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At a recent digital cinema event in Hollywood, a speaker joked that it was no accident exhibs had dubbed nonfeature content "Other Digital Stuff." That's O-D-S for short. Pronounced odious. The line was meant as a joke, but many exhibs act like that's what they think.

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While the TV business community gathered at NATPE in Las Vegas in January to pontificate about "what if," attendees at the upcoming Mip confab will be discussing "now what."

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  • FILM BOX OFFICE
  • TV RATINGS
Daily
Monday, July 7, 2008 (*millions)
  FILM GROSS TOTAL*
1 Hancock $8,481,615 $112.3590
2 WALL-E $4,505,549 $131.7015
3 Wanted $2,851,205 $93.0376
4 Get Smart $1,577,128 $99.6777
5 Kung Fu Panda $1,098,263 $194.3201
6 Incredible Hulk, The $700,225 $125.5416
7 Indiana Jones Kingdom Crystal Skull $439,569 $306.8680
8 Love Guru, The $363,615 $29.7914
9 Sex And The City $357,267 $145.2485
10 You Don't Mess With The Zohan $267,324 $95.0404
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TV Ratings
Monday, July 7, 2008 (*millions)
Top Show Total
The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose (ABC) 10.0 mil
Top Shows A18-49
The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose (ABC) 3.6/10
The Bachelorette finale (ABC) 3.3/10
Two and a Half Men (CBS) 2.9/8
Networks
ABC 3.4/10
CBS 2.1/6
FOX 2.1/6
NBC 1.7/5
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