The Top Movies, Weekend of November 19, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$35,142,554		3,017	$11,648	$35,142,554	3
2	(new)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$32,018,216		3,212	$9,968	$32,018,216	3
3	(1)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$26,523,852	-47.22%	3,683	$7,202	$177,555,485	17
4	(2)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$15,668,101	-32.82%	3,650	$4,293	$51,463,282	12
5	(5)	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Universal	Comedy	$10,044,890	+15.67%	2,450	$4,100	$21,511,685	10
6	(3)	After the Sunset	New Line	Action	$5,075,005	-54.28%	2,819	$1,800	$19,092,384	10
7	(6)	Ray	Universal	Drama	$4,565,210	-45.73%	2,020	$2,260	$59,192,215	24
8	(7)	The Grudge	Sony Pictures	Horror	$3,812,121	-45.62%	2,112	$1,805	$104,422,638	31
9	(4)	Seed of Chucky	Rogue Pictures	Horror	$3,241,211	-63.06%	2,062	$1,572	$13,459,639	10
10	(8)	Saw	Lionsgate	Horror	$2,882,575	-55.23%	1,679	$1,717	$50,355,671	24
11	(9)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$2,336,883	-41.93%	1,535	$1,522	$52,294,268	38
12	(13)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,828,760	+29.26%	279	$6,555	$6,039,004	31
13	(27)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$836,754	+279.44%	57	$14,680	$1,149,279	10
14	(10)	Alfie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$727,388	-73.44%	1,286	$566	$12,710,531	17
15	(17)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$621,808	-16.55%	233	$2,669	$12,733,850	59
16	(30)	Kinsey	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$577,721	+241.77%	36	$16,048	$826,679	10
17	(12)	Shark Tale	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$575,850	-72.55%	907	$635	$158,432,301	52
18	(16)	Veer-Zaara	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$547,956	-35.00%	83	$6,602	$1,752,335	10
19	(14)	Friday Night Lights	Universal	Drama	$537,105	-57.36%	587	$915	$60,085,618	45
20	(15)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$394,375	-67.20%	445	$886	$72,734,485	52
21	(24)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$391,051	+31.88%	233	$1,678	$2,195,580	38
22	(19)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$296,895	-45.20%	163	$1,821	$11,680,406	52
23	(23)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$270,059	-10.11%	116	$2,328	$8,628,352	290
24	(18)	Team America: World Police	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$214,517	-65.04%	264	$813	$32,207,498	38
25	(20)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$182,127	-55.99%	264	$690	$35,678,091	47
26	(26)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$168,006	-28.55%	170	$988	$43,068,185	164
27	(38)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$164,815	+180.02%	200	$824	$57,486,538	94
28	(45)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$161,107	+287.25%	281	$573	$94,669,508	103
29	(new)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$147,370		3	$49,123	$147,370	3
30	(28)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$138,359	-30.91%	64	$2,162	$1,695,820	43
31	(29)	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal	Action	$131,225	-28.63%	181	$725	$175,896,180	122
32	(21)	Surviving Christmas	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$105,371	-69.05%	194	$543	$11,198,345	31
33	(32)	Cellular	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$86,742	-12.56%	167	$519	$31,815,659	73
34	(25)	The Forgotton	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$80,372	-68.87%	128	$628	$66,641,205	59
35	(43)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$66,618	+44.89%	19	$3,506	$379,677	31
36	(22)	Birth	New Line	Drama	$63,324	-80.38%	75	$844	$4,612,578	24
37	(34)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$59,763	-34.35%	62	$964	$26,470,071	117
38	(31)	Jet Li's Hero	Miramax	Action	$57,020	-49.28%	144	$396	$53,583,486	87
