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NEWS Summer Box Office Up in ‘08 Continued from page 1 www.homemediamagazine.com June 10); Fool’s Gold (Warner, B.O. $70.2 million, streeting June 17); 10,000 B.C. (Warner, $94.3 million, June 24); The Spiderwick Chronicles (Paramount, $71.2 million, June 24); Vantage Point (Sony Pictures, B.O. $72.3 million, streeting July 1); Step Up 2 the Streets (Disney/Touchstone, B.O. $58 million, streeting July 15); and 21 (Sony Pictures, B.O. $81.2 million, streeting July 22). That’s twice as many as last summer, when only four titles broke the $50 million mark in those two months. “Every week throughout the month there’s a nice slate of movies coming that had a theatrical opening at some point,” Tribbey said. “Last year we didn’t have the amount of titles that we have this year.” Ted Engen of the Video Buyers Group, which buys titles for 1,800 independent rentailers and acts as a research and marketing group, agreed the summer slate looks promising. “It’s better than the last two years, for sure,” Engen said. “From our standpoint, if you look at what the summer releases really are, there’s almost something for everyone.” New theatrical releases will largely be supported by Blu-ray Disc releases dayand-date, as well as some accompanying catalog titles. But, according to Tribbey, Blu-ray will continue to account for incremental revenue in the summer. “Until there is a major commitment in terms of title count, Blu-ray’s going to remain something of a niche,” he said. “We’ll wait to see what happens when the fourth quarter comes.” Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey agreed. “Blu-ray is growing incrementally, but it’s still going be a long time before Blu-ray has the adoption of standard-definition DVD,” he said. For online renter Netflix, Swasey said the summer is less about big theatricals, as roughly only 30% of Netflix’s audience seeks primarily new theatrical releases. Swasey said Netflix’s bread and butter is catalog releases, and those associated with summer theatricals — as well as pop culture happenings — can expect to see a jump in rentals this summer. “Any time you have a new movie in a trilogy or a series release, we find an uptick in the previous versions,” Swasey said. “For instance, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is out now, and you’ll see Netflix members rent Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequels. Anytime someone dies or something significant happens … such as when Frank Sinatra died, we saw increased rentals in films such as From Here to Eternity. “When someone gets arrested or busted, it reflects in Netflix rentals. Anytime something is popular in pop culture, it’s reflected in Netflix.” TV DVD and new-to-Blu-ray releases also figure strongly this summer, according to Amazon.com representatives. Amazon expects the TV miniseries John Adams (HBO, due June 10) as well as DTV movie Stargate: Continuum (Fox/MGM, due July 29 on DVD and Blu-ray) to do well, while the Blu-ray Discs of Cloverfield (Paramount, due June 3), Persepolis (Sony Pictures, due June 24) and Batman Begins (Warner, due July 8, new theatrical installment The Dark Knight opens July 18) are also expected to be big sellers. But the biggest driver in home entertainment this summer may very well be the economy, according to Engen. “You have more people spending time at home because of the fuel cost,” Engen said. “And you have the money that the government is sending to people ($600 economic stimulus checks). … We’re actually looking for the summer to be very good.” holes in the summer,” said Ralph Tribbey, editor of The DVD Release Report, which tracks DVD release trends. “They’ve had a tendency to even take films and push them to after Labor Day and leave summer bare, and you end up with this self-fulfilling prophecy where the summer’s bad because they took all the anchor films out and put them in the fourth quarter where they feel they’ll make more money. But then it’s disappointing because the fourth quarter is so crowded.” This summer in June and July, the biggest announced titles (more than $50 million in domestic box office) are The Bucket List (Warner, B.O. $93.3 million, streeting June 10); Jumper (Fox, B.O. $79.8 million, streeting S U M M E R VIDEO RELEASES BY BOX OFFICE I JUNE-AUGUST 2008 (AS OF MAY 26, 2008) NIELSEN EDI B.O. TITLE GROSS * Meet the Spartans $38.23 Semi-Pro $33.48 The Eye $31.42 Flawless $1.07 The Bucket List $93.35 Jumper $79.75 The Other Boleyn Girl $26.81 Be Kind Rewind $11.18 Witless Protection $4.16 Funny Games $1.29 Fool’s Gold $70.18 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins $42.19 Under the Same Moon $12.38 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days $1.20 10,000 B.C. $94.34 The Spiderwick Chronicles $71.20 Definitely, Maybe $32.01 Sea Monsters 3-D … $12.91 In Bruges $7.61 Persepolis $4.45 Charlie Bartlett $3.95 Vantage Point $72.27 Meet the Browns $41.98 Drillbit Taylor $32.19 Superhero Movie $25.53 The Ruins $17.17 Stop-Loss $10.87 Step Up 2 the Streets $58.02 College Road Trip $43.91 The Bank Job $29.95 Shutter $25.81 Penelope $10.01 21 $81.16 Harold and Kumar Escape … $36.15 Never Back Down $24.78 Doomsday $11.01 Nim’s Island $45.40 Hannah Montana and Miley … $65.28 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day $12.31 Forgetting Sarah Marshall† $58.80 Baby Mama† $53.02 The Forbidden Kingdom† $51.36 Prom Night† $43.82 Made of Honor† $39.90 Leatherheads† $31.12 Street Kings† $26.14 88 Minutes† $16.93 Smart People† $9.45 Shine a Light† $5.22 $4.59 The Visitor† Deception† $4.51 Young@Heart† $2.51 Redbelt† $2.21 THEATRICALSTREET TO-VIDEO DATE WINDOW ** 6/3/08 130 6/3/08 95 6/3/08 123 6/3/08 67 6/10/08 168 6/10/08 116 6/10/08 102 6/10/08 109 6/10/08 109 6/10/08 88 6/17/08 130 6/17/08 130 6/17/08 88 6/17/08 144 6/24/08 109 6/24/08 130 6/24/08 130 6/24/08 263 6/24/08 137 6/24/08 182 6/24/08 123 7/1/08 130 7/1/08 102 7/1/08 102 7/8/08 102 7/8/08 95 7/8/08 102 7/15/08 151 7/15/08 130 7/15/08 130 7/15/08 116 7/15/08 137 7/22/08 116 7/29/08 95 7/29/08 137 7/29/08 137 8/5/08 123 8/19/08 200 8/19/08 165 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 Aug-08 120 VIDEO LABEL Fox New Line Lionsgate Magnolia Warner Fox Sony Pictures Warner Lionsgate Warner Warner Universal Fox Genius/IFC Warner Paramount Universal Warner Universal Sony Pictures Fox Sony Pictures Lionsgate Paramount Genius/Weinstein Para./DreamWorks Paramount Dis./Touchstone Disney Lionsgate Fox Summit Sony Pictures Warner Summit Universal Fox Disney Universal Universal Universal Lionsgate Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Universal Fox Sony Pictures Disney/Miramax Paramount Anchor Bay Fox Fox Sony Pictures I JUNE-AUGUST 2007 TITLE Norbit The Messengers Ghost Rider Breach Daddy’s Little Girls Primeval Blood and Chocolate Bridge to Terabithia Reno 911! Miami Miss Potter The Abandoned Shooter Dead Silence Black Snake Moan Pride Peaceful Warrior The Last Mimzy The Astronaut Farmer Sweet Land After the Wedding Premonition The Hills Have Eyes II Avenue Montaigne Factory Girl The Number 23 Zodiac Perfume The Host Slow Burn Nicotina 300 Hot Fuzz Firehouse Dog Pathfinder Roving Mars Disturbia TMNT Are We Done Yet? Unaccompanied Minors I Think I Love My Wife Wild Hogs Fracture Vacancy Aqua Teen Hunger Force … The Lookout Perfect Stranger The Lives of Others Redline The Ultimate Gift The Ex Blades of Glory Kickin’ It Old Skool Year of the Dog NIELSEN EDI B.O. GROSS * $95.67 $35.37 $115.80 $33.23 $31.37 $10.60 $3.53 $82.27 $20.34 $3.01 $1.33 $47.00 $16.81 $9.40 $7.06 $3.96 $21.47 $11.00 $1.71 $1.53 $47.85 $20.80 $2.04 $1.68 $35.19 $33.08 $2.22 $2.20 $1.24 $1.12 $210.61 $23.64 $13.93 $10.23 $8.73 $80.05 $54.13 $49.63 $16.65 $12.55 $168.21 $39.00 $18.65 $5.52 $4.59 $23.71 $11.28 $6.88 $3.44 $3.09 $118.15 $4.48 $1.54 THEATRICALSTREET TO-VIDEO DATE WINDOW ** 6/5/07 116 6/5/07 123 6/12/07 116 6/12/07 116 6/12/07 118 6/12/07 151 6/12/07 137 6/19/07 123 6/19/07 116 6/19/07 172 6/19/07 116 6/26/07 95 6/26/07 102 6/26/07 116 6/26/07 95 6/26/07 389 7/10/07 109 7/10/07 137 7/10/07 270 7/10/07 102 7/17/07 123 7/17/07 116 7/17/07 151 7/17/07 200 7/24/07 151 7/24/07 144 7/24/07 209 7/24/07 137 7/24/07 102 7/24/07 1068 7/31/07 144 7/31/07 102 7/31/07 118 7/31/07 109 7/31/07 550 8/7/07 116 8/7/07 137 8/7/07 125 8/7/07 242 8/7/07 144 8/14/07 165 8/14/07 116 8/14/07 116 8/14/07 123 8/14/07 137 8/21/07 130 8/21/07 193 8/21/07 130 8/21/07 165 8/21/07 102 8/28/07 151 8/28/07 123 8/28/07 137 VIDEO LABEL Paramount Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Universal Lionsgate Dis./Hollywood Sony Pictures Disney Fox Genius/Weinstein Lionsgate Paramount Universal Paramount Lionsgate Universal New Line Warner Fox Genius/Weinstein Sony Pictures Fox ThinkFilm Genius/Weinstein New Line Paramount Paramount Magnolia Lionsgate First Look Warner Universal Fox Fox Disney Para./DreamWorks Warner Sony Pictures Warner Fox Dis./Touchstone New Line Sony Pictures Warner Disney/Miramax Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Genius/Weinstein Fox Genius/Weinstein Para./DreamWorks Fox Paramount Summer 2008 Box Office Total: Summer 2008 Title Count: $1,666.5 53 Summer 2007 Box Office Total: Summer 2007 Title Count: Source: Home Media Research $1,588.6 53 * In millions ** Days † Estimated Street Date Home Media Magazine June 1–7, 2008 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://Amazon.com

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