The Top Movies, Weekend of September 2, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Transporter 2	20th Century Fox	Action	$16,540,720		3,303	$5,008	$16,540,720	3
2	(1)	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Universal	Comedy	$13,301,085	-18.28%	2,901	$4,585	$68,651,840	17
3	(new)	The Constant Gardener	Focus Features	Drama	$8,673,803		1,346	$6,444	$10,395,799	5
4	(3)	Red-Eye	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$7,612,892	-26.01%	3,134	$2,429	$43,692,089	17
5	(2)	The Brothers Grimm	MGM/UA	Adventure	$7,195,019	-52.33%	3,098	$2,322	$26,894,919	10
6	(4)	Four Brothers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$5,024,111	-36.11%	2,435	$2,063	$63,010,778	24
7	(6)	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	Comedy	$4,752,482	-21.47%	2,416	$1,967	$194,729,075	52
8	(7)	March of the Penguins	Warner Independent Pictures	Documentary	$4,059,429	-14.43%	2,506	$1,620	$62,064,296	73
9	(8)	The Skeleton Key	Universal	Horror	$3,306,850	-27.13%	2,414	$1,370	$43,042,955	24
10	(5)	The Cave	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,948,695	-52.03%	2,195	$1,343	$10,962,904	10
11	(new)	Underclassman	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$2,525,364		1,132	$2,231	$2,525,364	3
12	(9)	Valiant	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,113,282	-39.71%	2,003	$1,055	$15,210,152	17
13	(11)	Sky High	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,000,779	-28.21%	1,614	$1,240	$58,612,515	38
14	(12)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,755,422	-34.87%	1,457	$1,205	$200,713,172	52
15	(10)	The Dukes of Hazzard	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,619,163	-48.07%	2,011	$805	$77,130,224	31
16	(13)	Broken Flowers	Focus Features	Romantic Comedy	$1,086,408	-35.80%	426	$2,550	$10,260,388	31
17	(new)	A Sound of Thunder	Warner Bros.	Action	$917,398		816	$1,124	$917,398	3
18	(15)	Must Love Dogs	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$698,764	-44.54%	788	$887	$42,418,563	38
19	(19)	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	Action	$583,555	-15.54%	480	$1,216	$152,600,556	59
20	(16)	The Great Raid	Miramax	Action	$561,151	-48.82%	841	$667	$9,359,465	24
21	(14)	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$516,125	-63.34%	606	$852	$21,450,749	24
22	(18)	The Aristocrats	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$510,000	-26.57%	234	$2,179	$4,590,000	38
23	(21)	Madagascar	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$451,060	+0.99%	453	$996	$191,465,386	101
24	(17)	The War of the Worlds	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$447,055	-41.03%	408	$1,096	$232,500,642	68
25	(24)	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	20th Century Fox	Action	$401,558	+7.64%	351	$1,144	$184,550,477	87
26	(22)	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$348,212	-21.82%	237	$1,469	$203,550,460	82
27	(27)	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Buena Vista	Comedy	$331,805	+24.12%	394	$842	$65,113,695	75
28	(25)	Grizzly Man	Lionsgate	Documentary	$289,988	-15.93%	105	$2,762	$1,642,923	24
29	(29)	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$244,917	-1.29%	281	$872	$379,743,566	109
30	(28)	Junebug	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$231,739	-9.67%	91	$2,547	$1,069,097	33
31	(37)	The Bad News Bears	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$146,801	+19.78%	269	$546	$32,649,179	45
32	(38)	Mad Hot Ballroom	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$141,973	+32.14%	156	$910	$7,642,380	115
33	(26)	No Entry	Eros Entertainment	Comedy	$140,000	-55.13%	156	$897	$520,000	10
34	(36)	2046	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$131,234	+6.73%	46	$2,853	$813,442	31
35	(30)	The Longest Yard	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$128,703	-28.23%	187	$688	$157,772,031	101
36	(31)	Hustle & Flow	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$97,063	-45.85%	122	$796	$21,916,181	45
37	(34)	Crash	Lionsgate	Drama	$95,229	-31.61%	137	$695	$53,278,804	122
38	(74)	Dark Water	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$94,349	+537.71%	172	$549	$25,162,132	59
39	(23)	Supercross	20th Century Fox	Action	$92,253	-75.58%	126	$732	$3,033,674	19
