Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,077	$80,818,974
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,297	$126,632,046
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 701-800)	765	$80,818,974
Top 2007 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	35	$80,818,974
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 401-500)	462	$80,818,974
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 701-800)	799	$80,818,974
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 401-500)	425	$80,818,974
All Time Domestic Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies	65	$80,818,974
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 401-500)	475	$80,818,974
All Time Domestic Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	148	$80,818,974

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Apr 13, 2007	1	$22,224,982		2,925	$7,598	$22,224,982	1
Apr 20, 2007	1	$13,010,778	-41%	3,015	$4,315	$40,205,142	2
Apr 27, 2007	1	$9,023,835	-31%	3,047	$2,962	$52,109,598	3
May 4, 2007	2	$5,844,363	-35%	3,132	$1,866	$60,007,779	4
May 11, 2007	4	$4,732,839	-19%	3,106	$1,524	$66,220,865	5
May 18, 2007	5	$3,731,349	-21%	2,547	$1,465	$71,379,695	6
May 25, 2007	7	$1,932,969	-48%	1,632	$1,184	$74,443,046	7
Jun 1, 2007	10	$1,112,533	-42%	1,035	$1,075	$76,703,481	8
Jun 8, 2007	10	$523,504	-53%	568	$922	$77,768,967	9
Jun 15, 2007	18	$251,249	-52%	283	$888	$78,289,474	10
Jun 22, 2007	25	$110,706	-56%	187	$592	$78,539,639	11
Jun 29, 2007	22	$199,674	+80%	284	$703	$78,801,059	12
Jul 6, 2007	21	$302,010	+51%	283	$1,067	$79,305,519	13
Jul 13, 2007	27	$200,099	-34%	232	$862	$79,654,902	14
Jul 20, 2007	36	$115,691	-42%	190	$609	$79,886,463	15
Jul 27, 2007	38	$80,167	-31%	155	$517	$80,050,171	16

