The Top Movies, Weekend of September 15, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Gridiron Gang	Sony Pictures	Drama	$14,414,630		3,504	$4,114	$14,414,630	3
2	(new)	The Black Dahlia	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$10,005,895		2,226	$4,495	$10,005,895	3
3	(new)	Everyone's Hero	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$6,061,762		2,896	$2,093	$6,061,762	3
4	(1)	The Covenant	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$4,777,554	-46.03%	2,681	$1,782	$15,791,085	10
5	(new)	The Last Kiss	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,627,989		1,357	$3,410	$4,627,989	3
6	(3)	Invincible	Buena Vista	Drama	$4,114,921	-26.91%	2,830	$1,454	$51,121,579	24
7	(6)	The Illusionist	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$3,623,084	-19.74%	1,438	$2,520	$23,126,885	31
8	(7)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$3,319,124	-22.33%	1,436	$2,311	$46,359,579	54
9	(2)	Hollywoodland	Focus Features	Drama	$2,722,954	-54.05%	1,551	$1,756	$10,522,553	10
10	(5)	Crank	Lionsgate	Action	$2,680,225	-45.35%	2,177	$1,231	$24,393,847	17
11	(4)	The Protector	Weinstein Co.	Action	$2,475,333	-50.83%	1,541	$1,606	$9,059,180	10
12	(8)	The Wicker Man	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,141,978	-47.27%	2,407	$890	$20,770,644	17
13	(9)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,973,922	-34.48%	1,912	$1,032	$145,014,500	45
14	(10)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,652,321	-39.14%	1,818	$909	$69,131,901	45
15	(13)	Accepted	Universal	Comedy	$1,443,420	-42.53%	1,458	$990	$34,176,225	31
16	(12)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,350,484	-46.40%	1,408	$959	$63,595,775	38
17	(14)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,282,394	-35.71%	1,039	$1,234	$418,423,143	73
18	(11)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,041,893	-59.39%	1,474	$707	$69,090,404	40
19	(15)	How to Eat Fried Worms	New Line	Drama	$695,558	-53.09%	1,121	$620	$12,192,292	24
20	(16)	Beerfest	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$525,370	-62.50%	714	$736	$18,449,573	24
21	(17)	Crossover	Sony Pictures	Drama	$471,564	-64.12%	616	$766	$6,727,974	17
22	(18)	Idlewild	Universal	Musical	$410,650	-57.16%	430	$955	$12,124,120	24
23	(25)	Monster House	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$390,172	-13.62%	354	$1,102	$71,885,152	59
24	(24)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$386,424	-14.75%	144	$2,684	$198,008,105	82
25	(20)	Cars	Buena Vista	Comedy	$345,867	-27.69%	406	$852	$243,067,357	101
26	(21)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$337,521	-28.87%	336	$1,005	$123,195,772	80
27	(23)	Lage Raho Munnabhai	Eros Entertainment	Comedy	$323,164	-29.34%	72	$4,488	$1,853,154	17
28	(new)	Artie Lange's Beer League	Universal	Comedy	$302,908		164	$1,847	$302,908	3
29	(22)	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	Alliance International	Comedy	$291,093	-36.64%	133	$2,189	$10,686,339	45
30	(32)	Half Nelson	ThinkFilm	Drama	$279,112	+23.04%	86	$3,245	$1,441,944	38
31	(19)	Snakes on a Plane	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$262,292	-68.18%	406	$646	$33,483,618	31
32	(30)	Click	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$233,594	-6.77%	266	$878	$137,114,211	87
33	(29)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$197,955	-24.27%	265	$747	$75,269,685	66
34	(27)	The Ant Bully	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$193,676	-33.39%	178	$1,088	$27,300,234	52
35	(26)	Material Girls	MGM	Comedy	$172,237	-55.64%	278	$620	$11,227,060	31
36	(31)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$165,060	-30.78%	238	$694	$40,639,155	52
37	(36)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$151,120	+5.38%	37	$4,084	$18,821,001	199
38	(28)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$109,941	-60.43%	193	$570	$19,950,417	38
39	(40)	Boynton Beach Club	Wingate Distribution	Romantic Comedy	$107,601	-14.89%	63	$1,708	$2,505,885	178
40	(33)	Miami Vice	Universal	Action	$105,575	-41.90%	207	$510	$63,272,240	52
41	(42)	Quinceanera	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$97,063	-15.99%	94	$1,033	$1,445,628	45
