The Top Movies, Weekend of September 16, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Just Like Heaven	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$16,408,718		3,508	$4,678	$16,408,718	3
2	(1)	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$14,851,719	-50.58%	2,983	$4,979	$51,561,110	10
3	(new)	Lord of War	Lionsgate	Action	$9,390,144		2,814	$3,337	$9,390,144	3
4	(2)	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Universal	Comedy	$5,967,005	-22.68%	3,006	$1,985	$90,726,553	31
5	(new)	Cry Wolf	Rogue Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,428,209		1,789	$2,475	$4,428,209	3
6	(3)	The Transporter 2	20th Century Fox	Action	$4,012,866	-45.69%	2,805	$1,431	$36,495,152	17
7	(4)	The Constant Gardener	Focus Features	Drama	$3,618,254	-23.45%	1,387	$2,609	$24,289,337	19
8	(5)	Red-Eye	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$2,859,529	-36.04%	2,455	$1,165	$55,185,874	31
9	(8)	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	Comedy	$2,527,642	-22.28%	1,807	$1,399	$203,620,728	66
10	(10)	March of the Penguins	Warner Independent Pictures	Documentary	$2,518,327	-4.61%	1,876	$1,342	$70,393,482	87
11	(16)	An Unfinished Life	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,052,066	+103.52%	753	$2,725	$3,370,348	10
12	(6)	The Man	New Line	Comedy	$2,009,547	-50.56%	2,040	$985	$7,149,964	10
13	(7)	The Brothers Grimm	MGM/UA	Adventure	$1,970,306	-41.07%	2,002	$984	$36,225,567	24
14	(9)	Four Brothers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,877,892	-36.26%	1,509	$1,244	$71,065,317	38
15	(14)	Sky High	Buena Vista	Adventure	$805,146	-28.87%	795	$1,013	$61,706,274	52
16	(17)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$737,101	-25.72%	651	$1,132	$203,563,984	66
17	(15)	Valiant	Buena Vista	Adventure	$723,140	-35.64%	949	$762	$18,399,969	31
18	(11)	The Skeleton Key	Universal	Horror	$627,195	-58.47%	896	$700	$46,853,185	38
19	(19)	Broken Flowers	Focus Features	Romantic Comedy	$541,302	-28.14%	372	$1,455	$12,379,258	45
20	(new)	Venom	Dimension	Horror	$519,489		489	$1,062	$519,489	3
21	(13)	Underclassman	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$509,417	-59.03%	601	$848	$5,373,347	17
22	(12)	The Cave	Sony Pictures	Horror	$453,565	-66.54%	750	$605	$14,528,772	24
23	(new)	The Corpse Bride	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$385,078		5	$77,016	$385,078	3
24	(18)	The Dukes of Hazzard	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$345,366	-56.46%	652	$530	$79,101,892	45
25	(21)	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$343,694	-21.97%	444	$774	$204,646,787	96
26	(24)	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	Action	$275,411	-13.36%	328	$840	$153,490,490	73
27	(20)	Salaam Namaste	Yash Raj Films	Comedy	$273,931	-45.75%	63	$4,348	$911,021	10
28	(26)	Madagascar	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$273,073	-7.66%	324	$843	$192,342,140	115
29	(30)	Junebug	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$263,859	+21.96%	143	$1,845	$1,752,234	47
30	(23)	The Aristocrats	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$249,686	-29.07%	177	$1,411	$5,635,233	52
31	(new)	G	Aloha Releasing	Drama	$248,337		42	$5,913	$248,337	3
32	(new)	The Thing About My Folks	PictureHouse	Comedy	$235,341		93	$2,531	$235,341	3
33	(25)	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	20th Century Fox	Action	$205,325	-33.47%	268	$766	$185,346,461	101
34	(22)	Must Love Dogs	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$204,428	-51.15%	349	$586	$43,502,974	52
35	(new)	Proof	Miramax	Drama	$193,840		8	$24,230	$193,840	3
36	(29)	Grizzly Man	Lionsgate	Documentary	$176,614	-19.47%	97	$1,821	$2,315,268	38
37	(32)	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Buena Vista	Comedy	$159,425	-20.86%	245	$651	$65,689,454	89
38	(28)	The War of the Worlds	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$149,127	-34.22%	157	$950	$233,122,751	82
39	(39)	The Longest Yard	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$95,170	+31.86%	88	$1,081	$158,018,439	115
40	(35)	2046	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$89,677	-23.68%	51	$1,758	$1,147,129	45
41	(34)	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$88,357	-25.62%	166	$532	$380,101,660	123
42	(new)	Thumbsucker	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$85,327		9	$9,481	$85,327	3
43	(31)	The Great Raid	Miramax	Action	$81,851	-61.73%	241	$340	$10,074,830	38
44	(33)	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$80,248	-59.03%	108	$743	$22,017,434	38
