Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600)	575	$125,531,634
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 501-600)	584	$216,908,207
All Time Domestic Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300)	217	$125,531,634
Top 2004 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	14	$125,531,634
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300)	238	$125,531,634
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 301-400)	374	$125,531,634
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200)	178	$125,531,634
All Time Domestic Box Office for Adventure Movies (Rank 201-300)	203	$125,531,634
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 201-300)	293	$125,531,634
All Time Domestic Box Office for Warner Bros. Movies	94	$125,531,634

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 10, 2004	1	$39,153,380		3,290	$11,901	$39,153,380	1
Dec 17, 2004	2	$18,124,149	-54%	3,290	$5,509	$68,524,528	2
Dec 24, 2004	5	$8,401,175	-54%	3,290	$2,554	$86,600,224	3
Dec 31, 2004	5	$9,433,199	+12%	3,290	$2,867	$107,006,344	4
Jan 7, 2005	6	$5,310,434	-44%	3,010	$1,764	$115,312,023	5
Jan 14, 2005	10	$2,984,382	-44%	2,105	$1,418	$119,934,431	6
Jan 21, 2005	14	$1,379,378	-54%	1,275	$1,082	$122,389,114	7
Jan 28, 2005	20	$688,364	-50%	702	$981	$123,608,293	8
Feb 4, 2005	22	$338,396	-51%	407	$831	$124,164,979	9
Feb 11, 2005	30	$188,931	-44%	201	$940	$124,484,554	10
Feb 18, 2005	23	$384,211	+103%	463	$830	$124,957,187	11
Feb 25, 2005	33	$152,072	-60%	202	$753	$125,245,047	12
Mar 4, 2005	38	$91,876	-40%	140	$656	$125,402,117	13
Mar 11, 2005	55	$48,849	-47%	115	$425	$125,485,629	14
Mar 18, 2005	66	$24,991	-49%	73	$342	$125,531,634	15

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Dec 10, 2004	1	$14,500,000			3,290	$4,407	$14,500,000	1
Dec 11, 2004	1	$15,730,244	+8%		3,290	$4,781	$30,469,500	2
Dec 12, 2004	1	$8,683,880	-45%		3,290	$2,639	$39,153,380	3
Dec 13, 2004	1	$3,019,000	-65%		3,290	$918	$42,173,000	4
Dec 14, 2004	1	$3,002,000	-1%		3,290	$912	$45,175,000	5
Dec 15, 2004	1	$2,611,000	-13%		3,290	$794	$47,786,000	6
Dec 16, 2004	1	$2,614,000	n/c		3,290	$795	$50,400,000	7
Dec 17, 2004	2	$6,000,000	+130%	-59%	3,290	$1,824	$56,400,000	8
Dec 18, 2004	2	$7,219,821	+20%	-54%	3,290	$2,194	$63,590,470	9
Dec 19, 2004	2	$4,934,058	-32%	-43%	3,290	$1,500	$68,524,528	10
Dec 20, 2004	2	$2,678,000	-46%	-11%	3,290	$814	$71,203,000	11
Dec 21, 2004	2	$2,804,000	+5%	-7%	3,290	$852	$74,007,000	12
Dec 22, 2004	4	$1,930,000	-31%	-26%	3,290	$587	$75,937,000	13
Dec 23, 2004	4	$2,300,000	+19%	-12%	3,290	$699	$78,237,000	14
Dec 24, 2004	4	$1,500,000	-35%	-75%	3,290	$456	$79,737,000	15
Dec 25, 2004	5	$3,363,323	+124%	-53%	3,290	$1,022	$83,100,323	16
Dec 26, 2004	5	$3,558,423	+6%	-28%	3,290	$1,082	$86,600,224	17
Dec 27, 2004	5	$2,878,000	-19%	+7%	3,290	$875	$89,479,000	18
Dec 28, 2004	5	$2,752,000	-4%	-2%	3,290	$836	$92,231,000	19
Dec 29, 2004	4	$2,814,000	+2%	+46%	3,290	$855	$95,045,000	20
Dec 30, 2004	4	$2,800,000	n/c	+22%	3,290	$851	$97,800,000	21
Dec 31, 2004	5	$2,900,000	+4%	+93%	3,290	$881	$100,700,000	22
Jan 1, 2005	5	$4,004,496	+38%	+19%	3,290	$1,217	$104,421,153	23
Jan 2, 2005	5	$2,585,191	-35%	-27%	3,290	$786	$107,006,344	24
Jan 3, 2005	4	$1,054,000	-59%	-63%	3,290	$320	$108,061,000	25
Jan 4, 2005	4	$686,000	-35%	-75%	3,290	$209	$108,747,000	26
Jan 5, 2005	4	$622,000	-9%	-78%	3,290	$189	$109,369,000	27
Jan 6, 2005	4	$632,000	+2%	-77%	3,290	$192	$110,002,000	28
Jan 7, 2005	5	$1,500,000	+137%	-48%	3,010	$498	$111,500,000	29
Jan 8, 2005	6	$2,419,055	+61%	-40%	3,010	$804	$114,088,893	30
Jan 9, 2005	6	$1,223,130	-49%	-53%	3,010	$406	$115,312,023	31
Jan 10, 2005	4	$388,000	-68%	-63%	3,010	$129	$115,700,000	32
Jan 11, 2005	4	$421,000	+9%	-39%	3,010	$140	$116,121,000	33
Jan 12, 2005	4	$403,000	-4%	-35%	3,010	$134	$116,525,000	34
Jan 13, 2005	4	$425,000	+5%	-33%	3,010	$141	$116,950,000	35
Jan 14, 2005	8	$900,000	+112%	-40%	2,105	$428	$117,900,000	36
Jan 15, 2005	11	$1,237,051	+37%	-49%	2,105	$588	$119,102,264	37
Jan 16, 2005	11	$832,167	-33%	-32%	2,105	$395	$119,934,431	38
Jan 17, 2005	13	$526,078	-37%	+36%	2,105	$250	$120,460,509	39
Jan 18, 2005	10	$205,000	-61%	-51%	2,105	$97	$120,665,000	40
Feb 21, 2005	26	$55,595			463	$120	$125,012,782	74