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Apr 13, 2007	1	$8,838,362			2,925	$3,022	$8,838,362	1
Apr 14, 2007	1	$8,817,968	n/c		2,925	$3,015	$17,656,330	2
Apr 15, 2007	1	$4,568,652	-48%		2,925	$1,562	$22,224,982	3
Apr 16, 2007	1	$1,398,199	-69%		2,925	$478	$23,623,181	4
Apr 17, 2007	1	$1,254,490	-10%		2,925	$429	$24,877,671	5
Apr 18, 2007	1	$1,153,976	-8%		2,925	$395	$26,031,647	6
Apr 19, 2007	1	$1,162,717	+1%		2,925	$398	$27,194,364	7
Apr 20, 2007	1	$4,777,331	+311%	-46%	3,015	$1,585	$31,971,695	8
Apr 21, 2007	1	$5,569,321	+17%	-37%	3,015	$1,847	$37,541,016	9
Apr 22, 2007	2	$2,664,126	-52%	-42%	3,015	$884	$40,205,142	10
Apr 23, 2007	2	$721,291	-73%	-48%	3,015	$239	$40,926,433	11
Apr 24, 2007	2	$702,800	-3%	-44%	3,015	$233	$41,629,233	12
Apr 25, 2007	2	$702,003	n/c	-39%	3,015	$233	$42,331,236	13
Apr 26, 2007	2	$754,527	+7%	-35%	3,015	$250	$43,085,763	14
Apr 27, 2007	1	$3,265,827	+333%	-32%	3,047	$1,072	$46,351,590	15
Apr 28, 2007	1	$3,920,286	+20%	-30%	3,047	$1,287	$50,271,876	16
Apr 29, 2007	1	$1,837,722	-53%	-31%	3,047	$603	$52,109,598	17
Apr 30, 2007	1	$545,582	-70%	-24%	3,047	$179	$52,655,180	18
May 1, 2007	2	$551,032	+1%	-22%	3,047	$181	$53,206,212	19
May 2, 2007	2	$496,487	-10%	-29%	3,047	$163	$53,702,699	20
May 3, 2007	1	$460,717	-7%	-39%	3,047	$151	$54,163,416	21
May 4, 2007	2	$2,183,787	+374%	-33%	3,132	$697	$56,347,203	22
May 5, 2007	2	$2,310,582	+6%	-41%	3,132	$738	$58,657,785	23
May 6, 2007	2	$1,349,994	-42%	-27%	3,132	$431	$60,007,779	24
May 7, 2007	2	$366,382	-73%	-33%	3,132	$117	$60,374,161	25
May 8, 2007	2	$377,612	+3%	-31%	3,132	$121	$60,751,773	26
May 9, 2007	2	$366,476	-3%	-26%	3,132	$117	$61,118,249	27
May 10, 2007	2	$369,777	+1%	-20%	3,132	$118	$61,488,026	28
May 11, 2007	4	$1,616,806	+337%	-26%	3,106	$521	$63,104,832	29
May 12, 2007	4	$2,020,012	+25%	-13%	3,106	$650	$65,124,844	30
May 13, 2007	4	$1,096,021	-46%	-19%	3,106	$353	$66,220,865	31
May 14, 2007	4	$361,331	-67%	-1%	3,106	$116	$66,582,196	32
May 15, 2007	4	$366,032	+1%	-3%	3,106	$118	$66,948,228	33
May 16, 2007	4	$369,102	+1%	+1%	3,106	$119	$67,317,330	34
May 17, 2007	5	$331,016	-10%	-10%	3,106	$107	$67,648,346	35
May 18, 2007	4	$1,215,847	+267%	-25%	2,547	$477	$68,864,193	36
May 19, 2007	4	$1,599,563	+32%	-21%	2,547	$628	$70,463,756	37
May 20, 2007	5	$915,939	-43%	-16%	2,547	$360	$71,379,695	38
May 21, 2007	5	$313,895	-66%	-13%	2,547	$123	$71,693,590	39
May 22, 2007	5	$287,998	-8%	-21%	2,547	$113	$71,981,588	40
May 23, 2007	5	$281,808	-2%	-24%	2,547	$111	$72,263,396	41
May 24, 2007	6	$246,681	-12%	-25%	2,547	$97	$72,510,077	42
May 25, 2007	7	$548,542	+122%	-55%	1,632	$336	$73,058,619	43
May 26, 2007	8	$710,419	+30%	-56%	1,632	$435	$73,769,038	44
May 27, 2007	7	$674,008	-5%	-26%	1,632	$413	$74,443,046	45
May 28, 2007	8	$500,059	-26%	+59%	1,632	$306	$74,943,105	46
May 29, 2007	8	$207,436	-59%	-28%	1,632	$127	$75,150,541	47
May 30, 2007	8	$214,309	+3%	-24%	1,632	$131	$75,364,850	48
May 31, 2007	8	$226,098	+6%	-8%	1,632	$139	$75,590,948	49
Jun 1, 2007	9	$362,501	+60%	-34%	1,035	$350	$75,953,449	50
Jun 2, 2007	10	$466,066	+29%	-34%	1,035	$450	$76,419,515	51
Jun 3, 2007	10	$283,966	-39%	-58%	1,035	$274	$76,703,481	52
Jun 4, 2007	10	$135,446	-52%	-73%	1,035	$131	$76,838,927	53
Jun 5, 2007	10	$134,823	n/c	-35%	1,035	$130	$76,973,750	54
Jun 6, 2007	10	$132,266	-2%	-38%	1,035	$128	$77,106,016	55
Jun 7, 2007	9	$139,447	+5%	-38%	1,035	$135	$77,245,463	56
Jun 8, 2007	10	$179,785	+29%	-50%	568	$317	$77,425,248	57
Jun 9, 2007	11	$223,690	+24%	-52%	568	$394	$77,648,938	58
Jun 10, 2007	12	$120,029	-46%	-58%	568	$211	$77,768,967	59
Jun 11, 2007	10	$68,907	-43%	-49%	568	$121	$77,837,874	60
Jun 12, 2007	10	$65,283	-5%	-52%	568	$115	$77,903,157	61
Jun 13, 2007	10	$66,273	+2%	-50%	568	$117	$77,969,430	62
Jun 14, 2007	10	$68,795	+4%	-51%	568	$121	$78,038,225	63
Jun 15, 2007	-	$85,791	+25%	-52%	283	$303	$78,124,016	64
Jun 16, 2007	-	$106,583	+24%	-52%	283	$377	$78,230,599	65
Jun 17, 2007	-	$58,875	-45%	-51%	283	$208	$78,289,474	66
Jun 18, 2007	-	$32,115	-45%	-53%	283	$113	$78,321,589	67
Jun 19, 2007	-	$37,716	+17%	-42%	283	$133	$78,359,305	68
Jun 20, 2007	-	$35,036	-7%	-47%	283	$124	$78,394,341	69
Jun 21, 2007	-	$34,592	-1%	-50%	283	$122	$78,428,933	70
Jun 22, 2007	-	$36,208	+5%	-58%	187	$194	$78,465,141	71
Jun 23, 2007	-	$44,529	+23%	-58%	187	$238	$78,509,670	72
Jun 24, 2007	-	$29,969	-33%	-49%	187	$160	$78,539,639	73
Jun 25, 2007	-	$15,273	-49%	-52%	187	$82	$78,554,912	74
Jun 26, 2007	-	$17,685	+16%	-53%	187	$95	$78,572,597	75
Jun 27, 2007	-	$13,789	-22%	-61%	187	$74	$78,586,386	76
Jun 28, 2007	-	$14,999	+9%	-57%	187	$80	$78,601,385	77
Jun 29, 2007	-	$62,080	+314%	+71%	284	$219	$78,663,465	78
Jun 30, 2007	-	$76,966	+24%	+73%	284	$271	$78,740,431	79
Jul 1, 2007	-	$60,628	-21%	+102%	284	$213	$78,801,059	80
Jul 2, 2007	-	$42,547	-30%	+179%	284	$150	$78,843,606	81
Jul 3, 2007	-	$67,261	+58%	+280%	284	$237	$78,910,867	82
Jul 4, 2007	-	$41,134	-39%	+198%	284	$145	$78,952,001	83
Jul 5, 2007	-	$51,508	+25%	+243%	284	$181	$79,003,509	84
Jul 6, 2007	-	$106,225	+106%	+71%	283	$375	$79,109,734	85
Jul 7, 2007	-	$124,473	+17%	+62%	283	$440	$79,234,207	86
Jul 8, 2007	-	$71,312	-43%	+18%	283	$252	$79,305,519	87
Jul 9, 2007	-	$36,408	-49%	-14%	283	$129	$79,341,927	88
Jul 10, 2007	-	$37,313	+2%	-45%	283	$132	$79,379,240	89
Jul 11, 2007	-	$37,308	n/c	-9%	283	$132	$79,416,548	90
Jul 12, 2007	-	$38,255	+3%	-26%	283	$135	$79,454,803	91
Jul 13, 2007	-	$65,171	+70%	-39%	232	$281	$79,519,974	92
Jul 14, 2007	-	$82,020	+26%	-34%	232	$354	$79,601,994	93
Jul 15, 2007	-	$52,908	-35%	-26%	232	$228	$79,654,902	94
Jul 16, 2007	-	$28,382	-46%	-22%	232	$122	$79,683,284	95
Jul 17, 2007	-	$30,835	+9%	-17%	232	$133	$79,714,119	96
Jul 18, 2007	-	$27,909	-9%	-25%	232	$120	$79,742,028	97
Jul 19, 2007	-	$28,744	+3%	-25%	232	$124	$79,770,772	98
Jul 20, 2007	-	$35,905	+25%	-45%	190	$189	$79,806,677	99
Jul 21, 2007	-	$45,130	+26%	-45%	190	$238	$79,851,807	100
Jul 22, 2007	-	$34,656	-23%	-34%	190	$182	$79,886,463	101
Jul 23, 2007	-	$19,897	-43%	-30%	190	$105	$79,906,360	102
Jul 24, 2007	-	$21,175	+6%	-31%	190	$111	$79,927,535	103
Jul 25, 2007	-	$21,146	n/c	-24%	190	$111	$79,948,681	104
Jul 26, 2007	-	$21,323	+1%	-26%	190	$112	$79,970,004	105
Jul 27, 2007	-	$24,168	+13%	-33%	155	$156	$79,994,172	106
Jul 28, 2007	-	$32,111	+33%	-29%	155	$207	$80,026,283	107
Jul 29, 2007	-	$23,888	-26%	-31%	155	$154	$80,050,171	108
Jul 30, 2007	-	$13,942	-42%	-30%	155	$90	$80,064,113	109
Jul 31, 2007	-	$13,773	-1%	-35%	155	$89	$80,077,886	110
Aug 1, 2007	-	$14,103	+2%	-33%	155	$91	$80,091,989	111
Aug 2, 2007	-	$14,712	+4%	-31%	155	$95	$80,106,701	112

