Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 601-700)	606	$120,776,832
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 601-700)	623	$209,657,687
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 301-400)	383	$120,776,832
Top 2004 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	15	$120,776,832
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300)	251	$120,776,832
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 301-400)	400	$120,776,832
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200)	196	$120,776,832
All Time Domestic Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	17	$120,776,832
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 301-400)	310	$120,776,832
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies	71	$120,776,832

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Feb 13, 2004	1	$39,852,237		3,591	$11,098	$39,852,237	1
Feb 20, 2004	1	$20,429,325	-49%	3,612	$5,656	$71,738,493	2
Feb 27, 2004	2	$12,565,729	-38%	3,450	$3,642	$88,683,963	3
Mar 5, 2004	4	$7,637,128	-39%	3,040	$2,512	$99,348,370	4
Mar 12, 2004	6	$5,425,736	-29%	2,586	$2,098	$106,701,379	5
Mar 19, 2004	9	$4,186,739	-23%	2,153	$1,945	$113,080,464	6
Mar 26, 2004	13	$2,385,220	-43%	1,759	$1,356	$116,748,548	7
Apr 2, 2004	17	$772,113	-68%	781	$989	$118,206,131	8
Apr 9, 2004	23	$272,952	-65%	235	$1,161	$118,804,464	9
Apr 16, 2004	28	$155,848	-43%	166	$939	$119,067,647	10
Apr 23, 2004	30	$167,554	+8%	163	$1,028	$119,284,583	11
Apr 30, 2004	41	$125,143	-25%	110	$1,138	$119,447,383	12
May 7, 2004	43	$72,603	-42%	95	$764	$119,543,649	13
May 14, 2004	52	$53,337	-27%	67	$796	$119,614,568	14
May 21, 2004	20	$231,731	+334%	237	$978	$119,861,977	15
May 28, 2004	26	$177,619	-23%	222	$800	$120,146,166	16
Jun 4, 2004	24	$131,970	-26%	176	$750	$120,398,106	17
Jun 11, 2004	24	$127,642	-3%	151	$845	$120,616,191	18
Jun 18, 2004	36	$80,436	-37%	127	$633	$120,776,832	19

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Feb 13, 2004	1	$10,500,000			3,591	$2,924	$10,500,000	1
Feb 14, 2004	1	$19,751,267	+88%		3,591	$5,500	$29,803,655	2
Feb 15, 2004	1	$10,048,582	-49%		3,591	$2,798	$39,852,237	3
Feb 16, 2004	1	$5,255,634	-48%		3,591	$1,464	$45,107,871	4
Feb 17, 2004	1	$2,309,000	-56%		3,591	$643	$47,417,000	5
Feb 18, 2004	1	$1,957,000	-15%		3,591	$545	$49,374,000	6
Feb 19, 2004	1	$1,937,000	-1%		3,591	$539	$51,311,000	7
Feb 20, 2004	1	$7,000,000	+261%	-33%	3,612	$1,938	$58,300,000	8
Feb 21, 2004	1	$9,110,326	+30%	-54%	3,612	$2,522	$66,924,295	9
Feb 22, 2004	1	$4,814,198	-47%	-52%	3,612	$1,333	$71,738,493	10
Feb 23, 2004	1	$1,136,000	-76%	-78%	3,612	$315	$72,874,000	11
Feb 24, 2004	1	$1,229,000	+8%	-47%	3,612	$340	$74,103,000	12
Feb 25, 2004	2	$1,007,000	-18%	-49%	3,612	$279	$75,110,000	13
Feb 26, 2004	2	$1,008,000	n/c	-48%	3,612	$279	$76,118,000	14
Feb 27, 2004	2	$4,000,000	+297%	-43%	3,450	$1,159	$80,100,000	15
Feb 28, 2004	2	$5,741,815	+44%	-37%	3,450	$1,664	$85,761,569	16
Feb 29, 2004	2	$2,922,394	-49%	-39%	3,450	$847	$88,683,963	17
Mar 1, 2004	2	$706,000	-76%	-38%	3,450	$205	$89,390,000	18
Mar 2, 2004	2	$824,000	+17%	-33%	3,450	$239	$90,214,000	19
Mar 3, 2004	2	$728,000	-12%	-28%	3,450	$211	$90,943,000	20
Mar 4, 2004	2	$768,000	+5%	-24%	3,450	$223	$91,711,242	21
Mar 5, 2004	4	$2,300,000	+199%	-43%	3,040	$757	$94,000,000	22
Mar 6, 2004	4	$3,538,794	+54%	-38%	3,040	$1,164	$97,616,322	23
Mar 7, 2004	4	$1,732,048	-51%	-41%	3,040	$570	$99,348,370	24
Mar 8, 2004	4	$438,000	-75%	-38%	3,040	$144	$99,786,000	25
Mar 9, 2004	4	$503,000	+15%	-39%	3,040	$165	$100,289,000	26
Mar 10, 2004	4	$472,000	-6%	-35%	3,040	$155	$100,761,000	27
Mar 11, 2004	4	$515,000	+9%	-33%	3,040	$169	$101,276,000	28
Mar 12, 2004	6	$1,700,000	+230%	-26%	2,586	$657	$103,000,000	29
Mar 13, 2004	6	$2,434,724	+43%	-31%	2,586	$942	$105,333,157	30
Mar 14, 2004	6	$1,368,222	-44%	-21%	2,586	$529	$106,701,379	31
Mar 15, 2004	6	$527,000	-61%	+20%	2,586	$204	$107,228,000	32
Mar 16, 2004	6	$586,000	+11%	+17%	2,586	$227	$107,814,000	33
Mar 17, 2004	6	$501,000	-15%	+6%	2,586	$194	$108,315,000	34
Mar 18, 2004	6	$578,000	+15%	+12%	2,586	$224	$108,894,000	35
Mar 19, 2004	9	$1,300,000	+125%	-24%	2,153	$604	$110,200,000	36
Mar 20, 2004	9	$1,836,847	+41%	-25%	2,153	$853	$112,090,471	37
Mar 21, 2004	9	$989,993	-46%	-28%	2,153	$460	$113,080,464	38
Mar 22, 2004	9	$309,000	-69%	-41%	2,153	$144	$113,390,000	39
Mar 23, 2004	8	$327,000	+6%	-44%	2,153	$152	$113,716,000	40
Mar 24, 2004	9	$304,000	-7%	-39%	2,153	$141	$114,021,000	41
Mar 25, 2004	9	$343,000	+13%	-41%	2,153	$159	$114,363,000	42

