The Top Movies, Weekend of October 29, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Grudge	Sony Pictures	Horror	$21,817,598	-44.24%	3,348	$6,517	$70,684,627	10
2	(new)	Ray	Universal	Drama	$20,039,730		2,006	$9,990	$20,039,730	3
3	(new)	Saw	Lionsgate	Horror	$18,276,468		2,315	$7,895	$18,276,468	3
4	(2)	Shark Tale	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$7,502,096	-47.57%	3,381	$2,219	$146,859,079	31
5	(3)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$6,285,963	-26.82%	2,476	$2,539	$33,940,119	17
6	(4)	Friday Night Lights	Universal	Drama	$4,085,440	-41.20%	3,004	$1,360	$52,944,730	24
7	(6)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$3,256,363	-38.84%	2,382	$1,367	$66,118,796	31
8	(5)	Team America: World Police	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,083,704	-51.73%	2,335	$1,321	$27,245,193	17
9	(7)	Surviving Christmas	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$2,435,652	-45.16%	2,755	$884	$7,980,427	10
10	(8)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,106,136	-48.93%	1,884	$1,118	$32,700,351	26
11	(10)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,705,923	-41.23%	901	$1,893	$8,441,017	31
12	(new)	Birth	New Line	Drama	$1,705,577		550	$3,101	$1,705,577	3
13	(9)	The Forgotton	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,700,836	-48.12%	1,735	$980	$64,541,093	38
14	(11)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$991,229	-30.73%	264	$3,755	$9,301,385	38
15	(14)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$410,800	-33.70%	387	$1,061	$41,877,647	143
16	(24)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$404,605	+95.42%	16	$25,288	$710,076	10
17	(15)	Shaun of the Dead	Rogue Pictures	Comedy	$380,607	-37.66%	516	$738	$12,893,593	38
18	(12)	Raise Your Voice	New Line	Drama	$335,876	-70.17%	635	$529	$10,022,374	24
19	(23)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$305,324	+36.74%	64	$4,771	$793,947	17
20	(19)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$297,553	+3.71%	87	$3,420	$788,198	22
21	(13)	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$291,193	-62.76%	402	$724	$6,595,799	31
22	(17)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$287,547	-25.38%	144	$1,997	$7,182,849	269
23	(20)	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal	Action	$226,860	-19.76%	275	$825	$175,100,605	101
24	(16)	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$223,973	-61.28%	335	$669	$37,226,427	45
25	(18)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$181,036	-40.92%	181	$1,000	$26,001,676	96
26	(21)	Cellular	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$151,707	-44.42%	308	$493	$31,339,915	52
27	(25)	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$134,674	-34.25%	205	$657	$373,068,126	124
28	(27)	Stage Beauty	Artisan	Drama	$110,474	-30.56%	70	$1,578	$510,688	24
29	(26)	Jet Li's Hero	Miramax	Action	$85,667	-48.44%	144	$595	$53,242,836	66
30	(29)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$85,442	-37.62%	152	$562	$144,368,486	108
31	(22)	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Sony Pictures	Horror	$81,302	-66.24%	196	$415	$50,740,078	52
32	(28)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$81,015	-43.77%	174	$466	$57,090,442	73
33	(32)	The Village	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$71,140	-36.07%	175	$407	$114,034,203	94
34	(33)	The Manchurian Candidate	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$64,766	-37.05%	140	$463	$65,808,594	94
35	(47)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$57,194	-4.10%	12	$4,766	$8,641,858	745
36	(39)	AVP: Alien Vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Horror	$51,188	-33.74%	139	$368	$80,158,773	80
37	(44)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$51,046	-21.06%	8	$6,381	$141,837	10
38	(43)	The Notebook	New Line	Drama	$48,595	-26.41%	99	$491	$80,831,296	129
39	(50)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$43,791	-10.52%	32	$1,368	$19,144,230	234
40	(56)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$43,345	+26.07%	31	$1,398	$1,004,940	87
41	(46)	Primer	ThinkFilm	Drama	$42,512	-30.29%	31	$1,371	$243,165	24
42	(40)	Maria Full of Grace	New Line	Drama	$42,282	-44.73%	69	$613	$6,462,472	108
43	(38)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$41,442	-47.64%	115	$360	$94,363,738	82
44	(35)	Mr. 3000	Buena Vista	Comedy	$34,677	-62.87%	115	$302	$21,572,701	45
45	(new)	Enduring Love	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$34,610		5	$6,922	$34,610	3
46	(41)	First Daughter	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$33,312	-53.59%	118	$282	$8,898,897	38
47	(30)	Final Cut	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$32,967	-75.26%	49	$673	$529,194	17
48	(52)	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$31,662	-26.25%	55	$576	$249,358,727	150
49	(new)	Voices From Iraq	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$30,634		12	$2,553	$30,634	3
50	(49)	Exorcist: The Beginning	Warner Bros.	Horror	$30,316	-43.26%	124	$244	$41,784,746	73
51	(64)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$29,662	+62.38%	18	$1,648	$598,239	73
52	(45)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$28,359	-55.52%	19	$1,493	$244,801	26
53	(51)	Around the Bend	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$24,875	-42.70%	51	$488	$160,570	24
