The Top Movies, Weekend of April 8, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Sahara	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$18,068,372		3,154	$5,729	$18,068,372	3
2	(1)	Sin City	Dimension	Action	$14,154,696	-51.39%	3,230	$4,382	$50,762,939	10
3	(new)	Fever Pitch	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$12,400,125		3,267	$3,796	$12,400,125	3
4	(3)	Guess Who	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$7,018,395	-44.81%	3,064	$2,291	$51,021,623	17
5	(2)	Beauty Shop	MGM/UA	Comedy	$6,808,532	-46.81%	2,659	$2,561	$26,124,657	12
6	(4)	Robots	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,652,252	-52.65%	2,713	$1,715	$111,040,714	31
7	(5)	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,184,319	-48.56%	3,011	$1,390	$37,532,083	18
8	(6)	The Pacifier	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,116,340	-46.27%	2,375	$1,312	$100,566,320	38
9	(7)	The Ring Two	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$2,867,390	-49.60%	2,407	$1,191	$72,279,279	24
10	(8)	The Upside of Anger	New Line	Drama	$2,500,503	-37.88%	1,151	$2,172	$12,256,474	31
11	(9)	Hitch	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,706,346	-41.30%	1,478	$1,154	$173,678,723	59
12	(10)	Ice Princess	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,507,317	-45.18%	1,419	$1,062	$20,942,437	24
13	(11)	Hostage	Miramax	Action	$1,185,551	-49.24%	1,269	$934	$32,234,819	31
14	(12)	Million Dollar Baby	Warner Bros.	Drama	$702,019	-52.13%	857	$819	$97,825,712	117
15	(14)	Melinda and Melinda	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$520,502	-6.84%	294	$1,770	$2,450,648	24
16	(17)	Millions	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$435,011	-10.09%	176	$2,472	$2,145,138	31
17	(15)	Downfall	Newmarket Films	Drama	$371,125	-30.24%	174	$2,133	$3,646,687	52
18	(13)	Be Cool	MGM/UA	Comedy	$354,211	-66.24%	564	$628	$55,181,399	38
19	(new)	Kung Fu Hustle	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$269,225		7	$38,461	$269,225	3
20	(20)	Meet the Fockers	Universal	Comedy	$267,605	-3.39%	299	$895	$278,487,890	110
21	(18)	Are We There Yet?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$250,511	-26.07%	254	$986	$81,100,273	80
22	(16)	Constantine	Warner Bros.	Action	$225,079	-54.21%	301	$748	$74,118,697	52
23	(22)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$218,231	-15.44%	264	$827	$171,896,717	143
24	(23)	Because of Winn-Dixie	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$151,158	-39.18%	329	$459	$31,676,762	52
25	(new)	Lucky	Eros Entertainment	Musical	$147,800		44	$3,359	$147,800	3
26	(19)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$141,847	-55.85%	172	$825	$71,229,224	171
27	(24)	Bride & Prejudice	Miramax	Musical	$132,332	-46.61%	155	$854	$6,231,156	59
28	(25)	The Aviator	Miramax	Drama	$130,129	-47.10%	210	$620	$101,912,229	115
29	(42)	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	Musical	$128,372	+84.88%	307	$418	$50,830,913	110
30	(28)	Walk on Water	IDP Distribution	Drama	$127,790	-10.46%	46	$2,778	$871,139	45
31	(21)	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Lionsgate	Drama	$125,943	-53.85%	171	$737	$50,267,254	45
32	(41)	Look at Me	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$114,602	+64.69%	16	$7,163	$210,282	10
33	(30)	The Ballad of Jack and Rose	IFC Films	Drama	$110,110	-18.50%	70	$1,573	$372,017	17
34	(68)	Dust to Glory	IFC Films	Documentary	$106,000	+572.72%	32	$3,313	$128,646	10
35	(26)	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$104,603	-38.23%	88	$1,189	$2,898,164	124
36	(27)	Racing Stripes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$101,753	-37.67%	223	$456	$48,896,561	87
37	(33)	Off the Map	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$101,432	-10.90%	70	$1,449	$647,226	31
38	(31)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$95,186	-28.45%	23	$4,139	$4,300,791	73
39	(29)	Hotel Rwanda	MGM/UA	Drama	$90,529	-36.47%	166	$545	$23,374,861	110
