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MEDIAWATCH

MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

  1    Harry Potter             $102.3      $102.3       Warner Bros.
  2    Walk the Line              22.3        22.3                Fox
  3    Chicken Little             14.7        99.1        Buena Vista
  4    Derailed                    6.5        21.8      Weinstein Co.
  5    Zathura                     5.1        20.3               Sony
  6    Jarhead                     4.8        54.2          Universal
  7    Get Rich or Die Tryin'      4.4        24.5          Paramount
  8    Saw II                      4          79.9         Lions Gate
  9    Legend of Zorro             2.4        42.8               Sony
 10    Pride and Prejudice         2.1         6.0              Focus

Week ended Nov. 20

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                Network   Rating *   Share

 1     CSI                      CBS       17.8        27
 2     Desperate Housewives     ABC       15.9        23
 3     Without a Trace          CBS       14.0        23
 4     CSI: Miami               CBS       12.9        20
 5     Grey's Anatomy           ABC       12.9        21

Week ended Nov. 20

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                                   Network   Rating *

 1     NFL Regular Season (Chiefs/Texans)         ESPN       4.7
 2     WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw)                 USA       3.8
 3     WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw)                 USA       3.6
 4     Laguna Beach                                MTV       3.2
 5     College Football--Saturday (Penn/Mich.)    ESPN       3.1

Week ended Nov. 20

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

Rank   Last Week   Artist                    Title

 1        new      Kenny Chesney     The Road and the Radio
 2        new      Soundtrack        Get Rich or Die Tryin'
 3         1       Various Artists   Now 20
 4        new      Neil Diamond      12 Songs
 5         3       Nickelback        All the Right Reasons

Rank          Label

 1     BNA
 2     G-Unit
 3     Sony BMG/Zomba/EMI
 4     American/Columbia
 5     Roadrunner

Week ended Nov. 26

MOVIE RENTALS--DVD/VHS

                                                       Wkly. Total
Rank   Last Week   Title                                 (mils.)

 1        new      Charlie and the Chocolate Factory      $8.4
 2        new      Christmas with the Kranks               6.7
 3        new      The Devil's Rejects                     5.0
 4         2       Betwitched                              4.6
 5         1       Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith          4.5

Rank   YTD (mils)    Distributor

 1        $8.5      Warner Bros.
 2         6.8              Sony
 3         5.1        Lions Gate
 4        18.0        Lions Gate
 5        12.2               Fox

Week ended Nov. 13

DVD SALES

Rank   Last Week   Title                               Distributor

 1         1       Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith          Fox
 2        new      Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
                     (DLX)                             Warner Bros.
 3        new      Charlie and the Chocolate Factory   Warner Bros.
 4        new      The Devil's Rejects                 Lion's Gate.
 5        new      Christmas With the Kranks               Sony

Rank   Suggested Retail

 1               $29.98
 2                30.97
 3                28.98
 4                27.98
 5                28.95

Week ended Nov. 13

TV PROGRAM DVD SALES

Rank   Last Week   Title                             Distributor

 1        new      Beavis and Butthead: Vol. 1         Paramount
 2         2       Lost: Season 1                    Buena Vista
 3         3       Firefly: Complete Series         Warner Bros.
 4        new      Blue Collar TV: Season 1-Vol.1   Warner Bros.
 5         4       Arrested Development: Season 2            Fox

Rank   Suggested Retail

 1               $59.99
 2                59.99
 3                49.98
 4                24.98
 5                39.98

Week ended Nov. 13

Source: Bloomberg News
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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