The Top Movies, Weekend of May 7, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Van Helsing	Universal	Action	$51,748,040		3,575	$14,475	$51,748,040	3
2	(1)	Mean Girls	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$13,676,552	-44.02%	2,972	$4,602	$42,073,762	10
3	(2)	Man on Fire	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$8,235,535	-45.14%	2,846	$2,894	$56,350,858	17
4	(new)	New York Minute	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,962,106		3,006	$1,983	$5,962,106	3
5	(3)	13 Going On 30	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,816,841	-41.10%	3,158	$1,842	$42,880,123	17
6	(5)	Laws of Attraction	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$3,678,133	-45.34%	2,449	$1,502	$12,091,749	10
7	(7)	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Miramax	Action	$3,022,006	-48.42%	1,952	$1,548	$57,791,775	24
8	(4)	Godsend	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$2,793,785	-58.92%	2,323	$1,203	$11,366,944	10
9	(6)	Envy	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$2,506,209	-59.32%	2,445	$1,025	$9,967,996	10
10	(9)	Home on the Range	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,253,738	-45.64%	1,356	$925	$47,260,250	38
11	(8)	The Punisher	Artisan	Action	$1,136,409	-67.53%	1,435	$792	$32,081,125	24
12	(10)	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,009,389	-55.91%	1,309	$771	$81,038,467	45
13	(11)	Johnson Family Vacation	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,006,728	-48.39%	818	$1,231	$28,808,339	33
14	(13)	Ella Enchanted	Miramax	Comedy	$839,510	-52.47%	1,450	$579	$20,878,875	31
15	(15)	The Passion of the Christ	Newmarket Films	Drama	$785,369	-44.21%	1,423	$552	$368,027,248	75
16	(18)	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Focus Features	Comedy	$565,671	-29.93%	339	$1,669	$31,721,817	52
17	(12)	Hellboy	Sony Pictures	Action	$548,357	-70.29%	865	$634	$58,576,484	38
18	(14)	Walking Tall	MGM/UA	Action	$546,422	-64.71%	878	$622	$43,752,098	38
19	(16)	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Film Foundry	Drama	$528,528	-57.15%	986	$536	$2,191,499	10
20	(new)	Super Size Me	IDP Distribution	Documentary	$516,641		41	$12,601	$516,641	3
21	(22)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$421,335	-18.80%	73	$5,772	$10,476,012	59
22	(19)	The Ladykillers	Buena Vista	Comedy	$326,026	-54.44%	385	$847	$38,478,694	45
23	(17)	The Alamo	Buena Vista	Western	$293,660	-65.19%	389	$755	$21,790,818	31
24	(21)	Connie & Carla	Universal	Comedy	$259,960	-58.85%	260	$1,000	$7,641,440	24
25	(27)	Hidalgo	Buena Vista	Western	$240,653	-26.73%	233	$1,033	$65,517,285	66
26	(32)	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	MGM/UA	Comedy	$197,410	-4.16%	447	$442	$64,269,487	94
27	(30)	Dawn of the Dead	Universal	Horror	$195,930	-23.35%	311	$630	$58,318,120	52
28	(37)	Bon Voyage	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$166,717	+17.44%	70	$2,382	$1,087,275	52
29	(33)	Goodbye, Lenin!	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$166,150	-17.30%	106	$1,567	$3,147,453	73
30	(40)	I'm not Scared	Miramax	Drama	$165,759	+21.99%	63	$2,631	$656,267	31
31	(42)	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$155,545	+27.37%	58	$2,682	$706,411	38
32	(31)	Secret Window	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$138,226	-34.31%	228	$606	$47,622,502	59
33	(25)	The Girl Next Door	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$134,084	-67.50%	179	$749	$14,209,631	31
34	(26)	The Prince & Me	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$123,162	-62.80%	331	$372	$27,380,731	38
35	(35)	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	Adventure	$103,709	-32.93%	190	$546	$376,716,328	145
36	(24)	Clifford's Really Big Movie	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$103,457	-76.00%	157	$659	$2,675,996	17
37	(new)	Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$91,388		17	$5,376	$91,388	3
38	(48)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$88,211	+12.29%	18	$4,901	$50,101,526	752