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Apr 13, 2007	1	$27,194,364		2,925	$9,297	$27,194,364	1
Apr 20, 2007	1	$15,891,399	-42%	3,015	$5,271	$43,085,763	2
Apr 27, 2007	1	$11,077,653	-30%	3,047	$3,636	$54,163,416	3
May 4, 2007	2	$7,324,610	-34%	3,132	$2,339	$61,488,026	4
May 11, 2007	4	$6,160,320	-16%	3,106	$1,983	$67,648,346	5
May 18, 2007	6	$4,861,731	-21%	2,547	$1,909	$72,510,077	6
May 25, 2007	8	$3,080,871	-37%	1,632	$1,888	$75,590,948	7
Jun 1, 2007	10	$1,654,515	-46%	1,035	$1,599	$77,245,463	8
Jun 8, 2007	11	$792,762	-52%	568	$1,396	$78,038,225	9
Jun 15, 2007	18	$390,708	-51%	283	$1,381	$78,428,933	10
Jun 22, 2007	25	$172,452	-56%	187	$922	$78,601,385	11
Jun 29, 2007	23	$402,124	+133%	284	$1,416	$79,003,509	12
Jul 6, 2007	21	$451,294	+12%	283	$1,595	$79,454,803	13
Jul 13, 2007	29	$315,969	-30%	232	$1,362	$79,770,772	14
Jul 20, 2007	36	$199,232	-37%	190	$1,049	$79,970,004	15

