- The World’s Most Innovative Companies
2006 Rank Company Margin Growth
1995-2005
% Stock Returns
1995-2005
%
1 «host.businessweek.com» 7.1 24.6
2 «host.businessweek.com» NA** NA**
3 «host.businessweek.com» 3.4 11.2
4 «host.businessweek.com» 10.7 11.8
5 «host.businessweek.com» 2.0 18.5
6 «host.businessweek.com» 5.7 13.4
7 «host.businessweek.com» 4.4 12.6
8 Nokia 0.0 34.6
9 «host.businessweek.com» 2.2 27.6
10 «host.businessweek.com» -0.7 14.4
11 Virgin NA** NA**
12 Samsung -4.5*** 22.7
13 «host.businessweek.com» -11.0 5.1
14 «host.businessweek.com» 2.0 39.4
15 IDEO NA** NA**
16 BMW 9.1 14.2
17 «host.businessweek.com» -0.3 13.8
18 «host.businessweek.com» 13.0*** NA**
19 IKEA NA** NA**
20 «host.businessweek.com» 1.9 16.2
21 «host.businessweek.com» 25.0*** NA**
22 «host.businessweek.com» 7.4 25.2
23 Honda 8.0 12.9
24 «host.businessweek.com» 57.0*** NA**
25 «host.businessweek.com» -0.1 13.9
26 Porsche NA** 33.1
27 «host.businessweek.com» 5.7 29.3
28 «host.businessweek.com» -2.2 15.2
29 «host.businessweek.com» 0.0 10.7
30 «host.businessweek.com» 0.7 3.8
31 DaimlerChrysler 4.8*** -1.8
32 Infosys 3.0*** 73.6
33 Ryanair 2.7 28.4
34 «host.businessweek.com» 24.2 13.8
35 SonyEricsson NA** NA**
36 «host.businessweek.com» 4.1 36.6
37 «host.businessweek.com» -2.1 27.4
38 Tesco -0.3 16.2
39 Danone 4.7 13.3
40 BP -0.2 12.3
41 «host.businessweek.com» 4.9 10.2
42 «host.businessweek.com» -6.6 7.1
43 «host.businessweek.com» -3.7 2.9
44 «host.businessweek.com» NA** 0.9
45 W.L. Gore & Associates NA** NA**
46 Skype Technologies NA** NA**
47 «host.businessweek.com» 4.3 18.9
48 Bang & Olufsen 2.4 16.3
49 Renault 23.7 14.8
50 L’Oreal 2.3 14.2
51 «host.businessweek.com» 5.8 13.6
52 Siemens 2.0*** 12.6
53 «host.businessweek.com» 3.6 12.6
54 Shell 2.4 11.0
55 «host.businessweek.com» 1.8 9.9
56 Singapore Airlines -5.8 7.7
57 Nissan 30.2 5.4
58 «host.businessweek.com» -1.8 4.9
59 Zara NA** NA**
60 «host.businessweek.com» NA** -24.6
61 «host.businessweek.com» NA** 42.9
62 Macquarie Bank NA** 35.0
63 Audi 9.2 30.1
64 «host.businessweek.com» 7.1 22.3
65 «host.businessweek.com» 1.1 22.0
66 Volvo -2.7 17.1
67 Philips Electronics 3*** 16.2
68 ING Bank 3.0 15.7
69 Nestle 1.2*** 13.9
70 «host.businessweek.com» 0.1 7.6
71 Matsushita Electric Industrial -1.4 3.9
72 easyJet 0.0*** 3.7
73 «host.businessweek.com» 3.4 3.6
74 «host.businessweek.com» 1.3 2.4
75 Cirque du Soleil (tied) NA** NA**
75 McKinsey (tied) NA** NA**
75 Woolworths (tied) 5.6*** NA**
78 Hutchison Telecommunications NA** 88.1
79 «host.businessweek.com» NA** 58.4
80 ACS NA** 35.1
81 ITC NA** 25.4
82 «host.businessweek.com» 8.1 22.3
83 «host.businessweek.com» 2.7 21.7
84 «host.businessweek.com» 1.7 20.7
85 LG Electronics NA** 19.1
86 bankinter NA** 18.3
87 «host.businessweek.com» -0.3 18.2
88 «host.businessweek.com» 0.3 17.5
89 «host.businessweek.com» NA** 16.3
90 SAP 1.3 15.7
91 SK Telecom 1.5 15.7
92 «host.businessweek.com» 4.3 14.9
93 LVMH -2.6*** 12.3
94 «host.businessweek.com» -1.7 11.6
95 Unilever 5.0*** 11.2
96 «host.businessweek.com» -4.9*** 10.9
97 «host.businessweek.com» -1.1 8.9
98 «host.businessweek.com» 2.0 7.2
99 Entel NA** 6.2
100 «host.businessweek.com» -2.4 5.2

