The Top Movies of Friday, August 18, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Snakes on a Plane	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$6,400,000		3,555	$1,800	$6,400,000	1
2	(1)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,162,411	+87.55%	3,741	$1,113	$104,748,287	15
3	(new)	Accepted	Universal	Comedy	$3,715,350		2,914	$1,275	$3,715,350	1
4	(2)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,452,227	+81.60%	2,639	$1,308	$33,033,057	8
5	(3)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,182,450	+97.60%	2,998	$1,062	$37,386,968	10
6	(4)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,045,191	+94.66%	3,227	$634	$40,551,842	15
7	(new)	Material Girls	MGM	Comedy	$1,722,863		1,509	$1,142	$1,722,863	1
8	(12)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,544,636	+334.81%	691	$2,235	$8,625,850	24
9	(5)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,385,433	+66.46%	2,277	$608	$397,426,174	43
10	(6)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$1,143,830	+85.01%	2,323	$492	$12,319,929	8
-	(13)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$389,869	+35.09%	824	$473	$118,078,475	50
-	(11)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$367,850	-1.71%	1,218	$302	$37,901,181	22
-	(14)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$311,190	+18.04%	760	$409	$72,193,005	36
-	(15)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$221,360	+24.17%	383	$578	$193,538,851	52
-	(16)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$54,582	+26.16%	222	$246	$21,650,790	29
-	(new)	Trust the Man	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$54,203		38	$1,426	$54,203	1
-	(17)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$28,980	+52.72%	178	$163	$234,080,401	85
-	(18)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$21,784	+27.45%	163	$134	$28,126,605	64
-	(19)	Ice Age: The Meltdown	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,004	-41.84%	41	$98	$195,284,723	141
-	(20)	Thank You For Smoking	Fox Searchlight	Black Comedy	$3,081	+6.79%	12	$257	$24,759,325	155
-	(21)	Water	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,591	-2.81%	21	$123	$3,189,998	113

Chart certified: 8/27/2006