2012 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I

November 23rd, 2012

This weekend is Thanksgiving and as always that means Black Friday and Cyber Monday plus 48 hours of shopping in-between. Unlike most years, I'm only halfway done with my Christmas shopping. So what recent, and not so recent releases are prime candidates for the perfect gift this year? Over the next month, we will go over several dozen possibilities with our annual Holiday Gift Guide, which is divided into into four sections. This week we start with Major Movie Releases. These are first run releases, franchise box sets, etc. However, before we get into the individual titles, we will start with an update on... More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for September 11th, 2012

September 11th, 2012

This week is again dominated with TV on DVD releases, including more than half the first page on Amazon.com's list of best-selling new releases. There is one first-run release that is doing really well: Snow White and the Huntsman - Extended Edition on DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack. It's worth picking up, but not Pick of the Week material. To find contenders for that title, one must look to the TV on DVD releases, including 30 Rock: Season Six and Absolutely Fabulous: 20th Anniversary Specials. But the winner was Castle: Season Four. More...

IMAX - International Edition

February 27th, 2005

IMAX numbers are hard to find, for international IMAX number it's doubly so. Working on the international numbers I was able to come across box office figures for half a dozen IMAX films from four markets. More...

Alien Sees Sustained Growth

February 23rd, 2005

For the second week in a row Aliens of the Deep saw a week to week increase. This week it was a modest 2.14% increase, but that does suggest there's room for its theatre count to grow. More...

Aliens Sink Faster than Expected

February 8th, 2005

After starting out slower than expected last weekend, Aliens of the Deep sank a little faster than expected this weekend, falling by nearly 24%. That's twice as steep as Ghosts of the Abyss's dropped during its second weekend of release, and nearly three times as fast as NASCAR: The IMAX Experience. More...

Aliens' Success is not as Deep

February 2nd, 2005

The latest edutainment film hit IMAX screens over the weekend, but the results for Aliens of the Deep were mixed. Its per theater average of $17,754 was the best of the weekend and beat James Cameron's last IMAX venture, Ghosts of the Abyss. However, that film played in more than 3 times the theaters.

Compared to NASCAR: The IMAX Experience, Aliens of the Deep earned a weaker per theater average, while playing in less than half the theaters. More...

DVD Releases for April 27, 2004

April 26th, 2004

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. A couple of selections caught my eye this week, Love Actually - (Buy from Amazon) and Kids in the Hall - Season 1 both of which are my DVD pick of the week. More...

IMAX Update

March 11th, 2004

Several readers have written in and asked why the story in front of the IMAX top five hasn't been updated in over a year. There are two answers to this question. Firstly, the IMAX Corporation stopped publishing separate IMAX figures for movies released both in IMAX and regular format. This meant that for the biggest IMAX releases of the year, (Ghosts of the Abyss, The Matrix Reloaded, etc.) there were no box office figures. No box office figures, no box office news. More...

