The Top Movies, Weekend of August 18, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Snakes on a Plane	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$15,206,301		3,555	$4,277	$15,206,301	3
2	(1)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$13,755,387	-37.83%	3,741	$3,677	$114,341,263	17
3	(3)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$10,901,350	-41.80%	2,998	$3,636	$45,105,868	12
4	(2)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$10,157,605	-50.83%	2,639	$3,849	$39,738,435	10
5	(new)	Accepted	Universal	Comedy	$10,023,835		2,914	$3,440	$10,023,835	3
6	(4)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,581,622	-21.85%	3,227	$2,349	$46,088,273	17
7	(12)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$5,610,845	+115.54%	691	$8,120	$12,692,059	26
8	(6)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,212,351	-27.99%	2,277	$2,289	$401,253,092	45
9	(new)	Material Girls	MGM	Comedy	$4,603,121		1,509	$3,050	$4,603,121	3
10	(5)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$3,519,889	-57.09%	2,323	$1,515	$14,695,988	10
11	(8)	The Descent	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$2,437,269	-47.20%	1,720	$1,417	$22,320,119	17
12	(7)	Miami Vice	Universal	Action	$2,427,730	-48.42%	1,680	$1,445	$59,852,850	24
13	(9)	Zoom	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$2,415,611	-46.44%	2,501	$966	$9,023,155	10
14	(10)	Monster House	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,970,819	-40.02%	1,673	$1,178	$67,372,407	31
15	(19)	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	Alliance International	Comedy	$1,357,820	+13.05%	260	$5,222	$5,403,975	17
16	(15)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,307,434	-30.06%	824	$1,587	$118,996,040	52
17	(11)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,103,954	-63.32%	1,218	$906	$38,637,285	24
18	(14)	The Ant Bully	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,041,357	-44.38%	850	$1,225	$24,616,815	24
19	(13)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$1,005,675	-47.62%	760	$1,323	$72,887,490	38
20	(new)	The Illusionist	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$927,956		51	$18,195	$927,956	3
21	(18)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$848,255	-31.73%	383	$2,215	$194,165,746	54
22	(21)	Scoop	Focus/Rogue Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$622,571	-38.69%	367	$1,696	$9,177,463	24
23	(17)	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$570,408	-57.80%	64	$8,913	$2,383,516	10
24	(20)	Little Man	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$445,207	-57.92%	419	$1,063	$57,960,167	38
25	(23)	Cars	Buena Vista	Comedy	$438,906	-29.32%	355	$1,236	$239,618,177	73
26	(16)	The Night Listener	Miramax	Drama	$384,535	-73.95%	609	$631	$7,500,597	17
27	(50)	Nacho Libre	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$269,304	+421.03%	301	$895	$79,709,538	66
28	(28)	Over the Hedge	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$267,095	-18.87%	279	$957	$154,482,036	94
29	(26)	An Inconvenient Truth	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$258,781	-30.14%	221	$1,171	$22,409,945	89
30	(29)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$247,361	-12.53%	32	$7,730	$17,344,096	171
31	(36)	Boynton Beach Club	Wingate Distribution	Romantic Comedy	$242,177	+74.58%	58	$4,175	$1,393,765	150
32	(22)	Lady in the Water	Warner Bros.	Drama	$233,484	-72.05%	340	$687	$41,483,823	31
33	(27)	Click	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$200,405	-39.62%	185	$1,083	$135,468,818	59
34	(24)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$190,043	-51.16%	222	$856	$21,786,251	31
35	(new)	Trust the Man	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$180,271		38	$4,744	$180,271	3
36	(37)	Quinceanera	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$170,324	+26.68%	48	$3,548	$516,562	17
37	(30)	The Da Vinci Code	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$167,071	-28.83%	211	$792	$217,536,138	94
38	(31)	The Lake House	Warner Bros.	Drama	$162,925	-22.49%	248	$657	$51,919,822	66
39	(25)	Clerks II	MGM	Comedy	$158,670	-58.27%	171	$928	$23,814,572	31
40	(33)	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Universal	Action	$141,885	-20.12%	165	$860	$62,256,065	66
