The Top Movies, Weekend of January 7, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Meet the Fockers	Universal	Comedy	$28,498,160	-31.73%	3,527	$8,080	$204,297,870	19
2	(new)	White Noise	Universal	Drama	$24,113,565		2,261	$10,665	$24,113,565	3
3	(3)	The Aviator	Miramax	Drama	$7,492,647	-34.07%	1,867	$4,013	$42,798,842	24
4	(2)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,438,867	-49.00%	3,343	$2,225	$105,568,980	24
5	(4)	Fat Albert	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,748,443	-43.51%	2,675	$2,149	$41,022,439	16
6	(5)	Ocean's Twelve	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,310,434	-43.70%	3,010	$1,764	$115,312,023	31
7	(7)	Spanglish	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,251,776	-31.25%	2,587	$1,644	$37,508,732	24
8	(6)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,250,658	-37.20%	2,177	$1,953	$160,521,536	52
9	(9)	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	Musical	$3,420,307	-28.18%	622	$5,499	$21,548,803	19
10	(11)	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,744,639	-37.96%	1,105	$2,484	$19,449,138	31
11	(15)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$2,264,995	-12.56%	1,077	$2,103	$27,893,366	59
12	(10)	Darkness	Dimension	Horror	$2,181,876	-52.73%	1,714	$1,273	$20,253,304	16
13	(8)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,068,051	-63.13%	2,007	$1,030	$158,656,180	61
14	(12)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,057,544	-50.54%	1,619	$1,271	$254,738,382	66
15	(27)	Million Dollar Baby	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,920,418	+607.41%	109	$17,619	$3,107,704	26
16	(17)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,907,439	-11.30%	365	$5,226	$25,123,613	80
17	(16)	Closer	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,712,924	-23.23%	1,098	$1,560	$30,301,153	38
18	(13)	Flight of the Phoenix	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,578,988	-48.24%	1,643	$961	$19,351,986	24
19	(14)	Blade: Trinity	New Line	Action	$1,449,611	-51.68%	1,507	$962	$50,674,554	33
20	(32)	Hotel Rwanda	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,171,250	+722.63%	105	$11,155	$1,673,743	19
21	(19)	Beyond the Sea	Lionsgate	Drama	$1,006,019	-24.97%	383	$2,627	$3,421,575	24
22	(20)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$858,303	-31.13%	842	$1,019	$83,126,525	52
23	(23)	Kinsey	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$841,093	+58.29%	588	$1,430	$7,833,174	59
24	(22)	A Very Long Engagement	Warner Bros.	Drama	$614,964	-11.14%	164	$3,750	$3,615,445	45
25	(21)	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$552,031	-25.59%	142	$3,888	$5,011,446	38
26	(24)	Ray	Universal	Drama	$374,295	-16.70%	394	$950	$72,143,190	73
27	(18)	Christmas with the Kranks	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$301,214	-81.61%	898	$335	$73,701,902	47
28	(92)	Birth	New Line	Drama	$242,185	+58,540.44%	453	$535	$5,005,883	73
29	(26)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$233,059	-17.52%	42	$5,549	$2,125,543	52
30	(25)	Shark Tale	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$220,000	-35.53%	162	$1,358	$161,412,000	101
31	(28)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$208,308	+9.78%	123	$1,694	$16,025,595	108
32	(29)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$174,928	-2.40%	300	$583	$57,395,414	87
33	(30)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$161,094	-2.57%	241	$668	$74,108,717	101
34	(31)	In Good Company	Universal	Comedy	$144,149	-5.01%	3	$48,050	$438,714	12
35	(35)	The Woodsman	Newmarket Films	Drama	$141,019	+69.74%	34	$4,148	$381,528	17
36	(34)	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Universal	Comedy	$123,760	-6.07%	221	$560	$40,069,690	59
37	(38)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$88,838	+29.85%	64	$1,388	$10,230,192	339
38	(45)	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	ThinkFilm	Drama	$78,210	+108.30%	32	$2,444	$153,324	12
39	(33)	Swades	UTV Communications	Drama	$72,411	-45.44%	50	$1,448	$1,174,643	24
40	(40)	After the Sunset	New Line	Action	$68,504	+8.65%	159	$431	$28,226,095	59
41	(36)	The Work and the Glory	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$53,831	-33.46%	25	$2,153	$1,260,765	47
42	(41)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$52,810	-15.81%	88	$600	$36,436,447	96
43	(37)	The Merchant of Venice	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$48,946	-29.95%	4	$12,237	$168,716	12
44	(39)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$46,965	-26.51%	6	$7,828	$55,876,035	997
45	(54)	The Sea Inside	Fine Line	Drama	$44,612	+137.50%	12	$3,718	$197,281	24
46	(43)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$44,462	-7.06%	39	$1,140	$3,628,523	87
47	(44)	Alexander	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$42,775	-9.73%	73	$586	$34,072,020	47
48	(51)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$41,654	+59.42%	45	$926	$12,654,923	101
49	(42)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$39,725	-17.06%	80	$497	$44,478,018	213
50	(48)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$35,508	+22.94%	25	$1,420	$58,156,435	143
51	(re-entry)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$31,958		17	$1,880	$14,194,583	668
52	(46)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$30,000	-7.69%	5	$6,000	$10,187,855	1,410