39	(44)	Taking Lives	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$84,450	-22.09%	237	$356	$32,435,833	52
40	(50)	Mickey	Slugger Films	Drama	$80,847	+7.46%	76	$1,064	$165,336	10
41	(46)	Dogville	Lionsgate	Drama	$75,377	-15.49%	63	$1,196	$1,211,224	45
42	(45)	Monsieur Ibrahim	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$74,019	-17.68%	61	$1,213	$2,353,695	87
43	(41)	50 First Dates	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$72,603	-41.98%	95	$764	$119,543,649	87
44	(49)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$68,482	-10.50%	12	$5,707	$6,415,852	577
45	(52)	Young Adam	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$66,516	-6.85%	36	$1,848	$310,369	24
46	(47)	Touching the Void	IFC Films	Documentary	$62,245	-25.06%	73	$853	$4,327,743	108
47	(34)	Jersey Girl	Miramax	Comedy	$61,859	-62.26%	168	$368	$24,969,974	45
48	(29)	Starsky & Hutch	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$57,221	-80.71%	114	$502	$87,127,968	66
49	(63)	The Saddest Music in the World	IFC Films	Drama	$50,599	+34.06%	9	$5,622	$108,507	10
50	(36)	Mystic River	Warner Bros.	Drama	$44,481	-70.81%	128	$348	$90,050,414	215
51	(68)	The Life of Brian	Rainbow Releasing	Comedy	$42,277	+60.29%	11	$3,843	$19,477,365	9,033
52	(59)	My Architect	New Yorker	Documentary	$39,056	-7.64%	27	$1,447	$2,445,830	178
53	(new)	Godzilla: The Original Japanese Version	Rialto Pictures	Horror	$38,030		2	$19,015	$38,030	3
54	(62)	Shaolin Soccer	Miramax	Comedy	$36,931	-5.17%	13	$2,841	$273,049	38
55	(56)	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Sony Pictures	Musical	$35,382	-23.24%	35	$1,011	$6,854,976	166
56	(new)	Seeing Other People	Lantern Lane Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$34,440		16	$2,153	$34,440	3
57	(66)	The Barbarian Invasions	Miramax	Drama	$32,009	+18.44%	61	$525	$3,384,152	367
58	(61)	The Agronomist	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$28,318	-28.08%	15	$1,888	$132,822	17
59	(73)	The Fog of War	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$28,145	+27.46%	34	$828	$4,176,016	143
60	(54)	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Buena Vista	Comedy	$27,187	-51.41%	101	$269	$29,268,163	80
61	(72)	Broken Wings	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$26,524	+14.97%	18	$1,474	$290,018	59
62	(55)	Intermission	IFC Films	Comedy	$26,277	-49.50%	42	$626	$799,715	52
63	(57)	Cheaper by the Dozen	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$23,845	-47.11%	67	$356	$138,540,694	137
64	(78)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$23,826	+34.30%	9	$2,647	$15,946,671	395
65	(79)	The Return	Kino	Drama	$22,213	+25.87%	15	$1,481	$352,421	94
66	(84)	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$20,270	+47.63%	15	$1,351	$140,053	59
67	(74)	The Twilight Samurai	Empire Pictures	Drama	$18,726	-14.09%	8	$2,341	$63,711	17
68	(76)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$17,832	-6.32%	5	$3,566	$47,958,288	2,026
69	(77)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$17,499	-5.20%	1	$17,499	$8,435,410	1,165
70	(83)	Since Otar Left	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$15,848	+15.15%	3	$5,283	$37,002	10
71	(70)	Mayor of Sunset Strip	First Look	Documentary	$15,215	-39.76%	18	$845	$231,134	45
72	(75)	The Best Two Years	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$14,852	-25.94%	16	$928	$778,873	80
73	(127)	Games People Play			$14,388	+1,080.31%	1	$14,388	$97,112	59
74	(58)	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Miramax	Action	$14,339	-66.86%	61	$235	$70,081,403	213
75	(new)	Valentin	Miramax	Drama	$14,048		2	$7,024	$14,048	3
76	(86)	Latter Days	TLA	Drama	$13,610	+2.32%	12	$1,134	$724,741	101
77	(110)	The Battle of Algiers	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$11,130	+185.53%	7	$1,590	$698,530	122
78	(80)	Monster	Newmarket Films	Drama	$10,900	-36.39%	35	$311	$34,431,443	138
79	(82)	Japanese Story	IDP Distribution	Drama	$10,099	-32.45%	17	$594	$596,540	131
