Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,457	$63,172,463
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,806	$94,846,677
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,078	$63,172,463
Top 2008 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	50	$63,172,463
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 601-700)	654	$63,172,463
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,147	$63,172,463
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 601-700)	644	$63,172,463
All Time Domestic Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	69	$63,172,463
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 301-400)	389	$63,172,463
All Time Domestic Box Office for Universal Movies (Rank 201-300)	205	$63,172,463

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Apr 18, 2008	2	$17,725,330		2,798	$6,335	$17,725,330	1
Apr 25, 2008	4	$11,028,060	-38%	2,799	$3,940	$35,090,955	2
May 2, 2008	5	$6,059,920	-45%	2,872	$2,110	$44,732,340	3
May 9, 2008	6	$3,837,240	-37%	2,376	$1,615	$50,781,745	4
May 16, 2008	7	$2,786,220	-27%	1,601	$1,740	$55,313,405	5
May 23, 2008	8	$1,770,450	-36%	1,073	$1,650	$58,299,420	6
May 30, 2008	10	$1,059,840	-40%	768	$1,380	$60,485,980	7
Jun 6, 2008	12	$481,780	-55%	442	$1,090	$61,551,440	8
Jun 13, 2008	14	$287,625	-40%	306	$940	$62,106,520	9
Jun 20, 2008	17	$202,540	-30%	247	$820	$62,483,490	10
Jun 27, 2008	20	$124,165	-39%	194	$640	$62,725,000	11
Jul 4, 2008	31	$81,795	-34%	133	$615	$62,877,175	12

