The Top Movies, Weekend of October 15, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Shark Tale	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$22,005,952	-29.76%	3,948	$5,574	$118,724,863	17
2	(2)	Friday Night Lights	Universal	Drama	$12,216,880	-39.73%	2,764	$4,420	$37,819,455	10
3	(new)	Team America: World Police	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$12,120,358		2,539	$4,774	$12,120,358	3
4	(new)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$11,783,467		1,772	$6,650	$11,783,467	3
5	(3)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$8,503,420	-35.11%	3,255	$2,612	$53,747,377	17
6	(4)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$7,891,169	-34.40%	3,001	$2,630	$23,891,719	12
7	(5)	The Forgotton	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$6,007,726	-21.01%	2,768	$2,170	$57,160,305	24
8	(6)	Raise Your Voice	New Line	Drama	$2,757,809	-31.44%	2,521	$1,094	$7,902,305	10
9	(9)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$1,756,157	+16.30%	250	$7,025	$5,748,162	24
10	(7)	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,218,417	-47.97%	1,208	$1,009	$35,899,489	31
11	(8)	Shaun of the Dead	Rogue Pictures	Comedy	$1,109,997	-35.02%	672	$1,652	$11,269,702	24
12	(15)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$914,880	+1.53%	65	$14,075	$2,600,993	17
13	(12)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$883,817	-16.38%	619	$1,428	$40,371,730	129
14	(11)	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$691,448	-39.74%	434	$1,593	$5,099,502	17
15	(10)	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Sony Pictures	Horror	$673,272	-46.27%	787	$855	$50,138,512	38
16	(13)	Cellular	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$574,385	-39.77%	741	$775	$30,653,555	38
17	(19)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$452,519	-20.49%	301	$1,503	$25,242,957	82
18	(23)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$368,134	+0.53%	132	$2,789	$6,103,766	255
19	(22)	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal	Action	$353,005	-10.99%	346	$1,020	$174,363,530	87
20	(17)	Jet Li's Hero	Miramax	Action	$352,984	-46.32%	395	$894	$52,807,621	52
21	(14)	Mr. 3000	Buena Vista	Comedy	$340,082	-64.04%	553	$615	$21,336,759	31
22	(20)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$313,714	-43.26%	508	$618	$56,748,788	59
23	(16)	Wimbledon	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$282,810	-60.48%	419	$675	$16,641,530	31
24	(24)	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$263,756	-23.70%	246	$1,072	$372,585,847	110
25	(new)	Final Cut	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$226,296		117	$1,934	$226,296	3
26	(new)	Hair Show	Innovation Film Group	Comedy	$201,567		38	$5,304	$201,567	3
27	(18)	First Daughter	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$189,056	-68.65%	381	$496	$8,719,945	24
28	(25)	The Village	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$150,603	-16.65%	235	$641	$113,755,078	80
29	(27)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$148,333	+1.17%	202	$734	$144,044,139	94
30	(28)	Maria Full of Grace	New Line	Drama	$110,706	-16.98%	107	$1,035	$6,265,149	94
31	(new)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$101,126		8	$12,641	$101,126	3
32	(new)	Riding the Bullet	Innovation Film Group	Horror	$101,107		100	$1,011	$101,107	3
33	(33)	AVP: Alien Vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Horror	$100,220	-2.49%	166	$604	$79,956,662	66
34	(29)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$98,154	-25.87%	194	$506	$94,166,695	68
35	(45)	Stage Beauty	Artisan	Drama	$89,267	+130.94%	21	$4,251	$149,996	10
36	(26)	Vanity Fair	Focus Features	Drama	$85,875	-43.45%	142	$605	$15,979,885	47
