The Top Movies of Wednesday, August 16, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,334,475	-16.23%	3,807	$613	$98,366,559	13
2	(2)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,896,000	-21.96%	2,467	$769	$27,674,000	6
3	(3)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,746,527	-16.84%	2,957	$591	$32,593,982	8
4	(4)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,105,929	-21.81%	3,311	$334	$37,456,029	13
5	(5)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$836,717	-16.50%	2,941	$285	$395,208,464	41
6	(6)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$679,400	-13.97%	2,323	$292	$10,557,845	6
7	(7)	The Descent	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$547,907	-11.84%	2,095	$262	$19,383,813	13
8	(9)	Miami Vice	Universal	Action	$505,210	-13.72%	2,659	$190	$56,947,125	20
9	(8)	Zoom	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$460,782	-25.32%	2,501	$184	$6,163,154	6
10	(re-entry)	Monster House	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$415,369		2,434	$171	$65,000,550	27
11	(10)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$410,439	-17.50%	2,213	$185	$37,159,097	20
12	(11)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$351,076	-8.41%	153	$2,295	$6,725,969	22
13	(12)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$294,055	-10.25%	1,135	$259	$117,400,004	48
-	(13)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$257,125	-7.14%	1,352	$190	$71,618,175	34
-	(14)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$177,400	-3.76%	750	$237	$193,139,220	50
-	(15)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$48,492	-0.12%	382	$127	$21,552,945	27
-	(16)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$18,806	-10.04%	219	$86	$234,032,445	83
-	(17)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$16,932	-17.53%	197	$86	$28,087,729	62
-	(18)	Ice Age: The Meltdown	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$8,078	+10.98%	71	$114	$195,273,835	139
-	(19)	Water	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,932	-7.04%	21	$140	$3,184,741	111
-	(20)	Thank You For Smoking	Fox Searchlight	Black Comedy	$2,803	-6.63%	19	$148	$24,753,359	153

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