39	(41)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$50,000	-10.71%	5	$10,000	$9,853,486	1,361
40	(40)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$49,835	-12.23%	13	$3,833	$55,008,939	948
41	(36)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$49,271	-41.74%	96	$513	$144,689,408	129
42	(39)	Enduring Love	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$38,559	-33.30%	56	$689	$250,575	24
43	(37)	Shaun of the Dead	Rogue Pictures	Comedy	$37,173	-38.49%	84	$443	$13,425,414	59
44	(42)	Raise Your Voice	New Line	Drama	$34,246	-36.75%	96	$357	$10,411,980	45
45	(46)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$33,783	-16.84%	23	$1,469	$13,703,863	619
46	(52)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$30,184	-8.11%	11	$2,744	$8,741,376	766
47	(55)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$28,043	+4.37%	10	$2,804	$5,058,297	747
48	(50)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$25,046	-26.87%	13	$1,927	$392,039	47
49	(51)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$24,469	-26.12%	24	$1,020	$19,319,127	255
50	(47)	The Notebook	New Line	Drama	$20,692	-46.06%	44	$470	$81,001,787	150
51	(44)	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$20,453	-52.63%	71	$288	$37,514,410	66
52	(new)	Days of Being Wild	Kino	Drama	$18,090		1	$18,090	$18,090	3
53	(60)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$17,974	-15.83%	6	$2,996	$7,639,237	773
54	(59)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$17,966	-18.81%	6	$2,994	$101,519	17
55	(48)	Stage Beauty	Artisan	Drama	$15,719	-55.84%	29	$542	$758,488	45
56	(62)	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	IDP Distribution	Drama	$14,472	-31.69%	6	$2,412	$1,091,778	80
57	(58)	Primer	ThinkFilm	Drama	$11,598	-48.48%	10	$1,160	$357,906	45
58	(66)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$11,397	-14.36%	4	$2,849	$47,899,203	2,222
59	(68)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$11,158	+3.54%	17	$656	$1,094,269	108
60	(54)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$11,030	-63.27%	12	$919	$1,607,723	52
61	(72)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$10,791	+30.28%	11	$981	$63,130	31
62	(49)	First Daughter	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$10,144	-71.46%	36	$282	$9,048,591	59
63	(64)	P.S.	Newmarket Films	Drama	$9,722	-41.24%	13	$748	$164,488	38
64	(87)	Bear Cub	TLA	Comedy	$8,560	+84.01%	3	$2,853	$26,808	17
65	(57)	AVP: Alien Vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Horror	$8,479	-63.56%	27	$314	$80,273,678	101
66	(65)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$8,291	-39.03%	6	$1,382	$669,192	94
67	(61)	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$8,101	-62.03%	24	$338	$6,879,730	52
68	(71)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$7,900	-6.51%	2	$3,950	$4,652,406	1,683
69	(102)	Testosterone	Strand Releasing	Drama	$7,080	+280.85%	4	$1,770	$139,751	73
70	(53)	The Village	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$7,073	-76.49%	23	$308	$114,188,187	115
71	(35)	Fade to Black	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$6,958	-91.93%	7	$994	$685,186	17
72	(90)	The Brown Bunny	WellSpring	Drama	$6,874	+90.94%	6	$1,146	$362,758	87
73	(77)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$6,828	+7.01%	4	$1,707	$16,554,898	591
74	(85)	Brother to Brother	Wolfe Releasing	Drama	$6,652	+33.98%	3	$2,217	$27,473	17
75	(76)	Remember Me, My Love	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$6,604	-4.07%	3	$2,201	$190,940	80
76	(67)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$6,136	-53.58%	10	$614	$604,424	94
77	(74)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,044	-24.47%	6	$1,007	$282,876	66
78	(84)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,959	+7.89%	2	$2,980	$6,566,828	333
