It's clearly public word of mouth. This is one of those weekends where you can sit back and really enjoy what we do.

[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.

The public votes with their wallets and this is an affirmation that funny is money.

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.