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Hi Craig

Still miss the box office analysis!

I need your help. I've been trying to use your database to find out which movies grossed more in their second weekend while they were still #1 at the Box Office. Can you help?

Love your blog.

[name withheld... because I didn't ask his permission to print it]

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Hi [name] - I've just been super busy in my "real job" so I must be 3 or 4 weeks behind.  It pains me that I haven't been able to talk about Borat's success at the box office.

Note that www.boxofficemojo.com is a super resource for box office data.

In the meantime, you're looking for something pretty specific if I'm reading your question accurately.  You're looking for a film that spent weeks 1 and 2 at #1, but made more money in its second week, right?  I'm just checking because there are movies that may have opened at 2 or 3, but then moved to number 1 later.  Or there are other films that moved up to #1, but still made less money in their 2nd weeks (the competition was weaker also).

Anyway, other than Borat (and it's not totally a fair comparison, since they dramatically increased the screen count) I'm finding 105 films since 1996 that spent weeks 1 and 2 at #1, but the only ones that made more money in week 2 were:

• Titanic - $28.6 million in week 1, $35.5 million in week 2
• The Phantom Menace - $64.8 million in week 1, $66.9 million in week 2
• Cast Away - $28.9 million in week 1, $30.8 million in week 2

Again, some of these aren't totally fair, since some of their week 2's took place on holidays such as Memorial Day or Christmas, giving people an extra night with no school/work the next day, but that's what I've got so far.

Good luck - hope this helps,

Craig

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[TheSnowLeopard]

Hi Craig

Thank you for your emailing me the box office info. Posting my email in your blog is even cooler. Double thanks!!

Box Office Mojo is a good site, but I still think you provided better analysis of the numbers.

As you can see, SnowLeopard is my nickname. I haven't yet got aroung to creating an email address for it yet.

Keep up the good work.

Snow