The Top Movies, Weekend of October 8, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Shark Tale	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$31,330,299	-34.19%	4,070	$7,698	$87,350,275	10
2	(new)	Friday Night Lights	Universal	Drama	$20,269,025		2,667	$7,600	$20,269,025	3
3	(2)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$13,105,177	-40.67%	3,261	$4,019	$41,025,820	10
4	(new)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$12,029,832		3,001	$4,009	$12,650,911	5
5	(3)	The Forgotton	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,605,742	-35.66%	2,981	$2,551	$48,721,387	17
6	(new)	Raise Your Voice	New Line	Drama	$4,022,693		2,521	$1,596	$4,022,693	3
7	(4)	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,341,872	-28.57%	1,743	$1,344	$33,932,601	24
8	(6)	Shaun of the Dead	Rogue Pictures	Comedy	$1,708,113	-31.15%	675	$2,531	$9,457,504	17
9	(15)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$1,510,020	+39.11%	167	$9,042	$3,293,132	17
10	(8)	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,253,117	-45.76%	1,217	$1,030	$49,010,903	31
11	(7)	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$1,147,388	-50.66%	428	$2,681	$4,057,836	10
12	(12)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,056,903	-24.02%	715	$1,478	$39,092,405	122
13	(10)	Cellular	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$953,657	-52.65%	1,152	$828	$29,667,077	31
14	(5)	Mr. 3000	Buena Vista	Comedy	$945,806	-62.56%	1,386	$682	$20,657,685	24
15	(24)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$901,123	+208.42%	44	$20,480	$1,311,304	10
16	(11)	Wimbledon	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$715,615	-58.85%	800	$895	$16,082,295	24
17	(14)	Jet Li's Hero	Miramax	Action	$657,625	-46.76%	667	$986	$52,199,022	45
18	(9)	First Daughter	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$603,094	-72.06%	1,023	$590	$8,293,916	17
19	(16)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$569,160	-29.04%	344	$1,655	$24,553,316	75
20	(13)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$552,889	-57.09%	905	$611	$56,246,366	52
21	(17)	Collateral	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$423,450	-39.80%	526	$805	$100,003,492	66
22	(18)	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal	Action	$396,610	-36.85%	411	$965	$173,854,140	80
23	(19)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$366,184	-6.17%	131	$2,795	$5,529,207	248
24	(28)	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$345,666	+92.09%	271	$1,276	$372,191,244	103
25	(49)	The Village	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$180,688	+226.10%	247	$732	$113,517,816	73
26	(22)	Vanity Fair	Focus Features	Drama	$151,860	-52.11%	188	$808	$15,822,159	40
27	(27)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$146,615	-23.96%	208	$705	$143,838,905	87
28	(29)	Maria Full of Grace	New Line	Drama	$133,351	-23.31%	106	$1,258	$6,097,808	87
29	(23)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$132,407	-56.11%	267	$496	$94,006,482	61
30	(26)	A Dirty Shame	Fine Line	Comedy	$115,401	-57.92%	79	$1,461	$1,152,450	24
31	(25)	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$109,436	-60.81%	139	$787	$480,752	10
32	(21)	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Sony Pictures	Horror	$104,138	-68.09%	170	$613	$31,526,393	45
33	(33)	AVP: Alien Vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Horror	$102,782	-6.01%	169	$608	$79,814,913	59
34	(20)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$101,420	-71.59%	34	$2,983	$566,852	10
35	(30)	The Notebook	New Line	Drama	$99,261	-38.38%	170	$584	$80,496,140	108
36	(40)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$75,267	+4.46%	12	$6,272	$8,432,396	724
37	(37)	The Manchurian Candidate	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$54,984	-40.48%	85	$647	$65,520,411	73
38	(38)	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	DreamWorks/Go Fish	Action	$53,074	-42.45%	45	$1,179	$788,490	24
39	(57)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$50,028	+17.62%	18	$2,779	$455,374	52
40	(51)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$48,024	-5.49%	35	$1,372	$18,899,251	213
41	(44)	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$43,500	-32.44%	119	$366	$249,194,525	129
42	(46)	Yes Men	MGM/UA	Documentary	$42,004	-28.19%	32	$1,313	$151,884	17
43	(42)	A Day Without a Mexican	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$41,566	-39.96%	28	$1,485	$4,047,565	150
44	(41)	Bright Young Things	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$41,350	-40.34%	57	$725	$832,836	52
45	(new)	Stage Beauty	Artisan	Drama	$38,654		3	$12,885	$38,654	3
46	(36)	The Last Shot	Buena Vista	Comedy	$37,646	-60.96%	23	$1,637	$376,790	17
47	(31)	The Cookout	Lionsgate	Comedy	$33,543	-77.23%	87	$386	$11,540,112	38
48	(50)	Intimate Strangers	Paramount Classics	Drama	$33,027	-38.99%	37	$893	$2,027,288	73
49	(39)	Catwoman	Warner Bros.	Action	$32,301	-56.11%	96	$336	$40,173,429	80
50	(45)	A Cinderella Story	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$32,000	-48.06%	110	$291	$51,392,209	87
51	(70)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$30,265	+55.57%	17	$1,780	$483,357	52
52	(52)	Criminal	Warner Bros.	Drama	$29,803	-41.08%	42	$710	$877,021	31
