Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)	152	$249,757,726
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 101-200)	143	$433,435,998
All Time Domestic Sequel Box Office	85	$249,757,726
Top 2004 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	6	$249,757,726
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies	39	$249,757,726
All Time Domestic Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies	55	$249,757,726
All Time Domestic Box Office for Fantasy Movies	24	$249,757,726
All Time Domestic Box Office for Adventure Movies	74	$249,757,726
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies	45	$249,757,726
All Time Domestic Box Office for Warner Bros. Movies	34	$249,757,726

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Jun 4, 2004	1	$93,687,367		3,855	$24,303	$93,687,367	1
Jun 11, 2004	1	$34,910,393	-63%	3,855	$9,056	$157,975,042	2
Jun 18, 2004	3	$18,027,466	-48%	3,805	$4,738	$190,925,253	3
Jun 25, 2004	6	$11,247,412	-38%	3,404	$3,304	$211,537,548	4
Jul 2, 2004	7	$5,938,474	-47%	2,725	$2,179	$223,117,013	5
Jul 9, 2004	11	$4,052,317	-32%	2,002	$2,024	$232,795,692	6
Jul 16, 2004	12	$2,758,045	-32%	1,460	$1,889	$238,344,679	7
Jul 23, 2004	12	$1,677,458	-39%	1,008	$1,664	$241,770,359	8
Jul 30, 2004	17	$989,449	-41%	605	$1,635	$243,910,542	9
Aug 6, 2004	19	$728,248	-26%	409	$1,781	$245,332,214	10
Aug 13, 2004	23	$451,429	-38%	310	$1,456	$246,244,214	11
Aug 20, 2004	25	$353,507	-22%	248	$1,425	$246,900,818	12
Aug 27, 2004	23	$485,683	+37%	391	$1,242	$247,598,604	13
Sep 3, 2004	24	$413,441	-15%	391	$1,057	$248,195,631	14
Sep 10, 2004	30	$203,877	-51%	321	$635	$248,619,248	15
Sep 17, 2004	34	$170,088	-17%	228	$746	$248,854,854	16
Sep 24, 2004	36	$137,868	-19%	246	$560	$249,031,885	17
Oct 1, 2004	44	$64,387	-53%	164	$393	$249,133,782	18
Oct 8, 2004	41	$43,500	-32%	119	$366	$249,194,525	19
Oct 15, 2004	45	$52,709	+21%	74	$712	$249,266,986	20
Oct 22, 2004	52	$42,933	-19%	55	$781	$249,319,248	21
Oct 29, 2004	48	$31,662	-26%	55	$576	$249,358,727	22
Nov 26, 2004	53	$31,880		34	$938	$249,509,413	26

