The Top Movies, Weekend of October 7, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$16,025,987		3,645	$4,397	$16,047,174	5
2	(1)	Flightplan	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$10,764,440	-27.30%	3,323	$3,239	$60,916,649	17
3	(new)	In Her Shoes	20th Century Fox	Drama	$10,017,575		2,808	$3,568	$10,017,575	3
4	(new)	2 For the Money	Universal	Drama	$8,703,240		2,391	$3,640	$8,703,240	3
5	(new)	The Gospel	Sony/Screen Gems	Drama	$7,523,571		969	$7,764	$7,523,571	3
6	(3)	The Corpse Bride	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,511,336	-35.10%	3,004	$2,168	$42,116,028	24
7	(new)	Waiting...	Lionsgate	Comedy	$6,021,106		1,652	$3,645	$6,021,106	3
8	(2)	Serenity	Universal	Action	$5,352,090	-46.94%	2,189	$2,445	$18,020,875	10
9	(4)	A History of Violence	New Line	Drama	$5,067,000	-37.47%	1,340	$3,781	$16,638,684	17
10	(5)	Into the Blue	MGM/UA	Adventure	$4,830,342	-31.56%	2,789	$1,732	$13,903,087	10
11	(9)	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,905,532	+6.79%	1,810	$2,158	$8,680,794	10
12	(6)	Just Like Heaven	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$3,453,588	-43.64%	2,307	$1,497	$43,621,756	24
13	(7)	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,442,028	-44.25%	1,827	$1,337	$72,130,811	31
14	(10)	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Universal	Comedy	$1,867,805	-40.14%	1,132	$1,650	$104,350,468	52
15	(8)	Roll Bounce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,742,119	-56.76%	888	$1,962	$15,139,600	17
16	(14)	Proof	Miramax	Drama	$1,482,316	+28.64%	517	$2,867	$4,388,447	24
17	(12)	The Constant Gardener	Focus Features	Drama	$852,279	-39.97%	469	$1,817	$31,252,269	40
18	(11)	Lord of War	Lionsgate	Action	$680,766	-72.35%	550	$1,238	$23,276,743	24
19	(16)	March of the Penguins	Warner Independent Pictures	Documentary	$473,074	-57.57%	469	$1,009	$75,392,512	108
20	(21)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$438,226	+1.68%	82	$5,344	$1,782,797	17
21	(new)	Good Night and Good Luck	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$421,446		11	$38,313	$421,446	3
22	(18)	Oliver Twist	Sony Pictures	Drama	$411,790	-53.66%	779	$529	$1,715,398	17
23	(23)	Capote	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$395,724	+21.81%	24	$16,489	$887,531	10
24	(15)	An Unfinished Life	Sony Pictures	Drama	$385,984	-65.39%	428	$902	$8,264,735	31
25	(25)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$362,524	+24.11%	454	$799	$204,921,809	87
26	(35)	Thumbsucker	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$328,552	+110.27%	330	$996	$837,473	24
27	(19)	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	Comedy	$319,913	-45.81%	360	$889	$207,090,289	87
28	(13)	The Transporter 2	20th Century Fox	Action	$311,080	-73.21%	318	$978	$42,382,658	38
29	(17)	Cry Wolf	Rogue Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$285,420	-70.71%	258	$1,106	$9,540,933	24
30	(26)	Sky High	Buena Vista	Adventure	$251,832	+16.16%	350	$720	$62,935,722	73
31	(52)	The War of the Worlds	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$222,138	+298.50%	245	$907	$233,575,986	103
32	(30)	Everything is Illuminated	Warner Bros.	Drama	$220,978	+19.40%	85	$2,600	$747,435	24
33	(20)	Four Brothers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$146,207	-68.63%	154	$949	$73,617,220	59
34	(51)	Separate Lies	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$139,175	+113.15%	59	$2,359	$295,153	24
35	(29)	Madagascar	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$136,683	-26.63%	252	$542	$193,136,719	136
36	(27)	Broken Flowers	Focus Features	Romantic Comedy	$134,864	-33.40%	152	$887	$13,444,579	66
37	(new)	The Squid and the Whale	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$129,844		4	$32,461	$154,474	5
38	(28)	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	Action	$124,435	-33.50%	203	$613	$154,227,081	94
39	(24)	Red-Eye	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$116,930	-63.64%	214	$546	$57,859,105	52
40	(34)	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$106,439	-33.08%	41	$2,596	$327,969	10
41	(22)	The Dukes of Hazzard	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$104,649	-72.64%	311	$336	$80,108,738	66
42	(37)	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	20th Century Fox	Action	$97,516	-29.23%	140	$697	$185,921,664	122
43	(36)	Junebug	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$95,231	-33.86%	84	$1,134	$2,416,555	68
