Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)	955	$88,715,192
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,065	$146,007,597
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 601-700)	668	$88,715,192
Top 2006 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	21	$88,715,192
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 401-500)	411	$88,715,192
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 601-700)	700	$88,715,192
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 301-400)	370	$88,715,192
All Time Domestic Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	40	$88,715,192
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 401-500)	436	$88,715,192
All Time Domestic Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	129	$88,715,192

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Mar 10, 2006	1	$24,411,322		3,057	$7,985	$24,411,322	1
Mar 17, 2006	2	$15,604,892	-36%	3,117	$5,006	$48,273,823	2
Mar 24, 2006	4	$10,462,474	-33%	3,202	$3,267	$63,537,895	3
Mar 31, 2006	4	$6,463,434	-38%	3,074	$2,103	$73,088,790	4
Apr 7, 2006	6	$4,130,869	-36%	2,616	$1,579	$79,145,215	5
Apr 14, 2006	9	$2,608,433	-37%	1,950	$1,338	$83,179,669	6
Apr 21, 2006	13	$1,410,982	-46%	1,295	$1,090	$85,604,643	7
Apr 28, 2006	17	$600,430	-57%	664	$904	$86,619,959	8
May 5, 2006	19	$394,101	-34%	437	$902	$87,208,192	9
May 12, 2006	25	$236,969	-40%	283	$837	$87,565,245	10
May 19, 2006	35	$83,086	-65%	156	$533	$87,724,422	11
May 26, 2006	24	$210,730	+154%	320	$659	$87,970,132	12
Jun 2, 2006	26	$173,503	-18%	280	$620	$88,291,093	13
Jun 9, 2006	33	$127,091	-27%	217	$586	$88,509,311	14
Jun 16, 2006	34	$78,714	-38%	175	$450	$88,658,172	15

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Mar 10, 2006	1	$8,512,856			3,057	$2,785	$8,512,856	1
Mar 11, 2006	1	$10,280,261	+21%		3,057	$3,363	$18,793,117	2
Mar 12, 2006	1	$5,618,205	-45%		3,057	$1,838	$24,411,322	3
Mar 13, 2006	1	$2,037,210	-64%		3,057	$666	$26,448,532	4
Mar 14, 2006	1	$2,134,418	+5%		3,057	$698	$28,582,950	5
Mar 15, 2006	1	$2,035,491	-5%		3,057	$666	$30,618,441	6
Mar 16, 2006	1	$2,050,490	+1%		3,057	$671	$32,668,931	7
Mar 17, 2006	2	$4,681,368	+128%	-45%	3,117	$1,502	$37,350,299	8
Mar 18, 2006	2	$7,334,207	+57%	-29%	3,117	$2,353	$44,684,506	9
Mar 19, 2006	3	$3,589,317	-51%	-36%	3,117	$1,152	$48,273,823	10
Mar 20, 2006	2	$1,116,171	-69%	-45%	3,117	$358	$49,389,994	11
Mar 21, 2006	2	$1,217,081	+9%	-43%	3,117	$390	$50,607,075	12
Mar 22, 2006	2	$1,177,529	-3%	-42%	3,117	$378	$51,784,604	13
Mar 23, 2006	2	$1,290,817	+10%	-37%	3,117	$414	$53,075,421	14
Mar 24, 2006	4	$3,417,189	+165%	-27%	3,202	$1,067	$56,492,610	15
Mar 25, 2006	3	$4,746,252	+39%	-35%	3,202	$1,482	$61,238,862	16
Mar 26, 2006	4	$2,299,033	-52%	-36%	3,202	$718	$63,537,895	17
Mar 27, 2006	3	$728,340	-68%	-35%	3,202	$227	$64,266,235	18
Mar 28, 2006	3	$812,817	+12%	-33%	3,202	$254	$65,079,052	19
Mar 29, 2006	3	$768,351	-5%	-35%	3,202	$240	$65,847,403	20
Mar 30, 2006	3	$777,953	+1%	-40%	3,202	$243	$66,625,356	21
Mar 31, 2006	4	$2,217,059	+185%	-35%	3,074	$721	$68,842,415	22
Apr 1, 2006	4	$2,882,510	+30%	-39%	3,074	$938	$71,724,925	23
Apr 2, 2006	5	$1,363,865	-53%	-41%	3,074	$444	$73,088,790	24
Apr 3, 2006	5	$431,285	-68%	-41%	3,074	$140	$73,520,075	25
Apr 4, 2006	5	$500,721	+16%	-38%	3,074	$163	$74,020,796	26
Apr 5, 2006	4	$479,951	-4%	-38%	3,074	$156	$74,500,747	27
Apr 6, 2006	4	$513,599	+7%	-34%	3,074	$167	$75,014,346	28
Apr 7, 2006	6	$1,288,401	+151%	-42%	2,616	$493	$76,302,747	29
Apr 8, 2006	6	$2,007,306	+56%	-30%	2,616	$767	$78,310,053	30
Apr 9, 2006	8	$835,162	-58%	-39%	2,616	$319	$79,145,215	31
Apr 10, 2006	7	$305,441	-63%	-29%	2,616	$117	$79,450,656	32
Apr 11, 2006	7	$328,596	+8%	-34%	2,616	$126	$79,779,252	33
Apr 12, 2006	7	$338,455	+3%	-29%	2,616	$129	$80,117,707	34
Apr 13, 2006	6	$453,529	+34%	-12%	2,616	$173	$80,571,236	35
Apr 14, 2006	9	$966,643	+113%	-25%	1,950	$496	$81,537,879	36
Apr 15, 2006	9	$1,022,738	+6%	-49%	1,950	$524	$82,560,617	37
Apr 16, 2006	9	$619,052	-39%	-26%	1,950	$317	$83,179,669	38
Apr 17, 2006	9	$286,978	-54%	-6%	1,950	$147	$83,466,647	39
Apr 18, 2006	9	$232,994	-19%	-29%	1,950	$119	$83,699,641	40
Apr 19, 2006	9	$244,064	+5%	-28%	1,950	$125	$83,943,705	41
Apr 20, 2006	9	$249,956	+2%	-45%	1,950	$128	$84,193,661	42
May 29, 2006	26	$59,581			320	$186	$88,029,713	81

