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

June 10, 2007 Weekend Estimates Domestic Market Share Thirteen … The Hard Way Ocean's Thirteen walked away from the table with an estimated $36.2 million to take top spot in the weekend movie derby. Commercially it out stayed its welcome and audiences didn't appear to be waddling with happy feet to Surf's Up's celluloid penguins that grossed $17.9 million to rank fourth or a second Hostel with a $7.9 million box office. The frame's best debut was extended to the French musical biopic La Vie en Rose that trilled to $168,000 from eight locations. Overall business pushed to slightly more than $135 million that translated to a slim 1% improvement from the prior weekend's tally. However, box office paled by 11% from 2006 when Cars bowed to $60.1 million. Expectations for Ocean's Thirteen had been hovering around $45 million though a studio spokesman said weekend business was only slightly lower than internal tracking. It's expecting strong mid-weeks that will exceed first week grosses of $50 million that each of the prior two installments recorded. Outside sources maintained the result was disappointing considering its summer berth and industry tracking. The high rollers also stepped out internationally to good but not outstanding returns that included first place finishes in the United Kingdom ($4 million) and Spain ($1 million) but its $2.8 million total in Germany ranked second to Pirates of the Caribbean. Anticipation for Surf's Up was more in line with its soft results and the contempo grindhouse Hostel 2 sliced up average genre grosses. One can palpably feel audience malaise as week after week serves up retreads of past cinematic glories. The current session includes five sequels in the top 10 money earners with the new Fantastic Four in the wings next week. The desire for novelty was best expressed by the prior weekend's freshman Knocked Up. Its 35% erosion is the best hold of the season with mid-week ticket sales that exceeded Pirates. The summer tentpoles have largely played to under-25s and Knocked Up, Waitress and Oceans mark a significant departure to that trend among wide releases. France's Little Sparrow Edith Piaf made a triumphant return with La Vie en Rose. The combination of emotion and music has translated well internationally where it's earned close to $60 million. It's also done about $1.6 million in Quebec where it debuted in March. Also of note was the single screen launch of 12:08 East of Bucharest, the wry Romanian yarn that's been a favorite on the festival circuit. - Leonard Klady Weekend Estimates - June 1-3, 2007 Title Distributor Gross (average) % change * Theaters Cume Ocean's Thirteen WB 36.2 (10,160) - 3565 36.2 Pirates of Caribbean: At World's End BV 21.8 (5,440) -51% 4002 254.1 Knocked Up Uni 20.1 (6,990) -35% 2876 66.3 Surf's Up Sony 17.9 (5,080) - 3528 17.9 Shrek the Third Par 15.3 (3,910) -45% 3925 281.5 Hostel 2 Lions Gate 7.9 (3,370) - 2350 7.9 Mr. Brooks MGM 4.5 (1,830) -55% 2453 18.2 Spider-Man 2 Sony 4.4 (1,710) -42% 2570 325.7 Waitress Searchlight 1.6 (2,290) -20% 708 12 Gracie Picturehouse .57 (520) -58% 1093 2.5 Disturbia Par .52 (920) -53% 568 77.8 Once Fox Searchlight .51 (5,380) 17% 95 1.8 Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) - $131.30 - - - % Change (Last Year) - -11% - - - % Change (Last Week) - 1% - - -- Also debuting/expanding - Away from Her Mongrel/Lions Gate .22 (690) -56% 316 4.4 La Vie en Rose * Picturehouse .17 (21,020) - 8 0.17 12:08 East of Bucharest Tartan 10,800 - 1 0.01 Belle Toujours New Yorker 5,300 - 1 0.01 Domestic Grosses: To June 7, 2007 Title Distrubutor Gross Spider-Man 3 Sony 321,280,163 Shrek the Third Par 266,142,451 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End BV 232,297,818 300 WB 209,716,307 Wild Hogs BV 164,730,071 Night at the Museum * Fox 135,004,732 Ghost Rider Sony 117,153,808 Blades of Glory Par 116,867,043 Meet the Robinsons BV 96,096,976 Norbit Par 95,846,693 Bridge to Terabithia BV 81,944,676 Disturbia Par 77,245,463 Dreamgirls * Par 66,370,036 The Pursuit of Happyness * Sony 65,771,807 Stomp the Yard Sony 61,591,536 TMNT WB 54,036,715 Music and Lyrics WB 50,572,589 Premonition Sony 48,857,992 Are We Done Yet? Sony   48,797,218 Shooter Par   46,918,941 Domestic Market Share: To June 8, 2007 Distributor (Releases) Gross Market Share Sony (16) 808 20.70% Paramount (13) 792.6 20.30% Buena Vista (13) 620 15.90% Warner Bros. (17) 463.5 11.90% Fox (13) 288.7 7.40% Universal (10) 267.2 6.80% New Line (6) 108.2 2.80% MGM (12) 95.6 2.40% Lions Gate (10) 82.9 2.10% Fox Searchlight (9) 69.5 1.80% Miramax (5) 43.4 1.10% Focus (2) 39.3 1.00% Picturehouse (3) 39.2 1.00% Sony Classics (10) 30.4 0.80% Weinstein Co. (5) 26.4 0.70% Par Vantage (3) 25.4 0.70% IDP (6) 22.1 0.60% Other * (113) 80.3 2.00% * none greater than 0.45% 3902.7 100.00%