44	(32)	The Skeleton Key	Universal	Horror	$94,795	-43.79%	158	$600	$47,614,170	59
45	(38)	MirrorMask	Sony Pictures	Drama	$93,539	-26.03%	24	$3,897	$280,791	10
46	(43)	Grizzly Man	Lionsgate	Documentary	$76,403	-16.86%	62	$1,232	$2,782,496	59
47	(40)	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$70,479	-38.84%	161	$438	$205,197,285	117
48	(50)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$68,255	+3.84%	20	$3,413	$5,006,890	185
49	(46)	The Aristocrats	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$53,461	-35.14%	60	$891	$6,132,550	73
50	(48)	Salaam Namaste	Yash Raj Films	Comedy	$50,000	-29.97%	5	$10,000	$1,338,000	31
51	(31)	Valiant	Buena Vista	Adventure	$49,656	-71.14%	117	$424	$19,229,436	52
52	(42)	Duma	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$46,076	-56.29%	36	$1,280	$810,666	10
53	(33)	The Brothers Grimm	MGM/UA	Adventure	$44,836	-73.26%	103	$435	$37,848,537	45
54	(47)	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Buena Vista	Comedy	$37,495	-52.19%	91	$412	$66,002,004	110
55	(53)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$36,780	-8.51%	11	$3,344	$10,462,151	1,088
56	(44)	G	Aloha Releasing	Drama	$32,927	-63.98%	27	$1,220	$603,309	24
57	(41)	The Thing About My Folks	PictureHouse	Comedy	$30,957	-71.69%	32	$967	$779,604	24
58	(56)	Little Manhattan	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$30,708	-15.63%	2	$15,354	$81,299	10
59	(58)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$30,400	-11.60%	8	$3,800	$9,635,827	1,095
60	(66)	Mobsters and Mormons	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$26,573	+44.68%	23	$1,155	$269,674	31
61	(72)	Down and Derby	Innovation Film Group	Comedy	$26,569	+89.18%	29	$916	$172,970	178
62	(111)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$25,927	+1,014.66%	11	$2,357	$2,551,716	374
63	(67)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$23,469	+33.80%	18	$1,304	$7,304,876	255
64	(59)	Green Street Hooligans	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$23,143	-28.97%	23	$1,006	$276,465	31
65	(45)	The Man	New Line	Comedy	$20,322	-77.51%	58	$350	$8,326,035	31
66	(62)	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$20,159	-4.50%	38	$531	$380,237,988	144
67	(61)	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Empire Pictures	Drama	$19,848	-17.71%	14	$1,418	$488,436	73
68	(54)	2046	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$19,731	-48.42%	26	$759	$1,349,250	66
69	(65)	Crimen Perfecto, El	Vitagraph Films	Black Comedy	$14,853	-20.15%	11	$1,350	$346,216	52
70	(55)	Must Love Dogs	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$13,851	-63.56%	38	$365	$43,693,219	73
71	(84)	The War Within	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$13,595	+80.31%	9	$1,511	$23,970	10
72	(85)	Cote d'Azur	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$12,110	+65.78%	8	$1,514	$105,277	31
73	(81)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$11,245	+17.69%	3	$3,748	$11,307,464	1,683
74	(83)	Forty Shades of Blue	Vitagraph Films	Drama	$10,800	+22.80%	3	$3,600	$27,658	12
75	(64)	De Zaak Alzheimer	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$10,554	-48.39%	17	$621	$301,238	45
76	(68)	Hellbent	Regent Releasing	Horror	$9,288	-45.04%	6	$1,548	$138,566	24
77	(74)	Mad Hot Ballroom	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$9,153	-25.07%	20	$458	$8,006,174	150
78	(re-entry)	Dirty Deeds	Green Diamond	Comedy	$8,362		9	$929	$140,444	45
79	(73)	Garcon Stupide	Picture This Entertainment	Comedy	$8,336	-37.22%	3	$2,779	$68,327	24
80	(new)	Before the Fall	Picture This Entertainment	Drama	$8,036		1	$8,036	$8,036	3
81	(69)	Ladies in Lavender	IDP Distribution	Drama	$7,613	-54.22%	14	$544	$6,700,893	164
82	(71)	Me and You and Everyone We Know	IFC Films	Drama	$7,076	-49.78%	8	$885	$3,867,286	115
83	(79)	The Beat My Heart Skipped	WellSpring	Drama	$6,847	-33.31%	13	$527	$994,804	101
84	(57)	Underclassman	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$6,521	-81.79%	16	$408	$5,647,000	38
85	(63)	Dark Water	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$6,131	-70.59%	16	$383	$25,472,967	94
86	(105)	Caterina in the Big City	Empire Pictures	Drama	$6,110	+102.52%	3	$2,037	$290,001	129
87	(89)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,961	-4.36%	5	$1,192	$61,916,540	1,270
88	(new)	CSA: The Confederate States of America	IFC Films	Comedy	$5,706		2	$2,853	$5,706	3
89	(76)	Touch the Sound	Shadow	Documentary	$5,693	-47.10%	5	$1,139	$61,961	33
