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

June 8, 2008 Weekend Finals Domestic Market Share Top Global Grossers Pandering to the Masses... A pair of unusual martial arts movies kicked up interest in movie going by double digits. The animated adventure Kung Fu Panda led the frame with an estimated $59.8 million debut session followed by Adam Sandler's political comedy spin Don't Mess with the Zohan that grossed $40.3 million in its opening weekend. The session was also rife with niche and limited releases including the Bollywood circuit Sarkar Raj that rang up one of the best openings of the year of $550,000. Also potent was foreign-language Oscar nominee the historic epic Mongol that scored a $25,360 average from five theaters. Brit import When Did You Last See Your Father grossed $37,200 in eight engagements, Italian horror maestro Dario Argento's Mother of Tears bowed with $29,800 from seven screens and American indie The Promotion left six offices with $26,500. Expectations were close to target for the two freshmen entries though Thursday advance ticketing for Panda via movietickets.com were running close to seven times stronger. The animated fable's opening day $20.3 million box office anticipated a $60 million plus result but Saturday business spiked just 11% indicating summer movie going arcs had commenced now that more than 50% of schools have let out for the year. It was also unusual to see that Friday exit polls showed that 51% of the audience was older than 25 and 55% was female. Sandler's Zohan had virtually identical age and gender demographics (women represented 51%) but his splits were more typical of past performances for both comedies and his movies. The yarn of an Israeli agent turned Manhattan hairdresser was largely met with critical incredulity or damned with grudging praise. Overall business climbed to roughly $177 million that translated into a 5% boost from the prior weekend. It had a more demonstrable 33% uptick from 2007 when Ocean's Thirteen opening led the frame with $36.1 million and the bow of animated penguins in Surf's Up ranked fourth with $17.6 million. Last weekend's top choice Sex and the City experienced a steeper than expected 63% decline. With the summer session barely started, industry mavens are at a loss to explain faster fades for comedies and family fare such as Prince Caspian. The film industry traditionally gets the yips whenever there's a blip in traditional movie going patterns and prays to the box office gods that such occurrences are anomalies that require no explanation. Changes in movie going habits have been shifting at a glacial pace for more than two decades; mostly at some expense to the exhibition community. Response to the slow erosion for the theatrical experience has been equally sluggish as the industry, as ever, responds best to catastrophe. - Leonard Klady Weekend Finals - June 6-8, 2008 Title Distrib Weekend % Change* Theaters Cume Wks 1 New Kung Fu Panda Par 60,239,130 4114 60,239,130 1 2 New You Don't Mess with the Zohan Sony 38,531,374 3462 38,531,374 1 3 2 Indiana Jones & Kingdom of Crystal Skull Par 22,793,630 -49% 4190 253,014,750 3 4 1 Sex and the City WB 21,218,305 -63% 3325 99,177,283 2 5 3 The Strangers Uni/Alliance 8,941,970 -57% 2477 37,298,770 2 6 4 Iron Man Par 7,477,439 -45% 2931 288,847,640 6 7 5 Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian BV 5,658,836 -55% 3065 125,977,010 4 8 6 What Happens in Vegas Fox 3,437,801 -48% 2366 72,267,894 5 9 8 Baby Mama Uni 806,750 -63% 922 57,931,215 7 10 9 Made of Honor Sony 804,055 -58% 740 44,689,497 6 11 New Sarkar Raj Eros 642,523 70 642,523 1 12 10 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Uni 481,780 -54% 442 61,551,440 8 13 11 The Visitor Overture 477,091 -14% 260 6,002,382 9 14 7 Speed Racers WB 427,547 -81% 855 42,075,228 5 15 13 Horton Hears a Who Fox 254,418 -31% 347 153,018,574 13 16 14 The Fall Roadside Attract. 249,967 -28% 111 1,068,587 5 17 19 21 Sony 213,403 4% 250 82,357,668 11 18 17 Nim's Island Fox 192,400 -17% 289 46,417,751 10 19 16 Then She Found Me Thinkfilm/TVA 181,341 -26% 129 3,111,146 7 20 21 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure nWave 180,873 -5% 48 13,899,766 36 21 12 Harold & Kumar Escape Guantanamo WB 178,402 -63% 240 37,401,751 7 22 23 Prom Night Sony/Alliance 174,904 28% 303 44,218,792 9 23 18 Young@Heart Fox Searchlight 150,679 -32% 147 3,111,146 9 24 New Mongel Picturehouse 135,326 5 135,326 1 25 22 Son of Rambow Par Vantage 119,065 -28% 155 1,370,446 6 26 20 College Road Trip BV 118,037 -40% 188 44,735,882 14 27 25 Dolphins and Whales 3-D 3D Entertainment 100,157 -13% 15 2,222,804 16 28 26 Roman de Gare IDP 95,492 -8% 36 784,725 7 29 15 Forbidden Kingdom Lions Gate 87,482 -65% 160 51,924,040 8 30 79 Meet the Browns Lions Gate 71,430 432% 134 42,227,540 12 31 40 The Children of Huang Shi Sony Classice 67,362 48% 30 197,360 3 32 24 Drillbit Taylor Par 64,307 -47% 90 32,802,516 12 33 27 U2 3D nWave 58,229 -34% 10 8,320,845 20 34 39 Reprise Miramax 52,018 3% 15 326,397 4 35 29 The Counterfeiters Sony Classics 52,002 -35% 66 5,246,694 16 36 41 Priceless IDP 51,316 14% 31 1,433,040 11 37 53 Bigger, Stronger, Faster Magnolia 50,966 61% 19 96,418 2 38 47 The Foot Fist Way Par Vantage 49,328 35% 17 99,392 2 39 67 War Inc. First Look 47,503 138% 23 130,258 3 40 28 Superhero Movie MGM 45,001 -46% 90 25,726,090 11 41 56 The Spiderwick Chronicles Par 43,256 54% 36 71,709,209 17 42 73 Deception Fox 40,509 234% 39 4,575,019 7 43 New When Did You Last See Your Father Sony Classics 39,210 8 39,210 1 44 32 Before the Rains Roadside Attract. 38,947 -40% 31 512,082 5 45 36 Leatherheads Uni 38,155 -36% 81 31,268,330 10 46 70 Under the Same Moon Weinstein Co. 37,233 100% 90 12,507,834 12 47 30 10,000 B.C. WB 36,290 -48% 76 94,720,062 14 48 48 The Stone Angel Alliance 36,089 0% 15 336,551 5 49 68 In Bruges Focus 34,454 75% 30 7,716,240 18 50 50 Deep Sea 3-D WB 33,211 5% 10 35,465,777 119 51 37 Edge of Heaven Metropole 33,165 -41% 9 260,694 6 52 New 99 Francs Equinoxe 30,960 8 30,960 1 53 New The Promotion Weinstein Co. 30,493 6 30,493 1 54 31 Street Kings Fox Searchlight 29,718 -54% 54 26,301,813 9 55 33 88 Minutes Sony  29,099 -54% 50 17,254,043 8 56 60 Magnificent Desolation Imax 26,921 5% 6 24,040,646 141 57 55 The Bucket List WB 25,096 -15% 43 93,491,598 24 58 38 The Bank Job Lions Gate 23,106 -56% 19 30,083,766 14 59 66 Savage Grace IFC 22,891 3% 7 55,856 2 60 34 The Ruins Par 22,788 -64% 61 17,402,425 10 61 35 Space Station 3-D Imax 22,583 -64% 5 75,319,180 320 62 88 Stuck Thinkfilm  22,552 155% 16 35,998 2 63 64 Roving Mars BV 22,526 -8% 8 8,851,808 124 64 46 Shine a Light Par Vantage 