The Top Movies, Weekend of March 18, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Ring Two	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$35,065,237		3,332	$10,524	$35,065,237	3
2	(1)	Robots	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$21,025,937	-41.67%	3,776	$5,568	$66,067,739	10
3	(2)	The Pacifier	Buena Vista	Comedy	$12,530,486	-30.97%	3,181	$3,939	$72,270,940	17
4	(new)	Ice Princess	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,807,471		2,501	$2,722	$6,807,471	3
5	(5)	Hitch	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$6,480,230	-26.25%	2,703	$2,397	$159,325,368	38
6	(4)	Hostage	Miramax	Action	$5,989,221	-41.37%	2,183	$2,744	$19,503,139	10
7	(3)	Be Cool	MGM/UA	Comedy	$5,871,979	-42.71%	2,660	$2,208	$47,275,015	17
8	(6)	Million Dollar Baby	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,021,437	-21.96%	2,210	$1,820	$89,943,692	96
9	(7)	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Lionsgate	Drama	$2,402,875	-50.72%	1,279	$1,879	$47,667,768	24
10	(8)	Constantine	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,325,359	-39.42%	1,670	$1,392	$70,382,151	31
11	(29)	The Upside of Anger	New Line	Drama	$1,853,260	+776.00%	153	$12,113	$2,129,265	10
12	(9)	Man of the House	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$970,405	-45.19%	1,056	$919	$18,141,443	24
13	(14)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$928,147	-30.03%	590	$1,573	$69,500,314	150
14	(12)	The Aviator	Miramax	Drama	$899,062	-33.85%	718	$1,252	$100,444,305	94
15	(15)	Bride & Prejudice	Miramax	Musical	$637,836	-22.85%	288	$2,215	$4,812,473	38
16	(11)	Because of Winn-Dixie	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$602,380	-57.95%	906	$665	$30,223,960	31
17	(23)	Downfall	Newmarket Films	Drama	$590,498	+79.19%	87	$6,787	$1,387,295	31
18	(10)	Cursed	Dimension	Horror	$467,198	-70.13%	812	$575	$18,725,765	24
19	(16)	Hotel Rwanda	MGM/UA	Drama	$451,080	-33.47%	362	$1,246	$22,485,525	89
20	(19)	Meet the Fockers	Universal	Comedy	$374,105	-13.15%	358	$1,045	$277,125,990	89
21	(17)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$355,984	-41.10%	348	$1,023	$51,099,764	129
22	(13)	The Jacket	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$351,142	-73.78%	502	$699	$5,910,750	17
23	(22)	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$330,194	-11.59%	127	$2,600	$2,002,934	103
24	(25)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$307,485	-4.21%	310	$992	$170,642,906	122
25	(75)	Kinsey	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$296,247	+2,042.53%	151	$1,962	$10,031,765	129
26	(18)	Are We There Yet?	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$258,688	-48.92%	336	$770	$80,093,707	59
27	(21)	The Wedding Date	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$233,645	-38.87%	264	$885	$31,386,520	45
28	(42)	Racing Stripes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$223,370	+154.22%	358	$624	$48,131,623	66
29	(20)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$222,950	-44.83%	287	$777	$261,044,492	136
30	(46)	Millions	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$202,175	+187.90%	19	$10,641	$298,959	10
31	(31)	The Merchant of Venice	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$186,508	+2.22%	107	$1,743	$3,025,806	82
32	(24)	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	Musical	$184,447	-42.77%	223	$827	$50,316,457	89
33	(40)	Coach Carter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$179,238	+66.44%	237	$756	$66,544,032	66
34	(37)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$142,328	+22.03%	23	$6,188	$3,602,797	52
35	(47)	Walk on Water	IDP Distribution	Drama	$142,020	+108.48%	29	$4,897	$322,049	24
36	(new)	Steamboy	Sony Pictures	Action	$136,148		39	$3,491	$136,148	3
37	(26)	Pooh's Heffalump Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$117,078	-60.95%	243	$482	$17,792,627	38
38	(32)	The Sea Inside	Fine Line	Drama	$108,343	-28.36%	92	$1,178	$1,651,791	94
39	(41)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$100,702	-0.84%	27	$3,730	$615,584	38
40	(33)	Ong-Bak	Magnolia Pictures	Action	$96,047	-33.82%	91	$1,055	$4,332,457	38
