The Top Movies, Weekend of September 1, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Invincible	Buena Vista	Drama	$12,151,426	-28.65%	2,921	$4,160	$34,792,269	10
2	(new)	Crank	Lionsgate	Action	$10,457,367		2,515	$4,158	$10,457,367	3
3	(new)	The Wicker Man	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$9,610,204		2,784	$3,452	$9,610,204	3
4	(3)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$7,621,569	+3.40%	1,602	$4,758	$33,729,544	40
5	(14)	The Illusionist	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$6,306,843	+243.65%	971	$6,495	$10,366,525	17
6	(2)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$6,100,545	-24.89%	3,001	$2,033	$136,773,926	31
7	(10)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,891,459	-13.47%	2,907	$1,683	$62,080,221	31
8	(5)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,609,685	-28.79%	2,902	$1,588	$62,495,330	26
9	(6)	Accepted	Universal	Comedy	$4,599,915	-27.50%	2,822	$1,630	$28,110,115	17
10	(8)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$4,504,140	-26.92%	2,553	$1,764	$57,384,935	24
11	(12)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,785,298	-4.87%	1,786	$2,119	$412,883,344	59
12	(new)	Crossover	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,767,567		1,023	$3,683	$3,767,567	3
13	(4)	Beerfest	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,657,918	-47.98%	2,964	$1,234	$13,809,869	10
14	(11)	How to Eat Fried Worms	New Line	Drama	$2,951,683	-26.27%	1,870	$1,578	$8,522,996	10
15	(7)	Snakes on a Plane	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$2,446,662	-60.33%	2,505	$977	$30,981,855	17
16	(9)	Idlewild	Universal	Musical	$2,330,620	-59.44%	975	$2,390	$9,385,265	10
17	(13)	Material Girls	MGM	Comedy	$995,585	-54.80%	1,188	$838	$10,211,207	17
18	(21)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$874,141	+12.01%	281	$3,111	$196,576,057	68
19	(22)	Cars	Buena Vista	Comedy	$849,014	+15.64%	555	$1,530	$241,743,295	87
20	(16)	Monster House	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$795,546	-30.33%	568	$1,401	$70,577,979	45
21	(20)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$787,789	-10.53%	501	$1,572	$121,836,154	66
22	(15)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$648,975	-59.69%	787	$825	$19,131,799	24
23	(25)	The Ant Bully	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$560,510	+0.11%	409	$1,370	$26,505,664	38
24	(17)	The Descent	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$414,283	-58.82%	426	$972	$25,302,391	31
25	(18)	Miami Vice	Universal	Action	$408,005	-57.71%	412	$990	$62,727,320	38
26	(24)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$395,015	-31.52%	397	$995	$74,546,965	52
27	(29)	Trust the Man	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$362,295	+29.24%	260	$1,393	$1,017,417	17
28	(26)	Click	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$353,658	-8.03%	281	$1,259	$136,414,248	73
29	(28)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$350,910	+4.44%	361	$972	$40,036,321	38
30	(31)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$266,796	+12.62%	37	$7,211	$18,273,344	185
31	(new)	Lassie	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$254,420		169	$1,505	$254,420	3
32	(23)	Zoom	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$252,273	-61.31%	303	$833	$11,312,028	24
33	(34)	Half Nelson	ThinkFilm	Drama	$233,863	+10.96%	36	$6,496	$724,640	24
34	(32)	Boynton Beach Club	Wingate Distribution	Romantic Comedy	$224,661	-2.40%	63	$3,566	$2,077,732	164
35	(35)	An Inconvenient Truth	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$221,624	+13.96%	265	$836	$23,107,416	103
36	(27)	Scoop	Focus/Rogue Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$217,853	-38.97%	165	$1,320	$10,168,057	38
37	(61)	The Quiet	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$193,567	+602.70%	366	$529	$236,621	10
38	(42)	Lady in the Water	Warner Bros.	Drama	$192,430	+90.42%	261	$737	$41,910,228	45
39	(33)	Quinceanera	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$190,229	-12.33%	86	$2,212	$1,092,107	31
40	(41)	Factotum	IFC Films	Drama	$148,031	+25.04%	46	$3,218	$412,160	17
41	(36)	Over the Hedge	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$142,614	-17.14%	200	$713	$154,984,834	108
42	(39)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$131,747	-9.38%	160	$823	$22,204,622	45
43	(30)	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$129,654	-50.15%	30	$4,322	$3,129,778	24
44	(new)	Idiocracy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$124,367		130	$957	$124,367	3
45	(38)	Nacho Libre	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$120,069	-25.71%	179	$671	$80,163,130	80
46	(43)	The Lake House	Warner Bros.	Drama	$65,896	-28.73%	118	$558	$52,204,794	80
47	(54)	Another Gay Movie	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$65,390	+54.74%	19	$3,442	$450,528	38
