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MOVIE BOX OFFICE
Weekend Gross Total Gross
Rank Title (mils) (mils)
1 Happy Feet $41.5 $41.5
2 Casino Royale 40.8 40.8
3 Borat 14.6 90.8
4 The Santa Clause 3: 8.3 51.7
The Escape Clause
5 Stranger Than Fiction 6.6 22.9
6 Flushed Away 6.6 48.6
7 Saw III 2.9 75.0
8 Babel 2.9 12.0
9 The Departed 2.6 113.8
10 8 Films to Die For 2.3 2.3
:Horrorfest
Title Distributor
Happy Feet Warner Bros.
Casino Royale Sony
Borat Fox
The Santa Clause 3: Buena Vista
The Escape Clause
Stranger Than Fiction Sony
Flushed Away Paramount
Saw III Lions Gate
Babel Paramount Vantage
The Departed Warner Bros.
8 Films to Die For :Horrorfest Freestyle
Weekend ending Nov. 19
Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.
PRIMETIME TV SHOWS
Rank Program Network Rating *
1 Dancing With the Stars Result ABC 17.7
2 Dancing With the Stars ABC 17.1
3 CBS NFL CBS 14.8
3 (tie) CSI CBS 14.8
5 Desperate Housewives ABC 13.6
Program Share
Dancing With the Stars Results 27
Dancing With the Stars 25
CBS NFL 25
CSI 25
Desperate Housewives 20
Week ended Nov. 18
* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.
CABLE TV SHOWS
Rank Program Network Rating *
1 NFL Regular Season ESPN 6.6
(Tampa Bay/Carolina)
2 WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) USA 3.2
3 WWE Entertainment (WWE-Raw) USA 3.0
4 SpongeBob Nickelodeon 2.6
5 Hannah Montana Disney 2.6
Week ended June 18
* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes
TOP SELLING ALBUMS
Rank Last Week Artist
1 new Various Artists
2 new Josh Groban
3 new Keith Urban
4 new Sugarland
5 1 Soundstrack
Last Week Title Label
new Now 23 Sony/BMG/EMI/Universal/Zomba
new Awake 143/Reprise
new Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing Capitol Nashville
new Enjoy the Ride Mercury
1 Hannah Montana Disney
Week ended Nov. 25
MOVIE RENTALS--DVD/VHS
Rank Last Week Title
1 new Cars
2 new Little Man
3 1 Mission: Impossible III
4 2 The Break-Up
5 3 Click
Last Week Distributor Suggested Retail
new Buena Vista $29.99
new Sony 28.95
1 Paramount 29.99
2 Universal 29.98
3 Sony 29.98
Week ended Nov. 12
TV PROGRAM DVD SALES
Rank Last Week Title
1 new Cars
2 new Little Man
3 2 Over the Hedge
4 1 Mission: Impossible III
5 3 Monster House
Last Week Distributor Total Sales *
new Buena Vista $244.1
new Sony 58.3
2 Dreamworks/Paramount 155.0
1 Paramount 133.5
3 Sony 73.7
Week ended Nov. 12
* millions
VIDEO GAME SALES
Rank Last Week Title
1 new Scarface: The World Is Yours
2 new Tom Clancy's Splinte Cell
3 1 Madden NFL 07
4 6 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon:
Red Rescue
5 new Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Last Week Distributor Suggested Retail
new Vivendi $50
new Ubisoft $59
1 Elec. Arts $50
6 Nintendo $31
new Midway $40
For the month of October 2006
Source: Bloomberg News
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