..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Kim Voynar
..Michael Wilmington

August 12, 2007 Weekend Finals Domestic Market Share Feel the Rush ... Three was a charm for Rush Hour as it debuted at the top of the charts with an estimated $50.8 million. The heat from the Chan-Tucker action comedy got minimal assistance from a trio of other national debuts. The fantasy adventure Stardust failed to sparkle with a fourth place $8.8 million gross; Daddy Day Camp needed emergency rehab from it $3.5 million weekend and the horror entry Skinwalkers pealed off a spare $540,000. Niche freshmen were in better shape with the Bollywood bow of Chak de India looking strong with $390 k at 75 locations and the romantic comedy 2 Days in Paris posting a $20,500 average at eight venues. The American indie Rocket Science had OK results of $56,300 from its six launch pads. There was considerable nervousness about the third installment of the Rush Hour franchise with pundits skeptical that its late season arrival in a season already chock-a-block with sequels could post hefty opening numbers. Previews assuaged those concerns but many pegged the bow at no more than $40 million prior to opening day. Conversely, there was greater enthusiasm for Stardust than translated at the box office. A kid lit favorite, it appeared to be well placed behind the Harry Potter slipstream and had the type of talent quotient that might bring a nice slice of the adult audience to the multiplex. The reality was no better than lukewarm. While weekend ticket sales took a 13% hit from last weekend's Bourne juggernaut, it continued to outpace the 2006 tempo by 22%. A year ago Talladega Nights led the pack with $22.1 million, followed by debuts of Step Up and World Trade Center with respective openings of $20.7 million and $18.7 million. Ticket buyers weren't buying Daddy Day Camp without Eddie Murphy and while sequels aren't necessarily equals, this follow up wasn't even a contender. It jump started the weekend with a Wednesday bow that generated an additional $1.5 million. There were good expansion results for the upscale Becoming Jane, the tweedy romantic and fanciful Austen biography but both Hot Rod and Bratz experience that sinking feeling along with the Latino musical saga El Cantante. Mirroring the American summer, Bollywood is experiencing a late surge with the likes of Partner and now Chak De India. The promising start for 2 Days in Paris also reflects the picture's solid initial returns in the European art house circuit. - Leonard Klady Weekend Finals - August 10-12, 2007 - - Title Distrib Weekend % Change* Theaters Cume Wks 1 New Rush Hour 3 New Line 49,100,158 - 3778 49,100,158 1 2 1 The Bourne Ultimatum Uni 32,879,125 -52% 3686 131,552,425 2 3 2 The Simpsons Movie Fox 11,269,651 -55% 3552 152,381,993 3 4 New Stardust Par 9,169,779 - 2540 9,169,779 1 5 6 Hairspray New Line 6,396,666 -31% 2805 92,139,670 4 6 3 Underdog BV 6,352,377 -45% 3013 24,643,289 2 7 4 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Uni 5,877,915 -45% 2799 103,777,170 4 8 5 Harry Potter & the Order of Phoenix WB 5,432,130 -43% 2585 272,047,388 5 9 7 No Reservations WB 3,855,029 -41% 2053 32,025,018 3 10 New Daddy Day Camp Sony 3,402,678 - 2332 4,887,285 1 11 8 Transformers Par 3,236,060 -46% 1803 302,869,658 6 12 16 Becoming Jane Miramax 2,902,117 199% 601 4,502,593 2 13 11 Ratatouille BV 2,373,416 -40% 1835 193,415,390 7 14 9 Hot Rod Par 2,223,876 -58% 2607 11,016,352 2 15 10 Bratz Lions Gate 1,420,336 -66% 1509 7,566,705 2 16 12 El Cantante Picturehouse 1,401,148 -56% 537 5,579,231 2 17 New Skinwalkers FreeStyle 753,520 - 745 753,520 1 18 13 Live Free or Die Hard Fox 685,463 -62% 503 131,888,585 7 19 New Les 3 p'tits cochons Christal 462,252 - 98 462,252 1 20 17 Talk to Me Focus 401,942 -40% 193 3,509,574 5 21 New Chak De! India Yash Raj 351,887 - 62 351,887 1 22 21 Shrek the Third Par 316,698 -31% 344 321,329,057 13 23 19 Knocked Up Uni 311,910 -39% 281 146,842,550 11 24 23 Evan Almighty Uni 303,655 -19% 318 97,898,890 8 25 35 Ocean's Thirteen WB 303,368 129% 321 116,267,510 10 26 18 Rescue Dawn MGM 268,848 -52% 403 4,826,789 6 27 20 Sicko LGF/Alliance 265,871 -47% 204 23,249,325 8 28 25 Once Fox Searchlight 259,923 -9% 124 6,964,084 13 29 24 Fantastic Four: Rise of Silver Surfer Fox 229,449 -37% 255 130,788,105 9 30 15 Who's Your Caddy? MGM 187,169 -83% 311 5,371,428 3 31 29 La Vie en Rose TVA/Picturehouse 186,188 -15% 128 8,773,678 21 32 27 Surf's Up Sony 186,072 -20% 253 58,365,173 10 33 22 Sunshine Fox Searchlight 180,704 -60% 116 3,166,574 4 