Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,216	$72,708,161
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,360	$122,276,742
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 801-900)	885	$72,708,161
Top 2005 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	33	$72,708,161
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 501-600)	523	$72,708,161
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 901-1,000)	919	$72,708,161
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 401-500)	495	$72,708,161
All Time Domestic Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies	84	$72,708,161
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 501-600)	529	$72,708,161
All Time Domestic Box Office for Universal Movies (Rank 101-200)	166	$72,708,161

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Apr 22, 2005	1	$22,822,455		2,758	$8,275	$22,822,455	1
Apr 29, 2005	2	$13,833,815	-39%	2,764	$5,005	$43,152,385	2
May 6, 2005	5	$7,822,950	-43%	2,815	$2,779	$54,403,865	3
May 13, 2005	8	$4,592,505	-41%	2,602	$1,765	$61,161,945	4
May 20, 2005	8	$2,910,580	-37%	2,164	$1,345	$65,403,045	5
May 27, 2005	7	$2,072,670	-29%	1,171	$1,770	$68,665,930	6
Jun 3, 2005	11	$799,175	-61%	686	$1,165	$70,405,780	7
Jun 10, 2005	16	$385,825	-52%	364	$1,060	$71,179,015	8
Jun 17, 2005	20	$206,995	-46%	276	$750	$71,542,675	9
Jun 24, 2005	26	$161,190	-22%	208	$775	$71,816,920	10
Jul 1, 2005	32	$114,870	-29%	169	$680	$72,011,550	11
Jul 8, 2005	29	$125,290	+9%	179	$700	$72,213,730	12
Jul 15, 2005	29	$105,775	-16%	149	$710	$72,389,240	13
Jul 22, 2005	38	$71,750	-32%	113	$635	$72,515,360	14