40	(35)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$81,518	-4.81%	39	$2,090	$987,946	59
41	(45)	Son of the Mask	New Line	Comedy	$76,478	+37.89%	115	$665	$16,908,062	52
42	(34)	Coach Carter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$68,730	-35.48%	128	$537	$67,083,549	87
43	(37)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$68,080	-19.12%	6	$11,347	$57,725,458	1,088
44	(39)	Hide and Seek	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$66,778	-10.46%	124	$539	$50,977,319	73
45	(new)	Eros	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$53,666		12	$4,472	$53,666	3
46	(43)	Dear Frankie	Miramax	Drama	$47,610	-28.88%	25	$1,904	$504,903	38
47	(36)	The Merchant of Venice	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$44,975	-47.33%	62	$725	$3,503,330	103
48	(46)	Schultze Gets the Blues	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$43,703	-12.70%	35	$1,249	$413,801	52
49	(56)	Paperclips	Slowhand Cinema Releasing	Documentary	$40,809	+19.90%	43	$949	$764,430	138
50	(50)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$40,115	-4.18%	12	$3,343	$8,256,034	913
51	(38)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$39,612	-52.12%	108	$367	$51,613,985	150
52	(62)	Nina's Tragedies	WellSpring	Comedy	$36,993	+73.54%	15	$2,466	$96,576	17
53	(44)	Mughal-e-Azam	UTV Communications	Drama	$34,152	-43.32%	28	$1,220	$110,815	10
54	(48)	The Chorus	Miramax	Drama	$32,054	-31.91%	53	$605	$3,462,927	136
55	(53)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$31,013	-15.40%	20	$1,551	$15,035,355	759
56	(40)	Pooh's Heffalump Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$30,424	-57.37%	145	$210	$18,081,626	59
57	(52)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$25,004	-35.42%	4	$6,251	$48,559,998	2,362
58	(63)	Ong-Bak	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$24,992	+28.34%	28	$893	$4,512,498	59
59	(49)	The Sea Inside	Fine Line	Drama	$23,188	-50.21%	67	$346	$1,919,730	115
60	(60)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$21,495	-10.00%	6	$3,583	$9,326,981	906
61	(55)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$21,248	-38.33%	48	$443	$118,575,406	115
62	(new)	Winter Solstice	Paramount Classics	Drama	$20,393		5	$4,079	$20,393	3
63	(59)	Cursed	Dimension	Horror	$17,905	-26.13%	32	$560	$19,116,682	45
64	(51)	Dot the I	Innovation Film Group	Drama	$17,448	-55.00%	9	$1,939	$168,310	31
65	(58)	Gunner Palace	Palm Pictures	Documentary	$17,091	-33.72%	34	$503	$531,667	38
66	(61)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$14,834	-32.04%	19	$781	$180,977	143
67	(73)	Travellers and Magicians	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$14,389	+15.19%	7	$2,056	$343,605	94
68	(47)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$14,129	-70.95%	57	$248	$261,437,578	157
69	(new)	Chrystal	First Look	Drama	$12,814		4	$3,204	$12,814	3
70	(69)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$12,500	-15.82%	5	$2,500	$10,591,665	1,501
71	(75)	The Work and the Glory	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$11,707	+1.15%	17	$689	$3,234,600	138
72	(54)	Steamboy	Sony Pictures	Action	$11,209	-69.31%	13	$862	$392,659	24
73	(79)	Up & Down	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$10,756	+1.01%	11	$978	$162,797	45
74	(64)	In My Country	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$10,573	-42.22%	13	$813	$110,045	31
75	(77)	The Best of Youth	Miramax	Drama	$10,214	-6.14%	4	$2,554	$127,816	40
76	(new)	...And They Lived Happily Ever After	Kino	Drama	$9,695		1	$9,695	$9,695	3
77	(81)	Gegen die Wand (Head-On)	Strand Releasing	Drama	$9,347	-6.31%	4	$2,337	$340,625	80
78	(70)	Watermarks	Kino	Documentary	$8,344	-42.46%	8	$1,043	$149,950	80
79	(72)	Mondovino	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$7,424	-42.61%	6	$1,237	$45,610	19
80	(re-entry)	Guiana 1838	RBC Radio	Drama	$7,110		1	$7,110	$227,241	199