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Feb 13, 2004	1	$51,309,168		3,591	$14,288	$51,309,168	1
Feb 20, 2004	2	$24,809,066	-52%	3,612	$6,869	$76,118,234	2
Feb 27, 2004	2	$15,593,008	-37%	3,450	$4,520	$91,711,242	3
Mar 5, 2004	4	$9,564,401	-39%	3,040	$3,146	$101,275,643	4
Mar 12, 2004	6	$7,618,082	-20%	2,586	$2,946	$108,893,725	5
Mar 19, 2004	9	$5,469,603	-28%	2,153	$2,540	$114,363,328	6
Mar 26, 2004	13	$3,070,690	-44%	1,759	$1,746	$117,434,018	7
Apr 2, 2004	19	$1,097,494	-64%	781	$1,405	$118,531,512	8
Apr 9, 2004	24	$380,287	-65%	235	$1,618	$118,911,799	9
Apr 16, 2004	30	$205,230	-46%	166	$1,236	$119,117,029	10
Apr 23, 2004	34	$205,211	n/c	163	$1,259	$119,322,240	11
Apr 30, 2004	43	$148,806	-27%	110	$1,353	$119,471,046	12
May 7, 2004	45	$90,185	-39%	95	$949	$119,561,231	13
May 14, 2004	54	$69,015	-23%	67	$1,030	$119,630,246	14
May 21, 2004	21	$338,301	+390%	237	$1,427	$119,968,547	15
May 28, 2004	25	$297,589	-12%	222	$1,340	$120,266,136	16
Jun 4, 2004	24	$222,413	-25%	176	$1,264	$120,488,549	17
Jun 11, 2004	27	$207,847	-7%	151	$1,376	$120,696,396	18
Jun 18, 2004	39	$80,436	-61%	127	$633	$120,776,832	19

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	3/25/2004	$2,166,630	287	287	770	$3,327,570	4/6/2020
South Korea	4/15/2004	$0	0	139	233	$1,342,157	7/27/2017
Rest of World						$70,873,770
International Total						$75,543,497	4/6/2020

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,466	$75,543,497
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,040	$75,543,497
Top 2004 Movies at the International Box Office	40	$75,543,497
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 601-700)	670	$75,543,497
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,110	$75,543,497
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 501-600)	592	$75,543,497
All Time International Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	67	$75,543,497
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 501-600)	578	$75,543,497
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	169	$75,543,497

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)	962	$196,320,329
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 601-700)	646	$196,320,329
Top 2004 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	26	$196,320,329
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 401-500)	412	$196,320,329
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 601-700)	671	$196,320,329
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 301-400)	334	$196,320,329
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Romantic Comedy Movies	38	$196,320,329
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 401-500)	439	$196,320,329
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	126	$196,320,329

