The Top Movies of Friday, September 1, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Crank	Lionsgate	Action	$3,344,629		2,515	$1,330	$3,344,629	1
2	(1)	Invincible	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,060,006	+179.17%	2,921	$1,048	$25,700,849	8
3	(new)	The Wicker Man	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,843,366		2,784	$1,021	$2,843,366	1
4	(2)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,824,554	+151.63%	1,602	$1,139	$27,932,529	38
5	(re-entry)	The Illusionist	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$1,582,631		971	$1,630	$5,642,313	15
6	(4)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,491,732	+150.77%	3,001	$497	$132,165,113	29
7	(6)	Accepted	Universal	Comedy	$1,269,955	+148.46%	2,822	$450	$24,780,155	15
8	(5)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,191,516	+123.42%	2,553	$467	$54,072,311	22
9	(new)	Crossover	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,187,505		1,023	$1,161	$1,187,505	1
10	(8)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,046,367	+121.73%	2,902	$361	$58,932,012	24
11	(9)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,008,533	+132.66%	2,907	$347	$58,197,295	29
-	(10)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$829,330	+150.01%	1,786	$464	$409,927,376	57
-	(12)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$194,655	+78.89%	501	$389	$121,243,020	64
-	(13)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$176,002	+151.54%	281	$626	$195,877,918	66
-	(14)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$99,250	+90.13%	397	$250	$74,251,200	50
-	(16)	Trust the Man	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$90,760	+288.64%	260	$349	$745,882	15
-	(15)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$87,294	+192.49%	361	$242	$39,772,705	36
-	(new)	Idiocracy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$37,277		130	$287	$37,277	1
-	(17)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$31,331	+155.83%	160	$196	$22,104,206	43
-	(18)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,037	+65.30%	73	$124	$28,315,214	78
-	(19)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$7,981	+70.13%	53	$151	$234,271,606	99

Chart certified: 9/7/2006