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 10, 2004	1	$50,400,379		3,290	$15,319	$50,400,379	1
Dec 17, 2004	2	$27,798,670	-45%	3,290	$8,449	$78,199,049	2
Dec 24, 2004	4	$19,374,096	-30%	3,290	$5,889	$97,573,145	3
Dec 31, 2004	4	$12,428,444	-36%	3,290	$3,778	$110,001,589	4
Jan 7, 2005	5	$6,948,460	-44%	3,010	$2,308	$116,950,049	5
Jan 14, 2005	10	$4,059,687	-42%	2,105	$1,929	$121,009,736	6
Jan 21, 2005	15	$1,910,193	-53%	1,275	$1,498	$122,919,929	7
Jan 28, 2005	20	$906,654	-53%	702	$1,292	$123,826,583	8
Feb 4, 2005	22	$469,040	-48%	407	$1,152	$124,295,623	9
Feb 11, 2005	28	$277,353	-41%	201	$1,380	$124,572,976	10
Feb 18, 2005	23	$519,999	+87%	463	$1,123	$125,092,975	11
Feb 25, 2005	34	$217,266	-58%	202	$1,076	$125,310,241	12
Mar 4, 2005	40	$126,539	-42%	140	$904	$125,436,780	13
Mar 11, 2005	54	$69,863	-45%	115	$608	$125,506,643	14
Mar 18, 2005	74	$24,991	-64%	73	$342	$125,531,634	15

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	12/10/2004	$3,443,814	378	378	2,017	$12,416,716	9/10/2020
United Kingdom	8/30/2024	$0	0	0	0	$0
Rest of World						$225,040,726
International Total						$237,457,442	9/10/2020

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 401-500)	402	$237,457,442
All Time International Sequel Box Office (Rank 101-200)	187	$237,457,442
Top 2004 Movies at the International Box Office	8	$237,457,442
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 101-200)	167	$237,457,442
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 201-300)	226	$237,457,442
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies	93	$237,457,442
All Time International Box Office for Adventure Movies (Rank 101-200)	162	$237,457,442
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 201-300)	209	$237,457,442
All Time International Box Office for Warner Bros. Movies	70	$237,457,442

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500)	426	$362,989,076
All Time Worldwide Sequel Box Office (Rank 101-200)	196	$362,989,076
Top 2004 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	10	$362,989,076
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 101-200)	171	$362,989,076
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 201-300)	245	$362,989,076
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies	92	$362,989,076
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Adventure Movies (Rank 101-200)	176	$362,989,076
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 201-300)	222	$362,989,076
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Warner Bros. Movies	80	$362,989,076

DVD Releases for April 29, 2008

April 28th, 2008

One of the last major Oscar contenders is coming out this week, and it is the only real contender for DVD Pick of the Week. Fortunately, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Buy from Amazon is certainly worth that title. There is also an honorable mention in the form of His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass - Blu-ray, which not only includes additional features from the DVD, but is actually cheaper. Easily the best High Definition release of the week. 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...

