Numbers

  • 789 Number of minors known to have been abused by priests and other church workers in the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston since 1940, according to the Massachusetts attorney general

    237 Number of priests in the archdiocese who have been accused of abuse

    $244 Average price per 100 pills of a group of popular brand-name drugs in the U.S.

    $130 Average price per 100 pills of the same brand-name drugs in Canada

    25 Number of years since the first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, was born

    1 million Estimated number of babies born after in-vitro fertilization since then

    $5.1 billion Box-office receipts for all movies released in the U.S. in 2003, as of July 24

    4.6% Amount that total is down from last year's total for the same period

    $24 million Amount earned by Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas in its first three weeks, one of the summer's biggest box-office duds

    Sources: N.Y. Times; PharmacyChecker.com .; ABC; Variety