Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)	117	$291,710,957
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office	96	$487,922,926
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office	49	$291,710,957
Top 2005 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	2	$291,710,957
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies	25	$291,710,957
All Time Domestic Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies	49	$291,710,957
All Time Domestic Box Office for Fantasy Movies	18	$291,710,957
All Time Domestic Box Office for Adventure Movies	57	$291,710,957
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies	32	$291,710,957
All Time Domestic Box Office for Walt Disney Movies	43	$291,710,957

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 9, 2005	1	$65,556,312		3,616	$18,130	$65,556,312	1
Dec 16, 2005	2	$31,837,683	-51%	3,680	$8,652	$113,169,644	2
Dec 23, 2005	2	$19,777,962	-38%	3,853	$5,133	$153,220,802	3
Dec 30, 2005	1	$25,686,555	+30%	3,853	$6,667	$217,677,877	4
Jan 6, 2006	2	$15,643,135	-39%	3,514	$4,452	$247,777,824	5
Jan 13, 2006	4	$10,059,756	-36%	3,224	$3,120	$261,270,848	6
Jan 20, 2006	6	$6,236,570	-38%	2,757	$2,262	$271,852,138	7
Jan 27, 2006	9	$4,504,990	-28%	2,170	$2,076	$277,867,308	8
Feb 3, 2006	10	$3,072,090	-32%	1,716	$1,790	$281,934,379	9
Feb 10, 2006	12	$2,073,356	-33%	1,302	$1,592	$284,742,799	10
Feb 17, 2006	14	$1,326,902	-36%	955	$1,389	$286,745,514	11
Feb 24, 2006	22	$711,645	-46%	589	$1,208	$288,193,914	12
Mar 3, 2006	28	$390,806	-45%	366	$1,068	$288,795,853	13
Mar 10, 2006	33	$241,620	-38%	224	$1,079	$289,178,946	14
Mar 17, 2006	21	$542,977	+125%	432	$1,257	$289,847,008	15
Mar 24, 2006	18	$501,665	-8%	418	$1,200	$290,611,900	16
Mar 31, 2006	21	$350,327	-30%	376	$932	$291,171,963	17
Apr 7, 2006	25	$184,534	-47%	288	$641	$291,478,741	18
Apr 14, 2006	44	$74,464	-60%	186	$400	$291,615,165	19
Apr 21, 2006	52	$33,655	-55%	96	$351	$291,685,219	20
Apr 28, 2006	91	$6,724	-80%	28	$240	$291,706,092	21
May 5, 2006	104	$1,791	-73%	11	$163	$291,709,845	22

