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MEDIAWATCH
HOLLYWOOD MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

1      The Fog                       $11.80   $11.8    Sony/Screen Gems
2      Wallace & Gromit               11.50    33.1          Dreamworks
3      Elizabethtown                  10.60    10.6           Paramount
4      Flightplan                      6.50    70.8         Buena Vista
5      In Her Shoes                    6.10    20.1    20th Century Fox
6      Two for the Money               4.70    16.6           Universal
7      Domino                          4.70     4.7            New Line
8      A History of Violence           3.60    22.4            New Line
9      Tim Burton's Corpse Bride       3.60    47.8        Warner Bros.
10     The Gospel                      3.10    12.1         Screen Gems

Week ended Oct. 16

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                     Network    Rating *     Share

1      CS1                             CBS      17.4         26
2      Desperate Housewives            ABC      16.1         23
3      Without a Trace                 CBS      13.4         22
4      Lost                            ABC      12.8         19
5      Grey's Anatomy                  ABC      12.2

Week ended Oct. 16

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                                Network    Rating *

1      Twitches                                Disney         4.10
2      NFL Regular Season (Texans/SeaHawks)      ESPN         3.90
3      WWE Entertainment (Raw)                    USA         3.30
4      WWE Entertainment (Raw)                    USA         3.20
5      S Twitches(s) -10/14/2005               Disney          3.1

Week ended Oct. 16

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

Rank   Last Week   Artist            Title              Label

1      new         Nickleback        All the Right      Roadrunner
                                       Reasons
2      new         Twista            The Day After      Atlantic
3      new         Sara Evans        Real Fine Place    RCA(Nashville)
4      1           Gretchen Wilson   All Jacked Up      Epic (Nashville)
5      2           Sheryl Crow       Wildflower         A&M

Week ended Oct. 22

MOVIE RENTALS - DVD/VHS

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

1      new    The Amityville Horror    $9.3     $64.5    MGM/Sony
2      new    The Interpreter           8.7      72.6    Universal
3      1      The Longest Yard          8.0     158.1    Paramount
4      2      Robots                    5.2     128.2    Fox
5      3      Crash                     4.1      53.4    Lions Gate

Week ended Oct. 9

TV PROGRAM DVD SALES
                                                                 Weekly
       Last                                                     Revenue
Rank   Week   Title                             Platform         (mils)

1      new    Stargate SG-1: Season 8           MGM/Sony         $55.95
2      3      Lost: Season 1                    Buena Vista       59.99
3      2      Desperate Housewives: Season 1    Buena Vista       59.99
4      6      Firefly: Complete Series          Fox               49.98
5      5      Battlestar Galactica: Season 1    Universal         59.98

Week ended Oct. 9

DVD SALES

       Last                                                   Suggested
Rank   Week   Title                             Distributor      Retail

1      new    Cinderella: Platinum Edition      Buena Vista      $29.99
2      1      Robots                            Fox               29.98
3      2      Family Guy - Stewie: The Untold   Story Fox         29.98
4      new    The Amityville Horror             Sony              28.95
5      3      The Longest Yard                  Paramount         29.95

Week ended Oct. 9

Source: Bloomberg News
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:Oct 24, 2005
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