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500)	2,454	$37,718,653
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,888	$37,718,653
Top 2007 Movies at the International Box Office	85	$37,718,653
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,183	$37,718,653
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000)	1,969	$37,718,653
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,120	$37,718,653
All Time International Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 201-300)	201	$37,718,653
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 801-900)	856	$37,718,653
All Time International Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300)	206	$37,718,653

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)	1,592	$118,537,627
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,146	$118,537,627
Top 2007 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	50	$118,537,627
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 701-800)	726	$118,537,627
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,233	$118,537,627
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 601-700)	666	$118,537,627
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 101-200)	114	$118,537,627
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 601-700)	666	$118,537,627
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	185	$118,537,627

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Aug 12, 2007	2	802,020		802,020	$13,626,320	$13,626,320	1
Aug 19, 2007	5	240,523	-70%	1,042,543	$4,086,486	$17,712,806	2
Aug 26, 2007	7	150,246	-38%	1,192,789	$2,663,546	$20,376,352	3
Sep 2, 2007	11	67,236	-55%	1,260,025	$1,332,873	$21,709,225	4
Sep 9, 2007	17	59,753	-11%	1,319,778	$1,194,462	$22,903,687	5
Sep 16, 2007	26	43,810	-27%	1,363,588	$875,762	$23,779,449	6
Sep 23, 2007	26	43,850	n/c	1,407,438	$876,562	$24,656,011	7
Sep 30, 2007	23	42,988	-2%	1,450,426	$859,330	$25,515,341	8
Oct 7, 2007	29	34,818	-19%	1,485,244	$688,157	$26,203,498	9

Bangkok Dangerous Leads a Weak First Fall Weekend

September 7th, 2008

With the Summer season over, Hollywood started the Fall with a soft weekend, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. Bangkok Dangerous is expected to win the weekend with an estimated $7.8 million, just ahead of Tropic Thunder's $7.5 million, in its fourth weekend in release. The last time no movie topped $10 million in a weekend was April, 2007 when Disturbia topped the charts with a shade over $9 million. To find a number one movie that earned less than $8 million, one has to go back exactly five years, to September, 2003, when Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star topped with just $6.66 million. More...

DVD Releases for June 3, 2008

June 3rd, 2008

This was a bad week for big movies, with not a single first run release is even worth rating a solid purchase, never mind being a contender for DVD Pick of the Week. There were a few other contenders for the title, including Dirty Harry Collection on DVD or Blu-ray. However, I found it impossible to decide which format was the better deal. Had the Blu-ray provided anything more than High Definition, or been a more reasonable price compared to the DVD, it would have been an easier choice. One of them is the DVD Pick of the Week, I just don't know which one. On a side note, there is an immense flood of Blu-ray releases, including a few I thought were coming out previously. More...

