Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800)	770	$103,365,956
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)	909	$164,885,921
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 501-600)	511	$103,365,956
Top 2006 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	19	$103,365,956
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Musical or Opera Movies	6	$103,365,956
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 501-600)	539	$103,365,956
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies	64	$103,365,956
All Time Domestic Box Office for Musical Movies	25	$103,365,956
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 301-400)	364	$103,365,956
All Time Domestic Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	108	$103,365,956

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 15, 2006	19	$378,950		3	$126,317	$378,950	1
Dec 22, 2006	25	$227,639	-40%	3	$75,880	$1,079,303	2
Dec 29, 2006	3	$14,100,050	+6,094%	852	$16,549	$37,064,395	3
Jan 5, 2007	5	$8,663,380	-39%	852	$10,168	$54,322,145	4
Jan 12, 2007	4	$8,362,451	-3%	1,907	$4,385	$65,203,618	5
Jan 19, 2007	3	$8,008,749	-4%	2,214	$3,617	$77,415,704	6
Jan 26, 2007	6	$6,741,985	-16%	2,785	$2,421	$86,775,468	7
Feb 2, 2007	7	$4,000,521	-41%	2,797	$1,430	$92,748,249	8
Feb 9, 2007	9	$2,980,967	-25%	2,284	$1,305	$97,006,872	9
Feb 16, 2007	12	$1,591,017	-47%	1,037	$1,534	$99,634,994	10
Feb 23, 2007	17	$835,251	-48%	593	$1,409	$101,233,784	11
Mar 2, 2007	21	$579,467	-31%	454	$1,276	$102,101,341	12
Mar 9, 2007	25	$312,255	-46%	314	$994	$102,579,252	13
Mar 16, 2007	33	$175,776	-44%	228	$771	$102,882,170	14
Mar 23, 2007	43	$60,710	-65%	103	$589	$103,011,182	15
Mar 30, 2007	53	$28,110	-54%	68	$413	$103,063,211	16
Apr 6, 2007	34	$115,990	+313%	220	$527	$103,192,980	17
Apr 13, 2007	42	$82,720	-29%	168	$492	$103,338,338	18

