The Top Movies, Weekend of March 4, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Pacifier	Buena Vista	Comedy	$30,552,694		3,131	$9,758	$30,552,694	3
2	(new)	Be Cool	MGM/UA	Comedy	$23,450,212		3,216	$7,292	$23,450,212	3
3	(2)	Hitch	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$12,118,263	-40.66%	3,438	$3,525	$138,004,437	24
4	(1)	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Lionsgate	Drama	$11,026,195	-49.66%	1,703	$6,475	$37,077,829	10
5	(6)	Million Dollar Baby	Warner Bros.	Drama	$8,135,421	+10.77%	2,350	$3,462	$76,600,008	82
6	(3)	Constantine	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,127,173	-49.14%	2,758	$2,222	$60,653,370	17
7	(4)	Cursed	Dimension	Horror	$3,867,052	-59.86%	2,805	$1,379	$15,281,069	10
8	(5)	Man of the House	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,506,726	-60.67%	2,422	$1,448	$13,982,619	10
9	(7)	Because of Winn-Dixie	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,200,236	-53.10%	2,506	$1,277	$26,777,812	17
10	(new)	The Jacket	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,723,682		1,331	$2,046	$2,723,682	3
11	(10)	The Aviator	Miramax	Drama	$2,327,231	-37.76%	1,331	$1,748	$97,039,461	80
12	(11)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,095,676	-40.75%	1,057	$1,983	$66,186,292	136
13	(8)	Are We There Yet?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,577,632	-61.62%	1,745	$904	$78,710,343	45
14	(9)	Son of the Mask	New Line	Comedy	$1,153,357	-69.83%	1,865	$618	$16,004,841	17
15	(15)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$1,045,302	-42.76%	643	$1,626	$49,590,262	115
16	(16)	Hotel Rwanda	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,003,513	-36.91%	575	$1,745	$20,728,231	75
17	(12)	The Wedding Date	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$850,485	-59.69%	810	$1,050	$30,320,730	31
18	(14)	Pooh's Heffalump Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$844,649	-59.70%	924	$914	$16,997,149	24
19	(19)	Bride & Prejudice	Miramax	Musical	$732,361	-14.49%	180	$4,069	$2,789,917	24
20	(13)	Boogeyman	Sony Pictures	Horror	$687,164	-67.23%	995	$691	$45,842,149	31
21	(17)	Meet the Fockers	Universal	Comedy	$605,125	-45.00%	515	$1,175	$275,936,745	75
22	(20)	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	Musical	$464,468	-30.16%	411	$1,130	$49,443,427	75
23	(24)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$437,634	-2.14%	388	$1,128	$260,134,491	122
24	(25)	Ong-Bak	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$296,712	-18.26%	191	$1,553	$3,875,926	24
25	(22)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$286,584	-56.30%	221	$1,297	$7,307,976	143
26	(35)	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$263,490	+102.56%	65	$4,054	$1,060,543	89
27	(18)	Hide and Seek	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$262,641	-72.96%	339	$775	$50,374,479	38
28	(26)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$239,793	-26.09%	27	$8,881	$3,085,407	38
29	(40)	The Sea Inside	Fine Line	Drama	$214,129	+126.65%	99	$2,163	$1,245,745	80
30	(21)	Racing Stripes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$211,121	-67.94%	355	$595	$47,705,714	52
31	(28)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$205,993	-11.10%	253	$814	$118,006,566	80
32	(23)	Coach Carter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$198,126	-60.67%	359	$552	$66,136,381	52
33	(29)	The Merchant of Venice	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$197,108	-11.36%	101	$1,952	$2,501,435	68
34	(27)	In Good Company	Universal	Comedy	$156,750	-44.25%	209	$750	$45,315,982	68
35	(32)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$116,274	-35.25%	133	$874	$169,785,954	108
36	(36)	Ray	Universal	Drama	$108,570	-15.99%	141	$770	$75,236,415	129
37	(34)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$101,366	-29.17%	76	$1,334	$4,869,958	108
