The Top Movies, Weekend of October 1, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Shark Tale	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$47,604,606		4,016	$11,854	$47,604,606	3
2	(new)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$22,088,204		3,260	$6,776	$22,088,204	3
3	(1)	The Forgotton	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$11,820,733	-43.77%	3,144	$3,760	$38,085,523	10
4	(2)	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$3,278,417	-50.76%	2,721	$1,205	$30,590,216	17
5	(3)	Mr. 3000	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,526,420	-50.41%	2,239	$1,128	$19,101,298	17
6	(7)	Shaun of the Dead	Rogue Pictures	Comedy	$2,481,020	-25.51%	645	$3,847	$6,933,441	10
7	(new)	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$2,325,474		408	$5,700	$2,325,474	3
8	(4)	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,310,267	-42.75%	1,986	$1,163	$47,027,651	24
9	(5)	First Daughter	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$2,158,637	-46.06%	2,280	$947	$7,125,371	10
10	(6)	Cellular	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$2,014,074	-44.98%	2,020	$997	$28,157,508	24
11	(8)	Wimbledon	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$1,739,075	-47.67%	1,705	$1,020	$14,837,630	17
12	(11)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,391,097	-23.08%	855	$1,627	$37,614,092	115
13	(9)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,288,613	-45.25%	1,439	$895	$55,421,867	45
14	(10)	Jet Li's Hero	Miramax	Action	$1,235,134	-44.97%	1,140	$1,083	$51,149,752	38
15	(35)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$1,085,460	+579.18%	67	$16,201	$1,341,265	10
16	(14)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$802,063	-26.10%	428	$1,874	$23,717,421	68
17	(12)	Collateral	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$703,378	-51.58%	802	$877	$99,341,934	59
18	(13)	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal	Action	$628,045	-49.04%	604	$1,040	$173,252,190	73
19	(21)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$390,278	+3.46%	122	$3,199	$4,956,604	241
20	(new)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$357,000		32	$11,156	$357,000	3
21	(17)	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Sony Pictures	Horror	$326,392	-57.35%	412	$792	$31,363,565	38
22	(16)	Vanity Fair	Focus Features	Drama	$317,088	-60.14%	331	$958	$15,547,161	33
23	(15)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$301,663	-70.06%	609	$495	$93,797,142	54
24	(new)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$292,177		4	$73,044	$292,177	3
25	(new)	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$279,219		163	$1,713	$279,219	3
26	(19)	A Dirty Shame	Fine Line	Comedy	$274,235	-38.91%	131	$2,093	$936,376	17
27	(30)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$192,816	-9.81%	253	$762	$143,629,781	80
28	(22)	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$179,950	-38.06%	182	$989	$371,795,119	96
29	(31)	Maria Full of Grace	New Line	Drama	$173,875	-13.19%	122	$1,425	$5,895,011	80
30	(28)	The Notebook	New Line	Drama	$161,092	-30.49%	245	$658	$80,313,619	101
31	(20)	The Cookout	Lionsgate	Comedy	$147,304	-65.34%	206	$715	$11,472,307	31
32	(18)	Paparazzi	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$120,442	-76.47%	244	$494	$15,552,250	31
33	(32)	AVP: Alien Vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Horror	$109,356	-38.56%	212	$516	$79,667,848	52
34	(41)	Open Water	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$107,591	+11.54%	198	$543	$30,500,882	59
35	(27)	Silver City	Newmarket Films	Black Comedy	$103,555	-57.61%	92	$1,126	$872,141	17
36	(33)	The Last Shot	Buena Vista	Comedy	$96,440	-41.48%	35	$2,755	$312,044	10
