The Top Movies, Weekend of February 25, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Lionsgate	Drama	$21,905,089		1,483	$14,771	$21,905,089	3
2	(1)	Hitch	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$20,420,799	-34.87%	3,571	$5,719	$121,429,017	17
3	(2)	Constantine	Warner Bros.	Action	$12,046,452	-59.53%	3,006	$4,007	$50,977,992	10
4	(new)	Cursed	Dimension	Horror	$9,633,085		2,805	$3,434	$9,633,085	3
5	(new)	Man of the House	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,917,251		2,422	$3,682	$8,917,251	3
6	(5)	Million Dollar Baby	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,344,390	+7.85%	2,125	$3,456	$64,851,738	75
7	(3)	Because of Winn-Dixie	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$6,823,980	-33.15%	3,188	$2,141	$22,275,661	10
8	(6)	Are We There Yet?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,111,030	-34.59%	2,242	$1,834	$76,477,479	38
9	(4)	Son of the Mask	New Line	Comedy	$3,822,241	-49.12%	2,966	$1,289	$14,018,767	10
10	(8)	The Aviator	Miramax	Drama	$3,739,037	-10.01%	1,579	$2,368	$93,643,789	73
11	(11)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,537,135	-7.56%	1,229	$2,878	$63,165,002	129
12	(10)	The Wedding Date	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$2,109,640	-45.24%	1,290	$1,635	$28,896,210	24
13	(7)	Boogeyman	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,096,931	-60.51%	2,027	$1,034	$44,705,008	24
14	(9)	Pooh's Heffalump Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,096,013	-49.22%	1,944	$1,078	$15,645,951	17
15	(14)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$1,826,197	-3.57%	776	$2,353	$48,066,961	108
16	(15)	Hotel Rwanda	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,590,588	-8.69%	580	$2,742	$19,220,593	68
17	(13)	Meet the Fockers	Universal	Comedy	$1,100,145	-45.46%	812	$1,355	$275,027,050	68
18	(12)	Hide and Seek	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$971,177	-63.09%	1,254	$774	$49,825,766	31
19	(24)	Bride & Prejudice	Miramax	Musical	$856,488	+166.40%	156	$5,490	$1,800,562	17
20	(18)	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	Musical	$665,049	-39.15%	603	$1,103	$48,693,054	68
21	(16)	Racing Stripes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$658,427	-51.16%	835	$789	$47,307,489	45
22	(19)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$655,749	-13.10%	328	$1,999	$6,856,158	136
23	(17)	Coach Carter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$503,785	-56.66%	744	$677	$65,785,926	45
24	(36)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$447,214	+217.92%	403	$1,110	$259,425,875	115
25	(20)	Ong-Bak	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$363,004	-49.56%	180	$2,017	$3,401,046	17
26	(22)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$324,453	-20.16%	27	$12,017	$2,724,207	31
27	(21)	In Good Company	Universal	Comedy	$281,175	-56.50%	273	$1,030	$45,075,827	61
28	(25)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$231,720	-27.57%	316	$733	$117,719,036	73
29	(27)	The Merchant of Venice	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$222,375	-13.47%	95	$2,341	$2,226,043	61
30	(new)	Bewafaa	Eros Entertainment	Drama	$212,663		46	$4,623	$212,663	3
31	(35)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$201,613	+41.18%	91	$2,216	$3,380,704	141
32	(26)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$179,567	-35.51%	173	$1,038	$169,616,657	101
33	(23)	Ocean's Twelve	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$152,072	-60.42%	202	$753	$125,245,047	80
34	(29)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$143,110	-28.80%	106	$1,350	$4,700,272	101
35	(34)	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$130,078	-9.67%	41	$3,173	$718,096	82
36	(33)	Ray	Universal	Drama	$129,235	-13.64%	136	$950	$75,079,595	122
