The Top Movies, Weekend of September 3, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Jet Li's Hero	Miramax	Action	$8,807,757	-51.08%	2,092	$4,210	$32,530,260	10
2	(3)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,087,228	-17.42%	2,756	$2,572	$37,927,220	17
3	(2)	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Sony Pictures	Horror	$6,421,560	-49.88%	2,905	$2,211	$22,273,838	10
4	(new)	Paparazzi	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$6,146,262		2,115	$2,906	$6,146,262	3
5	(4)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$5,552,475	-31.32%	3,139	$1,769	$83,515,949	26
6	(new)	Wicker Park	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$5,467,281		2,598	$2,104	$5,467,281	3
7	(6)	Collateral	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$5,011,582	-22.54%	2,348	$2,134	$87,427,974	31
8	(new)	The Cookout	Lionsgate	Comedy	$5,000,900		1,303	$3,838	$5,000,900	3
9	(new)	Vanity Fair	Focus Features	Drama	$4,833,900		1,051	$4,599	$5,971,635	5
10	(9)	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal	Action	$4,112,215	-11.49%	1,717	$2,395	$163,567,315	45
11	(5)	Exorcist: The Beginning	Warner Bros.	Horror	$3,623,328	-48.83%	2,452	$1,478	$37,158,508	17
12	(13)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,901,067	+3.92%	813	$3,568	$15,023,149	40
13	(14)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,811,411	+34.94%	886	$3,173	$26,268,093	87
14	(7)	AVP: Alien Vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Horror	$2,510,325	-48.85%	1,944	$1,291	$76,361,867	24
15	(8)	Open Water	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$2,485,983	-47.77%	1,929	$1,289	$27,563,680	31
16	(12)	The Manchurian Candidate	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,008,527	-29.25%	1,085	$1,851	$61,916,094	38
17	(10)	Suspect Zero	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,932,056	-43.94%	1,501	$1,287	$6,637,596	10
18	(11)	Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,787,386	-45.03%	1,276	$1,401	$6,069,704	10
19	(16)	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,165,913	-25.97%	807	$1,445	$369,534,309	68
20	(15)	The Village	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$840,020	-55.55%	751	$1,119	$111,955,089	38
21	(18)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$719,977	-42.72%	551	$1,307	$141,686,064	52
22	(21)	The Notebook	New Line	Drama	$650,051	+10.78%	562	$1,157	$78,303,467	73
23	(17)	Yu-Gi-Oh	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$493,200	-63.81%	1,103	$447	$19,060,240	24
24	(23)	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$413,441	-14.87%	391	$1,057	$248,195,631	94
25	(22)	De-Lovely	MGM/UA	Drama	$398,504	-22.55%	320	$1,245	$12,229,714	73
26	(25)	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Warner Bros.	Drama	$373,291	+5.83%	190	$1,965	$1,307,931	24
27	(24)	Maria Full of Grace	New Line	Drama	$361,353	-6.05%	119	$3,037	$4,444,119	52
28	(26)	Fahrenheit 9/11	Lionsgate	Documentary	$277,211	-15.35%	245	$1,131	$117,921,024	75
29	(19)	Benji: Off the Leash!	Benji Returns	Drama	$269,342	-56.62%	406	$663	$3,270,643	17
30	(new)	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	IDP Distribution	Drama	$260,135		29	$8,970	$260,135	3
31	(36)	Before Sunset	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$255,711	+97.62%	197	$1,298	$5,094,425	66
32	(31)	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$225,928	+20.21%	238	$949	$113,672,350	80
33	(20)	Little Black Book	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$222,716	-63.10%	309	$721	$20,249,209	31
34	(29)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$219,800	+9.64%	43	$5,112	$2,825,954	213
35	(27)	Intimate Strangers	Paramount Classics	Drama	$208,037	-8.16%	94	$2,213	$1,428,647	38
36	(34)	Garfield	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$185,892	+21.93%	209	$889	$74,957,566	87
37	(33)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$178,317	+12.96%	58	$3,074	$18,359,197	178
38	(35)	A Cinderella Story	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$168,342	+21.22%	208	$809	$50,778,551	52
39	(30)	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	New Line	Comedy	$163,086	-16.44%	129	$1,264	$18,097,804	38
40	(32)	King Arthur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$132,609	-25.82%	186	$713	$51,565,481	61
41	(46)	Festival Express	ThinkFilm	Concert	$129,086	+75.23%	43	$3,002	$817,725	45
42	(41)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$114,578	+8.62%	17	$6,740	$7,978,318	689
43	(43)	Mean Creek	Paramount Classics	Drama	$98,572	+13.73%	41	$2,404	$263,947	17
44	(40)	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$97,022	-9.17%	129	$752	$186,342,374	101
45	(38)	The Door in the Floor	Focus Features	Drama	$92,816	-25.05%	76	$1,221	$3,515,396	54
46	(39)	A Day Without a Mexican	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$84,475	-25.41%	36	$2,347	$3,482,905	115
47	(51)	The Brown Bunny	WellSpring	Drama	$82,339	+62.72%	10	$8,234	$156,497	10
