Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900)	2,878	$31,493,782
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)	3,031	$52,953,958
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400)	2,325	$31,493,782
Top 2005 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	89	$31,493,782
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Movies (Rank 101-200)	156	$31,493,782
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500)	2,467	$31,493,782
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,457	$31,493,782
All Time Domestic Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 201-300)	264	$31,493,782
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 901-1,000)	922	$31,493,782
All Time Domestic Box Office for New Line Movies	68	$31,493,782

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Sep 23, 2005	18	$515,992		14	$36,857	$515,992	1
Sep 30, 2005	4	$8,103,077	+1,470%	1,340	$6,047	$8,871,781	2
Oct 7, 2005	9	$5,067,000	-37%	1,340	$3,781	$16,638,684	3
Oct 14, 2005	8	$3,600,474	-29%	1,348	$2,671	$22,364,443	4
Oct 21, 2005	9	$2,699,962	-25%	1,308	$2,064	$26,300,395	5
Oct 28, 2005	14	$1,351,883	-50%	1,011	$1,337	$28,542,075	6
Nov 4, 2005	18	$814,257	-40%	707	$1,152	$29,909,243	7
Nov 11, 2005	24	$344,222	-58%	308	$1,118	$30,524,394	8
Nov 18, 2005	34	$109,352	-68%	167	$655	$30,745,328	9
Nov 25, 2005	45	$54,568	-50%	63	$866	$30,848,006	10
Dec 2, 2005	41	$56,596	+4%	93	$609	$30,927,547	11
Dec 9, 2005	41	$42,716	-25%	123	$347	$30,997,278	12
Dec 16, 2005	38	$37,054	-13%	104	$356	$31,061,904	13
Dec 30, 2005	46	$47,038		56	$840	$31,198,508	15
Jan 6, 2006	41	$46,613	-1%	57	$818	$31,287,133	16
Jan 13, 2006	42	$42,323	-9%	46	$920	$31,350,408	17
Jan 20, 2006	49	$32,334	-24%	34	$951	$31,408,459	18
Jan 27, 2006	54	$30,179	-7%	25	$1,207	$31,456,306	19
Feb 3, 2006	63	$22,228	-26%	22	$1,010	$31,493,782	20

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Sep 30, 2005	4	$2,600,000			1,340	$1,940	$3,400,000	8
Oct 1, 2005	4	$3,400,000	+31%		1,340	$2,537	$6,800,000	9
Oct 2, 2005	4	$2,100,000	-38%		1,340	$1,567	$8,871,781	10
Oct 3, 2005	3	$720,000	-66%		1,340	$537	$9,592,000	11
Oct 4, 2005	3	$735,000	+2%		1,340	$549	$10,328,000	12
Oct 5, 2005	2	$600,000	-18%		1,340	$448	$10,930,000	13
Oct 6, 2005	2	$620,000	+3%		1,340	$463	$11,571,684	14
Oct 7, 2005	10	$1,500,000	+142%	-42%	1,340	$1,119	$13,000,000	15
Oct 8, 2005	8	$2,200,000	+47%	-35%	1,340	$1,642	$15,200,000	16
Oct 9, 2005	9	$1,400,000	-36%	-33%	1,340	$1,045	$16,638,684	17
Oct 10, 2005	7	$730,000	-48%	+1%	1,340	$545	$17,369,000	18
Oct 11, 2005	6	$425,000	-42%	-42%	1,340	$317	$17,794,000	19
Oct 12, 2005	6	$410,000	-4%	-32%	1,340	$306	$18,207,000	20
Oct 13, 2005	7	$450,000	+10%	-27%	1,340	$336	$18,763,969	21
Oct 14, 2005	8	$1,100,000	+144%	-27%	1,348	$816	$19,900,000	22
Oct 15, 2005	8	$1,600,000	+45%	-27%	1,348	$1,187	$21,500,000	23
Oct 16, 2005	9	$900,000	-44%	-36%	1,348	$668	$22,364,443	24
Oct 17, 2005	9	$300,000	-67%	-59%	1,348	$223	$22,664,000	25
Oct 18, 2005	9	$325,000	+8%	-24%	1,348	$241	$22,996,000	26
Oct 19, 2005	9	$285,000	-12%	-30%	1,348	$211	$23,278,000	27
Oct 20, 2005	9	$310,000	+9%	-31%	1,348	$230	$23,600,433	28
Oct 21, 2005	9	$900,000	+190%	-18%	1,308	$688	$24,500,000	29
Oct 22, 2005	9	$1,200,000	+33%	-25%	1,308	$917	$25,700,000	30
Oct 23, 2005	11	$600,000	-50%	-33%	1,308	$459	$26,300,395	31
Oct 24, 2005	10	$230,000	-62%	-23%	1,308	$176	$26,530,000	32
Oct 25, 2005	10	$235,000	+2%	-28%	1,308	$180	$26,769,000	33
Oct 26, 2005	10	$220,000	-6%	-23%	1,308	$168	$26,988,000	34
Oct 27, 2005	10	$202,000	-8%	-35%	1,308	$154	$27,190,192	35
Jan 2, 2006	40	$14,606			56	$261	$31,213,114	102
Jan 16, 2006	40	$9,367			46	$204	$31,359,775	116