37	(30)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$122,835	-35.42%	173	$710	$162,639,735	110
38	(32)	Fat Albert	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$118,309	-25.04%	211	$561	$47,870,715	65
39	(31)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$96,476	-47.79%	212	$455	$85,283,341	101
40	(41)	The Sea Inside	Fine Line	Drama	$94,475	-6.63%	65	$1,453	$967,457	73
41	(44)	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$83,885	-11.70%	72	$1,165	$10,701,560	87
42	(39)	The Chorus	Miramax	Drama	$81,455	-31.13%	44	$1,851	$2,892,312	94
43	(51)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$81,370	+69.52%	11	$7,397	$56,766,828	1,046
44	(43)	Nobody Knows	IFC Films	Drama	$74,750	-24.57%	23	$3,250	$325,140	24
45	(38)	Inside Deep Throat	Universal	Documentary	$72,287	-40.06%	27	$2,677	$389,175	17
46	(42)	Black	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$64,346	-36.29%	27	$2,383	$541,834	24
47	(68)	Downfall	Newmarket Films	Drama	$62,817	+245.24%	4	$15,704	$102,207	10
48	(40)	A Very Long Engagement	Warner Bros.	Drama	$61,161	-45.82%	67	$913	$6,167,817	94
49	(46)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$60,802	-6.46%	31	$1,961	$2,184,388	150
50	(47)	Elektra	20th Century Fox	Action	$58,281	-3.34%	133	$438	$24,250,579	45
51	(45)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$55,479	-33.82%	14	$3,963	$245,346	17
52	(50)	Kinsey	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$44,815	-7.29%	49	$915	$9,658,250	108
53	(55)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$43,369	+5.78%	18	$2,409	$14,592,193	717
54	(58)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$39,227	+7.11%	24	$1,634	$19,947,653	353
55	(59)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$39,144	+7.30%	10	$3,914	$8,017,536	871
56	(74)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$37,970	+245.18%	4	$9,493	$48,269,603	2,320
57	(63)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$35,897	+14.11%	7	$5,128	$9,156,414	864
58	(60)	Imaginary Heroes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$35,835	+0.96%	19	$1,886	$85,136	73
59	(57)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$26,334	-31.33%	36	$732	$10,862,326	388
60	(54)	The Work and the Glory	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$25,754	-37.35%	22	$1,171	$2,793,391	96
61	(new)	Up & Down	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$25,144		6	$4,191	$25,144	3
62	(52)	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Buena Vista	Comedy	$23,743	-47.18%	32	$742	$24,006,726	80
63	(53)	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	ThinkFilm	Drama	$22,689	-45.98%	25	$908	$697,759	61
64	(56)	Darkness	Dimension	Horror	$21,522	-45.79%	58	$371	$22,143,894	65
65	(67)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$21,000	+13.51%	5	$4,200	$10,438,415	1,459
66	(66)	Gegen die Wand (Head-On)	Strand Releasing	Drama	$19,226	+1.19%	6	$3,204	$207,687	38
67	(62)	Flight of the Phoenix	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$18,946	-40.00%	48	$395	$20,989,500	73
68	(93)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$17,187	+258.06%	4	$4,297	$178,633	136
69	(65)	Turtles Can Fly	IFC Films	Drama	$14,961	-35.86%	4	$3,740	$50,923	10
70	(61)	The Woodsman	Newmarket Films	Drama	$14,613	-56.19%	13	$1,124	$1,543,960	66
71	(76)	Beautiful Boxer	Regent Releasing	Drama	$12,878	+28.55%	4	$3,220	$60,623	38
72	(72)	In the Realms of the Unreal	WellSpring	Documentary	$12,019	+9.26%	10	$1,202	$301,572	66
73	(64)	Travellers and Magicians	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$11,312	-55.60%	5	$2,262	$211,959	52
74	(82)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$9,789	+16.54%	1	$9,789	$13,175,333	1,949
75	(70)	Schultze Gets the Blues	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$8,928	-36.56%	4	$2,232	$30,650	10
