The Top Movies, Weekend of October 22, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Grudge	Sony Pictures	Horror	$39,128,715		3,245	$12,058	$39,128,715	3
2	(1)	Shark Tale	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$14,308,271	-34.98%	3,656	$3,914	$136,982,460	24
3	(4)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$8,589,988	-27.10%	2,419	$3,551	$24,418,113	10
4	(2)	Friday Night Lights	Universal	Drama	$6,947,460	-43.13%	2,969	$2,340	$47,269,480	17
5	(3)	Team America: World Police	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,388,442	-47.29%	2,620	$2,438	$22,115,806	10
6	(5)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$5,324,148	-37.39%	2,802	$1,900	$61,365,196	24
7	(new)	Surviving Christmas	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$4,441,356		2,750	$1,615	$4,441,356	3
8	(6)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$4,123,642	-47.74%	2,357	$1,750	$29,729,699	19
9	(7)	The Forgotton	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,278,603	-45.43%	2,253	$1,455	$61,988,961	31
10	(12)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,902,468	+217.25%	785	$3,697	$5,807,764	24
11	(9)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$1,430,875	-18.52%	260	$5,503	$7,810,333	31
12	(8)	Raise Your Voice	New Line	Drama	$1,126,003	-59.17%	1,509	$746	$9,496,963	17
13	(14)	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$781,943	+13.09%	521	$1,501	$6,077,495	24
14	(13)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$619,569	-29.90%	479	$1,293	$41,272,184	136
15	(11)	Shaun of the Dead	Rogue Pictures	Comedy	$610,567	-44.99%	571	$1,069	$12,276,669	31
16	(10)	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$578,496	-52.52%	872	$663	$36,832,192	38
17	(18)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$385,359	+4.68%	146	$2,639	$6,685,825	262
18	(17)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$306,447	-32.28%	216	$1,419	$25,711,568	89
19	(48)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$286,903	+601.99%	46	$6,237	$380,432	15
20	(19)	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal	Action	$282,710	-19.91%	304	$930	$174,768,985	94
21	(16)	Cellular	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$272,960	-52.48%	433	$630	$31,101,662	45
22	(15)	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Sony Pictures	Horror	$240,795	-64.24%	370	$651	$50,585,125	45
23	(31)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$223,292	+120.81%	36	$6,203	$392,702	10
24	(new)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$207,042		4	$51,761	$207,042	3
25	(24)	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$204,816	-22.35%	238	$861	$372,871,182	117
26	(20)	Jet Li's Hero	Miramax	Action	$166,158	-52.93%	226	$735	$53,095,537	59
27	(35)	Stage Beauty	Artisan	Drama	$159,096	+78.22%	59	$2,697	$340,807	17
28	(22)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$144,082	-54.07%	312	$462	$56,973,747	66
29	(29)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$136,966	-7.66%	181	$757	$144,240,513	101
30	(25)	Final Cut	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$133,237	-41.12%	117	$1,139	$443,404	10
31	(re-entry)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$121,171		49	$2,473	$1,051,213	24
32	(28)	The Village	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$111,277	-26.11%	201	$554	$113,922,460	87
33	(50)	The Manchurian Candidate	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$102,881	+167.59%	208	$495	$65,700,518	87
34	(re-entry)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$94,841		15	$6,323	$54,500,684	920
35	(21)	Mr. 3000	Buena Vista	Comedy	$93,397	-72.54%	194	$481	$21,515,136	38
36	(23)	Wimbledon	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$91,665	-67.59%	178	$515	$16,831,505	38
37	(26)	Hair Show	Innovation Film Group	Comedy	$83,020	-58.81%	35	$2,372	$269,550	10
38	(34)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$79,153	-19.36%	160	$495	$94,282,849	75
39	(33)	AVP: Alien Vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Horror	$77,253	-22.92%	147	$526	$80,081,876	73
40	(30)	Maria Full of Grace	New Line	Drama	$76,497	-30.90%	90	$850	$6,384,953	101
41	(27)	First Daughter	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$71,776	-62.03%	161	$446	$8,845,594	31
42	(re-entry)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$70,000		9	$7,778	$9,433,057	1,333
43	(38)	The Notebook	New Line	Drama	$66,036	-17.12%	116	$569	$80,751,161	122
44	(new)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$64,661		3	$21,554	$64,661	3
45	(41)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$63,755	+18.10%	22	$2,898	$185,495	19