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Jun 4, 2004	1	$38,268,295			3,855	$9,927	$38,268,295	1
Jun 5, 2004	1	$31,493,867	-18%		3,855	$8,170	$69,762,162	2
Jun 6, 2004	1	$23,925,205	-24%		3,855	$6,206	$93,687,367	3
Jun 7, 2004	1	$8,428,000	-65%		3,855	$2,186	$102,116,000	4
Jun 8, 2004	1	$7,247,000	-14%		3,855	$1,880	$109,363,000	5
Jun 9, 2004	1	$6,878,000	-5%		3,855	$1,784	$116,242,000	6
Jun 10, 2004	1	$6,823,000	-1%		3,855	$1,770	$123,065,000	7
Jun 11, 2004	1	$11,000,000	+61%	-71%	3,855	$2,853	$134,100,000	8
Jun 12, 2004	1	$13,541,888	+23%	-57%	3,855	$3,513	$147,946,953	9
Jun 13, 2004	1	$10,028,089	-26%	-58%	3,855	$2,601	$157,975,042	10
Jun 14, 2004	1	$3,988,000	-60%	-53%	3,855	$1,035	$161,963,000	11
Jun 15, 2004	1	$3,742,000	-6%	-48%	3,855	$971	$165,706,000	12
Jun 16, 2004	1	$3,623,000	-3%	-47%	3,855	$940	$169,329,000	13
Jun 17, 2004	1	$3,568,000	-2%	-48%	3,855	$926	$172,898,000	14
Jun 18, 2004	3	$5,300,000	+49%	-52%	3,805	$1,393	$178,200,000	15
Jun 19, 2004	3	$7,109,213	+34%	-48%	3,805	$1,868	$185,308,202	16
Jun 20, 2004	2	$5,617,051	-21%	-44%	3,805	$1,476	$190,925,253	17
Jun 21, 2004	2	$2,365,000	-58%	-41%	3,805	$622	$193,291,000	18
Jun 22, 2004	2	$2,606,000	+10%	-30%	3,805	$685	$195,897,000	19
Jun 23, 2004	3	$2,155,000	-17%	-41%	3,805	$566	$198,052,000	20
Jun 24, 2004	3	$2,238,000	+4%	-37%	3,805	$588	$200,290,000	21
Jun 25, 2004	6	$3,400,000	+52%	-36%	3,404	$999	$203,700,000	22
Jun 26, 2004	6	$4,468,178	+31%	-37%	3,404	$1,313	$208,167,392	23
Jun 27, 2004	6	$3,370,156	-25%	-40%	3,404	$990	$211,537,548	24
Jun 28, 2004	5	$1,576,000	-53%	-33%	3,404	$463	$213,114,000	25
Jun 29, 2004	5	$1,559,000	-1%	-40%	3,404	$458	$214,673,000	26
Jun 30, 2004	7	$1,204,000	-23%	-44%	3,004	$401	$215,877,000	27
Jul 1, 2004	8	$1,301,000	+8%	-42%	3,004	$433	$217,179,000	28
Jul 2, 2004	8	$1,916,300	+47%	-44%	2,725	$703	$219,095,300	29
Jul 3, 2004	7	$2,307,366	+20%	-48%	2,725	$847	$221,402,666	30
Jul 4, 2004	7	$1,714,808	-26%	-49%	2,725	$629	$223,117,013	31
Jul 5, 2004	7	$2,602,703	+52%	+65%	2,725	$955	$225,719,716	32
Jul 6, 2004	8	$1,085,000	-58%	-30%	2,725	$398	$226,804,716	33
Jul 7, 2004	9	$951,000	-12%	-21%	2,725	$349	$227,755,716	34
Jul 8, 2004	9	$987,000	+4%	-24%	2,725	$362	$228,743,000	35
Jul 10, 2004	10	$1,578,228		-32%	2,002	$788	$231,478,906	37
Jul 11, 2004	10	$1,316,786	-17%	-23%	2,002	$658	$232,795,692	38
Jul 12, 2004	10	$688,000	-48%	-74%	2,002	$344	$233,484,000	39
Jul 13, 2004	11	$721,000	+5%	-34%	2,002	$360	$234,205,000	40
Jul 14, 2004	10	$706,000	-2%	-26%	2,002	$353	$234,911,000	41
Jul 15, 2004	10	$675,000	-4%	-32%	2,002	$337	$235,587,000	42
Jul 16, 2004	12	$732,218	+8%		1,460	$502	$236,318,852	43
Jul 17, 2004	12	$1,042,989	+42%	-34%	1,460	$714	$237,361,841	44
Jul 18, 2004	11	$982,838	-6%	-25%	1,460	$673	$238,344,679	45
Jul 20, 2004	10	$448,000		-38%	1,460	$307	$239,234,000	47
Jul 21, 2004	10	$427,000	-5%	-40%	1,460	$292	$239,662,000	48
Jul 22, 2004	10	$431,000	+1%	-36%	1,460	$295	$240,093,000	49
Jul 23, 2004	11	$400,000	-7%	-45%	1,008	$397	$240,500,000	50
Jul 24, 2004	11	$678,520	+70%	-35%	1,008	$673	$241,216,997	51
Jul 25, 2004	11	$553,362	-18%	-44%	1,008	$549	$241,770,359	52

