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Rank	Last Week	Studio	Film	Date	Est Gross	6/29's Est	Comment
1	1	Dis	Pirates of the Caribbean II	July 7	$442m	$375m	4 record-breaking days... 1 day comes up short of the record by $354k... we're in that thin, thin air
2	2	Dis	Cars	June 9	$235m	$235m	#2 by default
3	3	Fox	X-Men: The Last Stand	May 26	$233m	$233m	$440m worldwide cap
4	4	Sony	The Da Vinci Code	May 19	$217m	$217m	Looks like $735m worldwide
5	5	WB	Superman	June 28	$195m	$216m	A long road ($53m as of Tuesday) to $200 million... $40m behind X3 after 14
6	6	Sony	Monster House	July 21	$173m	$173m	Has some space to run, could be the next Iron Giant or a true phenom
7	7	DWA	Over The Hedge	May 19	$152m	$152m	xxx
8	8	Par	Mission: Impossible 3	May 5	$134m	$135m	About $355 worldwide
9	9	Fox	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	July 21	$130m	$130m	Tough sledding with Monster House young, Lady In The Water older, & P2 still in the 20s or 30s
10	10	Sony	Click	June 23	$127m	$127m	xxx
11	11	Par	World Trade Center	Aug 11	$125m	$125m	One professional whore loves it... but still not in front of legit press
12	12	U	The Break Up	June 2	$116m	$116m	xxx
13	13	U	Miami Vice	July 28	$89m	$109m	Great movie, but made for adults, not for 4 quadrant $ chase
14	14	Fox	The Devil Wears Prada	June 30	$95m	$95m	Should survive this weekend's 2 crass comedies, but next week, a plunging neckline
15	15	WB	Lady in the Water	July 21	$90m	$90m	The Village & Unbreakable both around $250ww... would be a surprise if this wasn't....
16	16	WB	The Ant Bully	Aug 4	$85m	$85m	Head scratcher
17	21	Sony	Little Man	July 14	$80m	$64m	Raunchy PG-13... see Scary Movie's 3 of 4 $40m+ openings
18	18	Par	Nacho Libre	June 16	$78m	$78m	Will be slaughter by the newbies this weekend
19	19	Sony	Talladega Nights	Aug 4	$75m	$75m	The studio seems to like the movie a lot... but needs to convince audiences that feel burned by last summer's duel debacles
20	17	U	You, Me & Dupree	July 14	$70m	$80m	Gets there on centrifical force... maybe
21	20	NL	Snakes On A Plane	Aug 18	$68m	$68m	Fascinating watching transition from cult event to mainstream sell
22	23	U	Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift	June 16	$62m	$59m	xxx
23	22	WB	Poseidon	May 12	$61m	$61m	xxx
24	24	Fox	The Omen	June 6	$55m	$55m	xxx
25	26	WB	The Lake House	June 16	$51m	$49m	xxx
26	25	FoxS	Little Miss Sunshine	July 28	$50m	$50m	xxx
27	27	Par	Barnyard	July 28	$45m	$45m	-xxx
28	28	Sony	Zoom	Aug 11	$36m	$36m	xxx
29	29	Focus	Fearless	Aug 4	$30m	$30m	xxx
30	30	TWC	Clerks II: The Passion Of The Clerks	July 21	$28m	$28m	xxx
31	31	Fox	Garfield's A Tale Of 2 Kitties	June 23	$26m	$25m	xxx
32	41	Fox	John Tucker Must Die	July 28	$25m	$16m	-
33	32	U	Accepted	Aug 11	$24m	$24m	xxx
34	-	Focus	Scoop	July 28	$23m	-	Did Woody recover enough trust via Match Point?
35	33	WB	Waist Deep	June 23	$21m	$22m	xxx
36	34	Dim	DOA: Dead or Alive	Aug 25	$21m	$21m	The German trailer is here
37	35	PH	A Prairie Home Companion	June 9	$18m	$20m	Losing screens fast now...
38	36	ParC	An Inconvenient Truth	May 24	$17m	$18m	Losing screens...
39	37	WB	Beerfest	Aug 25	$17.5m	$17.5m	xxx
40	38	Fox	Just My Luck	May 12	$17.3m	$17.5m	First studio summer film to go completely out of theatrical
41	39	NL	How To Eat Fried Worms	Aug 25	$17m	$17m	xxx
42	40	Free	An American Haunting	May 5	$16.2m	$16.2m	xxx
43	43	Diim	Pulse	July 14	$13m	$13m	xxx
44	44	U	Idlewild	Aug 25	$9m	$12m	xxx
45	45	NL	Hoot	May 5	$8.1m	$8.1m	xxx
46	42	WIP	A Scanner Darkly	July 7	$8m	$14.5m	Decent local start, but is there anywhere to go with this critic's favorite?
47	46	1stL	The Proposition	May 5	$1.6m	$1.6m	xxx

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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