48	(45)	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Universal	Action	$58,680	-20.83%	72	$815	$62,482,015	80
49	(46)	The Break Up	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$56,695	-17.65%	63	$900	$118,668,645	94
50	(48)	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$51,451	-23.32%	58	$887	$1,410,754	68
51	(47)	A Prairie Home Companion	PictureHouse	Comedy	$49,794	-26.80%	90	$553	$20,082,560	87
52	(66)	Viva Pedro	Sony Pictures Classics		$46,802	+172.07%	10	$4,680	$119,562	24
53	(57)	Heading South	Railroad Square	Drama	$44,450	+21.88%	20	$2,223	$725,435	59
54	(52)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$41,303	-9.32%	73	$566	$28,347,480	80
55	(62)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$39,538	+49.09%	18	$2,197	$4,578,368	220
56	(51)	Clerks II	MGM	Comedy	$36,322	-27.71%	59	$616	$24,010,389	45
57	(49)	A Scanner Darkly	Warner Independent Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$36,059	-38.97%	52	$693	$5,354,553	59
58	(53)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$35,207	-22.26%	53	$664	$234,298,832	101
59	(new)	This Film is Not Yet Rated	IFC Films	Documentary	$30,664		2	$15,332	$30,664	3
60	(56)	Conversations with Other Women	Fabrication Films	Comedy	$29,157	-20.34%	7	$4,165	$257,211	24
61	(new)	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$28,223		5	$5,645	$28,223	3
62	(58)	Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man	Lionsgate	Documentary	$27,028	-17.56%	38	$711	$1,003,345	75
63	(60)	Changing Times	Koch Lorber Films		$24,575	-11.06%	6	$4,096	$353,610	52
64	(55)	The House of Sand	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$23,238	-38.65%	10	$2,324	$191,544	24
65	(67)	Queens	Regent Releasing		$21,053	+27.64%	8	$2,632	$45,621	10
66	(44)	The Night Listener	Miramax	Drama	$18,541	-76.42%	63	$294	$7,820,574	31
67	(101)	Unidentified	Five & Two	Drama	$16,803	+470.37%	12	$1,400	$107,920	129
68	(68)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$15,773	-1.13%	3	$5,258	$8,465,837	584
69	(64)	Wordplay	IFC Films	Documentary	$13,540	-38.83%	28	$484	$3,028,903	80
70	(new)	Mutual Appreciation	Goodbye Cruel Releasing	Comedy	$13,142		1	$13,142	$13,142	3
71	(65)	Strangers with Candy	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$10,054	-52.57%	16	$628	$2,053,316	68
72	(70)	Gabrielle	IFC Films	Drama	$9,467	-32.34%	12	$789	$268,318	52
73	(72)	Only Human	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$8,844	-24.94%	9	$983	$242,405	80
74	(83)	Army of Shadows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$8,758	+34.90%	5	$1,752	$550,570	129
75	(95)	Edmond	First Independent Pictures	Black Comedy	$8,327	+97.46%	5	$1,665	$106,503	52
76	(76)	The Proposition	First Look	Drama	$8,040	-19.90%	10	$804	$1,891,096	122
77	(93)	The Great New Wonderful	First Independent Pictures	Drama	$6,548	+45.35%	4	$1,637	$142,899	73
78	(89)	Princesas	IFC First Take		$6,209	+20.63%	3	$2,070	$16,477	12
79	(81)	10th & Wolf	ThinkFilm	Drama	$6,019	-20.89%	6	$1,003	$47,992	17
80	(77)	Ice Age: The Meltdown	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,386	-45.38%	13	$414	$195,327,048	157
81	(94)	Darshan, The Embrace	IFC First Take		$4,503	+0.09%	5	$901	$44,613	38
82	(92)	Puffy Chair, The	Roadside Attractions		$4,067	-13.63%	4	$1,017	$185,029	94
83	(85)	Thank You For Smoking	Fox Searchlight	Black Comedy	$3,914	-33.93%	3	$1,305	$24,786,249	171
84	(new)	Looking for Kitty	ThinkFilm	Drama	$3,210		1	$3,210	$3,210	3
85	(105)	Our Brand is Crisis	Koch Lorber Films	Documentary	$2,810	+11.29%	2	$1,405	$146,004	185
86	(109)	My Country, My Country	Zeitgeist		$2,802	+112.76%	1	$2,802	$14,792	31
87	(100)	Sketches of Frank Gehry	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,637	-11.95%	8	$330	$437,527	115
88	(104)	The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$2,536	+0.12%	2	$1,268	$148,597	80
89	(87)	The Heart of the Game	Miramax	Documentary	$2,089	-63.70%	10	$209	$444,127	87
90	(113)	Stolen	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$2,071	+100.48%	2	$1,036	$117,319	138
91	(82)	Water	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,748	-76.10%	3	$583	$3,222,292	129
92	(78)	Poster Boy	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,570	-83.51%	1	$1,570	$40,048	26
93	(99)	Once in a Lifetime: the Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$765	-75.71%	4	$191	$144,224	59
94	(98)	Old Joy	Kino International		$625	-81.12%	1	$625	$7,212	10
95	(re-entry)	Mini's First Time	First Independent Pictures	Black Comedy	$600		1	$600	$45,639	52
96	(re-entry)	Look Both Ways	Kino International	Drama	$450		1	$450	$104,656	143
97	(111)	Sympathy for Lady Vengeance	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$62	-94.71%	1	$62	$205,495	122

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Chart certified: 9/7/2006