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Jun 4, 2004	1	$123,064,649		3,855	$31,923	$123,064,649	1
Jun 11, 2004	1	$49,833,138	-60%	3,855	$12,927	$172,897,787	2
Jun 18, 2004	3	$27,392,349	-45%	3,805	$7,199	$200,290,136	3
Jun 25, 2004	7	$16,888,403	-38%	3,404	$4,961	$217,178,539	4
Jul 2, 2004	8	$11,564,836	-32%	2,725	$4,244	$228,743,375	5
Jul 9, 2004	11	$6,843,259	-41%	2,002	$3,418	$235,586,634	6
Jul 16, 2004	12	$4,506,267	-34%	1,460	$3,086	$240,092,901	7
Jul 23, 2004	13	$2,828,192	-37%	1,008	$2,806	$242,921,093	8
Jul 30, 2004	17	$1,682,873	-40%	605	$2,782	$244,603,966	9
Aug 6, 2004	19	$1,188,819	-29%	409	$2,907	$245,792,785	10
Aug 13, 2004	22	$754,526	-37%	310	$2,434	$246,547,311	11
Aug 20, 2004	24	$565,610	-25%	248	$2,281	$247,112,921	12
Aug 27, 2004	23	$669,269	+18%	391	$1,712	$247,782,190	13
Sep 3, 2004	25	$633,181	-5%	391	$1,619	$248,415,371	14
Sep 10, 2004	31	$269,395	-57%	321	$839	$248,684,766	15
Sep 17, 2004	36	$209,251	-22%	228	$918	$248,894,017	16
Sep 24, 2004	37	$175,378	-16%	246	$713	$249,069,395	17
Oct 1, 2004	43	$81,630	-53%	164	$498	$249,151,025	18
Oct 8, 2004	42	$63,252	-23%	119	$532	$249,214,277	19
Oct 15, 2004	46	$62,038	-2%	74	$838	$249,276,315	20
Oct 22, 2004	51	$50,750	-18%	55	$923	$249,327,065	21
Nov 26, 2004	46	$61,419		34	$1,806	$249,538,952	26

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	6/3/2004	$0	0	454	3,248	$24,135,980	12/29/2020
Brazil	6/4/2024	$0	0	0	0	$0
China	9/10/2004	$0	0	0	0	$4,058,203	11/4/2024
Finland	6/2/2023	$0	0	0	0	$12,125	6/9/2023
Italy	6/4/2004	$0	0	0	0	$16,637,366	7/15/2024
Mexico	6/4/2004	$0	0	0	0	$24,702	10/19/2022
Netherlands	6/4/2004	$0	0	102	123	$8,956,242	10/9/2023
New Zealand	6/10/2004	$0	0	10	35	$3,959,828	9/4/2024
Russia (CIS)	6/4/2004	$0	0	36	36	$3,528,380	11/14/2018
Slovakia	6/18/2004	$0	0	2	2	$677,345	7/21/2020
South Korea	7/16/2004	$0	0	88	356	$10,435,075	5/28/2021
Spain	6/12/2020	$0	0	48	51	$96,220	2/16/2022
Turkey	6/4/2004	$0	0	99	198	$224,811	9/19/2024
United Kingdom	5/31/2004	$0	0	520	1,530	$58,570,839	9/4/2024
Rest of World						$402,146,432
International Total						$533,463,548	11/4/2024

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 101-200)	106	$533,463,548
All Time International Sequel Box Office	68	$533,463,548
Top 2004 Movies at the International Box Office	1	$533,463,548
All Time International Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies	24	$533,463,548
All Time International Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies	42	$533,463,548
All Time International Box Office for Fantasy Movies	22	$533,463,548
All Time International Box Office for Adventure Movies	49	$533,463,548
All Time International Box Office for PG Movies	25	$533,463,548
All Time International Box Office for Warner Bros. Movies	18	$533,463,548

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200)	112	$783,221,274
All Time Worldwide Sequel Box Office	74	$783,221,274
Biggest Film in a Single Market (Rank 101-200)	199	$249,757,726
Top 2004 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	3	$783,221,274
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies	25	$783,221,274
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies	50	$783,221,274
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Fantasy Movies	21	$783,221,274
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Adventure Movies	59	$783,221,274
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies	30	$783,221,274
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Warner Bros. Movies	20	$783,221,274

