The Top Movies, Weekend of January 14, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Coach Carter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$24,182,960		2,524	$9,581	$24,182,960	3
2	(1)	Meet the Fockers	Universal	Comedy	$19,316,095	-32.22%	3,554	$5,435	$231,110,125	26
3	(34)	In Good Company	Universal	Comedy	$14,289,750	+9,813.18%	1,566	$9,125	$14,789,212	19
4	(new)	Racing Stripes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$13,920,052		3,185	$4,371	$13,920,052	3
5	(new)	Elektra	20th Century Fox	Action	$12,804,793		3,203	$3,998	$12,804,793	3
6	(2)	White Noise	Universal	Drama	$12,067,290	-49.96%	2,279	$5,295	$41,108,890	10
7	(3)	The Aviator	Miramax	Drama	$5,057,536	-32.50%	1,956	$2,586	$50,235,595	31
8	(4)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,040,709	-45.68%	2,540	$1,591	$111,118,911	31
9	(9)	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	Musical	$3,669,147	+7.28%	907	$4,045	$26,555,685	26
10	(6)	Ocean's Twelve	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,984,382	-43.80%	2,105	$1,418	$119,934,431	38
11	(5)	Fat Albert	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,800,707	-51.28%	2,043	$1,371	$44,613,680	23
12	(8)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,657,763	-37.47%	1,610	$1,651	$164,221,316	59
13	(16)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,164,549	+13.48%	366	$5,914	$28,046,995	87
14	(15)	Million Dollar Baby	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,813,881	-5.55%	122	$14,868	$5,684,881	33
15	(11)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$1,756,690	-22.44%	1,000	$1,757	$30,445,737	66
16	(25)	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$1,737,497	+214.75%	1,189	$1,461	$6,972,013	45
17	(7)	Spanglish	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,716,450	-59.63%	1,662	$1,033	$40,508,596	31
18	(20)	Hotel Rwanda	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,460,089	+24.66%	192	$7,605	$3,589,618	26
19	(10)	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,350,164	-50.81%	907	$1,489	$21,858,628	38
20	(14)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,056,191	-48.67%	1,002	$1,054	$256,240,051	73
21	(13)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,009,858	-51.17%	445	$2,269	$160,211,136	68
22	(17)	Closer	Sony Pictures	Drama	$788,325	-53.98%	737	$1,070	$31,792,218	45
23	(12)	Darkness	Dimension	Horror	$670,289	-69.28%	955	$702	$21,395,775	23
24	(21)	Beyond the Sea	Lionsgate	Drama	$639,209	-36.46%	383	$1,669	$4,458,226	31
25	(24)	A Very Long Engagement	Warner Bros.	Drama	$525,765	-14.50%	219	$2,401	$4,368,784	52
26	(19)	Blade: Trinity	New Line	Action	$412,265	-71.56%	707	$583	$51,562,697	40
27	(23)	Kinsey	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$408,060	-51.48%	339	$1,204	$8,574,243	66
28	(29)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$376,845	+61.70%	60	$6,281	$2,596,728	59
29	(18)	Flight of the Phoenix	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$347,735	-77.98%	519	$670	$20,229,952	31
30	(22)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$317,906	-62.96%	440	$723	$83,569,923	59
31	(26)	Ray	Universal	Drama	$286,005	-23.59%	286	$1,000	$72,581,045	80
32	(35)	The Woodsman	Newmarket Films	Drama	$218,982	+55.29%	62	$3,532	$660,157	24
33	(31)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$150,000	-27.99%	96	$1,563	$16,270,000	115
34	(43)	The Merchant of Venice	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$118,379	+141.86%	15	$7,892	$308,407	19
35	(33)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$108,006	-32.95%	190	$568	$74,274,019	108
36	(32)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$107,825	-38.36%	254	$425	$57,564,425	94
37	(47)	Alexander	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$91,463	+113.82%	223	$410	$34,184,597	54
38	(37)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$84,935	-4.39%	64	$1,327	$10,372,083	346
39	(38)	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	ThinkFilm	Drama	$71,795	-8.20%	26	$2,761	$259,843	19
40	(new)	Appleseed	Geneon Entertainment	Action	$66,869		31	$2,157	$66,869	3
41	(36)	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Universal	Comedy	$63,220	-48.92%	116	$545	$40,192,580	66
42	(83)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$54,000	+1,284.62%	23	$2,348	$1,836,000	108
43	(41)	The Work and the Glory	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$51,894	-3.60%	21	$2,471	$1,342,908	54
44	(44)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$47,000	+0.07%	11	$4,273	$55,975,000	1,004
45	(53)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$45,000	+60.89%	15	$3,000	$19,645,663	311
46	(42)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$43,552	-17.53%	76	$573	$36,492,655	103
47	(46)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$37,395	-15.89%	25	$1,496	$3,686,668	94
