The Top Movies, Weekend of September 29, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Open Season	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$23,624,548		3,833	$6,163	$23,624,548	3
2	(new)	The Guardian	Buena Vista	Action	$18,006,064		3,241	$5,556	$18,006,064	3
3	(1)	Jackass: Number Two	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,605,343	-49.64%	3,063	$4,768	$52,070,722	10
4	(new)	School for Scoundrels	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$8,602,333		3,004	$2,864	$8,602,333	3
5	(2)	Jet Li's Fearless	Focus/Rogue Pictures	Drama	$4,983,865	-52.94%	1,810	$2,754	$18,066,869	10
6	(3)	Gridiron Gang	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,581,565	-51.55%	3,033	$1,511	$33,258,307	17
7	(8)	The Illusionist	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$2,735,500	-17.94%	1,319	$2,074	$31,378,398	45
8	(4)	Flyboys	MGM	Drama	$2,351,841	-60.83%	2,033	$1,157	$9,946,969	10
9	(6)	The Black Dahlia	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$2,129,070	-52.16%	2,009	$1,060	$20,742,610	17
10	(10)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,991,723	-29.40%	1,065	$1,870	$53,133,641	68
11	(7)	All the King's Men	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,543,633	-57.97%	1,520	$1,016	$6,230,588	10
12	(new)	Facing the Giants	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$1,343,537		441	$3,047	$1,343,537	3
13	(9)	The Covenant	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$1,326,387	-58.28%	1,700	$780	$22,265,370	24
14	(12)	The Last Kiss	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,231,232	-50.95%	1,116	$1,103	$10,420,006	17
15	(5)	Everyone's Hero	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,182,556	-74.79%	2,201	$537	$13,307,759	17
16	(25)	The Science of Sleep	Warner Independent Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,114,651	+220.37%	221	$5,044	$1,616,252	10
17	(11)	Invincible	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,057,294	-58.49%	1,357	$779	$56,322,748	38
18	(13)	Hollywoodland	Focus Features	Drama	$551,234	-62.67%	529	$1,042	$13,939,745	24
19	(16)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$468,235	-60.42%	669	$700	$147,421,245	59
20	(20)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$464,719	-46.48%	485	$958	$420,331,126	87
21	(15)	Crank	Lionsgate	Action	$427,784	-65.14%	420	$1,019	$27,500,463	31
22	(27)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$403,377	+33.85%	410	$984	$198,935,940	96
23	(19)	Accepted	Universal	Comedy	$386,250	-59.40%	515	$750	$35,962,990	45
24	(14)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$382,898	-70.63%	816	$469	$71,269,476	59
25	(17)	The Wicker Man	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$363,282	-67.08%	522	$696	$23,131,595	31
26	(re-entry)	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	Alliance International	Comedy	$262,225		84	$3,122	$11,465,491	59
27	(18)	The Protector	Weinstein Co.	Action	$256,418	-73.16%	403	$636	$11,491,834	24
28	(28)	Half Nelson	ThinkFilm	Drama	$232,823	-19.91%	105	$2,217	$2,175,988	52
29	(21)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$230,746	-64.47%	312	$740	$64,938,783	52
30	(24)	Monster House	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$229,411	-37.23%	252	$910	$72,595,621	73
31	(71)	Keeping Mum	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$222,336	+1,003.24%	49	$4,537	$285,890	17
32	(29)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$201,463	-24.32%	228	$884	$123,887,149	94
33	(54)	The U.S. vs John Lennon	Lionsgate	Documentary	$200,366	+361.58%	57	$3,515	$351,505	17
34	(26)	Cars	Buena Vista	Comedy	$200,202	-37.18%	294	$681	$243,735,463	115
35	(32)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$161,871	-14.27%	35	$4,625	$19,355,411	213
36	(23)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$157,514	-57.56%	242	$651	$69,999,970	54
37	(new)	The Last King of Scotland	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$142,899		4	$35,725	$172,036	5
38	(new)	The Queen	Miramax	Drama	$122,014		3	$40,671	$122,014	2
39	(22)	How to Eat Fried Worms	New Line	Drama	$121,623	-73.76%	344	$354	$12,938,576	38
40	(55)	Jesus Camp	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$97,674	+161.52%	19	$5,141	$180,573	17
41	(new)	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	First Look	Drama	$94,784		8	$11,848	$94,784	3
42	(35)	Idlewild	Universal	Musical	$77,905	-55.83%	106	$735	$12,549,485	38
