 The album was leaked to file sharing websites within a day of the final mastering and months before its official release . It debuted on the Billboard 200 in the issue dated June 25 , 2005 at position 72 , selling 16 @,@ 000 copies in its opening week . It charted better on the magazine 's Independent Albums chart , where it peaked at number two . The last official estimate placed it at 285 @,@ 000 albums sold in the U.S. , but Pierre said in 2015 interview that the number is closer to 500 @,@ 000 . The band 's music videos found regular rotation on networks such as MTV2 , and the band also performed on Late Night with Conan O 'Brien . Rolling Stone 's Lauren <unk> considered the album a sleeper hit . Nevertheless , the band ’ s breakthrough brought naysayers , and the group became targets for critics of pop punk : " [ the band was ] frequently characterized as the sort of ultra @-@ commercial punk poseurs who water down the genre to the point of drowning it . " 