48	(45)	The Sea Inside	Fine Line	Drama	$30,844	-30.86%	12	$2,570	$251,197	31
49	(48)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$29,295	-29.67%	46	$637	$12,705,576	108
50	(54)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$28,451	+12.78%	8	$3,556	$8,962,723	822
51	(55)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$27,116	+8.95%	5	$5,423	$7,812,030	829
52	(56)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$26,670	+9.46%	41	$650	$2,206,950	99
53	(40)	After the Sunset	New Line	Action	$26,012	-62.03%	74	$352	$28,283,533	66
54	(52)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$25,000	-16.67%	5	$5,000	$10,228,000	1,417
55	(51)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$25,000	-21.77%	19	$1,316	$14,215,000	675
56	(39)	Swades	UTV Communications	Drama	$21,864	-69.81%	30	$729	$1,208,522	31
57	(49)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$19,347	-51.30%	46	$421	$44,513,674	220
58	(re-entry)	The Chorus	Miramax	Drama	$18,335		2	$9,168	$2,105,463	52
59	(58)	Veer-Zaara	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$17,469	-12.54%	10	$1,747	$2,921,738	66
60	(61)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$14,000	+2.50%	4	$3,500	$48,066,000	2,278
61	(59)	In the Realms of the Unreal	WellSpring	Documentary	$12,403	-18.88%	6	$2,067	$124,581	24
62	(81)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$12,127	+197.52%	1	$12,127	$89,360	87
63	(57)	Travellers and Magicians	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$10,000	-56.13%	3	$3,333	$41,000	10
64	(73)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$9,590	+60.42%	7	$1,370	$158,935	87
65	(70)	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$8,370	+11.67%	1	$8,370	$79,465	40
66	(63)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$8,366	-36.01%	12	$697	$1,043,687	87
67	(78)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$7,306	+67.84%	4	$1,827	$16,629,232	647
68	(71)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$7,267	+12.53%	4	$1,817	$131,407	94
69	(67)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$6,501	-32.69%	2	$3,251	$354,302	73
70	(68)	Straight-Jacket	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$5,994	-32.77%	4	$1,499	$36,918	52
71	(64)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$5,951	-48.56%	4	$1,488	$654,913	150
72	(79)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,731	+34.97%	5	$1,146	$6,631,471	389
73	(84)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$5,700	+50.16%	3	$1,900	$128,600	381
74	(74)	Days of Being Wild	Kino	Drama	$4,272	-21.69%	1	$4,272	$84,860	59
75	(60)	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Lionsgate	Drama	$4,139	-71.03%	2	$2,070	$80,807	19
76	(85)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,700	+2.01%	2	$1,850	$13,115,000	1,907
77	(82)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$3,500	-12.50%	2	$1,750	$4,717,700	1,739
78	(77)	Notre Musique	WellSpring	Drama	$3,157	-28.32%	3	$1,052	$82,866	54
79	(66)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,137	-67.84%	10	$314	$26,777,599	173
80	(65)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$3,058	-71.52%	1	$3,058	$503,318	103
81	(95)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$3,007	+138.08%	4	$752	$1,148,099	164
82	(re-entry)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$2,000		1	$2,000	$1,754,900	850
83	(re-entry)	Guiana 1838	RBC Radio	Drama	$1,700		1	$1,700	$194,600	115
84	(72)	A Tale of Two Sisters	Tartan Films	Horror	$1,500	-76.58%	3	$500	$48,100	45
85	(75)	Brother to Brother	Wolfe Releasing	Drama	$1,400	-73.65%	1	$1,400	$60,200	73
86	(106)	Petite Lili, La	First Run	Drama	$1,200	+220.86%	1	$1,200	$23,800	66
87	(98)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$780	-13.33%	1	$780	$7,035,700	2,152
88	(97)	Fear and Trembling	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$730	-24.43%	1	$730	$26,610	59
89	(101)	Vodka Lemon	New Yorker	Comedy	$704	+10.00%	1	$704	$34,782	101
90	(96)	Sex is Comedy	IFC Films	Comedy	$569	-47.56%	2	$285	$40,226	89
91	(re-entry)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$550		1	$550	$3,394,100	1,270
92	(90)	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$495	-70.07%	1	$495	$77,137	52
93	(93)	Enduring Love	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$474	-68.38%	5	$95	$352,578	80
94	(88)	Goodbye Dragon Inn	WellSpring	Drama	$439	-80.96%	2	$220	$30,988	122
95	(re-entry)	Almost Peaceful	Empire Pictures	Drama	$430		1	$430	$91,110	148
96	(92)	Untold Scandal	Kino	Drama	$357	-76.34%	1	$357	$47,378	94
97	(105)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$210	-44.00%	1	$210	$65,090	143
98	(108)	Deserted Station	First Run	Drama	$120	-61.29%	1	$120	$13,020	220

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Chart certified: 9/21/2005