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Blatantly derived from The Incredibles, Sky High is hard to take on its own terms. Like Pixar's smash hit, the story centers on supernatural heroes with an emphasis on one family whose legendary mother and father have a past that plays into an evil conspiracy. This time, the action is live, not computer generated, which makes the picture less stylized, more sterilized and more noticeably frantic. Loaded with noise, gadgets and blasts of action and powered by too many characters and writers, the occasionally uplifting Sky High never takes off.

The international box office continued to be divided. No single blockbuster has ruled the world since War of the Worlds' near global debut nearly a month ago. Most domestic summer releases are still rolling out with new titles joining the fray each weekend. This weekend, Madagascar's ongoing strength was enough to keep the openings of Fantastic Four at bay. But other titles were very impressive in individual markets. George LucasMichael BayDwayne JohnsonTim BurtonJennifer Lopez

Saturday nights on CBS during the 1970's were built around The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a bright, cheerful situation comedy, which aired from 1970 through 1977, starring Mary Tyler Moore (Ordinary People) as single, attractive Mary Richards. The popular program focused on her work, friendships and romantic life. Fox Home Entertainment's $30 Complete Second Season, despite the glaring absence of the incomparable Miss Moore, who ought to have been included, recreates that Saturday night excitement with fun extras and every episode on three snap encased discs. Any Hollywood hotshot wondering why television series are driving DVD sales need search no further. This stuff's better than some movie studios' entire release schedules.

The Monthly, Quarterly, Seasonal and Yearly box office sections now allow Premier Pass members to view the charts by Calendar Grosses—that is the grosses for all movies playing in the specified time period, regardless of when the movies were first released.

Did you ever wonder what the all time domestic box office chart looked like 10 years ago? Or want to know the highest rank Jurassic Park achieved on the all time chart, before it was bumped down to No. 10 by such later releases as Titanic, Spider-Man and The Passion of the Christ?

March of the Penguins is taking flight as this year's breakout documentary. Morgan Freeman

The Daily Box Office section now has a sortable alphabetical index, allowing readers to view all movies with daily box office reported—including movies from the 1980's to the present. Please note this feature is for Premier Pass users only, who also have access to daily indexes by time period, including Monthly, Seasonal, Quarterly and Yearly.

We've added a year-to-date comparison chart to the Yearly section. It shows how the current year compares to the past four years as of the same date as the current year. Premier Pass users can click on years 2001-2004 and view those charts as of the same date of the current year.

A candy man and a couple of randy men handily squelched a weak attack of the clones, though overall business suffered. The year-to-year down trend returned as all pictures playing generated $140 million, down nine percent from the comparable frame last year. Michael BayJerry BruckheimerDwayne JohnsonEwan McGregorScarlett JohanssonBilly Bob ThorntonRichard LinklaterJack BlackSteven Spielberg

Madagascar narrowly beat War of the Worlds at the foreign box office, though business was marred by Europe's heat wave that cut ticket sales by at least 15 percent. The computer-animated critter comedy grossed $30.5 million from 35 territories over the weekend for a $144.7 million total, while Steven Spielberg's alien disaster grabbed $29 million from more than 60 territories for a $255.4 million total. Both movies are distributed by United International Pictures. Tim BurtonOwen WilsonVince VaughnRobert Rodriguez

Led by corporate Time Warner cousins, Warner Bros.' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and New Line Cinema's Wedding Crashers, overall weekend business reached $164.5 million, up from last year's $154 million. Tim BurtonJohnny DeppJim CarreyMike MyersOwen WilsonVince Vaughn

War of the Worlds' global domination is on the wane. After destroying the competition in its first nine days, the alien invasion has yielded several territories to other pictures. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith scored the biggest opening ever in Japan. Fantastic Four caught fire in 16 markets. Bewitched showed Nicole Kidman's knack for opening movies in her native Australia. And Madagascar, Batman Begins and Mr. and Mrs. Smith continued their strong runs with several key debuts. Steven SpielbergTom Cruise

Clobbering modest expectations and bad buzz with a healthy dose of fun in a summer of darkness, Fantastic Four spelled doom for the year-to-year down streak, stretching overall weekend business past the comparable frame in 2004. Chris EvansM. Night ShyamalanSteven Spielberg

Invading almost every nook and cranny of the globe, War of the Worlds scared up an estimated $102.5 million in its first five days. The apocalyptic alien invasion crushed the international opening weekend record for a non-sequel and placed fifth among all movies. It also set the benchmark for Paramount Pictures and for United International Pictures (UIP), topping Shrek 2's $79 million. Steven SpielbergTom CruiseRobert De Niro

War of the Worlds saw $64.9 million well up from 3,908 locations over the three-day weekend, the highest grossing opening ever for distributor Paramount Pictures and for star Tom Cruise. Among Independence Day holiday starts, War of the Worlds' weekend ranks second only to Spider-Man 2's $88.2 million of last year. Steven SpielbergDakota FanningM. Night ShyamalanKatie HolmesMartin LawrenceWill FerrellBilly Bob Thornton

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Steven Spielberg's cinematic version of H.G. Wells' 1898 novel War of the Worlds—like other movies in his illustrious career—is big, thunderous and horrifying. He visualizes the book's theme that man is puny by eviscerating Western civilization. Having admitted his aim to recall the Islamic terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, which he crudely exploits, Mr. Spielberg creates a nauseating movie, one that probably ought to be avoided by those who experienced the assault at close range.

Ties on the Fastest to $100-400 Million charts are no longer broken by release date in favor of older movies. Instead, they are now determined by the total gross of each movie on the day they hit the milestone, in favor of the movie with the higher total gross on that day. This better reflects the spirit of the chart, assuming that a movie with a higher total gross hit its milestone earlier in the day than a movie with a lower gross.

Batman Begins had nothing to fear from the weekend's nostalgic gust of witches, zombies and a possessed Beetle. Nicole KidmanWill FerrellLindsay LohanDoug Liman

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