Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,603	$57,139,723
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800)	1,715	$99,189,400
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,204	$57,139,723
Top 2004 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	56	$57,139,723
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 701-800)	731	$57,139,723
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,287	$57,139,723
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 701-800)	717	$57,139,723
All Time Domestic Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	68	$57,139,723
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 601-700)	667	$57,139,723
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300)	214	$57,139,723

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Apr 23, 2004	2	$21,054,238		3,438	$6,124	$21,054,283	1
Apr 30, 2004	3	$9,876,246	-53%	3,453	$2,860	$35,060,728	2
May 7, 2004	5	$5,816,841	-41%	3,158	$1,842	$42,880,123	3
May 14, 2004	6	$4,107,023	-29%	2,656	$1,546	$48,522,282	4
May 21, 2004	7	$2,512,234	-39%	2,028	$1,239	$52,080,216	5
May 28, 2004	10	$1,073,040	-57%	1,164	$922	$54,182,185	6
Jun 4, 2004	11	$356,806	-67%	423	$844	$55,258,250	7
Jun 11, 2004	18	$180,276	-49%	193	$934	$55,664,410	8
Jun 18, 2004	33	$86,480	-52%	120	$721	$55,850,974	9
Jun 25, 2004	35	$68,483	-21%	85	$806	$56,044,241	10
Jul 16, 2004	28	$169,318		147	$1,152	$56,449,140	13
Jul 23, 2004	36	$128,143	-24%	139	$922	$56,725,409	14
Jul 30, 2004	39	$94,178	-27%	127	$742	$56,919,629	15
Aug 13, 2004	64	$32,922		79	$417	$57,139,723	17

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Apr 23, 2004	1	$7,400,000			3,438	$2,152	$7,400,000	1
Apr 24, 2004	2	$8,721,574	+18%		3,438	$2,537	$16,104,480	2
Apr 25, 2004	2	$4,949,803	-43%		3,438	$1,440	$21,054,283	3
Apr 26, 2004	2	$1,122,000	-77%		3,438	$326	$22,177,000	4
Apr 27, 2004	2	$1,143,000	+2%		3,438	$332	$23,319,000	5
Apr 28, 2004	2	$943,000	-17%		3,438	$274	$24,263,000	6
Apr 29, 2004	2	$922,000	-2%		3,438	$268	$25,184,000	7
Apr 30, 2004	3	$3,400,000	+269%	-54%	3,453	$985	$28,600,000	8
May 1, 2004	3	$4,223,834	+24%	-52%	3,453	$1,223	$32,626,601	9
May 2, 2004	3	$2,434,127	-42%	-51%	3,453	$705	$35,060,728	10
May 3, 2004	4	$566,000	-77%	-50%	3,453	$164	$35,627,000	11
May 4, 2004	4	$575,000	+2%	-50%	3,453	$167	$36,202,000	12
May 5, 2004	4	$476,000	-17%	-50%	3,453	$138	$36,678,000	13
May 6, 2004	4	$385,000	-19%	-58%	3,453	$111	$37,063,000	14
May 7, 2004	5	$1,700,000	+342%	-50%	3,158	$538	$38,800,000	15
May 8, 2004	5	$2,284,625	+34%	-46%	3,158	$723	$41,029,657	16
May 9, 2004	4	$1,850,466	-19%	-24%	3,158	$586	$42,880,123	17
May 10, 2004	5	$379,000	-80%	-33%	3,158	$120	$43,259,000	18
May 11, 2004	5	$394,000	+4%	-31%	3,158	$125	$43,653,000	19
May 12, 2004	5	$375,000	-5%	-21%	3,158	$119	$44,028,000	20
May 13, 2004	4	$388,000	+3%	+1%	3,158	$123	$44,415,000	21
May 14, 2004	6	$1,300,000	+235%	-24%	2,656	$489	$45,700,000	22
May 15, 2004	6	$1,809,766	+39%	-21%	2,656	$681	$47,490,751	23
May 16, 2004	6	$1,031,531	-43%	-44%	2,656	$388	$48,522,282	24
May 17, 2004	6	$272,000	-74%	-28%	2,656	$102	$48,794,000	25
May 18, 2004	5	$316,000	+16%	-20%	2,656	$119	$49,111,000	26
May 19, 2004	7	$213,000	-33%	-43%	2,165	$98	$49,324,000	27
May 20, 2004	7	$244,000	+15%	-37%	2,165	$113	$49,568,000	28
May 21, 2004	7	$800,000	+228%	-38%	2,028	$394	$50,400,000	29
May 22, 2004	7	$1,100,000	+38%	-39%	2,028	$542	$51,500,000	30
May 23, 2004	7	$688,307	-37%	-33%	2,028	$339	$52,080,216	31
May 24, 2004	6	$277,000	-60%	+2%	2,028	$137	$52,357,000	32
May 25, 2004	6	$231,000	-17%	-27%	2,028	$114	$52,588,000	33
May 26, 2004	6	$239,000	+3%	+12%	2,028	$118	$52,828,000	34
May 27, 2004	6	$281,000	+18%	+15%	2,028	$139	$53,109,000	35
May 28, 2004	9	$300,000	+7%	-63%	1,164	$258	$53,400,000	36
May 29, 2004	10	$386,498	+29%	-65%	1,164	$332	$53,802,015	37
May 30, 2004	9	$380,170	-2%	-45%	1,164	$327	$54,182,185	38
May 31, 2004	9	$378,832	n/c	+37%	1,164	$325	$54,561,017	39
Jun 1, 2004	10	$112,000	-70%	-52%	1,164	$96	$54,673,000	40
Jun 2, 2004	10	$114,000	+2%	-52%	1,164	$98	$54,786,000	41
Jun 3, 2004	10	$115,000	+1%	-59%	1,164	$99	$54,901,000	42

