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MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

  1     Ice Age: The Meltdown        $33.8          $115.8
  2     The Benchwarmers              19.7            19.7
  3     Take the Lead                 12.1            12.1
  4     Inside Man                     9.1            66.0
  5     Lucky Number Slevin            7.0             7.0
  6     Failure to Launch              4.1            79.1
  7     ATL                            3.7            17.2
  8     V for Vendetta                 3.4            62.3
  9     Phat Girlz                     3.1             3.1
 10     Thank You for Smoking          2.3             6.2

Rank    Title                        Distributor

  1     Ice Age: The Meltdown                Fox
  2     The Benchwarmers                    Sony
  3     Take the Lead                   New Line
  4     Inside Man                     Universal
  5     Lucky Number Slevin                  MGM
  6     Failure to Launch              Paramount
  7     . ATL                       Warner Bros.
  8     V for Vendetta              Warner Bros.
  9     Phat Girlz               Fox Searchlight
 10     Thank You for Smoking    Fox Searchlight

Weekend ended April 9

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank    Program                     Network    Rating *    Share

  1     American Idol--Tuesday        Fox        16.6         26
  2     American Idol--Wednesday      Fox        15.7         23
  3     CSI                           CBS        14.7         23
  4     House                         Fox        13.5         21
  5     CBS NCAA Basketball
          Championship                CBS        11.2         18

Week ended April 9

Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank    Program                        Network    Rating *

  1     The Sopranos                   HBO          5.1
  2     WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw)    USA          3.5
  3     WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw)    USA          3.2
  4     The Parent Trap (1998)         DSNY         3.1
  5     Fairly OddParents              Nick         2.9

Week ended April 9

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

Rank    Last Week    Artist              Title

  1        new       T.I.                King
  2        new       Tim McGraw          Greatest Hits Vol. 2:
                                           Reflected
  3         2        Soundtrack          High School Musical
  4        new       Ghostface Killah    FishScale
  5        new       Rob Zombie          Educated Horses

Rank                    Label

  1     Grand Hustle/Atlantic
  2                      Curb
  3               Walt Disney
  4                   Def Jam
  5

Week ended April 15

MOVIE RENTALS--DVD/VHS

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

  1        new       King Kong                       $10.3
  2         1        Derailed                          5.9
  3        new       Memoirs of a Geisha               5.6
  4         3        Chicken Little                    4.3
  5         2        A History of Violence             4.2

Rank    YTD (mils)              Distributor

  1       $10.5                   Universal
  2        14.3               Weinstein Co.
  3         5.7                        Sony
  4        10.0                 Buena Vista
  5        19.6       New Line/Warner Bros.

Week ended April 2

TV PROGRAM DVD SALES

Rank    Last Week    Title                          Distributor

  1         1        South Park: Season 7           Paramount
  2        new       Robot Chicken: Vol 1           Warner Bros.
  3        new       Six Feet Under: Season 5       HBO/Warner Bros.
  4        new       Northern Exposure: Season 4    Universal
  5         4        Grey's Anatomy: Season 1       Buena Vista

Rank    Suggested Retail

  1               $49.99
  2                29.98
  3                99.98
  4                59.98
  5                29.99

Week ended April 2

DVD SALES

Rank    Last Week    Title                           Distributor

  1        new       King Kong: Special Edition      Universal
  2        new       Memoirs of a Geisha             Sony
  3         1        Chicken Little                  Buena Vista
  4        new       Get Rich or Die Tryin'          Paramount
  5         4        Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire    Warner Bros.

Rank    Suggested Retail

  1               $29.98
  2                28.96
  3                29.99
  4                29.95
  5                28.98

Week ended March 26

Source: Bloomberg News