46	(43)	Primer	ThinkFilm	Drama	$60,981	+13.87%	29	$2,103	$174,015	17
47	(37)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$59,640	-27.03%	12	$4,970	$8,584,664	738
48	(re-entry)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$55,339		27	$2,050	$13,397,195	591
49	(39)	Exorcist: The Beginning	Warner Bros.	Horror	$53,433	-29.87%	140	$382	$41,737,335	66
50	(42)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$48,941	-8.94%	34	$1,439	$19,070,239	227
51	(51)	Around the Bend	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$43,413	+27.77%	47	$924	$117,093	17
52	(45)	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$42,933	-18.55%	55	$781	$249,319,248	143
53	(re-entry)	Yu-Gi-Oh	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$41,400		202	$205	$19,742,947	73
54	(59)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$39,324	+44.65%	31	$1,269	$304,411	38
55	(36)	Vanity Fair	Focus Features	Drama	$35,685	-58.45%	70	$510	$16,052,032	54
56	(40)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$34,381	-41.09%	27	$1,273	$941,959	80
57	(44)	A Dirty Shame	Fine Line	Comedy	$30,833	-42.29%	28	$1,101	$1,311,746	38
58	(56)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$30,452	+7.92%	19	$1,603	$192,773	38
59	(70)	P.S.	Newmarket Films	Drama	$25,071	+34.00%	6	$4,179	$53,006	10
60	(55)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$24,966	-12.33%	6	$4,161	$7,558,644	745
61	(new)	Undertow	MGM/UA	Drama	$24,354		6	$4,059	$24,354	3
62	(63)	A Day Without a Mexican	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$21,410	-16.84%	19	$1,127	$4,120,210	164
63	(re-entry)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$19,547		3	$6,516	$47,792,068	2,194
64	(54)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$18,267	-39.36%	14	$1,305	$562,839	66
65	(75)	Before Sunset	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$17,590	+19.47%	21	$838	$5,792,822	115
66	(52)	The Mother	Sony Pictures	Drama	$17,564	-46.58%	18	$976	$1,043,534	150
67	(68)	Guiana 1838	RBC Radio	Drama	$17,457	-18.30%	2	$8,729	$165,166	31
68	(46)	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	DreamWorks/Go Fish	Action	$17,199	-59.55%	31	$555	$893,403	38
69	(49)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$16,415	-59.48%	19	$864	$545,691	66
70	(66)	Paparazzi	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$14,459	-33.09%	36	$402	$15,676,632	52
71	(72)	The Corporation	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$14,422	-21.14%	17	$848	$1,834,079	282
72	(76)	Dig	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$12,881	-7.99%	9	$1,431	$97,141	24
73	(47)	Eulogy	Artisan	Comedy	$12,548	-69.97%	22	$570	$70,527	10
74	(61)	The Last Shot	Buena Vista	Comedy	$11,776	-55.25%	17	$693	$442,182	31
75	(new)	The Manson Family	Dinsdale Releasing	Horror	$11,647		4	$2,912	$11,647	3
76	(67)	Intimate Strangers	Paramount Classics	Drama	$10,377	-51.91%	15	$692	$2,080,002	87
77	(82)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$10,099	-15.72%	2	$5,050	$27,365	10
78	(84)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$9,931	-4.91%	8	$1,241	$318,138	66
79	(73)	Garfield	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,857	-43.54%	25	$394	$75,359,741	136
80	(77)	Remember Me, My Love	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$9,815	-28.88%	4	$2,454	$148,214	52
81	(53)	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$9,365	-70.92%	17	$551	$604,241	24
82	(60)	Bright Young Things	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$9,151	-65.85%	15	$610	$905,355	66
83	(83)	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,082	-24.11%	14	$649	$114,316,047	129
84	(re-entry)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$9,000		2	$4,500	$4,611,806	1,655
85	(re-entry)	Hearts and Minds	Rialto Pictures	Documentary	$8,556		2	$4,278	$8,556	11,255
86	(re-entry)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$8,483		2	$4,242	$13,028,496	1,823
87	(57)	Benji: Off the Leash!	Benji Returns	Drama	$8,365	-69.89%	38	$220	$3,803,146	66
88	(95)	Untold Scandal	Kino	Drama	$7,938	+31.97%	8	$992	$17,614	10
89	(71)	Criminal	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,625	-58.51%	15	$508	$923,426	45
90	(81)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$7,616	-36.72%	6	$1,269	$395,328	129
91	(re-entry)	Control Room	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$7,564		8	$946	$2,576,552	157
92	(re-entry)	Testosterone	Strand Releasing	Drama	$7,246		4	$1,812	$113,697	45
93	(69)	Silver City	Newmarket Films	Black Comedy	$6,828	-67.89%	20	$341	$1,017,376	38
