I'm actually encouraged by its first-week numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ask Matt: Fringe, Glee,The Choir, Lone Star, NCIS and More!] Reference

Other first-week surprises who are unlikely to continue.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Tuffy winner: Don't expect too much] Reference

Williams hopes to put first-week hard feelings aside LINK.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Daily Voting News' For January 21, 2009] Reference

USATODAY. com - Time to channel out any first-week follies.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Time to channel out any first-week follies] Reference

Which of these first-week winners made a believer out of you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Vikings find no solace on surprising Sunday in NFL] Reference

TOP FIVE ADPs, 2008, along with first-week rank and 2008 rank.    From Wordnik.com.  [When to Make Snap Fantasy Judgments] Reference

Over the next two days, Oasis saw first-week sales grow to 696,000.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take That make quick Progress with sales record] Reference

Viz does its usual first-week flood with tons of shônen and shôjo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Upcoming 6/3/2010] Reference

Hopefully I'll post a first-week report of Clarion over the weekend.    From Wordnik.com.  [June Statistics] Reference

The sales: Made its debut at No. 1 with first-week sales of 305,000 copies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grammy snubs: What's next for West and Whitney?] Reference

I just finished a great book for a first-week or early-in-the-year read aloud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference

Some industry prognosticators guess first-week sales could reach one million-copies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mariah Carey Confirms Pregnancy Rumors; Ricky Martin Publishes Memoir] Reference

If your first-week goal is to exercise more, lay out your workout clothes the night before.    From Wordnik.com.  [THRIVING WITH HEART DISEASE] Reference

Before we get to this year's winner, here are a few first-week surprises to whet your appetite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot fantasy starts often fade to cold reality] Reference

Their correlation between first-week performance and final ranking is the weakest of all positions.    From Wordnik.com.  [When to Make Snap Fantasy Judgments] Reference

Top videogames can produce first-week sales that rival what giant movie hits take in when they open.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fight To The Finish] Reference

Harrisburg - Filings for first-week state unemployment benefits has dropped to its lowest level in nine months.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

They want first-week revenues to be split evenly between multiplexes and the production and distribution companies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bollywood Nears End of Standoff] Reference

By standard industry reckoning, that would imply they expect first-week sales of roughly 400,000 to 500,000 copies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Selling Britney] Reference

That is the strongest first-week inflow in six years and the biggest single-week inflow since the week ended Sept. 5, 2003.    From Wordnik.com.  [Junk Bonds Jump to Good Start in '09 as Investors Add On Risk] Reference

TVGuide. com: You got some great comments from the judges last week, which was a turnaround from their first-week critiques.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dancing's Anna Trebunskaya Getting Kurt Warner in the "Music Zone"] Reference

The first-week sales total of over 700,000 for Long Road Out Of Eden is certainly healthy even by old, pre-Napster standards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Sachs: This Week In Music Business Stupidity] Reference

It was hysterical in the your first-week package when he said his technique wasn't good and you said he doesn't have any technique.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dancing's Anna Trebunskaya Getting Kurt Warner in the "Music Zone"] Reference

They even sent home, in the “first-week packet” a sheet explaining the policy, that if accomdiation need be made, the would, etc etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ThinkFast: July 20, 2006] Reference

Katy Feeney, MLB's senior vice president of scheduling, said several factors other than weather and facilities determine first-week sites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snowouts stir questions about scheduling] Reference

He may be a popular first-week pickup off the free agent wire, but unless you're able to trade him soon, Young will grow old on your bench.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot fantasy starts often fade to cold reality] Reference

"Mechanize" has registered the following first-week chart positions so far.    From Wordnik.com.  [BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News]

The Mustangs did their part to crawl to get to No. 2 and earn a first-week bye.    From Wordnik.com.  [London Free Press] Reference

This was substantially less than the first-week number registered by its predecessor.    From Wordnik.com.  [BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News]

Billboard projects the new album will make its debut at No. 1, with first-week sales of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Green Bay Press-Gazette Latest Headlines]

B Albums chart at #1 and was the biggest first-week Soundscan tally of Rihanna's career.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

David Archuleta's "Christmas From the Heart" in first-week sales, New York magazine reports.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

American Idol champ, is headed for a first-week bow at #1, with a total anywhere between 300-350k.    From Wordnik.com.  [mjsbigblog] Reference