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Dec 15, 2006	-	$87,000			3	$29,000	$87,000	1
Dec 25, 2006	2	$8,726,095			852	$10,242	$9,577,759	11
Dec 26, 2006	3	$5,801,093	-34%		852	$6,809	$15,378,852	12
Dec 27, 2006	4	$4,021,853	-31%		852	$4,720	$19,400,705	13
Dec 28, 2006	4	$3,563,640	-11%		852	$4,183	$22,964,345	14
Dec 29, 2006	3	$4,844,094	+36%		852	$5,686	$27,808,439	15
Dec 30, 2006	3	$5,727,305	+18%		852	$6,722	$33,535,744	16
Dec 31, 2006	3	$3,528,651	-38%		852	$4,142	$37,064,395	17
Jan 1, 2007	3	$4,284,161	+21%	-51%	852	$5,028	$41,348,556	18
Jan 2, 2007	4	$1,818,968	-58%	-69%	852	$2,135	$43,167,524	19
Jan 3, 2007	4	$1,261,529	-31%	-69%	852	$1,481	$44,429,053	20
Jan 4, 2007	4	$1,229,712	-3%	-65%	852	$1,443	$45,658,765	21
Jan 5, 2007	5	$2,513,131	+104%	-48%	852	$2,950	$48,171,896	22
Jan 6, 2007	4	$3,979,457	+58%	-31%	852	$4,671	$52,151,353	23
Jan 7, 2007	4	$2,170,792	-45%	-38%	852	$2,548	$54,322,145	24
Jan 8, 2007	4	$598,485	-72%	-86%	852	$702	$54,920,630	25
Jan 9, 2007	4	$642,239	+7%	-65%	852	$754	$55,562,869	26
Jan 10, 2007	4	$637,498	-1%	-49%	852	$748	$56,200,367	27
Jan 11, 2007	4	$640,800	+1%	-48%	852	$752	$56,841,167	28
Jan 12, 2007	6	$2,193,417	+242%	-13%	1,907	$1,150	$59,034,584	29
Jan 13, 2007	4	$3,481,498	+59%	-13%	1,907	$1,826	$62,516,082	30
Jan 14, 2007	3	$2,687,536	-23%	+24%	1,907	$1,409	$65,203,618	31
Jan 15, 2007	3	$1,897,460	-29%	+217%	1,907	$995	$67,101,078	32
Jan 16, 2007	3	$756,736	-60%	+18%	1,907	$397	$67,857,814	33
Jan 17, 2007	1	$778,575	+3%	+22%	1,907	$408	$68,636,389	34
Jan 18, 2007	2	$770,566	-1%	+20%	1,907	$404	$69,406,955	35
Jan 19, 2007	4	$2,281,992	+196%	+4%	2,214	$1,031	$71,688,947	36
Jan 20, 2007	3	$3,974,625	+74%	+14%	2,214	$1,795	$75,663,572	37
Jan 21, 2007	3	$1,752,132	-56%	-35%	2,214	$791	$77,415,704	38
Jan 22, 2007	3	$569,296	-68%	-70%	2,214	$257	$77,985,000	39
Jan 23, 2007	1	$684,177	+20%	-10%	2,214	$309	$78,669,177	40
Jan 24, 2007	1	$677,903	-1%	-13%	2,214	$306	$79,347,080	41
Jan 25, 2007	1	$686,403	+1%	-11%	2,214	$310	$80,033,483	42
Jan 26, 2007	6	$1,744,994	+154%	-24%	2,785	$627	$81,778,477	43
Jan 27, 2007	6	$3,171,543	+82%	-20%	2,785	$1,139	$84,950,020	44
Jan 28, 2007	5	$1,825,448	-42%	+4%	2,785	$655	$86,775,468	45
Jan 29, 2007	3	$480,862	-74%	-16%	2,785	$173	$87,256,330	46
Jan 30, 2007	3	$532,071	+11%	-22%	2,785	$191	$87,788,401	47
Jan 31, 2007	3	$497,378	-7%	-27%	2,785	$179	$88,285,779	48
Feb 1, 2007	3	$461,949	-7%	-33%	2,785	$166	$88,747,728	49
Feb 2, 2007	7	$1,160,416	+151%	-34%	2,797	$415	$89,908,144	50
Feb 3, 2007	7	$2,092,273	+80%	-34%	2,797	$748	$92,000,417	51
Feb 4, 2007	7	$747,832	-64%	-59%	2,797	$267	$92,748,249	52
Feb 5, 2007	7	$320,317	-57%	-33%	2,797	$115	$93,068,566	53
Feb 6, 2007	7	$329,658	+3%	-38%	2,797	$118	$93,398,224	54
Feb 7, 2007	7	$319,095	-3%	-36%	2,797	$114	$93,717,319	55
Feb 8, 2007	7	$308,586	-3%	-33%	2,797	$110	$94,025,905	56
Feb 9, 2007	9	$766,179	+148%	-34%	2,284	$335	$94,792,084	57
Feb 10, 2007	9	$1,418,643	+85%	-32%	2,284	$621	$96,210,727	58
Feb 11, 2007	9	$796,145	-44%	+6%	2,284	$349	$97,006,872	59
Feb 12, 2007	8	$248,370	-69%	-22%	2,284	$109	$97,255,242	60
Feb 13, 2007	8	$211,044	-15%	-36%	2,284	$92	$97,466,286	61
Feb 14, 2007	11	$352,348	+67%	+10%	2,284	$154	$97,818,634	62
Feb 15, 2007	11	$225,343	-36%	-27%	2,284	$99	$98,043,977	63
Feb 16, 2007	15	$260,000	+15%	-66%	1,037	$251	$98,300,000	64
Feb 19, 2007	12	$376,342		+52%	1,037	$363	$100,011,336	67
Mar 2, 2007	-	$152,951			454	$337	$101,674,825	78
Mar 3, 2007	-	$276,795	+81%		454	$610	$101,951,620	79
Mar 4, 2007	-	$149,721	-46%		454	$330	$102,101,341	80
Mar 5, 2007	-	$39,827	-73%		454	$88	$102,141,168	81
Mar 6, 2007	-	$41,520	+4%		454	$91	$102,182,688	82
Mar 7, 2007	-	$40,600	-2%		454	$89	$102,223,288	83
Mar 8, 2007	-	$43,709	+8%		454	$96	$102,266,997	84
Mar 9, 2007	-	$88,262	+102%	-42%	314	$281	$102,355,259	85
Mar 10, 2007	-	$150,852	+71%	-46%	314	$480	$102,506,111	86
Mar 11, 2007	-	$73,141	-52%	-51%	314	$233	$102,579,252	87
Mar 12, 2007	-	$31,054	-58%	-22%	314	$99	$102,610,306	88
Mar 13, 2007	-	$31,326	+1%	-25%	314	$100	$102,641,632	89
Mar 14, 2007	-	$31,856	+2%	-22%	314	$101	$102,673,488	90
Mar 15, 2007	-	$32,906	+3%	-25%	314	$105	$102,706,394	91
Mar 16, 2007	-	$49,214	+50%	-44%	228	$216	$102,755,608	92
Mar 17, 2007	-	$79,607	+62%	-47%	228	$349	$102,835,215	93
Mar 18, 2007	-	$46,955	-41%	-36%	228	$206	$102,882,170	94
Mar 19, 2007	-	$15,260	-68%	-51%	228	$67	$102,897,430	95
Mar 20, 2007	-	$17,426	+14%	-44%	228	$76	$102,914,856	96
Mar 21, 2007	-	$17,650	+1%	-45%	228	$77	$102,932,506	97
Mar 22, 2007	-	$17,966	+2%	-45%	228	$79	$102,950,472	98
Mar 23, 2007	-	$16,956	-6%	-66%	103	$165	$102,967,428	99
Mar 24, 2007	-	$29,189	+72%	-63%	103	$283	$102,996,617	100
Mar 25, 2007	-	$14,565	-50%	-69%	103	$141	$103,011,182	101
Mar 26, 2007	-	$5,324	-63%	-65%	103	$52	$103,016,506	102
Mar 27, 2007	-	$6,731	+26%	-61%	103	$65	$103,023,237	103
Mar 28, 2007	-	$5,584	-17%	-68%	103	$54	$103,028,821	104
Mar 29, 2007	-	$6,280	+12%	-65%	103	$61	$103,035,101	105
Mar 30, 2007	-	$9,735	+55%	-43%	68	$143	$103,044,836	106
Mar 31, 2007	-	$11,883	+22%	-59%	68	$175	$103,056,719	107
Apr 1, 2007	-	$6,492	-45%	-55%	68	$95	$103,063,211	108
Apr 2, 2007	-	$2,681	-59%	-50%	68	$39	$103,065,892	109
Apr 3, 2007	-	$3,801	+42%	-44%	68	$56	$103,069,693	110
Apr 4, 2007	-	$3,464	-9%	-38%	68	$51	$103,073,157	111
Apr 5, 2007	-	$3,833	+11%	-39%	68	$56	$103,076,990	112
Apr 6, 2007	-	$37,521	+879%	+285%	220	$171	$103,114,511	113
Apr 7, 2007	-	$50,213	+34%	+323%	220	$228	$103,164,724	114
Apr 8, 2007	-	$28,256	-44%	+335%	220	$128	$103,192,980	115
Apr 9, 2007	-	$16,315	-42%	+509%	220	$74	$103,209,295	116
Apr 10, 2007	-	$14,838	-9%	+290%	220	$67	$103,224,133	117
Apr 11, 2007	-	$14,905	n/c	+330%	220	$68	$103,239,038	118
Apr 12, 2007	-	$16,580	+11%	+333%	220	$75	$103,255,618	119
Apr 13, 2007	-	$24,161	+46%	-36%	168	$144	$103,279,779	120
Apr 14, 2007	-	$38,308	+59%	-24%	168	$228	$103,318,087	121
Apr 15, 2007	-	$20,251	-47%	-28%	168	$121	$103,338,338	122
Apr 16, 2007	-	$5,273	-74%	-68%	168	$31	$103,343,611	123
Apr 17, 2007	-	$7,025	+33%	-53%	168	$42	$103,350,636	124
Apr 18, 2007	-	$7,363	+5%	-51%	168	$44	$103,357,999	125
Apr 19, 2007	-	$7,957	+8%	-52%	168	$47	$103,365,956	126

