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Box Office Mojo has received quite a few emails from readers wondering why Saturday Night Fever is not listed as one of the 100 most popular movies of all time when ticket price inflation is taken into account.

Doo happens indeed. Freddie Prinze Jr.Matt DamonNicolas CageSarah Michelle GellarMatthew LillardTom CruiseJulia RobertsFranka PotenteKeanu ReevesDwayne JohnsonBen AffleckMorgan FreemanDoug LimanJohn WooAshley JuddSandra Bullock

Director Doug Liman, director of Go and Swingers, brings panache to The Bourne Identity—based on the first of novelist Robert Ludlum's Bourne series (Mr. Ludlum, to whom the movie is dedicated, died in March 2001)—concocting a highly stylized, yet exciting, ride. The picture stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne. Franka PotenteJulia StilesBen Affleck

John Woo's World War II epic Windtalkers centers on the battle for Saipan and the Navajo Indians who were crucial in America's victory there. Known as "code talkers," they spoke a secret code devised by the military based on their native language. It was the only code that was never broken by the Japanese during the war.

On Friday, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones lost 760 theaters for a total of 2,401 in its fifth weekend, a precipitous 24% drop from the 3,161 venues it had been playing at since its May 16 release. George Lucas

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo) - "The Eminem Show" continued to dominate the album sales chart for the week ending June 9 and became the top selling disc of the year in the process, according to SoundScan.

Though it's been fading faster than its predecessors at the box office, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones has become the second movie from 2002 to break into the top 100 movies of all time when ticket price inflation is taken into account. George Lucas

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo) - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone's spell over the VHS and DVD rentals charts has not worn off yet, according to the Video Software Dealers Association.

Ever notice in sports when announcers John Madden or Marv Albert praise the star player, then that star player either fumbles the ball or gets denied mid-dunk on the very next play? Well, that sort of thing happens at the box office as well. Jerry BruckheimerDwayne JohnsonJohn WooHarrison FordAshley JuddSandra BullockJohn Travolta

In the television ads for Bad Company Anthony Hopkins says, in reference to his co-star: "This is going to be a disaster." It's not clear if he means Chris Rock's character in the film (who is trying to impersonate a CIA agent), or Chris Rock's acting in the film. It's one of those non-intended double-meanings that shows there really can be truth in advertising.

If one learns anything from years of studying the box office, it's this: never underestimate Jerry Bruckheimer. Dwayne JohnsonNicolas CageWill SmithDana CarveyJennifer Love HewittSandra BullockAshley JuddSamuel L. JacksonJohn Travolta

Muggles spent an estimated $200 million to take home 9.86 million DVD and VHS copies of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for the week ending June 2, according to Warner Home Video.

The latest TV ads for Spider-Man beckon moviegoers to "go for a second spin." It may be more accurate to suggest they go for a third or fourth or fifth spin, given the repeat business it takes for a movie to reach the heights that the famed webslinger already has.

America tuned into "The Eminem Show" in droves, according to SoundScan.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone proved powerful in its first week of VHS and DVD rentals, but couldn't top the muggles of Ocean's Eleven , according to VSDA VidTrac data issued on Tuesday.

After lying dormant for eight years, CIA analyst Jack Ryan returned—decades younger than his previous iteration—to claim the top spot for the weekend ending June 2. Ben AffleckHarrison FordMorgan FreemanSamuel L. JacksonGeorge LucasAl PacinoRobin WilliamsJennifer LopezMartin Lawrence

The Sum of All Fears detonated in first place on Friday with an estimated $9.5 million at 3,183 sites, comfortably ahead of all other movies in the marketplace. The $68 million thriller is on course to take in close to $30 million over the weekend, topping Clear and Present Danger's $20,348,017 as the biggest opening of the Jack Ryan franchise even when ticket price inflation is taken into account. George Lucas

This summer is brought to you by the letter "S".

It's no lucid dream. The Tom Cruise mind trip Vanilla Sky claimed the top spot on the VHS and DVD rentals charts for the week ending May 26, according to the Video Software Dealers Association. Cameron CroweGeorge ClooneyNicole KidmanJohnny Depp

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo) - Box Office Mojo's weekend prediction game, the Box Office Derby, has announced a new method of scoring for its all-time champions chart.