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

November 2, 2008 Weekend Finals Domestic Market Share Top Domestic Releases Boo! All Hallow's Eve spooked the box office with debuts and holdovers crushed Friday as the nation dressed up and hit the streets but not the multiplexes. Even with a Saturday bounce back overall and individual performances were tepid with High School Musical once again leading the session with an estimated $14.8 million. Slacker comedy Zack and Mira Make a Porno was the leader among new releases, ranking third with $9.4 million. It just edged out the expansion of Changeling while the launch of holiday appropriate The Haunting of Molly Hartley slotted fifth with $5.3 million. Niche and limited bows included a couple of openers on the Bollywood circuit hoping to capitalize on the Diwali holiday period. However, both Golmaal Returns and Fashion generated no better than fair business with respective grosses of $180,000 and $110,000. The cross-cultural comedy The Other End of The Line failed to connect with box office of $60,300 at 91 call centers and the low rent shocker Splinter slivered off $8,800 from four screens. Slightly better was the Israeli import Some Day You'll Find Out with $17,400 at three and a strong single screen response for the offbeat comedy My Name is Brue of $17,100. Overall business pushed toward $85 million that translated into a 37% decline from seven days earlier. It was 38% behind 2007 box office when the openings of American Gangster and Bee Movie led with respective grosses of $43.6 million and $38 million. While Halloween traditionally has an impact on movie going, it proved even more severe this year with its Friday calendar arrival. High School Musical 3 was especially affected with a 90% decline for the day and in general films performed at levels of 80% to 90% of expectations. Still neither of the weekend freshmen was expected to rack up better than average box office and whether taken literally or marked on the curve shape up as movies that will be squeezed out by Thanksgiving. Following its toe test last weekend Changeling expanded nationally and the period drama racked up solid per screens and a not unexpected 61% female, 68% plus 30 audience based on exit polling. The session largely saw distributors taking a pass on new releases and expansions. Rachel Getting Married continued a slow and steady increase and the Brit gangster comedy RocknRolla had its first significant push with OK results. However, the spate of new entries regardless of size looked very much like a massive dumping operation. For the weekend's big news one had to look afield to the launch of the new Bond, Quantum of Solace. It premiered in the U.K., France and Sweden and early estimates have it racking up boffo biz of close to $40 million based upon admittedly wavering international exchange rates. - Leonard Klady Weekend Finals - October 31-November 2, 2008 - - Title Distrib Weekend % Change* Theaters Cume Wks 1 1 High School Musical 3: Senior Year BV 15,316,072 -64% 3626 62,034,083 2 2 New Zack and Mira Make a Porno Weinstein Co. 10,065,630 - 2735 10,065,630 1 3 2 Saw V Lions Gate 9,741,578 -68% 3084 45,469,006 2 4 21 Changeling Uni 9,351,560 1812% 1850 10,031,122 2 5 New The Haunting of Molly Hartley FreeStyle 5,423,315 - 2652 5,423,315 1 6 4 Beverly Hills Chihuahua BV 4,864,021 -29% 3004 84,177,645 5 7 6 The Secret Life of Bees Fox Searchlight 4,010,668 -34% 1611 25,297,621 3 8 3 Max Payne Fox 3,688,253 -53% 2564 35,538,365 3 9 8 Eagle Eye Par 3,482,655 -31% 2007 92,616,665 6 10 5 Pride and Glory WB 3,363,452 -46% 2585 11,719,094 2 11 7 W. Lions Gate 2,384,386 -53% 1803 22,332,195 3 12 9 Body of Lies WB 2,304,348 -43% 1414 34,551,015 4 13 40 RockNRolla WB 