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Apr 22, 2005	1	$7,400,000			2,758	$2,683	$7,400,000	1
Apr 23, 2005	1	$9,749,530	+32%		2,758	$3,535	$17,044,440	2
Apr 24, 2005	1	$5,778,015	-41%		2,758	$2,095	$22,822,455	3
Apr 25, 2005	1	$1,710,000	-70%		2,758	$620	$24,532,000	4
Apr 26, 2005	1	$1,669,000	-2%		2,758	$605	$26,201,000	5
Apr 27, 2005	1	$1,641,000	-2%		2,758	$595	$27,842,000	6
Apr 28, 2005	1	$1,477,000	-10%		2,758	$536	$29,318,570	7
Apr 29, 2005	2	$4,200,000	+184%	-43%	2,764	$1,520	$33,500,000	8
Apr 30, 2005	2	$6,605,955	+57%	-32%	2,764	$2,390	$40,029,065	9
May 1, 2005	2	$3,123,320	-53%	-46%	2,764	$1,130	$43,152,385	10
May 2, 2005	2	$858,000	-73%	-50%	2,764	$310	$44,010,000	11
May 3, 2005	2	$897,000	+5%	-46%	2,764	$325	$44,907,000	12
May 4, 2005	2	$858,000	-4%	-48%	2,764	$310	$45,766,000	13
May 5, 2005	2	$815,000	-5%	-45%	2,764	$295	$46,580,915	14
May 6, 2005	5	$2,300,000	+182%	-45%	2,815	$817	$48,900,000	15
May 7, 2005	5	$3,348,660	+46%	-49%	2,815	$1,190	$52,180,770	16
May 8, 2005	5	$2,223,095	-34%	-29%	2,815	$790	$54,403,865	17
May 9, 2005	5	$522,000	-77%	-39%	2,815	$185	$54,925,000	18
May 10, 2005	5	$549,000	+5%	-39%	2,815	$195	$55,474,000	19
May 11, 2005	5	$547,000	n/c	-36%	2,815	$194	$56,022,000	20
May 12, 2005	5	$548,000	n/c	-33%	2,815	$195	$56,569,440	21
May 13, 2005	8	$1,300,000	+137%	-43%	2,600	$500	$57,900,000	22
May 14, 2005	8	$2,159,660	+66%	-36%	2,600	$831	$60,043,085	23
May 15, 2005	8	$1,118,860	-48%	-50%	2,600	$430	$61,161,945	24
May 16, 2005	8	$364,000	-67%	-30%	2,600	$140	$61,526,000	25
May 17, 2005	8	$376,000	+3%	-32%	2,600	$145	$61,902,000	26
May 18, 2005	7	$339,000	-10%	-38%	2,600	$130	$62,241,000	27
May 19, 2005	8	$251,000	-26%	-54%	2,600	$97	$62,492,465	28
May 20, 2005	8	$833,140	+232%	-36%	2,164	$385	$63,325,605	29
May 21, 2005	8	$1,320,040	+58%	-39%	2,164	$610	$64,645,645	30
May 22, 2005	8	$757,400	-43%	-32%	2,164	$350	$65,403,045	31
May 23, 2005	8	$324,000	-57%	-11%	2,164	$150	$65,727,000	32
May 24, 2005	8	$281,000	-13%	-25%	2,164	$130	$66,008,000	33
May 25, 2005	8	$272,000	-3%	-20%	2,164	$126	$66,279,000	34
May 26, 2005	8	$314,000	+15%	+25%	2,164	$145	$66,593,000	35
May 27, 2005	8	$497,675	+58%	-40%	1,171	$425	$67,090,935	36
May 28, 2005	7	$749,440	+51%	-43%	1,171	$640	$67,840,375	37
May 29, 2005	7	$825,555	+10%	+9%	1,171	$705	$68,665,930	38
May 30, 2005	8	$532,805	-35%	+64%	1,171	$455	$69,198,735	39
May 31, 2005	9	$152,230	-71%	-46%	1,171	$130	$69,350,965	40
Jun 1, 2005	10	$132,385	-13%	-51%	1,170	$113	$69,483,350	41
Jun 2, 2005	10	$123,255	-7%	-61%	1,170	$105	$69,606,605	42
Jun 3, 2005	11	$243,530	+98%	-51%	1,170	$208	$69,850,135	43
Jun 4, 2005	10	$363,580	+49%	-51%	686	$530	$70,213,715	44
Jun 5, 2005	11	$192,065	-47%	-77%	686	$280	$70,405,780	45
Jun 8, 2005	-	$102,900		-22%	686	$150	$70,693,865	48
Jun 9, 2005	-	$99,325	-3%	-19%	686	$145	$70,793,190	49
Jul 4, 2005	28	$26,245			169	$155	$72,037,795	74

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Apr 22, 2005	1	$29,318,570		2,758	$10,630	$29,318,570	1
Apr 29, 2005	2	$17,262,345	-41%	2,764	$6,245	$46,580,915	2
May 6, 2005	5	$9,988,525	-42%	2,815	$3,548	$56,569,440	3
May 13, 2005	9	$5,923,025	-41%	2,602	$2,276	$62,492,465	4
May 20, 2005	8	$4,100,795	-31%	2,164	$1,895	$66,593,260	5
May 27, 2005	8	$3,013,345	-27%	1,171	$2,573	$69,606,605	6
Jun 3, 2005	11	$1,186,585	-61%	686	$1,730	$70,793,190	7
Jun 10, 2005	19	$542,490	-54%	364	$1,490	$71,335,680	8
Jun 17, 2005	22	$320,050	-41%	276	$1,160	$71,655,730	9
Jun 24, 2005	27	$240,950	-25%	208	$1,158	$71,896,680	10
Jul 1, 2005	32	$191,760	-20%	169	$1,135	$72,088,440	11
Jul 8, 2005	29	$195,025	+2%	179	$1,090	$72,283,465	12
Jul 15, 2005	29	$160,145	-18%	149	$1,075	$72,443,610	13