International Details - Winning by a Hair

October 7th, 2007

Hairspray managed to climb into sixth place by the narrowest of margins earning $4.59 million on 2073 screens in 37 markets for a running tally of $54.35 million. This includes a third place, $1.36 million opening on 302 screens in Italy, which is close to its opening domestically, when you take into account the relative size of the two markets. On the other hand, many muscials prove to be difficult to market internationally and it was never likely that this film would match its domestic run. However, it has already made enough to be considered a financial success. More...

International Details - Ratatouille Serves Up an International Dish

September 30th, 2007

Ratatouille opening in first place in South Africa this weekend earning $298,000 on 40 screens, which is very close to what The Simpsons Movie made in its opening there a few weeks ago. Its best market of the weekend remains France where it was down a mere 4% to $1.67 million on 655 screens over the weekend for a total of $58.63 million. At this pace, the film will reach $60 million by this time next week while topping Finding Nemo's total of nearly $65 million is increasingly in reach. Overall Ratatouille added $4.66 million on 2535 screens in 27 markets for a total of $216.42 million, which is more than Cars managed, and this film still has openings in Germany, U.K., Italy, and Scandinavia. More...

International Details - Rush Hour Just Misses Going Five by Five

September 23rd, 2007

Rush Hour 3 missed spending its fifth week in fifth place by less than $4000 at $5.69 million on 2443 screens in 31 markets for a total of $69.71 million. This weekend the film opened in first place in Russia with $2.28 million on 385 screens while it had to settle for second place in Denmark with $485,000 on 41 screens over the weekend and $517,000 in total. More...

International Details - Chuck and Larry Hold of Late Charge by Die Hard

September 16th, 2007

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry soared into sixth place with $4.72 million on 1521 screens in 21 markets for a total of $14.61 million internationally. The film finally hit big in a non-English speaking market earning first place with $1.27 million on 364 screens in Russia, but was soft in its debuts in South Korea and Italy. In Italy it managed $683,000 on 198 screens, but that was a tiny fraction of the first place film, while in South Korea it managed just ninth place with $275,000 on 123 screens over the weekend and $312,000 in total. More...

International Details - Harry Potter has 900 Million Reasons to Celebrate

September 9th, 2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix may have fallen out of the top five, but it was able to cross $900 million worldwide since last week making it only the tenth film to do so. Over the weekend the film added $7.08 million on 4486 screens in 53 markets for a total of $626.30 million internationally, which places the film sixth place on that chart just $16 million behind Dead Man's Chest. There's not much to report for individual markets with the film down 43% during its second weekend in Greece adding $612,000 on 129 screens for a total of $2.91 million. Its best market remains Japan at $1.67 million on 605 screens over the weekend for a total of $75.18 million after seven weeks. Meanwhile, the film continues to march towards $100 million in the U.K. and after earning $796,000 on 306 screens over the weekend it now sits at $97.89 million in total. More...

DVD Rentals - Holdovers Hog the Top Five

September 2nd, 2007

While there were plenty of new releases that charted this week, the top five was nearly identical to last week. In fact, the top four were identical, which left Wild Hogs in first place with $7.81 million in rentals over the week and $17.75 million in total. More...

International Details - Knocked Up Leaps Up

September 2nd, 2007

Knocked Up went from barely making the top 30 to nearly hitting the top five after adding $6.89 million on 1628 screens in 19 markets. The film now has a total of $25.54 million internationally while its worldwide total hit $173.34 million. To put this into perspective, The 40-Year Old Virgin earned $177.34 million and Knocked Up has yet to open in France, Spain, Italy, and many other significant markets. This week it did open in two major markets, the U.K. and Germany. In the former it had to settle for second place with $3.08 million on 423 screens while in the later it topped the charts with $2.11 million on 597 screens. In both markets this represents a small drop-off from The 40-Year Old Virgin, but the movie has already covered its total cost, so there's little reason to complain. More...

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August 26th, 2007

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August 26th, 2007

Wild Hogs led a healthy group of new releases to win the race on the DVD sales chart with 2.20 million units sold and $35.16 million in first week sales. More...

