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MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

 1      Kill Bill Vol. 2     $25.1     $25.1               Miramax
 2      The Punisher          13.8      13.8     Lions Gate/Arista
 3      Johnson Family
          Vacation             6        21         Fox Searchlight
 4      Hellboy                5.7      50.3                  Sony
 5      Home on the Range      5.5      37.8           Buena Vista

April 16-18

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.


PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank    Program                  Network     Rating *    Share

 1      Apprentice               NBC           17.2       27
 2      CSI                      CBS           14.8       22
 3      American Idol (Weds.)    Fox           13.9       23
 4      Survivor: All-Stars      CBS           11.6       19
 5      Without a Trace          CBS           11.2       18

Week ended April 18

* Each rating point equals 1.06 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank    Program                                Network     Rating *

 1      Presidential News Conference (4/13)    Fox News      3.2
 2      WWE Raw Zone                           Spike         3.2
 3      Fairly OddParents                      Nick          3.0
 4      WWE Raw                                Spike         3.0
 5      SpongeBob                              Nick          3.0

Week ended April 18

* Each rating point equals 1.06 million homes.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

        Last
Rank    Week    Artist             Title              Label

  1       1     Usher              Confessions        LaFace
  2       3     Various Artists    Now 15             EMI/Universal/
                                                        Sony/Zomba
  3       2     Janet Jackson      Damita Jo          Virgin
  4      12     Jessica Simpson    In This Skin       Columbia
  5       8     Norah Jones        Feels Like Home    Blue Note
  6      11     Evanescence        Fallen             Wind-up
  7      13     Kenny Chesney      When the Sun       BNA
                                     Goes Down
  8       4     Lil' Flip          U Gotta Feel Me    Sucka Free/
                                                        Columbia
  9       9     Guns N' Roses      Greatest Hits      Geffen
 10       7     J-Kwon             Hood Hop           So So Def

Week ended April 20

VIDEO RENTALS

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

 1      new     Cheaper by the
                  Dozen               $2.4        $2.5              Fox
 2       1      Something's Gotta
                  Give                2.2         4.7          Columbia
 3      new     The Matrix:
                  Revolutions         1.7         1.7            Warner
 4       2      Gothika               1.8         4.4            Warner
                                                             Home Video
 5       3      Texas Chainsaw
                  Massacre            1.8         1.9         New Line/
                                                            Warner Home
                                                                  Video

Week ended April 11

VIDEO SALES

        Last                                                  Suggested
Rank    Week    Title                      Distributor           Retail

1        2      Blue Collar Comedy Tour    Warner Home
                                             Video                $8.93
2        1      Brother Bear               Buena Vista            24.99
3        4      Finding Nemo               Buena Vista            24.99
4       new     Cheaper by the Dozen       Fox                    22.98
5        6      Texas Chainsaw Massacre    New Line/Warner
                                             Home Video           22.99

Week ended April 11

DVD RENTALS

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

 1      new     The Matrix:
                  Revolutions      $7.4         $7.5            Warner
 2      new     Cheaper by the
                  Dozen             7            7.1               Fox
 3       1      Something's
                  Gotta Give        6.3         13.7          Columbia
 4       3      The Rundown         4.5         16.9         Universal
 5       5      Gothika             4.4         17         Warner Home
                                                                 Video

Week ended April 11

Source: Bloomberg News
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Title Annotation:Media & Technology
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Date:Apr 26, 2004
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