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MEDIAWATCH

MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

  1     Transporter 2            $20.1     $20.1       20th Century Fox
  2     The 40-Year-Old
          Virgin                 16.5       71.9              Universal
  3     The Constant
          Gardener               11.0       12.7                  Focus
  4     Red Eye                   9.4       45.5             Dreamworks
  5     The Brothers Grimm        9.0       28.7                Miramax
  6     Four Brothers             6.4       64.4              Paramount
  7     The Wedding Crashers      5.8      195.8               New Line
  8     March of the
          Penguins                5.6       63.6     Warner Independent
  9     The Skeleton Key          4.0       43.8              Universal
 10     The Cave                  3.8       11.8                   Sony

Week ended Sept. 5

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank    Program                         Network    Rating *    Share

 1      Dateline Thursday Special         NBC        8.2          13
 2      CSI: Miami                        CBS        7.9          13
 3      60 Minutes                        CBS        7.7          16
 4      Dateline Friday Special           NBC        7.3          13
 5      Two and a Half Men 9.30 p.m.      CBS        7.2          11

Week ended Sept 4

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank    Program                Network     Rating *

 1      The Closer               TNT         3.8
 2      The O'Reilly Factor    Fox News      3.6
 3      Fox News Live          Fox News      3.6
 4      The O'Reilly Factor    Fox News      3.5
 5      Hannity & Colmes       Fox News      3.5

Week ended Sept. 4

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

        Last
Rank    Week     Artist                       Title

 1        1      Hilary Duff            Most Wanted
 2        4      Various Artists        Now 19
 3        3      Mariah Carey           The Emancipation of Mimi
 4        6      The Black Eyed Peas    Monkey Business
 5       new     Jim Jones              Harlem: The Diary of a Summer

Rank    Label

 1      Hollywood
 2      The EMI/Univ/Sony/Z Faith
 3      Island
 4      A&M
 5      Diplomats

Week ended Sept 10

MOVIE RENTALS--DVD/VHS

                                     Wkly.
        Last                         Total      YTD
Rank    Week    Title               (mils.)    (mils)    Distributor

 1       new    The Ring Two          $7.5      $7.6       Universal
 2       new    Beauty Shop            6.1       6.2        MGM/Sony
 3        1     Sin City               5.9      15.2     Buena Vista
 4        3     The Wedding Date       5.2      11.9       Universal
 5       new    A Lot Like Love        5.0       5.0     Buena Vista

Week ended Aug. 28

DVD SALES

        Last                                               Suggested
Rank    Week    Title                   Distributor           Retail

 1       new    Sin City                Buena Vista           $29.99
 2       new    The Ring Two        Dreamworks/Universal       29.99
 3       new    Beauty Shop               MGM/Sony             28.95
 4       new    A Lot Like Love         Buena Vista            29.99
 5        2     The Wedding Date         Universal             29.98

Week ended Aug. 28

VIDEO GAME RENTALS

                                                            Weekly
        Last                                               Revenue
Rank    Week    Title                           Platform    (mils)

 1        1     Madden 2006                        PS2        $0.4
 2        2     Madden 2006                        XBox        0.2
 3        3     NCAA Football 2006                 PS2         0.1
 4        5     Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition       PS2         0.1
 5        4     Delta Force: Black Hawk Down       PS2         0.1

Week ended Aug 28

Source: Bloomberg News
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