38	(33)	Ocean's Twelve	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$91,876	-39.58%	140	$656	$125,402,117	87
39	(31)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$84,483	-58.10%	78	$1,083	$3,528,915	148
40	(37)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$83,551	-31.98%	104	$803	$162,753,127	117
41	(30)	Bewafaa	Eros Entertainment	Drama	$82,733	-61.10%	46	$1,799	$338,087	10
42	(47)	Downfall	Newmarket Films	Drama	$81,179	+29.23%	9	$9,020	$219,419	17
43	(38)	Fat Albert	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$76,616	-35.24%	162	$473	$47,971,571	72
44	(51)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$73,157	+31.86%	14	$5,226	$341,179	24
45	(42)	The Chorus	Miramax	Drama	$72,152	-11.42%	41	$1,760	$3,011,733	101
46	(new)	Gunner Palace	Palm Pictures	Documentary	$63,520		8	$7,940	$63,520	3
47	(43)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$62,716	-22.92%	12	$5,226	$56,898,513	1,053
48	(39)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$61,830	-35.91%	127	$487	$85,373,733	108
49	(44)	Nobody Knows	IFC Films	Drama	$60,555	-18.99%	21	$2,884	$414,227	31
50	(re-entry)	Walk on Water	IDP Distribution	Drama	$60,465		10	$6,047	$60,465	10
51	(50)	Elektra	20th Century Fox	Action	$55,841	-4.19%	104	$537	$24,326,793	52
52	(45)	Inside Deep Throat	Universal	Documentary	$55,551	-23.15%	24	$2,315	$479,143	24
53	(re-entry)	Paperclips	Slowhand Cinema Releasing	Documentary	$47,255		25	$1,890	$144,880	103
54	(53)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$39,390	-9.17%	19	$2,073	$14,655,824	724
55	(new)	Dear Frankie	Miramax	Drama	$37,542		5	$7,508	$37,542	3
56	(55)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$37,469	-4.28%	10	$3,747	$8,055,005	878
57	(57)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$36,112	+0.60%	7	$5,159	$9,192,526	871
58	(41)	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$35,732	-57.40%	43	$831	$10,779,434	94
59	(46)	Black	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$34,772	-45.96%	14	$2,484	$595,519	31
60	(54)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$32,370	-17.48%	20	$1,619	$20,004,266	360
61	(52)	Kinsey	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$28,984	-35.33%	36	$805	$9,701,877	115
62	(49)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$27,115	-55.40%	18	$1,506	$2,244,444	157
63	(58)	Imaginary Heroes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$27,007	-24.64%	21	$1,286	$126,200	80
64	(73)	Travellers and Magicians	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$22,562	+99.45%	5	$4,512	$239,315	59
65	(65)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$21,150	+0.71%	5	$4,230	$10,471,315	1,466
66	(79)	Watermarks	Kino	Documentary	$17,276	+143.53%	9	$1,920	$74,473	45
67	(60)	The Work and the Glory	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$17,268	-32.95%	22	$785	$2,828,977	103
68	(66)	Gegen die Wand (Head-On)	Strand Releasing	Drama	$16,909	-12.05%	7	$2,416	$231,525	45
69	(75)	Schultze Gets the Blues	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$16,213	+81.60%	7	$2,316	$50,296	17
70	(72)	In the Realms of the Unreal	WellSpring	Documentary	$14,114	+17.43%	8	$1,764	$320,054	73
71	(70)	The Woodsman	Newmarket Films	Drama	$13,747	-5.93%	12	$1,146	$1,566,812	73
72	(76)	Lost Embrace	New Yorker	Comedy	$13,549	+67.44%	4	$3,387	$118,145	38
73	(61)	Up & Down	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$13,480	-46.39%	6	$2,247	$46,724	10
74	(59)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$13,154	-50.05%	25	$526	$10,891,927	395
75	(re-entry)	Intimate Stories	New Yorker	Drama	$12,095		2	$6,048	$12,095	10
76	(71)	Beautiful Boxer	Regent Releasing	Drama	$11,799	-8.38%	5	$2,360	$78,201	45
77	(64)	Darkness	Dimension	Horror	$10,831	-49.67%	37	$293	$22,160,085	72