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Mar 10, 2006	1	$32,668,931		3,057	$10,687	$32,668,931	1
Mar 17, 2006	2	$20,406,490	-38%	3,117	$6,547	$53,075,421	2
Mar 24, 2006	3	$13,549,935	-34%	3,202	$4,232	$66,625,356	3
Mar 31, 2006	5	$8,388,990	-38%	3,074	$2,729	$75,014,346	4
Apr 7, 2006	6	$5,556,890	-34%	2,616	$2,124	$80,571,236	5
Apr 14, 2006	9	$3,622,425	-35%	1,950	$1,858	$84,193,661	6
Apr 21, 2006	13	$1,825,868	-50%	1,295	$1,410	$86,019,529	7
Apr 28, 2006	17	$794,562	-56%	664	$1,197	$86,814,091	8
May 5, 2006	20	$514,185	-35%	437	$1,177	$87,328,276	9
May 12, 2006	26	$313,060	-39%	283	$1,106	$87,641,336	10
May 19, 2006	36	$118,066	-62%	156	$757	$87,759,402	11
May 26, 2006	25	$358,188	+203%	320	$1,119	$88,117,590	12
Jun 2, 2006	27	$264,630	-26%	280	$945	$88,382,220	13
Jun 9, 2006	31	$197,238	-25%	217	$909	$88,579,458	14
Jun 16, 2006	32	$135,734	-31%	175	$776	$88,715,192	15

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400)	2,367	$39,687,709
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,812	$39,687,709
Top 2006 Movies at the International Box Office	73	$39,687,709
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,137	$39,687,709
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,891	$39,687,709
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,072	$39,687,709
All Time International Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies (Rank 101-200)	117	$39,687,709
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 801-900)	838	$39,687,709
All Time International Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300)	204	$39,687,709

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,485	$128,402,901
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,059	$128,402,901
Top 2006 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	45	$128,402,901
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 601-700)	670	$128,402,901
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,137	$128,402,901
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 601-700)	611	$128,402,901
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	75	$128,402,901
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 601-700)	631	$128,402,901
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	172	$128,402,901

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Jul 2, 2006	1	1,100,322		1,100,322	$17,517,126	$17,517,126	1
Jul 9, 2006	1	513,769	-53%	1,614,091	$8,143,239	$25,660,365	2
Jul 16, 2006	2	192,663	-63%	1,806,754	$3,036,369	$28,696,734	3
Jul 23, 2006	4	184,186	-4%	1,990,940	$2,808,836	$31,505,570	4
Jul 30, 2006	10	71,422	-61%	2,062,362	$1,037,762	$32,543,332	5
Aug 6, 2006	7	154,002	+116%	2,216,364	$2,936,818	$35,480,150	6

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...