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August 19th, 2007

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DVD Sales - 300 Does Double Duty at Number One

August 19th, 2007

Despite a busy week for new releases, 300 was able to stay on top of the DVD sales chart. This should really surprise no one as it has been tough this year for any DVD to move more than 1 million units in a single week, and with first week sales of more than 5 million units, even a sharp drop-off would leave 300 in first place. And it did have a sharp drop-off, down more than 70% to 1.50 million units sold this week for a total of 6.60 million after two. This works out to $149.82 million in total sales, which is close to the film's entire theatrical haul. More...

DVD Releases for August 7, 2007

August 6th, 2007

Wow. What a busy week. Not only do we have dozens of releases (many of them Elvis related), we have nine spotlight reviews. There aren't as many contenders for DVD Pick of the Week, however. The two that stand out the most are The Muppet Show - Season Two and The Simpsons - Season 10. The Muppet Show is the better show while The Simpsons has better extras. Call it a tie and both are this week's DVD Pick of the Week. More...

Pirates set for a Memorable Memorial Day

May 24th, 2007

For the third time in four weeks there will be another $100 million opening. It's strange, for four years after Spider-Man set the record, no film matched its record-setting debut. In fact, no film really came that close. However, in the past 12 months, three films have topped that mark and another film will do the same this weekend. More...

Shrek Sets Records for Animated Movie

May 21st, 2007

There was another massive opening over the weekend, something we'll have to get used to this summer, but not all reports are glowing. The second $100 million opening of the month helped push the overall box office up, way up, to $182 million, which is 70% higher than last weekend. However impressive these weekly fluctuations may seem, it is the year-to-year increase of 11% that is more important. The other number of note is 15%, which is how much higher this summer is over the record-setting pace of 2004. That summer not only gave us Shrek 2, but also Spider-Man 2 and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Those three movies combined for more than $1 billion, a mark this summer's top three films should be able to top. More...

Shrek Sets His Sights on Spidey

May 17th, 2007

So far May has been softer than expected. Sure, Spider-man 3 opened with a record breaking weekend, but since then it has started tracking below expectations. Meanwhile, every other film has missed their modest expectations, some by large margins. This weekend things should get back on track with one of the most anticipated films of the year debuting tomorrow, but even here there are some warning signs. More...

Records Fall, Falling Records Fall

May 14th, 2007

As expected, no new release came close to challenging Spider-man 3 for top spot. In fact, the four newcomers were even weaker than expected. However, while this led to a 44% drop-off from last weekend, the overall box office take of $106 million was still more than 6% higher than the same weekend last year and that's the more important figure. Next weekend there should be a big bounce as Shrek the Third should earn significantly more than that all by itself. More...

Will Spidey Sink or Swing?

May 10th, 2007

This is the only soft weekend in the month of May with new releases forced to fight for the scraps of last weekend's record breaker, which explains why we have four such films trying to split already weak box office prospects. However, none of these new releases has any real shot at unseating Spider-man 3, even though that film is expected to sink pretty far at the box office. More...

Spider-Man Sinks Pirates in Opening Salvo of the Summer Battle

May 7th, 2007

Now that's what the Summer is all about. With Spider-man 3, the blockbuster season got off to a record-breaking start and that lifted the overall box office to amazing heights. Last weekend was one of the worst weekends in a long time, but Spider-man 3 alone earned nearly twice as much as the previous week's total box office and, adding in the holdovers, the 3-day take of $190 million was 144% more than last weekend, and already ranks as the fourth-biggest single weekend in history with reports for some movies still to come in (see the full list). More importantly, it is 72% more than the same weekend last year. Granted, last Summer got off to a slow start, but this is still a huge year-to-year increase and a very good omen for the season as a whole. More...

International Details - 300's Last Stab at Glory

May 6th, 2007

300 was knocked out of the top five this week but still added $3.82 million on 3,537 screens in 52 markets for a total of $223.77 million. The film has yet to open in Japan, but that's about it at this point and there's little hope that the movie will hit any more milestones from now until then. However, it is already a massive hit and a huge financial boon for the studio, so everything it does earn will be pure gravy. More...

Spidey Has His Eye on Jack Sparrow

May 3rd, 2007

With the start of the summer blockbuster season, all eyes are on Spider-man 3. But the real question isn't whether Spider-man 3 will win the box office race, there's very little doubt that it will. No, the real question is whether Spider-man 3 can break Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's opening weekend record. More...

