The Top Movies, Weekend of August 26, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Universal	Comedy	$16,275,895	-24.03%	2,868	$5,675	$48,567,975	10
2	(new)	The Brothers Grimm	MGM/UA	Adventure	$15,092,079		3,087	$4,889	$15,092,079	3
3	(2)	Red-Eye	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$10,289,104	-36.36%	3,091	$3,329	$32,564,999	10
4	(3)	Four Brothers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$7,864,194	-37.02%	2,649	$2,969	$55,370,515	17
5	(new)	The Cave	Sony Pictures	Horror	$6,147,294		2,195	$2,801	$6,147,294	3
6	(4)	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	Comedy	$6,051,445	-24.38%	2,737	$2,211	$187,519,203	45
7	(6)	March of the Penguins	Warner Independent Pictures	Documentary	$4,743,822	-26.88%	2,394	$1,982	$55,895,099	66
8	(5)	The Skeleton Key	Universal	Horror	$4,537,875	-41.26%	2,784	$1,630	$38,051,960	17
9	(8)	Valiant	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,505,126	-40.74%	2,016	$1,739	$11,703,962	10
10	(7)	The Dukes of Hazzard	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,118,036	-47.84%	2,891	$1,079	$74,464,145	24
11	(10)	Sky High	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,786,835	-30.93%	1,818	$1,533	$55,402,752	31
12	(9)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,695,447	-39.22%	2,005	$1,344	$197,578,822	45
13	(12)	Broken Flowers	Focus Features	Romantic Comedy	$1,692,199	-27.96%	433	$3,908	$8,583,632	24
14	(11)	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,408,046	-63.02%	1,673	$842	$20,395,714	17
15	(13)	Must Love Dogs	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,259,921	-43.78%	1,232	$1,023	$41,245,462	31
16	(14)	The Great Raid	Miramax	Action	$1,096,425	-39.78%	868	$1,263	$8,409,911	17
17	(16)	The War of the Worlds	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$758,139	-28.30%	579	$1,309	$231,806,280	61
18	(18)	The Aristocrats	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$694,492	+4.21%	226	$3,073	$3,767,694	31
19	(17)	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	Action	$690,921	-33.08%	667	$1,036	$151,777,039	52
20	(new)	Undiscovered	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$676,048		1,304	$518	$676,048	3
21	(27)	Madagascar	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$446,640	+77.39%	483	$925	$190,832,874	94
22	(19)	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$445,373	-29.57%	296	$1,505	$203,019,055	75
23	(15)	Supercross	20th Century Fox	Action	$377,737	-71.61%	1,621	$233	$2,834,500	12
24	(21)	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	20th Century Fox	Action	$373,070	-18.55%	355	$1,051	$183,979,256	80
25	(26)	Grizzly Man	Lionsgate	Documentary	$344,947	+16.57%	86	$4,011	$1,201,043	17
26	(new)	No Entry	Eros Entertainment	Comedy	$312,000		48	$6,500	$312,000	3
27	(34)	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Buena Vista	Comedy	$267,317	+100.22%	366	$730	$64,636,676	68
28	(37)	Junebug	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$256,550	+114.44%	55	$4,665	$755,579	26
29	(24)	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$248,124	-24.12%	268	$926	$379,392,611	102
30	(29)	The Longest Yard	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$179,319	-24.01%	218	$823	$157,589,830	94
31	(23)	Hustle & Flow	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$179,259	-50.18%	266	$674	$21,753,798	38
32	(20)	Stealth	Sony Pictures	Action	$176,597	-68.37%	272	$649	$31,576,790	31
33	(22)	The Island	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$161,811	-59.77%	255	$635	$35,624,407	38
34	(43)	Crash	Lionsgate	Drama	$139,246	+62.94%	199	$700	$53,116,469	115
35	(35)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$127,995	-2.04%	17	$7,529	$4,197,773	143
36	(33)	2046	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$122,958	-9.15%	31	$3,966	$631,989	24
37	(25)	The Bad News Bears	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$122,558	-60.22%	214	$573	$32,465,565	38
38	(36)	Mad Hot Ballroom	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$107,442	-10.88%	82	$1,310	$7,444,274	108
39	(40)	Ladies in Lavender	IDP Distribution	Drama	$95,226	-4.54%	96	$992	$6,269,477	122
40	(45)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$91,818	+28.72%	6	$15,303	$61,518,351	1,228