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Mar 12, 2006	14	151,647		151,647	$1,510,662	$1,510,662	68
Mar 19, 2006	16	87,035	-43%	238,682	$867,739	$2,378,401	69
Mar 26, 2006	21	56,935	-35%	295,617	$567,642	$2,946,043	70
Nov 26, 2006	17	461,210		1,284,679	$0	$8,617,943	105
Jul 15, 2007	21	37,128		1,844,321	$352,345	$14,767,013	138
Jul 22, 2007	24	35,066	-6%	1,879,387	$332,776	$15,099,789	139
Jul 29, 2007	30	24,043	-31%	1,903,430	$228,168	$15,327,957	140
Aug 12, 2007	25	49,588		1,978,191	$636,075	$16,273,282	142
Apr 17, 2011	28	25,898		2,091,210	$470,701	$17,891,697	334
Jul 10, 2011	30	15,335		2,107,290	$301,328	$18,206,948	346
Jul 17, 2011	26	21,712	+42%	2,129,002	$389,279	$18,596,227	347
Jul 31, 2011	24	21,339		2,150,850	$401,929	$19,007,205	349
Nov 13, 2011	20	52,916		2,213,033	$713,308	$19,887,684	364

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Apr 17, 2011	10	27,142		126,087	$294,907	$3,741,273	334
Jul 17, 2011	16	11,280		163,903	$213,992	$4,638,385	347
Jul 31, 2011	7	23,442		189,698	$361,274	$5,072,578	349
Aug 21, 2011	20	13,945		214,105	$193,233	$5,590,019	352
Nov 13, 2011	13	22,351		253,690	$692,670	$6,816,774	364

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Date	Rank
Sep 19, 2020	20

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Another 11 openings, mostly in European markets, helped Spider-man 2 swing to new heights this week on the international charts. This week it earned $62.3 million on roughly 9,400 screens in 61 markets, which pushed it international total to $200.1 million and in just 19 days. Highlights include $15.7 million in the U.K., $11.6 million in France and $7.7 million in Spain. The news was less impressive in Northern Europe where a heat wave hurt the industry as a whole; specifically, this lead to smaller than expected openings in Belgium and Holland and a steep drop in Germany. Worldwide the film has topped $500 million, just the fifth film to do so this year, and the 35th all-time. With Italy the only remaining major opening left, and it doesn't open there till mid-September, the weekly numbers have most likely peaked. However, it should still quickly climb the charts. More...

Friendly, International Spider-Man

July 13th, 2004

With openings in more than 20 markets, Spider-man 2 took top spot on the international charts this week with $50.9 million on 6,723 screen in 50 markets. Most of this week's openings were like its domestic opening, huge, but not record breaking. So far the film has earned $113.9 million and is ahead of the first's film pace, in fact, it has already topped Spider-Man's total in five markets: Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Thailand and Turkey. Worldwide the film has earned nearly $400 million and with very impressive legs it should more double that before its run is over. More...

Shrek Greener on the International Scene

July 7th, 2004

Despite crushing records domestically, Shrek 2's prospects may be even brighter internationally. This week the digital ogre pulled in a massive $78.7 million on approximately 4,700 screens in 30 markets. Highlights include a record breaking opening in the U.K. of $29.2 million, nearly triple the figure the original managed there. It's international total now sits at an impressive $176.4 million and should easily top $400 million by the time it finishes. Worldwide the film has earned $587 million, good enough for third place for the year and 24th all-time. More...

Spider-Man's Start's Slower, But Records Still Fall

July 2nd, 2004

Spider-man 2 earned a record breaking $40.4 million on Wednesday, and while that was up to my lofty expectations, it was still more than enough to break records. More...

How Many will be Caught in Spider-Man's Web

June 30th, 2004

It's not a question of whether Spider-man 2 will open big; we all know it will. It's not even a question of if records will fall; we all know that will happen as well. It's a question of how many records will Spider-man 2 break, and by what margin. More...