81	(89)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$5,938	-7.46%	1	$5,938	$189,125	171
82	(92)	Sons of Provo	Halestone	Comedy	$5,921	+20.00%	5	$1,184	$99,481	66
83	(76)	Nobody Knows	IFC Films	Drama	$5,912	-47.32%	9	$657	$609,137	66
84	(67)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$5,730	-65.98%	10	$573	$1,256,295	248
85	(106)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$5,686	+187.46%	4	$1,422	$2,336,703	192
86	(78)	Inside Deep Throat	Universal	Documentary	$5,424	-49.26%	7	$775	$647,640	59
87	(65)	The Jacket	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,284	-70.92%	17	$311	$6,233,061	38
88	(88)	Imaginary Heroes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,219	-21.02%	10	$522	$209,242	115
89	(87)	In the Realms of the Unreal	WellSpring	Documentary	$4,806	-40.04%	8	$601	$382,326	108
90	(80)	Kontroll	ThinkFilm	Thriller/Suspense	$4,728	-53.18%	1	$4,728	$19,181	10
91	(new)	Living Life	FilmMates Partners	Drama	$4,270		1	$4,270	$4,270	3
92	(129)	Monsieur N.	Empire Pictures	Drama	$4,058	+1,590.83%	2	$2,029	$23,525	80
93	(re-entry)	Major Dundee	Sony Pictures Repertory	Western	$3,520		1	$3,520	$3,520	14,614
94	(98)	Malevolence	Painted Zebra Releasing	Horror	$3,514	+22.65%	8	$439	$123,300	213
95	(85)	The Boys from County Clare	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$3,480	-58.36%	4	$870	$81,695	31
96	(new)	Ethan Mao	Margin	Drama	$3,356		1	$3,356	$3,356	3
97	(93)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,164	-26.47%	2	$1,582	$13,238,111	1,991
98	(re-entry)	Vodka Lemon	New Yorker	Comedy	$3,000		1	$3,000	$53,265	185
99	(97)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$2,900	-4.92%	2	$1,450	$4,797,466	1,823
100	(115)	Notre Musique	WellSpring	Drama	$2,753	+120.24%	5	$551	$135,059	138
101	(118)	Lipstick & Dynamite	Koch Lorber Films	Documentary	$2,745	+142.92%	2	$1,373	$10,585	17
102	(105)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$2,380	+19.00%	1	$2,380	$182,689	465
103	(101)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$2,237	-10.59%	1	$2,237	$16,685,152	731
104	(84)	Schizo	Picture This Entertainment	Drama	$2,140	-74.58%	2	$1,070	$38,978	24
105	(new)	Primo Amore	Strand Releasing	Drama	$1,943		1	$1,943	$2,552	5
106	(102)	Days of Being Wild	Kino	Drama	$1,939	-22.13%	1	$1,939	$141,864	143
107	(104)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,880	-10.94%	4	$470	$435,724	157
108	(110)	Face	Indican Pictures	Drama	$1,856	+6.54%	1	$1,856	$64,400	178
109	(new)	A Hole in My Heart	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$1,720		1	$1,720	$1,720	3
110	(122)	Mail Order Wife	Dada Films	Comedy	$1,467	+118.96%	3	$489	$45,863	31
111	(123)	Fear and Trembling	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$1,343	+158.77%	1	$1,343	$73,006	143
112	(re-entry)	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,312		1	$1,312	$96,160	402
113	(96)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$1,197	-66.13%	2	$599	$10,941,801	430
114	(114)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,082	-14.20%	2	$541	$6,727,006	473
115	(116)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$1,043	-14.09%	2	$522	$193,421	178
116	(86)	D.E.B.S.	Destination Films	Action	$1,032	-87.57%	2	$516	$96,793	17
117	(95)	You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya)	Picture This Entertainment	Comedy	$1,004	-73.12%	1	$1,004	$46,224	143
118	(117)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,000	-13.04%	1	$1,000	$7,059,250	2,236
119	(re-entry)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$699		1	$699	$15,326	227
120	(128)	After Midnight	Avatar	Comedy	$590	+136.00%	1	$590	$39,514	129
121	(re-entry)	Deserted Station	First Run	Drama	$396		1	$396	$74,791	304
122	(112)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$151	-89.49%	2	$76	$584,552	187
123	(90)	Lost Embrace	New Yorker	Comedy	$144	-97.42%	1	$144	$152,264	73

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Chart certified: 4/20/2005