41	(39)	Gunner Palace	Palm Pictures	Documentary	$92,811	-17.47%	56	$1,657	$336,651	17
42	(53)	Off the Map	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$89,293	+75.55%	32	$2,790	$160,121	10
43	(30)	Boogeyman	Sony Pictures	Horror	$88,322	-57.22%	187	$472	$46,363,118	45
44	(34)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$85,870	-31.40%	149	$576	$118,352,845	94
45	(27)	Son of the Mask	New Line	Comedy	$84,482	-63.50%	168	$503	$16,632,292	31
46	(44)	Hide and Seek	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$76,089	-7.57%	138	$551	$50,634,087	52
47	(new)	Melinda and Melinda	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$74,238		1	$74,238	$74,238	3
48	(36)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$70,034	-42.88%	72	$973	$7,652,647	157
49	(43)	The Chorus	Miramax	Drama	$67,474	-19.41%	48	$1,406	$3,233,643	115
50	(45)	Dear Frankie	Miramax	Drama	$67,183	-9.19%	18	$3,732	$217,434	17
51	(54)	Schultze Gets the Blues	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$61,734	+21.60%	26	$2,374	$184,175	31
52	(51)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$58,941	+12.91%	9	$6,549	$57,162,622	1,067
53	(49)	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$53,055	-6.06%	75	$707	$10,928,042	108
54	(48)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$51,677	-22.11%	43	$1,202	$5,059,866	122
55	(35)	The Work and the Glory	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$48,172	-61.11%	77	$626	$3,104,415	117
56	(28)	The Passion of the Christ	Newmarket Films	Drama	$46,576	-79.19%	290	$161	$370,657,010	390
57	(60)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$41,056	+4.97%	11	$3,732	$8,135,173	892
58	(50)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$40,992	-22.49%	62	$661	$3,698,094	162
59	(62)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$34,569	+1.09%	18	$1,921	$14,787,467	738
60	(59)	Paperclips	Slowhand Cinema Releasing	Documentary	$31,654	-21.99%	25	$1,266	$279,159	117
61	(58)	Black	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$29,047	-30.66%	13	$2,234	$680,684	45
62	(63)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$28,486	-15.83%	6	$4,748	$9,254,857	885
63	(52)	Nobody Knows	IFC Films	Drama	$28,317	-44.66%	23	$1,231	$544,062	45
64	(65)	Inside Deep Throat	Universal	Documentary	$27,253	-2.89%	20	$1,363	$574,607	38
65	(81)	Don't Move	Northern Arts Entertainment	Drama	$25,347	+128.87%	4	$6,337	$41,368	10
66	(55)	Ocean's Twelve	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$24,991	-48.84%	73	$342	$125,531,634	101
67	(56)	Fat Albert	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$23,888	-50.06%	65	$368	$48,081,931	86
68	(85)	Dot the I	Innovation Film Group	Drama	$22,522	+135.07%	7	$3,217	$32,103	10
69	(57)	Bewafaa	Eros Entertainment	Drama	$22,345	-51.04%	38	$588	$445,528	24
70	(66)	In My Country	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$20,087	-10.26%	15	$1,339	$51,529	10
71	(80)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$19,326	+74.47%	17	$1,137	$2,299,519	171
72	(67)	Gegen die Wand (Head-On)	Strand Releasing	Drama	$18,575	-11.32%	7	$2,654	$287,339	59
73	(83)	The Best of Youth	Miramax	Drama	$17,756	+71.97%	1	$17,756	$54,736	19
74	(new)	Eating Out	Ariztical Entertainment	Comedy	$17,510		1	$17,510	$17,510	3
75	(68)	The Boys from County Clare	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$15,128	-27.46%	5	$3,026	$43,434	10
76	(70)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$15,000	-23.08%	5	$3,000	$10,518,665	1,480
77	(69)	Travellers and Magicians	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$14,919	-25.28%	9	$1,658	$290,468	73
78	(77)	Imaginary Heroes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$14,071	+11.64%	24	$586	$171,080	94
79	(78)	Up & Down	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$14,010	+24.41%	11	$1,274	$82,247	24
80	(76)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$13,954	+10.46%	3	$4,651	$48,357,422	2,341
81	(93)	Face	Indican Pictures	Drama	$11,488	+165.68%	3	$3,829	$51,762	157
82	(90)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$10,675	+85.14%	2	$5,338	$13,213,404	1,970