48	(37)	Catwoman	Warner Bros.	Action	$77,312	-37.66%	121	$639	$39,506,696	45
49	(45)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$75,230	+0.99%	24	$3,135	$250,637	17
50	(50)	Donnie Darko	Newmarket Films	Drama	$74,598	+44.58%	19	$3,926	$1,036,672	1,046
51	(90)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$71,208	+3,376.95%	4	$17,802	$79,210	17
52	(42)	Riding Giants	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$67,245	-22.88%	59	$1,140	$1,971,827	59
53	(52)	The Story of the Weeping Camel	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$61,399	+21.38%	34	$1,806	$1,604,739	94
54	(57)	Bright Young Things	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$57,090	+42.17%	15	$3,806	$177,582	17
55	(53)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$56,892	+26.83%	8	$7,112	$7,352,426	696
56	(54)	The Corporation	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$49,764	+18.62%	24	$2,074	$1,510,191	233
57	(44)	The Stepford Wives	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$49,583	-41.42%	63	$787	$59,434,674	87
58	(49)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$46,908	-11.10%	25	$1,876	$557,640	31
59	(55)	Zatoichi	Miramax	Action	$37,377	-10.65%	53	$705	$743,669	45
60	(56)	Danny Deckchair	Lionsgate	Comedy	$33,735	-17.55%	29	$1,163	$112,145	26
61	(48)	Around the World in 80 Days	Buena Vista	Adventure	$30,871	-49.38%	63	$490	$23,963,379	82
62	(47)	A Home at the End of the World	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$27,252	-57.07%	34	$802	$943,419	45
63	(60)	Super Size Me	IDP Distribution	Documentary	$26,644	+2.19%	31	$859	$11,391,226	122
64	(59)	The Best Two Years	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$23,391	-18.82%	17	$1,376	$1,050,759	199
65	(65)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$21,260		4	$5,315	$87,982	17
66	(59)	Control Room	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$19,399		18	$1,078	$2,413,572	108
67	(73)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$16,550	+79.21%	6	$2,758	$303,124	80
68	(64)	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	IFC Films	Documentary	$16,024	-20.03%	25	$641	$1,177,984	59
69	(new)	Remember Me, My Love	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$15,378		2	$7,689	$15,378	3
70	(63)	Mean Girls	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,063	-33.79%	13	$1,082	$86,047,227	129
71	(new)	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Sony Pictures	Action	$13,721		4	$3,430	$13,721	3
72	(62)	She Hate Me	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$13,475	-41.29%	17	$793	$318,480	38
73	(74)	Facing Window	Sony Pictures	Drama	$8,541	+13.65%	6	$1,424	$506,432	80
74	(71)	Touch of Pink	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$7,876	-21.47%	10	$788	$472,010	52
75	(66)	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$7,012	-55.11%	5	$1,402	$2,329,767	157
76	(78)	L.A. Twister	Indican Pictures	Drama	$6,398	+26.14%	2	$3,199	$23,112	24
77	(76)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$6,011	+2.86%	3	$2,004	$16,470,300	514
78	(70)	Chooch	Artistic License	Comedy	$5,701	-46.30%	2	$2,851	$20,588	10
79	(65)	The Clearing	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,316	-71.70%	12	$443	$5,721,293	66
80	(new)	Virgin	Artistic License	Drama	$5,310		1	$5,310	$5,310	3
81	(80)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$5,165	+15.16%	1	$5,165	$17,190	10
82	(79)	The Mother	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,967	+3.26%	5	$993	$876,482	101
83	(86)	The Life of Brian	Rainbow Releasing	Comedy	$4,766	+108.85%	3	$1,589	$19,999,755	9,152
84	(re-entry)	Imelda	Unico Entertainment	Documentary	$4,446		1	$4,446	$155,740	87
85	(85)	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$3,250	+42.17%	3	$1,083	$327,420	80
86	(84)	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$2,774	-15.48%	1	$2,774	$85,020	185
87	(87)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,654	+17.54%	1	$2,654	$6,511,463	256
88	(91)	Bang Rajan	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$2,324		2	$1,162	$13,608	31
89	(83)	Howard Zinn	First Run	Documentary	$2,145	-35.47%	1	$2,145	$61,186	80
90	(72)	Raising Helen	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,876	-80.83%	8	$235	$37,485,528	101
91	(81)	The Return	Kino	Drama	$1,607	-60.77%	2	$804	$501,752	213
92	(68)	Zhou Yu's Train	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,304	-88.67%	2	$652	$106,749	66
93	(95)	Brothers in Arms	First Run	Documentary	$811	+23.25%	2	$406	$1,756	10
94	(94)	The Battle of Algiers	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$506	-40.75%	1	$506	$812,073	241
95	(98)	Father and Son	WellSpring	Drama	$500	+11.61%	1	$500	$35,279	80
96	(re-entry)	Twentynine Palms	WellSpring	Drama	$350		1	$350	$54,211	150
97	(88)	My Wife Maurice	TLA	Comedy	$321	-85.59%	1	$321	$3,657	10
98	(96)	Love Me If You Dare	Paramount Classics	Romantic Comedy	$37	-94.12%	3	$12	$541,589	110

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