22,378 -39% 22 5,315,423 10 65 61 Surfwise Magnolia 21,495 -12% 12 118,989 5 66 RE Stop-Loss Par Vantage 21,452 83 10,891,554 11 67 62 Fool's Gold WB 20,041 -18% 37 70,311,547 18 68 72 Jumper Fox 20,002 20% 17 79,883,800 17 69 57 Emma Smith: My Story Candlelight 19,947 -28% 7 611,479 7 70 New Mother of Tears Weinstein Co. 19,418 7 19,418 1   Estimates - June 6-8, 2008 Title Distributor Gross (average) % change * Theaters Cume Kung Fu Panda Par 59.8 (14,540) - 4114 59.8 Don't Mess with the Zohan Sony 40.3 (11,630) - 3462 40.3 Indian Jones & Kingdom of Crystal Skull Par 22.9 (5,460) -49% 4190 253.1 Sex and the City WB 21.3 (6,410) -63% 3325 99.2 The Strangers Uni/Alliance 9.2 (3,740) -56% 2466 37.6 Iron Man Par 7.4 (2,520) -45% 2931 288.8 Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian BV 5.5 (1,780) -57% 3065 125.8 What Happens in Vegas Fox 3.4 (1,420) -50% 2366 72.2 Baby Mama Uni .81 (880) -63% 922 57.9 Made of Honor Sony .73 (990) -62% 740 44.6 Sarkar Raj Eros .55 (7,860) 70 0.55 The Visitor Overture .51 (1,960) -8% 260 6 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Uni .47 (1,060) -56% 442 61.5 Speed Racer WB .36 (420) -84% 855 42 Horton Hears a Who Fox .26 (1,020) -29% 255 153 The Fall Roadside Attraction .22 (2,240) -36% 98 1.04 Harold & Kumar Escape Guantanamo Bay WB .21 (870) -62% 240 37.4 Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) - $172.40 - - - % Change (Last Year) - 33% - - - % Change (Last Week) - 5% - - - Also debuting/expanding Mongol Picturehouse .13 (25,360) - 5 0.13 Whin Did You Last See Your Father Sony Classics 37,200 (4,650) - 8 0.04 99 Francs Equinoxe 31,900 (3,990) - 1 0.03 Mother of Tears Myriad 29,800 (4,260) - 7 0.03 The Promotion Weinstein Co. 26,500 (4,410) - 6 0.03 Take Out Cavu 9,900 (9,900) - 1 0.01 Grocer's Son * Film Movement 9,500 (9,500) - 1 0.54 The Go-Getter Peace Arch 8,800 (2,200) - 4 0.01 Domestic Market Share - To June 5, 2008 Distributor (releases) Gross Market Share Paramount (10) 752.9 19.90% Fox (12) 578.5 15.30% Warner Bros. (15) 541.5 14.30% Buena Vista (9) 394.2 10.40% Sony (14) 381.3 10.10% Universal (9) 304.1 8.00% Lions Gate (8) 202.8 5.40% Fox Searchlight (5) 149.8 4.00% Par Vantage (8) 71.1 1.90% New Line (4) 61.8 1.60% Focus (4) 59.9 1.60% Miramax (5) 47.8 1.30% MGM (9) 46.3 1.20% Summit (2) 34.9 0.90% Overture (3) 26.3 0.70% Other * (150) 130.1 3.40% * none greater than 0.5% 3783.3 100.00% Top Limited Grossers - To June 5, 2008 Title Distributor Gross Under the Same Moon Weinstein Co. 12,470,601 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Focus 12,413,165 U2 3D nWave 8,262,616 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure nWave 8,026,640 In Bruges Focus 7,681,408 The Orphanage Picture/Christal 6,894,612 The Visitor Overture 5,525,291 Shine a Light Par Vantage 5,293,045 The Counterfeiters Sony Classics 5,194,692 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Mrmx 5,064,793 The Savages Fox Searchlight 4,795,616 Persepolis Sony Classics 4,266,064 Jodhaa Akbar UTV 3,440,718 The Band's Visit Sony Classics 3,017,907 Young@Heart Fox Searchlight 2,960,467 Then She Found Me Thinkfilm 2,619,388 Dolphins and Whales 3D 3D Entertainment 2,122,647 Space Station Imax 2,042,138 Magnificent Desolation Imax 1,941,595 Dans un galaxie pres de chez nous 2 TVA 1,722,069 * none greater than 703 playdates - -