Harry Potter 3 is Number 1 for the 4th Week

June 29th, 2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban finished first for the fourth weekend in a row with an amazing $40.9 million. That's represents a tiny decrease from last weekend. A large chuck of that figure came from Japan where the film earned $17.5 million on 782 screens. Also helping was Germany, Italy, U.K. and France being eliminated from Euro 2004. Those four nations represent 260 million people whom were closely following the soccer tournament in Portugal, which hurt the overall box office numbers. Internationally the film has now earned $321 million, putting it in second place for the year and just behind E.T. for 25th all time. Worldwide its $533 million is also second for the year but 28th all time. More...

Temperature Rises in Theatres

June 28th, 2004

There was a new movie on the top of the charts this weekend, but it wasn't the film most analysts were predicting. Also good news: every film in the Top Ten beat expectations, albeit by the narrowest of margins in some cases. This led to a serious increase of 9% compared to last weekend and a massive increase of 22% from last year. More...

Can Underdog Remain on Top?

June 25th, 2004

Three new films open wide this week, or four new films if you really stretch the definition of wide. Even so, there's a good chance there won't be a change at top spot on the charts. More...

Harry Potter Holds Off New Competition / Euro 2004 to Win

June 22nd, 2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban still leads the pack internationally despite increased competition from fellow family friendly film Shrek 2 and from Euro 2004 coverage. With an additional $44.9 million from over 10,000 screens in 48 territories, including number one openings in 7 mostly minor markets. The lone exception was Spain, which added $6.1 million to Harry Potter's coffers, and that number would have been higher had it not been for Sunday's Spain Portugal soccer match. Internationally, the film has earned almost $270 million so far and is still tracking ahead of the other films in the Harry Potter Franchise, but with greater week-to-week drop-offs it is unlikely to finish quite as high. Worldwide the film has already pulled in $450 million making it the second highest grossing film of the year. More...

Underdog Hits the Top

June 21st, 2004

Bit of a mixed week: we had a surprise hit at number one, but the two bigger budget films both struggled. This led to the second really big drop-off in the weekend box office in a row, this time 14.7%. And it that in turn led to the first year-to-year drop in some weeks, and it was a pretty serious decline of 9.4%. With next week looking less than impressive as well, the industry will need Spider-Man 2 to really soar to avoid a prolonged slump. More...

Box Office Prospects are far from Terminal

June 18th, 2004

This weekend looks to rebound from last weekend, at least critically. Financially it's another matter as the week as already seen the release of one of the most expensive bombs in recent memory. Because of that, it would take a very strong showing from the other two films for the box office to keep up with this years pace and not fall behind last year's showing. More...

Weekend on the Per Theatre Chart is Anything but Dynamite

June 16th, 2004

Just the lone film earned more than $10,000 per theatre this past weekend. Napoleon Dynamite $19,444 average in 6 theatres was double the nearest competitor, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which earned an average of $9,056. More...

Harry Potter Holds up Better Overseas

June 15th, 2004

Despite massive competition form the TV coverage of the Euro2004 Football championships, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban help up rather well internationally. Its weekend take of $65.4 million was down just 25% from last weekend. Granted number one openings in 16 nations helped, especially the $8.5 million earned in Australia. The film's international take has already hit $204 million and with it still tracking ahead of Chamber of Secrets in most markets, $500 million international is virtually guaranteed with $600 million not out of the question. By next weekend it will have overtaken fellow Warner Bros. blockbuster Troy for second biggest worldwide box office of the year. More...

Big Harry Potter Drop not Enough to Remove it from the Top

June 14th, 2004

The weekend box office was filed with bad movies and that makes predicting that much more difficult. However, while there were a few surprises, it wasn't as chaotic as it could have been. But with the three new movie combined opening barely above the drop Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban suffered. And that lead to a serious drop from last weekend of 15.75%. But last year at this time, the trio of films that opened really bombed leading to a spectacular 29% increase at the box office. That's several weeks in a row of year to year increases. More...

Harry Potter Likely to Repeat on Top

June 11th, 2004

While three films open wide this weekend, none seem likely to finish first. In fact, I wouldn't be too surprised if at least one of them misses the top 5. However, if any one new movie doubles my predictions I wouldn't be too surprised. Nor would I be all that shocked if any one movie failed to reach half of what I predicted. It's just that kind of week. More...