43	(43)	Boynton Beach Club	Wingate Distribution	Romantic Comedy	$74,529	+1.35%	50	$1,491	$2,738,849	192
44	(37)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$74,125	-50.07%	136	$545	$75,604,320	80
45	(63)	The Descent	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$73,243	+144.71%	156	$470	$25,931,105	59
46	(38)	Snakes on a Plane	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$72,807	-48.45%	145	$502	$33,814,125	45
47	(36)	Lage Raho Munnabhai	Eros Entertainment	Comedy	$64,243	-58.81%	60	$1,071	$2,163,588	31
48	(39)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$57,725	-57.44%	90	$641	$40,922,134	66
49	(new)	Journals of Knud Rasmussen, The	Alliance International		$50,823		46	$1,105	$50,823	3
50	(30)	Beerfest	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$49,338	-75.73%	64	$771	$19,037,418	38
51	(40)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$47,813	-64.22%	104	$460	$20,230,986	52
52	(50)	Viva Pedro	Sony Pictures Classics		$43,382	-12.52%	24	$1,808	$448,815	52
53	(34)	The Ant Bully	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$41,393	-77.24%	78	$531	$27,587,155	66
54	(53)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$39,103	-10.32%	10	$3,910	$14,917,763	374
55	(48)	Quinceanera	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$38,648	-31.85%	55	$703	$1,605,195	59
56	(45)	Miami Vice	Universal	Action	$32,365	-48.92%	78	$415	$63,437,595	66
57	(42)	Material Girls	MGM	Comedy	$32,262	-63.71%	57	$566	$11,383,091	45
58	(47)	An Inconvenient Truth	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$31,776	-46.33%	48	$662	$23,672,685	131
59	(52)	The House of Sand	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$27,946	-36.07%	24	$1,164	$424,802	52
60	(60)	This Film is Not Yet Rated	IFC Films	Documentary	$26,076	-15.78%	18	$1,449	$227,791	31
61	(77)	American Hardcore	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$25,805	+42.55%	3	$8,602	$51,511	10
62	(75)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$24,372	+29.85%	19	$1,283	$4,718,899	248
63	(46)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$22,322	-64.18%	9	$2,480	$11,328,075	542
64	(62)	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Jour de Fete	Drama	$19,687	-34.41%	14	$1,406	$1,555,287	311
65	(41)	Confetti	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$19,364	-83.30%	37	$523	$209,676	17
66	(new)	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Rocky Mountain Pictures	Horror	$19,111		30	$637	$19,111	3
67	(61)	Factotum	IFC Films	Drama	$18,164	-40.68%	35	$519	$748,272	45
68	(83)	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$17,738	+35.29%	24	$739	$1,596,963	96
69	(56)	Sherrybaby	IFC Films	Drama	$16,718	-53.08%	7	$2,388	$182,605	24
70	(57)	A Prairie Home Companion	PictureHouse	Comedy	$16,164	-54.10%	44	$367	$20,318,547	115
71	(74)	Idiocracy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$15,171	-20.28%	6	$2,529	$438,653	31
72	(80)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$15,106	+3.07%	2	$7,553	$8,546,010	612
73	(65)	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$14,860	-37.34%	8	$1,858	$145,370	31
74	(88)	Renaissance	Miramax	Action	$14,568	+34.89%	7	$2,081	$31,111	10
75	(59)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$14,457	-58.00%	34	$425	$22,513,180	73
76	(76)	Changing Times	Koch Lorber Films		$14,380	-22.96%	4	$3,595	$461,857	80
77	(78)	Old Joy	Kino International		$13,029	-25.79%	1	$13,029	$56,445	38
78	(51)	Haven		Drama	$12,975	-72.75%	26	$499	$136,823	17
79	(70)	Captain Sabertooth	Indican Pictures	Adventure	$11,709	-42.96%	3	$3,903	$40,209	10
80	(86)	Al Franken: God Spoke	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$10,986	-7.87%	5	$2,197	$49,779	19
81	(91)	Aurora Borealis	Regent Releasing	Drama	$10,862	+23.36%	3	$3,621	$29,128	17
82	(99)	Gabrielle	IFC Films	Drama	$9,966	+100.36%	6	$1,661	$306,512	80
83	(79)	Conversations with Other Women	Fabrication Films	Comedy	$9,943	-40.42%	8	$1,243	$361,709	52
84	(84)	Army of Shadows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$9,384	-22.39%	5	$1,877	$607,512	157
85	(96)	Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, The	Unico Entertainment	Comedy	$9,000	+34.53%	2	$4,500	$18,326	10
86	(85)	Khosla Ka Ghosla	UTV Communications		$8,004	-33.80%	9	$889	$22,188	10
87	(66)	Red Doors	Polychrome Pictures	Drama	$7,801	-65.87%	3	$2,600	$93,246	24
88	(87)	Heading South	Railroad Square	Drama	$7,576	-32.35%	10	$758	$838,563	87