DVD Releases for April 24, 2007

April 24th, 2007

It's a busy week for DVD releases, but the signal to noise ratio is a little high, and that made it harder to find the DVDs that were truly worthy of attention. (And even then, I went off track a couple of times.) As for the DVD Pick of the Week, there is really only one choice for me, The Queen - Buy from Amazon. However, I'm also giving that honor to Burning Annie - Buy from Amazon, which would have won a few weeks ago if I had got the right information on the quality of the DVD. More...

Benchwarmers Hit Home Run... make that a Ground Rule Double

August 5th, 2006

There were only two new release to reach the top five this week but they finished 1-2 with The Benchwarmers leading the way with $9.98 million in DVD rentals. More...

Big Man on the Home Market

July 29th, 2006

There were not that many releases from this week's crop to chart, but it was a newcomer taking top spot as She's the Man lead both the rental and the sales chart this week. It earned $5.57 million after one week of rentals while the sales figures were not released as usual. More...

Lack of New Releases Maintain Failure's Winning Streak

July 22nd, 2006

For the third weekend in a row, Failure to Launch topped the rental charts as it added $5.77 million over the week for a total of $25.18 million after three. More...

Clear Sailing for Launch

July 15th, 2006

A near total lack of competition allowed Failure to Launch to remain in first place with $8.87 million over the week for a two-week total of $19.41 million. More...

Spectacular Launch

July 8th, 2006

Failure to Launch wasn't the only new DVD release to chart this week, but it was far and away the best. The film took first place with $10.42 million, which was nearly double its nearest competition. More...

DVD Releases for June 27, 2006

June 26th, 2006

It's an absolutely horrid week for DVD releases with six or seven contenders for DVD Pick of the Week, I have no idea how I'm going to afford to buy them all. But I will buy them all. Oh yes, I will buy them all. While the latest Masters of Horror collection was high on my list, as was Why We Fight - Buy from Amazon and Imagine Me & You - Buy from Amazon, (but for widely different reasons), I went with the criminally underrated Yellowbeard - Buy from Amazon as my DVD Pick of the Week. Maybe one day it will get the Special Edition treatment it so richly deserves. More...

International Details - Re-Volving Door

June 11th, 2006

The final weekend before the start of World Cup saw Volver become the latest best of the rest finishing sixth with $4.46 million on 863 screens in 5 markets for a total of $27.25 million. The film was again led by its performance in France where it grew for the second week in a row up 14% to $3.02 million on 404 screens for a total of $9.09 million while in Italy it grew by 28% to $1.44 million on 268 screens for a total of $5.61 million after three weeks. In both of those markets the film is on pace to top such worldwide blockbusters as Mission: Impossible 3, something nobody would have predicted before the start of the summer. Even more impressively, it is about a week away from France becoming the film's most lucrative market topping the $11.94 million it made in its native Spain. More...

International Details - Silent Sneaks into Top Five

May 21st, 2006

Silent Hill's weekend numbers were better than earlier estimates and that helped place the film fourth overall with $4.99 million on 1398 screens in 11 markets. The film finished first in Russia with $1.45 million on 213 screens over the weekend and $1.61 million in total while it had to settle for second in Germany with $1.10 million on 308 screens. It also opened in second place in Hong Kong with $462,000 on 34 screens and $580,000 including the previews mentioned last week. So far the film has earned $18.92 million at the international box office, the largest single chunk coming from the U.K.; in that market the film has made $6.32 million including $439,000 on 285 screens this week. 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...

International Details - Eight Finishes Just Below Top Five

May 7th, 2006

A pair of openings in major markets helped Eight Below climb a spot to sixth with $5.05 million on 2129 screens in 24 markets for a total of $24.26 million so far. The film opened in France but could only manage sixth place with $1.85 million on 473 screens while in Spain it opened in first place, but only managed $981,000 on 224 screens. In the meantime, the film dipped just 4% during its second weekend in Australia adding $769,000 on 258 screens to its total of $2.29 million there. 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...

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...

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...

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...