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,232	$90,045,676
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 801-900)	846	$90,045,676
Top 2005 Movies at the International Box Office	24	$90,045,676
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 501-600)	554	$90,045,676
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 801-900)	897	$90,045,676
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 401-500)	461	$90,045,676
All Time International Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies	79	$90,045,676
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 501-600)	501	$90,045,676
All Time International Box Office for Universal Movies (Rank 101-200)	141	$90,045,676

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,189	$162,753,837
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 801-900)	828	$162,753,837
Top 2005 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	27	$162,753,837
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 501-600)	523	$162,753,837
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 801-900)	874	$162,753,837
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 401-500)	454	$162,753,837
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies	79	$162,753,837
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 501-600)	527	$162,753,837
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Universal Movies (Rank 101-200)	158	$162,753,837

DVD Releases for October 24, 2006

October 23rd, 2006

It's a disastrous week for DVD releases with more than half a dozen of them that I rated as must have. I just don't know how I'm going to afford to buy them all, but I will. As for the DVD Pick of the Week, I was able to narrow that list down to three, but I wasn't able to decide on just one. They are, in no particular order: Slither - Buy from Amazon, Greg the Bunny- The Best of the Film Parodies - Buy from Amazon, and Degrassi The Next Generation - Season 4 - Buy from Amazon. And in the better late than never category, we have Her Best Move, which can be purchased directly from the official website. (If I've missed any other releases, don't hesitate to e-mail me and I'll try to correct that oversight as soon as possible.) More...

International Details: Flightplan has Bumpy Landing

December 11th, 2005

Flightplan fell out of the top five with $5.13 million on 2,430 screens in 38 markets for a total of $94.65 million on the international scene. It did fall from second to sixth on this week's charts, but it should still reach $100 million by this time next week. Its best market of the weekend was the U.K. where it remained in second place with $2.14 million on 416 screens for a two-week total of $6.59 million. More...

Her Shoes Fall out of Fashion

December 4th, 2005

Here's this week's round-up of international box office numbers.

In Her Shoes fell out of the top five this week with $3.95 million on 2,050 screens in 23 markets for a $30.60 million international box office. The film held up amazingly well in Spain, dropping just 8% to $810,000 on 290 screens, but it wasn't as fortunate in France where it lost more than half its opening, earning $400,000 on 293 screens, falling out of the top ten in the process. It suffered a similar fate during its third weekend in the U.K. where it was down 55% to $736,000 on 268 screens, but the film already has $7.06 million there, which is better than its domestic run if you take into account the relative sizes of the two markets. More...

Zorro Leaves its Mark

November 27th, 2005

The Legend of Zorro fell from second to sixth this week and because of that its quest from $100 million internationally took a serious hit. Over the weekend the film pulled in $4.20 million on 4062 screens in 62 markets for a running tally of $80.73 million. In France the film fell 57% to $1.01 million over the weekend and $14.80 million during its four-week run while it had a similar drop-off in Spain where it was down 56% to $475,000 over the weekend and $9.10 million in total. The box office was less kind in Russia, (down 68% to $136,000); Germany, (down 70% to $232,000) and the U.K., (down 83% to $120,000). More...

Corpse Bridesmaid

November 20th, 2005

The Corpse Bride missed the top five by the narrowest of narrow margins losing out to Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit $5.50 million to $5.45 million. The film earned its $5.45 million on 2586 screens in 28 markets pushing its total to $53.4 million total at the international box office. In South Korea the film fell 43% to $753,000 on 114 screens, which is better than average for the market. And the film is also doing well in Italy adding $764,000 on 268 screens to its $2.67 million running tally there, $700,000 in France for a $8 million box office, and $462,000 in Japan for a $7.0 million box office. More...