1,872,495 1724% 826 2,496,188 4 14 11 Fireproof IDP 1,731,843 -20% 887 26,114,966 6 15 10 Quarantine Sony 1,125,636 -56% 1289 30,794,171 4 16 16 Appaloosa WB 819,477 -31% 855 17,621,357 7 17 18 Rachel Getting Married Sony Classics 711,380 -13% 133 3,691,540 5 18 12 Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist Sony 690,225 -66% 679 30,777,239 5 19 15 The Duchess Par Vantage 623,310 -50% 527 12,331,518 7 20 14 Nights in Rodanthe WB 582,336 -57% 737 40,318,422 6 21 17 Religulous Lions Gate 577,059 -39% 405 11,478,638 5 22 19 Burn After Reading Focus 456,578 -39% 327 58,976,060 8 23 20 Passchandaele Alliance 386,263 -36% 181 2,580,891 3 24 13 Sex Drive Summit 386,238 -79% 573 7,955,139 3 25 25 Nightmare Before Christmas 3D (re) BV 294,622 -26% 209 867,364 2 26 33 Happy-Go-Lucky Mrmx 277,006 63% 60 762,761 4 27 27 The Dark Knight WB 270,468 -9% 149 528,213,279 16 28 22 City of Ember Fox 225,045 -53% 257 7,221,478 4 29 38 What Just Happened Magnolia 218,876 68% 88 656,183 3 30 28 Wall-E BV 211,392 -16% 253 222,722,986 19 31 New Golmaal Returns Studio 18 210,092 - 60 210,092 1 32 24 Lakeview Terrace Sony 184,900 -57% 232 39,263,506 7 33 23 The Express Uni 151,225 -67% 263 9,589,875 4 34 29 Journey to the Center of the Earth WB 149,201 -29% 196 101,309,231 17 35 45 I've Loved You So Long Sony Class/Metro 121,568 68% 20 443,014 8 36 32 Tropic Thunder Par 120,057 -30% 220 110,268,794 12 37 84 The House Bunny Sony 116,228 569% 226 48,476,402 11 38 26 Heroes Eros 112,536 -65% 60 587,206 2 39 39 Mamma Mia! Uni 111,235 -10% 178 143,704,210 16 40 New Fashion UTV 105,812 - 40 105,812 1 41 31 Synecdoche, New York Sony Classics 99,363 -42% 9 337,850 2 42 36 Igor MGM 84,985 -41% 186 18,863,901 7 43 35 Vicky Christina Barcelona MGM 82,160 -46% 52 22,121,273 12 44 37 The Family That Preys Lions Gate 78,835 -43% 101 37,355,764 8 45 34 Noah's Arc:  Jumping the Broom Open Door 74,329 -51% 5 287,920 2 46 44 Righteous Kill Overture 68,806 -12% 142 39,497,062 8 47 53 Let the Right One In Magnolia 66,694 35% 7 141,752 2 48 41 Le Deserteur TVA 60,151 -35% 40 196,970 2 49 66 The Women Picturehouse 59,467 78% 164 26,814,683 8 50 New The Other End of the Line MGM 59,078 - 91 59,078 1 51 43 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure nWave 52,324 -35% 25 19,561,014 57 52 42 Ghost Town Par 40,901 -50% 61 13,098,404 7 53 30 Passengers Sony 40,298 -77% 123 270,659 2 54 78 Death Race Uni 37,614 50% 77 36,229,155 11 55 58 Deep Sea 3-D WB 37,451 -10% 10 36,759,558 140 56 60 Dolphins and Whales 3-D 3D Entertainment 36,124 -11% 11 4,987,795 38 57 47 Kung Fu Panda Par 35,933 -44% 81 215,770,284 22 58 52 Tell No One Music Box 35,476 -28% 30 5,983,180 18 59 54 The Mummy: Tomb of Dragon Emperor Uni 34,665 -29% 74 103,110,914 14 60 51 The Longshots MGM 32,443 -38% 70 11,434,600 11 61 49 Pineapple Express Sony 30,598 -46% 74 88,071,079 13 62 74 Heaven on Earth Mongrel 29,856 11% 9 66,431 2 63 64 A Secret Strand 29,279 -18% 8 411,760 9 64 62 Mirrors Fox 29,017 -24% 58 30,664,153 12 65 55 Star Wars: The Clone Wars WB 28,484 -41% 84 35,129,959 12 66 68 Frozen River Sony Classics 26,277 -14% 24 2,198,174 14 67 76 Forever Strong Crane 24,228 -7% 17 630,649 6 68 57 My Best Friend's Girl Lions Gate 23,757 -46% 47 19,302,758 7 69 63 Step Brothers Sony 22,737 -40% 57 101,256,255 15 70 48 An American Carol Vivendi 22,720 -62% 77 7,001,720 5 71 70 Transsiberian First Look 21,950 -24% 24 2,191,800 16 72 98 Fear(s) of the Dar IFC 21,928 259% 8 33,620 2 73 56 Flash of Genius Uni 20,794 -54% 45 4,377,232 5 74 91 I.O.U.S.A. Roadside Attract. 