The Top Movies of Friday, October 6, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Departed	Warner Bros.	Drama	$8,689,561		3,017	$2,880	$8,689,561	1
2	(new)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	New Line	Horror	$7,400,000		2,820	$2,624	$7,400,000	1
3	(new)	Employee of the Month	Lionsgate	Comedy	$4,216,360		2,579	$1,635	$4,216,360	1
4	(3)	Open Season	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$3,962,969	+320.50%	3,833	$1,034	$32,091,709	8
5	(1)	The Guardian	Buena Vista	Action	$2,942,020	+172.36%	3,241	$908	$25,693,737	8
6	(2)	Jackass: Number Two	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,038,908	+110.67%	3,007	$678	$58,332,279	15
7	(4)	School for Scoundrels	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$1,103,247	+149.52%	3,007	$367	$11,658,025	8
8	(6)	Gridiron Gang	Sony Pictures	Drama	$649,630	+156.89%	2,228	$292	$34,970,276	22
9	(5)	Jet Li's Fearless	Focus/Rogue Pictures	Drama	$620,000	+103.28%	1,617	$383	$20,080,000	15
10	(7)	The Illusionist	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$532,898	+143.33%	1,149	$464	$32,774,910	50
-	(10)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$367,207	+148.52%	1,065	$345	$54,098,506	73
-	(12)	The Last King of Scotland	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$75,032	+320.49%	4	$18,758	$316,039	10
-	(11)	Everyone's Hero	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$60,361	+13.85%	2,896	$21	$13,649,858	22
-	(13)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$47,236	+173.64%	336	$141	$124,000,884	99

Chart certified: 10/13/2006