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Sep 23, 2005	18	$768,704		14	$54,907	$768,704	1
Sep 30, 2005	4	$10,802,980	+1,305%	1,340	$8,062	$11,571,684	2
Oct 7, 2005	9	$7,192,285	-33%	1,340	$5,367	$18,763,969	3
Oct 14, 2005	8	$4,836,464	-33%	1,348	$3,588	$23,600,433	4
Oct 21, 2005	9	$3,589,759	-26%	1,308	$2,744	$27,190,192	5
Oct 28, 2005	14	$1,904,794	-47%	1,011	$1,884	$29,094,986	6
Nov 4, 2005	18	$1,085,186	-43%	707	$1,535	$30,180,172	7
Nov 11, 2005	25	$455,804	-58%	308	$1,480	$30,635,976	8
Nov 18, 2005	40	$157,462	-65%	167	$943	$30,793,438	9
Nov 25, 2005	44	$77,513	-51%	63	$1,230	$30,870,951	10
Dec 2, 2005	38	$83,611	+8%	93	$899	$30,954,562	11
Dec 9, 2005	41	$70,288	-16%	123	$571	$31,024,850	12
Dec 30, 2005	42	$89,050		56	$1,590	$31,240,520	15
Jan 6, 2006	38	$67,565	-24%	57	$1,185	$31,308,085	16
Jan 13, 2006	42	$68,040	+1%	46	$1,479	$31,376,125	17
Jan 20, 2006	49	$50,002	-27%	34	$1,471	$31,426,127	18
Jan 27, 2006	55	$45,427	-9%	25	$1,817	$31,471,554	19
Feb 3, 2006	65	$22,228	-51%	22	$1,010	$31,493,782	20

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,701-2,800)	2,780	$29,984,015
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,101-2,200)	2,192	$29,984,015
Top 2005 Movies at the International Box Office	84	$29,984,015
All Time International Box Office for Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Movies (Rank 101-200)	189	$29,984,015
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,201-2,300)	2,261	$29,984,015
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,296	$29,984,015
All Time International Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 201-300)	254	$29,984,015
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800)	729	$29,984,015
All Time International Box Office for New Line Movies	42	$29,984,015

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,601-2,700)	2,679	$61,477,797
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,101-2,200)	2,111	$61,477,797
Top 2005 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	80	$61,477,797
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Movies (Rank 101-200)	169	$61,477,797
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,201-2,300)	2,225	$61,477,797
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,274	$61,477,797
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 201-300)	237	$61,477,797
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800)	778	$61,477,797
All Time Worldwide Box Office for New Line Movies	47	$61,477,797

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Mar 19, 2006	2	704,463		704,463	$12,363,326	$12,363,326	1
Mar 26, 2006	8	205,936	-71%	910,399	$3,080,803	$15,444,129	2
Apr 2, 2006	16	85,543	-58%	995,942	$1,279,723	$16,723,852	3
Apr 9, 2006	8	242,290	+183%	1,238,232	$3,624,658	$20,348,510	4
Apr 16, 2006	5	403,830	+67%	1,642,062	$6,041,297	$26,389,807	5
Apr 23, 2006	7	110,337	-73%	1,752,399	$1,650,642	$28,040,449	6
Apr 30, 2006	12	96,984	-12%	1,849,383	$1,450,881	$29,491,330	7
May 7, 2006	18	69,504	-28%	1,918,887	$1,039,780	$30,531,110	8
May 14, 2006	24	70,383	+1%	1,989,270	$1,052,930	$31,584,040	9
May 21, 2006	29	44,511	-37%	2,033,781	$665,885	$32,249,925	10
May 28, 2006	30	43,770	-2%	2,077,551	$654,799	$32,904,724	11

DVD Releases for February 10, 2009 - Part I

February 10th, 2009

One of the busier weeks in the past several weeks, but there's little in the way of top-notch releases. The biggest box office hit was Nights in Rodanthe, which struggled to become a mid-level hit. The best release in my opinion is My Name is Bruce on Blu-ray, but only if you are a Bruce Campbell Fanboy. I am, and I'm awarding it the DVD Pick of the Week. While there were not as many top-notch releases, there were still more than enough bulk to force this column to be split into two. The second part can be found here. More...

Kong Crowned King of the Home Market

April 8th, 2006

King Kong was the best of this week's batch as it easily took top spot on the rental charts with $10.31 million in DVD rentals. This is higher than expected as I had assumed the vast majority of people who were interested in seeing it would buy it, but instead the buyers lead the renters by only a 2 - 1 margin. More...