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 15, 2006	20	$624,025		3	$208,008	$624,025	1
Dec 22, 2006	5	$22,340,320	+3,480%	852	$26,221	$22,964,345	2
Dec 29, 2006	3	$22,694,420	+2%	852	$26,637	$45,658,765	3
Jan 5, 2007	5	$11,182,402	-51%	852	$13,125	$56,841,167	4
Jan 12, 2007	3	$12,565,788	+12%	1,907	$6,589	$69,406,955	5
Jan 19, 2007	3	$10,626,528	-15%	2,214	$4,800	$80,033,483	6
Jan 26, 2007	6	$8,714,245	-18%	2,785	$3,129	$88,747,728	7
Feb 2, 2007	6	$5,278,177	-39%	2,797	$1,887	$94,025,905	8
Feb 9, 2007	11	$4,018,072	-24%	2,284	$1,759	$98,043,977	9
Feb 16, 2007	12	$2,354,556	-41%	1,037	$2,271	$100,398,533	10
Feb 23, 2007	17	$1,123,341	-52%	593	$1,894	$101,521,874	11
Mar 2, 2007	21	$745,123	-34%	454	$1,641	$102,266,997	12
Mar 9, 2007	26	$439,397	-41%	314	$1,399	$102,706,394	13
Mar 16, 2007	32	$244,078	-44%	228	$1,071	$102,950,472	14
Mar 23, 2007	47	$84,629	-65%	103	$822	$103,035,101	15
Mar 30, 2007	56	$41,889	-51%	68	$616	$103,076,990	16
Apr 6, 2007	34	$178,628	+326%	220	$812	$103,255,618	17
Apr 13, 2007	43	$110,338	-38%	168	$657	$103,365,956	18