90	(91)	The Future of Food	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$5,503		4	$1,376	$47,299	26
91	(91)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$4,859	-18.27%	5	$972	$2,958,227	241
92	(87)	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D	Dimension	Adventure	$4,370	-37.20%	12	$364	$39,173,451	122
93	(new)	The Aggressives	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$3,769		1	$3,769	$3,769	3
94	(88)	Going Shopping	Rainbow Releasing	Drama	$3,747	-44.00%	4	$937	$13,280	10
95	(new)	Sacred Stage	First Run	Documentary	$3,724		1	$3,724	$3,724	3
96	(99)	Dorian Blues	TLA	Comedy	$3,719	-12.92%	3	$1,240	$27,253	17
97	(96)	Saint Ralph	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$3,550	-23.04%	9	$394	$783,341	185
98	(77)	Hustle & Flow	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,226	-69.37%	9	$358	$22,190,559	80
99	(97)	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Arrival Pictures	Drama	$2,937	-35.29%	1	$2,937	$172,112	115
100	(92)	Pretty Persuasion	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$2,731	-53.12%	5	$546	$295,233	59
101	(94)	Saraband	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,409	-50.54%	3	$803	$632,040	94
102	(98)	The Baxter	IFC Films	Drama	$2,053	-53.29%	7	$293	$180,563	45
103	(102)	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Shadow	Documentary	$2,034	-47.29%	3	$678	$60,780	89
104	(90)	Screen Door Jesus	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$1,924	-68.15%	2	$962	$10,190	10
105	(116)	A State of Mind	Kino	Documentary	$1,900	-0.73%	4	$475	$38,106	59
106	(121)	Cronicas	Palm Pictures	Drama	$1,694	+19.55%	5	$339	$293,441	94
107	(119)	Reel Paradise	WellSpring	Documentary	$1,561	-0.95%	3	$520	$23,717	52
108	(re-entry)	Tropical Malady	Strand Releasing		$1,527		2	$764	$44,782	108
109	(141)	3 Dancing Slaves	TLA	Drama	$1,506	+357.75%	2	$753	$18,038	38
110	(75)	The Great Raid	Miramax	Action	$1,281	-88.14%	6	$214	$10,163,709	59
111	(114)	...And They Lived Happily Ever After	Kino	Drama	$1,157	-44.72%	4	$289	$252,341	185
112	(109)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$1,036	-57.97%	1	$1,036	$371,815	353
113	(82)	Venom	Dimension	Horror	$1,005	-88.76%	5	$201	$881,179	24
114	(100)	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Indican Pictures	Drama	$1,004	-76.31%	1	$1,004	$35,329	45
115	(112)	November	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$984	-54.68%	1	$984	$191,309	80
116	(re-entry)	Dear Wendy	WellSpring	Drama	$906		2	$453	$14,325	17
117	(126)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$875	-5.41%	2	$438	$4,944,466	2,005
118	(128)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$844	-3.54%	1	$844	$7,125,174	2,418
119	(123)	A Tout de Suite	Cinema Guild	Drama	$837	-35.81%	1	$837	$241,125	164
120	(new)	The Overture	Kino	Drama	$825		2	$413	$825	3
121	(120)	After You	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$807	-43.68%	3	$269	$825,269	129
122	(118)	Never Been Thawed	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$767	-51.64%	1	$767	$40,495	178
123	(103)	Tony Takitani	Strand Releasing	Drama	$734	-79.90%	1	$734	$110,619	108
124	(re-entry)	Face	Indican Pictures	Drama	$698		1	$698	$104,774	360
125	(132)	The Ninth Day	Kino	Drama	$686	-2.28%	1	$686	$63,906	136
126	(108)	Cinderella Man	Universal	Drama	$680	-73.28%	4	$170	$61,609,400	129
127	(re-entry)	The Oyster Farmer	Cinema Guild	Drama	$643		1	$643	$12,966	73
128	(127)	Pure	Indican Pictures	Drama	$587	-34.99%	1	$587	$63,776	122
129	(135)	The Edukators	IFC Films	Drama	$550	-0.36%	4	$138	$174,643	80
130	(134)	Kings and Queens	WellSpring	Drama	$530	-13.68%	3	$177	$276,450	150
131	(106)	Asylum	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$494	-83.13%	3	$165	$372,383	59
132	(110)	The Beautiful Country	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$469	-80.73%	2	$235	$442,612	94
133	(144)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$446	+510.96%	1	$446	$17,040,711	913
134	(125)	Edvard Munch	Shadow	Drama	$371	-62.90%	1	$371	$32,025	115
135	(136)	William Eggleston in the Real World	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$334	-39.16%	1	$334	$42,222	38
136	(138)	God's Sandbox	Indican Pictures	Drama	$302	-37.47%	1	$302	$24,644	73
137	(113)	Grand Role, Le	First Run	Comedy	$132	-93.71%	1	$132	$11,419	157
138	(129)	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Tartan Films	Drama	$96	-88.91%	1	$96	$40,216	52

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Chart certified: 10/12/2005