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Apr 23, 2004	2	$25,184,437		3,438	$7,325	$25,184,482	1
Apr 30, 2004	3	$11,878,800	-53%	3,453	$3,440	$37,063,282	2
May 7, 2004	4	$7,351,977	-38%	3,158	$2,328	$44,415,259	3
May 14, 2004	7	$5,152,723	-30%	2,656	$1,940	$49,567,982	4
May 21, 2004	7	$3,541,163	-31%	2,028	$1,746	$53,109,145	5
May 28, 2004	10	$1,792,299	-49%	1,164	$1,540	$54,901,444	6
Jun 4, 2004	13	$582,690	-67%	423	$1,378	$55,484,134	7
Jun 11, 2004	19	$280,360	-52%	193	$1,453	$55,764,494	8
Jun 18, 2004	26	$211,264	-25%	120	$1,761	$55,975,758	9
Jul 16, 2004	28	$317,444		147	$2,159	$56,597,266	13
Jul 23, 2004	32	$228,185	-28%	139	$1,642	$56,825,451	14

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	9/2/2004	$1,230,337	221	221	1,167	$4,825,365	4/8/2020
Rest of World						$35,693,624
International Total						$40,518,989	4/8/2020

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300)	2,290	$40,518,989
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800)	1,758	$40,518,989
Top 2004 Movies at the International Box Office	61	$40,518,989
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,092	$40,518,989
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,827	$40,518,989
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,023	$40,518,989
All Time International Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies (Rank 101-200)	106	$40,518,989
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 801-900)	819	$40,518,989
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300)	254	$40,518,989

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,858	$97,658,712
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,388	$97,658,712
Top 2004 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	57	$97,658,712
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 801-900)	868	$97,658,712
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,477	$97,658,712
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 801-900)	810	$97,658,712
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	88	$97,658,712
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 701-800)	744	$97,658,712
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300)	240	$97,658,712

DVD Releases for January 20, 2009 - Part I

January 20th, 2009

A terrible week for first run releases. There are five such releases on this week's list, but they has a combined haul of around $130 million, and nearly $100 million of that came from two films. With no big releases, we had to look other places for the DVD Pick of the Week. Repo! The Genetic Opera on Blu-ray is a clear contender for that title, but its lack of mass appeal is troublesome. This American Life - Season Two is a safer pick, but it is a Borders Exclusive release. Regardless of these issues, both releases are worthy of the DVD Pick of the Week. Despite the weakness at the top, there are still more than enough total releases to cause this column to stretch into two parts. The second part can be found here. More...

DVD Releases for February 7, 2006 - Part 1

February 6th, 2006

It's a massively busy week in the world of DVD releases, so much so that I'm dividing the column up into two parts with the second part being published tomorrow. I'm trying to organize it alphabetically, (although I'll probably miss a few today and add them tomorrow), but this presents a small problem as none of today's list are really DVD Pick of the Week material. As for tomorrow's list, both Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Buy from Amazon and Waiting... - Unrated Edition are contenders for DVD Pick of the Week. You'll have to stay tuned to see which one wins. (Hint: probably both.) More...