40	(20)	Undiscovered	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$91,748	-86.43%	754	$122	$1,027,388	10
41	(33)	The Island	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$68,359	-57.75%	151	$453	$35,778,381	45
42	(32)	Stealth	Sony Pictures	Action	$66,152	-62.54%	123	$538	$31,685,720	38
43	(39)	Ladies in Lavender	IDP Distribution	Drama	$62,360	-34.51%	92	$678	$6,389,976	129
44	(43)	Me and You and Everyone We Know	IFC Films	Drama	$61,913	-13.75%	61	$1,015	$3,605,636	80
45	(45)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$54,264	-9.37%	25	$2,171	$7,070,639	220
46	(46)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$53,100	-10.55%	10	$5,310	$9,426,087	1,060
47	(40)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$49,511	-46.08%	6	$8,252	$63,344,675	1,235
48	(49)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$47,620	-11.32%	12	$3,968	$16,925,041	1,053
49	(50)	The Rising	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$45,774	-13.96%	25	$1,831	$939,363	24
50	(56)	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Empire Pictures	Drama	$45,630	+16.07%	11	$4,148	$230,564	38
51	(41)	Dirty Deeds	Green Diamond	Comedy	$41,606	-46.97%	27	$1,541	$142,237	10
52	(52)	Asylum	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$41,369	-8.22%	55	$752	$282,887	24
53	(61)	Crimen Perfecto, El	Vitagraph Films	Black Comedy	$41,013	+63.27%	14	$2,930	$89,019	17
54	(44)	Cinderella Man	Universal	Drama	$40,880	-36.57%	73	$560	$61,541,000	94
55	(53)	Murderball	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$33,257	-23.59%	49	$679	$1,382,401	59
56	(55)	De Zaak Alzheimer	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$31,704	-23.15%	13	$2,439	$87,045	10
57	(47)	Secuestro Express	Miramax	Action	$30,728	-47.71%	26	$1,182	$243,180	31
58	(48)	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D	Dimension	Adventure	$29,861	-47.58%	97	$308	$39,087,822	87
59	(54)	Pretty Persuasion	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$29,104	-30.12%	24	$1,213	$219,877	24
60	(60)	Rebound	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$26,110	-9.74%	35	$746	$16,788,380	66
61	(42)	Matando Cabos	Televisa Cine	Action	$26,000	-65.66%	42	$619	$120,000	10
62	(57)	Monster-in-Law	New Line	Comedy	$22,347	-42.72%	40	$559	$82,926,707	115
63	(58)	The Baxter	IFC Films	Drama	$22,132	-40.88%	18	$1,230	$83,590	10
64	(51)	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Warner Bros.	Drama	$20,760	-56.73%	49	$424	$38,979,796	96
65	(re-entry)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$20,753		17	$1,221	$21,405,678	542
66	(59)	Saint Ralph	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$18,715	-42.29%	20	$936	$729,776	150
67	(68)	The Beat My Heart Skipped	WellSpring	Drama	$15,573	-12.56%	18	$865	$895,513	66
68	(70)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$15,137	-6.79%	20	$757	$2,886,035	206
69	(new)	Margaret Cho: Assassin	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$15,001		8	$1,875	$15,001	3
70	(76)	Howl's Moving Castle	Buena Vista	Adventure	$13,879	+3.30%	25	$555	$4,665,620	87
71	(80)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$13,319	+20.97%	2	$6,660	$17,009,101	878
72	(63)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$12,903	-39.11%	2	$6,452	$51,964,829	2,509
73	(62)	Saraband	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$11,265	-47.41%	7	$1,609	$546,003	59
74	(66)	The Beautiful Country	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$11,032	-46.56%	21	$525	$386,274	59
75	(84)	Tony Takitani	Strand Releasing	Drama	$10,325	+26.92%	5	$2,065	$76,970	73
76	(64)	Cronicas	Palm Pictures	Drama	$9,930	-52.28%	10	$993	$262,461	59
77	(69)	Saving Face	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$9,387	-43.70%	8	$1,173	$1,158,160	101
78	(67)	Happy Endings	Lionsgate	Drama	$7,750	-62.41%	25	$310	$1,300,636	52
79	(78)	After You	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$7,520	-37.40%	11	$684	$798,543	94
80	(new)	William Eggleston in the Real World	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$6,820		1	$6,820	$12,705	3
81	(96)	Eternal	Regent Releasing	Drama	$6,774	+64.06%	9	$753	$12,670	10
82	(82)	The Edukators	IFC Films	Drama	$6,368	-35.63%	13	$490	$147,677	45