41	(new)	Dirty Deeds	Green Diamond	Comedy	$78,464		64	$1,226	$78,464	3
42	(new)	Matando Cabos	Televisa Cine	Action	$75,719		84	$901	$75,719	3
43	(41)	Me and You and Everyone We Know	IFC Films	Drama	$71,782	-26.18%	70	$1,025	$3,505,271	73
44	(32)	Cinderella Man	Universal	Drama	$64,445	-55.20%	129	$500	$61,473,615	87
45	(44)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$59,872	-18.09%	24	$2,495	$6,974,972	213
46	(50)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$59,360	+8.18%	10	$5,936	$9,372,987	1,053
47	(68)	Secuestro Express	Miramax	Action	$58,769	+324.23%	34	$1,729	$189,798	24
48	(38)	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D	Dimension	Adventure	$56,968	-51.06%	176	$324	$39,041,112	80
49	(49)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$53,700	-8.05%	12	$4,475	$10,175,981	1,046
50	(31)	The Rising	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$53,201	-71.35%	40	$1,330	$874,380	17
51	(39)	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Warner Bros.	Drama	$47,977	-58.14%	104	$461	$38,937,193	89
52	(42)	Asylum	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$45,073	-47.90%	35	$1,288	$223,267	17
53	(47)	Murderball	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$43,525	-33.11%	56	$777	$1,328,551	52
54	(56)	Pretty Persuasion	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$41,646	+56.25%	21	$1,983	$172,141	17
55	(new)	De Zaak Alzheimer	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$41,254		6	$6,876	$41,254	3
56	(60)	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Empire Pictures	Drama	$39,314	+88.62%	8	$4,914	$167,259	31
57	(48)	Monster-in-Law	New Line	Comedy	$39,017	-33.20%	72	$542	$82,887,973	108
58	(new)	The Baxter	IFC Films	Drama	$37,437		47	$797	$37,437	3
59	(52)	Saint Ralph	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$32,428	-4.26%	21	$1,544	$700,976	143
60	(46)	Rebound	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$28,928	-55.80%	72	$402	$16,755,153	59
61	(75)	Crimen Perfecto, El	Vitagraph Films	Black Comedy	$25,120	+161.99%	4	$6,280	$38,509	10
62	(51)	Saraband	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,422	-37.58%	14	$1,530	$521,952	52
63	(55)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$21,191	-33.25%	4	$5,298	$50,113,776	2,502
64	(89)	Cronicas	Palm Pictures	Drama	$20,808	+468.06%	10	$2,081	$245,245	52
65	(65)	Elevator to the Gallows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$20,692	+36.20%	3	$6,897	$141,533	16,151
66	(67)	The Beautiful Country	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$20,645	+48.38%	23	$898	$362,850	52
67	(54)	Happy Endings	Lionsgate	Drama	$20,619	-36.74%	27	$764	$1,284,423	45
68	(59)	The Beat My Heart Skipped	WellSpring	Drama	$17,809	-22.81%	14	$1,272	$873,136	59
69	(77)	Saving Face	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$16,673	+77.30%	13	$1,283	$1,142,980	94
70	(63)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$16,240	-8.77%	22	$738	$2,865,120	199
71	(66)	November	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$15,969	+5.46%	27	$591	$151,297	38
72	(62)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$15,907	-17.01%	7	$2,272	$16,361,691	899
73	(64)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$15,500	-5.80%	3	$5,167	$11,088,369	1,641
74	(53)	Dark Water	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$14,795	-54.96%	34	$435	$25,060,230	52
75	(81)	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$14,108	+129.62%	10	$1,411	$4,051,618	129
76	(61)	Howl's Moving Castle	Buena Vista	Adventure	$13,436	-30.69%	20	$672	$4,641,887	80
77	(79)	The Untold story of Emmett Till	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$12,920	+56.99%	1	$12,920	$33,900	10
78	(78)	After You	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$12,012	+35.77%	22	$546	$784,480	87
79	(69)	Heights	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$11,417	-17.31%	16	$714	$1,119,863	73
80	(70)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$11,010	-13.92%	2	$5,505	$16,988,755	871
81	(83)	Yes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$9,895	+65.03%	13	$761	$366,560	66
82	(73)	The Edukators	IFC Films	Drama	$9,893	+0.55%	14	$707	$137,168	38