Village's Population Grows

September 29th, 2004

For the fifth week in a row The Village finished in first place with $14.0 million on 4000 screens in 38 markets. The biggest opening of the week was $5.2 million in Spain, but suffered another collapse in Mexico dropping 55% during its second weekend there. Its international total hit $100 million over the weekend, the fifth Disney film to do so this year, and the 17th overall. More...

Spider Swings into Italy but Can't Top Village

September 21st, 2004

The Village once again top took spot on the international scene, but by a very narrow margin. Still being plagued by sharp drop-offs, the film earned $11.2 million on 3,500 screens in 34 markets. So far the film has taken it $117 million internationally, higher than its $113 million it earned domestically. Although, it is much lower than M. Night Shyamalan's previous movie Signs. More...

Village's Population Grows

September 14th, 2004

The Village again was the weekend champ in the international box office with $15.3 million on nearly 3,500 screens in 31 markets. Highlights for the weekend include and impressive debut in Germany at $5.5 million and a less spectacular $3.1 million in Japan. The film also suffered a 55% drop-off in its second weekend in Australia while it held up much better in Brazil. So far the film has earned $63.2 million internationally and is well on its way to matching its $112 million domestic total. More...

Stuck in Neutral

September 8th, 2004

The weekend on the international scene was very much the same as last weekend, just a little bit slower. The Village was again the champ, thanks to seven openings in mostly mid-ranged markets. A $2.2 million debut in Australia was the top money earner as the film took in $9 million in 23 markets. It's international total is now $45 million and should be headed to $100 million before it is done. More...

Robot Takes Gold

August 17th, 2004

It's a little early to say what effect the 2004 Summer Olympics will have on the box office, but the early indication is that Eurocup 2004 had a larger effect. I, Robot hit its first international milestone topping the $100 million mark and now sits at $107.7 million. It accomplished this feat by taking in $18.8 million on more than 5,300 screens in 34 markets over the weekend. With Japan and Italy still ahead, $300 million worldwide is almost guaranteed while $200 million internationally is not out of the question. More...

Robot Tops Very Light Competition

August 10th, 2004

With the summer juggernauts mostly wrapping up their runs, and very little in the way of new competition, I, Robot easily finished first on the international box office charts. Its weekend earnings of $31.3 million on more than 6,000 screens in 29 markets was nearly triple what the nearest competitor could take in. The film opened number one in the U.K. (8.7 million), Germany ($5.3 million) and Russia ($2.4 million) as well as strong holdovers in France ($2.6 million) and other nations. The film has already earned $71.2 million internationally, and should top its domestic numbers within a few weeks. More...

DVD Releases for August 3, 2004

August 2nd, 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, including the co-winners of the DVD Pick of the Week, 13 Going on 30 - Special Edition - Buy from Amazon and Sliders - The First and Second Seasons - Buy from Amazon. More...

Slower Start to Summer

May 10th, 2004

Summer got off to a really, really slow start this year. Last year the first weekend in May resulted in an incredible 66% week-to-week increase but this year that increase was only 7.1%. And while this weekend last year was the slowest of the summer box office season (May to mid-August), but this year it was actually 1.4% lower. If we don't see a dramatic increase next weekend the year-to-date increase could drop below the inflation. More...

IT'S SUMMERTIME!

May 7th, 2004

Finally, the summer season at the box office is starting. While it isn't until Memorial Day that Summer Official starts in the movie industry, the first full weekend in May has become increasingly important. This year doesn't look as strong as last year, but it still should be a mile above anything we saw in April. More...

Nice Guys may Finish Last but Mean Girls Finish First

May 3rd, 2004

Five movies opening wide in one weekend is just too many for one weekend. Combined with the horrible reviews and its no wonder all but one film flopped. Fortunately that one film had one of the best April openings ever so we saw a pretty good increase from last weekend at 4%. However, this time last year was the beginning of May, which marks the official start of the Summer Blockbuster season, so it is no surprising that this weekend is down a huge 33% from last year. In fact X-Men United opening was just shy of the top 10's total. And if you add in The Lizzie McGuire Movie and their combined debuts are higher than the weekend's total box office. More...