79	(new)	You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya)	Picture This Entertainment	Comedy	$5,785		1	$5,785	$5,785	3
80	(81)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,610	-1.37%	2	$2,805	$13,068,992	1,851
81	(112)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$4,967	+316.35%	3	$1,656	$76,270	325
82	(105)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$4,554	+168.51%	4	$1,139	$45,121	87
83	(73)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$4,490	-45.64%	6	$748	$370,542	94
84	(re-entry)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$4,038		2	$2,019	$59,596	38
85	(re-entry)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$4,025		1	$4,025	$11,226	31
86	(83)	Petite Lili, La	First Run	Drama	$3,994	-28.14%	1	$3,994	$12,214	10
87	(82)	A Day Without a Mexican	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$3,905	-30.02%	6	$651	$4,175,179	192
88	(95)	Sex is Comedy	IFC Films	Comedy	$2,983	+2.12%	2	$1,492	$19,497	33
89	(78)	Cowboys and Angels	TLA	Comedy	$2,871	-53.41%	3	$957	$23,783	66
90	(re-entry)	Vodka Lemon	New Yorker	Comedy	$2,608		2	$1,304	$24,946	45
91	(79)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$2,384	-58.76%	3	$795	$423,913	157
92	(69)	Mr. 3000	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,254	-78.70%	9	$250	$21,636,163	66
93	(117)	Bonjour Mounsieur Shlomi	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$2,037	+219.78%	2	$1,019	$95,623	143
94	(re-entry)	L.A. Twister	Indican Pictures	Drama	$1,982		1	$1,982	$34,092	101
95	(98)	Almost Peaceful	Empire Pictures	Drama	$1,848	-27.22%	1	$1,848	$78,427	94
96	(70)	Untold Scandal	Kino	Drama	$1,799	-82.74%	2	$900	$41,093	38
97	(107)	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,739	+22.90%	1	$1,739	$81,505	80
98	(re-entry)	A Silent Love	Atopia	Drama	$1,450		1	$1,450	$7,041	24
99	(88)	Malevolence	Painted Zebra Releasing	Horror	$1,443	-66.55%	7	$206	$80,532	73
100	(101)	Who Killed Bambi?	Strand Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$1,384	-30.73%	1	$1,384	$4,955	10
101	(91)	Touch of Pink	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$1,274	-64.43%	3	$425	$563,835	129
102	(89)	Reconstruction	Palm/Manga	Drama	$1,185	-70.52%	2	$593	$72,762	73
103	(114)	She Hate Me	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,163	+23.07%	2	$582	$361,852	115
104	(75)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,147	-84.46%	4	$287	$383,209	66
105	(97)	Riding Giants	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$1,134	-57.78%	2	$567	$2,270,551	136
106	(115)	Strayed	WellSpring	Drama	$1,120	+49.33%	1	$1,120	$480,150	192
107	(97)	Ju-On: The Grudge	Vitagraph Films	Horror	$1,082		3	$361	$324,327	122
108	(110)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$900	-29.96%	1	$900	$7,025,900	2,096
109	(121)	Intimate Strangers	Paramount Classics	Drama	$861	+164.92%	2	$431	$2,106,677	115
110	(103)	Dig	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$831	-55.15%	3	$277	$122,027	52
111	(99)	Proteus	Strand Releasing	Documentary	$733	-69.61%	1	$733	$57,771	115
112	(re-entry)	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$684		1	$684	$94,646	262
113	(94)	Mean Creek	Paramount Classics	Drama	$475	-84.13%	3	$158	$602,518	94
114	(96)	Bright Future	Palm Pictures	Drama	$472	-82.87%	1	$472	$4,762	10
115	(re-entry)	Incident at Loch Ness	Eden Rock/Abramorama	Documentary	$451		1	$451	$35,025	66
116	(re-entry)	Howard Zinn	First Run	Documentary	$440		1	$440	$116,230	157
117	(120)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$344	-8.51%	1	$344	$3,391,167	1,214
118	(118)	The Tracker	Artmattan Productions	Drama	$168	-70.32%	1	$168	$51,985	311
119	(93)	Around the Bend	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$115	-96.33%	4	$29	$193,571	45

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