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Apr 18, 2008	2	$6,043,680			2,798	$2,160	$6,043,680	1
Apr 19, 2008	2	$6,799,140	+13%		2,798	$2,430	$12,842,820	2
Apr 20, 2008	2	$4,882,510	-28%		2,798	$1,745	$17,725,330	3
Apr 21, 2008	2	$1,679,100	-66%		2,798	$600	$19,404,430	4
Apr 22, 2008	1	$1,622,845	-3%		2,798	$580	$21,027,275	5
Apr 23, 2008	1	$1,538,495	-5%		2,798	$550	$22,565,770	6
Apr 24, 2008	1	$1,497,125	-3%		2,798	$535	$24,062,895	7
Apr 25, 2008	3	$3,442,770	+130%	-43%	2,799	$1,230	$27,505,665	8
Apr 26, 2008	4	$4,548,375	+32%	-33%	2,799	$1,625	$32,054,040	9
Apr 27, 2008	4	$3,036,915	-33%	-38%	2,799	$1,085	$35,090,955	10
Apr 28, 2008	3	$979,650	-68%	-42%	2,799	$350	$36,070,605	11
Apr 29, 2008	3	$950,405	-3%	-41%	2,799	$340	$37,021,010	12
Apr 30, 2008	3	$867,690	-9%	-44%	2,799	$310	$37,888,700	13
May 1, 2008	3	$783,720	-10%	-48%	2,799	$280	$38,672,420	14
May 2, 2008	5	$1,952,960	+149%	-43%	2,869	$681	$40,625,380	15
May 3, 2008	4	$2,599,160	+33%	-43%	2,869	$906	$43,224,540	16
May 4, 2008	5	$1,507,800	-42%	-50%	2,869	$526	$44,732,340	17
May 5, 2008	5	$473,880	-69%	-52%	2,869	$165	$45,206,220	18
May 6, 2008	5	$575,200	+21%	-39%	2,869	$200	$45,781,420	19
May 7, 2008	4	$588,760	+2%	-32%	2,869	$205	$46,370,180	20
May 8, 2008	4	$574,325	-2%	-27%	2,869	$200	$46,944,505	21
May 9, 2008	6	$1,188,000	+107%	-39%	2,379	$499	$48,132,505	22
May 10, 2008	6	$1,568,160	+32%	-40%	2,379	$659	$49,700,665	23
May 11, 2008	6	$1,081,080	-31%	-28%	2,379	$454	$50,781,745	24
May 12, 2008	5	$463,320	-57%	-2%	2,379	$195	$51,245,065	25
May 13, 2008	6	$450,995	-3%	-22%	2,379	$190	$51,696,060	26
May 14, 2008	6	$427,680	-5%	-27%	2,379	$180	$52,123,740	27
May 15, 2008	6	$403,445	-6%	-30%	2,379	$170	$52,527,185	28
May 16, 2008	7	$808,505	+100%	-32%	1,604	$504	$53,335,690	29
May 17, 2008	7	$1,104,690	+37%	-30%	1,604	$689	$54,440,380	30
May 18, 2008	7	$873,025	-21%	-19%	1,604	$544	$55,313,405	31
May 19, 2008	7	$392,245	-55%	-15%	1,604	$245	$55,705,650	32
May 20, 2008	7	$343,995	-12%	-24%	1,604	$214	$56,049,645	33
May 21, 2008	7	$280,175	-19%	-34%	1,604	$175	$56,329,820	34
May 22, 2008	8	$199,150	-29%	-51%	1,601	$124	$56,528,970	35
May 23, 2008	8	$498,945	+151%	-38%	1,072	$465	$57,027,915	36
May 24, 2008	8	$638,435	+28%	-42%	1,072	$596	$57,666,350	37
May 25, 2008	8	$633,070	-1%	-27%	1,072	$591	$58,299,420	38
May 26, 2008	8	$499,325	-21%	+27%	1,072	$466	$58,798,745	39
May 27, 2008	8	$246,885	-51%	-28%	1,072	$230	$59,045,630	40
May 28, 2008	8	$203,505	-18%	-27%	1,072	$190	$59,249,135	41
May 29, 2008	8	$177,005	-13%	-11%	1,072	$165	$59,426,140	42
May 30, 2008	10	$314,880	+78%	-37%	760	$414	$59,741,020	43
May 31, 2008	10	$445,440	+41%	-30%	760	$586	$60,186,460	44
Jun 1, 2008	10	$299,520	-33%	-53%	760	$394	$60,485,980	45
Jun 2, 2008	10	$138,240	-54%	-72%	760	$182	$60,624,220	46
Jun 3, 2008	10	$157,440	+14%	-36%	760	$207	$60,781,660	47
Jun 4, 2008	10	$153,600	-2%	-25%	760	$202	$60,935,260	48
Jun 5, 2008	10	$134,400	-13%	-24%	760	$177	$61,069,660	49
Jun 6, 2008	11	$141,440	+5%	-55%	442	$320	$61,211,100	50
Jun 7, 2008	12	$192,270	+36%	-57%	442	$435	$61,403,370	51
Jun 8, 2008	11	$148,070	-23%	-51%	442	$335	$61,551,440	52
Jun 9, 2008	11	$70,720	-52%	-49%	442	$160	$61,622,160	53
Jun 10, 2008	11	$68,435	-3%	-57%	442	$155	$61,690,595	54
Jun 11, 2008	11	$68,505	n/c	-55%	442	$155	$61,759,100	55
Jun 12, 2008	12	$59,795	-13%	-56%	442	$135	$61,818,895	56
Jun 13, 2008	14	$91,785	+53%	-35%	306	$300	$61,910,680	57
Jun 14, 2008	14	$119,340	+30%	-38%	306	$390	$62,030,020	58
Jun 15, 2008	13	$76,500	-36%	-48%	306	$250	$62,106,520	59
Jun 16, 2008	12	$44,370	-42%	-37%	306	$145	$62,150,890	60
Jun 17, 2008	13	$41,310	-7%	-40%	306	$135	$62,192,200	61
Jun 18, 2008	13	$45,850	+11%	-33%	306	$150	$62,238,050	62
Jun 19, 2008	13	$42,900	-6%	-28%	306	$140	$62,280,950	63
Jun 20, 2008	-	$59,280	+38%	-35%	247	$240	$62,340,230	64
Jun 21, 2008	-	$79,040	+33%	-34%	247	$320	$62,419,270	65
Jun 22, 2008	-	$64,220	-19%	-16%	247	$260	$62,483,490	66
Jun 23, 2008	-	$32,095	-50%	-28%	247	$130	$62,515,585	67
Jun 24, 2008	-	$30,875	-4%	-25%	247	$125	$62,546,460	68
Jun 25, 2008	-	$27,170	-12%	-41%	247	$110	$62,573,630	69
Jun 26, 2008	-	$27,205	n/c	-37%	247	$110	$62,600,835	70
Jun 27, 2008	-	$36,860	+35%	-38%	194	$190	$62,637,695	71
Jun 28, 2008	-	$47,530	+29%	-40%	194	$245	$62,685,225	72
Jun 29, 2008	-	$39,775	-16%	-38%	194	$205	$62,725,000	73
Jun 30, 2008	-	$21,340	-46%	-34%	194	$110	$62,746,340	74
Jul 1, 2008	-	$18,395	-14%	-40%	194	$95	$62,764,735	75
Jul 2, 2008	-	$14,585	-21%	-46%	194	$75	$62,779,320	76
Jul 3, 2008	-	$16,060	+10%	-41%	194	$83	$62,795,380	77
Jul 4, 2008	-	$18,620	+16%	-49%	133	$140	$62,814,000	78
Jul 5, 2008	-	$37,240	+100%	-22%	133	$280	$62,851,240	79
Jul 6, 2008	-	$25,935	-30%	-35%	133	$195	$62,877,175	80
Jul 7, 2008	-	$13,305	-49%	-38%	133	$100	$62,890,480	81
Jul 8, 2008	-	$13,285	n/c	-28%	133	$100	$62,903,765	82
Jul 9, 2008	-	$14,645	+10%	n/c	133	$110	$62,918,410	83
Jul 10, 2008	-	$13,965	-5%	-13%	133	$105	$62,932,375	84