Whole Nation Cherishes Treasure

May 14th, 2005

Just one new film managed to finish in the top five on the rental charts, but it easily took top spot. National Treasure was more than 50% higher than its nearest rival with $10.57 million in DVD rentals and $1.46 million in VHS rentals for $12.03 million total. The film also finished first in DVD sales and second in VHS sales, (behind The Incredibles.) More...

Trio Fails to Beat the Fockers

May 7th, 2005

There were three new films in the top five rentals this week but Meet the Fockers held them off taking top spot. The film added $9.39 million in DVD rentals and $1.54 million in VHS rentals for a combined $10.93 million, down just 11% from last weekend. More...

Meeting Expectations

April 30th, 2005

As expected, Meet the Fockers was the top draw at the home market, earning the trifecta in the process. The film took in $10.46 million in DVD rentals as well as $1.86 million in VHS rentals. The movie also sold 3 million combined in DVD and VHS units on its opening day alone, one of the better sellers of the year. More...

Twelve is the New One

April 23rd, 2005

Ocean Twelve easily took top spot on both the DVD, VHS rental charts as well as the DVD sales charts. On the rental side the sequel brought in $10.10 million in DVD rentals and $1.25 million in VHS rentals, nearly double its nearest competitor. On the sales side exact numbers are unknown, but it was so popular that the original rode the wave into the top ten. More...

DVD Releases for April 12, 2005

April 11th, 2005

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section including this week's winners, which we'll get to in a moment. But first I have to say this is a really bad week for DVD releases, there's a least 6 that are worth picking up and choosing just one for the pick of the week is nearly impossible. But I did narrow the choices down to two, Hotel Rwanda - Buy from Amazon and Sledge Hammer! - Season Two - Buy from Amazon... and Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Vol. 1 - Buy from Amazon. The Invader ZIM - House Box Set - Buy from Amazon looks too cool to pass up as well, but that's it. Ok, renting DiG! - Buy from Amazon wouldn't be a mistake either. More...

Baby Takes Fifth in Close Race

March 20th, 2005

After gathering in all the data the winner for the race for fifth place is Million Dollar Baby, I think. It would need to lost more than 40% from last week's total and that's not taking into account its openings in South Korea at $1,515,672 and second place, its $110,000, third place debut in Finland, $86,000 in Russia, $50,000, second place debut in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, exact weekend totals are unknown but it is estimated at $6 million raising its international total to $43 million so far. More...

Swimming with Sharks

March 13th, 2005

Shark Tale finished its international run with a second place $2.08 million opening in Japan on 485 screens. Its $4,296 per screen average it quite low for the market and generally means the film won't have the usual legs films in Japan have. The film performed much better in Italy where it finished first again with $3.0 million, down just 23% during its sophomore stint. Overall it took in $5.2 million to raise its international total to $181 million, but without any more openings it might struggle to hit $200 million. More...

The Aviator Soars Higher than Before

March 6th, 2005

The Aviator beat weekend estimates by a substantial margin leading to a $5.9 million box office on 3000 screens in 34 markets. The multi-Oscar winning movie has hit $86.2 million internationally and will cross $200 million worldwide before too long. The film dropped a spot to fifth place in South Korea with $834,660 for the week and slipped to second in Australia with $798,000. The only market the film opened it was Argentina, where it easily took top spot with $232,000. More...

Twelve Tops the Best of the Rest

February 27th, 2005

Ocean's Twelve may have dropped out of the top five, but it is still going strong with $4.5 million on 1400 screens in 35 markets for an international box office of $225.8 million so far. No new openings means the heist film had to rely on holdovers likes its $2.5 million during its third weekend in the U.K. and $1.4 million during its fifth week of release in Japan, finishing second in both those markets. More...

