..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..R.J. Matson
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Michael Wilmington

November 25, 2007 Weekend Estimates Domestic Market Share Some Enchanted Turkey ... The Thanksgiving holiday frame was definitely rich on stuffing with the time travel princess of Enchanted emerging most magical with an estimated $34.8 million during the weekend and $49.5 million from its Wednesday launch. The table was overflowing with new entrees and scant on sides. The Afrocentric This Christmas ranked second with a hearty $18.5 million and Hitman was dead on target in fourth position with $12.8 million. The other national bows had to settle for leftovers with the poignant musical drama August Rush sweeping up $9.4 million and the Stephen King chiller The Mist not so scary with $8.6 million. Alternative and platform fare mostly steered clear with a couple of notable exceptions. The Bob Dylan psycho portrait I'm Not There sampled 130 auditoriums to the tune of $940,000 in its first five-day exposure. There was also rather buoyant response to the drama Starting Out in the Evening that generated averages of about $11,600 from seven venues. In terms of box office it was a virtual carbon copy of Thanksgiving 2006 when second weekends of Happy Feet and Casino Royale topped the frame with respective tallies of $37 million and $30.7 million and the top holiday release was Déjà vu at $20.6 million. However, that also means fewer actual tickets were sold and with more pictures in the marketplace, it meant smaller pieces of the pie, pumpkin notwithstanding. The only significant surprise was a rather more than precipitous drop for Beowulf's second weekend. The bells and whistles attendant with the ancient Nordic saga anticipated a stronger pull for families but the picture is skewing toward young males as it progresses and appears to be less fearsome than opening numbers presaged. The holiday rush pretty much cleared the table of early season platforms with Into the Wild the only early entry still standing in general release. The other limited exposure surprises continue to be the independent warmity Bella and Octogenarian Sidney Lumet's tough as nails thriller Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Todd Haynes' Dylan touchstone I'm Not There bowed to encouraging but less than superlative response and one can only hope critical acclaim in the coming weeks will bolster its appeal. - Leonard Klady Weekend Estimates - November 9-11, 2007 Title Distributor Gross (average) % change * Theaters Cume Enchanted BV 34.8 (9,320) - 3730 49.5 This Christmas Sony 18.5 (9,950) - 1858 26.9 Beowulf Par 16.2 (5,050) -41% 3218 56.4 Hitman Fox 12.8 (5,200) - 2458 20.8 Bee Movie Par 11.9 (3,400) -15% 3507 112.1 Fred Claus WB 10.5 (2,920) -12% 3603 52.9 August Rush WB 9.4 (4,060) - 2310 13.3 American Gangster Uni 9.2 (3,290) -28% 2799 115.8 The Mist MGM 8.6 (3,530) - 2423 12.6 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Fox 7.8 (2,450) -19% 3168 22.1 No Country for Old Men Miramax 7.7 (9,000) 152% 860 16.3 Dan in Real Life BV 3.2 (2,140) -25% 1502 42.4 Lions for Lambs MGM 1.3 (860) -55% 1527 13.9 Love in the Time of Cholera New Line .89 (1,040) -54 852 3.4 Before the Devil Knows Your Dead Thinkfilm .83 (3,190) 34% 260 3.2 Bella Roadside Attract. .71 (1,970) -31% 360 6.1 I'm Not There Weinstein Co. .69 (5,310) - 130 0.94 Into the Wild Par Vantage .68 (1,920) -21% 354 15 Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) $155.70 - --- -- % Change (Last Year) -- -1% - - - % Change (Last Week) -- 54% - - - Also debuting/expanding - - - - - Margot at the Wedding Par Vantage .39 (11,200) 384% 35 0.58 Starting Out in the Evening Roadside At. 81,300 (11,610) 7 0.08 Midnight Eagle Shochiku 3,160 (1,630) - 2 0.01 Domestic Releases - To November 15, 2007 Title Distributor Gross Spider-Man 3 Sony 336,635,065 Shrek the Third Par 323,109,978 Transformers Par 319,272,199 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End BV 309,481,737 Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix WB 291,829,680 The Bourne Ultimatum Uni 227,077,350 300 WB 210,702,543 Ratatouille BV 205,978,785 The Simpsons Movie Fox 183,017,628 Wild Hogs BV 168,602,747 Knocked Up Uni 148,835,304 Rush Hour 3 NLC 140,125,968 Live Free or Die Hard Fox 134,529,403 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fox 131,921,738 Night at the Museum * Fox 125,041,114 Superbad Sony 121,733,216 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Uni 120,039,902 Hairspray NLC 119,382,487 Blades of Glory Par 118,628,332 Ghost Rider Sony 117,257,346   Domestic Market Share - November 15, 2007 Distributor (releases) Gross (millions) Mrkt Share Paramount (18) 1346.3 16.30% Sony (27) 1174.9 14.20% Warner Bros. (28) 1107.7 13.40% Buena Vista (18) 1087.1 13.10% Universal (19) 1016.9 12.30% Fox (19) 761.7 9.20% New Line (12) 423.6 5.10% Lions Gate (20) 363.1 4.40% MGM (23) 303.1 3.70% Focus (8) 108.3 1.30% Fox Searchlight (12) 100.9 1.20% Miramax (9) 82.7 1.00% Picturehouse (7) 56.9 0.70% Paramount Vantage (6) 48.5 0.60% Other * (275) 289.7 3.50% - 8271.4 100.00%