Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)	1,951	$48,237,389
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400)	2,339	$72,423,263
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)	1,497	$48,237,389
Top 2008 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	59	$48,237,389
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 801-900)	894	$48,237,389
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600)	1,595	$48,237,389
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 901-1,000)	905	$48,237,389
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 301-400)	361	$48,237,389
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 701-800)	791	$48,237,389
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300)	257	$48,237,389

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Aug 22, 2008	2	$14,533,702		2,714	$5,355	$14,533,702	1
Aug 29, 2008	4	$8,317,426	-43%	2,714	$3,065	$27,868,669	2
Sep 5, 2008	4	$5,512,870	-34%	2,736	$2,015	$36,611,667	3
Sep 12, 2008	6	$4,154,427	-25%	2,763	$1,504	$42,008,459	4
Sep 19, 2008	10	$2,662,650	-36%	2,675	$995	$45,587,131	5
Sep 26, 2008	15	$1,247,662	-53%	1,918	$651	$47,358,203	6
Oct 3, 2008	25	$353,149	-72%	695	$508	$48,027,409	7
Oct 10, 2008	38	$111,393	-68%	218	$511	$48,237,389	8

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Aug 22, 2008	1	$5,918,274			2,714	$2,181	$5,918,274	1
Aug 23, 2008	2	$5,228,893	-12%		2,714	$1,927	$11,147,167	2
Aug 24, 2008	3	$3,386,535	-35%		2,714	$1,248	$14,533,702	3
Aug 25, 2008	2	$1,503,894	-56%		2,714	$554	$16,037,596	4
Aug 26, 2008	2	$1,353,668	-10%		2,714	$499	$17,391,264	5
Aug 27, 2008	2	$1,088,393	-20%		2,714	$401	$18,479,657	6
Aug 28, 2008	2	$1,098,393	+1%		2,714	$405	$19,578,050	7
Aug 29, 2008	3	$2,537,293	+131%	-57%	2,714	$935	$22,088,536	8
Aug 30, 2008	4	$3,051,572	+20%	-42%	2,714	$1,124	$25,140,108	9
Aug 31, 2008	5	$2,728,561	-11%	-19%	2,714	$1,005	$27,868,669	10
Sep 1, 2008	5	$1,860,275	-32%	+24%	2,714	$685	$29,728,944	11
Sep 2, 2008	6	$533,337	-71%	-61%	2,714	$197	$30,262,281	12
Sep 3, 2008	6	$418,402	-22%	-62%	2,714	$154	$30,680,683	13
Sep 4, 2008	6	$418,114	n/c	-62%	2,714	$154	$31,098,797	14
Sep 5, 2008	3	$1,702,764	+307%	-33%	2,736	$622	$32,801,561	15
Sep 6, 2008	4	$2,622,959	+54%	-14%	2,736	$959	$35,424,520	16
Sep 7, 2008	4	$1,187,147	-55%	-56%	2,736	$434	$36,611,667	17
Sep 8, 2008	7	$286,907	-76%	-85%	2,736	$105	$36,898,574	18
Sep 9, 2008	6	$345,613	+20%	-35%	2,736	$126	$37,244,187	19
Sep 10, 2008	5	$304,462	-12%	-27%	2,736	$111	$37,548,649	20
Sep 11, 2008	6	$305,383	n/c	-27%	2,736	$112	$37,854,032	21
Sep 12, 2008	5	$1,300,592	+326%	-24%	2,763	$471	$39,154,624	22
Sep 13, 2008	6	$1,918,596	+48%	-27%	2,763	$694	$41,073,220	23
Sep 14, 2008	7	$935,239	-51%	-21%	2,763	$338	$42,008,459	24
Sep 15, 2008	8	$217,662	-77%	-24%	2,763	$79	$42,226,121	25
Sep 16, 2008	8	$241,595	+11%	-30%	2,763	$87	$42,467,716	26
Sep 17, 2008	8	$222,487	-8%	-27%	2,763	$81	$42,690,203	27
Sep 18, 2008	7	$234,278	+5%	-23%	2,763	$85	$42,924,481	28
Sep 19, 2008	9	$833,663	+256%	-36%	2,675	$312	$43,758,144	29
Sep 20, 2008	10	$1,255,022	+51%	-35%	2,675	$469	$45,013,166	30
Sep 21, 2008	11	$573,965	-54%	-39%	2,675	$215	$45,587,131	31
Sep 22, 2008	11	$122,885	-79%	-44%	2,675	$46	$45,710,016	32
Sep 23, 2008	11	$138,791	+13%	-43%	2,675	$52	$45,848,807	33
Sep 24, 2008	11	$129,961	-6%	-42%	2,675	$49	$45,978,768	34
Sep 25, 2008	11	$131,773	+1%	-44%	2,675	$49	$46,110,541	35
Sep 26, 2008	-	$371,985	+182%	-55%	2,675	$139	$46,482,526	36
Sep 27, 2008	-	$587,120	+58%	-53%	2,675	$219	$47,069,646	37
Sep 28, 2008	-	$288,557	-51%	-50%	2,675	$108	$47,358,203	38
Sep 29, 2008	-	$72,983	-75%	-41%	2,675	$27	$47,431,186	39
Sep 30, 2008	-	$96,926	+33%	-30%	2,675	$36	$47,528,112	40
Oct 1, 2008	-	$76,899	-21%	-41%	2,675	$29	$47,605,011	41
Oct 2, 2008	-	$69,249	-10%	-47%	2,675	$26	$47,674,260	42