Milestone Weekend for Fockers

February 16th, 2005

Meet the Fockers easily topped the international marketplace while surpassing the $100 million milestone internationally. The film's biggest box office was in Italy where the film brought in $5.9 million on 497 screens, more than double what the original opened with. The film is also opened well in several mid-level markets like Greece where the film took in $650,000 on 59 screens and $790,000 on 94 screens in Holland. Add in strong holdovers in the U.K. ($5.6 million down just 36%) and Spain, ($3.4 million down just 27%) and it all adds up to a $20.2 million on 2500 screens in 25 markets for an international total $114 million. More...

Fockers are Fabulous

February 9th, 2005

A higher than expected opening in Spain and a lower than expected decline in the U.K. allowed Meet the Fockers to retain top spot on the international charts. The film opened first in a handful of markets, including a $4.7 million opening in Spain on 356 screens, $377,000 in Denmark, $352,000 in Taiwan and $275,000 in Israel. Its most prolific market continues to be the U.K. where the film brought in $8.5 million during its second weekend there; that's a 42% drop-off, which is a little high for the market, but not as high as expected given its huge start last weekend. That one market represented more than half of its weekend total of $16.3 million on 1700 screens in 28 markets for a running tally of $82.9 million. More...

Fockers Flatten Competition

February 2nd, 2005

Meet the Fockers open in the U.K. over the weekend with an astounding $14.8 million on 456, which is more than four times the original's earnings there in 2000. That figure was also more than 8 times the second place film , and more than half the market's total box office. Add in a handful of openings in other, mostly smaller markets and the film brought in $19.2 million on 1,700 screens in 15 markets for a $58.8 million total so far. More...

Ocean Steals International Box Office Crown Back

January 26th, 2005

The International Box Office Race is certainly interesting, as Ocean's Twelve recaptured the lead this weekend with $14.4 million on 4,600 screens in 58 markets and now sits at $170.4 million internationally and $292.8 million worldwide. A large chunk of that total came from Japan, where the film earned $6.8 million (including sneak peaks) on 510 screens, while ending Howl's Moving Castle's nine week reign on top. While this was a strong performance, it was 20% lower that the original's debut in the same market. More...

Alexander Reigns over International Audiences

January 19th, 2005

After a massive opening last week in Spain, Alexander took top spot on the international charts thanks to a strong opening in Italy, Brazil and Hong Kong. The film managed first place in all three markets with $3.87 million on 446 screens in Italy, $906,900 on 193 screens in Brazil and $275,244 on 30 screens in Hong Kong. Holdovers were not as kind to the Sword and Sandal epic as it dropped nearly 50% in the U.K., Spain and France. Overall the film brought in $14.5 million on 3600 screens in 51 markets for a running tally of $88 million. And while the film will easily cross $100 million internationally, which is roughly 3 times its domestic figure, it has to be looked at as a disappointment financially. More...

Twelve Takes Top Spot

January 12th, 2005

The race for first in the international marketplace continued to be close with three films within a couple million of each other. Leading the way was Ocean's Twelve with $17.5 million on 5200 screens in 54 markets; the film's international total now sits at $137 million, slightly more than half of what Ocean's Eleven finished with. The heist film did open well in several markets, which mostly balances out severe drop-offs due to the post-holiday. For instance, the film opened well in South Korea with $2.1 million on 150 screens and debuted in first place in Argentina, ($500,000), Portugal, (with $720,000) and in the Philippines, ($370,000.) More...

Fockers Finish First, Frequently

January 10th, 2005

2005 got off to a slow start and was off 19% from last weekend and 16% from the first weekend of 2004. This despite the one new release beating all expectations. Next weekend should really turn things around, on the other hand. More...

Quiet Weekend for New Releases

January 7th, 2005

The weekend after Christmas is historically a very poor weekend to release a new film, as is the first weekend of the new year. Of course, normally these are the same weekend, but not this year. So by stretching out this down time we get two weekends in a row where's there's not much new to get bodies into theatres. More...

Flip-Flop at the Top

January 5th, 2005

Like last week, this week's international box office race was very close, but unlike last week, The Incredibles were able to reclaim the crown over Ocean's Twelve. The holidays helped the box office climb in several markets and overall the film earned $23.2 million on 6800 screens in 49 markets and now sits a week away from $300 million with $286.8 million international box office. More...

Fockers Finish First

January 3rd, 2005

Meet the Fockers dropped just 9.5% to $41.7 million and will easily make $200 million before its theatrical run is over. When it does it will become the six film from 2004 to do so, but at just 39% positive it will be the lowest rated film in that club. More...

Will 2004 End in a Whimper?

