Our filmmakers are very, very happy because the movie scored a 90 in the top two boxes (excellent and very good). We have wonderful word of mouth working for us again.

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.

We're thrilled. It's not every day that you can make a movie for everyone and I think Gore and Jerry really did that. They did an absolutely terrific job of putting an original piece of film into the market this summer.

It was 50-50 male-female. 52 percent were under-25. The Top Two boxes (excellent and very good) were 87 percent. You would have expected it to play a lot younger than that with (a youth appeal star like) Jack Black.

[Focusing on] House, ... We (sneaked it) two weeks ago. We thought word of mouth would help spin this movie over the top. Obviously, it did. More importantly, the Friday night word of mouth really (helped Saturday ticket sales). Now we're just looking forward to the legs of this movie. I think it's going to be around for a long time.

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.