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Aug 22, 2008	2	$19,551,243		2,714	$7,204	$19,551,243	1
Aug 29, 2008	4	$11,547,554	-41%	2,714	$4,255	$31,098,797	2
Sep 5, 2008	4	$6,755,235	-42%	2,736	$2,469	$37,854,032	3
Sep 12, 2008	7	$5,070,449	-25%	2,763	$1,835	$42,924,481	4
Sep 19, 2008	11	$3,186,060	-37%	2,675	$1,191	$46,110,541	5
Sep 26, 2008	15	$1,563,719	-51%	1,918	$815	$47,674,260	6
Oct 3, 2008	25	$451,736	-71%	695	$650	$48,125,996	7
Oct 10, 2008	39	$111,393	-75%	218	$511	$48,237,389	8

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 3,201-3,300)	3,289	$23,153,212
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,601-2,700)	2,643	$23,153,212
Top 2008 Movies at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200)	121	$23,153,212
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,649	$23,153,212
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800)	2,708	$23,153,212
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600)	1,590	$23,153,212
All Time International Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 401-500)	464	$23,153,212
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,022	$23,153,212
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 301-400)	325	$23,153,212

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500)	2,408	$71,390,601
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,858	$71,390,601
Top 2008 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	80	$71,390,601
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,154	$71,390,601
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000)	1,977	$71,390,601
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,134	$71,390,601
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 301-400)	382	$71,390,601
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 801-900)	899	$71,390,601
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300)	298	$71,390,601

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Dec 21, 2008	22	152,540		152,540	$2,591,655	$2,591,655	1
Dec 28, 2008	9	447,205	+193%	599,745	$7,598,013	$10,189,668	2
Jan 4, 2009	17	122,228	-73%	721,973	$2,076,654	$12,266,322	3

DVD Sales - Knight Rises

January 7th, 2009

This week, new releases were practically non-existent on the DVD sales chart. In fact, the best selling releases to make their debut on the chart were the late releases from last week. The best seller overall this week was The Dark Knight with 1.69 million units and $37.11 million in consumer retail spending for the week, giving it just a hair under 12.00 million units sold and $252.82 million in sales after three. This is clearly the best selling DVD of 2008 having sold over 1 million units more than WALL-E and nearly $70 million more in retail sales. More...

DVD Rentals - Burn, Baby, Burn

January 7th, 2009

This week on the rental charts we have late releases from the week of the 16th, all the releases from the week of the 23rd, and early releases from the 30th. The number on rental for the week was Burn After Reading, which generated about a sixth more revenue than second place Death Race. More...

DVD Sales - Mamma Hot on Sales Chart

January 1st, 2009

There were only three new releases to chart this week, sort of. Call in three and a half new releases, but we will get to that in a bit. On the top of the sales chart this week was Mamma Mia!, which sold 3.72 million units for $77.68 million in consumer retail spending. More...

DVD Rentals - Mummy not Mamma Leads the Way

January 1st, 2009

There were five new releases to chart this week, including The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which topped the charts just ahead of last week's winner, The Dark Knight. More...

DVD Releases for December 16, 2008

December 16th, 2008

This week is a confusing one on the home market as there are DVDs coming out on Tuesday the 16th, as usual, and on Friday the 19th, and Sunday the 21st as well. While there are a number of great releases that are spread out over three days, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is the best on any day, and worthy of the DVD Pick of the Week. 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...

