Media By The Numbers
   
Homepage



This week’s top
movies, songs and books




Oct 29, 2009

At the box office over the weekend ended Nov. 1, “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” was No. 1, bringing in $21.3 million, while “Paranormal Activity” slipped to No. 2 with $16.5 million in ticket sales.

In DVD rentals for the week ended Oct. 18, according to IMDb.com, “The Proposal” debuted as the top rental, followed by another new release, “Land of the Lost.”

On iTunes yesterday morning, Fireflies’ “Own City” was No. 1 for the second straight week, followed again by Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the U.S.A.”

And in books, Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” was at No. 1 on the New York Times’ paperback fiction best-sellers list for the week ended Oct. 24, its sixth straight week on top, and it remained at No. 2 on USA Today’s book chart for the week ended Oct. 25.

TOP MOVIES
Weekend Box Office Estimates
Weekend of Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009

Rank

MOVIE

Engagements

Box office (millions)

1

Michael Jackson’s This Is It (Sony)

3,481

$21.30

2

Paranormal Activity ( Paramount)

2,404

$16.54

3

Law Abiding Citizen (Overture)

2,764

$7.30

4

Couples Retreat (Universal)

3,026

$6.10

5

Saw VI (Lionsgate)

3,036

$5.56

6

Where the While Things Are (Warner Bros.)

3,645

$5.08

7

The Stepfather (Sony)

2,346

$3.40

8

Astro Boy (Sony)

3,020

$3.04

9

Amelia (Fox Searchlight)

1,070

$3.00

10

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (Universal)

2,754

$2.81

Source: Yahoo Movies

  

IMDb TOP DVD RENTALS
Week ending October 18, 2009

Rank

TITLE

Last week

1

The Proposal

-

2

Land of the Lost

-

3

Year One

1

4

Monsters vs. Aliens

2

5

Drag Me to Hell

-

6

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

3

7

My Life in Ruins

4

8

Management

5

9

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

6

10

Imagine That

26

Source: IMDB

 

 

ITUNES TOP 10 SONG DOWNLOADS
Week ended Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

Rank

TITLE

1

Fireflies, Owl City

2

Party In the U.S.A., Miley Cyrus

3

Replay, Iyaz

4

3, Britney Spears

5

TiK ToK, Ke$ha

6

Jump Then Fall, Taylor Swift

7

Whatcha Say, Jason DeRulo

8

Bad Romance, Lady GaGa

9

Down, Jay Sean

10

Meet Me Halfway, Black Eyed Peas

Source: iTunes

 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BOOKS
Week ending October 24, 2009

Fiction (hardback)

Rank

TITLE

Last week

Weeks on chart

1

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

1

6

2

The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell

-

1

3

Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn

2

2

4

Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly

3

2

5

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

4

30

Nonfiction (hardback)

1

Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom

1

4

2

Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

-

1

3

What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

-

1

4

Too Big To Fail b Andrew Ross Sorkin

-

1

5

Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck

2

5

Fiction (paperback)

1

Push by Sapphire

-

9

2

The Shack by William P. Young

2

75

3

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

4

27

4

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

5

18

5

Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan

1

6

Nonfiction (paperback)

1

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max

1

108

 

2

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

-

9

3

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

2

143

4

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

4

149

5

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks

5

3

Source: New York Times

 

USA TODAY BESTSELLING BOOKS
Week ending October 25, 2009

Rank

TITLE

Last week

1

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

1

2

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

2

3

The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell

-

4

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

4

5

Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom

6

6

New Moon by Stephanie Meyer

-

7

Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn

3

8

The Associate by John Grisham

8

9

Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer

11

10

Cross Country by James Patterson

9

Source: USA Today






Latest headlines
ABC holds its Thursday edge, barely
The word: Oprah may jump to cable
Series wasn't just a Yankees victory
Scandal hasn't helped or hurt Letterman
CBS leads biz and financial Emmy nods
So tell us, what's your department like?
Rachel, we're over giving gifts at work
Best tube bets this weekend

R. Vann Graves becomes group CD at McCann N.Y.
Carolyn Cramer becomes director of Canadian sales at Tribal Fusion
Mike Lescarbeau rises to CEO at Carmichael Lynch
Mick Mahoney becomes ECD at Euro RSCG London

Martha and Rachael trading appearances
Adam Freifeld rises and Chris McCloskey joins NBCU Sports
Kyle Pope becomes editor of the New York Observer
Evan Smith becomes editor of the Texas Tribune



© 2009 Media Life Privacy Statement