42	(new)	The U.S. vs John Lennon	Lionsgate	Documentary	$69,143		6	$11,524	$69,143	3
43	(43)	An Inconvenient Truth	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$69,055	-36.10%	110	$628	$23,492,829	117
44	(38)	Zoom	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$63,666	-50.51%	137	$465	$11,631,245	38
45	(41)	Lady in the Water	Warner Bros.	Drama	$63,566	-45.21%	142	$448	$42,219,433	59
46	(53)	Viva Pedro	Sony Pictures Classics		$62,321	+45.60%	21	$2,968	$281,079	38
47	(34)	The Descent	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$61,115	-64.61%	104	$588	$25,794,993	45
48	(55)	The House of Sand	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$59,863	+65.89%	32	$1,871	$315,327	38
49	(35)	Trust the Man	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$57,898	-60.82%	119	$487	$1,466,103	31
50	(44)	Scoop	Focus/Rogue Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$52,406	-46.97%	84	$624	$10,467,056	52
51	(47)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$50,632	-35.77%	84	$603	$22,432,518	59
52	(37)	Broken Bridges	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$49,161	-63.25%	51	$964	$219,103	10
53	(48)	Factotum	IFC Films	Drama	$48,974	-35.33%	53	$924	$656,411	31
54	(76)	Clerks II	MGM	Comedy	$48,721	+343.32%	152	$321	$24,089,778	59
55	(57)	Sherrybaby	IFC Films	Drama	$45,230	+30.07%	13	$3,479	$98,418	10
56	(59)	This Film is Not Yet Rated	IFC Films	Documentary	$44,352	+49.16%	16	$2,772	$135,271	17
57	(39)	Lassie	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$40,919	-67.68%	49	$835	$614,354	17
58	(new)	Haven		Drama	$38,355		24	$1,598	$38,355	3
59	(52)	Another Gay Movie	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$31,581	-26.32%	19	$1,662	$580,369	52
60	(46)	Idiocracy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$30,785	-60.99%	13	$2,368	$382,112	17
61	(61)	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$30,388	+5.25%	19	$1,599	$3,246,225	38
62	(new)	Keeping Mum	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$27,112		2	$13,556	$27,112	3
63	(49)	A Prairie Home Companion	PictureHouse	Comedy	$26,059	-54.72%	87	$300	$20,229,607	101
64	(51)	The Lake House	Warner Bros.	Drama	$25,973	-39.93%	53	$490	$52,320,979	94
65	(54)	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$24,149	-36.05%	45	$537	$1,530,006	82
66	(new)	Pyar Ke Side Effects	Eros Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$22,800		5	$4,560	$22,800	3
67	(69)	Conversations with Other Women	Fabrication Films	Comedy	$22,588	+38.99%	14	$1,613	$317,717	38
68	(66)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$22,021	+18.98%	18	$1,223	$4,649,125	234
69	(62)	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Jour de Fete	Drama	$21,824	-8.96%	18	$1,212	$1,480,716	297
70	(63)	Changing Times	Koch Lorber Films		$21,425	-0.63%	5	$4,285	$418,542	66
71	(60)	Heading South	Railroad Square	Drama	$20,643	-28.80%	21	$983	$808,145	73
72	(new)	Confetti	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$20,560		12	$1,713	$20,560	3
73	(50)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$19,329	-57.30%	10	$1,933	$14,706,139	360
74	(58)	A Scanner Darkly	Warner Independent Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$17,883	-46.36%	42	$426	$5,451,647	73
75	(new)	Jesus Camp	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$17,659		13	$1,358	$17,659	3
76	(70)	Unidentified	Five & Two	Drama	$16,501	+2.36%	17	$971	$151,315	143
77	(67)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$15,565	-14.54%	41	$380	$28,403,409	94
78	(65)	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$15,118	-28.42%	9	$1,680	$89,528	17
79	(68)	Le petit lieutenant	Cinema Libre	Drama	$13,466	-20.18%	2	$6,733	$40,264	10
80	(88)	Army of Shadows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$13,354	+173.65%	6	$2,226	$576,470	143
81	(72)	Queens	Regent Releasing		$13,332	-13.81%	10	$1,333	$97,749	24
82	(78)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$13,177	+30.32%	3	$4,392	$8,503,500	598
83	(new)	The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends	Focus Features	Documentary	$12,207		8	$1,526	$12,207	3
84	(71)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$11,571	-26.58%	19	$609	$234,348,647	115
