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MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

 1     Hero                        $18      $18          Miramax
 2     Anacondas                  12.8      12.8     Screen Gems
 3     Without a Paddle            8.6      27.7       Paramount
 4     The Princess Diaries 2       8       75.1     Buena Vista
 5     Exorcist: The Beginning     7.1      31.2    Warner Bros.

Aug. 27-29

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                    Network   Rating *   Share

 1     Summer Olympics (Mon.)       NBC       16.4      27
 2     Summer Olympics (Tues.)      NBC       15.7      26
 3     Summer Olympics (Wed.)       NBC       15.3      26
 4     Summer Olympics (Thurs.)     NBC       13.8      24
 5     Summer Olympics (Fri.)       NBC       12.5      23

Week ended Aug. 29

* Each rating point equals 1.08 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                   Network   Rating *

 1     2004 Video Music Awards     MTV       6.3
 2     Sharpie 500                 TNT       3.4
 3     Nextel Post Race Show       TNT       3.4
 4     WWE Raw Zone               Spike      3.1
 5     2004 VMA Post Show          MTV       3.1

Week ended Aug. 29

* Each rating point equals 1.08 million homes.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

       Last
Rank   Week   Artist            Title                    Label

  1      2    Various Artists   Now 16                   Universal/EMI/
                                                           Sony/Zomba
  2      1    Ashlee Simpson    Autobiography            Geffen
  3      9    Prince            Musicology               NPG/Columbia
  4    new    213               The Hard Way             Doggystyle
  5      6    Usher             Confessions              LaFace
  6     12    Maroon5           Songs About Jane         Octone/J
  7      3    Shyne             Godfather Buried Alive   Gangland/
                                                           Def Jam
  8    new    Ryan Cabrera      Take It All Away         E.V.L.A./
                                                           Atlantic
  9     10    Avril Lavigne     Under My Skin            RCA
 10     11    Big & Rich        Horse of a Different     Nashville
                                  Color
Week ended Sept. 4

VIDEO RENTALS

       Last                    Revenue   Y-T-D Revs
Rank   Week   Title            (mils)      (mils)           Distributor

 1     new    Taking Lives      $1.4       $1.4       Warner Home Video
 2     new    Godsend            0.9        0.9              Lions Gate
 3      1     13 Going on 30     0.8        3.2                Columbia
 4      2     Hidalgo            0.8        3.1             Buena Vista
 5      4     Johnson Family     0.8        1.73                    Fox
                Vacation

Week ended Aug. 22

DVD SALES

       Last                                                 Suggested
Rank   Week   Title                       Distributor          Retail

 1      1     Kill Bill: Vol. 2       Miramax/Buena Vista      $29.99
 2     new    Taking Lives             Warner Home Video        27.95
 3     new    Godsend                     Lions Gate            26.98
 4     new    The Three Musketeers:       Buena Vista           29.99
                Animated
 5     new    Goodfellas: Special      Warner Home Video        26.99
                Edition

Week ended Aug. 22

DVD RENTALS

       Last                    Revenue   Y-T-D Revs
Rank   Week   Title            (mils)      (mils)           Distributor

 1     new    Taking Lives      $6.7        $6.8      Warner Home Video
 2     new    Godsend            4.5         4.5            Lion's Gate
 3      2     Hidalgo            4.2        17.2            Buena Vista
 4      1     Kill Bill:         3.9        10.5               Miramax/
                Vol. 2                                      Buena Vista
 5      3     13 Going on 30     3.7        15.6               Columbia

Week ended Aug. 22

Source: Bloomberg News
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Title Annotation:Media & Technology
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:Sep 6, 2004
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