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MEDIAWATCH

MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

  1     The Pink Panther             $20.2           $20.2
  2     Final Destination 3           19.2            19.2
  3     Curious George                14.7            14.7
  4     Firewall                      13.6            13.6
  5     When a Stranger Calls          9.1            34.0
  6     Big Momma's House 2            6.9            54.9
  7     Nanny McPhee                   4.9            33.0
  8     Brokeback Mountain             4.0            66.5
  9     Underworld: Evolution          2.6            57.4
 10     Hoodwinked                     2.4            47.3

Rank         Distributor

  1         Columbia/MGM
  2             New Line
  3            Universal
  4         Warner Bros.
  5     Sony/Screen Gems
  6                  Fox
  7            Universal
  8                Focus
  9     Sony/Screen Gems
 10        Weinstein Co.

Week ended Feb. 12

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank             Program            Network    Rating *    Share

  1     American Idol--Tuesday        Fox        17.6         26
  2     CSI                           CBS        16.9         25
  3     American Idol--Wednesday      Fox        16.3         24
  4     Grey's Anatomy                ABC        15.5         24
  5     Desperate Housewives          ABC        14.6         20

Week ended Feb. 12

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank              Program                Network      Rating *

  1     Budweiser Shootout                 TNT          3.7
  2     AFC/NFC Pro Bowl                  ESPN          3.7
  3     WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw)        USA          3.6
  4     WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw)        USA          3.6
  5     SpongeBob                      Nickelodeon      3.0

Week ended Feb. 12

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

Rank    Last Week    Artist                       Title

  1        new       Barry Manilow      The Greatest Songs of the
                                          Fifties
  2         4        Mary J. Blige      The Breakthrough
  3        new       Andrea Bocelli     Amore
  4         3        Jamie Foxx         Unpredictable
  5        new       Heather Headley    In My Mind

Rank          Label

  1     Arista
  2     Matriarch/Geffen
  3     Sugar/Decca
  4     J
  5     RCA

Week ended Feb. 18

MOVIE RENTALS--DVD/VHS
                                            Wkly. Total
Rank    Last Week    Title                    (mils.)      YTD (mils)

  1         1        Flightplan                $8.2          $18.1
  2        new       The Legend of Zorro        6.6            6.7
  3        new       In Her Shoes               6.5            6.6
  4        new       Corpse Bride               5.7            5.8
  5         2        Lord of War                4.6           18.7

Rank     Distributor

  1      Buena Vista
  2             Sony
  3              Fox
  4     Warner Bros.
  5               LG

Week ended Feb. 5

TV PROGRAM DVD SALES

Rank    Last Week    Title                          Distributor

  1         1        Family Guy--Vol. 3                 Fox
  2        new       Hill Street Blues: Season 1        Fox
  3         2        24: Season 4                       Fox
  4        new       Magnum P.I.: Season 3           Universal
  5         5        Firefly: Complete Series           Fox

Rank    Suggested Retail

  1               $39.98
  2                39.98
  3                69.98
  4                49.98
  5                49.98

Week ended Feb. 5

DVD SALES

Rank    Last Week    Title                       Distributor

  1        new       Corpse Bride                Warner Bros.
  2        new       The Legend of Zorro             Sony
  3        new       In Her Shoes                    Fox
  4         1        Flightplan                  Buena Vista
  5         3        Wedding Crashers       New Line/Warner Bros.

Rank    Suggested Retail

  1               $28.98
  2                28.95
  3                29.99
  4                29.99
  5                28.98

Week ended Feb. 5

Source: Bloomberg News
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