..Gary Dretzka
..Leonard Klady
..Emanuel Levy
..David Poland
..Doug Pratt
..Ray Pride

February 26, 2006 Weekend Estimates Top Domestic Grosses - 2006 Domestic Market Share - 2006 That's No Lady ... Tyler Perry evaded the “terrible twos” as his ribald, comic Madea’s Family Reunion was the clear weekend viewing favorite with an estimated $30.4 million. However, he didn’t get much support as two other national debuts - the animated Doogal and the thriller Running Scared - performed indifferently and most holdover titles experienced 40% to 60% declines that translated to rollbacks in the audience. The crude, rude observation of contemporary African Americans that propelled Perry’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman to hit status in 2005 was once again in evidence in his new outing. Lions Gate was confident in Madea’s appeal and upped its exposure to close to 2,200 theaters to mixed results. While crossover locations displayed no great strength, the target audience came out with greater force in key venues and this reunion is moving toward a $75 million gross if it follows the original’s commercial trajectory. Holdover titles dominated the frame with the Arctic adventure Eight Below and The Pink Panther displaying the greatest resilience while the teen comedy Date Movie had an all too familiar 50% plus drop. Overall business for the span should ring in at about $117 million for a 10% decline compared with the three-day portion of last weekend’s holiday period. Revenue was also off by 6% for the comparable weekend of 2005. The British-French animated acquisition Doogal arrived with little fanfare or commercial zip with $3.4 million to rank eighth in the lineup. Originally titled The Magic Roundabout, the film was redubbed for the U.S. Overseas the film had a spotty record in 2005. The action-thriller Running Scared performed with comparable listlessness of $2.9 million to rank one notch below. Of greater note was the first significant expansion for Tommy Lee Jones’ acting-directing effort Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. The Cannes-preemed effort grossed close to $1 million from 300 plus venues. The situation in the niches was generally as bleak with the notable exception of Tsotsi, the South African social drama that’s won a clutch of festival awards and is on the Oscar short list in the foreign-language category. The film grossed $76,800 from six screens. Otherwise debuting fare failed to spark including respective grosses of $23,200 from four playdates and $5,100 in three exposures for the acclaimed non-fiction pictures Unknown White Male and Street Fight. The gritty Australian award-winning drama Little Fish received a wide berth with a $5,400 box office from a single site. And Bollywood entry Taxi No. 9211 limped to $61,300 from 36 theaters on the circuit. - by Leonard Klady Weekend Estimates - February 17-20, 2006 Title Distributor Gross (average) % change Theaters Cume Medea's Family Reunion Lions Gate 30.4 (13,840) 0 2194 30.4 Eight Below BV 15.6 (5,090) -23% 3072 45 The Pink Panther Sony 11.2 (3,390) -33% 3313 61 Date Movie Fox 9.2 (3,180) -52% 2898 33.9 Curious George Uni 7.1 (2,720) -40% 2609 43.2 Firewall WB 6.2 (2,250) -31% 2740 36.8 Final Destination 3 New Line 5.3 (1,933) -48% 2726 44.7 Doogal Weinstein Co. 3.4 (1,500) 0 2318 3.4 Running Scared New Line 2.9 (1,820) 0 1611 2.9 Freedomland Sony 2.8 (1,200) -51% 2361 10.7 Big Momma's House 2 Fox 2.4 (1,580) -47% 1535 65.7 When a Stranger Calls Sony 2.4 (1,160) -52% 2060 45.4 Nanny McPhee Uni 2.4 (1,240) -37% 1906 42.6 Brokeback Mountain Focus 2.3 (1,680) -29% 1355 75.4 Capote Sony Classics 1.0 (2,290) -9% 454 23.4 Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Sony Classics .96 (2,990) 405% 322 1.8 Mrs. Henderson Presents Weinstein Co. .94 (1,860) 2% 504 7.1 Match Point DreamWorks .87 (1,960) -30% 443 21.5 TransAmerica Weinstein Co. .84 (2,650) 39% 317 4.8 Walk the Line Fox .74 (1,500) -52% 492 117.5 The Chronicles of Narnia BV .67 (1,140) -49% 589 288.1 Underworld: Evolution Sony .66 (1,280) -56% 517 61.4 Good Night, and Good Luck WIP .61 (2,240) -18% 272 30.3 Munich Uni .51 (1,570) -24% 325 46.1 Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) $111.40 0 0 0 % Change (Last Year) 0 -6% 0 0 0 % Change (Last Week) 0 -10% 0% 0 0 Also debuting/expanding Heart of Gold Par Classics .19 (4,820) 14% 40 0.51 Night Watch Fox Searchlight .18 (5,200) 103% 34 0.31 Tsotsi Miramax 76,800 (12,800) 0 6 0.08 Taxi No. 9211 UTV 61,300 (1,700) 0 36 0.06 Spymate Thinkfilm 52,500 (780) 0 67 0.05 Unknown White Male Wellspring 23,200 (5,800) 0 4 0.02 Little Fish First Look 5,400 (5,400) 0 1 0.01 Street Fight Frontier 5,100 (1,700) 0 3 0.01 Top Domestic Grossers: January 1 - February 23, 2006 The Chronicles of Narnia * BV 78,042,182 Big Momma's House 2 Fox 63,279,373