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Dec 9, 2005	1	$23,006,856			3,616	$6,363	$23,006,856	1
Dec 10, 2005	1	$25,326,015	+10%		3,616	$7,004	$48,332,871	2
Dec 11, 2005	1	$17,223,441	-32%		3,616	$4,763	$65,556,312	3
Dec 12, 2005	1	$4,603,152	-73%		3,616	$1,273	$70,159,464	4
Dec 13, 2005	1	$4,026,675	-13%		3,616	$1,114	$74,186,139	5
Dec 14, 2005	2	$3,507,508	-13%		3,616	$970	$77,693,647	6
Dec 15, 2005	2	$3,638,314	+4%		3,616	$1,006	$81,331,961	7
Dec 16, 2005	2	$9,010,075	+148%	-61%	3,680	$2,448	$90,342,036	8
Dec 17, 2005	2	$13,003,508	+44%	-49%	3,680	$3,534	$103,345,544	9
Dec 18, 2005	2	$9,824,100	-24%	-43%	3,680	$2,670	$113,169,644	10
Dec 19, 2005	2	$4,654,664	-53%	+1%	3,680	$1,265	$117,824,308	11
Dec 20, 2005	2	$4,915,049	+6%	+22%	3,616	$1,359	$122,739,357	12
Dec 21, 2005	1	$4,940,386	+1%	+41%	3,616	$1,366	$127,654,000	13
Dec 22, 2005	1	$5,763,097	+17%	+58%	3,616	$1,594	$133,442,840	14
Dec 23, 2005	1	$7,930,875	+38%	-12%	3,853	$2,058	$141,373,715	15
Dec 24, 2005	1	$4,740,768	-40%	-64%	3,853	$1,230	$146,114,483	16
Dec 25, 2005	2	$7,106,319	+50%	-28%	3,853	$1,844	$153,220,802	17
Dec 26, 2005	2	$11,914,333	+68%	+156%	3,853	$3,092	$165,135,135	18
Dec 27, 2005	1	$9,224,127	-23%	+88%	3,853	$2,394	$174,359,262	19
Dec 28, 2005	1	$8,756,930	-5%	+77%	3,853	$2,273	$183,116,192	20
Dec 29, 2005	1	$8,875,130	+1%	+54%	3,853	$2,303	$191,991,322	21
Dec 30, 2005	1	$9,703,562	+9%	+22%	3,853	$2,518	$201,694,884	22
Dec 31, 2005	1	$7,745,203	-20%	+63%	3,853	$2,010	$209,440,087	23
Jan 1, 2006	2	$8,237,790	+6%	+16%	3,853	$2,138	$217,677,877	24
Jan 2, 2006	1	$8,025,469	-3%	-33%	3,853	$2,083	$225,703,346	25
Jan 3, 2006	1	$2,578,517	-68%	-72%	3,853	$669	$228,281,863	26
Jan 4, 2006	1	$1,900,104	-26%	-78%	3,853	$493	$230,181,967	27
Jan 5, 2006	1	$1,952,722	+3%	-78%	3,853	$507	$232,134,689	28
Jan 6, 2006	2	$4,026,673	+106%	-59%	3,514	$1,146	$236,161,362	29
Jan 7, 2006	2	$7,129,706	+77%	-8%	3,514	$2,029	$243,291,068	30
Jan 8, 2006	2	$4,486,756	-37%	-46%	3,514	$1,277	$247,777,824	31
Jan 9, 2006	2	$871,718	-81%	-89%	3,514	$248	$248,649,542	32
Jan 10, 2006	2	$875,443	n/c	-66%	3,514	$249	$249,524,985	33
Jan 11, 2006	2	$832,203	-5%	-56%	3,514	$237	$250,357,188	34
Jan 12, 2006	2	$853,904	+3%	-56%	3,514	$243	$251,211,092	35
Jan 13, 2006	7	$2,333,693	+173%	-42%	3,224	$724	$253,544,785	36
Jan 14, 2006	4	$4,383,948	+88%	-39%	3,224	$1,360	$257,928,733	37
Jan 15, 2006	4	$3,342,115	-24%	-26%	3,224	$1,037	$261,270,848	38
Jan 16, 2006	3	$2,750,011	-18%	+215%	3,224	$853	$264,020,859	39
Jan 17, 2006	5	$567,018	-79%	-35%	3,224	$176	$264,587,877	40
Jan 18, 2006	5	$498,576	-12%	-40%	3,224	$155	$265,086,453	41
Jan 19, 2006	5	$529,115	+6%	-38%	3,224	$164	$265,615,568	42
Jan 20, 2006	8	$1,440,644	+172%	-38%	2,757	$523	$267,056,212	43
Jan 21, 2006	6	$3,046,832	+111%	-31%	2,757	$1,105	$270,103,044	44
Jan 22, 2006	5	$1,749,094	-43%	-48%	2,757	$634	$271,852,138	45
Jan 23, 2006	6	$393,031	-78%	-86%	2,757	$143	$272,212,000	46
Jan 24, 2006	5	$358,244	-9%	-37%	2,757	$130	$272,570,244	47
Jan 25, 2006	6	$355,150	-1%	-29%	2,757	$129	$272,925,394	48
Jan 26, 2006	5	$403,755	+14%	-24%	2,757	$146	$273,362,318	49
Jan 27, 2006	9	$1,032,616	+156%	-28%	2,170	$476	$274,394,934	50
Jan 28, 2006	9	$2,047,537	+98%	-33%	2,170	$944	$276,429,161	51
Jan 29, 2006	7	$1,424,837	-30%	-19%	2,170	$657	$277,867,308	52
Jan 30, 2006	9	$266,424	-81%	-32%	2,170	$123	$278,133,732	53
Jan 31, 2006	9	$245,998	-8%	-31%	2,170	$113	$278,379,730	54
Feb 1, 2006	10	$234,087	-5%	-34%	2,170	$108	$278,613,817	55
Feb 2, 2006	10	$248,472	+6%	-38%	2,170	$115	$278,862,289	56
Feb 3, 2006	11	$720,632	+190%	-30%	2,170	$332	$279,582,921	57
Feb 4, 2006	9	$1,723,007	+139%	-16%	1,716	$1,004	$281,305,928	58
Feb 5, 2006	8	$628,451	-64%	-56%	1,716	$366	$281,934,379	59
Feb 9, 2006	10	$208,349		-16%	1,716	$121	$282,669,443	63
Feb 20, 2006	13	$407,990			955	$427	$287,153,504	74