Chicken's Little Start on the International Scene is Lucrative

November 13th, 2005

Chicken Little started its international run with day-and-date debuts in 9 markets earning $5.54 million on 900 screens, just missing the top five in the process. Its best market was kid-friendly Mexico with $3.1 million on 600 screens, which is about on par with its opening domestically. On the other hand, the film broke records in Malaysia with $477,000 on 40 screens. Other results include a first place debuts in Russia with $1.1 million on 197 screens and in Taiwan with $463,000 on 18 screens, (including previews). More...

Zorro Steals the Show

November 6th, 2005

With The Legend of Zorro earning a nearly worldwide release this past weekend, and the imminent release of another juggernaut, there was little room for other releases this weekend on the international scene. More...

Batman Beats New Competition

November 5th, 2005

Despite suffering a 34%, second week drop-off, Batman Begins was still able to retain its hold on the home market crown, which is just further proof of the weakness in the rental market. This week the film added $7.85 million to its $19.88 million, two-week total. More...

Batman Begins New Slump on the Home Market

October 29th, 2005

While Batman Begins had the best start in a long time, that wasn't enough for the video market to keep up with last year's pace. It brought in $10.38 million in DVD rentals and $970,000 in VHS rentals for a total of $11.34 million. More...

Kingdom's Start far from Heavenly

October 22nd, 2005

Kingdom of Heaven was able to capture top spot on the home market rental numbers with $7.24 million in DVD rentals and $540,000 in VHS rentals for a combined total of $7.78 million. However, while these numbers were enough for the film to finish in first place, it was still not a great start, especially when taking into account the film's massive production budget. More...

Amityville Scares Slump Into Submission

October 15th, 2005

The Amityville Horror won the race for top spot on the rental charts with $8.78 million in DVD rentals and $520,000 in VHS rentals for a combined total of $9.30 million. This result, plus the rest of the competition, helped pull the rental market out of its extended slump. More...

DVD Releases for October 4, 2005 - Part 1

October 3rd, 2005

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases, classics and a few from the growing TV on DVD section. It's another week where no first run releases stand out as being must haves, but at least there are some special editions worth picking up, namely The Fly - Collector's Edition - Buy from Amazon. One last note, as I previously mentioned, I lost power this past week and that set me a day behind. Now normally it takes a couple of days to complete this list, so instead of being a day late with several columns I decided to make sure the rest of the columns were on time and split this one in half. So the first half the list will be published today, and the other half tomorrow. More...

DVD Review - The Interpreter

October 3rd, 2005

The Interpreter was one of the few films to top expectations in April and its final box office tally was second only to Sin City for the month. Was the film's success a matter of weak competition, or was there something else that allowed the film to connect with an audience? Also, is the DVD worth buying, renting, or is it best left alone? More...

Late Numbers Lift Charlie into Top Five

July 31st, 2005

Early numbers had Mr. and Mrs. Smith taking fifth place on the overall international box office charts, but better than expected results has Charlie and the Chocolate Factory overtaking them $6.7 million to $5.4 million. It's biggest single market continues to be France where the film dipped just 6% during its second weekend there earning $3,533,857 for a $9,034,141 running tally. But it was even more impressive in Belgium where the film shot up by 68% to $400,000 for the weekend and $785,000 in total. The film also opened in first place in three markets, Brazil with $1.1 million on 200 screens, Holland with $625,000 on 124 screens, and South Africa with $275,000 on 41 screens. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has $13.3 million so far and opens in a couple of important markets this weekend, (The U.K. and Mexico.) More...

Charlie Appeals to the Sweet-tooth in its International Debut

July 24th, 2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opened in three French speaking markets over the weekend and while it didn't finish first, it still had a great start. In France the film earned $3,741,793 in 670 theaters for the best per theater average in the top ten. The result was similar in Belgium ($250,000) and Switzerland ($190,000), giving the film $4.2 million for the weekend. More...

