The Top Movies, Weekend of September 30, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Flightplan	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$14,805,739	-39.89%	3,424	$4,324	$45,912,018	10
2	(new)	Serenity	Universal	Action	$10,086,680		2,188	$4,610	$10,086,680	3
3	(2)	The Corpse Bride	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$10,033,257	-47.59%	3,204	$3,131	$33,188,109	17
4	(18)	A History of Violence	New Line	Drama	$8,103,077	+1,470.39%	1,340	$6,047	$8,871,781	10
5	(new)	Into the Blue	MGM/UA	Adventure	$7,057,854		2,789	$2,531	$7,057,854	3
6	(3)	Just Like Heaven	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$6,128,180	-36.31%	3,543	$1,730	$38,424,283	17
7	(5)	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,380,280	-41.19%	3,004	$1,458	$68,502,023	24
8	(4)	Roll Bounce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$4,029,257	-46.78%	1,661	$2,426	$12,677,124	10
9	(new)	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,657,322		1,014	$3,607	$3,657,322	3
10	(7)	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Universal	Comedy	$3,120,045	-27.61%	2,152	$1,450	$101,405,778	45
11	(6)	Lord of War	Lionsgate	Action	$2,462,153	-51.10%	2,125	$1,159	$21,642,637	17
12	(8)	The Constant Gardener	Focus Features	Drama	$1,419,745	-38.92%	1,004	$1,414	$29,869,811	33
13	(9)	The Transporter 2	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,160,986	-47.87%	1,056	$1,099	$41,761,272	31
14	(16)	Proof	Miramax	Drama	$1,152,307	+37.97%	240	$4,801	$2,497,410	17
15	(12)	An Unfinished Life	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,115,083	-33.66%	805	$1,385	$7,485,496	24
16	(11)	March of the Penguins	Warner Independent Pictures	Documentary	$1,114,959	-36.21%	1,078	$1,034	$74,515,363	101
17	(10)	Cry Wolf	Rogue Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$974,433	-55.49%	1,038	$939	$8,981,491	17
18	(46)	Oliver Twist	Sony Pictures	Drama	$888,721	+1,198.41%	779	$1,141	$981,198	10
19	(13)	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	Comedy	$590,352	-53.38%	676	$873	$206,542,642	80
20	(15)	Four Brothers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$466,057	-47.20%	455	$1,024	$73,310,603	52
21	(19)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$430,998	-14.36%	82	$5,256	$1,132,656	10
22	(25)	The Dukes of Hazzard	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$382,543	+42.54%	467	$819	$79,901,365	59
23	(new)	Capote	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$324,857		12	$27,071	$324,857	3
24	(14)	Red-Eye	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$321,609	-71.22%	567	$567	$57,649,061	45
25	(22)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$292,093	-23.14%	290	$1,007	$204,482,131	80
26	(20)	Sky High	Buena Vista	Adventure	$216,789	-49.70%	329	$659	$62,622,581	66
27	(23)	Broken Flowers	Focus Features	Romantic Comedy	$202,499	-37.97%	222	$912	$13,244,003	59
28	(27)	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	Action	$187,112	-21.65%	258	$725	$154,044,191	87
29	(26)	Madagascar	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$186,301	-22.98%	292	$638	$192,933,489	129
30	(36)	Everything is Illuminated	Warner Bros.	Drama	$185,076	+39.66%	60	$3,085	$457,646	17
31	(24)	Valiant	Buena Vista	Adventure	$172,050	-46.70%	343	$502	$19,116,852	45
32	(29)	The Skeleton Key	Universal	Horror	$168,645	-22.41%	272	$620	$47,466,390	52
33	(17)	The Brothers Grimm	MGM/UA	Adventure	$167,675	-73.70%	367	$457	$37,735,300	38
34	(new)	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$159,056		41	$3,879	$159,056	3
35	(43)	Thumbsucker	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$156,250	+47.30%	91	$1,717	$428,365	17
36	(30)	Junebug	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$143,990	-31.27%	125	$1,152	$2,267,595	61
37	(32)	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	20th Century Fox	Action	$137,790	-15.05%	188	$733	$185,774,715	115
38	(new)	MirrorMask	Sony Pictures	Drama	$126,449		18	$7,025	$126,449	3
39	(42)	The Cave	Sony Pictures	Horror	$115,456	+4.13%	225	$513	$14,888,028	38
40	(31)	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	Action	$115,230	-32.78%	244	$472	$205,085,404	110
41	(28)	The Thing About My Folks	PictureHouse	Comedy	$109,348	-53.08%	113	$968	$710,031	17
42	(new)	Duma	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$105,422		42	$2,510	$722,832	3
43	(38)	Grizzly Man	Lionsgate	Documentary	$91,894	-23.31%	81	$1,134	$2,657,856	52
44	(35)	G	Aloha Releasing	Drama	$91,420	-36.82%	40	$2,286	$554,162	17
45	(21)	The Man	New Line	Comedy	$90,369	-76.32%	234	$386	$8,278,660	24
46	(34)	The Aristocrats	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$82,426	-43.28%	92	$896	$6,031,653	66
47	(39)	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Buena Vista	Comedy	$78,426	-32.78%	170	$461	$65,942,664	103