* Insufficient data ** Based on fewer than 10 years of data 2006 RANK: In the 2006 rankings, we broke ties by comparing 10-year annualized total shareholder returns between 1995 and 2005. In ties between a public and a private company, the public company was favored. MARGIN GROWTH: Annualized based on 1995-2005 fiscal year earnings before interest and taxes as percent of revenues. STOCK RETURNS: Annualized, Dec. 29, 1995 to Dec. 30, 2005, price appreciation and dividends. DATA: Analysis and data provided in collaboration with the innovation practice of The Boston Consulting Group. Also, Standard & Poor’s Compustat data and company reports.

September 30, 2007 — Who said the blockbuster is dead?

Hollywood is poised to add another milestone to its year of records, needing just one more blockbuster to gross $200 million or more at the box office to break the previous mark of eight set in 2005.

Driven by the third installments of “Spider-Man,” “Shrek,” and “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and new franchise film “Transformers,” Tinseltown has already scored more $300 million-grossing films this year - four - than ever before.

Last year only one film, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” grossed more than $300 million - ringing up $423 million.

Those films, combined with the latest “Harry Potter,” “300,” “The Bourne Ultimatum,” and “Ratatouille,” give Hollywood eight films that have grossed $200 million or more this year, tying it with the record set in 2005, according to figures compiled by Media by Numbers.

Last year only six films crossed the $200 million threshold.

Overall, the total U.S. box office is expected to rise an impressive 14 percent in the third quarter.

The concern at the beginning of the summer, when all of the $200 million-grossing films save for “300″ were released, was that the studios’ major releases would cannibalize each other. But audience appetite never seemed to wane, as evidenced by the fact that the financial records aren’t being driven by price increases alone - attendance is up 2.9 percent through Sept. 23, according to Media by Numbers.

“It was important for the summer to start out with a satisfying movie experience,” said Sony Pictures Vice Chairman Jeff Blake. “No one felt double-crossed. Audiences seem to have felt that they got their money’s worth.”

Scoring that last $200 million-grossing film, however, isn’t going to be easy since the year’s remaining release schedule is light on sequels or franchise films. Of the eight films to tally $200 million or more this year, all but “300″ and “Ratatouille” were part of an already established franchise or, in the case of “Transformers,” one in the making.

“Sequels are what built the summer and created the record box office,” Media by Numbers President Paul Dergarabedian said. “This holiday there are very few sequels.”

That said, Dergarabedian pointed to a number of films with the potential to gross $200 million or more, with the most promising being Will Smith’s “I am Legend” and Jerry Seinfeld’s “Bee Movie.”

With $7.2 billion in box office receipts collected through Sept. 23, Hollywood basically has three months to make $3 billion and record its first-ever $10 billion year. peter.lauria@nypost.com

