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MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

  1    Chicken Little            $31.7    $80.4    Buena Vista
  2    Zathura                    13.4     13.4    Sony
  3    Derailed                   12.2     12.2    Weinstein Co.
  4    Get Rich or Die Tryin'     12.0     17.7    Paramount
  5    Jarhead                    11.7     46.5    Universal
  6    Saw II                      9.1     73.9    Lions Gate
  7    The Legend of Zorro         6.4     39.3    Sony
  8    Prime                       3.9     18.9    Universal
  9    Dreamer                     3.7     28.9    Dreamworks
 10    Pride and Prejudice         2.9      2.9    Focus

Week ended Nov. 6

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                     Network   Rating *   Share

  1    CS1                           CBS      18.2         27
  2    Desperate Housewives          ABC      15.8         23
  3    NFL Monday Night Football     ABC      14.3         23
  4    Without a Trace               CBS      13.8         22
  5    Grey's Anatomy                ABC      12.5         20

Week ended Nov. 613

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                               Network   Rating *

  1    NFL Regular Season (Brown/Steelers)    ESPN       6.6
  2    SpongeBob                              NICK       4.5
  3    SpongeBob                              NICK       3.5
  4    SpongeBob                              NICK       3.5
  5    College Football (Auburn/Georgia)      ESPN       3.2

Week ended Nov. 13

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

       Last
Rank   Week   Artist                Title                   Label

  1     new   Various Artists       Now 20                  Sony BMG/
                                                              Zomba/EMI
  2     new   Santana               All That I Am           Arista
  3       2   Nickelback            All the Right Reasons   Roadrunner
  4       5   The Black Eyed Peas   Monkey Business         A&M
  5       1   Destiny's Child       #1's                    Columbia

Week ended Nov. 19

MOVIE RENTALS--DVD/VHS

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

  1     new   Star Wars                7.6      $7.7    Fox
  2       2   Bewitched                6.0      13.4    Sony
  3       1   Batman Begins            5.6      25.5    Warner Bros.
  4       3   House of Wax             5.1      11.9    Warner Bros.
  5       4   Herbie: Fully Loaded     3.8       9.5    Buena Vista

Week ended Nov. 6

TV PROGRAM DVD SALES

       Last                                                  Suggested
Rank   Week   Title                            Distributor      Retail

  1      1    Alias: Season 4                  Buena Vista      $59.99
  2      2    Lost: Season 1                   Buena Vista       59.99
  3      7    Firefly: Complete Series         Fox               49.98
  4      5    Arrested Development: Season 2   Fox               39.98
  5      4    South Park: Season 6             Paramount         49.99

Week ended Nov. 6

DVD SALES

       Last                                                   Suggested
Rank   Week   Title                            Distributor       Retail

  1     new   Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith   Fox               $29.98
  2      1    Batman Begins: Deluxe Edition    Warner Bros.       30.97
  3     new   Office Space: Special Edition    Fox                19.98
  4      2    Bewitched                        Sony               28.95
  5     new   The Phantom Menace               Fox                19.98

Week ended Nov. 6

Source: Bloomberg News
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