94	(100)	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,311	+80.88%	15	$421	$2,037,545	73
95	(89)	Ju-On: The Grudge	Vitagraph Films	Horror	$6,136	-36.64%	5	$1,227	$305,959	94
96	(85)	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,653	-45.67%	12	$471	$186,735,428	150
97	(new)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$5,300		2	$2,650	$5,300	3
98	(88)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$5,257	-45.83%	4	$1,314	$16,520,294	563
99	(re-entry)	The Inheritance	Cinema Guild	Drama	$4,802		2	$2,401	$49,693	108
100	(90)	Mean Creek	Paramount Classics	Drama	$4,667	-45.79%	14	$333	$587,699	66
101	(106)	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Sony Pictures	Action	$4,012	+101.20%	5	$802	$62,731	52
102	(re-entry)	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Dada Films	Documentary	$3,894		10	$389	$323,156	136
103	(74)	Festival Express	ThinkFilm	Concert	$3,575	-76.39%	7	$511	$1,150,134	94
104	(re-entry)	Bonjour Mounsieur Shlomi	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$3,435		3	$1,145	$89,676	115
105	(new)	Sex is Comedy	IFC Films	Comedy	$3,370		1	$3,370	$4,665	5
106	(93)	Riding Giants	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$3,321	-53.51%	7	$474	$2,236,730	108
107	(104)	When Will I Be Loved	IFC Films	Drama	$3,280	+31.41%	4	$820	$159,429	45
108	(new)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$3,263		1	$3,263	$3,263	3
109	(re-entry)	Malevolence	Painted Zebra Releasing	Horror	$3,083		5	$617	$62,107	45
110	(re-entry)	Anatomy of Hell	Tartan Films	Drama	$2,706		1	$2,706	$27,215	31
111	(new)	A Fish Without a Bicycle	Newmark/Echelon Ent.	Comedy	$2,650		1	$2,650	$2,650	3
112	(new)	Stella Street	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$2,574		10	$257	$2,574	3
113	(101)	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	IFC Films	Documentary	$2,299	-14.91%	7	$328	$1,222,708	108
114	(re-entry)	The Life of Brian	Rainbow Releasing	Comedy	$2,177		4	$544	$646,124	9,201
115	(re-entry)	The Raspberry Reich	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$2,161		1	$2,161	$28,883	31
116	(re-entry)	Merci Docteur Rey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$1,837		2	$919	$17,613	38
117	(re-entry)	Modern Times	Kino	Comedy	$1,809		1	$1,809	$163,245	25,100
118	(re-entry)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,808		1	$1,808	$6,536,907	305
119	(99)	Touch of Pink	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$1,538	-57.19%	3	$513	$555,388	101
120	(102)	Reconstruction	Palm/Manga	Drama	$1,519	-43.30%	2	$760	$59,187	45
121	(110)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$1,452	+27.59%	1	$1,452	$34,379	59
122	(re-entry)	Incident at Loch Ness	Eden Rock/Abramorama	Documentary	$1,431		1	$1,431	$28,247	38
123	(98)	The Brown Bunny	WellSpring	Drama	$1,429	-68.72%	4	$357	$347,919	59
124	(re-entry)	Proteus	Strand Releasing	Documentary	$1,399		2	$700	$51,390	87
125	(re-entry)	The Hunting of the President	Regent Releasing	Documentary	$1,266		2	$633	$376,429	136
126	(105)	A Home at the End of the World	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$1,246	-49.76%	9	$138	$1,029,017	94
127	(92)	Howard Zinn	First Run	Documentary	$1,135	-84.55%	2	$568	$101,528	129
128	(111)	Zhou Yu's Train	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,123	+22.33%	3	$374	$138,247	115
129	(re-entry)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,033		1	$1,033	$7,021,383	2,068
130	(113)	She Hate Me	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$862	+55.32%	3	$287	$358,511	87
131	(re-entry)	Twist	Strand Releasing	Drama	$817		2	$409	$47,082	157
132	(86)	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	IDP Distribution	Drama	$816	-92.05%	2	$408	$1,040,868	52
133	(re-entry)	Bush's Brain	Vitagraph Films	Documentary	$731		2	$366	$176,610	66
134	(re-entry)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$716		1	$716	$3,387,013	1,186
135	(103)	Strayed	WellSpring	Drama	$600	-76.97%	2	$300	$474,746	164
136	(115)	Virgin	Artistic License	Drama	$518	+55.09%	1	$518	$8,559	52
137	(97)	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$491	-89.75%	1	$491	$356,286	129
138	(112)	Imelda	Unico Entertainment	Documentary	$474	-45.89%	1	$474	$191,761	136
139	(re-entry)	Brothers in Arms	First Run	Documentary	$436		2	$218	$3,270	59
140	(96)	Vodka Lemon	New Yorker	Comedy	$332	-93.67%	1	$332	$22,338	17
141	(107)	Incantato	Northern Arts Entertainment	Drama	$56	-96.71%	1	$56	$18,419	31

Statistical industry information provided by and copyright © Exhibitor Relations Co., Inc
For full information on how our charts are constructed see our sources.