41	(34)	The Break Up	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$128,740	-20.21%	157	$820	$118,442,310	80
42	(40)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$121,288	+1.31%	12	$10,107	$10,666,089	500
43	(32)	R.V.	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$102,179	-43.37%	164	$623	$71,402,035	115
44	(35)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$98,990	-31.10%	178	$556	$234,150,411	87
45	(38)	A Scanner Darkly	Warner Independent Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$96,158	-27.69%	125	$769	$5,159,136	45
46	(41)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$84,615	-19.48%	163	$519	$28,189,436	66
47	(39)	A Prairie Home Companion	PictureHouse	Comedy	$82,539	-32.44%	108	$764	$19,894,800	73
48	(46)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$71,761	+13.54%	16	$4,485	$14,340,539	332
49	(42)	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$70,707	-30.55%	63	$1,122	$1,215,628	54
50	(new)	Factotum	IFC Films	Drama	$59,212		6	$9,869	$59,212	3
51	(49)	Half Nelson	ThinkFilm	Drama	$56,264	+4.23%	3	$18,755	$147,246	10
52	(55)	Heading South	Railroad Square	Drama	$54,813	+45.65%	26	$2,108	$611,817	45
53	(44)	Another Gay Movie	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$54,452	-22.97%	14	$3,889	$292,911	24
54	(47)	The Wedding Curse	ABS-CBN	Drama	$51,814	-16.72%	3	$17,271	$276,700	17
55	(45)	Conversations with Other Women	Fabrication Films	Comedy	$46,684	-29.43%	11	$4,244	$151,736	10
56	(43)	Strangers with Candy	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$43,812	-42.44%	62	$707	$1,994,718	54
57	(58)	The House of Sand	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$42,327	+34.78%	15	$2,822	$91,109	10
58	(48)	Wordplay	IFC Films	Documentary	$39,955	-28.69%	69	$579	$2,940,773	66
59	(56)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$34,505	+5.09%	16	$2,157	$4,470,002	206
60	(57)	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Jour de Fete	Drama	$33,856	+5.77%	15	$2,257	$1,292,721	269
61	(52)	Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man	Lionsgate	Documentary	$33,447	-22.10%	51	$656	$890,018	61
62	(51)	The Oh in Ohio	Cyan	Romantic Comedy	$30,894	-28.27%	20	$1,545	$299,347	38
63	(75)	The Proposition	First Look	Drama	$28,685	+164.30%	29	$989	$1,847,547	108
64	(54)	Changing Times	Koch Lorber Films		$25,678	-34.58%	5	$5,136	$274,341	38
65	(64)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$21,393	+12.68%	5	$4,279	$17,924,571	1,256
66	(new)	10th & Wolf	ThinkFilm	Drama	$20,774		6	$3,462	$20,774	3
67	(61)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$19,453	-18.77%	3	$6,484	$8,404,830	570
68	(53)	Ice Age: The Meltdown	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$17,043	-56.83%	41	$416	$195,297,762	143
69	(59)	The Omen	20th Century Fox	Horror	$15,471	-37.46%	22	$703	$54,598,223	76
70	(66)	Water	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$14,560	-6.70%	21	$693	$3,201,967	115
71	(62)	The Celestine Prophecy	Ram Entertainment	Adventure	$14,290	-29.97%	13	$1,099	$1,147,480	124
72	(63)	Peaceful Warrior	Lionsgate	Drama	$13,575	-32.30%	21	$646	$1,055,654	80
73	(68)	Only Human	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$12,055	-13.69%	9	$1,339	$213,471	66
74	(69)	Army of Shadows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$11,037	-20.76%	5	$2,207	$526,780	115
75	(72)	Viva Pedro	Sony Pictures Classics		$10,227	-23.67%	1	$10,227	$33,301	10
76	(new)	My First Wedding	Indican Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$10,120		5	$2,024	$10,120	3
77	(71)	Thank You For Smoking	Fox Searchlight	Black Comedy	$9,623	-28.86%	12	$802	$24,765,867	157
78	(89)	Lower City	Palm Pictures	Drama	$8,584	+106.54%	8	$1,073	$104,857	66
79	(90)	Poster Boy	Regent Releasing	Drama	$8,484	+122.91%	4	$2,121	$20,772	12
80	(74)	Edmond	First Independent Pictures	Black Comedy	$8,229	-24.79%	4	$2,057	$87,134	38
81	(re-entry)	Moonlight	Indican Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,926		2	$3,963	$23,914	94
82	(65)	Gabrielle	IFC Films	Drama	$7,167	-59.96%	4	$1,792	$231,238	38
83	(77)	13 Tzameti	Palm Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$6,801	-33.50%	3	$2,267	$57,220	24
84	(re-entry)	Unidentified	Five & Two	Drama	$6,778		4	$1,695	$86,375	115
