The Top Movies, Weekend of September 23, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Flightplan	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$24,629,938		3,424	$7,193	$24,629,938	3
2	(23)	The Corpse Bride	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$19,145,480	+4,871.84%	3,204	$5,975	$19,656,451	10
3	(1)	Just Like Heaven	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$9,621,591	-41.36%	3,509	$2,742	$29,818,607	10
4	(new)	Roll Bounce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$7,570,366		1,625	$4,659	$7,570,366	3
5	(2)	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,448,102	-49.85%	3,045	$2,446	$62,256,212	17
6	(3)	Lord of War	Lionsgate	Action	$5,034,906	-46.38%	2,814	$1,789	$17,382,050	10
7	(4)	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Universal	Comedy	$4,310,270	-27.76%	2,581	$1,670	$96,944,308	38
8	(7)	The Constant Gardener	Focus Features	Drama	$2,324,326	-35.76%	1,282	$1,813	$27,662,007	26
9	(6)	The Transporter 2	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,227,033	-44.50%	1,726	$1,290	$39,902,491	24
10	(5)	Cry Wolf	Rogue Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,189,343	-50.56%	1,787	$1,225	$7,454,801	10
11	(10)	March of the Penguins	Warner Independent Pictures	Documentary	$1,747,832	-30.60%	1,405	$1,244	$72,846,145	94
12	(11)	An Unfinished Life	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,680,867	-18.09%	888	$1,893	$5,693,881	17
13	(9)	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	Comedy	$1,266,247	-49.90%	1,225	$1,034	$205,540,048	73
14	(8)	Red-Eye	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$1,117,525	-60.92%	1,575	$710	$56,999,383	38
15	(14)	Four Brothers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$882,659	-53.00%	814	$1,084	$72,526,233	45
16	(35)	Proof	Miramax	Drama	$835,210	+330.88%	84	$9,943	$1,093,229	10
17	(13)	The Brothers Grimm	MGM/UA	Adventure	$637,445	-67.65%	996	$640	$37,357,723	31
18	(new)	A History of Violence	New Line	Drama	$515,992		14	$36,857	$515,992	3
19	(new)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$503,253		80	$6,291	$503,253	3
20	(15)	Sky High	Buena Vista	Adventure	$431,016	-46.47%	526	$819	$62,279,496	59
21	(12)	The Man	New Line	Comedy	$381,622	-81.01%	870	$439	$8,063,150	17
22	(16)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$380,023	-48.44%	411	$925	$204,100,877	73
23	(19)	Broken Flowers	Focus Features	Romantic Comedy	$326,441	-39.69%	292	$1,118	$12,894,729	52
24	(17)	Valiant	Buena Vista	Adventure	$322,782	-55.36%	541	$597	$18,855,124	38
25	(24)	The Dukes of Hazzard	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$268,377	-22.29%	271	$990	$79,461,253	52
26	(28)	Madagascar	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$241,883	-11.42%	323	$749	$192,664,956	122
27	(26)	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	Action	$238,809	-13.29%	314	$761	$153,793,757	80
28	(32)	The Thing About My Folks	PictureHouse	Comedy	$233,053	-0.97%	145	$1,607	$530,420	10
29	(18)	The Skeleton Key	Universal	Horror	$217,350	-65.35%	345	$630	$47,232,250	45
30	(29)	Junebug	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$209,492	-20.60%	136	$1,540	$2,046,061	54
31	(25)	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$171,417	-50.13%	320	$536	$204,910,076	103
32	(33)	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	20th Century Fox	Action	$162,200	-21.00%	232	$699	$185,576,334	108
33	(27)	Salaam Namaste	Yash Raj Films	Comedy	$161,211	-41.15%	60	$2,687	$1,163,301	17
34	(30)	The Aristocrats	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$145,317	-41.80%	127	$1,144	$5,886,033	59
35	(31)	G	Aloha Releasing	Drama	$144,687	-41.74%	42	$3,445	$433,685	10
36	(45)	Everything is Illuminated	Warner Bros.	Drama	$132,519	+98.36%	26	$5,097	$225,513	10
37	(20)	Venom	Dimension	Horror	$121,766	-76.56%	460	$265	$811,035	10
38	(36)	Grizzly Man	Lionsgate	Documentary	$119,829	-32.15%	97	$1,235	$2,505,854	45
39	(37)	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Buena Vista	Comedy	$116,674	-26.82%	201	$580	$65,837,881	96
40	(44)	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$114,352	+42.50%	186	$615	$22,152,507	45
41	(21)	Underclassman	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$112,806	-77.86%	220	$513	$5,567,645	24
42	(22)	The Cave	Sony Pictures	Horror	$110,875	-75.55%	242	$458	$14,747,362	31
43	(42)	Thumbsucker	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$106,079	+24.32%	28	$3,789	$226,525	10
44	(new)	Dil Jo Bhi Kahey�	Eros Entertainment	Drama	$91,319		33	$2,767	$91,319	3
45	(38)	The War of the Worlds	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$87,068	-41.61%	117	$744	$233,250,863	89