80	(90)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$9,618	-1.11%	9	$1,069	$7,511,110	479
81	(88)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$9,458	-14.67%	9	$1,051	$6,322,851	137
82	(93)	Welcome to Mooseport	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,426	+11.47%	14	$673	$14,469,428	80
83	(85)	Greendale	Shakey Pictures	Musical	$8,274	-37.91%	3	$2,758	$210,011	73
84	(new)	Wasabi Tuna	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$7,950		1	$7,950	$7,950	3
85	(118)	Lost Boys of Sudan	Shadow	Documentary	$6,921	+176.84%	4	$1,730	$88,598	80
86	(92)	In America	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,890	-21.09%	22	$313	$15,512,566	166
87	(101)	Noi Albinoi	Palm Pictures	Drama	$6,375	+6.82%	7	$911	$43,057	52
88	(107)	Robot Stories	Pak Films		$6,023	+15.21%	3	$2,008	$106,258	87
89	(71)	Pride and Prejudice	Excel Entertainment	Comedy	$5,911	-75.57%	12	$493	$362,271	157
90	(97)	Kitchen Stories	IFC Films	Comedy	$5,770	-21.51%	10	$577	$316,145	80
91	(98)	Cold Mountain	Miramax	Drama	$5,674	-21.33%	15	$378	$95,373,984	137
92	(81)	Never Die Alone	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,600	-63.52%	16	$350	$5,608,350	45
93	(87)	Two Men Went to War	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$5,578	-51.34%	2	$2,789	$72,092	45
94	(94)	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,130	-39.23%	12	$428	$93,926,386	178
95	(99)	Alila	Kino	Drama	$4,883	-24.91%	3	$1,628	$28,388	73
96	(new)	Superstar in a Housedress	Distributor Unknown	Genre Unknown	$4,760		1	$4,760	$7,565	3
97	(95)	The United States of Leland	Paramount Classics	Drama	$4,297	-48.30%	19	$226	$327,409	38
98	(100)	The Bulgarian Lovers	TLA	Comedy	$4,219	-33.51%	1	$4,219	$13,949	10
99	(103)	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Artistic License	Documentary	$3,916	-32.75%	4	$979	$546,280	234
100	(104)	Catch That Kid	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,654	-34.75%	16	$228	$16,702,864	94
101	(re-entry)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$3,501		18	$195	$3,703,538	1,018
102	(114)	The Gatekeeper			$3,417	+9.62%	2	$1,709	$309,941	297
103	(102)	The Company	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,407	-42.19%	8	$426	$2,281,585	137
104	(96)	The Dreamers	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,129	-58.98%	10	$313	$2,512,824	94
105	(126)	The Reckoning	Paramount Classics	Drama	$2,894	+136.24%	7	$413	$225,704	66
106	(106)	Secret Things	First Run	Drama	$2,834	-46.41%	1	$2,834	$84,737	129
107	(re-entry)	On the Run	Magnolia Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,760		3	$920	$39,712	101
108	(116)	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,986	-29.67%	1	$1,986	$32,933	66
109	(128)	James' Journey to Jerusalem	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$1,834	+57.97%	4	$459	$52,310	66
110	(108)	This So-Called Disaster	IFC Films	Documentary	$1,418	-72.20%	1	$1,418	$32,158	19
111	(119)	Distant	New Yorker	Drama	$1,395	-44.00%	1	$1,395	$61,728	59
112	(re-entry)	Martin and Orloff	Spit and Glue	Comedy	$1,363		1	$1,363	$30,289	185
113	(123)	Twentynine Palms	WellSpring	Drama	$1,096	-17.47%	1	$1,096	$36,771	31
114	(138)	To Be and To Have	New Yorker	Documentary	$1,077	+148.16%	1	$1,077	$7,610,471	236
115	(122)	Crimson Gold	WellSpring	Drama	$1,010	-24.96%	3	$337	$141,865	115
116	(re-entry)	The Butterfly			$831		1	$831	$23,947	367
117	(129)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$825	-28.57%	1	$825	$4,342,863	1,487
118	(130)	Hukkle	Shadow	Drama	$614	-43.72%	1	$614	$45,471	164
119	(137)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$465	-24.02%	1	$465	$6,993,535	1,900
120	(re-entry)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$400		1	$400	$557,668	339
121	(re-entry)	After the Life	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$166		1	$166	$18,709	87
122	(139)	Divan	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$154	-62.62%	1	$154	$34,674	52

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