The Top Movies, Weekend of September 17, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$15,580,278		3,170	$4,915	$15,580,278	3
2	(new)	Mr. 3000	Buena Vista	Comedy	$8,679,028		2,736	$3,172	$8,679,028	3
3	(1)	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Sony Pictures	Horror	$8,656,591	-62.42%	3,284	$2,636	$37,031,262	10
4	(new)	Wimbledon	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$7,118,985		2,034	$3,500	$7,118,985	3
5	(2)	Cellular	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$6,792,821	-32.75%	2,749	$2,471	$19,706,847	10
6	(3)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,631,754	-19.52%	2,610	$1,391	$50,325,875	31
7	(4)	Jet Li's Hero	Miramax	Action	$2,836,698	-35.83%	1,926	$1,473	$46,090,351	24
8	(10)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,286,541	-9.15%	1,024	$2,233	$33,343,529	101
9	(8)	Collateral	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$2,265,532	-16.65%	1,605	$1,412	$95,970,209	45
10	(5)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$1,943,265	-33.74%	1,902	$1,022	$91,894,122	40
11	(12)	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal	Action	$1,816,910	-22.29%	1,236	$1,470	$170,449,120	59
12	(6)	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,590,970	-43.33%	1,710	$930	$29,801,794	24
13	(14)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,588,655	-18.57%	755	$2,104	$20,894,664	54
14	(9)	Vanity Fair	Focus Features	Drama	$1,564,804	-40.13%	995	$1,573	$13,581,384	19
15	(7)	Paparazzi	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,330,394	-51.99%	1,467	$907	$14,304,347	17
16	(11)	Wicker Park	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$1,005,718	-59.91%	1,444	$696	$12,291,486	17
17	(13)	The Cookout	Lionsgate	Comedy	$934,398	-58.85%	851	$1,098	$10,604,975	17
18	(17)	The Manchurian Candidate	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$563,061	-44.37%	628	$897	$64,818,550	52
19	(24)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$541,457	+56.82%	978	$554	$143,011,482	66
20	(18)	Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$531,212	-36.25%	941	$565	$8,685,555	24
21	(15)	Exorcist: The Beginning	Warner Bros.	Horror	$509,495	-60.88%	705	$723	$41,030,819	31
22	(new)	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	P&A Releasing	Comedy	$392,000		1,062	$369	$392,000	3
23	(22)	The Notebook	New Line	Drama	$350,219	-21.39%	390	$898	$79,674,756	87
24	(20)	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$342,622	-40.27%	261	$1,313	$371,168,083	82
25	(16)	AVP: Alien Vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Horror	$342,407	-67.54%	524	$653	$79,223,910	38
26	(25)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$339,222	+9.71%	88	$3,855	$3,807,383	227
27	(new)	Silver City	Newmarket Films	Black Comedy	$337,484		114	$2,960	$337,484	3
28	(new)	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	DreamWorks/Go Fish	Action	$317,722		47	$6,760	$317,722	3
29	(26)	Maria Full of Grace	New Line	Drama	$281,230	-3.07%	125	$2,250	$5,340,457	66
30	(19)	Open Water	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$236,019	-71.30%	294	$803	$30,168,753	45
31	(23)	The Village	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$207,473	-41.71%	264	$786	$113,029,508	52
32	(60)	Catwoman	Warner Bros.	Action	$205,105	+508.93%	230	$892	$39,780,668	59
33	(27)	Criminal	Warner Bros.	Drama	$186,807	-34.04%	87	$2,147	$577,773	10
34	(30)	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$170,088	-16.57%	228	$746	$248,854,854	108
35	(59)	A Day Without a Mexican	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$160,635	+355.99%	64	$2,510	$3,712,901	129
36	(28)	De-Lovely	MGM/UA	Drama	$154,973	-36.40%	212	$731	$12,999,165	87
37	(38)	Bright Young Things	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$141,702	+12.97%	65	$2,180	$501,368	31
38	(35)	A Cinderella Story	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$125,305	-15.21%	290	$432	$51,140,551	66
39	(29)	Fahrenheit 9/11	Lionsgate	Documentary	$124,809	-40.57%	162	$770	$118,561,908	89
40	(36)	Before Sunset	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$119,867	-10.20%	87	$1,378	$5,563,693	80