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 9, 2005	1	$81,331,961		3,616	$22,492	$81,331,961	1
Dec 16, 2005	2	$52,110,879	-36%	3,680	$14,161	$133,442,840	2
Dec 23, 2005	1	$58,548,482	+12%	3,853	$15,196	$191,991,322	3
Dec 30, 2005	1	$40,143,367	-31%	3,853	$10,419	$232,134,689	4
Jan 6, 2006	2	$19,076,403	-52%	3,514	$5,429	$251,211,092	5
Jan 13, 2006	4	$14,404,476	-24%	3,224	$4,468	$265,615,568	6
Jan 20, 2006	6	$7,746,750	-46%	2,757	$2,810	$273,362,318	7
Jan 27, 2006	9	$5,499,971	-29%	2,170	$2,535	$278,862,289	8
Feb 3, 2006	10	$3,807,154	-31%	1,716	$2,219	$282,669,443	9
Feb 10, 2006	13	$2,749,169	-28%	1,302	$2,111	$285,418,612	10
Feb 17, 2006	14	$2,063,657	-25%	955	$2,161	$287,482,269	11
Feb 24, 2006	22	$922,778	-55%	589	$1,567	$288,405,047	12
Mar 3, 2006	28	$532,279	-42%	366	$1,454	$288,937,326	13
Mar 10, 2006	31	$366,705	-31%	224	$1,637	$289,304,031	14
Mar 17, 2006	23	$806,204	+120%	432	$1,866	$290,110,235	15
Mar 24, 2006	18	$711,401	-12%	418	$1,702	$290,821,636	16
Mar 31, 2006	19	$472,571	-34%	376	$1,257	$291,294,207	17
Apr 7, 2006	27	$246,494	-48%	288	$856	$291,540,701	18
Apr 14, 2006	43	$110,863	-55%	186	$596	$291,651,564	19
Apr 21, 2006	49	$47,804	-57%	96	$498	$291,699,368	20
Apr 28, 2006	89	$8,686	-82%	28	$310	$291,708,054	21
May 5, 2006	99	$2,903	-67%	11	$264	$291,710,957	22

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 101-200)	164	$428,828,615
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office	66	$428,828,615
Top 2005 Movies at the International Box Office	3	$428,828,615
All Time International Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies	33	$428,828,615
All Time International Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies	58	$428,828,615
All Time International Box Office for Fantasy Movies	27	$428,828,615
All Time International Box Office for Adventure Movies	75	$428,828,615
All Time International Box Office for PG Movies	39	$428,828,615
All Time International Box Office for Walt Disney Movies	47	$428,828,615

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200)	133	$720,539,572
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office	51	$720,539,572
Biggest Film in a Single Market (Rank 101-200)	156	$291,710,957
Top 2005 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	3	$720,539,572
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies	30	$720,539,572
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies	56	$720,539,572
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Fantasy Movies	24	$720,539,572
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Adventure Movies	70	$720,539,572
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies	36	$720,539,572
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Walt Disney Movies	45	$720,539,572

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Apr 9, 2006	1	5,766,200		5,766,200	$155,547,281	$155,547,281	1
Apr 16, 2006	1	2,376,610	-59%	8,142,810	$78,921,752	$234,469,033	2
Apr 23, 2006	2	559,321	-76%	8,702,131	$18,413,015	$252,882,048	3
Apr 30, 2006	3	304,206	-46%	9,006,337	$9,702,772	$262,584,820	4
May 7, 2006	4	216,817	-29%	9,223,154	$6,908,353	$269,493,173	5
May 14, 2006	10	192,155	-11%	9,415,309	$6,202,571	$275,695,744	6
May 21, 2006	9	122,368	-36%	9,537,677	$3,928,490	$279,624,234	7
May 28, 2006	9	123,077	+1%	9,660,754	$3,934,378	$283,558,612	8
Jun 4, 2006	7	106,363	-14%	9,767,117	$3,408,062	$286,966,674	9
Jun 11, 2006	14	79,913	-25%	9,847,030	$2,566,286	$289,532,960	10
Jun 18, 2006	21	77,002	-4%	9,924,032	$2,487,665	$292,020,625	11
Jun 25, 2006	21	59,213	-23%	9,983,245	$1,826,911	$293,847,536	12
Jul 23, 2006	26	49,091		10,150,830	$1,549,165	$299,192,619	16
Aug 6, 2006	29	70,488		10,234,076	$1,748,279	$301,342,252	18
Aug 13, 2006	18	72,777	+3%	10,306,853	$1,610,511	$302,952,763	19
Dec 17, 2006	23	189,505		11,090,027	$4,807,154	$320,705,157	37
Dec 31, 2006	17	184,481		11,541,429	$5,008,143	$332,737,406	39
Jan 7, 2007	30	116,969	-37%	11,658,398	$3,226,543	$335,963,949	40
Jan 14, 2007	27	81,586	-30%	11,739,984	$2,242,481	$338,206,430	41
Feb 4, 2007	23	57,737		11,882,296	$1,690,822	$342,236,958	44
May 18, 2008	18	65,774		12,154,978	$1,202,349	$347,805,994	111
May 25, 2008	18	74,628	+13%	12,229,606	$1,364,200	$349,170,194	112
Jun 1, 2008	25	36,447	-51%	12,266,053	$560,624	$349,730,818	113
Mar 22, 2020	26	10,558		14,066,749	$52,790	$368,042,181	729