December 31st, 2004

It's the last day of 2004 tonight so you could either call this the last weekend of 2004 or the first weekend of 2005. There needed to be roughly $264 million in box office business since Sunday for 2004 to beat 2003, and while Monday's figures were ok, they've been slipping during the week and will most likely put 2003's $9.158 billion out of reach. As for the predictions this weekend, there should be almost no change in the top five but the overall box office should climb from last weekend. More...

Local Flicks Compete for International Crown

December 29th, 2004

Ocean's Twelve opening in another two markets, (Mexico and Belgium) helped the heist film finish first on the international charts with $22.6 million on 5,183 screens in 46 markets. The film opened well in Belgium where it easily took first place with $1.2 million on just 75 screens. That's up nearly 40% compared to the the original, but down nearly 10% in Euros. In Mexico the film could only manage $1.8 million on 550 screens for a rather limp per screen average. However, in most markets the film is not holding up as well as the studio would have liked. For instance, in Germany the film dropped by more than 50%, in France the decline was 44%. The only exception appears to be Italy where holidays and a serious boost to screen count helped the film climb 33% to $2.9 million over the weekend. More...

Bah Humbug!

December 27th, 2004

Despite records set for biggest Christmas Day box office, the total box office over the weekend was down significantly from last year. This is partially due to Christmas Eve falling on a Friday, but also has to do with the poor selection of films being released. The weekend was up by 27% from last weekend, but down 28% from last year, leaving 2004 just 0.4% up on 2003 with $8.894 billion to $8.854 billion. With a lead of just $40 million going into the final stretch, 2004 will most likely finish slightly ahead of 2003 in terms of total box office, but will finish behind in term of ticket sales. More...

Crowded Christmas Weekend

December 24th, 2004

The busiest weekend of the year starts off with Christmas Eve, one of the slowest holiday nights of year. Because of this, it make predicting the weekend results much more difficult. Also adding to the difficulty, several films only open / go wide on Saturday. More...

International Box Office Stolen!

December 22nd, 2004

For the first time in many weeks there was a real race for top spot on the international charts, also, for the first time in many weeks The Incredibles didn't win that race. Boosted by debuts in 22 additional markets, Ocean's Twelve took top spot with $28.9 million on 3900 screens in 27 markets for a early total of $35.2 million. Compared to the original the results are mixed. IN many places it is a lot lower when compared in local currency, but thanks to the Dollar's extended losing streak, it's much higher in American funds. For instance, the film opened in first place in France with 5.7 million Euros, down 16% from its predecessor, however, that's $7.5 million in American funds, a increase of 28%. Other highlights include $5.3 million in Germany, $3.5 million in Spain, $2.2 million in Italy and $1.4 million in both Holland and Switzerland and just shy of $1 million in Sweden. The film remained in first place in Australia despite dropping 50% at the box office to just $1.8 million. More...

Theatre Owners want the Rings to Return

December 20th, 2004

This weekend was the first year anniversary of the last of the Lord of the Rings movies, and the box office really missed its impact. The weekend was almost exactly flat with last weekend, but down 24.6% from last year. However, if you discount the top movie for each, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events this year and Return of the King for last year, then 2004 is up by more than 11%. The year-to-date comparisons have 2004 up by a mere 1.4% at $8.66 billion. More...

Not an Unfortunate Weekend for Moviegoers

December 17th, 2004

The look for this weekend is much different than it was at the beginning of the month as a few films had their release dates shuffled. That won't change what film will take first place, but the rest of the top five might be affected. More...

Zissou Living the High Life

December 14th, 2004

The highly anticipated release, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou easily topped the per theatre chart with $113 thousand in just two theatres for a $56,543 average. But since there was almost no doubt about whether the film would finish first, the real question is how well it stood up compared to Wes Anderson's previous release, The Royal Tenenbaums. That film, opened in 2001 with an average of $55,396 in five theatres, so taking into account the narrower release and inflation, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou debut is weaker, and with merely average reviews it probably won't have the legs either. More...

Ocean Runs Deep, Blade Franchise Staked

December 13th, 2004

The two wide openings fell short of expectations, but by a combined margin just several million dollars, even so, this weekend was nearly 23% ahead of last weekend. And comparing it to last year's trio of disappointing wide releases results in a 19% increase. And while 2004 now sits 2.4% ahead of 2003 with $8.52 billion, that margin could evaporate as there's no sure thing, $300 million monster hit left to be released this year. More...