53	(32)	Paparazzi	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$28,632	-76.23%	74	$387	$15,621,686	38
54	(new)	Primer	ThinkFilm	Drama	$28,162		4	$7,041	$28,162	3
55	(56)	De-Lovely	MGM/UA	Drama	$27,061	-40.77%	53	$511	$13,294,415	108
56	(71)	The Mother	Sony Pictures	Drama	$26,501	+38.34%	36	$736	$962,932	136
57	(64)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$25,704	+3.49%	6	$4,284	$7,500,598	731
58	(80)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$24,683	+98.94%	17	$1,452	$806,648	66
59	(53)	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$24,236	-51.74%	47	$516	$114,283,204	115
60	(47)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$23,860	-58.36%	28	$852	$214,967	24
61	(55)	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	IDP Distribution	Drama	$23,047	-49.73%	15	$1,536	$1,016,234	38
62	(67)	Dig	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$22,398	+9.60%	10	$2,240	$50,574	10
63	(60)	Before Sunset	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$20,712	-32.14%	32	$647	$5,741,822	101
64	(48)	Exorcist: The Beginning	Warner Bros.	Horror	$18,886	-66.40%	49	$385	$41,567,668	52
65	(61)	Garfield	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$18,784	-38.13%	59	$318	$75,319,965	122
66	(68)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$18,480	-9.18%	11	$1,680	$113,624	24
67	(new)	Around the Bend	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$17,879		4	$4,470	$17,879	3
68	(58)	Guiana 1838	RBC Radio	Drama	$16,610	-53.82%	1	$16,610	$123,490	17
69	(81)	Donnie Darko	Newmarket Films	Drama	$14,975	+30.80%	10	$1,498	$1,265,007	1,081
70	(62)	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$13,526	-53.32%	20	$676	$186,712,078	136
71	(new)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$13,207		2	$6,604	$13,207	1
72	(87)	Remember Me, My Love	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$13,183	+104.58%	3	$4,394	$112,310	38
73	(new)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$12,740		1	$12,740	$18,210	5
74	(69)	The Door in the Floor	Focus Features	Drama	$12,584	-35.68%	26	$484	$3,835,551	89
75	(59)	Festival Express	ThinkFilm	Concert	$12,286	-60.84%	28	$439	$1,110,847	80
76	(73)	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Warner Bros.	Drama	$11,879	-29.85%	21	$566	$2,020,114	59
77	(74)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$11,862	-29.32%	8	$1,483	$366,628	115
78	(79)	Mean Creek	Paramount Classics	Drama	$11,852	-7.90%	24	$494	$564,610	52
79	(72)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$11,786	-37.42%	9	$1,310	$285,056	52
80	(76)	The Brown Bunny	WellSpring	Drama	$10,183	-33.50%	12	$849	$330,629	45
81	(66)	Infernal Affairs	Miramax	Drama	$9,956	-53.05%	2	$4,978	$77,458	17
82	(new)	Vodka Lemon	New Yorker	Comedy	$9,303		2	$4,652	$9,303	3
83	(91)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$8,891	+84.96%	4	$2,223	$16,500,523	549
84	(78)	Hollywood Buddha	Artistic License	Comedy	$8,332	-39.02%	3	$2,777	$51,199	17
85	(82)	Riding Giants	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$8,255	-19.17%	18	$459	$2,216,249	94
86	(85)	Ju-On: The Grudge	Vitagraph Films	Horror	$7,612	-19.23%	8	$952	$281,909	80
87	(77)	King Arthur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$7,479	-46.79%	11	$680	$51,877,963	96
88	(65)	Tying the Knot	IDP Distribution	Documentary	$6,264	-74.45%	5	$1,253	$37,464	10
89	(89)	Benji: Off the Leash!	Benji Returns	Drama	$6,021	+5.24%	16	$376	$3,756,786	52
90	(84)	When Will I Be Loved	IFC Films	Drama	$5,372	-45.61%	5	$1,074	$149,582	31
91	(97)	Touch of Pink	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$5,201	+55.25%	8	$650	$548,417	87
92	(100)	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Sony Pictures	Action	$4,209	+53.73%	6	$702	$55,955	38
93	(95)	Incantato	Northern Arts Entertainment	Drama	$3,049	-15.91%	2	$1,525	$15,753	17
94	(90)	Imelda	Unico Entertainment	Documentary	$2,636	-46.48%	1	$2,636	$189,052	122
95	(94)	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$2,596	-34.34%	4	$649	$347,140	115
96	(88)	The Best Two Years	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$2,532	-58.86%	2	$1,266	$1,160,390	234
97	(102)	Reconstruction	Palm/Manga	Drama	$2,143	-12.99%	3	$714	$52,696	31
98	(92)	Suspect Zero	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,892	-56.21%	10	$189	$8,684,489	45
99	(105)	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	IFC Films	Documentary	$1,721	-10.97%	5	$344	$1,215,706	94
100	(93)	A Home at the End of the World	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$1,626	-59.68%	10	$163	$1,022,408	80
101	(98)	Zhou Yu's Train	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,389	-57.88%	7	$198	$133,504	101
102	(103)	The Clearing	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,350	-44.05%	2	$675	$5,763,875	101
103	(96)	Facing Window	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,281	-64.29%	4	$320	$541,682	115
104	(110)	Strayed	WellSpring	Drama	$469	-28.29%	1	$469	$470,016	150
105	(99)	She Hate Me	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$427	-85.60%	3	$142	$356,661	73
106	(104)	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$378	-83.54%	1	$378	$2,380,788	192

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