DVD Sales - Indy Re-Finds Treasure

May 28th, 2008

It is very rare for a box set to come out on top of the DVD sales chart, and it's even rarer for a double-dip to top the charts, but that's exactly what happened this week. Indiana Jones - The Adventure Collection led all new releases to finish on top of weekly sales chart with 510,000 units sold for $20.15 million in revenue (which is actually low for a number one release). More...

DVD Releases for May 13, 2008

May 12th, 2008

The summer blockbuster season is upon us, so it's not a very good time to release a top-notch movie on DVD. There are a high number of releases, little in the way of top-notch releases. In fact, arguably the best release of the week is a Blu-ray catalogue release, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Blu-ray Edition - Buy from Amazon. And if you don't have a Blu-ray player, grab The Great Debaters 2-Disc Special Collector's Edition instead. More...

Pirates Have a Devil of a Time on the Home Market

December 22nd, 2006

The Devil Wears Prada was the best of a new bunch winning out in a very, very close race with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at $10.74 million to $10.67 million. More...

DVD Releases for December 12, 2006

December 12th, 2006

While the number of DVDs coming out this week isn't has high as last week, there is still a high level of quality with several contenders for DVD Pick of the Week, including The Devil Wears Prada - Buy from Amazon and World Trade Center - 2-Disc Commemorative Edition. However, the clear winner was James Bond - Ultimate Edition, both Volume 3 and Volume 4. More...

International Details - Eight Remains just Below Top Five

May 14th, 2006

With Mission: Impossible 3 dominating the international charts, most films saw a serious drop-off and those that didn't were able to climb the charts, or at least remain stable. For instance, Eight Below fell 27% to $3.67 million on 1951 screens in 27 markets, but despite there being two new releases in the top five, it was able to remain in sixth place on the overall charts. The film was not able to crack $1 million in any single market, but did perform well in Spain with $587,000 on 225 screens and that lifted its total box office to $2.15 million in the market, $30.35 million internationally, and $111.42 million worldwide. More...

Home Market Numbers Bounce Back

May 13th, 2006

It was another busy week for releases with five of them charting, including three finishing first through third on. Leading the way on the rental charts was The Family Stone with $8.00 million over the week. More...

Busy Week can't Lift Home Market Numbers

May 6th, 2006

There were eighth new releases to chart this week led by Aeon Flux; however, while the film topped the charts, its $6.08 million in rentals was hardly impressive. More...

International Details - Wild Ride

April 30th, 2006

The Wild added a few more markets but still fell out of the top five down 54% to $4.37 million on 2868 screens in 27 markets for a two week total of $17.77 million. Its best market was Spain where the film was down just 43% to $875,000 on 382 screens over the weekend and $3.49 million in total. It had a hard time in family friendly Mexico where it was down 59% to $702,000 on 501 screens over the weekend and $3.60 million in total while in Italy it plummeted an unheard of 84% to just $216,000 on 343 screen for a two-week total of $2.75 million. More...

Hostel Tops Tepid Week on the Home Market

April 29th, 2006

It was a slow week for new releases as Hostel took the top prize on the rental charts. But it was a close contest with it pulling in $8.42 million compared to the $8.11 million earned by the second place film, Fun with Dick and Jane. More...

International Details - Asterix and the Big Box Office

April 23rd, 2006

The latest Asterix & Obelix movie, Asterix and the Vikings, opened in second place in native France with $3.64 million on 606 screens. The film also made $167,000 during its second weekend in Belgium for a $454,000 two week total. These films are very popular in France and other parts of Europe, but have never made the transition here. More...

Fun on the Home Market

April 22nd, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane started its home market run off with a first place, $10.27 million run for the week but was unable to top the DVD sales chart. 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...

International Details - Ice Age Freezes out Competition

April 9th, 2006

With Ice Age: The Meltdown dominating the international box office, the rest of the charts were weaker than usual with several films in the top 30 this week that would not have charted last week. Failure to Launch had its best weekend haul on the international scene taking in $4.17 million on 1300 screens in 14 markets for a running tally of $13.61 million. Much of that came from the film's opening in two major markets, the U.K. and Italy. In the former is finished second with $1.88 million on 352 screens while in the latter it managed just fourth with $686,000 on 220 screens. It's best market in total is Germany, despite the fact that it fell out of the top five there; so far the film has pulled in $4.10 million after three weeks there, including $841,000 on 354 screens this weekend. 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...