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
South Korea	2/22/2007	$0	0	113	176	$3,898,105	9/16/2021
Rest of World						$48,356,289
International Total						$52,254,394	9/16/2021

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)	1,951	$52,254,394
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,447	$52,254,394
Top 2006 Movies at the International Box Office	56	$52,254,394
All Time International Box Office for Based on Musical or Opera Movies	9	$52,254,394
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600)	1,526	$52,254,394
All Time International Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200)	200	$52,254,394
All Time International Box Office for Musical Movies	36	$52,254,394
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 701-800)	712	$52,254,394
All Time International Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	181	$52,254,394

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,256	$155,620,350
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 801-900)	873	$155,620,350
Top 2006 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	34	$155,620,350
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Musical or Opera Movies	6	$155,620,350
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 901-1,000)	937	$155,620,350
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200)	114	$155,620,350
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Musical Movies	28	$155,620,350
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 501-600)	554	$155,620,350
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	144	$155,620,350

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
May 6, 2007	1	1,546,152		1,546,152	$30,601,595	$30,601,595	1
May 13, 2007	4	551,831	-64%	2,097,983	$10,762,250	$41,363,845	2
May 20, 2007	4	227,917	-59%	2,325,900	$4,373,271	$45,737,116	3
May 27, 2007	11	96,854	-58%	2,422,754	$1,847,422	$47,584,538	4
Jun 3, 2007	11	74,918	-23%	2,497,672	$1,463,710	$49,048,248	5
Jun 10, 2007	22	39,638	-47%	2,537,310	$758,568	$49,806,816	6

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March 25th, 2007

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February 21st, 2007

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February 18th, 2007

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February 11th, 2007

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International Top Five - Apocalypto Remains Best of the Rest

February 4th, 2007

For the second weekend in a row Apocalypto earned sixth place on the international charts, this time pulling in 7.03 million on 2308 screens for a total of $47.42 million. Its best market of the weekend was Mexico where it had an easy first place finish with $2.43 million on 502 screens over the weekend and $2.66 million including previews. It was also strong during its second weekend in Spain as it was down 40% to $1.17 million on 284 screens for a total of $3.64 million. More...

Award Season - SAG Likes Little

January 28th, 2007

The Screen Actors Guide were handed out tonight and while there are plenty of awards, only five dealt with theatrical releases. More...

Quartet Try to Avoid January Blues

January 25th, 2007

The final weekend in January gives us plenty of new releases, but not much in terms of quality. Of the four wide releases opening this week, two are earning roughly 30% positive reviews and the other two are not being screened for critics. However, movie fans should not fret as several Oscar hopefuls are expanding this week and are giving moviegoers plenty of choice. More...

Award Season - Oscar Nods Offer Little Surprises - Correction

January 23rd, 2007

The Oscar nominations were handed out today and for the most part they've followed the script written by previous awards committees fairly closely. More...

Award Season - First There's the Globes, then Comes the Gold

January 23rd, 2007

The Golden Globes were handed out last week, but the real winners were rewarded this weekend as the Golden Globe Bounce was in full effect. More...

Hitcher Walks a Lonely Road

January 23rd, 2007

The lone wide release of the weekend struggled to find an audience and even though most of the rest of the top five were able to beat expectations, the weekend box office was still way down. At just $100 million, the weekend was down 22% from last week and 17% from the same weekend last year. More...

Hitching a Ride

January 19th, 2007

Just the one new wide release this weekend, which is surprising since there are five films opening or expanding wide next weekend. This weekend could handle one or two more wide releases and take some of the pressure off next weekend. But as it is now, The Hitcher will have little competition this weekend while next weekend at least two films will be squeezed out at the box office. More...