83	(71)	November	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,292	-60.60%	16	$393	$164,346	45
84	(85)	Kings and Queens	WellSpring	Drama	$5,917	-22.33%	3	$1,972	$265,947	115
85	(111)	A State of Mind	Kino	Documentary	$5,900	+298.92%	2	$2,950	$21,900	24
86	(119)	Reel Paradise	WellSpring	Documentary	$5,453	+633.92%	5	$1,091	$11,394	17
87	(77)	The Untold story of Emmett Till	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$4,985	-61.42%	1	$4,985	$48,760	17
88	(new)	3 Dancing Slaves	TLA	Drama	$4,668		1	$4,668	$4,668	3
89	(79)	Heights	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,623	-59.51%	8	$578	$1,129,286	80
90	(65)	Elevator to the Gallows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$4,398	-78.75%	3	$1,466	$162,140	16,158
91	(87)	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Arrival Pictures	Drama	$4,301	-37.59%	2	$2,151	$127,743	80
92	(93)	The Two of Us	Rialto Pictures	Comedy	$3,732	-20.39%	2	$1,866	$43,587	13,713
93	(81)	Yes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,728	-62.32%	8	$466	$377,950	73
94	(88)	Walk on Water	IDP Distribution	Drama	$3,721	-43.91%	7	$532	$2,711,631	192
95	(101)	Caterina in the Big City	Empire Pictures	Drama	$3,412	-5.17%	5	$682	$255,140	94
96	(86)	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Indican Pictures	Drama	$2,896	-59.25%	1	$2,896	$12,807	10
97	(92)	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Tartan Films	Drama	$2,778	-41.48%	3	$926	$27,792	17
98	(100)	The Goebbels Experiment	First Run	Documentary	$2,626	-29.92%	1	$2,626	$27,768	24
99	(124)	The Ninth Day	Kino	Drama	$2,600	+517.58%	3	$867	$60,900	101
100	(91)	Darwin's Nightmare	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$2,573	-46.24%	1	$2,573	$49,113	33
101	(94)	The Tunnel	Avatar	Drama	$2,560	-44.38%	2	$1,280	$38,504	131
102	(re-entry)	Games of Love and Chance	New Yorker	Drama	$2,529		1	$2,529	$3,338	10
103	(75)	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$2,300	-83.70%	4	$575	$4,058,400	136
104	(110)	...And They Lived Happily Ever After	Kino	Drama	$2,100	+35.40%	3	$700	$232,900	150
105	(115)	Funny Ha Ha	Goodbye Cruel Releasing	Comedy	$1,836	+81.42%	2	$918	$74,695	129
106	(90)	Formula 17	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$1,781	-65.24%	1	$1,781	$9,544	10
107	(re-entry)	Tropical Malady	Strand Releasing		$1,756		1	$1,756	$38,482	73
108	(104)	God's Sandbox	Indican Pictures	Drama	$1,687	-37.01%	1	$1,687	$17,921	38
109	(re-entry)	Sequins	New Yorker	Comedy	$1,640		1	$1,640	$19,472	101
110	(109)	A Wake in Providence	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$1,309	-30.81%	1	$1,309	$154,464	143
111	(108)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$1,189	-40.88%	1	$1,189	$351,998	318
112	(123)	Drivers Wanted	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$1,112	+140.17%	1	$1,112	$14,479	73
113	(102)	Robots	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,078	-67.95%	5	$216	$128,199,145	178
114	(re-entry)	Schizo	Picture This Entertainment	Drama	$882		1	$882	$53,515	171
115	(121)	Face	Indican Pictures	Drama	$875	+73.61%	1	$875	$101,865	325
116	(107)	A Tout de Suite	Cinema Guild	Drama	$868	-63.25%	1	$868	$234,391	129
117	(97)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$752	-81.54%	1	$752	$2,484,238	339
118	(105)	Lila Says	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$665	-74.90%	2	$333	$114,451	73
119	(re-entry)	Gegen die Wand (Head-On)	Strand Releasing	Drama	$446		1	$446	$434,984	227
120	(re-entry)	Masculine Feminine	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$371		1	$371	$199,948	14,231
121	(128)	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Shadow	Documentary	$362	+141.33%	1	$362	$42,903	54
122	(114)	The Reception	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$356	-65.77%	1	$356	$17,336	52
123	(125)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$323	-9.01%	1	$323	$6,751,361	620
124	(re-entry)	Palindromes	WellSpring	Drama	$250		1	$250	$552,232	145
125	(126)	Come Away Home	IFG	Drama	$132	-33.33%	1	$132	$72,702	129
126	(127)	Oldboy	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$130	-33.33%	1	$130	$702,879	164

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Chart certified: 9/16/2005