April Ends with an Ugh

May 1st, 2007

Wow. That was one of the worst weekends I can remember. There was almost nothing worth celebrating as the overall box office dipped by 12% from last weekend to $78 million. That's nearly 24% lower than the same weekend last year and probably the worst weekend in more than a year. (We'll have more details on that when the box office chart is certified later this week.) The only silver lining I can think of is a possible reason for this massive dip. In my opinion, a lot of people who thought about going to the movies this weekend likely said, "Let's wait a week and catch Spider-man 3 instead." I can't prove this happened, but this time next weekend if Spider-man 3 has broken records, we'll know that it is a likely scenario. More...

International Details - Reaping the Rewards

April 29th, 2007

The Reaping climbed into sixth place this past weekend with $5.98 million on 2634 screens in 39 markets for a total of just $20.38 million. The film had a couple respectable openings including South Korea where it made $1.17 million on 129 screens over the weekend and $1.34 million in total while it took in $335,000 in Brazil. However, in most markets the film stumbled, like in France where is placed seventh with $684,000 or the the U.K. where it placed eighth with $622,000 on 282 screens. The film debuted in ninth place in Australia, ($405,000 on 133 screens); in Russia, ($261,000 on 111); and in Germany, ($247,000 on 201). Mexico became the film's best market as it has pulled in $4.45 million in three weeks, including $589,000 on 350 screens this past weekend; this is just ahead of the $4.25 million the film has earned in Spain, but it only managed $334,000 on 299 screens this past weekend and will quickly disappear there. More...

Calm Before the Storm

April 26th, 2007

It's the final weekend before the summer blockbuster season and it appears that while everyone is excited about Spider-man 3, almost no one is paying attention to this week's new releases. This could result in the worst weekend of the year and there is a possibility that no film will reach $10 million. More...

Disturbing News for New Releases

April 23rd, 2007

It was a slow weekend at the box office as most of the new releases, and a couple of the holdovers, were unable to live up to expectations. How slow was it? The overall box office dropped below $100 million. It fell 25% from last weekend to just $89 million and that's a severe 19% drop-off from the same weekend last year. In fact this was the worst weekend since last September. However, it is important to note that overall 2007 is still ahead of last year's pace by 5% and most analysts expect many, many records to fall this summer. More...

International Details - Sun Shines during Sophomore Stint

April 22nd, 2007

Sunshine climbed into sixth place with $5.20 million on 1866 screens in 30 markets for a total of $10.20 million. However, while it nearly doubled last week's opening, this was entirely due to the film's expansion. Its biggest market of the weekend was France where it placed fourth with $1.36 million on 339 screens while it placed eighth in its debut in Australia with just $611,000 on 161 screens. On the other hand, the film only managed $508,000 on 192 screens during its debut in Japan and while likely see a sharp drop-off next weekend given its weak per screen average. Meanwhile in the U.K. the film suffered the worst week-to-week drop-off in the top ten down 57% to $879,000 on 409 screens over the weekend and a total of $4.45 million in total. More...

Weekend Estimates: Disturbia Unmoved at Top of Chart

April 22nd, 2007

Disturbia held off a batch of openers to spend a second weekend at the top of the box office chart, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. The thriller earned a solid $13.46 million, down just under 40% from last weekend. That was a couple of million more than fellow-thriller Fracture, which opened with an estimated $11.18 million. Vacancy had the most disappointing start among the main contenders for box office victory, earning $7.6 million and falling behind Blades of Glory over the weekend to finish fourth. More...

Will a New Release find a Vacancy on Top of the Charts?

April 19th, 2007

Another week, another batch of new movies that are hoping to find a spot in the top ten. While there are four wide - or wide-ish - releases, none are tracking with any real strength and there's a good chance Disturbia will be a repeat winner this weekend. However, two newcomers, Fracture and Vacancy, stand a catch of stealing first. All three films are so evenly matched, we might not know the winner until the final numbers are released on Monday. More...

Year Was No Dog on the Per Theater Chart

April 17th, 2007

There was only one film able to top $10,000 on the per theater charts, and that was Year of the Dog at $15,460. The next closest movie, Disturbia, had less than half that at $7,598. More...

