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I didn't see any great surprises in the results. As of Friday, it appeared that Cars would dip to third, but the full weekend's results showed a different picture. Cars and three of the four new releases performed on target. The only disappointment was Garfield, which opened in sixth place with $7 milion, about half of the expectation. The "kiddie" field was a bit overcrowded, as Garfield had to scratch and claw against Cars, PG-rated Nacho Libre, and Over the Hedge, so they all suffered a bit from that congestion. Garfield took the biggest hit as the worst film of the four.
Tokyo Drift probably benefited a bit from the opposite situation in the action film category, where it was the only choice among films released in the past three weeks.
The Top 12 were 7% above last year, and that result was entirely consistent with the results from the previous three weeks.

Sunday, June 18, 2006