45	(new)	Everything is Illuminated	Warner Bros.	Drama	$66,806		6	$11,134	$66,806	3
46	(36)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$65,750	-24.91%	17	$3,868	$4,666,943	164
47	(37)	Mad Hot Ballroom	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$58,095	-29.04%	87	$668	$7,899,271	129
48	(38)	Hustle & Flow	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$49,484	-37.54%	110	$450	$22,125,461	59
49	(51)	No Entry	Eros Entertainment	Comedy	$49,114	+34.76%	49	$1,002	$678,000	24
50	(47)	Green Street Hooligans	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$47,940	-1.68%	14	$3,424	$122,300	10
51	(43)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$47,120	-25.02%	12	$3,927	$10,342,311	1,067
52	(41)	Mobsters and Mormons	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$45,619	-32.86%	32	$1,426	$145,613	10
53	(42)	Dark Water	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$45,609	-29.96%	97	$470	$25,347,143	73
54	(new)	Hellbent	Regent Releasing	Horror	$45,047		10	$4,505	$45,047	3
55	(54)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$44,090	+30.56%	7	$6,299	$61,774,253	1,249
56	(52)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$43,503	+21.98%	24	$1,813	$7,196,784	234
57	(44)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$41,890	-24.70%	9	$4,654	$9,533,757	1,074
58	(49)	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Empire Pictures	Drama	$41,387	-6.31%	22	$1,881	$366,937	52
59	(53)	De Zaak Alzheimer	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$41,322	+15.97%	27	$1,530	$201,134	24
60	(46)	Ladies in Lavender	IDP Distribution	Drama	$38,813	-22.89%	65	$597	$6,576,023	143
61	(40)	The Bad News Bears	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$38,096	-46.25%	104	$366	$32,844,355	59
62	(new)	Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets	Eros Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$38,000		20	$1,900	$38,000	3
63	(69)	The Baxter	IFC Films	Drama	$28,562	+133.22%	25	$1,142	$143,225	24
64	(50)	Me and You and Everyone We Know	IFC Films	Drama	$27,745	-30.79%	47	$590	$3,762,379	94
65	(56)	Murderball	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$25,256	-9.52%	47	$537	$1,473,964	73
66	(new)	Separate Lies	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$22,341		2	$11,171	$22,341	3
67	(61)	The Beat My Heart Skipped	WellSpring	Drama	$18,548	-1.76%	17	$1,091	$950,015	80
68	(60)	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D	Dimension	Adventure	$18,073	-7.41%	38	$476	$39,144,467	101
69	(55)	Cote d'Azur	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$17,413	-48.05%	10	$1,741	$66,074	10
70	(27)	A Sound of Thunder	Warner Bros.	Action	$17,343	-93.90%	62	$280	$1,854,284	17
71	(new)	Garcon Stupide	Picture This Entertainment	Comedy	$17,195		3	$5,732	$17,195	3
72	(65)	Asylum	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$17,103	+19.09%	33	$518	$347,802	38
73	(66)	Elevator to the Gallows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$16,657	+17.78%	3	$5,552	$199,683	16,172
74	(64)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$14,250	-7.74%	3	$4,750	$11,206,314	1,662
75	(73)	Saraband	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$13,567	+48.34%	10	$1,357	$599,346	73
76	(75)	The Beautiful Country	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$12,177	+36.13%	22	$554	$422,334	73
77	(57)	Supercross	20th Century Fox	Action	$12,173	-49.32%	48	$254	$3,094,063	33
78	(72)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$11,078	+14.63%	17	$652	$2,925,274	220
79	(77)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$10,895	+26.85%	6	$1,816	$16,417,420	920
80	(82)	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Arrival Pictures	Drama	$10,122	+27.75%	5	$2,024	$150,737	94
81	(59)	Secuestro Express	Miramax	Action	$10,048	-51.61%	8	$1,256	$302,256	45
82	(new)	The Future of Food	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$8,721		1	$8,721	$12,371	5
83	(70)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$8,502	-27.92%	1	$8,502	$17,039,427	892
84	(58)	Cinderella Man	Universal	Drama	$8,060	-64.05%	31	$260	$61,597,795	108
85	(78)	Touch the Sound	Shadow	Documentary	$7,460	-11.56%	5	$1,492	$23,741	12
86	(76)	Heights	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$7,336	-17.96%	11	$667	$1,150,703	94
87	(71)	Saint Ralph	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$7,275	-29.09%	12	$606	$760,962	164
88	(88)	Keane	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$7,129	+15.90%	2	$3,565	$16,209	10
89	(68)	Campfire	Film Movement	Drama	$6,493	-48.46%	5	$1,299	$22,941	10