Award Season - The Queen has Golden Dreams

January 16th, 2007

Only two films were repeat winners on tonights Golden Globes, Dreamgirls with three wins and The Queen with two. There were a few surprises along the way and some troubling signs for Oscar hopefuls. More...

Meet the Museum

January 12th, 2007

The weekend prospects are pretty weak, with none of the wide releases / expanding films looking like they have what it takes to top the box office charts. This is not particularly surprising, as the Martin Luther King long weekend is not known as a powerhouse at the box office. With a returning champion and a selection of new and expanding films, moviegoers have a lot of choice, but come Tuesday, there won't be a lot of celebrating in the movie studios. More...

Labyrinth Leads as Holdovers Dominate Per Theater Chart

January 9th, 2007

Pan's Labyrinth saw its theater count more than double this past weekend, but it was still able to win the race on the Per Theater Chart with $17,359 in 44 venues. Letters from Iwo Jima climbed to second place with $15,859, which represents a less than 10% drop-off from the weekend before. Notes of a Scandal showed amazingly strong resilience on the chart, as it dipped just 36% to $12,100, this despite quadrupling its theater count. Two other films just managed to top $10,000: Dreamgirls with $10,168 and Comedy of Power with $10,061. More...

Night Lasts Three Weeks

January 9th, 2007

There were a couple of pleasant surprises this week, including a generally stronger than expected performance by the holdovers. Better than expected still resulted in an 18% drop-off from last weekend to $133 million, but that's 3.5% better than 2006's start. More...

Award Season - SAG Spreads the Love

January 5th, 2007

The Screen Actors Guide handed out their nominations yesterday and of the 5 theatrical categories, there were more than a dozen films to pick up at least one nomination. More...

New Year Hangover

January 5th, 2007

The first weekend of the year is not known for producing many hits. In fact, perhaps only the first weekend after Labor Day is worse. This year is no exception: the three wide releases are not earning strong reviews, only one new film is able to crack 2,000 theaters, and none of them have a real shot at first place. More...

Award Season - Swinging Away

January 4th, 2007

The PGA announced their nominations today, two of which deal with theatrical releases. More...

Labyrinth Pans Out

January 4th, 2007

The last weekend of the year normally brings with it several Oscar contenders, and this year it was no different. With the sheer number of high profile Oscar hopefuls, there's no surprise that so many were able to top $10,000 on the per theater. Leading the way was Pan's Labyrinth with more than $500,000 in just 17 theaters for an average of $33,449. Children of Men was just behind with an average of $31,313 during its first full weekend of release. Notes on a Scandal was well back but still performed very well with more than $400,000 in 22 theaters for an average of $18,840. Letters from Iwo Jima slipped a mere 1.31% to $17,586 and is shaping up to be a bigger hit than its companion film, Flags of Our Fathers. Dreamgirls expanded into a semi-wide release and earned more than $14 million in 852 theaters for an average of $16,549; this is better than Chicago ever did, but that film showed better legs. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer did well with an average of $12,360; it expands into more than 250 theaters this Friday, but that could be as far as it goes if it shows any sign of weakness at the box office. The final film to top $10,000 was Venus, which dipped less than 4% to $11,443. More...

New Year was a Weekend to Celebrate

January 3rd, 2007

It was a fairly predictable weekend as far as box office numbers go. No film really beat expectations by a wide margin, nor did any fail to do so. This meant nearly every film in the top ten showed significant growth (the lone exception was Rocky Balboa), while the only film in the top twenty to see a serious drop-off was the Christmas film, The Nativity Story, which plummeted more than 67%. More...

New Year is Out with the New, In with the Old

December 29th, 2006

It's the New Year's Day long weekend, and not surprisingly, there are no new wide releases this week. There are, on the other hand, two movies that are playing their first weekend, Dreamgirls and Black Christmas. However, it looks as if neither has what it takes to wrestle top spot from Night at the Museum. More...

Girls are Road Warriors

December 28th, 2006

Dreamgirls fell 40% during the second weekend of its road tour, but it still earned an incredible $228,000 in three theaters for an average of $75,879. There were three other films to crack $10,000, all of them new releases. Leading this pack was Letters from Iwo Jima with just under $90,000 in 5 theaters for an average of $17,819. This is a better start than expected after the disappointing run by Flags of Our Fathers and if it earns a few more nominations, it could expand wide later on. Another Oscar hopeful, The Painted Veil, placed third with an average of $12,771. Finally there was Venus, which started its run with $35,000 in 3 theaters for an average of $11,868. More...