The Smiths' Honeymoon in Asia Continues

July 17th, 2005

Mr. and Mrs. Smith continues its excellent run in Asia with a $2.2 million opening in 450 theatres in China. The film also added $1.8 million in South Korea for an $18 million running total in that market, (although it was pushed out of the top spot in that market. Overall the film made $4 million pushing its total to $117 million internationally and $275 million worldwide. More...

Competition Crumbles under Alien Invasion

July 10th, 2005

With the last of this summer's worldwide releases opening last weekend, the international details are once again dominated by smaller films. And to compound matters, most of those are only making noise in one of two markets. However, over the next few weeks there are plenty of big films opening in big markets and the International Details column should start showing signs of life soon. More...

Few Films Open ahead of War's Worldwide Debut

July 3rd, 2005

Summer blockbusters continue to squeeze out the competition, so much so that the only real news is about such blockbusters. For instance, War of the Worlds managed $13.35 million during its first day of release on the international scene, which is good, but below expectations. On the other hand, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith broke another record earning $4.96 million during its preview in Japan. More...

Slump Spreads Internationally

June 26th, 2005

The international box office is suffering even more than the domestic box office is. In Germany the first six months of 2005 are down 14% compared to the same period in 2004 and Australia also saw double digit decline slipping by 12%. In Spain the total box office is down 8% and it was little better in France at 6%. The U.K. also fell, but at a much more reasonably 1.9%. More...

Corrected - Ruling the International Box Office

June 19th, 2005

Just when the International Details column was getting back to normal we have another film dominating the international scene. Mr. and Mrs. Smith led in nearly every major / midlevel market and those it didn't were mostly owned by Revenge of the Sith. Because of that there isn't as much news to tell as usual, and with Batman Begins opening worldwide this weekend and in two weeks, War of the Worlds doing the same, this trend will last until mid-July at the earliest. More...

The Largest Yard

June 12th, 2005

The Longest Yard opened in second place in Australia with $2.5 million. On the other hand, the film could only manage $750,000 on 260 screens in Mexico, not surprising since Adam Sandler has never been a big draw internationally, especially outside English speaking markets. More...

Half a Billion for Sith

June 1st, 2005

Revenge of the Sith saw massive drop-offs in nearly every market, but still managed an easy first place finish with $61.5 million on 10,586 screens, The film now has $246.2 million internationally and $501.8 million at the end of Sunday. The film's only opening this week came in South Korea where the film earned an impressive $3.8 million at 306 screens, but its biggest single markets continue to be the U.K. with $9.9 million on 485 screens, more than 7 times its nearest competitor. More...

Sith Steal the Show

May 29th, 2005

Revenge of the Sith dominated nearly every market it opened in and in most of them it was the only new film in the top ten. Because of this there's almost no international details to report and those details that are available are single market releases. More...

Heaven's Kingdom Divided in Half

May 17th, 2005

Kingdom of Heaven couldn't maintain its opening weekend numbers as it plummeted 49% to $27.2 million on 6700 screens in 98 markets for a two week total of $88.9 million. Had the film earned that during its first weekend of release its future would have looked rather rosy, but as it is now it was have a real hard time making back its production budget. The film's biggest market continues to be Germany, where the film fell 46% to $3.4 million on 848 screens, it fell 40% in the U.K. to $2.9 million on 446 screens and 33% in Spain to $3.3 million on 435 screens. Kingdom of Heaven had only one opening over the weekend, a $2.4 million debut in Japan on 492 screens and only has one more opening to go in China. The film's international run is a lot closer to Van Helsing's than Troy's, which should result in a $150 million to $200 million international total. More...