34 New 2 Days in Paris IDP 173,641 - 10 173,641 1 35 33 Deep Sea 3-D WB 167,340 -5% 30 31,284,990 76 36 14 I Know Who Killed Me Sony 146,205 -87% 334 7,032,372 3 37 30 Pirates of Caribbean: At World's End BVI 136,536 -29% 139 307,592,347 12 38 51 No End in Sight Magnolia 118,581 169% 21 235,594 3 39 26 License to Wed WB 113,446 -52% 135 42,893,457 6 40 34 My Best Friend IFC/Christal 113,219 -21% 60 819,988 5 41 28 1408 MGM 106,058 -54% 135 70,918,071 8 42 37 The Ten Thinkfilm 102,725 -15% 40 292,939 2 43 31 Nancy Drew WB 101,061 -43% 189 25,355,848 9 44 36 Spider-Man 3 Sony 77,571 -39% 151 336,436,184 15 45 40 Goya's Ghosts IDP 65,981 -12% 39 590,322 4 46 45 Broken English Magnolia 65,887 4% 41 818,674 8 47 41 Wild Hogs BV 63,550 -13% 83 168,502,638 24 48 42 Waitress Fox Searchlight 59,778 -18% 65 18,699,775 15 49 New Rocket Science Picturehouse 58,536 - 6 58,536 1 50 54 Magnificent Desolation Imax 52,875 32% 5 20,620,011 99 51 57 Moliere Sony Classics 50,671 54% 26 153,605 3 52 46 Paris je t'aime First Look 41,315 -34% 31 4,940,593 14 53 38 Meet the Robinsons BV 41,146 -50% 95 97,690,955 20 54 52 Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia Sky High 39,573 -5% 10 1,023,826 20 55 53 Wild Safari 3-D nWave 39,117 -5% 10 14,653,852 123 56 63 This is England IFC 33,459 76% 9 95,849 3 57 55 Interview Sony Classics 30,653 -20% 26 307,590 5 58 56 Golden Door Miramax 27,019 -22% 23 996,031 12 59 47 Arctic Tale Par Vantage 25,108 128% 24 147,890 3 60 50 Disturbia Par 23,069 -51% 47 80,207,510 18 61 49 Mr. Brooks MGM 20,340 -43% 55 28,476,219 11 62 83 Gypsy Caravan Shadow 19,396 44% 13 250,418 30 63 65 Space Station Imax 17,027 -6% 1 65,680,703 278 64 59 You Kill Me IFC 16,813 -31% 14 2,415,335 8 65 43 Ma Tante Aline Alliance 16,047 -74% 19 776,751 4 Source: Nielsen EDI; MCN   Estimates - August 10-12, 2007 Title Distributor Gross (average) % change * Theaters Cume Rush Hour 3 New Line 50.8 (13,450) - 3778 50.8 The Bourne Ultimatum Uni 33.9 (9,190) -51% 3686 132.5 The Simpson Movie Fox 11.0 (3,090) -56% 3552 152.1 Stardust Par 8.8 (3,470) - 2540 8.8 Hairspray New Line 6.4 (2,290) -30% 2805 92.2 Underdog BV 6.3 (2,100) -45% 3013 24.6 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Uni 5.8 (2,070) -46% 2799 103.7 Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix WB 5.4 (2,100) -43% 2585 272 No Reservations WB 4.0 (1,930) -40% 2053 32.1 Daddy Day Camp Sony 3.5 (1,510) - 2332 5 Transformers Par 3.2 (1,790) -46% 1803 302.9 Becoming Jane Miramax 3.0 (4,940) 205% 601 4.6 Ratatouille BV 2.3 (1,260) -42% 1835 193.3 Hot Rod Par 2.2 (830) -59% 2607 11 Bratz Lions Gate 1.4 (900) -68% 1509 7.5 El Cantante Picturehouse 1.3 (2,320) -61% 542 4.18 Live Free or Die Hard Fox .66 (1,310) -69% 503 131.9 Skinwalkers FreeStyle .54 (730) - 737 0.54 Talk to Me Focus .40 (2,090) -40% 193 3.5 Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) $150.50 - - - % Change (Last Year) - 22% - - - % Change (Last Week) - -13% - - - Also debuting/expanding Chak De India Yash Raj .39 (5,250) - 75 0.39 2 Days in Paris IDP .16 (20,510) - 8 0.16 Rocket Science Picturehouse 56,300 (9,390) - 6 0.06 Dans Paris IFC 12,200 (6,100) - 2 0.01 Descent City Lights 8,400 (4,200) - 2 0.01 Domestic Grosses: To August 9, 2007 Title Distributor Gross Spider-Man 3 Sony 336,351,445 Shrek the Third Par 321,012,359 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End BV 307,455,811 Transformers Par 299,633,598 Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix WB 266,615,258 300 WB 210,702,543 Ratatouille BV 191,042,064 Wild Hogs BV 168,439,088 Knocked Up Uni 146,530,640 The Simpsons Movie Fox 141,112,342 Live Free or Die Hard Fox 131,203,122 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fox 130,558,656 Night at the Museum * Fox 125,041,114 Blades of Glory Par 118,628,332 Ghost Rider Sony 117,257,346 Ocean's Thirteen WB 115,964,142 The Bourne Ultimatum Uni 98,673,300 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Uni 97,899,255 Meet the Robinsons BV 97,649,809 Evan Almighty Uni 97,595,235 Domestic Market Share: To August 9, 2007 Distributor (Releases) Gross Market Share Paramount (15) 1161.4 18.60% Warner Bros. (22) 946.6 15.20% Buena Vista (15) 911.2 14.60% Sony (19) 890.9 14.30% Fox (16) 683.9 11.00% Universal (13) 662.3 10.60% New Line (7) 194.7 3.10% MGM (14) 191.1 3.10% Lions Gate (13) 129.5 2.10% Fox Searchlight (11) 87.4 1.40% Focus (4) 55.8 0.90% Picturehouse (4) 50.8 0.80% Miramax (7) 46.1 0.70% Par Vantage (5) 34.7 0.60% Sony Classics (12) 33.6 0.50% Other * (166) 159.6 2.50% * none greater than 0.4% 6239.6 100%