The Top Movies, Weekend of September 9, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$30,054,300		2,981	$10,082	$30,054,300	3
2	(2)	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Universal	Comedy	$7,717,530	-41.98%	2,974	$2,595	$82,126,560	24
3	(1)	The Transporter 2	20th Century Fox	Action	$7,389,470	-55.33%	3,320	$2,226	$30,321,471	10
4	(3)	The Constant Gardener	Focus Features	Drama	$4,726,644	-45.51%	1,381	$3,423	$19,017,317	12
5	(4)	Red-Eye	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$4,470,741	-41.27%	3,076	$1,453	$51,174,155	24
6	(new)	The Man	New Line	Comedy	$4,065,014		2,040	$1,993	$4,065,014	3
7	(5)	The Brothers Grimm	MGM/UA	Adventure	$3,343,644	-53.53%	2,750	$1,216	$33,295,113	17
8	(7)	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	Comedy	$3,252,154	-31.57%	2,181	$1,491	$200,021,913	59
9	(6)	Four Brothers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,946,003	-41.36%	2,093	$1,408	$68,271,343	31
10	(8)	March of the Penguins	Warner Independent Pictures	Documentary	$2,639,936	-34.97%	2,403	$1,099	$66,979,768	80
11	(9)	The Skeleton Key	Universal	Horror	$1,510,180	-54.33%	1,876	$805	$45,821,815	31
12	(10)	The Cave	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,355,355	-54.04%	1,871	$724	$13,702,364	17
13	(11)	Underclassman	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$1,243,374	-50.76%	1,132	$1,098	$4,636,984	10
14	(13)	Sky High	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,131,891	-43.43%	1,206	$939	$60,711,608	45
15	(12)	Valiant	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,123,546	-46.83%	1,633	$688	$17,449,423	24
16	(new)	An Unfinished Life	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,008,308		139	$7,254	$1,008,308	3
17	(14)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$992,389	-43.47%	1,013	$980	$202,596,015	59
18	(15)	The Dukes of Hazzard	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$793,197	-51.01%	1,245	$637	$78,583,769	38
19	(16)	Broken Flowers	Focus Features	Romantic Comedy	$753,289	-30.66%	425	$1,772	$11,551,236	38
20	(new)	Salaam Namaste	Yash Raj Films	Comedy	$504,897		63	$8,014	$504,897	3
21	(26)	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$440,469	+26.49%	541	$814	$204,145,879	89
22	(18)	Must Love Dogs	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$418,466	-40.11%	566	$739	$43,158,943	45
23	(22)	The Aristocrats	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$352,009	-30.98%	222	$1,586	$5,215,396	45
24	(19)	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	Action	$317,875	-45.53%	376	$845	$153,135,154	66
25	(25)	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	20th Century Fox	Action	$308,606	-23.15%	383	$806	$185,032,410	94
26	(23)	Madagascar	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$295,723	-34.44%	373	$793	$191,952,758	108
27	(17)	A Sound of Thunder	Warner Bros.	Action	$284,527	-68.99%	806	$353	$1,717,608	10
28	(24)	The War of the Worlds	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$226,697	-49.29%	307	$738	$232,901,322	75
29	(28)	Grizzly Man	Lionsgate	Documentary	$219,307	-24.37%	105	$2,089	$2,034,176	31
30	(30)	Junebug	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$216,357	-6.64%	105	$2,061	$1,408,391	40
31	(20)	The Great Raid	Miramax	Action	$213,880	-61.89%	493	$434	$9,895,319	31
32	(27)	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Buena Vista	Comedy	$201,442	-39.29%	310	$650	$65,487,261	82
33	(21)	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$195,870	-62.05%	302	$649	$21,877,412	31
34	(29)	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$118,798	-51.49%	213	$558	$379,972,309	116
35	(34)	2046	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$117,501	-10.46%	61	$1,926	$1,002,176	38
36	(re-entry)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$87,565		17	$5,151	$4,563,238	157
37	(32)	Mad Hot Ballroom	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$81,869	-42.33%	119	$688	$7,803,940	122
38	(36)	Hustle & Flow	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$79,220	-18.38%	157	$505	$22,044,583	52
39	(35)	The Longest Yard	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$72,175	-43.92%	130	$555	$157,891,109	108
40	(31)	The Bad News Bears	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$70,873	-51.72%	201	$353	$32,781,491	52
41	(new)	Mobsters and Mormons	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$67,945		32	$2,123	$67,945	3
