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MEDIAWATCH

MOVIE BOX OFFICE

                                 Weekend Gross    Total Gross
Rank    Title                       (mils)          (mils)

  1     Doom                         $15.5           $15.5
  2     Dreamer                        9.2             9.2
  3     Wallace & Gromit               8.6            43.9
  4     The Fog                        6.7            20.9
  5     North Country                  6.4             6.4
  6     Elizabethtown                  5.6            18.8
  7     Flightplan                     4.7            77.3
  8     In Her Shoes                   3.9            26.2
  9     A History of Violence          2.7            26.3
 10     Two for the Money              2.4            20.7

Rank         Distributor

  1            Universal
  2           Dreamworks
  3           Dreamworks
  4     Sony/Screen Gems
  5         Warner Bros.
  6            Paramount
  7          Buena Vista
  8     20th Century Fox
  9             New Line
 10            Universal

Week ended Oct. 23

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank    Program                 Network    Rating *    Share

  1     CSI                       CBS        17.7         27
  2     Desperate Housewives      ABC        15.9         23
  3     Without a Trace           CBS        13.4         22
  4     Lost                      ABC        12.7         19
  5     CSI: Miami                CBS        12.1         19

Week ended Oct. 23

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank    Program                        Network    Rating *

  1     WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw)      USA        3.0
  2     WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw)      USA        2.9
  3     Spongebob                       NICK        2.8
  4     Twitches                        DSNY        2.7
  5     Fairly Odd Parents              NICK        2.7

Week ended Oct 23

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

Rank    Last Week          Artist                   Title

  1        new       Alicia Keys            Unplugged
  2         1        Nickelback             All The Right Reasons
  3        new       Gary Allan             Tough All Over
  4         9        The Black Eyed Peas    Money Business
  5         6        Kanye West             Late Registration2

Rank           Label

  1     J
  2     Roadrunner
  3     MCA Nashville
  4     A&M
  5     Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam

Week ended Oct 29

MOVIE RENTALS--DVD/VHS

Rank    Last Week    Title                    Wkly. Total (mils.)

  1        new       Kingdom of Heaven               $7.8
  2        new       Kicking and Screaming            6.6
  3         2        The Interpreter                  6.3
  4         3        The Longest Yard                 5.3
  5        new       Unleashed                        5.2

Rank    YTD (mils)    Distributor

  1       $47.4               Fox
  2        52.7         Universal
  3        72.6         Universal
  4       158.1         Paramount
  5        24.5         Universal

Week ended Oct. 16

DVD SALES

Rank    Last Week    Title                           Distributor

  1        new       Kingdom of Heaven                   Fox
  2        new       Unleashed                        Universal
  3        new       Kicking and Screaming            Universal
  4         1        Cinderella: Platinum Edition    Buena Vista
  5         2        Robots                              Fox

Rank    Suggested Retail

  1               $29.98
  2                29.98
  3                29.98
  4                29.99
  5                29.98

Week ended Oct. 16

Source: Bloomberg News

TV PROGRAM DVD SALES

Rank    Last Week    Title                             Distributor

  1        new       South Park: Season 6               Paramount
  2        new       Arrested Development: Season 2        Fox
  3         2        Lost: Season 1                    Buena Vista
  4         4        Firefly: Complete Series              Fox
  5         3        Desperate Housewives: Season 1    Buena Vista

Rank    Suggested Retail

  1               $49.99
  2                39.98
  3                59.99
  4                49.98
  5                59.99

Week ended Oct. 916

Source: Bloomberg News
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:Oct 31, 2005
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