48	(33)	Salaam Namaste	Yash Raj Films	Comedy	$71,397	-55.71%	28	$2,550	$1,270,501	24
49	(40)	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$69,592	-39.14%	157	$443	$22,264,487	52
50	(47)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$65,733	+1.91%	21	$3,130	$4,898,923	178
51	(68)	Separate Lies	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$65,295	+227.18%	25	$2,612	$128,792	17
52	(45)	The War of the Worlds	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$55,744	-35.98%	73	$764	$233,331,057	96
53	(52)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$40,200	-6.21%	12	$3,350	$10,425,371	1,081
54	(50)	2046	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$38,253	-28.61%	47	$814	$1,306,948	59
55	(49)	Must Love Dogs	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$38,012	-30.41%	77	$494	$43,667,322	66
56	(new)	Little Manhattan	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$36,397		2	$18,199	$36,397	3
57	(41)	Underclassman	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$35,809	-68.26%	64	$560	$5,633,090	31
58	(55)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$34,390	-7.75%	9	$3,821	$9,605,427	1,088
59	(56)	Green Street Hooligans	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$32,580	-8.80%	21	$1,551	$235,722	24
60	(44)	Dil Jo Bhi Kahey�	Eros Entertainment	Drama	$30,535	-66.56%	33	$925	$129,319	10
61	(58)	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Empire Pictures	Drama	$24,121	-23.02%	16	$1,508	$456,726	66
62	(51)	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$21,109	-53.30%	49	$431	$380,209,351	137
63	(48)	Dark Water	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$20,850	-62.20%	36	$579	$25,459,264	87
64	(57)	De Zaak Alzheimer	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$20,450	-40.05%	21	$974	$283,482	38
65	(53)	Crimen Perfecto, El	Vitagraph Films	Black Comedy	$18,602	-56.27%	18	$1,033	$324,643	45
66	(60)	Mobsters and Mormons	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$18,367	-33.58%	22	$835	$225,944	24
67	(65)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$17,540	-25.87%	18	$974	$7,269,633	248
68	(63)	Hellbent	Regent Releasing	Horror	$16,901	-34.16%	8	$2,113	$120,088	17
69	(59)	Ladies in Lavender	IDP Distribution	Drama	$16,630	-45.30%	36	$462	$6,677,127	157
70	(54)	The Longest Yard	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,161	-63.59%	38	$373	$158,115,031	129
71	(69)	Me and You and Everyone We Know	IFC Films	Drama	$14,091	-24.00%	23	$613	$3,845,538	108
72	(71)	Down and Derby	Innovation Film Group	Comedy	$14,044	-4.76%	17	$826	$141,196	171
73	(79)	Garcon Stupide	Picture This Entertainment	Comedy	$13,279	+37.68%	4	$3,320	$52,581	17
74	(61)	Mad Hot Ballroom	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$12,215	-55.18%	31	$394	$7,981,925	143
75	(64)	The Great Raid	Miramax	Action	$10,799	-57.89%	47	$230	$10,158,195	52
76	(78)	Touch the Sound	Shadow	Documentary	$10,762	+3.07%	8	$1,345	$53,551	26
77	(67)	Hustle & Flow	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$10,533	-47.71%	22	$479	$22,182,800	73
78	(80)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$10,465	+11.56%	5	$2,093	$16,454,988	934
79	(76)	The Beat My Heart Skipped	WellSpring	Drama	$10,267	-7.12%	15	$684	$983,100	94
80	(70)	A Sound of Thunder	Warner Bros.	Action	$9,700	-46.39%	8	$1,213	$1,891,821	31
81	(72)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$9,555	-30.51%	3	$3,185	$11,280,219	1,676
82	(37)	Venom	Dimension	Horror	$8,943	-92.66%	32	$279	$875,861	17
83	(new)	Forty Shades of Blue	Vitagraph Films	Drama	$8,795		3	$2,932	$11,940	5
84	(new)	The War Within	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$7,540		1	$7,540	$7,540	3
85	(96)	Cote d'Azur	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$7,305	+42.79%	4	$1,826	$90,864	24
86	(74)	Murderball	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$7,046	-41.81%	14	$503	$1,523,883	87
87	(75)	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D	Dimension	Adventure	$6,959	-37.81%	18	$387	$39,166,861	115
88	(new)	Going Shopping	Rainbow Releasing	Drama	$6,691		6	$1,115	$6,691	3
89	(62)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$6,233	-76.93%	5	$1,247	$61,890,115	1,263
90	(new)	Screen Door Jesus	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$6,040		3	$2,013	$6,040	3
91	(95)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$5,945	+14.06%	10	$595	$2,949,678	234
92	(85)	Pretty Persuasion	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$5,826	-27.90%	12	$486	$289,450	52
93	(104)	Keane	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$5,291	+42.38%	5	$1,058	$30,303	24
94	(88)	Saraband	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,871	-37.40%	5	$974	$628,565	87