37	(36)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$81,733	+8.59%	12	$6,811	$8,525,024	731
38	(35)	The Notebook	New Line	Drama	$79,673	-19.73%	144	$553	$80,640,867	115
39	(64)	Exorcist: The Beginning	Warner Bros.	Horror	$76,190	+303.42%	202	$377	$41,652,219	59
40	(58)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$58,357	+136.43%	37	$1,577	$879,222	73
41	(73)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$53,983	+323.73%	6	$8,997	$82,588	12
42	(40)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$53,746	+11.91%	34	$1,581	$18,989,694	220
43	(54)	Primer	ThinkFilm	Drama	$53,551	+90.15%	19	$2,818	$90,477	10
44	(30)	A Dirty Shame	Fine Line	Comedy	$53,431	-53.70%	42	$1,272	$1,260,219	31
45	(41)	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$52,709	+21.17%	74	$712	$249,266,986	136
46	(38)	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	DreamWorks/Go Fish	Action	$42,515	-19.89%	50	$850	$856,451	31
47	(new)	Eulogy	Artisan	Comedy	$41,788		22	$1,899	$41,788	3
48	(71)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$40,870	+209.46%	2	$20,435	$75,660	8
49	(39)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$40,513	-19.02%	29	$1,397	$515,992	59
50	(37)	The Manchurian Candidate	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$38,447	-30.08%	49	$785	$65,581,463	80
51	(67)	Around the Bend	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$33,978	+90.04%	27	$1,258	$59,160	10
52	(56)	The Mother	Sony Pictures	Drama	$32,880	+24.07%	35	$939	$1,009,634	143
53	(31)	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$32,204	-70.57%	55	$586	$578,896	17
54	(51)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$30,122	-0.47%	23	$1,310	$530,456	59
55	(57)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$28,478	+10.79%	6	$4,746	$7,533,678	738
56	(66)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$28,217	+52.69%	16	$1,764	$151,017	31
57	(89)	Benji: Off the Leash!	Benji Returns	Drama	$27,777	+361.34%	106	$262	$3,785,401	59
58	(98)	Suspect Zero	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$27,680	+1,363.00%	56	$494	$8,712,564	52
59	(60)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$27,185	+13.94%	26	$1,046	$253,264	31
60	(44)	Bright Young Things	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$26,796	-35.20%	44	$609	$888,042	59
61	(46)	The Last Shot	Buena Vista	Comedy	$26,317	-30.09%	40	$658	$418,385	24
62	(55)	De-Lovely	MGM/UA	Drama	$26,113	-3.50%	64	$408	$13,337,299	115
63	(43)	A Day Without a Mexican	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$25,746	-38.06%	20	$1,287	$4,087,815	157
64	(50)	A Cinderella Story	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$25,003	-21.87%	71	$352	$51,431,160	94
65	(42)	Yes Men	MGM/UA	Documentary	$24,992	-40.50%	27	$926	$198,975	24
66	(53)	Paparazzi	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$21,610	-24.53%	69	$313	$15,654,079	45
67	(48)	Intimate Strangers	Paramount Classics	Drama	$21,580	-34.66%	30	$719	$2,062,092	80
68	(68)	Guiana 1838	RBC Radio	Drama	$21,366	+28.63%	2	$10,683	$144,856	24
69	(re-entry)	Silver City	Newmarket Films	Black Comedy	$21,267		45	$473	$1,002,333	31
70	(new)	P.S.	Newmarket Films	Drama	$18,710		3	$6,237	$18,710	3
71	(52)	Criminal	Warner Bros.	Drama	$18,377	-38.34%	36	$510	$907,653	38
72	(re-entry)	The Corporation	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$18,287		21	$871	$1,805,104	275
73	(65)	Garfield	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$17,459	-7.05%	36	$485	$75,346,123	129
74	(75)	Festival Express	ThinkFilm	Concert	$15,142	+23.25%	20	$757	$1,137,224	87
75	(63)	Before Sunset	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$14,723	-28.92%	27	$545	$5,766,499	108