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Oct 15, 2006	22	62,937		62,937	$628,741	$628,741	122
Oct 22, 2006	17	75,725	+20%	138,662	$756,493	$1,385,234	123
Oct 29, 2006	13	94,045	+24%	232,707	$939,510	$2,324,744	124
Nov 5, 2006	19	66,818	-29%	299,525	$667,512	$2,992,256	125
Aug 12, 2007	28	46,399		827,364	$497,550	$7,712,402	165

DVD Releases for January 20, 2009 - Part I

January 20th, 2009

A terrible week for first run releases. There are five such releases on this week's list, but they has a combined haul of around $130 million, and nearly $100 million of that came from two films. With no big releases, we had to look other places for the DVD Pick of the Week. Repo! The Genetic Opera on Blu-ray is a clear contender for that title, but its lack of mass appeal is troublesome. This American Life - Season Two is a safer pick, but it is a Borders Exclusive release. Regardless of these issues, both releases are worthy of the DVD Pick of the Week. Despite the weakness at the top, there are still more than enough total releases to cause this column to stretch into two parts. The second part can be found here. More...

DVD Releases for June 20, 2006

June 19th, 2006

It may seem like a really slow week for DVD releases, but this is because several releases were grouped together. I have one section for the five Alfred Hitchcock releases instead of spreading them out and padding the word count. Taking that into account, the week is about average in terms of quantity, and quality. There were a handful of contenders this week, and a few that looked good in advance but the special feature were a let down. In the end I went with NewsRadio - The Complete Fourth Season as the best of the best while Married With Children - The Complete Fifth Season earns and honorable mention. ... "Go with him." (If you get that reference, you probably already have the latter release pre-ordered.) More...

DVD Releases for June 15, 2004

June 14th, 2004

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. This is the worst week for DVDs since the beginning of February. There's not one, not two, but FIVE DVDs that were in contention for the DVD Pick of the week. And with all but one from the TV on DVD section, this is going to be a very expensive week for me. Even if I don't buy groceries for the week I'll still need to trim the list by a couple. Go with Dead Like Me - The Complete First Season - Buy from Amazon, Monk - The Complete First Season - Buy from Amazon and The Thin Blue Line - The Complete Line-Up - Buy from Amazon. Maybe I can sell some blood to pick up The Simpsons - The Complete Fourth Season - Buy from Amazon and The Station Agent - Buy from Amazon. Maybe if I sell a kidney I can get a whole new home theatre system as well. [Editor's Note: He's joking ... we think.] More...

$100 Million Opening for Troy

May 18th, 2004

In addition to the $46.9 million Troy earned at the domestic box office, the ancient history movie made $54.7 million on 6,722 screens in 47 markets internationally. Some highlights were the $8.5 million in Germany, $6.3 million in Spain, $5.1 million in France and $4.7 million in Australia. And while a $107 million opening weekend seems spectacular, this is a very expensive film to get to theatres. Combine the production budget, domestic P&A budgets, translations / dubbing / subtitles, etc. and the final cost is nearing $250 million. On the plus side, Troy should have better legs and more international appeal than Van Helsing so Warner Bros. should see a profit before the home market. P.S. If this story sounds familiar, you must have a long memory. More...

$100 Million Opening for Van Helsing

May 11th, 2004

In addition to the $51.7 million Van Helsing earned at the domestic box office, the monster movie made $55.3 million on 5,254 screens in 41 markets internationally. Not only was that easily the largest box office this weekend, but it was the best we've seen this year. Some highlights were the $9.9 million in the U.K. and $7 million in Germany. And while a $107 million opening weekend seems spectacular, this is a very expensive film to get to theatres. Combine the production budget, domestic P&A budgets, translations / dubbing / subtitles, etc. and the final cost is nearing $250 million. A strong home market will be needed before Universal sees a profit. More...

Kill Bill Collapses

May 4th, 2004

After a huge start in the international market, there was a series a steep drops for Kill Bill: Volume 2 that all but guarantees it won't earn as much as the original. Drops like 51% in Germany, 46% in Italy helped push the weekend total down to just $10 million in 27 markets. More...

Kill Bill Volume 2 Beats Competition, Volume 1

April 27th, 2004

Kill Bill: Volume 2's first foray into the foreign markets proved very profitable. The film earned $18.5 million in 21 markets and increases compared to the debut of the original in all but one market. Many of those increases were in the double-digit range so it's an impressive start. Unfortunately, one of the largest markets for the first film, Japan, saw a huge 47% drop for Volume 2. This can easily be explained by the fact that half of Volume 1 took place in Japan. More...

Passion Drops Post-Easter but Still Stays on Top

April 20th, 2004

The Passion of the Christ saw large drop-offs in many international markets but openings in nine others helped stabilize its overall box office. Maybe. I'm getting some conflicting reports on the box office figures. $14.6 or $25 is the two prevailing estimates I've found. I do believe the $25 million is for the whole week while the $14.6 million is for the weekend. More...