37	(24)	The Manchurian Candidate	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$92,376	-63.21%	156	$592	$65,432,569	66
38	(37)	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	DreamWorks/Go Fish	Action	$92,217	-31.95%	51	$1,808	$695,714	17
39	(34)	Catwoman	Warner Bros.	Action	$73,591	-55.23%	166	$443	$40,120,369	73
40	(43)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$72,050	-23.97%	15	$4,803	$8,357,129	717
41	(39)	Bright Young Things	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$69,312	-39.60%	56	$1,238	$770,447	45
42	(40)	A Day Without a Mexican	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$69,234	-35.99%	35	$1,978	$3,982,067	143
43	(26)	Fahrenheit 9/11	Lionsgate	Documentary	$65,046	-73.68%	128	$508	$119,078,393	103
44	(36)	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$64,387	-53.30%	164	$393	$249,133,782	122
45	(42)	A Cinderella Story	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$61,609	-35.34%	188	$328	$51,343,453	80
46	(70)	Yes Men	MGM/UA	Documentary	$58,495	+140.00%	21	$2,785	$91,533	10
47	(61)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$57,303	+68.55%	47	$1,219	$170,463	17
48	(29)	Exorcist: The Beginning	Warner Bros.	Horror	$56,213	-74.85%	98	$574	$41,529,870	45
49	(38)	The Village	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$55,408	-54.60%	107	$518	$113,313,702	66
50	(50)	Intimate Strangers	Paramount Classics	Drama	$54,133	-6.98%	50	$1,083	$1,977,161	66
51	(49)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$50,815	-22.55%	37	$1,373	$18,818,918	206
52	(44)	Criminal	Warner Bros.	Drama	$50,582	-46.39%	67	$755	$828,500	24
53	(46)	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$50,218	-38.93%	85	$591	$114,242,918	108
54	(23)	Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$46,643	-83.08%	188	$248	$9,109,322	38
55	(45)	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	IDP Distribution	Drama	$45,842	-44.54%	22	$2,084	$976,859	31
56	(47)	De-Lovely	MGM/UA	Drama	$45,690	-44.28%	85	$538	$13,245,783	101
57	(58)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$42,532	+11.22%	18	$2,363	$397,182	45
58	(48)	Guiana 1838	RBC Radio	Drama	$35,970	-49.27%	1	$35,970	$106,880	10
59	(71)	Festival Express	ThinkFilm	Concert	$31,376	+29.85%	38	$826	$1,081,340	73
60	(52)	Before Sunset	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$30,521	-43.63%	45	$678	$5,706,846	94
61	(51)	Garfield	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$30,360	-46.00%	76	$399	$75,293,935	115
62	(57)	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$28,973	-25.17%	51	$568	$186,687,402	129
63	(66)	The Corporation	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$28,138	+0.32%	21	$1,340	$1,731,845	261
64	(68)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$24,836	-8.57%	5	$4,967	$7,474,894	724
65	(new)	Tying the Knot	IDP Distribution	Documentary	$24,517		8	$3,065	$24,517	3
66	(69)	Infernal Affairs	Miramax	Drama	$21,205	-17.43%	5	$4,241	$59,035	10
67	(new)	Dig	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$20,437		2	$10,219	$20,437	3
68	(77)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$20,347	+13.50%	9	$2,261	$86,752	17
69	(64)	The Door in the Floor	Focus Features	Drama	$19,564	-34.83%	29	$675	$3,815,194	82
70	(83)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$19,454	+43.46%	11	$1,769	$447,918	45
71	(108)	The Mother	Sony Pictures	Drama	$19,156	+416.61%	21	$912	$928,003	129
72	(67)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$18,832	-32.32%	10	$1,883	$264,971	45
73	(55)	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,933	-56.52%	32	$529	$2,002,356	52
74	(104)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$16,783	+289.13%	5	$3,357	$350,618	108