83	(72)	Mail Order Wife	Dada Films	Comedy	$8,962	-38.80%	2	$4,481	$27,843	10
84	(64)	Elektra	20th Century Fox	Action	$8,863	-68.76%	24	$369	$24,399,525	66
85	(84)	Intimate Stories	New Yorker	Drama	$8,502	-14.57%	2	$4,251	$38,955	24
86	(new)	Schizo	Picture This Entertainment	Drama	$7,834		1	$7,834	$7,834	3
87	(82)	Watermarks	Kino	Documentary	$7,677	-26.70%	7	$1,097	$108,399	59
88	(128)	Malevolence	Painted Zebra Releasing	Horror	$6,011	+1,212.45%	6	$1,002	$107,941	192
89	(110)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$5,804	+300.00%	6	$967	$421,203	136
90	(73)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$5,594	-59.85%	9	$622	$10,931,811	409
91	(95)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$5,015	+16.93%	1	$5,015	$162,257	150
92	(100)	Days of Being Wild	Kino	Drama	$4,959	+51.98%	3	$1,653	$132,618	122
93	(87)	Beautiful Boxer	Regent Releasing	Drama	$4,695	-30.74%	5	$939	$97,174	59
94	(86)	In the Realms of the Unreal	WellSpring	Documentary	$4,606	-41.26%	3	$1,535	$342,925	87
95	(89)	Lost Embrace	New Yorker	Comedy	$4,376	-26.12%	2	$2,188	$136,024	52
96	(new)	Milk and Honey	WellSpring	Drama	$4,315		1	$4,315	$4,315	3
97	(109)	Sky Blue	Maxmedia/Endgame	Action	$4,297	+188.78%	2	$2,149	$66,400	80
98	(107)	Fear and Trembling	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$4,135	+140.83%	3	$1,378	$68,305	122
99	(102)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$3,167	+8.46%	4	$792	$174,787	444
100	(99)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$3,000	-9.09%	2	$1,500	$4,777,466	1,802
101	(71)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,949	-80.61%	18	$164	$85,416,609	122
102	(new)	Sixteen Years of Alcohol	Tartan Films	Drama	$2,863		1	$2,863	$2,863	3
103	(new)	The Rider Named Death	Kino	Drama	$2,438		1	$2,438	$2,438	3
104	(79)	Masculine Feminine	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$2,181	-80.58%	1	$2,181	$128,734	14,063
105	(97)	Monsieur N.	Empire Pictures	Drama	$2,149	-44.40%	2	$1,075	$16,802	59
106	(re-entry)	A Talking Picture	Kino	Drama	$1,933		1	$1,933	$17,479	101
107	(105)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$1,858	-8.11%	1	$1,858	$16,670,388	710
108	(91)	Night of Henna	Illuminare	Comedy	$1,797	-66.91%	1	$1,797	$11,911	17
109	(96)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,792	-54.48%	1	$1,792	$6,720,429	452
110	(re-entry)	A Tale of Two Pizzas	Cockeyed Caravan	Comedy	$1,445		1	$1,445	$5,354	38
111	(101)	Turtles Can Fly	IFC Films	Drama	$1,386	-55.82%	5	$277	$73,427	31
112	(122)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$1,383	+81.97%	2	$692	$187,345	157
113	(118)	All Babes Want to Kill Me	High Cotton Films	Comedy	$1,224	+18.26%	1	$1,224	$9,662	33
114	(115)	Sons of Provo	Halestone	Comedy	$1,191	+10.48%	2	$596	$77,953	45
115	(94)	Naked Fame	Regent Releasing	Documentary	$1,190	-72.31%	1	$1,190	$13,349	31
116	(114)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$1,140	+3.07%	3	$380	$573,417	166
117	(104)	A Tale of Two Sisters	Tartan Films	Horror	$1,135	-47.60%	1	$1,135	$68,688	108
118	(129)	Almost Peaceful	Empire Pictures	Drama	$1,046	+223.84%	1	$1,046	$105,917	213
119	(112)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,005	-21.18%	1	$1,005	$7,051,655	2,215
120	(108)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$919	-44.00%	2	$460	$672,105	213
121	(re-entry)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$792		1	$792	$70,874	206
122	(124)	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Film Movement	Comedy	$659	-4.77%	1	$659	$172,151	136
123	(127)	Notre Musique	WellSpring	Drama	$639	+31.48%	2	$320	$128,358	117
124	(125)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$590	+14.34%	4	$148	$1,079,887	150
125	(111)	After Midnight	Avatar	Comedy	$510	-60.16%	1	$510	$29,965	108
126	(120)	Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land	Arab Film Distribution	Documentary	$392	-56.00%	1	$392	$4,930	52
127	(130)	The Nomi Song	Palm Pictures	Documentary	$205	-24.07%	1	$205	$67,383	45

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Chart certified: 4/15/2005