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Weekend Box Office Results, March 24-26, 2006

• It was an encouraging week for the indistry, as the performance of two new releases was far stronger than anticipated.
• The gross for the top twelve films was 11% higher than that of the equivalent group in 2005.
• That represented about a nine million dollar increase over last year, and about a twelve million increase over the predictions
• Spike Lee's acclaimed new film, Inside Man provided eight of that twelve million, with revenues 40% higher than expectations.
• The poorly-reviewed horror film provided the rest of the windfall, with revenues approximately double what the experts had predicted
• The other new release, another critical punching bag featuring Larry the Cable Guy, did not fare as well, but managed to pull in more per screen than the strongest hold-over, V for Vendetta.
• Thank You For Smoking had such a successful trial that it almost managed to make the top twelve, despite being in only 54 theaters! It averageed nearly $20,000 per screen, and finished 13th.