Easter Helps Passion Stay on Top

April 13th, 2004

It was hardly a surprise that The Passion of the Christ was able to take top spot over Easter weekend. What is a surprise is the amount; just $26 million is barely an increase from last weekend. There was only one new opening, but it was in Italy, one of the most staunchly Catholic nations. The film did cross $100 million internationally some time during the mid-week, but a serious post-Easter drop-off is expected. More...

Strong Sophomore Session puts 2004 in the Lead

March 8th, 2004

Another good news bad new weekend. Bad news, the total box office was down 8% from last weekend. Good new, it was up 31% from last year. Good news, 2004 has finally surpassed 2003 year-to-date. Bad news, that's due to inflation as admissions are still lower. Really bad news, the jump is thanks entirely to one movie, or the controversy surrounding one movie. More...

Can 2004 Take the Lead?

March 5th, 2004

We haven't seen two film open with strong prospects since the beginning of February. And with last week's winner still going strong, 2004 should pass 2003 at the box office. More...

Record Opening for Passion

March 1st, 2004

There was some good news and some bad news this past weekend. First the good news, we saw huge increases at the box office this weekend, both from the previous weekend, (66%) and from last year (48%). Now the bad news; it was all thanks to one movie, which doesn't bode well for the overall strength of the box office. In fact, even after last weekend 2004 is still 3% back of 2003's pace. More...

2004 Finally Shows Signs of Life

February 27th, 2004

Thanks to the controversy surrounding The Passions of the Christ, 2004 should finally start making up some ground on 2003. Even with the Oscars on Sunday 2003, Passions alone will boost the box office. But the other three movies probably wouldn't even register on the radar during a normal weekend. More...

Summer Can't Start Soon Enough

February 23rd, 2004

2004 is turning into a disaster. Over the weekend four movies opened to a combined 21% positive and $10 million below expectations. Post holiday weekends are usually a bit of a slump, but this weekend dropped by nearly 25% and below the $100 million mark. Compared to last year the weekend is down an astounding 17.5% and 10% year to date. And the news doesn't get any better; next weekend the box office has to go head-to-head with the Oscars. More...

The Post Holiday Blues

February 20th, 2004

Well, it had to happen, after a great start to February first critically and then financially, it all comes crashing down this weekend. Four movies open wide this weekend and none of them impressing critics and neither do they have much of a shot at a stellar box office. On the plus side, this weekend last year was weak, so we should see 2004 gain some ground on 2003. Or at least do better than the nearly 9% year to date decline. More...

Four part Harmony

February 19th, 2004

The rerelease of the French musical Umbrellas of Cherbourg topped this week's per theatre average chart with $14,760 in its lone theatre. Three other films very close to each other battling for second place. The overall champ, 50 First Dates finished a strong second with $11,098 in almost 3600 theatres. While Osama spent its second weekend on the list with $10,151. The final film to top $10,000 was the self-distributed Robot Stories. Despite having a tiny distribution budget, the Science Fiction anthology sold out four showings on its way to earning $10,026 in it only theatre. More...

Million Dollar Dates

February 18th, 2004

Mixed would be the best way to describe the weekend results. With the exception of the number one film, all movies beat Friday's predictions. However, the overall box office was again failed to match last year's pace. Valentine's Day and President's Day helped the 3-day total increase by more than 10% from last weekend, but it was down 14% from last year. The four-day total fared better, but by a barely noticeable margin dropping 13%. More...

Valentines Day / President's Day Double Shot

February 13th, 2004

With both Valentine's Day and President's Day occurring this weekend, there are twice as many reasons to see a movie. And with only one movie opening wide, it should open huge. Holdovers should also perform well given the extra day, but they will have a hard time living up to last year. More...

Movie Websites Launches for February 6 - February 12

February 12th, 2004

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 the winner for the week, Eternal. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

The Barbers Finish on Top while the Hockey Stars fail to win Gold

February 9th, 2004

February started out strong, at least compared to January, with two of the three wide releases performing strongly. And even though we saw a sharp 17% increase from last weekend, 2004 continues losing ground to 2003. It fell 8% from last same weekend last year and maintaining its year to date decline of 8%. And next week 50 First Dates will need a near record performance lest 2004 drop even further back. More...

Movie Websites Launches for January 2 - January 8

January 8th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. This week we have a larger list to make up for the holidays, but a winter storm took out my internet access on Tuesday / Wednesday so the column is a little late today. Here the list of new releases, updated sites, and some upcoming releases that slipped through the cracks, including the winner for the week Along Came Polly - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for October 31 - November 6

November 6th, 2003

Movie Websites Launches for October 24 - October 30

October 30th, 2003