals for a total of $9.91 million for the week. That's down a miniscule 4% from its opening weekend and strong enough for a $20.46 million two-week total. 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...

Yard Can't Stop Long Slump

October 1st, 2005

The Longest Yard easily won the weekly race to the top of the Rental Charts with $9.54 million in DVD rentals and $810,000 in VHS rentals for a total of $10.35 million. 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...

Hitchhiker Can't Guide Home Market out of Slump

September 24th, 2005

Crash repeated on top of the home market this weekend despite falling 27% during its second week to $6.50 million in combined rentals. This was not a particularly strong performance and further underscores the depth of the slump we're in. 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...

Home Market Crashes

September 17th, 2005

Crash landed at the top of the rental charts this weekend, but it was a very close race. The film earned $8.30 million in DVD rentals and $560,000 in VHS rentals for a total of $8.86 million. The film also led the DVD sales chart, but as usual, no numbers were given. 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...

DVD Releases for September 6, 2005 - Updated!

September 5th, 2005

An amazing selection this week with plenty of high quality releases. Of course, there's also a whole lot of quantity releases as well, so navigating your way through the hubbub might be tricky. The best of the first run releases is Crash - Buy from Amazon, the best of the special editions is Toy Story - Tenth Anniversary Edition - Buy from Amazon, and the best of the TV on DVD releases is Lost - The Complete First Season - Buy from Amazon. All three are excellent choices and deserve to be DVD Pick of the Week, but I have a feeling a Special Edition of Crash will come out sooner than later and would hold of on that one till after the New Year. Also, Degrassi Junior High - Season 3 - Buy from Amazon is a must have for all the fellow Canucks out there and worth picking up for everyone else. More...

War Ends World Tour with a Blast

September 4th, 2005

War of the Worlds opened in its last international market over the weekend making $3.0 million on 583 screens in China. That's about 10% more money that Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith earned, but War of the Worlds needed nearly double the number of screens. Overall the film added $4.5 million to its $345 million international total, easily the second best of the year so far. More...

Key Openings for Skeleton

August 28th, 2005

The Skeleton Key opened in 10- more markets over the weekend and in now playing on 1400 screens, however, it still hasn't found the success the studio was hoping for. It did open in first place in Germany, but it still had a very soft opening with $1.6 million. It also opened in first place in Russia with $625,000 over the weekend and $780,000 since Thursday, but in Australia and New Zealand it had to settle for a distant second place with $760,000 and $110,000 respectively. The Skeleton Key also open in Austria with $230,000 for the week, but its placing is unknown at the moment. Add in holdovers in France, ($250,000 for $2.2 million) and the U.K., ($130,000 for $4.5 million) and you have roughly $4 million for the weekend and $16.5 million so far. More...

Smiths Still Strong on International Scene

August 21st, 2005

Mr. and Mrs. Smith opened in first place in both the Czech Republic with $180,000 on 20 screens and in Slovakia with $50,000 on 8 screens. The film also remained in first place in France with $2.675 million, Belgium with $635,000, The Netherlands with $490,000 and Poland with $266,000. Strangest of all, the film stayed in second place for the fourth weekend in a row in Germany adding $2.12 million to its $20.6 million running tally in the market. Overall the film has made $143 million in markets where Fox is handling the distribution and may have hit $200 million overall, but there's no conformation on that yet. More...

Smiths' Summer Tour Continues

August 14th, 2005

Mr. and Mrs. Smith opened in Belgium with $1.7 million on 80 screens, easily enough for first place and had a similar result with $480,000 in Poland. It also remained in first place in France with $2.88 million, (despite falling 54% there) and in the Netherlands with $740,000. In Germany the film remained in second place for the third straight week with $3.06 million for a $17.06 million running tally. The film now have $140 million in territories where Fox is handling the distribution and $192 million overall. More...

Sith Shatters Records, Jump-Starts Summer

May 23rd, 2005

Wow, what a difference a week makes. What could have been the slowest summer in many, many years finally turned around thanks to Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. The total box office was more than $160 million, up 60% from last weekend, but with the 13th week in a row there was a year-to-year decline, this time at 4.8%. Year to date, 2005 has now brought in $2.951 billion, which is 6% lower than the same time last year. More...

Records Will Fall!

May 18th, 2005

Summer finally begins tonight at midnight with the release of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, which should be the biggest movie of the year. The real question is how big will the movie be? More...

Another Unlucky Weekend

May 16th, 2005

Friday the 13th proved to be an unlucky omen as the box office continued its slump. We did see a massive 17.3% increase from last weekend, but more importantly 9.5% drop-off from the same time last year, which is the 12th down weekend in a row. As for year-to-date, 2004 has brought in $2.715 billion, off 7% from the same time last year. More...

Will it be a Record Breaking Weekend?

May 13th, 2005

Summer is officially starting ... in 6 days. That's when Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith begins. In the meantime we have to suffer through another sub-par weekend, which could result in a record-breaking slump. On the other hand, there are four films opening wide, or at least wide enough to make it into the top ten, but only two of those films have a shot at top spot. More...

Isn't It Summertime?

May 9th, 2005

So much for Summer beginning during the first full weekend of May. To say Summer started slowly is an understatement of Epic proportions. The weekend box office was down by 3.8% on a week-to-week basis while last year saw a 7.2% increase over the same time period. And even worse, the weekend was down 21.7% from 2004; it was also the eleventh weekend in a row that the box office saw a yearly decline, tying the old record set in 2000. Total box office was just $87 million, the fifth weekend in a row that the box office was sub-$100 million, the longest such stretch since fall 2001. Year-to-date, 2005's box office has hit $2.582 billion, 7% behind the same 2004 and it might not get much better next weekend. More...

It's Summertime!

May 6th, 2005

After a long, slow Spring we're finally in the prime summer box office season. There's two conflicting forces at work this weekend, both of which are fueled by the slump the box office is in. There's a palatable sense of ennui the moviegoers have; they aren't excited about movies since there's been very little to be excited about. This will keep some of them away this weekend because they stopped paying attention to the movies and don't know what's playing. This will also mean there's a pent-up desire to see a big summertime movie and some will flock to the cinemas regardless of their interest in the particular movie. Which force wins out will have a large effect this weekend, and will impact the rest of the summer. More...

Movie Website Updates for April 29 - May 5

May 5th, 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. Slow week with most of the sites being merely average or too early in their development to tell if the film is an award winning site or not. So in the end I decided not to hand out the award to any site. Hopefully next week things will pick up. More...

2005 Preview: May

May 1st, 2005

May! The beginning of the lucrative Summer Box Office Season! I know what you're thinking, summer doesn't really begin till mid-June, but for the movie industry summer official begins on the Memorial Day long weekend, and just between you and me, it unofficial begins on the first full weekend of the month. So that means every weekend there's a monster release - one that has people excited since it was first announced. This month such films include Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and ... hold on a second, I'll think of another ... Nope. That's pretty much the only monster film being released this May. Don't get me wrong, every week there's a potential $100 million hit being released, but that's nothing compared to 2003 when 4 films released in May hit $200 million and two others made $100 million. More...

Movie Website Launches for April 15 - April 21

April 21st, 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, Kicking and Screaming - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Launches for April 8 - April 14

April 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, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants - Official Site. More...

Movie Websites Launches for April 1 - April 7

April 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, Yes - Official Site. More...