Winged Migration Falters, But Still Above the Flock

April 28th, 2003

No One to Fight for Anger Management

April 11th, 2003

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Screens	Per Screen	Total Gross	Week
2003/09/05	-	$67,772		2	$33,886	$67,772	1
2004/06/18	-	$15,447		2	$7,724	$110,027	42
2004/06/25	-	$18,188	+18%	2	$9,094	$134,150	43
2004/07/02	-	$6,641	-63%	2	$3,321	$144,667	44
2004/07/09	-	$31,196	+370%	2	$15,598	$211,050	45
2004/07/16	-	$26,710	-14%	2	$13,355	$243,271	46
2004/07/23	-	$17,525	-34%	2	$8,763	$260,249	47
2004/07/30	-	$14,603	-17%	2	$7,302	$280,868	48
2004/08/06	-	$14,192	-3%	2	$7,096	$308,772	49
2004/08/13	-	$11,975	-16%	2	$5,988	$329,084	50
2004/08/20	-	$12,891	+8%	2	$6,446	$353,002	51
2004/08/27	-	$13,093	+2%	2	$6,547	$361,802	52
2004/09/03	-	$6,382	-51%	2	$3,191	$365,757	53
2004/09/10	-	$7,659	+20%	2	$3,830	$382,853	54
2004/09/17	-	$7,051	-8%	2	$3,526	$395,335	55
2004/09/24	-	$10,932	+55%	2	$5,466	$419,956	56
2004/10/01	-	$15,577	+42%	2	$7,789	$445,323	57
2004/10/08	-	$9,258	-41%	2	$4,629	$470,665	58
2004/10/15	-	$9,678	+5%	2	$4,839	$481,390	59
2004/10/22	-	$10,608	+10%	2	$5,304	$501,435	60
2004/10/29	-	$11,269	+6%	2	$5,635	$525,557	61
2004/11/05	-	$6,094	-46%	2	$3,047	$547,696	62
2004/11/12	-	$9,391	+54%	2	$4,696	$571,590	63
2004/11/19	-	$7,443	-21%	2	$3,722	$597,132	64
2004/11/26	-	$5,898	-21%	2	$2,949	$609,899	65
2004/12/03	-	$6,383	+8%	2	$3,192	$610,438	66
2004/12/10	-	$3,676	-42%	2	$1,838	$596,282	67
2004/12/17	-	$4,534	+23%	2	$2,267	$613,002	68
2004/12/24	-	$9,328	+106%	2	$4,664	$632,591	69
2004/12/31	-	$15,283	+64%	2	$7,642	$668,118	70
2005/01/07	-	$7,083	-54%	2	$3,542	$663,510	71
2005/01/14	-	$9,079	+28%	2	$4,540	$676,414	72
2005/01/21	-	$10,221	+13%	2	$5,111	$702,341	73
2005/01/28	-	$10,432	+2%	2	$5,216	$721,915	74
2005/02/04	-	$11,692	+12%	2	$5,846	$734,999	75
2005/02/11	-	$10,459	-11%	2	$5,230	$761,903	76
2005/02/18	-	$8,518	-19%	2	$4,259	$776,193	77
2005/02/25	-	$9,207	+8%	2	$4,604	$786,286	78
2005/03/04	-	$7,164	-22%	2	$3,582	$804,218	79
2005/03/18	-	$4,744		2	$2,372	$825,223	81
2005/03/25	-	$2,514	-47%	1	$2,514	$808,147	82
2005/04/01	-	$2,860	+14%	2	$1,430	$810,457	83
2005/04/08	-	$2,164	-24%	2	$1,082	$817,987	84
2005/04/15	-	$443	-80%	1	$443	$816,198	85
2005/04/22	-	$2,906	+556%	2	$1,453	$39,156	86
2005/04/29	-	$1,127	-61%	2	$564	$41,749	87
2005/05/06	-	$567	-50%	1	$567	$835,723	88
2005/05/13	-	$1,795	+217%	2	$898	$821,808	89
2005/05/20	-	$1,675	-7%	2	$838	$817,599	90
2005/05/27	-	$2,468	+47%	2	$1,234	$828,568	91
2005/06/03	-	$1,054	-57%	1	$1,054	$821,948	92
2005/06/10	-	$2,649	+151%	2	$1,325	$834,274	93
2005/06/17	-	$949	-64%	2	$475	$851,329	94
2005/06/24	-	$1,020	+7%	2	$510	$842,525	95
2005/07/01	-	$1,118	+10%	1	$1,118	$824,219	96
2005/07/15	-	$420		1	$420	$821,999	98

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	9/4/2003	$67,772	2	2	106	$821,999	9/25/2020
North America	4/11/2003	$1,408,474	97	97	1,910	$17,093,668	5/22/2013
United Kingdom	4/18/2003	$0	0	4	32	$1,803,433	6/23/2020
Rest of World						$9,023,213
Worldwide Total						$28,742,313	9/25/2020