Contest - Box Office Prediction - Chronic Contest

April 3rd, 2006

This week we have another double-shot Box Office Prediction contest, with a prize pack for Phat Girlz (including tank top, hat, emery board and nail polish), and the DVD for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe going to two lucky winners. To win the first prize just predict Phat Girlz' opening 3-day weekend (Friday to Sunday), without going over. To win the DVD, predict Take the Lead's opening 3-day weekend (Friday to Sunday), without going over. Entries must be received by 10am, Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

International Charts Hospitable to Hostel

April 2nd, 2006

Two openings in two major markets helped Hostel climb into sixth place with $4.03 million on 1120 screens in 27 markets for a running tally of $15.42 million. Its best opening was in the U.K. where it debuted in second place with $2.12 million on 304 screens while it struggled in Spain with just $1.01 million on 250. The film has already earned enough to show a profit even after taking into account P&A budget, exhibitor's share, etc. and should be able to double its current international total before its run is over. More...

P for Pink is V for Victorious

March 22nd, 2006

The Pink Panther repeated on top of the international charts with $12.55 million on 3616 screens in 37 markets and now has $46.68 million in total. This film's biggest market of the weekend was the U.K. where it opened in first place with $3.41 million on 403 screens. It also opened first in Russia with $1.64 million on 265 screens over the weekend and $1.88 million in total and second in New Zealand with $125,000 on 40 screens. Meanwhile, the film was down 39% in Germany to $1.29 million for the weekend and $3.82 million in total. More...

Vendetta Victorious, But at What Cost?

March 20th, 2006

Another poor weekend at the box office saw the overall gross drop to $106 million, which is 3.6% lower than last weekend and 8.7% lower than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2006 has now brought in $1.8 billion, which is about 2% lower than 2005's pace. If this keeps up 2006 will be the second year in a row of declining box office revenue and the fourth year in a row of declining ticket sales. It's not quite time to push the panic button yet, but it is certainly worrying. More...

Panther Leaps to top of International Box Office

March 15th, 2006

A trio of openings in major markets helped The Pink Panther climb into first place on the international charts with $10.29 million on 3351 screens in 34 markets for a running tally of $31.89 million. That helped the film become only the second film of 2006 to cross $100 million on the worldwide scene. It opened in second place in Germany with $2.05 million on 540 screens while it finished first in Australia with $979,000 on 244 and in Switzerland with $446,000 on 66. The film debuted with $1.4 million on 504 screens in France, while it made $1.16 million on 349 screens during its third weekend in Spain for a total of $6.73 million so far. More...

Lion Reborn on Top of International Charts

March 8th, 2006

Narnia jumped back into first place with $9.76 million on 1887 screens in 35 markets for an international total of $388.34 million. It was able to top the charts thanks to a first place, $8.92 million debut on 780 screens in Japan, including $2.26 million in previews. The film is now 19th on the all time international charts and 23rd on the worldwide charts with China left to go. 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...

Mountain Climbs Back Up International Charts

March 5th, 2006

On the weekend before the Oscars are announced, Brokeback Mountain climbed a couple of spots to sixth with $4.44 million on 1368 screens in 30 markets for an international total of $53.89 million. New openings include Belgium where the filmed debuted in second place with $312,000 on a mere 27 screens for the best per screen average in the market. It wasn't as potent in Poland where it had to settle for fourth place with $194,000 on 40 screens over the weekend and $217,000 in total. The film also benefited from soft in the U.K. where it slipped just 5% to $442,000 on 245 screens for a very impressive total of $15.83 million so far. It was even better during its second weekend in Holland where it rose 1% to $210,000 for the weekend and $562,000 in total. More...

Trio of New Openings Push Casanova Higher on International Charts

February 26th, 2006

Casanova opened in several major markets more than doubling its screen count, and that helped it climb to sixth place over the weekend. Its best market was Italy where the film came in third place with $1.05 million on 243 screens over the weekend and $1.14 million in total while it also managed a third place finish during a very close race in Spain with $919,000 on 250 screens. Its other major market debut was the U.K., but there it had to settle for fifth with $959,000 on 351 screens. Overall the film made $5.17 million on 1699 screens in 18 markets for an international total of just $11.68 million so far. More...

