The Top Movies, Weekend of August 20, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Exorcist: The Beginning	Warner Bros.	Horror	$18,054,001		2,803	$6,441	$18,054,001	3
2	(new)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$13,528,946		2,730	$4,956	$13,528,946	3
3	(2)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$13,051,560	-43.15%	3,490	$3,740	$61,217,735	12
4	(1)	AVP: Alien Vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Horror	$12,409,624	-67.59%	3,401	$3,649	$62,962,235	10
5	(17)	Open Water	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$11,413,017	+1,175.56%	2,709	$4,213	$14,493,924	17
6	(3)	Collateral	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$10,156,357	-37.21%	3,029	$3,353	$69,721,408	17
7	(5)	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal	Action	$6,469,275	-24.78%	2,532	$2,555	$150,393,515	31
8	(7)	The Manchurian Candidate	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,017,560	-33.19%	1,920	$2,092	$54,543,247	24
9	(6)	The Village	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$3,722,806	-47.99%	2,249	$1,655	$107,049,072	24
10	(4)	Yu-Gi-Oh	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$3,245,167	-65.79%	2,411	$1,346	$15,514,005	10
11	(13)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,020,555	+117.65%	652	$4,633	$6,510,004	26
12	(10)	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$2,421,434	-31.05%	1,343	$1,803	$365,173,462	54
13	(8)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,408,877	-37.70%	1,609	$1,497	$138,292,990	38
14	(11)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,787,873	+1.79%	577	$3,099	$19,111,581	73
15	(9)	Little Black Book	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,517,423	-59.90%	1,640	$925	$18,427,929	17
16	(new)	Benji: Off the Leash!	Benji Returns	Drama	$1,512,000		877	$1,724	$1,541,381	3
17	(14)	The Notebook	New Line	Drama	$774,126	-33.00%	621	$1,247	$76,295,611	59
18	(15)	Fahrenheit 9/11	Lionsgate	Documentary	$596,499	-41.05%	446	$1,337	$116,761,122	61
19	(19)	De-Lovely	MGM/UA	Drama	$561,938	-18.75%	317	$1,773	$10,776,149	59
20	(12)	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	New Line	Comedy	$489,985	-65.11%	401	$1,222	$17,327,672	24
21	(22)	Maria Full of Grace	New Line	Drama	$458,426	-7.48%	117	$3,918	$3,315,918	38
22	(new)	Nicotina	Arenas Entertainment	Black Comedy	$446,768		96	$4,654	$446,768	3
23	(21)	Shrek 2	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$422,786	-25.51%	435	$972	$436,471,036	96
24	(16)	Catwoman	Warner Bros.	Action	$386,319	-58.61%	444	$870	$39,050,726	31
25	(23)	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$353,507	-21.69%	248	$1,425	$246,900,818	80
26	(24)	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$282,594	-7.78%	283	$999	$113,005,058	66
27	(18)	A Cinderella Story	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$270,126	-68.92%	435	$621	$50,249,672	38
28	(31)	Intimate Strangers	Paramount Classics	Drama	$261,307	+22.50%	75	$3,484	$818,524	24
29	(25)	Garfield	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$248,958	-2.93%	293	$850	$74,405,479	73
30	(20)	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$241,442	-62.88%	322	$750	$84,136,909	45
31	(35)	King Arthur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$235,431	+37.40%	287	$820	$51,003,407	47
32	(28)	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$207,237	-9.96%	233	$889	$185,984,768	87
33	(44)	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Warner Bros.	Drama	$192,472	+90.01%	29	$6,637	$340,842	10
34	(38)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$184,152	+31.45%	37	$4,977	$2,165,576	199
35	(26)	The Door in the Floor	Focus Features	Drama	$179,571	-29.56%	112	$1,603	$3,179,110	40
36	(30)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$178,551	-19.28%	56	$3,188	$17,830,552	164
37	(27)	Before Sunset	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$171,309	-27.05%	113	$1,516	$4,560,080	52
38	(32)	The Stepford Wives	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$150,371	-28.34%	206	$730	$59,176,740	73
39	(33)	Around the World in 80 Days	Buena Vista	Adventure	$134,453	-29.37%	193	$697	$23,775,251	68
40	(40)	Riding Giants	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$128,787	-2.11%	64	$2,012	$1,687,033	45
41	(42)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$111,945	-8.61%	17	$6,585	$7,758,253	675
42	(46)	Zatoichi	Miramax	Action	$108,394	+11.08%	55	$1,971	$584,553	31
43	(36)	The Terminal	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$87,237	-43.12%	153	$570	$77,032,279	66
44	(41)	A Home at the End of the World	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$82,380	-34.02%	51	$1,615	$774,651	31
45	(29)	Thunderbirds	Universal	Adventure	$67,185	-70.11%	168	$400	$6,768,055	24
46	(50)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$63,233	-14.31%	27	$2,342	$396,534	17
47	(49)	Festival Express	ThinkFilm	Concert	$61,887	-24.96%	26	$2,380	$525,167	31
48	(59)	Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$58,029	+29.39%	17	$3,413	$237,277	17
49	(51)	The Corporation	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$56,054	-12.92%	27	$2,076	$1,350,094	219
50	(53)	Mean Girls	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$54,919	-1.03%	79	$695	$85,974,306	115
51	(62)	Code 46	MGM/UA		$54,385	+42.19%	21	$2,590	$142,603	17