- The World’s Most Innovative Companies
2006 Rank Company Margin Growth
1995-2005
% Stock Returns
1995-2005
%
1 «host.businessweek.com» 7.1 24.6
2 «host.businessweek.com» NA** NA**
3 «host.businessweek.com» 3.4 11.2
4 «host.businessweek.com» 10.7 11.8
5 «host.businessweek.com» 2.0 18.5
6 «host.businessweek.com» 5.7 13.4
7 «host.businessweek.com» 4.4 12.6
8 Nokia 0.0 34.6
9 «host.businessweek.com» 2.2 27.6
10 «host.businessweek.com» -0.7 14.4
11 Virgin NA** NA**
12 Samsung -4.5*** 22.7
13 «host.businessweek.com» -11.0 5.1
14 «host.businessweek.com» 2.0 39.4
15 IDEO NA** NA**
16 BMW 9.1 14.2
17 «host.businessweek.com» -0.3 13.8
18 «host.businessweek.com» 13.0*** NA**
19 IKEA NA** NA**
20 «host.businessweek.com» 1.9 16.2
21 «host.businessweek.com» 25.0*** NA**
22 «host.businessweek.com» 7.4 25.2
23 Honda 8.0 12.9
24 «host.businessweek.com» 57.0*** NA**
25 «host.businessweek.com» -0.1 13.9
26 Porsche NA** 33.1
27 «host.businessweek.com» 5.7 29.3
28 «host.businessweek.com» -2.2 15.2
29 «host.businessweek.com» 0.0 10.7
30 «host.businessweek.com» 0.7 3.8
31 DaimlerChrysler 4.8*** -1.8
32 Infosys 3.0*** 73.6
33 Ryanair 2.7 28.4
34 «host.businessweek.com» 24.2 13.8
35 SonyEricsson NA** NA**
36 «host.businessweek.com» 4.1 36.6
37 «host.businessweek.com» -2.1 27.4
38 Tesco -0.3 16.2
39 Danone 4.7 13.3
40 BP -0.2 12.3
41 «host.businessweek.com» 4.9 10.2
42 «host.businessweek.com» -6.6 7.1
43 «host.businessweek.com» -3.7 2.9
44 «host.businessweek.com» NA** 0.9
45 W.L. Gore & Associates NA** NA**
46 Skype Technologies NA** NA**
47 «host.businessweek.com» 4.3 18.9
48 Bang & Olufsen 2.4 16.3
49 Renault 23.7 14.8
50 L’Oreal 2.3 14.2
51 «host.businessweek.com» 5.8 13.6
52 Siemens 2.0*** 12.6
53 «host.businessweek.com» 3.6 12.6
54 Shell 2.4 11.0
55 «host.businessweek.com» 1.8 9.9
56 Singapore Airlines -5.8 7.7
57 Nissan 30.2 5.4
58 «host.businessweek.com» -1.8 4.9
59 Zara NA** NA**
60 «host.businessweek.com» NA** -24.6
61 «host.businessweek.com» NA** 42.9
62 Macquarie Bank NA** 35.0
63 Audi 9.2 30.1
64 «host.businessweek.com» 7.1 22.3
65 «host.businessweek.com» 1.1 22.0
66 Volvo -2.7 17.1
67 Philips Electronics 3*** 16.2
68 ING Bank 3.0 15.7
69 Nestle 1.2*** 13.9
70 «host.businessweek.com» 0.1 7.6
71 Matsushita Electric Industrial -1.4 3.9
72 easyJet 0.0*** 3.7
73 «host.businessweek.com» 3.4 3.6
74 «host.businessweek.com» 1.3 2.4
75 Cirque du Soleil (tied) NA** NA**
75 McKinsey (tied) NA** NA**
75 Woolworths (tied) 5.6*** NA**
78 Hutchison Telecommunications NA** 88.1
79 «host.businessweek.com» NA** 58.4
80 ACS NA** 35.1
81 ITC NA** 25.4
82 «host.businessweek.com» 8.1 22.3
83 «host.businessweek.com» 2.7 21.7
84 «host.businessweek.com» 1.7 20.7
85 LG Electronics NA** 19.1
86 bankinter NA** 18.3
87 «host.businessweek.com» -0.3 18.2
88 «host.businessweek.com» 0.3 17.5
89 «host.businessweek.com» NA** 16.3
90 SAP 1.3 15.7
91 SK Telecom 1.5 15.7
92 «host.businessweek.com» 4.3 14.9
93 LVMH -2.6*** 12.3
94 «host.businessweek.com» -1.7 11.6
95 Unilever 5.0*** 11.2
96 «host.businessweek.com» -4.9*** 10.9
97 «host.businessweek.com» -1.1 8.9
98 «host.businessweek.com» 2.0 7.2
99 Entel NA** 6.2
100 «host.businessweek.com» -2.4 5.2

* Insufficient data ** Based on fewer than 10 years of data 2006 RANK: In the 2006 rankings, we broke ties by comparing 10-year annualized total shareholder returns between 1995 and 2005. In ties between a public and a private company, the public company was favored. MARGIN GROWTH: Annualized based on 1995-2005 fiscal year earnings before interest and taxes as percent of revenues. STOCK RETURNS: Annualized, Dec. 29, 1995 to Dec. 30, 2005, price appreciation and dividends. DATA: Analysis and data provided in collaboration with the innovation practice of The Boston Consulting Group. Also, Standard & Poor’s Compustat data and company reports.