Fun Time on the International Charts

February 19th, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane added an handful of new markets this week and that allowed the film to remain in sixth place with $6.00 million on 2645 screens in 49 markets for a running tally of $63.30 million. The film opened in first place in Spain with $1.54 million on 316 screens and in the Netherlands with $475,000 on 75 screens over the weekend and $520,000 in total. It took first place in Argentina as well with $136,000 on 48. On the other hand, it had to settle for second place during its debut in Denmark with $319,000 on 45 screens over the weekend and $335,000 in total. Holdovers include the U.K. where the film was down 56% to $699,000 over the weekend and $10.44 million in total and Italy with a 55% decline to $594,000 over the weekend and $4.83 million in total. More...

Still Having Fun on the International Charts

February 12th, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane fell to sixth place with $6.45 million on 2487 screens in 43 markets for an running international total of $53.27 million so far, which is less than half of what it earned domestically. The film opened in Singapore with $450,000 from 30 screens and managed to repeat in first place in Italy with $1.33 million on 314 screens over the weekend and a $3.96 million total after two weeks. Meanwhile in the U.K. the film fell from first to third, but it still earned $1.59 million on 374 screens for a three-week total of $9.34 million. More...

International Top Five: Munich Marches to the Top

February 1st, 2006

Munich had the widest international opening in a long time and that helped it reach the top of the charts with $15.34 million on 2911 screens in 30 markets. Its biggest market was France at $2.5 million on 437 screens and it did similar business in the U.K. with $2.15 million on 383 screens. Other million dollar markets include Germany at $1.69 million on 394 screens, Spain at $1.67 million on 218, Italy at $1.63 million on 296, and Australia at $1.34 million on 211. While those numbers are acceptable, the film wasn't able to top any of the markets. On the other hand, it finished first is Israel with $151,000 on 30 screens. 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...

International Weekend: Geisha Nearly Ends Narnia's Rule

January 25th, 2006

Narnia took another tumble this weekend, but without much in the way of competition it was still able to win the international box office race with $13.3 million on 7,067 screens in 48 markets. So far the film has amassed $342.6 million at the international box office with openings in Hong Kong (this weekend) and Japan (Match 4th), yet to come. Its best market of the weekend was France where the film added $1.8 million on 820 screens to take its total to $31.6 million after five weeks. Its best market overall continues to be the U.K. where the film has $73.50 million, including $1.66 million this past weekend. Worldwide the film now has $615 million, just ahead of The Passion of the Christ's final tally and into 26th place on the All-Time Charts. More...

More Milestones for Narnia

January 18th, 2006

Without any big time competition, Narnia was again able to lead the international box office. Over the weekend the film made $22.65 million on 7034 screens in 47 markets breaking the $300 milestone in the international scene with $321.41 million. Also, it became the first film to make $100 million during 2006. Its best numbers of the weekend came from the U.K. where the film added $2.43 million on 467 screens for a 6-week total of $71.42 million. More...

Road to Glory

January 17th, 2006

It was a very close race over the Martin Luther King long weekend, with the top three separated by just over $1 million over the 3-day weekend. However, the overall box office was still down 1.7% from last weekend and 9.0% from last year. Year-to-date, 2006 is still off to a strong start, but it's too early for those numbers to mean much. More...

First Long Weekend of the Year

January 13th, 2006

It's another busy weekend with four wide releases, but unlike last week, none are earning terrible reviews. Of course, none of these films are being championed by the critics and none look like they will be runaway hits at the box office either. Still, it should be a close contest for top spot with several interesting races along the way. More...

Narnia Remains King of the International Box Office

January 11th, 2006

Narnia again led the international box office, this time taking in $30 million on 7,528 screens in 36 markets for a total of $277 million as it broke $500 million worldwide. That puts the film in sixth place for the year on the international charts and its $525 million worldwide total is fourth for the year. There were not much in the way of new openings this weekend but it did finish first in both Poland with $1.5 million and in Argentina with $1 million. The film's best market over the weekend was again France with $5.9 million for a $28.1 million overall. On the other hand, the film's best market overall is still the U.K. where the film has earned an amazing $67.81 million overall, including $3.78 million on 489 screens this weekend. More...

Moviegoers Hospitable to Hostel

January 9th, 2006

Nearly every film on Friday's column was able to meet or beat expectations this weekend, and that really helped ease the post-holiday transition. Granted, on a week-to-week basis the box office was down 14.2% to $128 million, but that was still 7.7% higher than the same weekend last year. Last year the box office got off to a great start, so this is either are really good sign for 2006, or symptoms of a significant change in behavior that could make the January dumping grounds a thing of the past. Either way, it's good news. More...

Scary Start to the Year

January 6th, 2006

The first full weekend of 2006 brings us three wide releases, two of which were not screened for critics. The only film that is being reviewed is the latest sadistic horror film from Lionsgate. But while the overall box office will suffer, there is quite a race for top spot brewing, with three films having a legitimate shot at winning the box office crown. More...