85	(73)	Man Push Cart	Film Philos		$11,002	-19.66%	1	$11,002	$31,776	10
86	(new)	Al Franken: God Spoke	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$10,533		2	$5,267	$16,338	5
87	(80)	Only Human	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$10,052	+20.79%	10	$1,005	$269,824	94
88	(79)	Wordplay	IFC Films	Documentary	$9,514	-4.73%	35	$272	$3,062,669	94
89	(77)	Mutual Appreciation	Goodbye Cruel Releasing	Comedy	$7,970	-21.89%	3	$2,657	$42,402	17
90	(56)	Red Doors	Polychrome Pictures	Drama	$6,831	-80.51%	1	$6,831	$54,798	10
91	(81)	Paper Dolls	Strand	Documentary	$5,859	-25.55%	2	$2,930	$22,312	12
92	(84)	Vajra Sky Over Tibet	Truly Indie		$5,057	-14.74%	2	$2,529	$25,804	31
93	(93)	Gabrielle	IFC Films	Drama	$4,656	+42.34%	9	$517	$287,613	66
94	(new)	We Go Way Back	Cyan		$4,514		1	$4,514	$4,514	3
95	(new)	Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories	Hanover House		$4,402		1	$4,402	$4,402	3
96	(82)	The Celestine Prophecy	Ram Entertainment	Adventure	$4,334	-30.62%	6	$722	$611,991	152
97	(new)	Aurora Borealis	Regent Releasing	Drama	$4,321		4	$1,080	$4,321	3
98	(re-entry)	The Oh in Ohio	Cyan	Romantic Comedy	$4,290		8	$536	$394,322	66
99	(100)	Lower City	Palm Pictures	Drama	$4,272	+114.78%	3	$1,424	$125,762	94
100	(108)	Poster Boy	Regent Releasing	Drama	$3,948	+219.42%	2	$1,974	$46,206	40
101	(90)	Edmond	First Independent Pictures	Black Comedy	$3,922	+4.31%	5	$784	$119,432	66
102	(85)	I Trust You To Kill Me	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$3,699	-37.18%	1	$3,699	$10,063	10
103	(94)	War Tapes, The	Senart/Scranton-Lacy	Documentary	$3,443	+7.19%	4	$861	$225,138	108
104	(124)	The Beauty Academy of Kabul	Shadow	Documentary	$3,261	+776.61%	3	$1,087	$216,802	178
105	(103)	Sympathy for Lady Vengeance	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$3,027	+104.39%	3	$1,009	$210,429	136
106	(110)	The Bridesmaid	First Run		$2,842	+158.13%	4	$711	$71,040	45
107	(86)	13 Tzameti	Palm Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,709	-49.26%	3	$903	$93,828	52
108	(98)	My Country, My Country	Zeitgeist		$2,545	-2.19%	2	$1,273	$21,204	45
109	(117)	The Great New Wonderful	First Independent Pictures	Drama	$1,930	+134.22%	3	$643	$148,484	87
110	(96)	Time to Leave	Strand	Drama	$1,899	-32.83%	2	$950	$108,502	66
111	(75)	Le Secret de ma Mere	Alliance International	Comedy	$1,895	-82.92%	1	$1,895	$2,399,232	73
112	(re-entry)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$1,621		2	$811	$18,038,298	1,284
113	(109)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,493	+25.15%	1	$1,493	$64,913,490	1,613
114	(89)	Strangers with Candy	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$1,309	-67.81%	5	$262	$2,068,323	82
115	(112)	Our Brand is Crisis	Koch Lorber Films	Documentary	$1,155	+9.48%	1	$1,155	$151,328	199
116	(114)	Mini's First Time	First Independent Pictures	Black Comedy	$845	-6.22%	1	$845	$48,297	66
117	(127)	Been Rich All My Life	First Run	Documentary	$764	+174.82%	1	$764	$28,003	59
118	(118)	Wondrous Oblivion	Palm Pictures		$748	-9.00%	1	$748	$64,980	59
119	(122)	Lunacy	Zeitgeist		$688	+35.70%	2	$344	$24,988	40
120	(re-entry)	The World According to Shorts	New Yorker	Multiple Genres	$550		1	$550	$6,760	59
121	(113)	Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul	Strand	Documentary	$524	-48.93%	1	$524	$69,790	101
122	(125)	Old Joy	Kino International		$463	+28.61%	2	$232	$8,738	24
123	(123)	Darshan, The Embrace	IFC First Take		$412	-15.23%	2	$206	$48,465	52
124	(64)	The Quiet	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$409	-98.07%	5	$82	$381,186	24
125	(106)	Stolen	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$376	-73.48%	1	$376	$120,748	152
126	(99)	The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$306	-85.57%	1	$306	$152,810	94
127	(102)	Mongolian Ping Pong	First Run	Comedy	$240	-85.11%	2	$120	$67,369	150
128	(111)	Brothers of the Head	IFC Films		$216	-79.53%	1	$216	$40,921	52
129	(re-entry)	Shakespeare Behind Bars	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$108		1	$108	$45,020	192

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Chart certified: 9/20/2006