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MOVIE BOX OFFICE

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

  1    Mission: Impossible III    $25.0     $85.1             Paramount
  2    Poseidon                    22.2      22.2          Warner Bros.
  3    RV                          10.0      43.3                  Sony
  4    Just My Luck                 5.7       5.7                   Fox
  5    An American Haunting         3.6      10.8   Freestyle Releasing
  6    United 93                    3.5      25.6             Universal
  7    Stick It                     3.2      22.1           Buena Vista
  8    Ice Age: The Meltdown        3.2     187.6                   Fox
  9    Akeelah and the Bee          2.4      14.0            Lions Gate
 10    Hoot                         2.3       6.4              New Line

Weekend ending May 24

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

PRIMETIME TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                     Network   Rating *   Share

 1     American Idol - Tuesday       Fox       16.6        26
 1     American Idol - Wednesday     Fox       16.6        25
 3     CSI                           CBS       15.8        24
 4     Desperate Housewives          ABC       15.0        23
 5     Grey's Anatomy                ABC       14.2        21

Week ended May 21

Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.

CABLE TV SHOWS

Rank   Program                          Network   Rating *

 1     The Sopranos                     HBO         4.8
 2     NBA Playoffs (Spurs/Mavericks)   ESPN        3.9
 3     NBA Playoffs (Mavericks/Spurs)   TNT         3.8
 4     WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw)      USA         3.4
 5     NBA Playoffs (Spurs/Mavericks)   TNT         3.2

Week ended May 21

* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes

TOP SELLING ALBUMS

       Last
Rank   Week   Artist          Title                            Label

 1     new    Red Hot Chili   Stadium Arcadium          Warner Bros.
                Peppers
 2     new    Nich Lachey     What's Left of Me                 Jive
 3      1     Tool            10,000 Days         Tool Dissectional/
                                                             Volcano
 4     new    Jagged Edge     Jagged Edge                   Columbia
 5     new    The Isley       Baby Makin' Music    Def Soul Classics
                Brothers

Week ended May 27

MOVIE RENTALS--DVD/VHS

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

 1     new    Big Momma's House 2    $6.9      $7               Fox
 2     new    Rumor Has It            6.8      6.9     Warner Bros.
 3      1     The Family Stone        5.4      13.5             Fox
 4     new    Munich                  5.1      5.1        Universal
 5      2     Last Holiday            4.5      11.2       Paramount

Week ended May 14

TV PROGRAM DVD SALES

       Last                                             Suggested
Rank   Week   Title                      Distributor       Retail

 1     new    Scrubs: Season 3           Buena Vista       $39.99
 2     new    The West Wing: Season 6    Warner Bros.       59.98
 3     new    Rescue Me: Season 2        Sony               49.95
 4     new    That '70s Show: Season 4   Fox                49.98
 5      4     Grey's Anatomy: Season 1   Buena Vista        29.99

Week ended May 14

DVD SALES

       Last                                                 Suggested
Rank   Week   Title                 Distributor                Retail

 1     new    Munich                Universal                  $29.98
 2     new    Big Momma's House 2   Fox                         29.99
 3     new    Nanny McPhee          Universal                   29.98
 4     new    Rumor Has It          Warner Bros.                28.98
 5     new    The New World         New Line/Warner Bros.       29.95

Week ended May 14

Source: Bloomberg News
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:May 29, 2006
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