Cool as Ice

April 3rd, 2006

For the first time in a long, long time we have a bona fides hit topping the charts. Not only did Ice Age: The Meltdown beat almost all expectations, but it single-handedly brought the 2006 box office out of its slump. The overall box office was $142 million, nearly half of which came from that one movie. This represents a 29.7% increase from last weekend and a 34% increase from last year. Year-to-date, 2006 is still behind 2005, but the deficit was cut in half to just 1%. 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...

Is the Box Office entering an Ice Age?

March 31st, 2006

We have the first event movie of the year coming out this weekend. Yes, I realize I said that when V for Vendetta came out, but this time I mean it. In all seriousness, if Ice Age: The Meltdown doesn't have the best opening of the year, then the 2006 box office is pretty much sunk. More...

Surprisingly Strong Start Stops Slump

March 27th, 2006

The number one film of the weekend got off to a much stronger start than expected, and that helped the overall box office climb to $109 million over the weekend, which was 2.4% higher than last weekend. It was also 9.8% higher than last year, stopping a five-week slump of year-to-year drop-offs, but 2006 is still behind 2005's pace by 2% More...

International Details: Syriana Slips out of the Top Five

March 26th, 2006

The only opening of note for Syriana over the weekend was Turkey where the film placed third with $211,000 on 62 screens. Without a major opening, the film fell 35% to $3.68 million on 1992 screens in 43 markets and now has $27.35 million, which is still a disappointing total. More...

Two out of Three is Really Bad

March 24th, 2006

Three wide releases this weekend, and of those two are not being screened for critics, which likely means the streak of terrible movies will continue. Fortunately, the third wide release is earning the best reviews of any prospective number one the whole year. It could also beat last year's weekend chart topper, but the overall market still seems weak and that will lead to yet another year-to-year drop-off. 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...

Do Moviegoers Have a Vendetta Against Good Films?

March 17th, 2006

The first event movie of the year comes out this week, and V for Vendetta should have no problem topping the charts. However, there are other questions that are not so easily answered. For instance, will it become the biggest opener of the year? Will it help the box office keep pace with last year? Can it become the first $100 million movie of the year? At least two of those three questions will be answered by Monday. More...

Successful Launch fails to Lift Box Office

March 13th, 2006

Only one of the four new films beat expectations over the weekend, and that left the box office hurting. Overall, the total for the weekend was $110 million, which was 6.8% higher than last weekend, but since last weekend was Oscar weekend, this is hardly an impressive result. More importantly, it was 4.7% lower than the same weekend last year. More...

New Releases are Strictly for the Dogs

March 10th, 2006

There are three and a half new films opening wide this weekend, and the best of them is earning merely mediocre reviews. (The half film refers to The Libertine, which is opening in only 815 theatres.) Even so, there should be a huge jump from last weekend, perhaps even enough to push 2006 ahead of 2005 again. More...

Movie Website Updates for March 3 - March 9

March 9th, 2006

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. This week's winner was one of last week's best sites, She's the Man - Official Site, which added a lot of content this week including some old stuff that was off site for previous weeks. More...

Movie Website Updates for February 24 - March 2

March 2nd, 2006

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. There was a three way race for top spot this week with Slither - Official Site taking home the award. However, it won based on equal parts what it is and what it should become once all the content marked coming soon is added to the site. More...

2006 Preview: March

March 1st, 2006

This is a not as busy a month as it initially looks. Granted, there are 18 movies on this month's list, but there are five weekends, or at least five Fridays. Also, every week there's at least one film that may or may not be getting a truly wide release. Considering the level of competition, I'm leaning against any of five such films opening in more than 2000 theatres. On the plus side, we should see the first $100 million movie of 2006 open this month, and perhaps even see two movies reach that milestone. More...

Movie Website Updates for January 20 - January 26

January 26th, 2006

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. The winner this week was Curious George - Official Site, which was extremely well done, although it is aimed at a very young audience. More...

Movie Website Updates for January 13 - January 19

January 19th, 2006

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. It's busier on this week's list than it has in a while, but there was only one site that was in contention to win the award, Underworld: Evolution - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for December 23 - December 29

December 29th, 2005

This week's list of movie site is abridged and only contains the two films that are opening this week plus more than a dozen site that have never appeared on this list before. However, it was one of the two new openings, Match Point - Official Site, that took the weekly website award. More...