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Apr 18, 2008	2	$24,062,895		2,798	$8,600	$24,062,895	1
Apr 25, 2008	3	$14,609,525	-39%	2,799	$5,220	$38,672,420	2
May 2, 2008	5	$8,272,085	-43%	2,872	$2,880	$46,944,505	3
May 9, 2008	6	$5,582,680	-33%	2,376	$2,350	$52,527,185	4
May 16, 2008	8	$4,001,785	-28%	1,601	$2,500	$56,528,970	5
May 23, 2008	8	$2,897,170	-28%	1,073	$2,700	$59,426,140	6
May 30, 2008	10	$1,643,520	-43%	768	$2,140	$61,069,660	7
Jun 6, 2008	11	$749,235	-54%	442	$1,695	$61,818,895	8
Jun 13, 2008	14	$462,055	-38%	306	$1,510	$62,280,950	9
Jun 20, 2008	17	$319,885	-31%	247	$1,295	$62,600,835	10
Jun 27, 2008	25	$194,545	-39%	194	$1,003	$62,795,380	11

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300)	2,263	$42,302,847
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800)	1,721	$42,302,847
Top 2008 Movies at the International Box Office	76	$42,302,847
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,076	$42,302,847
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800)	1,794	$42,302,847
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,014	$42,302,847
All Time International Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies (Rank 101-200)	112	$42,302,847
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 501-600)	558	$42,302,847
All Time International Box Office for Universal Movies (Rank 201-300)	239	$42,302,847

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800)	1,746	$105,475,310
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,273	$105,475,310
Top 2008 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	61	$105,475,310
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 801-900)	804	$105,475,310
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,371	$105,475,310
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 701-800)	752	$105,475,310
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	89	$105,475,310
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500)	450	$105,475,310
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Universal Movies (Rank 201-300)	224	$105,475,310

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Oct 5, 2008	2	652,000		652,000	$12,905,492	$12,905,492	1
Oct 12, 2008	6	204,462	-69%	856,462	$4,016,983	$16,922,475	2
Oct 19, 2008	8	93,027	-55%	949,489	$1,821,757	$18,744,232	3
Oct 26, 2008	10	61,822	-34%	1,011,311	$1,207,959	$19,952,191	4
Nov 2, 2008	14	43,968	-29%	1,055,279	$858,458	$20,810,649	5
Nov 9, 2008	22	43,717	-1%	1,098,996	$848,062	$21,658,711	6
Nov 29, 2009	12	370,883		1,785,744	$2,451,537	$29,145,294	61

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Apr 11, 2010	16	9,353		9,353	$101,421	$101,421	80
Apr 29, 2012	10	11,736		99,462	$117,200	$999,958	187

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DVD Sales: Dark Knight and Up Share Black Friday Honors

December 12th, 2009

Black Friday sales gave a decidedly retro look to the DVD sales chart for the week ending November 29. All major retailers were offering deeply discounted prices of catalog titles, including $4 deals at Target for Elf, Sex and the City and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, among others, and Best Buy offering Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Forgetting Sarah Marshall at the same price. Walmart wasn't going to be outdone though, and offered some DVD titles, including Hellboy 2, Mummy 3, I am Legend and Casino Royale in limited quantities at just $2. The real champion of the bargain basement, however, was The Dark Knight, which was available for $5 at Walmart, and $4 at both Target and Best Buy. With low, low prices, the unit volumes for the week were astronomical, but overall spending was actually down from 2008 thanks to the price cuts. More...

