The Top Movies of Friday, February 2, 2007

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Messengers	Sony Pictures	Horror	$6,084,926		2,528	$2,407	$6,084,926	1
2	(new)	Because I Said So	Universal	Comedy	$4,686,025		2,526	$1,855	$4,686,025	1
3	(2)	Epic Movie	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,742,152	+366.30%	2,840	$966	$23,885,715	8
4	(1)	Smokin' Aces	Universal	Comedy	$2,196,810	+144.78%	2,219	$990	$20,827,765	8
5	(4)	Night at the Museum	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,686,796	+281.61%	3,003	$562	$220,302,288	43
6	(8)	Stomp the Yard	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,233,211	+296.48%	2,169	$569	$53,034,604	22
7	(3)	Dreamgirls	Dreamworks SKG	Musical	$1,160,416	+151.20%	2,797	$415	$89,908,144	50
8	(6)	Pan's Labyrinth	PictureHouse	Horror	$1,136,477	+203.06%	1,082	$1,050	$19,169,627	36
9	(5)	Catch and Release	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$927,514	+142.32%	1,622	$572	$10,238,524	8
10	(7)	The Pursuit of Happyness	Sony Pictures	Drama	$925,012	+176.04%	2,233	$414	$155,175,660	50
11	(re-entry)	The Queen	Miramax	Drama	$760,000		1,850	$411	$43,570,000	126
12	(10)	The Departed	Warner Bros.	Drama	$750,000	+184.87%	1,453	$516	$127,050,000	120
13	(9)	Freedom Writers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$620,000	+129.39%	1,915	$324	$32,910,000	29
14	(re-entry)	Letters from Iwo Jima	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$560,000		720	$778	$6,340,000	45
15	(re-entry)	Babel	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$500,000		1,090	$459	$28,510,000	99
16	(11)	Notes on a Scandal	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$491,816	+127.88%	682	$721	$10,490,062	40
17	(re-entry)	The Hitcher	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$410,000		1,496	$274	$14,840,000	15
18	(12)	The Last King of Scotland	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$382,141	+163.41%	528	$724	$8,738,139	129
-	(13)	Eragon	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$88,743	+183.15%	553	$160	$73,410,850	50
-	(new)	Constellation	The Bigger Picture	Drama	$65,000		238	$273	$65,000	1
-	(14)	Borat	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$52,082	+183.64%	240	$217	$127,957,535	92
-	(re-entry)	Factory Girl	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$25,000		3	$8,333	$25,000	36
-	(15)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$9,321	+135.50%	27	$345	$59,651,337	192
-	(16)	The History Boys	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$3,216	+83.88%	19	$169	$2,664,886	74
-	(new)	Puccini for Beginners	Strand	Romantic Comedy	$3,000		2	$1,500	$3,000	1
-	(new)	An Unreasonable Man	IFC First Take	Documentary	$3,000		1	$3,000	$3,000	3
-	(new)	The Situation	Shadow	Thriller/Suspense	$2,000		2	$1,000	$2,000	1
-	(18)	Queens	Regent Releasing		$784	+120.81%	1	$784	$181,739	162

Chart certified: 2/7/2007