41	(21)	Suspect Zero	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$113,925	-76.36%	319	$357	$8,570,393	24
42	(32)	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	IDP Distribution	Drama	$107,042	-36.51%	33	$3,244	$778,911	17
43	(40)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$102,512	-6.37%	15	$6,834	$8,190,317	703
44	(34)	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$101,090	-33.20%	181	$559	$114,057,240	94
45	(31)	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Warner Bros.	Drama	$100,792	-48.68%	77	$1,309	$1,904,214	38
46	(37)	Intimate Strangers	Paramount Classics	Drama	$97,876	-24.63%	72	$1,359	$1,811,486	52
47	(44)	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$87,192	+19.85%	184	$474	$186,583,549	115
48	(43)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$73,029	-4.91%	46	$1,588	$18,641,802	192
49	(48)	Garfield	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$71,012	+1.35%	149	$477	$75,183,423	101
50	(33)	Yu-Gi-Oh	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$68,824	-59.10%	166	$415	$19,650,495	38
51	(41)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$68,066	-24.20%	18	$3,781	$281,253	31
52	(46)	The Door in the Floor	Focus Features	Drama	$63,296	-11.00%	55	$1,151	$3,725,704	68
53	(52)	Mean Creek	Paramount Classics	Drama	$61,624	+14.98%	47	$1,311	$456,354	31
54	(39)	Benji: Off the Leash!	Benji Returns	Drama	$59,071	-51.52%	126	$469	$3,695,862	31
55	(new)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$46,133		10	$4,613	$46,133	3
56	(50)	Riding Giants	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$41,980	-24.41%	39	$1,076	$2,138,869	73
57	(45)	King Arthur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$40,259	-43.46%	65	$619	$51,795,322	75
58	(54)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$39,860	-18.49%	31	$1,286	$705,837	45
59	(49)	Festival Express	ThinkFilm	Concert	$39,609	-35.04%	37	$1,071	$976,337	59
60	(57)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$37,717	-5.53%	14	$2,694	$53,828,830	885
61	(69)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$37,085	+47.77%	10	$3,709	$183,340	31
62	(53)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$35,177	-28.73%	21	$1,675	$397,094	31
63	(58)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$31,983	-16.89%	5	$6,397	$7,422,894	710
64	(65)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$31,850	+5.29%	3	$10,617	$9,055,657	1,298
65	(51)	Donnie Darko	Newmarket Films	Drama	$31,660	-41.13%	22	$1,439	$1,188,377	1,060
66	(62)	The Corporation	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$31,611	-4.27%	20	$1,581	$1,633,315	247
67	(new)	A Dirty Shame	Fine Line	Comedy	$29,384		1	$29,384	$29,384	3
68	(new)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$29,002		6	$4,834	$29,002	3
69	(67)	When Will I Be Loved	IFC Films	Drama	$25,655	-11.85%	10	$2,566	$73,383	10
70	(55)	The Brown Bunny	WellSpring	Drama	$21,713	-51.90%	12	$1,809	$274,925	24
71	(106)	The Best Two Years	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$21,158	+862.60%	8	$2,645	$1,085,754	213
72	(77)	Bush's Brain	Vitagraph Films	Documentary	$20,314	+28.15%	7	$2,902	$117,207	31
73	(72)	Ju-On: The Grudge	Vitagraph Films	Horror	$20,184	-6.05%	11	$1,835	$238,268	59
74	(74)	Control Room	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$20,041	+2.55%	19	$1,055	$2,476,620	122
75	(82)	A Home at the End of the World	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$19,492	+55.40%	14	$1,392	$1,001,781	59
76	(66)	Testosterone	Strand Releasing	Drama	$17,973	-38.98%	3	$5,991	$61,820	10
77	(68)	Zatoichi	Miramax	Action	$17,794	-31.27%	25	$712	$827,218	59
78	(73)	Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$17,645	-10.89%	18	$980	$405,900	45
79	(64)	The Story of the Weeping Camel	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$17,504	-42.20%	17	$1,030	$1,680,036	108
80	(71)	Remember Me, My Love	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$16,998	-26.67%	5	$3,400	$75,842	17
81	(61)	Super Size Me	IDP Distribution	Documentary	$13,773	-58.49%	30	$459	$11,487,995	136
82	(56)	Nicotina	Arenas Entertainment	Black Comedy	$13,545	-69.74%	12	$1,129	$1,087,608	31
83	(new)	Incident at Loch Ness	Eden Rock/Abramorama	Documentary	$13,313		2	$6,657	$13,313	3
