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MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

 1      Coach Carter          $24.2          $29.2         Paramount
 2      Meet the Fockers       19.3          234.3         Universal
 3      Racing Stripes         13.9           18.9       Warner Bros
 4      In Good Company        14.3           17.1         Universal
 5      Elektra                12.8           14.8               Fox

Week ended Jan. 16

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                Network   Rating *          Share

 1     CSI                     CBS       17                  26
 2     AFC Division            CBS       14.5                23
         Playoff Post Game
 3     Desperate               ABC       14.4                21
         Housewives
 4     Fox NFC Playoff         14        24
         (Vikings/Eagles)
 5     Lost                    ABC       12.6                19
 6     White Noise             12.1      42.8         Universal
 7     The Aviator             5.1       51.5           Miramax
 8     Lemony Snicket          4        112.4         Paramount
 9     Phantom of the Opera    3.7       27.5      Warner Bros.
 10    Fat Albert              2.8       45.6               Fox

Week ended Jan. 16

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank   Program             Network    Rating *

 1     Law & Order           TNT        3.5
 2     Dawn Anna (Movie)   Lifetime     3.2
 3     Fairly OddParents     Nick       3.1
 4     WWE Raw Zone          Spike      3
 5     SpongeBob             Nick       3

Week ended Jan. 22

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

       Last
Rank   Week   Artist             Title            Label

 1      2     Green Day          American Idiot
 2      1     Reprise Eminem     Encore           Shady/Aftermath
 3      3     Lil Jon & The      Crunk Juice      BME
                East Side Boyz
 4      7     John Legend        Get Lifted       Good Music/Columbia
 5      5     Ludacris           The Red Light    Disturbing Tha
                                   District         Peace/Def Jam South

Week ended Jan. 22

VIDEO RENTALS

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

  1    new    Troy                    $1.9               $1.9
  2     4     Anchorman                0.9                2.3
  3     3     Collateral               0.8                5.7
  4     5     Open Water               0.8                2
  5     6     Napoleon Dynamite        0.8                3

Rank   Title               Distributor

  1    Troy                   Warner Home Video
  2    Anchorman           DreamWorks/Universal
  3    Collateral          DreamWorks/Universal
  4    Open Water                    Lions Gate
  5    Napoleon Dynamite                    Fox

Week Ended Jan. 9

DVD SALES

       Last
Rank   Week   Title                         Distributor

 1     new    Troy                        Warner Home Video
 2     new    Harold & Kumar Go to         New Line/Warner
                White Castle                Home Video
 3      2     Napoleon Dynamite                 Fox
 4      1     Anchorman                   DreamWorks/Universal
 5      3     Resident Evil: Apocalypse        Columbia

Rank   Title                       Suggested Retail

 1     Troy                                  $29.95
 2     Harold & Kumar Go to                   27.95
         White Castle
 3     Napoleon Dynamite                      29.98
 4     Anchorman                              29.99
 5     Resident Evil: Apocalypse              28.96

Week ended Jan. 9

DVD RENTALS

       Last
Rank   Week   Title                      Revenue (mils)

 1     new    Troy                           $10.3
 2      1     Anchorman                        5.6
 3      5     Open Water                       4.5
 4      2     The Manchurian Candidate         4.4
 5      4     Collateral                       4.4

                                  Y-T-D Revs
Rank   Title                        (mils)     Distributor

 1     Troy                          $10.3        Warner Home Video
 2     Anchorman                      14       DreamWorks/Universal
 3     Open Water                     10.7               Lions Gate
 4     The Manchurian Candidate       21.5                Paramount
 5     Collateral                     21.5     DreamWorks/Universal

Source: Bloomberg News
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Title Annotation:Media & Technology
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Jan 24, 2005
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