90	(new)	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	New Yorker	Drama	$6,015		1	$6,015	$6,015	3
91	(84)	Tony Takitani	Strand Releasing	Drama	$5,777	-15.55%	5	$1,155	$99,817	87
92	(91)	Margaret Cho: Assassin	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$5,739	-1.34%	4	$1,435	$35,506	17
93	(79)	Caterina in the Big City	Empire Pictures	Drama	$5,660	-31.57%	5	$1,132	$273,827	108
94	(103)	Kamikaze Girls	Viz Media	Action	$5,619	+101.04%	2	$2,810	$8,414	10
95	(74)	Cronicas	Palm Pictures	Drama	$5,555	-37.95%	13	$427	$286,078	73
96	(80)	Rebound	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,403	-34.34%	12	$450	$16,808,336	80
97	(92)	After You	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$5,325	-7.02%	12	$444	$817,671	108
98	(63)	Pretty Persuasion	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$5,264	-68.09%	6	$877	$267,895	38
99	(81)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$5,155	-35.22%	2	$2,578	$50,190,163	2,523
100	(86)	Saving Face	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$4,981	-23.87%	5	$996	$1,181,041	115
101	(93)	Music from the Inside Out	Emerging Pictures	Documentary	$4,865	-12.83%	1	$4,865	$111,078	150
102	(67)	Howl's Moving Castle	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,642	-65.65%	11	$422	$4,698,161	101
103	(94)	November	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,595	-11.34%	14	$328	$181,073	59
104	(118)	The World	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$4,471	+338.76%	3	$1,490	$58,193	80
105	(99)	Yes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,193	-7.85%	8	$524	$392,742	87
106	(128)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$3,864	+563.92%	2	$1,932	$358,564	332
107	(101)	The Edukators	IFC Films	Drama	$3,850	-11.98%	12	$321	$162,790	59
108	(83)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$3,153	-54.16%	2	$1,577	$2,499,090	353
109	(85)	William Eggleston in the Real World	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$2,990	-54.80%	1	$2,990	$33,785	17
110	(new)	One Bright Shining Moment	First Run	Documentary	$2,876		1	$2,876	$2,876	3
111	(106)	Kings and Queens	WellSpring	Drama	$2,497	+2.93%	2	$1,249	$272,015	129
112	(90)	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Indican Pictures	Drama	$2,462	-58.05%	1	$2,462	$24,184	24
113	(127)	Tropical Malady	Strand Releasing		$2,027	+222.26%	3	$676	$42,198	87
114	(124)	The Tunnel	Avatar	Drama	$1,838	+116.75%	1	$1,838	$43,182	145
115	(125)	Lila Says	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$1,780	+141.85%	2	$890	$118,239	87
116	(109)	Darwin's Nightmare	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$1,654	-17.30%	2	$827	$55,723	47
117	(95)	...And They Lived Happily Ever After	Kino	Drama	$1,650	-68.09%	4	$413	$244,833	164
118	(re-entry)	A Wake in Providence	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$1,498		1	$1,498	$157,107	157
119	(116)	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$1,451	+16.45%	5	$290	$4,064,421	150
120	(110)	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Shadow	Documentary	$1,350	-31.71%	2	$675	$48,333	68
121	(126)	God's Sandbox	Indican Pictures	Drama	$1,010	+42.45%	1	$1,010	$21,143	52
122	(97)	Eternal	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,008	-78.64%	1	$1,008	$28,089	24
123	(120)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$900	+0.11%	1	$900	$7,117,355	2,397
124	(119)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$900	-7.69%	2	$450	$4,933,641	1,984
125	(111)	Pure	Indican Pictures	Drama	$892	-46.00%	1	$892	$58,446	101
126	(98)	A State of Mind	Kino	Documentary	$789	-82.82%	1	$789	$33,956	38
127	(re-entry)	Reel Paradise	WellSpring	Documentary	$634		1	$634	$15,557	31
128	(107)	Drivers Wanted	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$605	-74.81%	1	$605	$19,875	87
129	(re-entry)	Watermarks	Kino	Documentary	$536		1	$536	$245,845	241
130	(re-entry)	Torremolinos 73	First Run	Comedy	$410		1	$410	$86,919	157
131	(re-entry)	Or (My Treasure)	Kino	Drama	$331		1	$331	$28,894	108
132	(re-entry)	Slutty Summer	Embrem Entertainment	Drama	$312		1	$312	$14,648	101
133	(134)	Intimate Stories	New Yorker	Drama	$233	+14.78%	1	$233	$102,714	206
134	(102)	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Tartan Films	Drama	$189	-94.92%	2	$95	$36,987	31
135	(136)	Oldboy	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$125	+177.78%	1	$125	$703,196	178
136	(117)	The Great Water	Picture This Entertainment	Drama	$124	-89.11%	1	$124	$16,532	94

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Chart certified: 9/28/2005