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Darth23
Jul 5th, 2001, 11:01:08 PM
Ok, except for the top two movies, Yahoo daily B.O chart has different numbers for Wednesday July 4 from Showbizdata. Given the fact that SBD regularly screws up on holidays (maybe an intern takes over?) I think that Yahoo actually got them right.


Showbizdata's Wednesday Chart (http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/dailybox.cfm)

Yahoo's Wednesday Chart (http://movies.yahoo.com/hv/boxoffice-daily/latest/rank.html)

You see some interesting patterns when you compare SBD's Wednesday numbers, minus the new films, to Yahoo's Tuesday numbers. What's even more interesting to me is the TYPOS in some of the numbers listed.

Yahoo's Tuesday Chart (http://movies.yahoo.com/hv/boxoffice-daily/20010703/rank.html)

:)



<table border=1> <tr><th colspan=3>Yahoo's Tuesday Chart</th> <th colspan=3>ShowBizData's Wednesday Chart*</th></tr> <tr><th>rank</th><th>Movie</th> <th>Gross</th> <th>rank</th><th>movie</th><th>Gross</th></tr> <tr><td align=center>1</td><td align=left>A.I.: Artificial Intelligence </td><td align=right>4,389,321</td><td align=center>3 </td><td align=left>A.I. </td><td align=right>4,389,321</td></tr> <tr><td align=center>2</td><td align=left>The Fast and the Furious </td><td align=right>3,131,450</td><td align=center>4 </td><td align=left>FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE </td><td align=right>3,121,458</td></tr> <tr><td align=center>3</td><td align=left> Dr. Dolittle 2 </td><td align=right>2,819,669</td><td align=center>5 </td><td align=left> DOCTOR DOLITTLE </td><td align=right>2,819,669</td></tr> <tr><td align=center>4</td><td align=left>Lara Croft: Tomb Raider </td><td align=right>1,952,628</td><td align=center>6 </td><td align=left>TOMB RAIDER </td><td align=right>1,952,628</td></tr> <tr><td align=center>5</td><td align=left>Shrek </td><td align=right>1,699,253</td><td align=center>7 </td><td align=left>SHREK </td><td align=right>1,699,263</td></tr> <tr><td align=center>6</td><td align=left>Atlantis: The Lost Empire </td><td align=right>1,664,316</td><td align=center>8 </td><td align=left>ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE </td><td align=right>1,664,316</td></tr> <tr><td align=center>7</td><td align=left>Baby Boy </td><td align=right>1,101,163</td><td align=center>9 </td><td align=left>BABY BOY </td><td align=right>1,101,163</td></tr> <tr><td align=center>8</td><td align=left>Pearl Harbor </td><td align=right>1,040,859</td><td align=center>10 </td><td align=left>PEARL HARBOR </td><td align=right>1,040,859</td></tr> <tr><td align=center>9</td><td align=left>crazy/beautiful </td><td align=right> 941,235</td><td align=center>11 </td><td align=left>CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL </td><td align=right> 941,235</td></tr> <tr><td align=center>10</td><td align=left>Swordfish </td><td align=right> 827,246</td><td align=center>12 </td><td align=left>SWORDFISH </td><td align=right> 827,246</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=6 align=left>*minus the top 2 films</td></tr></table>


Mystery solved, I think

JonathanLB
Jul 5th, 2001, 11:57:17 PM
Those IDIOTS. I hate ShowBizData. I cannot believe I am still paying them monthly.

I paid $60 for a year of access to Variety.com and I pay $30 a month apparently for ShowBizData.com. Why? Because I wanted it for one month and forgot to cancel, so I never did. lol. Oh boy, I need to cancel before I leave for college at least.

Stupid idiots.

CMJ
Jul 6th, 2001, 12:57:30 AM
It's good they actually posted numbers...I was going through withdrawl yesterday when no one had BO numbers up.

Darth23
Jul 6th, 2001, 09:06:15 AM
I think yahoo is looking to take away their business. normally I'd send them a email about their mistake, but they were such jersk when I sent them an email when they screwerd up TPM's numbers 1 weekend (TPM made like 1.5 million and they reported .5 million).

Darth23
Jul 6th, 2001, 04:36:20 PM
Looks like Showbizdata fixed their July 4th numbers.

:p

JonathanLB
Jul 7th, 2001, 12:34:55 AM
They are jerks! I am a paying subscriber and I have the right to tell them whatever the f*** I want to, but they still do not even respond or if they do respond it's surly and rude.

Variety, on the other hand, has been very helpful in fact. Scott Hettrick, their video head guy, helped me with some of the TPM VHS sales figures and whatnot and he was very nice about it.

Darth23
Jul 7th, 2001, 12:34:24 PM
SO what were TPM's sales figures? Is it still up in the air?