85	(73)	The Bridesmaid	First Run		$6,558	-43.69%	2	$3,279	$39,696	17
86	(70)	The Heart of the Game	Miramax	Documentary	$6,496	-53.22%	13	$500	$429,738	73
87	(76)	War Tapes, The	Senart/Scranton-Lacy	Documentary	$6,331	-38.19%	7	$904	$187,834	80
88	(96)	Time to Leave	Strand	Drama	$5,872	+105.75%	3	$1,957	$96,096	38
89	(94)	Lunacy	Zeitgeist		$5,410	+66.72%	2	$2,705	$13,415	12
90	(114)	Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul	Strand	Documentary	$5,184	+501.39%	3	$1,728	$61,384	73
91	(88)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$5,010	+0.50%	4	$1,253	$12,677,473	1,998
92	(84)	Wondrous Oblivion	Palm Pictures		$4,532	-34.59%	2	$2,266	$50,094	31
93	(81)	The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$4,521	-38.62%	1	$4,521	$141,705	66
94	(new)	Vajra Sky Over Tibet	Truly Indie		$4,471		1	$4,471	$4,471	3
95	(108)	Darshan, The Embrace	IFC First Take		$4,332	+195.90%	3	$1,444	$22,882	24
96	(109)	Boy's Briefs 4	Picture This Entertainment		$4,184	+257.30%	1	$4,184	$25,469	31
97	(117)	The Beauty Academy of Kabul	Shadow	Documentary	$4,165	+565.34%	4	$1,041	$207,825	150
98	(85)	Sketches of Frank Gehry	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$4,075	-36.29%	12	$340	$426,182	101
99	(67)	Shadowboxer	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$3,978	-73.27%	6	$663	$370,627	31
100	(92)	The Great New Wonderful	First Independent Pictures	Drama	$3,880	+16.03%	4	$970	$128,253	59
101	(95)	Mongolian Ping Pong	First Run	Comedy	$3,692	+20.30%	2	$1,846	$60,265	122
102	(87)	Puffy Chair, The	Roadside Attractions		$3,175	-43.40%	3	$1,058	$173,014	80
103	(79)	Moustache, La	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$3,139	-62.56%	2	$1,570	$172,333	89
104	(97)	Our Brand is Crisis	Koch Lorber Films	Documentary	$3,116	+21.01%	2	$1,558	$138,474	171
105	(new)	King Leopold's Ghost	Aloha Releasing	Documentary	$3,078		1	$3,078	$3,078	3
106	(83)	Once in a Lifetime: the Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$2,831	-60.22%	9	$315	$136,677	45
107	(104)	District 13	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$2,487	+37.78%	5	$497	$1,193,193	80
108	(100)	Sympathy for Lady Vengeance	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$2,274	+11.96%	5	$455	$201,954	108
109	(new)	George Bush Goes to Heaven	HB Filmworks	Drama	$2,112		1	$2,112	$2,976	6
110	(re-entry)	Hate Crime	Pasidg Productions	Thriller/Suspense	$2,084		2	$1,042	$34,821	332
111	(86)	Waltzing Anna	Kindred Media Group	Drama	$2,079	-64.56%	7	$297	$9,050	10
112	(78)	The Lost City	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$2,023	-78.33%	3	$674	$2,483,955	115
113	(82)	The King	ThinkFilm	Drama	$1,913	-74.00%	6	$319	$281,326	94
114	(new)	The Pusher Trilogy	Magnolia Pictures		$1,792		1	$1,792	$1,792	3
115	(102)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,762	-10.24%	2	$881	$64,900,232	1,585
116	(103)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$1,642	-13.76%	2	$821	$52,798,529	2,859
117	(re-entry)	The Motel	Palm Pictures	Drama	$1,595		4	$399	$40,752	54
118	(80)	The Groomsmen	Bauer Martinez	Comedy	$1,475	-82.08%	3	$492	$106,531	38
119	(110)	Stolen	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$1,369	+16.91%	1	$1,369	$111,432	124
120	(120)	Azumi	Vitagraph Films	Action	$1,145	+253.40%	2	$573	$34,726	31
121	(112)	My Country, My Country	Zeitgeist		$1,009	+0.40%	2	$505	$8,081	17
122	(113)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$930	+1.64%	1	$930	$5,003,241	2,320
123	(93)	Brothers of the Head	IFC Films		$912	-71.95%	4	$228	$33,465	24
124	(116)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$820	+8.18%	1	$820	$7,180,670	2,733
125	(re-entry)	Petite Jerusalem, La	Kino International	Drama	$698		1	$698	$50,126	206
126	(126)	Jailbait	Kindred Media Group		$647	+499.07%	2	$324	$3,575	17
127	(124)	The Death of Mr. Lazarescu	Tartan Films	Drama	$350	+101.15%	1	$350	$78,465	115
128	(107)	Lemming	Strand	Drama	$197	-86.63%	1	$197	$78,985	94
129	(122)	Shock to the System	Regent Releasing		$132	-37.14%	1	$132	$3,665	17
130	(125)	The Hidden Blade	Tartan Films	Drama	$101	-13.68%	1	$101	$37,707	59
131	(re-entry)	Agnes and His Brothers	First Run	Drama	$86		1	$86	$2,731	73

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Chart certified: 8/27/2006