Christmas Delivers Some Gifts to Good Moviegoers (and a Couple of Lumps of Coal)

December 28th, 2006

Most films missed expectations this weekend and that hurt the overall box office, which was off 8% compared to last year. But there were still reasons to celebrate with Pursuit of Happyness and Rocky Balboa matching their production budget over the weekend while Dreamgirls exploded on Christmas Day. More...

Rocky Looks to Knock Out Competition With Fast Start

December 21st, 2006

Christmas is one of the busiest times of year and this year is no exception with five films opening wide from now to the 25th and another expanding. Because of the crowd, at least one or two will be lost, squeezed out by the competition. However, there are also two or three films that are aiming at $100 million, or more. More...

Girls are Just Dreamy

December 19th, 2006

Dreamgirls set a new record per theater average for a live action film over the weekend by pulling in $380,000 in three movie houses for an average of $126,317. While this is significantly ahead of the previous record holder, Brokeback Mountain, it is important to note that tickets for Dreamgirls were $25, meaning there were 5,000 tickets sold per theater compared to 10,000 for Brokeback. On a tickets-per-theater average the film is more in line with Sideways or In Good Company, which is still a very good result. The only other film to crack $10,000 was The Good German at $15,363. More...

Movie Website Updates for December 9 - December 15, 2006

December 16th, 2006

The end of year big movie rush continues, the last few big movies are launching their sites. And one such movie, Night at the Museum - Official Site, is the winning of the Weekly Website Award. More...

Limited Releases - Dreaming of Oscars

December 15th, 2006

The last major contender for Oscars opened this week with Dreamgirls. Sure, there are a few films on this week's list made to win Oscars, but with the Golden Globe nominations announced, Dreamgirls is the only real contender opening from now till the end of the year. More...

Award Season - Babel and Departed are Golden

December 15th, 2006

Babel led the way when the Golden Globe nominations were announced today with seven nominations while The Departed was close behind with six. More...

2006 Preview: December

December 1st, 2006

Looking at my calendar I see that it's March 11th. ... March 11th, 2003. This means it's time for me to get a new calendar, but more importantly, it's time for the December preview. December is an insanely busy time of year with studio release major blockbusters in hopes of cashing in on the holidays, as well as a ton of Oscar bait movies hoping to remain fresh in voters' minds by the time the ballots are handed out. On a side note, this is the first time in several years that's there not an obvious Must See movie opening during the month. Sure, there are quite a few that should crack $100 million at the box office, maybe even $200 million, but nothing like The Lord of the Rings. In addition to the ton of wide releases and limited releases scheduled to open wide this month, there are several more movies opening in limited release this month before expanding in the new year. Movies like Home of the Brave, Arthur & the Invisibles, The Painted Veil, Letters from Iwo Jima, Children of Men, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Fast Track, and Pan's Labyrinth, and possibly some others. More...

Movie Website Updates for November 11 - November 17, 2006

November 18th, 2006

A lot of trailers on this week's list of websites. Not only were there a lot of site with just trailers, there were a few trailers without sites. On the other hand, there were also a few contenders for the Weekly Website Award. In the end it was The Children of Men - Official Site that took home that prestigious award. More...

Movie Website Updates for October 21 - October 27, 2006

October 28th, 2006

There was a good selection of sites this week in terms of updates, but unlike last week there were fewer contenders for the Weekly Website Award. That's not to say Let's Go to Prison - Official Site didn't deserve to win, it just had a lot less competition than it would have had if it launched last week. More...

New Movie US Release Dates - October 8, 2006

October 8th, 2006

This week's round of new movie release information contains release dates for Dreamgirls, Stephanie Daley, Black Book and more. More...

Movie Website Updates for May 27 - June 2

June 2nd, 2006

There were a few major updates for a few major movie sites this week, and it was one such site that walked away with the Weekly Website Award - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Official Site. 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...

Movie Website Updates for February 10 - February 16

February 16th, 2006

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. It's another busy week as the winter slump starts to subside. As for the best site on this week's list, it came down to the interactive feature of Freedomland - Official Site and the atmosphere of Night Watch - Official Site. After looking over the sites a few times, I still can't decided which one should get the award, so I'm giving it to both. More...

Movie Website Updates for November 18 - November 25

November 24th, 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 Producers - Official Site. More...