Chicken Little Derails Competition

April 1st, 2006

Despite a weak DVD, Derailed topped the rental charts with $8.39 million during its first week of release. Last week's winner, A History of Violence, fell 28% to $6.42 million and now has $15.42 million during its home market run. A pair of family films, Chicken Little and Dreamer - Inspired by a True Story, came in third and fourth with $5.68 million and $5.45 million respectively. Rounding our the top five was Walk the Line, which added $5.10 million to its four-week total of $34.19 million. More...

Good Night for Violence

March 25th, 2006

A History of Violence took top spot on the rental charts with $8.91 million in combined rentals during its first week of release. In that one week the film earned more than a quarter of what the film took in during its entire theatrically run and should have no trouble surpassing that total before long. 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...

DVD Releases for March 14, 2006

March 13th, 2006

I can't say I'm particularly impressed by this week's selection of DVDs. There were a couple of films that I loved, but the DVD release was sub-par. The release I was most looking forward to Grosse Pointe - The Complete Series, was pulled from the schedule. That left A History of Violence - Buy from Amazon as the obvious choice for DVD Pick of the Week, but there were a couple of release worthy of an honorable mention, including the mockumentary, LolliLove. 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...

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...

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...

International Details: Chicken Littler

December 23rd, 2005

Chicken Little fell out of the top five with $6.81 million on 3697 screens in 32 markets for a $66.03 million running tally. The film had no major openings while holdovers varied from strong in France, (down just 29% to $3.03 million on 910 screens for the weekend and $7.75 million in total) to very poor in Italy, (down 59% to $658,000 on 367 for a $6.39 million total). The film has yet to open in several major markets including the U.K., Japan, and Germany and when it does it should have no trouble topping its domestic total since it is already more than halfway there. 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...

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...

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...

Brothers are not so Grimm

October 23rd, 2005

The Brothers Grimm dropped just 35% during its second weekend in France adding $2.1 million to its $5.7 million total there. In Germany, the film performed a nearly the same level falling 36% to $950,000 over the weekend and $2.9 million during its run. Overall the film made $4 million for a $27.8 million runny tally and that places it fourth on this week's charts. While the film struggled domestically, it is doing quite a bit better on the international scene, and could show a profit sometime during its home market run. More...

Corrected - Wallace and Gromit Capture Top Spot

October 10th, 2005

It was a bad weekend at the box office. Granted, the box office hit $104 million over the weekend, up 17.6% from last weekend, but it was down 2.9% from last year, making this a weak start to October. The fall box office is still ahead of last years pace by 4.9% at $581.8 million, but year-to-date, 2005 is off by 6.5% at $6.608 billion. More...

Full House for new Releases

October 7th, 2005

Five new films are opening in varying degrees of wideness from 3,645 theatres for Wallace and Gromit to 969 for The Gospel. All while all five could have an impact at the box office, the real question is whether the overall market can rebound from last weekend's setback. 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...

Studios Hoping the Box Office isn't too Serene

September 30th, 2005

Today is the last day of a very successful September. Unfortunately, this does mean the year-to-year gains we've been seeing will come to an end. This time last year was the first weekend in October and all three wide releases combined won't top the debut of Shark Tale. But hopefully that will be a momentary setback for an otherwise healthy Fall box office. More...

Violence has its Rewards

September 27th, 2005

As expected, A History of Violence led the per theatre charts this weekend with an average of $36,857 in 14 theatres. Even if the film wasn't going to expand its theatre count, it would still top David Cronenberg's previous film and depending on how well it holds onto its average as it expands, it could become one of his biggest commercial successes. The only other member of the $10,000 club was Oliver Twist, which earned $68,447 in just 5 theatres for an average of $13,689, which is a little below what I was expecting. More...

Proud History of Oscar Contenders

September 23rd, 2005

Another dozen films open in limited release over the weekend including some films than are legitimate Oscar contenders. And others that are not. More...

Movie Website Updates for September 16 - September 22

September 22nd, 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. This week's list is a little shorter than usual partially because I'm moving today and had to complete the list on Wednesday. Because of this there was no site that really stood out as deserving the Weekly Website Award; perhaps next week there will be two winners. More...

2005 Preview: September

September 1st, 2005

September is the prime dumping ground for movie studios, where the films that just didn't work get ditched to die an undignified death. So why are there no less than five movies opening wide that look like they should be reasonably good? Either the studios are trying to counteract the poor reputation September has, or I have really bad taste in movies.

This month is very difficult to predict for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fluidity of the release schedule with several films on the bubble for wide releases. In fact, there are almost as many films that may or may not open wide in September than there are films with a solid release schedule. Predicting what a film will earn without knowing if it will open wide is tricky because you have to figure out how much it would earn if it opens wide, how much it will earn if it goes the limited route, and what are the odds it will open wide versus a limited release. This resulting weighted average is lower than a similar prediction for a movie that is known to be opening wide, which makes the month look even worse that it otherwise would. 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 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 May 19 - May 26

May 26th, 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, Cinderella Man - Official Site. More...