54	(68)	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	DreamWorks/Go Fish	Action	$23,570	+37.04%	47	$501	$924,482	45
55	(61)	Undertow	MGM/UA	Drama	$23,168	-4.87%	20	$1,158	$58,413	10
56	(55)	Vanity Fair	Focus Features	Drama	$22,930	-35.74%	56	$409	$16,088,813	61
57	(60)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$22,845	-8.50%	6	$3,808	$7,581,129	752
58	(54)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$21,945	-44.19%	31	$708	$347,926	45
59	(59)	P.S.	Newmarket Films	Drama	$19,122	-23.73%	14	$1,366	$85,016	17
60	(58)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$18,079	-40.63%	11	$1,644	$223,072	45
61	(78)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$10,412	+4.84%	7	$1,487	$334,662	73
62	(62)	A Day Without a Mexican	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$10,203	-52.34%	13	$785	$4,139,469	171
63	(71)	The Corporation	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$9,986	-30.76%	18	$555	$1,856,080	289
64	(97)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$9,646	+82.00%	3	$3,215	$17,437	10
65	(69)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$8,876	-45.93%	9	$986	$559,088	73
66	(67)	Guiana 1838	RBC Radio	Drama	$8,668	-50.35%	2	$4,334	$176,513	38
67	(57)	A Dirty Shame	Fine Line	Comedy	$8,510	-72.40%	12	$709	$1,332,038	45
68	(53)	Yu-Gi-Oh	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$7,688	-81.43%	66	$116	$19,762,690	80
69	(103)	Festival Express	ThinkFilm	Concert	$7,423	+107.64%	7	$1,060	$1,162,727	101
70	(85)	Hearts and Minds	Rialto Pictures	Documentary	$6,841	-20.04%	2	$3,421	$20,326	11,262
71	(74)	The Last Shot	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,762	-42.58%	23	$294	$454,224	38
72	(77)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$6,728	-33.38%	2	$3,364	$39,236	17
73	(66)	The Mother	Sony Pictures	Drama	$6,358	-63.80%	8	$795	$1,057,951	157
74	(76)	Intimate Strangers	Paramount Classics	Drama	$6,161	-40.63%	14	$440	$2,090,489	94
75	(91)	Control Room	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$6,117	-19.13%	13	$471	$2,586,511	164
76	(70)	Paparazzi	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$5,972	-58.70%	24	$249	$15,688,358	59
77	(82)	Bright Young Things	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$5,915	-35.36%	16	$370	$915,536	73
78	(80)	Remember Me, My Love	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$5,612	-42.82%	3	$1,871	$156,952	59
79	(72)	Dig	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$5,573	-56.73%	5	$1,115	$110,202	31
80	(81)	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$5,502	-41.25%	10	$550	$613,252	31
81	(95)	Ju-On: The Grudge	Vitagraph Films	Horror	$5,490	-10.53%	11	$499	$313,527	101
82	(79)	Garfield	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,296	-46.27%	25	$212	$75,367,693	143
83	(98)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$4,971	-5.44%	4	$1,243	$16,528,950	570
84	(118)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,953	+173.95%	1	$4,953	$6,544,056	312
85	(120)	Reconstruction	Palm/Manga	Drama	$4,323	+184.60%	3	$1,441	$64,213	52
86	(83)	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,305	-52.60%	10	$431	$114,324,072	136
87	(re-entry)	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$3,681		1	$3,681	$93,962	241
88	(106)	Riding Giants	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$3,661	+10.24%	4	$915	$2,250,073	115
89	(141)	Incantato	Northern Arts Entertainment	Drama	$3,053	+5,351.79%	2	$1,527	$21,472	38
90	(90)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$2,858	-62.47%	3	$953	$401,838	136
91	(96)	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,843	-49.71%	11	$258	$186,739,919	157
92	(105)	Sex is Comedy	IFC Films	Comedy	$2,755	-18.25%	1	$2,755	$9,925	12
93	(re-entry)	Goodbye Dragon Inn	WellSpring	Drama	$2,753		1	$2,753	$19,114	45
94	(101)	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,661	-33.67%	3	$887	$67,863	59
95	(88)	Untold Scandal	Kino	Drama	$2,131	-73.15%	4	$533	$23,153	17
96	(132)	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	IDP Distribution	Drama	$1,830	+124.26%	3	$610	$1,043,065	59
97	(re-entry)	Evil Remains	A Screen Media	Horror	$1,412		3	$471	$8,396	10
98	(new)	Artworks	Panorama Entertainment	Drama	$1,348		1	$1,348	$1,348	3
99	(new)	800 Bullets	TLA	Comedy	$866		2	$433	$866	3
100	(100)	Mean Creek	Paramount Classics	Drama	$790	-83.07%	11	$72	$590,812	73
101	(re-entry)	Yes Nurse! No Nurse!	Regent Releasing	Musical	$716		2	$358	$12,517	59
102	(136)	Virgin	Artistic License	Drama	$713	+37.64%	1	$713	$9,501	59
103	(127)	Howard Zinn	First Run	Documentary	$630	-44.49%	1	$630	$106,306	136
104	(116)	Merci Docteur Rey	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$512	-72.13%	1	$512	$19,590	45
105	(135)	Strayed	WellSpring	Drama	$500	-16.67%	1	$500	$476,395	171
106	(119)	Touch of Pink	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$458	-70.22%	1	$458	$556,366	108
107	(121)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$287	-80.23%	1	$287	$35,284	66
108	(130)	She Hate Me	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$88	-89.79%	1	$88	$358,774	94
109	(137)	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$71	-85.54%	1	$71	$356,774	136
110	(128)	Zhou Yu's Train	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$60	-94.66%	2	$30	$140,989	122
111	(125)	The Hunting of the President	Regent Releasing	Documentary	$55	-95.66%	1	$55	$376,552	143

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