20,558 158% 25 773,501 11 75 61 Man on Wire Magnolia 20,161 -48% 20 2,771,553 15 76 71 Magnificent Desolation Imax 20,092 -29% 5 26,250,856 163 77 77 Get Smart WB 19,952 -22% 32 130,313,314 20 78 New One Day You'll Understand Kino 19,198 - 3 19,198 1 79 New Le Premier jour de reste de ta vie Seville 18,241 - 6 18,241 1 80 72 Kotha Bangaru Lokam Great India 17,877 -37% 10 137,089 3 81 82 Ashes of Time: Redux Sony Classics 17,787 -9% 18 104,858 4 82 69 Hancock Sony 17,405 -41% 38 229,402,172 18 83 50 Aegan Ayngaran 17,338 -69% 11 74,581 2 Source: MCN/EDI   Estimates - October 31 - November 2, 2008 Title Distributor Gross (average) % change * Theaters Cume High School Musical 3 BV 14.8 (4,070) -65% 3626 61.5 Saw V Lions Gate 9.7 (3,140) -68% 3084 45.4 Zack and Mira Make a Porno Weinstein Co. 9.4 (3,450) - 2735 9.4 Changeling Uni 9.3 (5,040) 1808% 1850 10 The Haunting of Molly Hartley FreeStyle 5.3 (2,010) - 2652 5.3 Beverly Hills Chihuahua BV 4.7 (1,560) -32% 3004 84 The Secret Life of Bees Fox Searchlight 3.9 (2,430) -35% 1611 25.2 Max Payne Fox   3.6 (1,400) -54% 2564 35.4 Eagle Eye Par 3.4 (1,680) -33% 2007 92.5 Pride and Glory WB 3.3 (1,270) -48% 2585 11.6 Body of Lies WB 2.3 (1,640) -43% 1414 34.6 W. Lions Gate 2.2 (1,240) -56% 1803 22.2 Fireproof IDP 1.7 (1,930) -21% 887 26.1 RocknRolla WB 1.7 (2,080) 67% 826 2.3 Quarantine Sony 1.1 (870) -57% 1289 30.8 Appaloosa WB .81 (950) -32% 855 17.6 Rachel Getting Married Sony Classics .69 (5,110) -16% 135 3.7 Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist Sony .67 (990) -67% 679 30.2 The Duchess Par Vantage .59 (1,120) -53% 527 12.3 Nights at Rodanthe WB .57 (770) -58% 737 40.3 Religulous Lions Gate .54 (1,330) -43% 405 11.1 Passchendaele Alliance .53 (2,830) -12% 187 2.7 Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) $80.80 - - - % Change (Last Year) - -38% - - - % Change (Last Week) - -37% - - - Also debuting/expanding Happy-Go-Lucky Miramax .28 (4,700) 67% 60 0.76 Nightmare Before Christmas 3D (reissue) BV .27 (1,301) -32% 209 0.84 Golmaal Returns Studio 18 .18 (2,960) - 60 0.18 Fashion Yash Raj .11 (2,740) - 40 0.11 Synecdoche, New York Sony Classics 85,100 (9,360) -51% 9 0.33 The Other End of the Line MGM 60,300 (660) - 91 0.06 One Day You'll Find Out Kino 17,400 (5,800) - 3 0.02 My Name is Bruce Image 17,100 (17,100) - 1 0.02 Splinter Magnolia 8,800 (2,200) - 4 0.01 Eden Lake Weinstein Co. 5,200 (520) - 10 0.01 Domestic Market Share - To October 30, 2008 Distributor (releases) Gross Mrkt Share Warner Bros. (26) 1557.7 19.60% Paramount (15) 1337.3 16.80% Sony (23) 1052.1 13.20% Universal (19) 974.4 12.20% Fox (21) 819.6 10.30% Buena Vista (16) 790.9 9.90% Lions Gate (17) 357.2 4.50% Fox Searchlight (7) 175.1 2.20% Focus (6) 123.4 1.60% MGM (14) 106.1 1.30% Overture (6) 94.9 1.20% Paramount Vantage (11) 84.7 1.10% Picturehouse (7) 63.1 0.80% New Line (4) 61.8 0.80% Miramax (8) 58.5 0.70% Summit (4) 54.6 0.70% Other * (288) 247.5 3.10% * none greater than 0.4% 7958.9 100.00% Top Global Grossers - To November 30, 2008 Title Distributor Gross The Dark Knight WB 989,575,395 Indiana Jones & Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par 786,000,274 Kung Fu Panda Par 630,863,444 Hancock Sony 625,528,707 Iron Man Par/Marvel 581,792,704 Mamma Mia! Uni 555,214,372 Wall-E BV 478,627,044 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian BV 419,833,793 Sex and the City WB 410,884,724 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Uni 393,002,038 Wanted Uni 341,242,932 Horton Hears a Who Fox 295,162,019 I Am Legend * WB 270,507,723 10,000 B.C.  WB 269,309,372 National Treasure: Book of Secrets * BV 263,704,304 The Incredible Hulk Uni/Marvel 262,243,335 Get Smart WB 227,799,164 What Happens in Vegas Fox 218,207,559 Bienvenue Chez les Ch'tiis Pathe 215,128,384 Jumper Fox 212,990,334 Journey to the Center of the Earth WB 205,934,178 Juno * Fox/Mandate 202,743,506 You Don't Mess with the Zohan Sony 201,623,342