The Top Movies of Friday, September 8, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Covenant	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$3,126,704		2,681	$1,166	$3,126,704	1
2	(new)	Hollywoodland	Focus Features	Drama	$1,900,000		1,548	$1,227	$1,900,000	1
3	(new)	The Protector	Weinstein Co.	Action	$1,814,669		1,541	$1,178	$1,814,669	1
4	(2)	Invincible	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,755,794	+251.12%	2,987	$588	$41,626,302	15
5	(1)	Crank	Lionsgate	Action	$1,414,542	+124.12%	2,515	$562	$16,473,046	8
6	(5)	The Illusionist	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$1,274,822	+196.47%	1,234	$1,033	$14,724,361	22
7	(4)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,268,743	+165.36%	1,560	$813	$38,490,071	45
8	(3)	The Wicker Man	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,243,236	+153.05%	2,784	$447	$14,614,361	8
9	(7)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$892,324	+242.19%	2,617	$341	$140,073,193	36
10	(11)	Accepted	Universal	Comedy	$762,505	+351.20%	2,381	$320	$30,494,095	22
11	(9)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$711,491	+263.39%	2,279	$312	$59,842,401	29
12	(8)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$686,632	+170.99%	2,674	$257	$65,273,309	31
13	(re-entry)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$507,216		2,506	$202	$64,806,466	36
14	(10)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$494,932	+172.89%	1,589	$311	$415,091,504	64
-	(12)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$137,097	+155.74%	501	$274	$122,338,985	71
-	(13)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$108,771	+120.25%	241	$451	$197,086,124	73
-	(14)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$79,920	+167.43%	332	$241	$74,803,535	57
-	(16)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$73,146	+257.70%	361	$203	$40,244,274	43
-	(15)	Trust the Man	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$44,071	+68.13%	260	$170	$1,245,819	22
-	(17)	Idiocracy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$24,347	+21.66%	112	$217	$258,943	8
-	(18)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$21,660	+132.05%	160	$135	$22,287,149	50
-	(19)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$4,139	+101.80%	53	$78	$234,317,790	106
-	(20)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,781	+262.86%	73	$52	$28,368,010	85

Chart certified: 9/13/2006