76	(78)	Lost Embrace	New Yorker	Comedy	$8,092	-13.91%	2	$4,046	$104,596	31
77	(95)	Days of Being Wild	Kino	Drama	$8,032	+103.65%	3	$2,677	$111,127	101
78	(69)	Masculine Feminine	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$7,810	-56.22%	2	$3,905	$95,971	14,042
79	(84)	Watermarks	Kino	Documentary	$7,094	-7.07%	3	$2,365	$55,604	38
80	(108)	Notre Musique	WellSpring	Drama	$6,881	+304.76%	8	$860	$120,162	96
81	(90)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$6,309	+12.66%	3	$2,103	$200,220	129
82	(79)	Fear and Trembling	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$6,138	-34.00%	2	$3,069	$51,551	101
83	(92)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$5,108	+4.35%	2	$2,554	$133,473	129
84	(new)	One More Round	Silver Plane Films	Comedy	$4,984		2	$2,492	$4,984	3
85	(73)	The Nomi Song	Palm Pictures	Documentary	$4,978	-54.75%	3	$1,659	$55,769	24
86	(81)	Sky Blue	Maxmedia/Endgame	Action	$4,327	-49.69%	2	$2,164	$49,651	59
87	(new)	The Other Side of the Street	Strand Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$4,316		1	$4,316	$4,316	3
88	(re-entry)	A Tale of Two Sisters	Tartan Films	Horror	$4,132		3	$1,377	$61,776	87
89	(100)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$3,650	+17.74%	2	$1,825	$4,757,516	1,781
90	(91)	Almost Peaceful	Empire Pictures	Drama	$3,580	-33.70%	3	$1,193	$103,198	192
91	(77)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,398	-64.08%	2	$1,699	$6,702,652	431
92	(80)	Sons of Provo	Halestone	Comedy	$3,362	-62.64%	5	$672	$70,460	24
93	(88)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$3,153	-46.98%	2	$1,577	$16,661,330	689
94	(71)	Bigger Than the Sky	MGM/UA	Comedy	$2,496	-79.68%	9	$277	$20,149	10
95	(112)	Gory Gory Hallelujah	Indican Pictures	Musical	$2,410	+85.96%	2	$1,205	$9,018	38
96	(102)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$2,406	-14.07%	6	$401	$55,667	145
97	(new)	Sex Sells: The Making of Touche	HB Filmworks	Comedy	$2,386		1	$2,386	$2,386	3
98	(107)	All Babes Want to Kill Me	High Cotton Films	Comedy	$2,257	+23.27%	1	$2,257	$4,878	12
99	(110)	Bear Cub	TLA	Comedy	$2,074	+36.36%	1	$2,074	$88,721	115
100	(109)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$2,002	+18.95%	5	$400	$1,076,203	129
101	(89)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$1,828	-68.09%	2	$914	$161,382	423
102	(115)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,567	+56.70%	1	$1,567	$1,756,974	892
103	(98)	Untold Scandal	Kino	Drama	$1,375	-58.33%	2	$688	$57,496	136
104	(119)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,250	+52.44%	1	$1,250	$7,042,800	2,194
105	(97)	After Midnight	Avatar	Comedy	$1,142	-68.99%	1	$1,142	$28,175	87
106	(86)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,082	-84.74%	1	$1,082	$407,191	115
107	(103)	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Film Movement	Comedy	$1,066	-57.36%	1	$1,066	$168,769	115
108	(99)	L.A. Twister	Indican Pictures	Drama	$808	-74.65%	1	$808	$54,020	199
109	(124)	Straight-Jacket	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$633	+46.19%	1	$633	$42,119	94
110	(96)	Harry and Max	TLA	Drama	$524	-86.69%	1	$524	$7,510	10
111	(111)	You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya)	Picture This Entertainment	Comedy	$522	-62.71%	1	$522	$30,936	101
112	(114)	A Tale of Two Pizzas	Cockeyed Caravan	Comedy	$503	-54.27%	1	$503	$3,699	17
113	(122)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$386	-40.98%	1	$386	$1,162,730	206
114	(120)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$250	-68.75%	1	$250	$664,652	192
115	(re-entry)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$190		1	$190	$68,112	185
116	(101)	Naked Fame	Regent Releasing	Documentary	$187	-93.41%	1	$187	$3,986	10

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Chart certified: 3/28/2005