Counter programming has always been a very necessary ingredient of the type of pictures we make. There's no question, if we do it properly we can really score.

[On the production side, Sony Pictures is the only studio so far to sign on to a future 3-D production using the Real D process, as it plans to bow Zemeckis'] Monster House ... There is no question that in this town there are at least six or seven projects being talked about. I also think there will be four to five times as many outlets for 'Monster House,' and that is only good news for my next film.

There was just no question. I felt he had a heck of a shot. He has done many things on and off the field and contributed so much.

They scored exactly the same as our 'Princess Diaries' -- 91 percent in the top two boxes, ... So we've got high hopes for it. Families just loved it.

Sometimes I think we forget that people go to the movies to escape, to be entertained. The movies that deliver the smiles and laughs are doing well this season.

We exceeded the predictions, but we lived up to our own internal expectations.