Heaven Sent

May 11th, 2005

The summer box office season got off to a decidedly ambivalent start this weekend with the nearly worldwide launch of Kingdom of Heaven; the film opened in 100 markets on 6,500 screens and pulled in a middling $53.8 million. The obvious comparison is with fellow historical epic, Troy; that film brought in $54.7 million 6,722 screens in 47 markets in its first foray on the international scene. Kingdom of Heaven's biggest debut came in Germany where the film earned $6.4 million on 842 (including sneak peaks), while the film also did solid business in Spain ($4.9 million on 435 screens), U.K. ($4.8 million on 443), France ($4.5 million), South Korea ($4 million on 333 screens) and Italy ($3.1 million on 616). While the film will almost assuredly repeat as international champion next weekend (there are no massive openings scheduled), the future isn't that rosy for Kingdom of Heaven. It only has two significant markets left to open in, China and Japan, and should quickly fall down the charts as more summer blockbusters hit the international markets. The film needs about $350 million worldwide to show a profit for its theatrical release, but that seems unlikely at this point. Not out of the question, just unlikely. More...

Isn't It Summertime?

May 9th, 2005

So much for Summer beginning during the first full weekend of May. To say Summer started slowly is an understatement of Epic proportions. The weekend box office was down by 3.8% on a week-to-week basis while last year saw a 7.2% increase over the same time period. And even worse, the weekend was down 21.7% from 2004; it was also the eleventh weekend in a row that the box office saw a yearly decline, tying the old record set in 2000. Total box office was just $87 million, the fifth weekend in a row that the box office was sub-$100 million, the longest such stretch since fall 2001. Year-to-date, 2005's box office has hit $2.582 billion, 7% behind the same 2004 and it might not get much better next weekend. More...

It's Summertime!

May 6th, 2005

After a long, slow Spring we're finally in the prime summer box office season. There's two conflicting forces at work this weekend, both of which are fueled by the slump the box office is in. There's a palatable sense of ennui the moviegoers have; they aren't excited about movies since there's been very little to be excited about. This will keep some of them away this weekend because they stopped paying attention to the movies and don't know what's playing. This will also mean there's a pent-up desire to see a big summertime movie and some will flock to the cinemas regardless of their interest in the particular movie. Which force wins out will have a large effect this weekend, and will impact the rest of the summer. More...

XXX Fails to Explode onto Screens

May 4th, 2005

While XXX: State of the Union easily took top spot on the international charts, its numbers were clearly lower than anticipated. The film opened in 64 markets, finishing first in 20 of them, but its per screen average was tiny at $14.8 million on 4,800 screens. It did have a few bright spots, mostly in Asia. For instance, the film's best single market performance came in South Korea where it brought in $1.3 million on just 174 screens, but was still a distant second to a local flick. The film did finish first in Thailand with nearly $390,000 on 60 screens ($500,000 including sneak peaks), $240,000 from 50 in the Philippines, $225,000 on 30 in Singapore and $170,000 on 19 in Taiwan. The rest of the film's run was nearly uniformly awful. XXX: State of the Union finished first in Spain with $950,000 on 400 screens, which was a pyrrhic victory at best. The film managed $1.8 million in the U.K. on 493 screens finishing a distant second to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the result was the same in Australia where the film took in $930,000 on 246 screens. Worst of all, the film opened in second place in Germany with $1.19 million on 598 screens, nearly 80% lower than the original managed. The film had similar results in Latin America, $540,000 in Mexico, off more than 75% from the original; Brazil at $360,000 lower by more than 70%, etc. No one was expecting the film to reach the same level as the original, but at this pace the film won't hit $100 million worldwide. More...

Hitchhiker Earns a Big Thumbs Up

May 2nd, 2005

It's not summer yet. Anyone who has read the May Preview knows Summer doesn't begin until the first full weekend in May, but a lot of people got caught up the in the hype and were predicting a Summer-like box office. Even my more subdued predictions were too high, as no film was able to top expectations by more than a rounding error and both new films missed expectations by nearly $20 million combined. That led the box office downward by 3.00% from last weekend and 13.0% from last year. Year-to-date the numbers are hardly better with 2005 behind 2004 by nearly 6% at $2.475 billion to $2.628 billion. More...