Narnia Starts the New Year off on Top

January 4th, 2006

Narnia extended its lead on the international scene this weekend with $41.5 million on 6,584 screens in 31 markets for a total of $225.5 million. (Total included an estimated $12 million on Monday.) The film opened in second place in South Korea with $3.94 million on 262 screens over the weekend and $5.22 million overall. Meanwhile, in Taiwan the film earned $1.3 million on 60 and $1 million on 95 in Thailand. Its best market overall was France where the film earned $8.4 million during its second weekend of release while in the U.K. the film was up 5% for the weekend with $5.13 million on 526 screens for a total of $58.86 million. More...

Final Weekend in Poor 2005 Shows Some Life

January 3rd, 2006

The New Year's Eve weekend helped 2005 go out on a strong note, even though four of the top five films missed Friday's predictions. In total, the weekend saw earnings of $150 million, which was up 35.2% from last week and 2.0% from last year. However, the overall box office for 2005 was down roughly 5% from 2005, which marks the worst year-to-year drop-off since 1984-1985. We'll have more details on the year at the end of March when the State of the Industry address is given at ShoWest. More...

Narnia Regains Top Spot Over New Year's Weekend

January 2nd, 2006

Another ding-dong battle for top spot on the charts raged over the weekend, with The Chronicles of Narnia prevailing over King Kong by a mere $1 million, according to studio estimates. Over three days, Narnia earned a healthy $25.7 million, up 30% from the comparable period a week ago. Kong, meanwhile, earned $24.6 million, an increase of 16% from Christmas. More...

2005 Should End on a High Note

December 30th, 2005

The final weekend of 2005 starts tonight and every film in the top five should see significant growth from last weekend, a couple of them could see triple-digit growth. That will help the movie industry end on a positive note, but the yearly figures will still lag well behind 2004. More...

International Weekend: Narnia Knocks off King Kong

December 28th, 2005

It was a close race, but Narnia was able to climb to the top of the international box office this weekend with $35.2 million on 3,908 screens in 25 markets. It nearly doubled its market count, including a number one, $8.7 million debut on 908 screens in France, and it also opened first in Russia with $2.72 million on 303. The film had to settle for third place in Italy, but earned a strong $2.6 million on 456 screens. It also climbed back into first place in the U.K. with $4.92 million over the weekend and $42.73 million overall, but that was more due to King Kong's complete collapse than Narnia's staying power as the film was down 42%. Including Monday, the film has made $138 million internationally and $303 million worldwide; that is likely enough to cover the film's production budget and it should pay for its P&A budget as well before long. More...

Box Office Scrooged

December 27th, 2005

Christmas wishes went unanswered this year as almost every film missed expectations, some by large margins. This led to a 14.4% drop-off from last weekend, but more importantly, a 18.0% drop-off from last year. Granted, the fact that Christmas fell on a Saturday helps explain some of that, but not all. Year-to-date, 2005 is still down 6% from last year and with less than one week left, that's roughly where it will end up. More...

Will it be a Holly Jolly Christmas?

December 21st, 2005

Over the next five days a total of eight movies will either open wide or expand wide. With that much competition, there is literally zero chance that all the films will succeed. In fact, chances are none will be able to unseat King Kong as the box office champ. Further complicating the prediction process, there are three groups of releases with two movies opening wide tonight, three more on Friday and three on Sunday. This column will deal with all of them. More...

Kong a Little More Kingly Overseas

December 21st, 2005

King Kong was a bit of a disappointment domestically, it performed better on the international scene, earning $63.4 million from Friday to Sunday, which is almost as much as the film made in five days here. Since Wednesday, the film has earned $82.87 million on 7,215 screens in 56 markets, finishing first in 53 of them. Its best market was the U.K. where it made $10.63 million on 481 screens over the weekend and $12.31 million since Wednesday. In France it made $7.3 million on 721 screens, and $6.38 million on 739 screens in Germany. On the other hand, the film wasn't a big hit in Italy, taking in just $2.33 million on 467 screens, which was only good enough for third place. Granted, there were three wide releases this week, including two Italian films. It also missed finishing first in Japan with $2.6 million at 709 screens, finishing second to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire's third weekend of release and suffered the same fate in the Czech Republic with $170,000 on 26 screens. On the other hand, the film opened in Thailand with $1.6 million on 345 screens for an unbelievable 92% share in that market. Overall the film has made $149 million worldwide, which is barely more than half of what Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith made in the same timeframe. Granted, I don't think anyone was expecting the film to have a Sith-like run, but it does put $600 million worldwide in serious jeopardy. More...