International Details - Number One is Number Six

November 3rd, 2008

Public Enemy Number One Part 1 opened in first place in France with $5.66 million on 489 screens. Adding in a couple of smaller markets and it pulled in $5.80 million on 527 screens in 3 markets over the weekend, landing in sixth place internationally. More...

International Details - Barcelona Strong in France, Italy

October 26th, 2008

Vicky Cristina Barcelona remained in sixth place internationally with $6.66 million on 1136 screens in 11 markets for a total of $22.85 million after a month of release. This includes France, where the film remained in first place with $3.15 million on 443 screens for the week and $7.68 million after two. Meanwhile, it opened in Italy with $2.16 million on 378 screens, which was enough for second place in that market. More...

International Details - Updates and More

October 19th, 2008

First some updates on Wednesday's numbers. Due to Columbus Day, we were relying on studio estimates instead of final numbers, and while they were mostly accurate, they were not entirely accurate. The Russia film, Admiral (Koltchak), did indeed top the charts with $12.51 million on 1,223 screens in 2 markets over the weekend and $13.31 million in total. Meanwhile, Eagle Eye added $10.88 million on 3,030 screens in 38 markets for a still early total of $29.41 million. Mamma Mia! continues its quest for $400 million with $8.37 million on 3,713 screens in 46 markets for a total of $390.72 million. These three films were very close to the original figures, however, the rest of the top five was different than originally reported, starting with... More...

International Top Five - Top of the Chart is Truly International

October 16th, 2008

We had a new winner on top of the international charts as the Russia film, Admiral (Koltchak) opened in its native market with $11.35 million and $1.47 million in neighboring Ukraine. Its total weekend revenue of $12.82 million came on 1,088 screens, giving the film an impressive per screen average of $11,783. It has to be considered a hit already, but how well it holds on will determine how fast the studio will recoup its $20 million production budget. More...

International Details - United Germany Lifts Teutonic Offering

October 12th, 2008

German Unification Day helped The Baader Meinhof Complex grow by 10% as it remained in second place in Germany with $4.82 million on 594 screens for a total of $10.99 million after two weeks. Adding in two smaller markets and the film made $5.35 million on 660 screens in 3 markets for a total of $12.06 million. More...

Weekend Weakness from the Top on Down

September 23rd, 2008

It was not a good weekend at the box office with just one of the four new releases beating expectations, and even then it was by just a rounding error. Overall box office receipts were $88 million over the weekend, which was down 13% from last week. More importantly, it was down 9% from the same weekend last year, which was not expected. Year-to-date, 2008 is still behind 2007, but at a margin of just $6.98 billion to $7.04 billion, and a strong fall and holiday box office would be enough to catch up. More...

Burn on Fire at the Box Office

September 15th, 2008

Four films opened wide this weekend, and all four finished in the top four, which is the first time that's happened in more than a year and a half. The strength of the new releases helped the overall box office bounce back, as it was up 49% from last weekend at $101 million. More importantly, it was up more than 28% from the same weekend last year, which ended a seven-week losing streak. Year-to-date, 2008 is still behind, but the gap was closed somewhat with 2007 leading with $6.92 billion to $6.87 billion. More...

New Releases Come Together

September 11th, 2008

There are four wide releases this week, and the odds are that all four will place in the top four on the chart. However, there are some disagreements among analysts on which films have a shot at topping the chart, and which will struggle. But (almost) everyone agrees that the overall box office will grow from last weekend, and most agree it will grow from the same weekend last year. More...

Box Office in Dangerous Territory

September 8th, 2008

After the summer comes the fall, which was certainly true this past weekend. Bangkok Dangerous and rest of the market only pulled in just $68 million over the weekend, which is 45% lower than last weekend. However, while that's a huge drop-off, more importantly it is nearly 15% lower than the same weekend last year and the ninth weakest weekend since 2000, and worst weekend in five years. Year-to-date, 2008 is now behind 2007 by just over 1% at $6.75 billion to $6.82 billion, but hopefully it will bounce back next weekend. I can't imagine it will be worse. More...

Bangkok Dangerous Leads a Weak First Fall Weekend

September 7th, 2008

With the Summer season over, Hollywood started the Fall with a soft weekend, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. Bangkok Dangerous is expected to win the weekend with an estimated $7.8 million, just ahead of Tropic Thunder's $7.5 million, in its fourth weekend in release. The last time no movie topped $10 million in a weekend was April, 2007 when Disturbia topped the charts with a shade over $9 million. To find a number one movie that earned less than $8 million, one has to go back exactly five years, to September, 2003, when Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star topped with just $6.66 million. More...