2008 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I

December 3rd, 2008

Thanksgiving is over and that can only mean on thing, Christmas shopping! And that means it is time for our annual Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will look at some of the recent releases, as well as some soon to be released Blu-ray films. More...

DVD Rentals - Crystal is Golden

October 28th, 2008

There were fewer new releases that were able to reach the top 30 on the rental chart this week, but the same film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was able to come out on top. More...

DVD Rentals - Don't Mess With M. Night Shyamalan

October 20th, 2008

New releases played an important role on this week's rental charts, taking the top two spots. However, while The Happening and You Don't Mess With the Zohan finished one - two, Iron Man was very close behind in third. More...

UPDATED: DVD Sales - Man oh Man!

October 12th, 2008

There were not a lot of new releases to reach the top 30 on the sales chart this week, but what we lacked in quantity, we more than made up for in quality. This is because the first of the summer blockbusters reached the home market. Iron Man topped the charts with 5.12 million units sold and $93.98 million in opening week revenue. Not only is this the best opening of the year, Iron Man nearly took top spot on the yearly chart after just one week in release. More...

DVD Rentals - Don't Forget About Rentals

October 12th, 2008

New releases did better on the rental chart than they did on the sales chart with six films placing in the top 30, including Iron Man, which topped the charts generating 25% more revenue than a fellow new release, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. More...

DVD Releases for September 30, 2008

September 30th, 2008

A much smaller list of films on this week's list. How small? It fit on one page. This is mainly for two reasons. One, I didn't get to the backlog of late arrivals. I hope to get a big chunk of them done for next week, but I have ten new releases to get through first. Secondly, the first of the summer monster hits came out this week, and Iron Man scared away a lot of the competition. Speaking of competition, there was quite a race for the DVD Pick of the Week with the Two-Disc Collector's Edition or Blu-ray release of Iron Man near the top of the list. As was the Judd Apatow Unrated Comedy Collection, also on Blu-ray. I couldn't decide which was better, so I'm giving the title of DVD Pick of the Week to both. Other contenders were Sports Night - The Complete Series 10th Anniversary Edition and Taxi to the Dark Side - Buy from Amazon, and Can't Hardly Wait, although the last one comes with a "Guilty Pleasure" warning. More...

International Details - Panda Throws Its Weight Around

July 20th, 2008

Kung Fu Panda grew to its biggest yet pulling in $45.32 million on 6314 screens in 49 markets for a total of $221.64 million. This includes openings in France where it placed second with $8.64 million on 743 screens for the full week and in Spain where it topped the charts with $6.29 million on 581 screens. The film's best holdover was The U.K. where it slipped a spot to third with $5.55 million on 456 screens for a two-week total of $21.57 million. It also held well in Germany adding $4.54 million on 838 screens for a two-week total of $11.14 million while it now has $20.38 million in Australia, including $3.17 million on 361 screens during this past weekend. Meanwhile, the film has yet to open in Italy or Japan, as well as a few other smaller markets, and should have no trouble reaching $300 million before long. More...

International Details - Panda Packs on the Pounds

July 13th, 2008

Kung Fu Panda saw its weekend numbers climb by close to 70%, and its weekend haul of $40.16 million on 5325 screens in 40 markets was the best of its run so far. A run that has brought in $154.13 million so far. However, it still remained in second place thanks to the opening of Hancock. The film had a pair of second place openings including the U.K. where it made $8.63 million on 446 screens over the weekend for a total of $11.96 million. Meanwhile in Germany it was not as strong with $4.48 million on 831 screens, but it still managed second place. The film also slipped to second place in Australia, but it held well down just 24% to $3.83 million on 363 screens over the weekend for a total of $13.63 million. More...

International Details - Sex Still Popular Overseas

July 6th, 2008

Sex and the City fell more than 40% this past weekend, but still eared $12.94 million on 5991 screens in 53 markets over the weekend for a total of $198.97 million after a month of release. The film had no major, or even midlevel openings, in fact, it's only market of note where it hasn't opened in yet is Japan, where it does make its nationwide debut at the end of August. However, it still did well in a number of markets cracking $1 million in Australia ($1.58 million on 365 screens), Russia ($1.50 million on 496), U.K. ($1.18 million on 388), and Spain ($1.08 million on 359). In fact, in the U.K. the film has earned $49.24 million after a month of release, which is even better than it managed domestically, if you take into account the relative size of the two markets. More...