Kong's King

December 19th, 2005

It was a good news/bad news weekend. Bad news, King Kong didn't meet original expectations. Good news, the weekend box office was still up 4.5% from last weekend, and more impressively and more importantly, it was up 20.2% from the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2005 is still down by 5% at the box office, and there's just no time to recover. However, the deficit is not nearly as bad as it looked earlier in the year. More...

Kong has Titanic-Like Start

December 16th, 2005

What should have been a weekend the movie industry would celebrate is now one filled with dread and foreboding. Saying King Kong didn't get off to the start the studio was hoping for could be the understatement of the year, but even so, a lot of analysts are cautiously optimistic that the film can rebound. Right now it's just a case of wait and see, but by the time Thursday's numbers are in, we should be in a much better position to know what the future holds. More...

Narnia has Heavenly Start, but Potter Pulls off Another Victory

December 14th, 2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire took a bit of a tumble at the international box office this weekend, but that is understandable since it only had one new opening and the competition was much steeper this weekend. Overall the film added $53.13 million on nearly 11,000 screens in 58 markets for a running tally of $415 million internationally and $659 million worldwide. Both of those figures represent the second best for the year, and the film is now in 17th place internationally and 23rd worldwide all-time. In the film's only opening, it did break industry records, earning $837,000 on 37 screens in Israel, including previews. Other big takes include $11 million on 950 screens during its second weekend in France for a $32.9 million total in the market. It dropped just 13% during its sophomore stint in South Korea, which is a nearly unheard of drop-off; the film made $4.5 million on 486 screens over the weekend and $12.9 million overall. The U.K. is still the film's best market with just shy of $70 million so far, including $3.5m on 1,050 screens this weekend. 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...

Mountain Breaks the Bank

December 13th, 2005

Brokeback Mountain had the best per theatre average of the year, and the best for a Live Action film of all time. The film earned an unbelievable $547,425 in 5 theatres for an average of $109,485. If that was the only film on this week's chart it would have been an impressive week; however, Memoirs of a Geisha also had a stellar start, earning nearly $700,000 in 8 theatres for an average of $85,313. Other members of the $10,000 club include the overall box office leader, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with $18,130 and Transamerica, which just manage to earn a spot with $10,686, which was more than 50% lower than last weekend. More...

Narnia Helps Revive Box Office

December 12th, 2005

As expected, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was easily able to win the weekend race but it was able to do so in such a fashion that it lifted the entire box office. Week-to-week the overall box office saw a mind-blowing 42.2% increase, while more importantly, it was up 15.2% from the same weekend last year. That helped cut the year-to-date deficit to 5%, which is still a significant drop-off, but not the disaster that it was earlier in the year. More...

Can Narnia Lord Over the Box Office?

December 9th, 2005

The 2005 box office enters its final sprint to the finish line with two potential monster hits opening within 5 days of each other, the first tonight. Looking at the pure mathematics of it, there's almost no chance of 2005 catching up to 2004, or even 2003 or 2002. However, if Narnia and Kong both out perform, they can help cut the gap to something respectable. More...

Movie Website Updates for November 26 - December 8

December 8th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Despite being there being two weeks between updates, this was not a very strong week. Sure, there were plenty of websites updated, but not a lot that really stood out as being award worthy. In the end it was Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks - Official Site that was the best of the bunch and hopefully it will continue to grow and earn that award. More...

2005 Preview: December

December 1st, 2005

After Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire saved last month, we have two potential monster hits leading the way this month. However, both will be compared to Lord of the Rings, and neither will be able to live up to that high standard. Even so, it should be a better month than December last year, but will it be too little, too late to save 2005's box office?

Since this is the heart of award season, there are plenty of films that are first opening in limited release. Some will get a wide release later in the month, while others, like Munich, The New World and Match Point, don't open wide untill after the new year, and will appear in January's preview. More...

Movie Website Updates for November 18 - November 25

November 24th, 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 Producers - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for October 28 - November 3

November 3rd, 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, Pride and Prejudice - Official Site
More...

Movie Website Updates for October 7 - October 13

October 13th, 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, Prime - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for September 2 - September 8

September 8th, 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, Tideland - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for May 6 - May 12

May 12th, 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, Layer Cake - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for April 22 - April 28

April 28th, 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, Unleashed - Official Site. 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 Websites Launches for March 18 - March 24

March 24th, 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 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Official Site. More...

Movie Websites Launches for February 18 - February 24

February 24th, 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, Dust to Glory - 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 4 - February 10

February 10th, 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 Jacket - 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

March 5th, 2004

This week's round of new movie release information includes the announcement of a big screen adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and new dates for Surviving Christmas and The Polar Express among many, many others. If you hear of a change in date, please email us at releases@the-numbers.com. More...