The Top Movies of Friday, August 11, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$8,729,677		2,467	$3,539	$8,729,677	1
2	(1)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$7,212,216	+67.53%	3,807	$1,894	$75,429,174	8
3	(2)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$5,844,972	+74.69%	2,957	$1,977	$13,646,089	3
4	(new)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$3,482,547		2,323	$1,499	$3,482,547	1
5	(3)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,999,289	+48.64%	3,311	$906	$27,015,387	8
6	(4)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,080,197	+58.55%	2,941	$707	$387,274,051	36
7	(new)	Zoom	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,576,554		2,501	$630	$1,576,554	1
8	(5)	The Descent	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$1,465,233	+61.02%	2,095	$699	$14,392,345	8
9	(7)	Miami Vice	Universal	Action	$1,395,975	+59.09%	2,659	$525	$51,960,925	15
10	(6)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,138,491	+28.03%	2,213	$514	$33,889,953	15
11	(8)	Monster House	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$978,183	+20.99%	2,434	$402	$61,355,900	22
12	(13)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$737,803	+262.95%	153	$4,822	$3,777,488	17
13	(10)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$635,440	+35.04%	1,352	$470	$69,542,700	29
-	(11)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$589,714	+28.63%	1,135	$520	$115,211,862	43
-	(12)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$348,680	+32.43%	750	$465	$191,700,378	45
-	(14)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$124,499	-19.43%	382	$326	$21,144,115	22
-	(16)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$41,801	+47.14%	219	$191	$233,870,343	78
-	(15)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$31,333	-1.36%	197	$159	$27,959,569	57
-	(17)	Ice Age: The Meltdown	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$11,347	-19.72%	71	$160	$195,223,715	134
-	(20)	Water	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,202	+96.01%	21	$248	$3,165,814	106
-	(18)	Thank You For Smoking	Fox Searchlight	Black Comedy	$4,452	-2.50%	19	$234	$24,735,703	148

Chart certified: 8/17/2006