Harry Potter Unable to Control Per Theatre Charts

June 9th, 2004

In its third weekend of release, Control Room saw its per theatre average increase from $24,755 last weekend to $25,320 this weekend while finishing first on the charts for the third weekend in a row. Add in the fact that this was a post holiday weekend and this film needs to expand to take advantage of the demand and it needs to expand now. More...

Harry Potter has Biggest Worldwide Opening of the Year

June 8th, 2004

Despite only opening in 24 international markets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban had both the biggest international and worldwide opening of the year. Its three day total of $87.2 million was ahead of last week's winner The Day After Tomorrow despite opening in just a fraction of the markets (24 to 110) and significantly fewer screens (7,885 to 9,276.) If you include the weekday numbers in the U.K., (which are being treated as previews by Warner Bros.) then it has the third biggest international opening ever with $113.5 million. This is a fare comparison since the two films ahead of it also were not strict 3-day openers either. (Lord of the Rings: Return of the King's $125.9 million included sneak previews and The Matrix Revolutions's $117.6 million was a five day total.) Worldwide the film has already earned more than $200 million, which is good enough for sixth place for the year. More...

More Records Fall as Harry Potter Opens

June 7th, 2004

Just a month ago it was looking as if 2004 would suffer through a disastrous summer as the first two tent-pole releases failed to live up to expectations. However, since then we've had record after record fall. The first weekend in June continued this trend as the top 3 films broke several records between them. Since it was a post holiday weekend, a drop in the overall box office was expected, but with a decline of just 2.8% to $186.7 million it was enough to become the largest ever 3-day weekend. And the increase from last year was an incredible 14.6% there's more and more to celebrate about 2004. More...

Harry Potter Opens with $41.2 million - Set for $120 million Weekend?

June 5th, 2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban set a new record for a Friday opening, posting $41.2 million, about $2 million ahead of the mark set by Spider-Man in 2002, and an incredible $13 million more than Shrek 2 managed on its record-breaking weekend in May. More...

Another Record Breaking Weekend

June 4th, 2004

If you were to ask a hundred moviegoers at the beginning of the year what their most anticipated film of 2004 was, I'd bet Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban would be in the top three, if not number one. And because of that, it's no surprise that no other studio would try and take on Harry Potter. More...

Movie Websites Launches for May 28 - June 3

June 3rd, 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, Two Brothers - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Harry, Ron and Hermione to Experience IMAX

June 2nd, 2004

It's looking more and more likely that Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban will break records this upcoming weekend. And part of that will come from the IMAX Experience that is coming to 49 theatres across North America and a handful more worldwide. More...

Far from a Global Disaster

June 2nd, 2004

It was a massive worldwide opening for The Day After Tomorrow, which debuted in 9,276 theatres in 110 markets. It's $85.0 million over three days was almost the same has its four day domestic take. And with more than $150 million, it became the biggest worldwide debut this year. This is a great start, but the real test is yet to come. What will determine if this film is a blockbuster verses it being an elite film is how well it holds up to competition next weekend. More...

2004 Summer Preview - Part 3: June

June 1st, 2004

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After a rather mediocre May, June looks a lot stronger with two films that should break $300 million. Not surprisingly, these monster hits are being released unopposed during their respective weeks. And also not surprisingly, they are being released at opposite ends of the month. The rest of the films are unlikely to make much of an impact, although a few should cross the increasingly irrelevant $100 million plateau. 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...

Special Feature: The Evolving Face of the All Time Box Office Stars List

January 3rd, 2004

The New Year makes for an interesting time to look at how last year's blockbusters have affected our All Time Top Box Office Stars list. As usual, there are some familiar names doing well, and some surprise new entries. More...

Movie Websites Launches for November 29 - December 5

December 4th, 2003

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here's a list of highlights, plus one last look at websites for films opening this week.More...

Movie Websites Launches for November 14 - November 20

November 20th, 2003

Movie Websites Launches for November 7 - November 13

November 13th, 2003