84	(78)	Touch of Pink	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$12,801	-19.10%	13	$985	$514,314	66
85	(80)	Reconstruction	Palm/Manga	Drama	$12,628	-7.34%	4	$3,157	$33,494	10
86	(87)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$9,150	+4.21%	2	$4,575	$4,540,683	1,620
87	(83)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$8,955	-27.02%	4	$2,239	$47,675,525	2,159
88	(75)	The Hunting of the President	Regent Releasing	Documentary	$8,346	-51.70%	11	$759	$370,434	101
89	(89)	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,283	+1.23%	9	$920	$2,360,618	171
90	(93)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$7,836	+25.22%	5	$1,567	$324,557	94
91	(85)	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	IFC Films	Documentary	$7,065	-35.80%	21	$336	$1,204,135	73
92	(92)	The Mother	Sony Pictures	Drama	$6,920	+1.26%	9	$769	$899,663	115
93	(re-entry)	The Life of Brian	Rainbow Releasing	Comedy	$6,868		6	$1,145	$20,008,693	9,166
94	(90)	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Dada Films	Documentary	$6,841	-9.70%	6	$1,140	$271,156	101
95	(84)	Danny Deckchair	Lionsgate	Comedy	$6,624	-43.70%	23	$288	$153,962	40
96	(new)	Crutch	Illuminare	Drama	$6,245		1	$6,245	$6,245	3
97	(86)	The Clearing	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,163	-30.66%	9	$685	$5,747,511	80
98	(104)	Zhou Yu's Train	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,133	+162.77%	10	$613	$116,506	80
99	(new)	Cowboys and Angels	TLA	Comedy	$5,864		5	$1,173	$5,864	3
100	(110)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,570	+237.78%	1	$5,570	$6,520,746	270
101	(new)	Goodbye Dragon Inn	WellSpring	Drama	$5,322		1	$5,322	$5,322	3
102	(re-entry)	Bukowski: Born Into This	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$5,317		3	$1,772	$311,431	115
103	(new)	Merci Docteur Rey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$5,184		2	$2,592	$5,184	3
104	(91)	Facing Window	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,640	-37.58%	7	$663	$527,940	94
105	(88)	She Hate Me	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,526	-48.35%	12	$377	$344,930	52
106	(103)	Howard Zinn	First Run	Documentary	$3,864	+64.22%	4	$966	$78,978	94
107	(81)	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Sony Pictures	Action	$3,710	-71.72%	5	$742	$45,494	17
108	(95)	A Letter to True	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$3,455	-21.39%	1	$3,455	$13,835	12
109	(120)	Lost Boys of Sudan	Shadow	Documentary	$3,340	+588.66%	3	$1,113	$182,839	213
110	(99)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$3,334	-8.71%	1	$3,334	$16,479,906	528
111	(109)	Chooch	Artistic License	Comedy	$2,841	+71.04%	2	$1,421	$25,786	24
112	(100)	The Twilight Samurai	Empire Pictures	Drama	$2,639	-19.62%	3	$880	$523,205	150
113	(112)	Almost Peaceful	Empire Pictures	Drama	$2,570	+145.23%	1	$2,570	$33,896	31
114	(107)	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$2,087	-3.33%	6	$348	$334,713	94
115	(117)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,922	+187.29%	2	$961	$3,379,329	1,151
116	(111)	Bang Rajan	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$1,686	+42.88%	1	$1,686	$19,053	45
117	(re-entry)	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,602		1	$1,602	$88,694	199
118	(115)	Love Me If You Dare	Paramount Classics	Romantic Comedy	$1,592	+129.73%	6	$265	$545,598	124
119	(116)	Godzilla: The Original Japanese Version	Rialto Pictures	Horror	$1,505	+119.71%	2	$753	$389,594	136
120	(98)	The Five Obstructions	Koch Lorber Films	Documentary	$1,360	-64.02%	1	$1,360	$144,253	115
121	(108)	Imelda	Unico Entertainment	Documentary	$1,239	-38.10%	1	$1,239	$160,996	101
122	(re-entry)	Gozu	Pathfinder	Drama	$1,238		1	$1,238	$45,635	52
123	(113)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,100	+10.00%	1	$1,100	$7,014,730	2,033
124	(re-entry)	Strayed	WellSpring	Drama	$1,086		1	$1,086	$467,423	129
125	(102)	L.A. Twister	Indican Pictures	Drama	$806	-71.44%	1	$806	$31,598	38
126	(121)	Father and Son	WellSpring	Drama	$523	+16.22%	2	$262	$36,454	94
127	(118)	Twist	Strand Releasing	Drama	$404	-29.98%	1	$404	$46,156	122

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