Out of this Galaxy

April 29th, 2005

For the first time in a couple of weeks there's an actual race for first place between two movies that have very different target audiences. The first is a straight up action flick targeting the prime demographic of adolescent males from 18 to 35. The second is a quirky comedy that should have wide, across the board appeal. Combined, they should bump up the box office ahead of the lucrative summer season. More...

Its Easy to Interpret These Numbers

April 27th, 2005

The Interpreter climbed into top spot on the international with $12.6 million on 2,378 screens in 35 markets, nearly doubling its total international box office to $25.7 million. And while the film was number one overall, it only had a few number one openings; one such opening was in Germany where the film earned $2.0 million on 400 screens. Other number ones include Hong Kong, ($240,000 on 33) and Singapore, ($150,000 from 15.) The film also had a string of second place debuts in South Korea, ($790,000 on 90 behind Truth About Love, which stars Jennifer Love Hewitt), Brazil, ($560,000 on 120 behind Guess Who) and Austria, ($240,000 on 48 behind The Pacifier.) Holdovers were also impressing with the film staying in the premiere position in both the U.K. and Australia with $2.3 million and $1.1 million respectively. With openings that are good for this time of year and holdovers that are mostly stellar, this film should hit $100 million internationally and $200 million worldwide. More...

Nothing Lost in Translation

April 25th, 2005

This week's box office leader's opening was brighter than expected and that helped lift the overall box office up 12.25% from last weekend. However, even with such a massive jump, 2005 is still lagging behind 2004 at 5.72% for the weekend and 6% year-to-date. And that's not taking the ticket price increases into account. The number of actual admissions is nearly 10% lower this year. More...

Busy Weekend Won't Help Box Office

April 22nd, 2005

Despite having four wide releases this weekend the box office is likely to be relatively flat. To be more accurate, there are two wide releases, one semi-wide release and a limited release expanding wide, but such a busy schedule will result in at least one of those films getting squeezed out, possibly two or more. That will leave the overall box office nearly flat compared to last weekend and have it fall further behind with last year. Summer can't start soon enough. 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...

Pacifier Procures Pole Position

April 20th, 2005

The Pacifier shot to the top of the international box office in part due to it's number one position in 14 of the 22 markets it is currently playing in, but mostly due to the lack of competition. The film led with $9.1 million on 1908 screens in 22 markets showing the international box office is in a slump just as bad as the domestic one. Its biggest single market was in Germany where the film managed first place with $2.2 million on 602 screens. The film also debuted in number in first place in Russia with $1.1 million on 157 screens, Austria with $469,000 on 91 screens, Thailand with $462,000 on 82, and Hong Kong and Malaysia, ($325,000 and $170,000 respectively.) However, its best performance continues to come from Australia where the film rose 18% this weekend to $1.33 million; the film has made $5.8 million of its $20 million international total in that one market alone. More...

International Box Office Busier than Weekend Before

April 17th, 2005

The Pacifier finally debut across Australia after playing in Queensland and Victoria for the past two weeks; the massive expansion allowed the film to climb to first place with $1.125 million on 267 screens. That lifted its total in the market to $3.41 million so far and the film should have strong legs. Add to that its $1.75 million opening in Spain and $590,000 in Belgium and the film managed $4.1 million over the weekend, which doubled its early total to $8.1 million. More...

Movie Website Launches for April 8 - April 14

April 14th, 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 Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants - Official Site. More...

2005 Preview: April

April 1st, 2005

April is one of the weakest months of the year because it is so close to the massive summer box office season. A film released in late April only has one or two weeks at the box office before being crushed by the competition, so studios tend to be wary of what they release at this time. On the plus side, they tend not to dump too many duds either and it doesn't take much for any of these films to please the studios since expectations are low to begin with. More...

Movie Website Launches for March 25 - March 31

March 31st, 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 Longest Yard - Official Site. More...