46	(new)	Oliver Twist	Sony Pictures	Drama	$68,447		5	$13,689	$68,447	3
47	(46)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$64,500	-1.90%	17	$3,794	$4,781,143	171
48	(53)	Dark Water	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$55,162	+20.95%	79	$698	$25,416,400	80
49	(34)	Must Love Dogs	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$54,625	-73.28%	110	$497	$43,611,669	59
50	(40)	2046	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$53,580	-40.25%	47	$1,140	$1,237,566	52
51	(41)	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$45,204	-48.84%	99	$457	$380,176,196	130
52	(51)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$42,860	-9.04%	12	$3,572	$10,385,171	1,074
53	(re-entry)	Crimen Perfecto, El	Vitagraph Films	Black Comedy	$42,536		20	$2,127	$287,044	38
54	(39)	The Longest Yard	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$38,895	-59.13%	67	$581	$158,085,835	122
55	(57)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$37,280	-11.01%	9	$4,142	$9,571,037	1,081
56	(50)	Green Street Hooligans	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$35,724	-25.48%	15	$2,382	$181,714	17
57	(59)	De Zaak Alzheimer	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$34,110	-17.45%	27	$1,263	$249,749	31
58	(58)	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Empire Pictures	Drama	$31,336	-24.29%	20	$1,567	$416,352	59
59	(60)	Ladies in Lavender	IDP Distribution	Drama	$30,400	-21.68%	48	$633	$6,645,198	150
60	(52)	Mobsters and Mormons	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$27,654	-39.38%	29	$954	$193,636	17
61	(47)	Mad Hot Ballroom	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$27,256	-53.08%	51	$534	$7,949,928	136
62	(55)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$27,019	-38.72%	9	$3,002	$63,609,481	1,256
63	(54)	Hellbent	Regent Releasing	Horror	$25,668	-43.02%	11	$2,333	$86,537	10
64	(43)	The Great Raid	Miramax	Action	$25,644	-68.67%	101	$254	$10,135,023	45
65	(56)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$23,662	-45.61%	18	$1,315	$7,239,063	241
66	(new)	Dirty Love	First Look	Comedy	$23,281		44	$529	$23,281	3
67	(48)	Hustle & Flow	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$20,142	-59.30%	51	$395	$22,163,463	66
68	(66)	Separate Lies	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$19,957	-10.67%	2	$9,979	$54,299	10
69	(64)	Me and You and Everyone We Know	IFC Films	Drama	$18,541	-33.17%	26	$713	$3,804,689	101
70	(70)	A Sound of Thunder	Warner Bros.	Action	$18,092	+4.32%	14	$1,292	$1,879,496	24
71	(re-entry)	Down and Derby	Innovation Film Group	Comedy	$14,746		19	$776	$114,708	164
72	(74)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$13,750	-3.51%	3	$4,583	$11,244,314	1,669
73	(new)	Dorian Blues	TLA	Comedy	$12,605		2	$6,303	$12,605	3
74	(65)	Murderball	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$12,108	-52.06%	28	$432	$1,510,506	80
75	(68)	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D	Dimension	Adventure	$11,190	-38.08%	26	$430	$39,158,136	108
76	(67)	The Beat My Heart Skipped	WellSpring	Drama	$11,054	-40.40%	22	$502	$963,742	87
77	(63)	The Baxter	IFC Films	Drama	$10,963	-61.62%	16	$685	$164,632	31
78	(85)	Touch the Sound	Shadow	Documentary	$10,441	+39.96%	9	$1,160	$36,197	19
79	(71)	Garcon Stupide	Picture This Entertainment	Comedy	$9,645	-43.91%	2	$4,823	$33,859	10
80	(79)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$9,381	-13.90%	6	$1,564	$16,434,189	927
81	(61)	The Bad News Bears	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$9,248	-75.72%	52	$178	$32,865,161	66
82	(72)	Asylum	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$8,899	-47.97%	22	$405	$363,615	45
83	(82)	The Future of Food	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$8,761	+0.46%	3	$2,920	$29,049	12
84	(new)	Dear Wendy	WellSpring	Drama	$8,222		7	$1,175	$8,222	3
85	(98)	Pretty Persuasion	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$8,081	+53.51%	8	$1,010	$279,571	45
86	(new)	Occupation: Dreamland	Rumur	Documentary	$8,018		2	$4,009	$8,018	3
87	(62)	Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets	Eros Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$8,000	-78.95%	20	$400	$49,000	10
88	(75)	Saraband	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$7,781	-42.65%	9	$865	$619,474	80
89	(new)	Daltry Calhoun	Miramax	Black Comedy	$7,758		13	$597	$7,758	3
90	(73)	Elevator to the Gallows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$6,503	-60.96%	4	$1,626	$215,762	16,179
91	(89)	Campfire	Film Movement	Drama	$6,319	-2.68%	5	$1,264	$32,058	17
92	(87)	Saint Ralph	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$6,077	-16.47%	11	$552	$770,349	171