75	(79)	Control Room	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$15,475	-7.83%	22	$703	$2,532,559	136
76	(94)	The Brown Bunny	WellSpring	Drama	$15,313	+122.31%	14	$1,094	$314,959	38
77	(74)	King Arthur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$14,056	-40.55%	23	$611	$51,864,276	89
78	(80)	Hollywood Buddha	Artistic License	Comedy	$13,664	-18.54%	4	$3,416	$38,166	10
79	(59)	Mean Creek	Paramount Classics	Drama	$12,869	-65.62%	25	$515	$546,274	45
80	(72)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$12,407	-48.59%	16	$775	$771,557	59
81	(75)	Donnie Darko	Newmarket Films	Drama	$11,449	-48.93%	16	$716	$1,245,258	1,074
82	(73)	Riding Giants	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$10,213	-57.26%	20	$511	$2,201,357	87
83	(re-entry)	The Story of the Weeping Camel	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$10,029		10	$1,003	$1,742,832	122
84	(63)	When Will I Be Loved	IFC Films	Drama	$9,877	-68.83%	8	$1,235	$140,257	24
85	(93)	Ju-On: The Grudge	Vitagraph Films	Horror	$9,424	+31.84%	7	$1,346	$270,927	73
86	(91)	The Life of Brian	Rainbow Releasing	Comedy	$8,370	+6.79%	20	$419	$632,342	9,180
87	(96)	Remember Me, My Love	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$6,444	+2.22%	2	$3,222	$97,822	31
88	(76)	The Best Two Years	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$6,155	-66.56%	11	$560	$1,150,968	227
89	(60)	Benji: Off the Leash!	Benji Returns	Drama	$5,721	-83.47%	29	$197	$3,749,526	45
90	(84)	Imelda	Unico Entertainment	Documentary	$4,925	-61.64%	1	$4,925	$185,406	115
91	(117)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$4,807	+87.92%	4	$1,202	$16,489,151	542
92	(65)	Suspect Zero	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,321	-85.50%	13	$332	$8,680,502	38
93	(95)	A Home at the End of the World	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$4,033	-37.13%	13	$310	$1,018,538	73
94	(139)	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$3,954	+786.55%	4	$989	$341,483	108
95	(99)	Incantato	Northern Arts Entertainment	Drama	$3,626	-36.40%	1	$3,626	$11,434	10
96	(118)	Facing Window	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,587	+43.83%	8	$448	$539,700	108
97	(92)	Touch of Pink	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$3,350	-53.93%	6	$558	$538,311	80
98	(102)	Zhou Yu's Train	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,298	-33.23%	12	$275	$129,833	94
99	(112)	She Hate Me	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,965	-1.79%	10	$297	$354,768	66
100	(137)	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,738	+458.78%	2	$1,369	$50,605	31
101	(100)	Mind the Gap	Mind the Gap	Drama	$2,674	-51.41%	1	$2,674	$9,496	10
102	(97)	Reconstruction	Palm/Manga	Drama	$2,463	-60.25%	4	$616	$49,535	24
103	(103)	The Clearing	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,413	-50.02%	8	$302	$5,761,124	94
104	(114)	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,297	-17.99%	4	$574	$2,380,079	185
105	(121)	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	IFC Films	Documentary	$1,933	-7.95%	8	$242	$1,213,301	87
106	(115)	Incident at Loch Ness	Eden Rock/Abramorama	Documentary	$1,887	-29.64%	1	$1,887	$24,119	17
107	(113)	Goodbye Dragon Inn	WellSpring	Drama	$1,464	-51.20%	1	$1,464	$14,060	17
108	(107)	Gozu	Pathfinder	Drama	$938	-75.13%	1	$938	$54,419	66
109	(142)	Love Me If You Dare	Paramount Classics	Romantic Comedy	$690	+150.91%	6	$115	$548,707	138
110	(138)	Strayed	WellSpring	Drama	$654	+45.66%	1	$654	$469,333	143
111	(124)	Chooch	Artistic License	Comedy	$544	-69.27%	2	$272	$29,229	38
112	(109)	Distant	New Yorker	Drama	$457	-87.10%	1	$457	$95,182	206

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