Usually, I’ll come across an AP or Reuters article about the weekend box office. It’s pretty standard fare, with the raw numbers and then some expert analysis on those numbers.

Meet Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box office analysis company Media by Numbers. He has the easiest job in the world — providing inane commentary and analysis that a poo-flinging monkey could have come up with.

On The Dark Knight:

“If you’re worried about mortgage payments and gas prices, when you’re sitting in ‘The Dark Knight’ for two and a half hours, you’re not thinking about any of that stuff,” Dergarabedian said.

On Wall-E:

“Every single Pixar movie has opened at No. 1,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers in Encino.

On Get Smart:

“People are finding solace from the economy, gas prices and the summer heat at the movies,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media by Numbers. " ‘Get Smart’ did better than a lot of people expected."