Post-Labor Pains

September 5th, 2008

Can Tropic Thunder do it? Can Tropic Thunder match The Dark Knight's winning streak? ... Probably not, but it has a shot, thanks to the weakness in the new releases this week (or should that say new release?), and the historically slow post-Labor Day weekend. More...

Summer's Stormy End

September 2nd, 2008

The Dark Knight did what few films in the past decade were able to do, lead the box office charts for four weeks in a row. Now Tropic Thunder is one weekend away from tying that mark. However, it was able to win this weekend thanks to weakness in the new releases, which caused the box office to slump. From Friday to Sunday the industry brought in $98 million, which was 8% lower than last weekend and 17% lower than the same weekend last year. Over four days, $124 million was earned, which was again 17% lower than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2008 fell further behind $6.67 billion to $6.73 billion, but that is still less than a 1% difference and certainly not an insurmountable lead. More...

Laborious Weekend for New Releases

August 28th, 2008

Labor Day long weekend is the final weekend of summer, but far from ending on a high note, it is arguably the slowest long weekend of the year. And this year it looks to be no different, at least in terms of box office numbers. In terms of new releases, well, that's a another story with four movies opening wide, and another expanding wide. It is very unlikely that they will all succeed; in fact, it is more likely that they will all bomb. This makes it very difficult to predict which new release will come out on top, if any do. More...

Contest - The Power of Bunnies - Winning Announcement

August 26th, 2008

The winners of our The Power of Bunnies contest were determined and they are... More...

Bunnies Make Some Noise but Tropic Stays Hot

August 25th, 2008

Summer is winding down and the overall box office numbers show that quite clearly. Over the weekend, $106 million worth of tickets were sold, which is 15% lower than last weekend. On the other hand, it is a mere 1.3% lower than the same weekend last year, which continues the month-long slump. However, while 2008 is behind 2007's pace, it is by just 0.5% at $6.50 billion to $6.53 billion. More...

Movie Website Reviews for Weekend of August 22, 2008

August 24th, 2008

With the end of summer, there are a lot more wide releases than we've normally had during the past three months and this partially explains why we have a tie at the top with both Death Race 3000 - Official Site and The House Bunny - Official Site being judge the best of this week's offerings. More...

Race to the Top

August 22nd, 2008

Four films are opening in wide release this week, none of which can be called marquee releases. However, most of them should be able to cut out a slice of the shrinking summer box office pie. Most of them. A couple even have a shot at first place. More...

Contest - The Power of Bunnies

August 15th, 2008

When it comes to our weekly box office prediction contest, we usual pick the obvious number one film as the target film. When there is no obvious number one, we usually pick the film that is opening the widest. However, this week that film is opening on Wednesday, so we are going with The House Bunny instead. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office of The House Bunny. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Just Add Water on DVD and Affinity on DVD, as well as Pete Seeger: The Power of Song 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 also win a copy of Just Add Water on DVD and Affinity on DVD, as well as The Year My Parents Went on Vacation on DVD. Finally, one additional entrant will be chosen and they will win the third copy of Affinity on DVD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

Cast Updates - August 7, 2008

August 7th, 2008

This week's round of new casting information contains updates for Edge of Darkness, Inglorious Bastards, Rachel Getting Married, and more! More...

2008 Preview: August

August 1st, 2008

Summer usually comes screeching to a halt early in August, usually by the second weekend in August. However, this year we could have a $100 million hit opening each of the first three weeks. Or we could have no $100 million hits opening during the whole month. On the other end, there are a number of releases that probably looked good on paper, but failed to live up to their potential, not to mention a few that could not have looked good, even on paper. (I'm looking at you, Disaster Movie.) More...

Cast Updates - July 31, 2008

July 31st, 2008

This week's round of new casting information contains updates for Finding Amanda, The Hobbit, Inglorious Bastards, and more! More...

Cast Updates - May 15, 2008

May 15th, 2008

This week's round of new casting information contains updates for Gran Torino, Trumbo, Twilight, and more! More...

New Movie US Release Dates - November 18, 2007

November 18th, 2007

This week's round of new movie release information contains release dates for Eagle Eye, Dragon Ball Z, Angels & Demons and more! More...

New Movie Announcements, Stars and Directors - August 21, 2007

August 21st, 2007

Starting today we will provide a list of announced movies, new stars and directors on our website each Tuesday. More...