89	(103)	Mutual Appreciation	Goodbye Cruel Releasing	Comedy	$7,539	+66.83%	3	$2,513	$60,147	31
90	(69)	Another Gay Movie	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$7,370	-65.65%	11	$670	$635,204	66
91	(89)	Queens	Regent Releasing		$6,325	-33.24%	5	$1,265	$116,608	38
92	(105)	The Bridesmaid	First Run		$5,754	+47.77%	4	$1,439	$84,266	59
93	(107)	Wordplay	IFC Films	Documentary	$5,007	+60.12%	16	$313	$3,095,124	108
94	(new)	Broken Sky	Strand		$4,956		1	$4,956	$4,956	3
95	(111)	13 Tzameti	Palm Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,948	+106.94%	4	$1,237	$103,941	66
96	(101)	Moustache, La	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$4,677	-3.47%	2	$2,339	$220,234	131
97	(67)	Trust the Man	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$4,252	-80.65%	16	$266	$1,528,113	45
98	(re-entry)	Moonlight	Indican Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,026		2	$2,013	$32,974	136
99	(93)	War Tapes, The	Senart/Scranton-Lacy	Documentary	$3,969	-50.29%	5	$794	$239,845	122
100	(new)	LoudQuietLoud: A Film About The Pixies	Roxie Releasing		$3,792		3	$1,264	$3,792	3
101	(90)	Le petit lieutenant	Cinema Libre	Drama	$3,220	-64.90%	2	$1,610	$63,648	24
102	(102)	The Oh in Ohio	Cyan	Romantic Comedy	$3,146	-31.16%	2	$1,573	$414,874	80
103	(72)	Lassie	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$3,086	-84.50%	10	$309	$651,365	31
104	(113)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$3,000	+33.33%	4	$750	$12,708,463	2,040
105	(re-entry)	Paper Dolls	Strand	Documentary	$2,968		1	$2,968	$27,522	26
106	(109)	Edmond	First Independent Pictures	Black Comedy	$2,943	+7.06%	5	$589	$129,252	80
107	(123)	Been Rich All My Life	First Run	Documentary	$2,560	+163.92%	2	$1,280	$33,745	73
108	(94)	Unidentified	Five & Two	Drama	$2,504	-66.83%	5	$501	$165,471	157
109	(104)	Solo Con Tu Pareja	IFC First Take		$2,429	-38.05%	1	$2,429	$9,074	12
110	(re-entry)	I Trust You To Kill Me	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$2,344		1	$2,344	$12,737	24
111	(81)	Broken Bridges	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$2,034	-85.95%	2	$1,017	$251,775	24
112	(97)	Vajra Sky Over Tibet	Truly Indie		$1,881	-68.23%	1	$1,881	$45,136	45
113	(98)	Poster Boy	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,845	-64.16%	1	$1,845	$57,552	54
114	(118)	My Country, My Country	Zeitgeist		$1,736	+16.90%	2	$868	$26,822	59
115	(122)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$1,652	+53.25%	4	$413	$52,871,444	2,901
116	(95)	A Scanner Darkly	Warner Independent Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,567	-78.16%	12	$131	$5,476,327	87
117	(120)	Wondrous Oblivion	Palm Pictures		$1,498	+14.18%	2	$749	$68,610	73
118	(106)	Darshan, The Embrace	IFC First Take		$1,201	-67.84%	2	$601	$56,589	66
119	(new)	Be With Me	Film Movement		$1,200		1	$1,200	$1,200	3
120	(121)	Our Brand is Crisis	Koch Lorber Films	Documentary	$1,120	+0.45%	1	$1,120	$115,088	213
121	(112)	Screen Door Jesus	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$1,005	-56.72%	1	$1,005	$39,930	367
122	(119)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$982	-28.89%	2	$491	$64,920,923	1,627
123	(100)	Only Human	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$788	-83.93%	3	$263	$280,073	108
124	(re-entry)	Azumi	Vitagraph Films	Action	$770		1	$770	$39,051	73
125	(127)	Stolen	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$714	+5.62%	1	$714	$122,538	166
126	(131)	Brothers of the Head	IFC Films		$713	+36.33%	3	$238	$43,461	66
127	(125)	The Beauty Academy of Kabul	Shadow	Documentary	$700	-21.44%	1	$700	$221,429	192
128	(130)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$600	+4.35%	1	$600	$7,185,461	2,775
129	(re-entry)	Shakespeare Behind Bars	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$550		1	$550	$45,798	206
130	(135)	Time to Leave	Strand	Drama	$500	+57.23%	1	$500	$110,749	80
131	(132)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$500	-1.96%	1	$500	$5,008,122	2,362
132	(re-entry)	Lunacy	Zeitgeist		$403		2	$202	$25,833	54
133	(re-entry)	The Hidden Blade	Tartan Films	Drama	$387		1	$387	$38,147	101
134	(134)	Sympathy for Lady Vengeance	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$236	-27.83%	1	$236	$211,667	150
135	(re-entry)	Mini's First Time	First Independent Pictures	Black Comedy	$212		1	$212	$48,636	80

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Chart certified: 10/9/2006