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MOVIE BOX OFFICE
Weekend Total
Gross Gross Distributor
Rank Title (mils) (mils)
1 Harry Potter and $19.9 $229.3 Warner Bros.
The Goblet of Fire
2 Aeon Flux 12.7 12.7 Paramount
3 Walk the Line 9.5 68.3 20th Century Fox
4 Yours, Mine and Ours 8.3 34.4 Paramount
5 Just Friends 5.6 21.1 New Line
6 Pride and Prejudice 4.6 22.6 Focus
7 Rent 4.4 23.7 Sony
8 Chicken Little 4.4 124.1 Buena Vista
9 Derailed 2.3 32.7 Weinstein Co.
10 In the Mix 1.9 8.6 Lions Gate
Week ended Dec. 4
Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.
PRIMETIME TV SHOWS
Rank Program Network Rating * Share
1 Desperate Housewives ABC 15.7 23
2 NFL Monday Night Football ABC 14.8 23
3 CSI CBS 14.5 22
4 Grey's Anatomy ABC 13.0 20
5 CSI: Miami CBS 12.9 20
Week ended Dec. 4
* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.
CABLE TV SHOWS
Rank Program Network Rating *
1 NFL Regular Season (Raiders/Chargers) ESPN 5.6
2 Monk USA 3.5
3 WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) USA 3.3
4 SpongeBob Nickelodeon 3.2
5 WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) USA 3.1
Week ended Dec. 4
* Each rating point equals 1.1 million homes.
TOP SELLING ALBUMS
Last
Rank Week Artist Title Label
1 new System of a Down Hypnotize American/Columbia
2 3 Kenny Chesney The Road and BNA
the Radio
3 5 Various Artists Now 20 Sony BMG2omba/EMI
4 1 Madonna Confessions on Warner Bros.
a Dance Floor
5 6 Soundtrack Get Rich or G-Unit
Die Tryn'
Week ended Dec. 10
MOVIE RENTALS - DVD/VHS
Wkly.
Last Total YTD
Rank Week Title (mils.) (mils) Distributor
1 new War of the Worlds $15.5 $15.7 Dreamworks/
Universal
2 new Polar Express 9.6 9.7 Warner Bros.
3 1 Madagascar 7.3 15.4 Dreamworks/
Universal
4 2 The Skeleton Key 6.8 14.2 Universal
5 5 Christmas With 6.3 18.6 Sony
the Kranks
Week ended Nov. 27
TV PROGRAM DVD SALES
Last
Rank Week Title Distributor Suggested Retail
1 new Seinfeld: Season 5 Sony 49.95
2 new Seinfeld: Season 6 Sony 50.95
3 5 Lost: Season 1 Buena Vista 59.99
4 1 Friends: Season 10 Warner Bros. 44.98
5 new Seinfeld: Seasons Sony 119.95
5 & 6 Gift Set
Week ended Nov. 27
DVD SALES
Last Suggested
Rank Week Title Distributor Retail
1 new War of the Worlds Dreamworks/Universal 29.99
2 new The Polar Express Warner Bros. 28.98
3 1 Madagascar Dreamworks/Universal 29.99
4 2 Star Wars: Revenge Fox 29.98
of the Sith
5 3 Stealth Sony 28.95
Week ended Nov. 27
Source: Bloomberg News
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