95	(new)	My Big Fat Independent Movie	Big Fat Movies	Comedy	$4,655		1	$4,655	$4,655	3
96	(92)	Saint Ralph	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$4,613	-24.09%	11	$419	$777,491	178
97	(94)	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Arrival Pictures	Drama	$4,539	-23.17%	2	$2,270	$167,591	108
98	(77)	The Baxter	IFC Films	Drama	$4,395	-59.91%	10	$440	$176,647	38
99	(73)	Dorian Blues	TLA	Comedy	$4,271	-66.12%	2	$2,136	$20,971	10
100	(108)	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Indican Pictures	Drama	$4,238	+41.83%	2	$2,119	$33,009	38
101	(new)	Sueño	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,181		8	$523	$4,181	3
102	(112)	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Shadow	Documentary	$3,859	+58.35%	5	$772	$57,518	82
103	(127)	Tony Takitani	Strand Releasing	Drama	$3,651	+299.45%	3	$1,217	$107,701	101
104	(re-entry)	Darwin's Nightmare	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$3,048		5	$610	$58,830	61
105	(103)	Caterina in the Big City	Empire Pictures	Drama	$3,017	-20.31%	3	$1,006	$283,585	122
106	(82)	Asylum	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$2,928	-67.10%	13	$225	$370,583	52
107	(new)	3 Days of Rain	Rogue Pictures	Drama	$2,841		1	$2,841	$2,841	3
108	(106)	Cinderella Man	Universal	Drama	$2,545	-18.43%	10	$255	$61,607,475	122
109	(109)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$2,465	-8.43%	1	$2,465	$367,635	346
110	(98)	The Beautiful Country	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,434	-45.44%	7	$348	$440,742	87
111	(93)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$2,326	-61.01%	3	$775	$2,522,483	367
112	(113)	November	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,171	-6.18%	5	$434	$189,361	73
113	(re-entry)	Grand Role, Le	First Run	Comedy	$2,099		1	$2,099	$35,555	150
114	(re-entry)	...And They Lived Happily Ever After	Kino	Drama	$2,093		6	$349	$250,221	178
115	(100)	Howl's Moving Castle	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,014	-52.78%	10	$201	$4,710,455	115
116	(re-entry)	A State of Mind	Kino	Documentary	$1,914		2	$957	$36,206	52
117	(re-entry)	The Goebbels Experiment	First Run	Documentary	$1,685		1	$1,685	$32,256	52
118	(122)	Never Been Thawed	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$1,586	+22.76%	1	$1,586	$38,514	171
119	(114)	Reel Paradise	WellSpring	Documentary	$1,576	-15.81%	1	$1,576	$20,324	45
120	(120)	After You	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$1,433	-9.13%	6	$239	$823,597	122
121	(125)	Cronicas	Palm Pictures	Drama	$1,417	+41.00%	3	$472	$290,832	87
122	(re-entry)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$1,395		1	$1,395	$505,675	1,158
123	(119)	A Tout de Suite	Cinema Guild	Drama	$1,304	-20.29%	2	$652	$239,447	157
124	(89)	Daltry Calhoun	Miramax	Black Comedy	$1,126	-85.49%	2	$563	$11,677	10
125	(126)	Edvard Munch	Shadow	Drama	$1,000	+4.06%	1	$1,000	$31,699	108
126	(131)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$925	+8.82%	2	$463	$4,941,316	1,998
127	(117)	Pure	Indican Pictures	Drama	$903	-46.44%	1	$903	$62,347	115
128	(128)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$875	-2.89%	1	$875	$7,122,705	2,411
129	(124)	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Tartan Films	Drama	$866	-14.26%	1	$866	$39,696	45
130	(66)	Dirty Love	First Look	Comedy	$822	-96.47%	2	$411	$35,657	10
131	(130)	A Wake in Providence	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$774	-10.10%	1	$774	$160,003	171
132	(re-entry)	The Ninth Day	Kino	Drama	$702		1	$702	$63,220	129
133	(132)	The Tunnel	Avatar	Drama	$681	-16.75%	1	$681	$46,008	159
134	(123)	Kings and Queens	WellSpring	Drama	$614	-46.05%	2	$307	$275,806	143
135	(101)	The Edukators	IFC Films	Drama	$552	-87.04%	3	$184	$173,788	73
136	(110)	William Eggleston in the Real World	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$549	-78.80%	1	$549	$41,786	31
137	(re-entry)	The Reception	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$509		1	$509	$17,956	80
138	(135)	God's Sandbox	Indican Pictures	Drama	$483	-4.55%	1	$483	$23,735	66
139	(90)	Elevator to the Gallows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$480	-92.62%	1	$480	$220,216	16,186
140	(134)	Margaret Cho: Assassin	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$339	-33.66%	1	$339	$38,526	31
141	(107)	3 Dancing Slaves	TLA	Drama	$329	-89.00%	1	$329	$16,342	31
142	(118)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$270	-83.75%	1	$270	$50,198,742	2,537
143	(139)	Oldboy	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$163	-20.49%	1	$163	$703,659	192
144	(140)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$73	-42.06%	1	$73	$17,040,226	906

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Chart certified: 10/4/2005