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..R.J. Matson
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Michael Wilmington

Rank	Last Week	Studio	Film	Date	Est Gross	6/29's Est	Comment
1	1	Dis	Pirates of the Caribbean II	July 7	$375m	$375m	The first one did $305 million
2	4	Dis	Cars	June 9	$235m	$215m	Even a little weaker than usual, The DiXar abides
3	3	Fox	X-Men: The Last Stand	May 26	$233m	$225m	xxx
4	5	Sony	The Da Vinci Code	May 19	$217m	$210m	About $57 million from Top 20 all-time worldwide (or $25m if Pirates 2 doesn't get into the top 20 also)
5	2	WB	Superman	June 28	$216m	$250m	Waiting for the other pegleg to drop...
6	6	Sony	Monster House	July 21	$173m	$173m	Gaining steam..
7	8	DWA	Over The Hedge	May 19	$152m	$145m	xxx
8	9	Par	Mission: Impossible 3	May 5	$135m	$135m	xxx
9	16	Fox	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	July 21	$130m	$80m	Finally looking like a movie in ads...
10	7	Sony	Click	June 23	$127m	$150m	It's A Stupidful Night
11	10	Par	World Trade Center	Aug 11	$125m	$125m	Paramount has already launched TV spots... they can taste it.
12	11	U	The Break Up	June 2	$116m	$113m	Has held on like a champ
13	12	U	Miami Vice	July 28	$109m	$110m	One of the few intensely anticipated late season flicks
14	19	Fox	The Devil Wears Prada	June 30	$95m	$65m	Looking more profitable than X3
15	14	WB	Lady in the Water	July 21	$90m	$90m	Can't seem to get a foothold
16	15	WB	The Ant Bully	Aug 4	$85m	$85m	xxx
17	13	U	You, Me & Dupree	July 14	$80m	$102m	The other white crasher
18	18	Par	Nacho Libre	June 16	$78m	$74m	You've done well, my son
19	17	Sony	Talladega Nights	Aug 4	$75m	$75m	Will Farrell needs to rev it up
20	22	NL	Snakes On A Plane	Aug 18	$68m	$57m	xxx
21	20	Sony	Little Man	July 14	$64m	$64m	Could leap... no R rated comedy hit yet
22	21	WB	Poseidon	May 12	$61m	$58m	The one true disaster of the summer
23	24	U	Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift	June 16	$59m	$54m	xxx
24	23	Fox	The Omen	June 6	$55m	$56m	xxx
25	25	FoxS	Little Miss Sunshine	July 28	$50m	$50m	xxx
26	26	WB	The Lake House	June 16	$49m	$45m	xxx
27	35	Par	Barnyard	July 28	$45m	$18m	-xxx
28	27	Sony	Zoom	Aug 11	$36m	$36m	xxx
29	28	Focus	Fearless	Aug 4	$30m	$30m	xxx
30	29	TWC	Clerks II: The Passion Of The Clerks	July 21	$28m	$28m	I heart Kevin Smith
31	30	Fox	Garfield's A Tale Of 2 Kitties	June 23	$25m	$25m	I want tuna, I want liver, This time kitty, Don't deliver
32	32	U	Accepted	Aug 11	$24m	$24m	-
33	33	WB	Waist Deep	June 23	$22m	$22m	Not really that deep
34	34	Dim	DOA: Dead or Alive	Aug 25	$21m	$21m	The German trailer is here
35	42	PH	A Prairie Home Companion	June 9	$20m	$14m	xxx
36	43	ParC	An Inconvenient Truth	May 24	$18m	$13.5m	-xxx
37	36	WB	Beerfest	Aug 25	$17.5m	$17.5m	From the director of The Dukes of Hazzard...
38	40	Fox	Just My Luck	May 12	$17.5m	$15m	-
39	37	NL	How To Eat Fried Worms	Aug 25	$17m	$17m	-
40	38	Free	An American Haunting	May 5	$16.2m	$16.5m	-
41	39	Fox	John Tucker Must Die	July 28	$16m	$16m	-
42	41	WIP	A Scanner Darkly	July 7	$14.5m	$14.5m	-
43	44	Diim	Pulse	July 14	$13m	$13m	-
44	45	U	Idlewild	Aug 25	$12m	$12m	-
45	47	NL	Hoot	May 5	$8.1m	$9m	-
46	49	1stL	The Proposition	May 5	$1.6m	$3.1m	-

THE COLUMN Week 12 - 6/29 Week 11 - 6/22 Week Ten - 6/15 Week Nine - 6/8 Week Eight - 6/1 Week Seven - 5/25 Week Six - 5/18 Week Five- 5/11 Week Four - 5/4 Week Three - 4/27 Week Two - 4/20 Week One - 4/13

THE BOX OFFICE CHARTS Week 12 - 6/29 Week 11 - 6/22 Week Ten - 6/15 Week Nine - 6/8 Week Seven - 5/25 Week Six- 5/18 Week Five - 5/11 Week Four - 5/4 Week Two - 4/20 Week One - 4/13

 

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