52	(69)	She Hate Me	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$49,594	+121.10%	28	$1,771	$248,368	24
53	(60)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$47,458	+15.74%	8	$5,932	$7,250,677	682
54	(new)	Bright Young Things	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$46,926		3	$15,642	$46,926	3
55	(new)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$45,024		10	$4,502	$45,024	3
56	(55)	Control Room	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$40,060	-21.52%	32	$1,252	$2,301,502	94
57	(58)	Super Size Me	IDP Distribution	Documentary	$39,253	-17.53%	39	$1,006	$11,269,350	108
58	(56)	Troy	Warner Bros.	Action	$39,236	-18.53%	77	$510	$133,298,577	101
59	(45)	The Chronicles of Riddick	Universal	Adventure	$37,456	-62.15%	71	$528	$57,712,751	73
60	(57)	The Story of the Weeping Camel	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$35,412	-25.78%	24	$1,476	$1,434,170	80
61	(76)	Donnie Darko	Newmarket Films	Drama	$33,626	+96.74%	11	$3,057	$864,896	1,032
62	(54)	Raising Helen	Buena Vista	Comedy	$33,097	-38.53%	65	$509	$37,451,587	87
63	(re-entry)	Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$31,481		7	$4,497	$31,481	10
64	(67)	The Clearing	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$31,149	+20.97%	36	$865	$5,675,703	52
65	(new)	Mean Creek	Paramount Classics	Drama	$29,170		4	$7,293	$29,170	3
66	(79)	Man on Fire	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$23,302	+44.48%	31	$752	$77,894,965	122
67	(61)	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	IFC Films	Documentary	$21,299	-44.86%	26	$819	$1,114,222	45
68	(73)	Ju-On: The Grudge	Vitagraph Films	Horror	$21,264	+15.35%	9	$2,363	$138,721	31
69	(63)	Touch of Pink	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$20,506	-43.14%	16	$1,282	$439,627	38
70	(new)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$18,422		1	$18,422	$18,422	3
71	(72)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$17,223	-10.42%	10	$1,722	$265,295	66
72	(66)	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$14,321	-44.71%	8	$1,790	$2,288,351	143
73	(new)	Bush's Brain	Vitagraph Films	Documentary	$11,927		4	$2,982	$11,927	3
74	(81)	Johnson Family Vacation	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$11,116	-4.87%	21	$529	$31,194,198	138
75	(77)	Facing Window	Sony Pictures	Drama	$10,284	-39.69%	7	$1,469	$478,517	66
76	(104)	The Best Two Years	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$10,084	+410.84%	9	$1,120	$948,485	185
77	(95)	Last Life in the Universe		Comedy	$9,097	+182.08%	4	$2,274	$23,255	17
78	(80)	Home on the Range	Buena Vista	Comedy	$7,364	-54.31%	8	$921	$50,026,353	143
79	(87)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$6,707	-16.70%	4	$1,677	$16,451,285	500
80	(90)	Cowards Bend the Knee	Zeitgeist Films	Romantic Comedy	$5,570	-20.77%	1	$5,570	$22,940	10
81	(new)	It's Easier for a Camel	New Yorker	Drama	$5,281		1	$5,281	$5,281	3
82	(78)	Tom Dowd and the Language of Music	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$5,193	-68.57%	4	$1,298	$34,810	10
83	(re-entry)	Bukowski: Born Into This	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$4,789		4	$1,197	$303,490	87
84	(83)	Danny Deckchair	Lionsgate	Comedy	$4,420	-57.10%	4	$1,105	$24,385	12
85	(94)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,078	-28.38%	4	$1,020	$6,502,980	242
86	(84)	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$4,054	-56.18%	7	$579	$319,087	66
87	(92)	The Mother	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,752	-42.97%	6	$625	$863,483	87
88	(re-entry)	Distant	New Yorker	Drama	$3,549		1	$3,549	$84,525	164
89	(new)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$3,202		1	$3,202	$3,202	3
90	(82)	Gozu	Pathfinder	Drama	$2,706	-74.11%	2	$1,353	$35,083	24
91	(93)	Godzilla: The Original Japanese Version	Rialto Pictures	Horror	$2,497	-61.47%	2	$1,249	$370,932	108
92	(88)	The Twilight Samurai	Empire Pictures	Drama	$2,288	-70.77%	3	$763	$492,575	122
93	(re-entry)	The Life of Brian	Rainbow Releasing	Comedy	$1,960		1	$1,960	$19,989,734	9,138
94	(109)	Father and Son	WellSpring	Drama	$1,799	+43.23%	2	$900	$33,105	66
95	(86)	Zhou Yu's Train	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,757	-79.52%	2	$879	$90,105	52
96	(107)	How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$1,621	+4.58%	7	$232	$363,747	87
97	(new)	The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg	New Yorker	Documentary	$1,475		1	$1,475	$2,668	3
98	(100)	A Day Without a Mexican	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$1,423	-45.77%	1	$1,423	$3,248,042	101
99	(99)	The Battle of Algiers	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$1,380	-50.18%	1	$1,380	$809,926	227
100	(97)	Love Me If You Dare	Paramount Classics	Romantic Comedy	$1,030	-63.64%	5	$206	$539,675	96
101	(119)	Shaolin Soccer	Miramax	Comedy	$942	+101.28%	5	$188	$488,872	143
102	(118)	Strayed	WellSpring	Drama	$750	+50.00%	1	$750	$464,409	101
103	(102)	I'm not Scared	Miramax	Drama	$566	-72.01%	5	$113	$1,613,919	136
104	(121)	Valentin	Miramax	Drama	$540	+419.23%	1	$540	$275,363	108
105	(re-entry)	S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine	First Run	Documentary	$449		1	$449	$21,678	96
106	(101)	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Miramax	Action	$438	-80.32%	8	$55	$66,207,920	129

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