International Details - What Happened?

June 29th, 2008

The Happening fell from first to fifth with just $14.05 million on 5579 screens in 65 markets for a total of $56.40 million after two weeks. Good news, it was able to remain in first place in France despite falling 60% to $1.93 million on 550 screens over the weekend for a total of $7.68 million after two. On the other hand, it fell from first to third in Spain down 65% to $1.20 million on 387 screens over the weekend for a total of $5.41 million after two. Even worse, it was down just under 80% in Italy and just over 80% in South Korea earning $367,000 on 338 screens and $206,000 on 293 screens respectively. Its totals of $2.77 million in the former and $2.18 million in the latter are hardly impressive, and well below its domestic run. This is a shocking decline, especially since films tend to have better legs internationally than they have domestically. And while it should earn more on the international marketplace, there's little hope of reaching $200 million worldwide now. More...

International Details - Sex on the Decline

June 22nd, 2008

Sex and the City was knocked out of top spot with $23.71 million on 5591 screens in 44 markets for a total of $136.00 million after three weeks of release. Its biggest opening came from the Netherlands, which is a midlevel market at best, but it earned $810,000 on 108 screens over the weekend and $1.23 million in total. This is a very strong opening and the film will have little trouble topping Iron Man in the market and will even come relatively close to Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull's total. Additionally, the film earned $4.29 million on 452 screens during its second weekend in Australia for a total of $14.88 million while in the U.K. it pulled in $3.50 million on 470 screens over the weekend lifting its total of $39.80 million after three. More...

International Details - Narnia is Prince of the International Charts

May 25th, 2008

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian opened in second place on the international charts with $23.31 million on 3037 screens in 12 markets giving it the best per screen average on this week's list. The film only opened in three major markets, but it finished first in all of them. This includes Russia where it managed $6.73 million on 735 screens and Mexico where it earned $6.27 million on 842 and in both cases it opened significantly higher than the original. On the other hand, while it managed first place in South Korea, its opening of $3.42 million on 670 screens over the weekend and a total of $3.90 million is significantly lower than the originals opening of $3.94 million on 262 screens over three days and $5.22 million in total. Next up for the film is its debut in Japan this weekend, while it has major openings all the way till late August. More...

International Details - What Happened to Speed Racer?

May 18th, 2008

Like it did domestically, What Happens in Vegas... managed to open in second place on the international charts. It was able to do so in part because it opened in nearly every major market over the past weekend earning solid openings in many of them. This includes second place in both the U.K. ($2.47 million on 398 screens), in France ($2.36 million on 304 screens), and in Australia ($2.33 million on 335). It also placed first in Spain with an impressive $3.77 million on 398 screens and also topped the charts in both Russia and Germany with $3.70 million on 476 screens $1.85 million on 500 screens respectively. Overall it managed to pull in $24.86 million on 3904 screens in 36 markets during its opening weekend on the charts, and should have little difficulty matching its domestic total. More...

International Details - Forbidden Falls from the Top

May 11th, 2008

The release of Iron Man hit The Forbidden Kingdom knocking it into second place with $9.63 million on 2062 screens in 11 markets for a total of $40.51 million. The film had no major openings, but it did make $1.10 million on 398 screens over the weekend in South Korea for a total of $5.63 million. More...

$100 Million for Iron Man?

May 5th, 2008

Summer started with a bang, and a whimper... it depends on what you compare it to. Over the weekend, the box office totaled $159 million in ticket sales, which is 75% more than last weekend. However, it is also 16% less than the same weekend last year when Spider-man 3 smashed the record for biggest opening weekend. Compared to expectations, this was a great start; compared to last year, 2008 continues to struggle. More...

Early Start for Iron

May 1st, 2008

Summer unofficially starts this weekend with the release of Iron Man, which actually opened on Thursday night. There is little doubt that it will finish on top of the box office chart this weekend. The real question is how far up the all-time chart it will go. More...

International Top Five - Forbidden Territory

April 30th, 2008

The Forbidden Kingdom doubled its screen and market counts and that helped it finish in first place by a wide, wide margin. Overall the film earned $16.82 million on 1082 screens in 10 markets for a very early total of $24.70 million. Major openings include South Korea, where it placed first with $3.15 million on 439 screens over the weekend and $3.60 million in total, and Russia, where it also placed first with $1.27 million on 262 screens. It was obviously stronger in the former than the latter, however, the latter was more significant since it was the film's first major test outside of the Asian marketplace, which could be called its home. If it can duplicate its performance in similar major markets in Europe, then it will have little difficulty showing a profit before long. More...