42	(38)	Dark Water	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$65,117	-30.98%	143	$455	$25,279,865	66
43	(48)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$62,840	+31.96%	12	$5,237	$10,295,191	1,060
44	(46)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$55,630	+4.76%	9	$6,181	$9,491,867	1,067
45	(53)	Crimen Perfecto, El	Vitagraph Films	Black Comedy	$53,850	+31.30%	23	$2,341	$164,451	24
46	(43)	Ladies in Lavender	IDP Distribution	Drama	$50,332	-19.29%	78	$645	$6,492,211	136
47	(new)	Green Street Hooligans	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$48,760		7	$6,966	$48,760	3
48	(37)	Crash	Lionsgate	Drama	$48,429	-49.14%	90	$538	$55,382,847	129
49	(50)	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Empire Pictures	Drama	$44,175	-3.19%	16	$2,761	$302,458	45
50	(44)	Me and You and Everyone We Know	IFC Films	Drama	$40,087	-35.25%	58	$691	$3,687,114	87
51	(33)	No Entry	Eros Entertainment	Comedy	$36,446	-73.97%	49	$744	$628,886	17
52	(45)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$35,665	-34.28%	24	$1,486	$7,138,707	227
53	(56)	De Zaak Alzheimer	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$35,631	+12.39%	17	$2,096	$143,162	17
54	(47)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$33,771	-31.79%	7	$4,824	$61,687,871	1,242
55	(new)	Cote d'Azur	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$33,521		11	$3,047	$33,521	3
56	(55)	Murderball	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$27,913	-16.07%	48	$582	$1,431,038	66
57	(39)	Supercross	20th Century Fox	Action	$24,018	-73.97%	51	$471	$3,078,472	26
58	(54)	Cinderella Man	Universal	Drama	$22,420	-45.16%	59	$380	$61,577,640	101
59	(57)	Secuestro Express	Miramax	Action	$20,765	-32.42%	18	$1,154	$283,798	38
60	(58)	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D	Dimension	Adventure	$19,519	-34.63%	64	$305	$39,122,485	94
61	(67)	The Beat My Heart Skipped	WellSpring	Drama	$18,881	+21.24%	21	$899	$921,410	73
62	(64)	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,782	-19.16%	34	$494	$39,008,741	103
63	(59)	Pretty Persuasion	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$16,494	-43.33%	18	$916	$254,401	31
64	(re-entry)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$15,445		3	$5,148	$11,166,009	1,655
65	(52)	Asylum	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$14,361	-65.29%	30	$479	$323,328	31
66	(90)	Elevator to the Gallows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$14,143	+221.58%	3	$4,714	$179,570	16,165
67	(70)	Howl's Moving Castle	Buena Vista	Adventure	$13,514	-2.63%	22	$614	$4,688,756	94
68	(new)	Campfire	Film Movement	Drama	$12,598		5	$2,520	$12,598	3
69	(63)	The Baxter	IFC Films	Drama	$12,247	-44.66%	12	$1,021	$107,439	17
70	(71)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$11,795	-11.44%	2	$5,898	$17,028,188	885
71	(66)	Saint Ralph	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$10,260	-45.18%	14	$733	$749,811	157
72	(68)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$9,664	-36.16%	17	$568	$2,904,008	213
73	(73)	Saraband	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$9,146	-18.81%	25	$366	$560,275	66
74	(76)	Cronicas	Palm Pictures	Drama	$8,953	-9.84%	9	$995	$276,475	66
75	(74)	The Beautiful Country	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,945	-18.92%	17	$526	$406,198	66
76	(89)	Heights	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,942	+93.42%	13	$688	$1,141,122	87
77	(re-entry)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$8,589		6	$1,432	$16,401,500	913
78	(new)	Touch the Sound	Shadow	Documentary	$8,435		3	$2,812	$11,307	5
79	(95)	Caterina in the Big City	Empire Pictures	Drama	$8,271	+142.41%	8	$1,034	$266,896	101
80	(60)	Rebound	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$8,229	-68.48%	18	$457	$16,801,715	73
81	(72)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$7,958	-38.32%	2	$3,979	$50,164,683	2,516
82	(91)	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Arrival Pictures	Drama	$7,923	+84.21%	3	$2,641	$137,829	87
83	(117)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$6,878	+814.63%	4	$1,720	$2,491,673	346
84	(75)	Tony Takitani	Strand Releasing	Drama	$6,841	-33.74%	5	$1,368	$90,539	80
85	(80)	William Eggleston in the Real World	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$6,615	-3.01%	1	$6,615	$25,225	10
86	(77)	Saving Face	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$6,543	-30.30%	6	$1,091	$1,171,539	108
87	(78)	Happy Endings	Lionsgate	Drama	$6,330	-18.32%	20	$317	$1,311,633	59
