The Top Movies of Wednesday, August 23, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,261,500	-9.32%	3,741	$337	$118,430,805	20
2	(2)	Snakes on a Plane	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$1,165,000	-15.58%	3,555	$328	$19,271,000	6
3	(4)	Accepted	Universal	Comedy	$1,062,425	-9.96%	2,913	$365	$13,578,760	6
4	(3)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,041,464	-13.99%	2,639	$395	$43,237,064	13
5	(5)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$964,652	-9.69%	2,998	$322	$48,216,598	15
6	(6)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$768,059	-5.83%	3,227	$238	$48,443,487	20
7	(7)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$704,924	-0.24%	694	$1,016	$14,787,529	29
8	(8)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$560,406	-5.62%	2,277	$246	$402,975,626	48
9	(10)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$373,670	-5.36%	2,323	$161	$15,873,238	13
10	(9)	Material Girls	MGM	Comedy	$352,084	-15.31%	1,509	$233	$5,832,841	6
-	(11)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$182,501	-2.87%	824	$221	$119,532,692	55
-	(12)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$134,993	-10.32%	1,218	$111	$39,073,473	27
-	(13)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$114,005	-6.27%	760	$150	$73,233,175	41
-	(14)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$107,334	-0.80%	383	$280	$194,493,540	57
-	(15)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$21,545	+0.36%	222	$97	$21,850,646	34
-	(16)	Trust the Man	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$18,235	-11.56%	38	$480	$237,982	6
-	(17)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$12,404	-5.83%	178	$70	$234,187,916	90
-	(18)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$12,284	+3.53%	163	$75	$28,223,591	69
-	(20)	Ice Age: The Meltdown	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,432	+5.60%	41	$59	$195,304,236	146
-	(19)	Water	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,660	-33.55%	21	$79	$3,207,882	118
-	(21)	Thank You For Smoking	Fox Searchlight	Black Comedy	$1,455	-13.70%	12	$121	$24,770,696	160

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