83	(57)	Last Days (2005)	PictureHouse	Drama	$9,747	-63.26%	12	$812	$454,711	38
84	(87)	Tony Takitani	Strand Releasing	Drama	$8,135	+67.84%	4	$2,034	$62,291	66
85	(76)	Kings and Queens	WellSpring	Drama	$7,618	-19.72%	5	$1,524	$257,762	108
86	(new)	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Indican Pictures	Drama	$7,106		2	$3,553	$7,106	3
87	(72)	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Arrival Pictures	Drama	$6,892	-34.23%	2	$3,446	$120,995	73
88	(71)	Walk on Water	IDP Distribution	Drama	$6,634	-45.22%	13	$510	$2,703,358	185
89	(92)	Kingdom of Heaven	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,816	+102.23%	9	$646	$47,396,698	115
90	(new)	Formula 17	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$5,124		1	$5,124	$5,124	3
91	(84)	Darwin's Nightmare	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$4,786	-11.06%	2	$2,393	$44,104	26
92	(74)	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Tartan Films	Drama	$4,747	-51.69%	5	$949	$21,819	10
93	(98)	The Two of Us	Rialto Pictures	Comedy	$4,688	+160.44%	1	$4,688	$37,782	13,706
94	(88)	The Tunnel	Avatar	Drama	$4,603	-2.50%	1	$4,603	$34,899	124
95	(82)	The World	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$4,429	-27.17%	3	$1,476	$49,430	59
96	(new)	Eternal	Regent Releasing	Drama	$4,129		1	$4,129	$4,129	3
97	(116)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$4,074	+1,123.42%	4	$1,019	$2,480,026	332
98	(re-entry)	Intimate Stories	New Yorker	Drama	$4,064		3	$1,355	$99,788	185
99	(new)	Wall	Lifesize Entertainment	Documentary	$4,015		2	$2,008	$4,015	3
100	(85)	The Goebbels Experiment	First Run	Documentary	$3,747	-27.16%	1	$3,747	$23,972	17
101	(re-entry)	Caterina in the Big City	Empire Pictures	Drama	$3,598		3	$1,199	$250,851	87
102	(80)	Robots	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,363	-55.89%	11	$306	$128,195,908	171
103	(109)	Chaos	Dinsdale Releasing	Horror	$2,960	+208.65%	2	$1,480	$10,289	24
104	(113)	God's Sandbox	Indican Pictures	Drama	$2,678	+233.50%	1	$2,678	$15,232	31
105	(119)	Lila Says	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$2,649	+2,183.62%	1	$2,649	$112,663	66
106	(104)	Millions	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,640	+106.25%	6	$440	$6,583,149	171
107	(90)	A Tout de Suite	Cinema Guild	Drama	$2,362	-24.73%	1	$2,362	$232,445	122
108	(106)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$2,011	+85.17%	1	$2,011	$347,834	311
109	(re-entry)	A Wake in Providence	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$1,892		1	$1,892	$152,448	136
110	(93)	...And They Lived Happily Ever After	Kino	Drama	$1,551	-37.64%	4	$388	$230,744	143
111	(114)	A State of Mind	Kino	Documentary	$1,479	+101.50%	1	$1,479	$14,853	17
112	(97)	5×2	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$1,306	-28.32%	2	$653	$127,692	80
113	(102)	Kontroll	ThinkFilm	Thriller/Suspense	$1,118	-23.48%	2	$559	$235,364	150
114	(94)	The Reception	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$1,040	-51.70%	1	$1,040	$16,621	45
115	(re-entry)	Funny Ha Ha	Goodbye Cruel Releasing	Comedy	$1,012		2	$506	$73,215	122
116	(107)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$975	-7.14%	2	$488	$4,920,991	1,963
117	(110)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$940	+1.62%	1	$940	$7,109,170	2,376
118	(re-entry)	Edvard Munch	Shadow	Drama	$756		1	$756	$28,814	73
119	(91)	Reel Paradise	WellSpring	Documentary	$743	-76.03%	1	$743	$5,641	10
120	(re-entry)	Pure	Indican Pictures	Drama	$704		1	$704	$54,307	80
121	(101)	Face	Indican Pictures	Drama	$504	-66.31%	1	$504	$100,582	318
122	(96)	Torremolinos 73	First Run	Comedy	$490	-74.55%	1	$490	$86,509	136
123	(103)	Drivers Wanted	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$463	-67.21%	1	$463	$12,991	66
124	(105)	The Ninth Day	Kino	Drama	$421	-65.21%	1	$421	$58,387	94
125	(115)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$355	-26.04%	1	$355	$6,750,406	613
126	(120)	Come Away Home	IFG	Drama	$198	+106.25%	1	$198	$72,240	122
127	(117)	Oldboy	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$195	-28.31%	1	$195	$702,749	157
128	(111)	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Shadow	Documentary	$150	-83.77%	1	$150	$42,356	47

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Chart certified: 9/7/2005