53	(47)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$27,970	-4.04%	13	$2,152	$19,594,583	304
54	(50)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$25,226	-6.59%	8	$3,153	$8,934,272	815
55	(55)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$24,889	+34.84%	5	$4,978	$7,784,914	822
56	(53)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$24,365	+9.62%	37	$659	$2,162,855	92
57	(new)	Travellers and Magicians	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$22,793		3	$7,598	$22,793	3
58	(58)	Veer-Zaara	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$19,974	+40.21%	10	$1,997	$2,900,082	59
59	(56)	In the Realms of the Unreal	WellSpring	Documentary	$15,289	-10.94%	4	$3,822	$102,433	17
60	(49)	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Lionsgate	Drama	$14,285	-49.42%	6	$2,381	$69,028	12
61	(72)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$13,659	+186.65%	3	$4,553	$48,038,906	2,271
62	(57)	Team America: World Police	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$13,353	-12.60%	26	$514	$32,774,834	87
63	(59)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$13,073	-3.57%	26	$503	$1,027,672	80
64	(83)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$11,568	+671.20%	7	$1,653	$646,395	143
65	(62)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$10,736	+45.32%	10	$1,074	$492,963	96
66	(60)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$9,753	-9.00%	17	$574	$26,770,913	166
67	(61)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$9,658	-5.57%	3	$3,219	$345,010	66
68	(re-entry)	Straight-Jacket	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$8,916		3	$2,972	$29,975	45
69	(52)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$8,586	-63.01%	5	$1,717	$5,690,088	796
70	(67)	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$7,495	+18.97%	1	$7,495	$66,725	33
71	(74)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$6,458	+56.63%	3	$2,153	$119,378	87
72	(78)	A Tale of Two Sisters	Tartan Films	Horror	$6,405	+153.66%	4	$1,601	$43,353	38
73	(71)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$5,978	+21.50%	8	$747	$146,648	80
74	(91)	Days of Being Wild	Kino	Drama	$5,455	+1,198.81%	1	$5,455	$76,499	52
75	(re-entry)	Brother to Brother	Wolfe Releasing	Drama	$5,314		1	$5,314	$50,697	66
76	(70)	Alfie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$5,088	-4.40%	14	$363	$13,395,939	66
77	(64)	Notre Musique	WellSpring	Drama	$4,404	-39.17%	4	$1,101	$77,418	47
78	(68)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$4,353	-28.67%	5	$871	$16,616,249	640
79	(66)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,246	-37.21%	4	$1,062	$6,623,091	382
80	(re-entry)	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Film Movement	Comedy	$4,130		5	$826	$144,852	66
81	(69)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$4,076	-32.97%	2	$2,038	$77,233	80
82	(73)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$4,000	-11.11%	2	$2,000	$4,710,716	1,732
83	(80)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$3,900	+81.90%	3	$1,300	$1,780,019	101
84	(65)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$3,796	-47.46%	4	$949	$123,958	374
85	(75)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,627	+15.29%	1	$3,627	$13,108,016	1,900
86	(79)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$3,499	+41.49%	2	$1,750	$474,735	206
87	(77)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$2,382	-19.28%	4	$596	$732,036	143
88	(re-entry)	Goodbye Dragon Inn	WellSpring	Drama	$2,306		1	$2,306	$29,372	115
89	(63)	Bear Cub	TLA	Comedy	$2,169	-70.12%	2	$1,085	$71,617	66
90	(81)	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$1,654	-21.09%	1	$1,654	$75,598	45
91	(re-entry)	Testosterone	Strand Releasing	Drama	$1,520		2	$760	$177,492	122
92	(87)	Untold Scandal	Kino	Drama	$1,509	+154.04%	3	$503	$46,389	87
93	(94)	Enduring Love	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$1,499	+443.12%	5	$300	$350,903	73
94	(new)	Solitude	Indican Pictures	Drama	$1,480		2	$740	$1,480	3
95	(85)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$1,263	+32.25%	2	$632	$1,143,095	157
96	(re-entry)	Sex is Comedy	IFC Films	Comedy	$1,085		1	$1,085	$39,185	82
97	(88)	Fear and Trembling	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$966	+75.32%	1	$966	$2,514	52
98	(86)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$900	+2.86%	1	$900	$7,034,400	2,145
99	(re-entry)	The Raspberry Reich	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$832		1	$832	$31,211	108
100	(re-entry)	Anatomy of Hell	Tartan Films	Drama	$723		1	$723	$33,267	108
101	(re-entry)	Vodka Lemon	New Yorker	Comedy	$640		1	$640	$33,648	94
102	(re-entry)	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Dada Films	Documentary	$616		2	$308	$345,701	213
103	(84)	Almost Peaceful	Empire Pictures	Drama	$571	-45.88%	1	$571	$90,679	143
104	(re-entry)	After Midnight	Avatar	Comedy	$536		1	$536	$22,365	38
105	(re-entry)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$375		1	$375	$62,849	136
106	(90)	Petite Lili, La	First Run	Drama	$374	-23.98%	1	$374	$22,525	59
107	(re-entry)	The Brown Bunny	WellSpring	Drama	$317		1	$317	$366,301	136
108	(95)	Deserted Station	First Run	Drama	$310	+162.71%	1	$310	$12,363	213
109	(76)	Sky Blue	Maxmedia/Endgame	Action	$300	-90.07%	1	$300	$5,744	10

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