It was an opportunity that was waiting to happen.

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.

[Applauding writer-director Audrey Wells for making a film] the audience absolutely loves, ... Our exit research gives us 90 percent in the top two boxes. We are heavily skewed female, but there were an amazingly strong number of couples Saturday night.

We're thrilled. We are going to take a couple hundred additional runs this Friday, trying to find the appropriate areas to add (while) trying not to step on the substantial runs we have today.