78	(56)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$10,658	-71.93%	3	$3,553	$48,295,743	2,327
79	(re-entry)	Face	Indican Pictures	Drama	$10,100		4	$2,525	$28,628	143
80	(83)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$8,164	+59.83%	3	$2,721	$143,661	136
81	(67)	Flight of the Phoenix	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,993	-57.81%	22	$363	$21,005,551	80
82	(new)	The Best of Youth	Miramax	Drama	$7,490		1	$7,490	$9,490	5
83	(96)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$7,066	+193.68%	5	$1,413	$565,953	152
84	(69)	Turtles Can Fly	IFC Films	Drama	$6,785	-54.65%	6	$1,131	$64,681	17
85	(87)	The Other Side of the Street	Strand Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$6,472	+49.95%	3	$2,157	$12,588	10
86	(74)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$6,253	-36.12%	2	$3,127	$13,187,847	1,956
87	(78)	Masculine Feminine	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$5,144	-34.14%	1	$5,144	$104,968	14,049
88	(99)	Bear Cub	TLA	Comedy	$4,991	+140.65%	3	$1,664	$93,712	122
89	(85)	The Nomi Song	Palm Pictures	Documentary	$4,857	-2.43%	3	$1,619	$63,844	31
90	(82)	Fear and Trembling	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$4,829	-21.33%	2	$2,415	$58,787	108
91	(re-entry)	Sunset Story	Vitagraph Films	Documentary	$4,449		2	$2,225	$8,802	10
92	(86)	Sky Blue	Maxmedia/Endgame	Action	$4,353	+0.60%	2	$2,177	$57,149	66
93	(101)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$4,303	+135.39%	3	$1,434	$167,243	430
94	(68)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$4,206	-75.53%	3	$1,402	$182,839	143
95	(re-entry)	Guiana 1838	RBC Radio	Drama	$3,945		1	$3,945	$220,131	164
96	(89)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$3,800	+4.11%	2	$1,900	$4,764,066	1,788
97	(93)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$3,401	+7.87%	2	$1,701	$16,665,552	696
98	(106)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$3,298	+204.81%	3	$1,099	$410,911	122
99	(91)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,816	-17.13%	1	$2,816	$6,707,591	438
100	(re-entry)	Emile	Castle Hill Productions	Drama	$2,515		1	$2,515	$4,626	31
101	(new)	Night of Henna	Illuminare	Comedy	$2,184		2	$1,092	$2,184	3
102	(114)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$2,099	+739.60%	3	$700	$667,336	199
103	(80)	Notre Musique	WellSpring	Drama	$1,909	-72.26%	4	$477	$125,068	103
104	(92)	Sons of Provo	Halestone	Comedy	$1,743	-48.16%	3	$581	$73,636	31
105	(98)	All Babes Want to Kill Me	High Cotton Films	Comedy	$1,569	-30.48%	1	$1,569	$6,719	19
106	(re-entry)	The Tracker	Artmattan Productions	Drama	$1,468		1	$1,468	$54,274	416
107	(102)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,358	-13.34%	1	$1,358	$1,759,075	899
108	(104)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,300	+4.00%	1	$1,300	$7,046,050	2,201
109	(81)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,205	-80.90%	2	$603	$201,574	136
110	(77)	Days of Being Wild	Kino	Drama	$1,112	-86.16%	1	$1,112	$120,031	108
111	(107)	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Film Movement	Comedy	$924	-13.32%	1	$924	$170,093	122
112	(116)	Naked Fame	Regent Releasing	Documentary	$858	+358.82%	1	$858	$4,931	17
113	(88)	A Tale of Two Sisters	Tartan Films	Horror	$788	-80.93%	2	$394	$64,042	94
114	(111)	You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya)	Picture This Entertainment	Comedy	$626	+19.92%	1	$626	$31,825	108
115	(re-entry)	Malevolence	Painted Zebra Releasing	Horror	$495		1	$495	$100,394	178
116	(re-entry)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$250		1	$250	$486,321	262
117	(109)	Straight-Jacket	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$233	-63.19%	1	$233	$42,561	101
118	(100)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$143	-92.86%	2	$72	$1,077,396	136

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Chart certified: 3/26/2005