88	(new)	Keane	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$6,151		1	$6,151	$6,151	3
89	(61)	Matando Cabos	Televisa Cine	Action	$6,102	-76.53%	14	$436	$138,555	17
90	(96)	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Indican Pictures	Drama	$5,869	+102.66%	2	$2,935	$20,329	17
91	(69)	Margaret Cho: Assassin	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$5,817	-61.22%	5	$1,163	$25,896	10
92	(79)	After You	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$5,727	-23.84%	12	$477	$808,883	101
93	(re-entry)	Music from the Inside Out	Emerging Pictures	Documentary	$5,581		1	$5,581	$103,200	143
94	(83)	November	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,183	-17.63%	19	$273	$173,921	52
95	(104)	...And They Lived Happily Ever After	Kino	Drama	$5,171	+146.24%	7	$739	$239,602	157
96	(92)	The Two of Us	Rialto Pictures	Comedy	$4,829	+29.39%	2	$2,415	$50,710	13,720
97	(81)	Eternal	Regent Releasing	Drama	$4,718	-30.35%	5	$944	$20,222	17
98	(85)	A State of Mind	Kino	Documentary	$4,592	-22.17%	5	$918	$30,051	31
99	(93)	Yes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,550	+22.05%	8	$569	$386,020	80
100	(87)	The Untold story of Emmett Till	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$4,485	-10.03%	1	$4,485	$56,290	24
101	(82)	The Edukators	IFC Films	Drama	$4,374	-31.31%	14	$312	$156,185	52
102	(97)	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Tartan Films	Drama	$3,722	+33.98%	6	$620	$34,067	24
103	(new)	Kamikaze Girls	Viz Media	Action	$2,795		1	$2,795	$2,795	3
104	(re-entry)	Wall	Lifesize Entertainment	Documentary	$2,608		2	$1,304	$13,913	17
105	(109)	Sequins	New Yorker	Comedy	$2,582	+57.44%	1	$2,582	$23,171	108
106	(84)	Kings and Queens	WellSpring	Drama	$2,426	-59.00%	4	$607	$269,071	122
107	(112)	Drivers Wanted	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$2,402	+116.01%	1	$2,402	$18,432	80
108	(new)	Side Effects	Hummingbird Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,216		1	$2,216	$2,216	3
109	(100)	Darwin's Nightmare	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$2,000	-22.27%	1	$2,000	$52,165	40
110	(121)	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Shadow	Documentary	$1,977	+446.13%	2	$989	$45,030	61
111	(re-entry)	Pure	Indican Pictures	Drama	$1,652		1	$1,652	$56,648	94
112	(new)	Steal Me	Cineville	Drama	$1,600		1	$1,600	$1,600	3
113	(88)	3 Dancing Slaves	TLA	Drama	$1,485	-68.19%	1	$1,485	$9,760	10
114	(51)	Dirty Deeds	Green Diamond	Comedy	$1,473	-96.46%	3	$491	$152,665	17
115	(re-entry)	My Mother's Smile	New Yorker	Drama	$1,309		1	$1,309	$40,246	213
116	(103)	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$1,246	-45.83%	4	$312	$4,061,936	143
117	(re-entry)	The Great Water	Picture This Entertainment	Drama	$1,139		2	$570	$15,965	87
118	(re-entry)	The World	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$1,019		1	$1,019	$53,227	73
119	(re-entry)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$975		2	$488	$4,929,716	1,977
120	(re-entry)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$899		1	$899	$7,114,404	2,390
121	(re-entry)	Fear and Trembling	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$886		1	$886	$126,071	297
122	(102)	Games of Love and Chance	New Yorker	Drama	$861	-65.95%	1	$861	$5,620	17
123	(115)	Face	Indican Pictures	Drama	$861	-1.60%	1	$861	$103,430	332
124	(101)	The Tunnel	Avatar	Drama	$848	-66.88%	2	$424	$40,802	138
125	(118)	Lila Says	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$736	+10.68%	1	$736	$115,743	80
126	(108)	God's Sandbox	Indican Pictures	Drama	$709	-57.97%	1	$709	$19,646	45
127	(107)	Tropical Malady	Strand Releasing		$629	-64.18%	1	$629	$39,883	80
128	(111)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$582	-51.05%	1	$582	$353,919	325
129	(105)	Funny Ha Ha	Goodbye Cruel Releasing	Comedy	$570	-68.95%	1	$570	$77,070	136
130	(re-entry)	Milwaukee, Minnesota	Tartan Films	Drama	$528		2	$264	$17,350	101
131	(124)	Palindromes	WellSpring	Drama	$500	+100.00%	1	$500	$553,368	152
132	(re-entry)	Wild Side	WellSpring	Drama	$500		1	$500	$15,355	94
133	(re-entry)	Edvard Munch	Shadow	Drama	$396		1	$396	$29,215	87
134	(re-entry)	Intimate Stories	New Yorker	Drama	$203		1	$203	$102,417	199
135	(114)	Schizo	Picture This Entertainment	Drama	$161	-81.75%	1	$161	$54,285	178
136	(126)	Oldboy	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$45	-65.38%	1	$45	$702,924	171

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

Chart certified: 9/16/2005