At Least Next Week Looks Good

April 30th, 2004

It's a busy last weekend in April with five movies opening wide. However, it is uncertain if any of these films can take top spot. This is partly due to the competition but it is also due to the weakness of the reviews; just one film has overall positive reviews and the other four films have combined reviews under 15% positive. More...

Fire on Top as Two Films have $20 million Openings

April 26th, 2004

This was a weird weekend. We had a record-breaking event when two movies opened with $20 million and that's the first time that's ever happened in April. However, the total box office was still down more than 5% from last weekend. It was up 6% from the same time last year, sort of. It's getting really confusion doing the yearly comparisons because last year April had four weekends, while this year it has five. More...

Is any Movie Going to set the Box Office on Fire?

April 23rd, 2004

Just the two wide releases this week targeting two entirely different audiences. So we could have two break out hits this week. Then again, probably not. April started out ok, but it has really started to suffer and it doesn't look better next weekend. Summer can't start too soon. More...

Movie Websites Launches for Aril 16 - April 22

April 23rd, 2004

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 the winner for the week, Van Helsing - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Killing the Competition

April 19th, 2004

With just two movies opening wide this should have been a good week, and while the wide releases did ok, the holdovers really suffered. In the end the weekend was down 10.6% from last weekend, and even more telling was its 3.5% drop from last year. Granted, it was Easter this time last year, but it's not that important of a holiday to make a large enough difference. More...

Bill Hopes to Make a Killing at the Box Office

April 16th, 2004

For the first time this month we don't have an overload of new movies opening up. However, the two wider releases we do have are in direct competition for the same audience, so the same ticket splitting will still happen. That will make it hard for both films to succeed. There's an addition film opening sort of wide, but at just 1000 theatres don't expect it to make much of an impact. More...

Movie Websites Launches for Aril 9 - April 15

April 15th, 2004

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 the winner for the week, The Punisher - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for Aril 2 - April 8

April 8th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. This week saw a deceptively poor crop of site as there were a lot of movie site launched / updated / released, more than 30 in fact. However, very few of them even came close to the being considered for this week's award. It's so bad I've spent the last 3 hours looking for a gem of movie site that I may have missed in previous weeks. In the end it was Kill Bill: Volume 2 - Official Site that won the award with only one or two other that were even briefly considered. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for March 26 - April 1

April 1st, 2004

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 the winner for the week, Hellboy - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

2004 Summer Preview - Part 1: April

March 28th, 2004

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With summer just around the corner ... Yes I know Spring started a week ago, but this is the movie industry, we do things differently. So with Summer just around the corner it's time for the Summer Movie Preview, Part 1 - April. In April we have nearly 20 films opening wide over 5 weekends, or almost 4 per weekend. That much variety should please moviegoers, but that much competition will kill the chances of half the movies released. More...

Movie Websites Launches for March 19 - March 25

March 25th, 2004

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 the winner for the week, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for February 27 - March 4

March 4th, 2004

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 the winner for the week, The Prince & Me - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

New Movie Release Dates

February 6th, 2004

This week's new batch of movie release dates has some more shuffling around of this Summer's blockbusters, and even next Summer's blockbusters. We also have release dates for some smaller (and more interesting) movies. Among movies with moved dates: Welcome to Mooseport, 13 Going on 30, Raising Helen, Mr. 3000, The Notebook and Shall We Dance?. We also have a announced date for Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and a new name and date for the XXX Sequel. More...

Movie Websites Launches for January 23 - January 29

January 29th, 2004

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 the winner for the week. It was a two-way race this week as most sites on today's list had either small updates or launched flash sites that were mostly marked 'coming soon.' In the end, Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed took this week's top prize. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

New Movie Release Dates

January 23rd, 2004

Each week, the studios do another dance, shuffling around the release dates of their movies in an effort to best position themselves for future success. This week sees the sudden disappearance of Mindhunters from the schedules and new release dates for Raising Helen, Mr. 3000, The Clearing, Wicker Park, Beauty Shop, Amityville, The Notebook, Secret Window, 13 Going on 30 and Breakin' All the Rules. More...

Movie Websites Launches for December 2 - January 2

January 2nd, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. This week we have a very abridged list due to the holidays; in fact, the list is so abridged I contemplated not giving an award this week. In the end I gave the award for the week to King Arthur - Official Site - for excellence in a placeholder site. (Hopefully the full site will not let me down.) If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...