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MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

  1     Underworld: Evolution           $26.9           $26.9
  2     Hoodwinked                      10.4             28.6
  3     Glory Road                       8.8             27.7
  4     Last Holiday                     8.7             26.0
  5     Brokeback Mountain               7.8             42.1
  6     The Chronicles of Narnia         6.2            271.9
  7     Fun With Dick and Jane           5.8            101.4
  8     End of the Spear                 4.3              4.3
  9     Hostel                           4.2             42.7
 10     King Kong                        4.2            209.9

Rank         Distributor

  1     Sony/Screen Gems
  2        Weinstein Co.
  3          Buena Vista
  4            Paramount
  5                Focus
  6          Buena Vista
  7                 Sony
  8       Rocky Mountain
  9           Lions Gate
 10            Universal

Week ended Jan. 22

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank    Program                   Network    Rating *    Share

  1     Fox NFC Championship        Fox        20.8       31
  2     American Idol--(Tues.)      Fox        19.3       28
  3     American Idol--(Wed.)       Fox        17.8       27
  4     CSI                         CBS        16.9       25
  5     Desperate Housewives        ABC        15.5       22

Week ended Jan. 22

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank    Program                          Network      Rating *

  1     High School Musical              Disney         4.5
  2     High School Musical              Disney         3.7
  3     S Jimmy Powerhour2             Nickelodeon      3.7
  4     Monk                               USA          3.6
  5     WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw)        USA          3.5

Week ended Jan. 22

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

Rank    Last Week          Artist                    Title

  1         2        Mary J. Blige          The Breakthrough
  2         1        Jamie Foxx             Unpredictable
  3         5        Carrie Underword       Some Hearts
  4         3        Eminem                 Curtain Call: The Hits
  5         7        The Notorious B.I.G    Duets: The Final Chapter

Rank             Label

  1     Matriarch/Geffen
  2     J
  3     Arista/Arista Nashville
  4     Shady/Aftermath
  5     Bad Boy

Week ended Jan. 28

MOVIE RENTALS--DVD/VHS

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

  1      1      Wedding Crashers             $10.3         $24.2
  2     new     Red Eye                        8.2           8.4
  3     new     Transporter 2                  8.1           8.2
  4     new     The Constant Gardner           4.4           4.5
  5      2      The 40-Year-Old-Virgin         3.9          36.8

Rank              Distributor

  1     New Line/Warner Bros.
  2      Dreamworks/Universal
  3                       Fox
  4                 Universal
  5                 Universal

Week ended Jan. 15

TV PROGRAM DVD SALES

Rank    Last Week    Title                             Distributor

  1         1        Family Guy--Vol. 3                    Fox
  2         5        Firefly: Complete Series              Fox
  3         4        Battlestar Galactica: Season 2     Universal
  4         8        24: Season 4                          Fox
  5         2        The Shield: Season 4                  Fox

Rank    Suggested Retail

  1               $39.98
  2                49.98
  3                49.98
  4                69.98
  5                59.98

Week ended Jan. 15

DVD SALES

Rank    Last Week    Title                        Distributor

  1         1        Wedding Crashers        New Line/Warner Bros.
  2        new       Transporter 2                    Fox
  3        new       Hustle and Flow               Paramount
  4        new       Red Eye                 Dreamworks/Universal
  5        new       The Constant Gardner          Universal

Rank    Suggested Retail

  1               $28.98
  2                29.99
  3                29.99
  4                29.99
  5                29.98

Week ended Jan. 15

Source: Bloomberg News
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Title Annotation:MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Illustration
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Jan 30, 2006
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