Friday the 13th Produces some Scary Box Office Numbers

April 16th, 2007

The weekend box office numbers were mixed. On the one hand, there was a small drop in the overall box office numbers with the total ticket sales coming in at $119 million, which was 4% lower than last weekend and 1% lower than the same weekend last year. However, while that's hardly a reason to worry, there were six wide releases meaning the merely average box office numbers had to divided up amongst a crowded field and that really hurt a lot of the new releases. In fact, only one of the six had any real reason to celebrate. More...

Movie Website Updates for April 8 - April 14, 2007

April 14th, 2007

Even with the extra day, it was a slow week for websites. There were a couple films to have their full sites go live this week, but in both cases there was a lack of features. The best of the list is Pathfinder - Official Site, but it's not up to the level of an award winner. More...

Six New Releases Search for Box Office Glory

April 12th, 2007

There's six new wide releases this weekend, but the overwhelming thought I have when checking them out is, "ZZZZZzzzzzzzz." There are two reasons for this. Firstly, there's not much here to get excited about; most are opening in less than 2,000 theaters and most are earning reviews that are terrible. Because of this, none look to be runaway hits at the box office; in fact, there's talk that Blades of Glory will again win the weekend box office race. The second reason for the snores above, last night was the start of the NHL playoffs and the Canucks played their first two games. Or at least that's how long game one lasted. Four overtime periods. So tired. Oh so tired. At least they won. More...

Movie Website Updates for March 31 - April 7, 2007

April 7th, 2007

It's the Saturday after Good Friday, which explains why this column was delayed one day. But while the Friday was good, this week's sites were mediocre, at least they were compared to high expectations. If this was January, it would be a great list. However, at this point of the year I'm expecting one potential summer blockbuster to have a major website launch each week, and that didn't happen this time. We still had an award-worthy effort with Grindhouse - Official Site. More...

2007 Preview: April

April 1st, 2007

April is an interesting month to open a movie. Interesting, but not a particularly good month. This year it does start with Easter, but that's traditionally not a strong long weekend. Only one movie has topped $40 million over that weekend and only one other has cracked $30 million. Worst still, it's jammed right up against May, the start of the summer blockbusters season. Ironically, the closer you get to this most lucrative time of year, the tougher it is for films to make a buck. No movie wants to open the weekend before Spider-man 3, for instance. Overall, there are a few hits to be found in the month, and a few misses, but nothing that really stands out above the pack. More...

Movie Website Updates for March 24 - March 30, 2007

March 31st, 2007

Awesome. We are finally getting some major updates to the summer blockbuster movies. The ones people are watching to see if they break records. This includes the first half of the massively interactive website for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Official Site. And while the site isn't done yet, it is still more than enough to win the Weekly Website Award. More...

Movie Website Updates for February 24 - March 2, 2007

March 2nd, 2007

Just an average week in terms of updates, but there are a couple sites of note including the winner of the Weekly Website Award, Wild Hogs - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for February 17 - February 23, 2007

February 23rd, 2007

Big week in terms of flash sites launching, but a tough one when it comes to picking a winner. There were several sites that were contenders, and a few that will likely be winners after a few more updates, but none that stood out as the best for the week. It's almost like there were so many that were so close to winning the award that none were able to stand out and get me excited. However, there was one site that was updated this week that did, The Simpsons Movie - Official Site. This site did get a new look, but the real draw here is the first full trailer, to go along with the three previous teasers. Is that enough to make it award worthy? No. But while my rational side was distracted by a game of Sudoku the Fanboy in me made that decisions, and all Fanboy freak-outs are legally binding. Hopefully the final site will live up to the award. I have a feeling it will. More...

Movie Website Updates for February 10 - February 16, 2007

February 17th, 2007

While the big summer blockbusters are sill M.I.A., there are plenty of other films to pick up the slack. This includes this week's winner, Bridge to Terabithia - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for January 13 - January 19, 2007

January 20th, 2007

Another slow week, but its been that way for a while. I'm hoping that will change when the summer blockbusters start launching their full sites soon, in fact, Spider-Man 3's Official Site did go live this week, but it is mostly marked coming soon and too soon to give it the award just yet. More...

New Movie US Release Dates - December 28, 2006

December 28th, 2006

Currently I am taking a vacation and because of that the release dates update will be irregular at best. Things should be back to normal (weekly updates on Sunday) starting Sunday January 21. If I have some time, like today on a rainy day in Singapore, I will try to make updates. More...