76	(62)	Dig	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$13,999	-37.50%	7	$2,000	$74,736	17
77	(72)	Remember Me, My Love	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$13,800	+4.68%	5	$2,760	$133,769	45
78	(49)	Catwoman	Warner Bros.	Action	$13,383	-58.57%	39	$343	$40,198,710	87
79	(84)	Hollywood Buddha	Artistic License	Comedy	$12,510	+50.14%	2	$6,255	$67,862	24
80	(new)	Face	Indican Pictures	Drama	$12,366		3	$4,122	$12,366	3
81	(77)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$12,035	+1.46%	10	$1,204	$383,003	122
82	(new)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$11,982		2	$5,991	$11,982	3
83	(59)	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$11,968	-50.62%	25	$479	$114,303,265	122
84	(79)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$10,444	-11.39%	9	$1,160	$302,540	59
85	(70)	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$10,404	-23.08%	15	$694	$186,727,154	143
86	(61)	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	IDP Distribution	Drama	$10,258	-55.49%	9	$1,140	$1,035,632	45
87	(new)	Spin	Innovation Film Group	Drama	$9,858		9	$1,095	$9,858	3
88	(83)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$9,704	+9.14%	4	$2,426	$16,514,054	556
89	(86)	Ju-On: The Grudge	Vitagraph Films	Horror	$9,685	+27.23%	8	$1,211	$295,176	87
90	(78)	Mean Creek	Paramount Classics	Drama	$8,609	-27.36%	23	$374	$579,112	59
91	(new)	The Dust Factory			$8,000		22	$364	$8,000	3
92	(re-entry)	Howard Zinn	First Run	Documentary	$7,347		3	$2,449	$97,359	122
93	(85)	Riding Giants	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$7,143	-13.47%	10	$714	$2,231,940	101
94	(81)	Infernal Affairs	Miramax	Drama	$6,308	-36.64%	1	$6,308	$89,594	24
95	(new)	Untold Scandal	Kino	Drama	$6,015		4	$1,504	$6,752	3
96	(82)	Vodka Lemon	New Yorker	Comedy	$5,245	-43.62%	2	$2,623	$19,060	10
97	(95)	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$4,790	+84.51%	7	$684	$353,775	122
98	(80)	The Brown Bunny	WellSpring	Drama	$4,569	-55.13%	4	$1,142	$342,319	52
99	(91)	Touch of Pink	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$3,593	-30.92%	10	$359	$552,634	94
100	(76)	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,489	-70.63%	18	$194	$2,027,720	66
101	(99)	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	IFC Films	Documentary	$2,702	+57.00%	6	$450	$1,219,104	101
102	(97)	Reconstruction	Palm/Manga	Drama	$2,679	+25.01%	3	$893	$56,187	38
103	(104)	Strayed	WellSpring	Drama	$2,605	+455.44%	4	$651	$473,116	157
104	(90)	When Will I Be Loved	IFC Films	Drama	$2,496	-53.54%	6	$416	$154,370	38
105	(100)	A Home at the End of the World	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$2,480	+52.52%	9	$276	$1,026,548	87
106	(92)	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,994	-52.63%	4	$499	$58,139	45
107	(93)	Incantato	Northern Arts Entertainment	Drama	$1,702	-44.18%	1	$1,702	$18,193	24
108	(96)	The Best Two Years	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$1,601	-36.77%	3	$534	$1,163,450	241
109	(re-entry)	Chooch	Artistic License	Comedy	$1,538		1	$1,538	$30,792	52
110	(re-entry)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$1,138		2	$569	$32,116	52
111	(101)	Zhou Yu's Train	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$918	-33.91%	5	$184	$136,410	108
112	(94)	Imelda	Unico Entertainment	Documentary	$876	-66.77%	1	$876	$190,876	129
113	(105)	She Hate Me	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$555	+29.98%	4	$139	$357,245	80
114	(re-entry)	Goodbye Dragon Inn	WellSpring	Drama	$380		1	$380	$15,714	31
115	(re-entry)	Virgin	Artistic License	Drama	$334		1	$334	$7,822	45

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