Hot Mama

April 28th, 2008

The last weekend before the summer blockbuster rush turned out to be a positive one with only one film missing Thursday's prediction. This helped the overall box office to $91 million over the weekend, although that was 4% less than last weekend. More importantly, it was 17% more than the same weekend last year and that helped reduce 2007's lead over 2008 $2.66 billion to $2.59 billion. More...

International Details - Goodbye to the Top Five

April 27th, 2008

Bienvenue Chez les Ch'its, a.k.a. Welcome to the Sticks, remained in first place in France with $4.79 million on 867 screens over the weekend for a total of $175.67 million after 8. However, it fell out of the top five internationally with $5.33 million on 963 screens in 4 markets for a total of $187.13 million. In its native market, the film has ticket sales of 19.25 million putting it about three weeks away from topping Titanic's record of 20.64 million while it is closing in on $200 million internationally. Both of those are amazing records, and the film is hardly showing signs of slowing down. More...

Harold and Kumar and Baby Make Three

April 24th, 2008

Two comedies with vastly different target audiences are opening this weekend, as is a thriller with perhaps no target audience. None of the new releases look likely to light up the box office charts, especially with the looming release of Iron Man less than a week away. That said, limited expenses and lowered expectations should keep the studios happy, for the most part. More...

Contest - Don't Forget to Enter - Winning Announcement

April 23rd, 2008

The winners of our Don't Forget to Enter contest were determined and they are... More...

Jet Li and Jackie Chan Team Up to Take Over the Box Office

April 22nd, 2008

New releases were able to match expectations at the box office this weekend, for the most part, and there were hardly any surprises overall. This led to overall box office revenue of $94 million, which is about 1% lower than last weekend. However, it is also 6% higher than the same weekend last year, which ends 2008's four-week losing streak. Year-to-date, 2008 is still behind $2.47 billion to $2.56 billion, but we will take every little bit of good news as it comes. More...

Movie Website Reviews for Weekend of April 18, 2008

April 20th, 2008

Only a handful of sites this week that rise just to the level of being average. And only one site, The Forbidden Kingdom - Official Site, that even comes close to being award worthy. Fortunately, it is clearly at that level and it has everything one could need including plenty of information, sound & animation, and even a game. More...

Jet Li and Jackie Chan take on Sarah Marshall

April 17th, 2008

We are getting closer and closer to the first weekend of May, and the unofficial opening of the summer blockbuster season. Because of this, studios are getting more and more reluctant to release a major film and the best most films coming out this weekend can hope for is a midlevel hit. However, while there is no obvious first place film on this week's list, that does mean we should have a close race for the number one spot and at least that should generate some interest from box office watchers. More...

Contest - Don't Forget to Enter

April 11th, 2008

There's no sure number one hit next weekend, so we are going with Forgetting Sarah Marshall as this week's target film because, well, because it has Kristen Bell in it. In order to win, one must simply predict Forgetting Sarah Marshall's opening weekend. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win Awake on DVD, Tripping the Rift: The Movie on DVD, and A Shot at Love - Season One on DVD. Meanwhile, whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win Inside on DVD, Tripping the Rift: The Movie on DVD, and A Shot at Love - Season One on DVD. Additionally, one additional entrant will be chosen at random to receive the third copy of A Shot at Love - Season One on DVD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2008 Preview: April

April 1st, 2008

April is not a good month to release a movie. In fact, it is one of the worst months to release a movie, especially late in the month as the May mega-releases begin to loom large on the horizon and you don't have a lot of time to pull in some cash before summer starts and the competition becomes too much to handle. There are, however, a few limited release this month that have a real shot at expanding. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? could reach $10 million, which would be amazing for a documentary, but it is doubtful it will expand wide. More...

Cast Updates - February 24, 2008

February 24th, 2008

This week's round of new casting information contains updates for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Hoodwinked 2, Shanghai, and more! More...

New Movie US Release Dates - January 27, 2008

January 27th, 2008

This week's round of new movie release information contains release dates for The Night Watchman, High School Musical 3, Toy Story 3 and more! More...

New Movie US Release Dates - June 23, 2007

June 23rd, 2007

This week's round of new movie release information contains release dates for Michael Clayton, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Love Guru and more. More...