93	(108)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$5,966	+89.22%	3	$1,989	$2,508,926	360
94	(80)	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Arrival Pictures	Drama	$5,908	-41.63%	2	$2,954	$161,157	101
95	(78)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$5,212	-52.95%	8	$652	$2,933,673	227
96	(69)	Cote d'Azur	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$5,116	-70.62%	6	$853	$80,181	17
97	(90)	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	New Yorker	Drama	$4,788	-20.40%	1	$4,788	$15,755	10
98	(76)	The Beautiful Country	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,461	-63.37%	11	$406	$435,593	80
99	(77)	Supercross	20th Century Fox	Action	$4,306	-64.63%	16	$269	$3,101,301	40
100	(102)	Howl's Moving Castle	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,265	-8.12%	14	$305	$4,705,184	108
101	(107)	The Edukators	IFC Films	Drama	$4,260	+10.65%	16	$266	$170,036	66
102	(86)	Heights	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,205	-42.68%	1	$4,205	$1,158,405	101
103	(93)	Caterina in the Big City	Empire Pictures	Drama	$3,786	-33.11%	3	$1,262	$279,222	115
104	(88)	Keane	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$3,716	-47.87%	2	$1,858	$23,025	17
105	(132)	Slutty Summer	Embrem Entertainment	Drama	$3,323	+965.06%	2	$1,662	$18,220	108
106	(84)	Cinderella Man	Universal	Drama	$3,120	-61.29%	16	$195	$61,603,410	115
107	(re-entry)	3 Dancing Slaves	TLA	Drama	$2,992		2	$1,496	$14,470	24
108	(112)	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Indican Pictures	Drama	$2,988	+21.36%	1	$2,988	$28,069	31
109	(106)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$2,692	-30.33%	1	$2,692	$363,618	339
110	(109)	William Eggleston in the Real World	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$2,590	-13.38%	1	$2,590	$38,980	24
111	(101)	Music from the Inside Out	Emerging Pictures	Documentary	$2,584	-46.89%	1	$2,584	$115,600	157
112	(120)	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Shadow	Documentary	$2,437	+80.52%	3	$812	$52,734	75
113	(103)	November	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,314	-49.64%	12	$193	$185,744	66
114	(127)	Reel Paradise	WellSpring	Documentary	$1,872	+195.27%	2	$936	$17,750	38
115	(100)	Saving Face	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$1,847	-62.92%	3	$616	$1,186,323	122
116	(re-entry)	The Oyster Farmer	Cinema Guild	Drama	$1,714		1	$1,714	$11,757	59
117	(125)	Pure	Indican Pictures	Drama	$1,686	+89.01%	1	$1,686	$60,840	108
118	(99)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$1,662	-67.76%	1	$1,662	$52,018,255	2,530
119	(re-entry)	A Tout de Suite	Cinema Guild	Drama	$1,636		1	$1,636	$236,843	150
120	(97)	After You	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$1,577	-70.38%	5	$315	$821,290	115
121	(105)	Yes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,435	-65.78%	3	$478	$396,035	94
122	(re-entry)	Never Been Thawed	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$1,292		1	$1,292	$35,116	164
123	(111)	Kings and Queens	WellSpring	Drama	$1,138	-54.43%	3	$379	$274,220	136
124	(134)	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Tartan Films	Drama	$1,010	+434.39%	4	$253	$38,122	38
125	(95)	Cronicas	Palm Pictures	Drama	$1,005	-81.91%	3	$335	$289,167	80
126	(re-entry)	Edvard Munch	Shadow	Drama	$961		2	$481	$30,376	101
127	(91)	Tony Takitani	Strand Releasing	Drama	$914	-84.18%	1	$914	$103,398	94
128	(123)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$901	+0.11%	1	$901	$7,120,056	2,404
129	(110)	One Bright Shining Moment	First Run	Documentary	$872	-69.68%	1	$872	$4,762	10
130	(118)	A Wake in Providence	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$861	-42.52%	1	$861	$158,640	164
131	(124)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$850	-5.56%	2	$425	$4,937,491	1,991
132	(114)	The Tunnel	Avatar	Drama	$818	-55.50%	1	$818	$44,870	152
133	(115)	Lila Says	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$515	-71.07%	1	$515	$121,166	94
134	(92)	Margaret Cho: Assassin	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$511	-91.10%	2	$256	$37,897	24
135	(121)	God's Sandbox	Indican Pictures	Drama	$506	-49.90%	1	$506	$22,346	59
136	(130)	Torremolinos 73	First Run	Comedy	$466	+13.66%	1	$466	$87,385	164
137	(136)	The Great Water	Picture This Entertainment	Drama	$422	+240.32%	1	$422	$17,116	101
138	(104)	The World	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$324	-92.75%	13	$25	$60,688	87
139	(135)	Oldboy	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$205	+64.00%	1	$205	$703,401	185
140	(83)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$126	-98.52%	1	$126	$17,093,668	899

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Chart certified: 9/27/2005