The Top Movies, Weekend of December 9, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Buena Vista	Adventure	$65,556,312		3,616	$18,130	$65,556,312	3
2	(19)	Syriana	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$11,737,143	+2,151.00%	1,752	$6,699	$13,236,572	19
3	(1)	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$10,265,443	-48.36%	3,728	$2,754	$244,069,305	24
4	(3)	Walk the Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$5,738,176	-39.80%	3,034	$1,891	$76,991,362	24
5	(4)	Yours, Mine and Ours	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$5,051,879	-38.83%	3,210	$1,574	$40,819,218	19
6	(2)	Aeon Flux	Paramount Pictures	Action	$4,561,619	-63.97%	2,608	$1,749	$20,218,288	10
7	(5)	Just Friends	New Line	Comedy	$3,808,637	-32.00%	2,464	$1,546	$26,372,794	19
8	(8)	Pride and Prejudice	Focus Features	Drama	$2,579,523	-41.24%	1,335	$1,932	$26,473,313	31
9	(7)	Chicken Little	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,306,627	-47.65%	2,326	$992	$127,280,176	38
10	(6)	Rent	Sony Pictures	Musical	$2,004,157	-54.88%	1,971	$1,017	$26,915,863	19
11	(9)	Derailed	Weinstein Co.	Action	$1,209,510	-47.43%	1,128	$1,072	$34,662,007	31
12	(17)	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$931,603	+11.17%	66	$14,115	$48,821,168	397
13	(10)	In the Mix	Lionsgate	Comedy	$777,213	-58.39%	934	$832	$9,771,248	19
14	(new)	Memoirs of a Geisha	Sony Pictures	Drama	$682,504		8	$85,313	$682,504	3
15	(new)	Brokeback Mountain	Focus Features	Drama	$547,425		5	$109,485	$547,425	3
16	(14)	Good Night and Good Luck	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$538,082	-48.92%	512	$1,051	$21,896,616	66
17	(11)	The Ice Harvest	Focus Features	Black Comedy	$504,489	-69.65%	865	$583	$8,819,059	19
18	(15)	Saw II	Lionsgate	Horror	$456,273	-51.29%	551	$828	$86,485,612	45
19	(13)	Jarhead	Universal	Drama	$436,475	-60.86%	704	$620	$61,956,295	38
20	(16)	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$366,143	-60.44%	432	$848	$30,421,116	33
21	(18)	Capote	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$337,644	-38.34%	207	$1,631	$10,354,193	73
22	(12)	Zathura	Columbia	Adventure	$300,730	-75.17%	670	$449	$28,045,540	31
23	(22)	The Squid and the Whale	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$220,564	-28.21%	115	$1,918	$3,988,438	68
24	(21)	Shopgirl	Buena Vista	Drama	$216,960	-48.45%	238	$912	$9,791,331	52
25	(25)	Flightplan	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$159,740	-25.72%	317	$504	$88,648,669	80
26	(24)	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$139,213	-41.87%	170	$819	$4,026,657	52
27	(20)	First Descent	Universal	Documentary	$133,285	-69.61%	238	$560	$689,945	10
28	(new)	Ek Ajnabee	Eros Entertainment	Action	$121,406		38	$3,195	$121,406	3
29	(28)	Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic	IDP Distribution	Concert	$118,999	-7.18%	50	$2,380	$841,642	31
30	(23)	The Legend of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$102,318	-65.32%	197	$519	$45,188,524	45
31	(30)	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Universal	Comedy	$98,410	-17.69%	160	$615	$109,243,478	115
32	(26)	Prime	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$97,790	-45.86%	190	$515	$22,728,025	45
33	(31)	Ushpizin	PictureHouse	Drama	$95,118	-16.73%	47	$2,024	$1,113,070	54
34	(27)	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$77,924	-54.86%	283	$275	$32,150,746	52
35	(new)	Neal n' Nikki	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$75,005		44	$1,705	$75,005	3
36	(61)	Elizabethtown	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$66,599	+402.52%	206	$323	$26,774,540	59
37	(32)	The Corpse Bride	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$58,794	-43.30%	208	$283	$53,290,999	87
38	(37)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$55,665	-30.52%	12	$4,639	$6,336,052	248
39	(new)	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$55,344		6	$9,224	$55,344	3
40	(36)	Paradise Now	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$52,704	-36.82%	52	$1,014	$905,545	45
41	(41)	A History of Violence	New Line	Drama	$42,716	-24.52%	123	$347	$30,997,278	80
42	(40)	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	Comedy	$41,489	-27.55%	98	$423	$209,169,557	150
43	(43)	Christmas in the Clouds	Slowhand Cinema Releasing	Comedy	$41,464	-17.87%	27	$1,536	$203,286	38
44	(35)	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$40,807	-54.21%	178	$229	$55,372,785	68
45	(44)	In Her Shoes	20th Century Fox	Drama	$35,253	-30.12%	106	$333	$31,762,759	66
46	(48)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$32,420	-8.98%	11	$2,947	$10,768,791	1,151
47	(29)	Bee Season	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$30,987	-75.45%	62	$500	$1,105,491	31
48	(33)	Deewane Huye Paagal	UTV Communications	Romantic Comedy	$30,065	-69.05%	29	$1,037	$355,962	18
49	(38)	Little Manhattan	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$27,590	-64.16%	26	$1,061	$378,710	73
50	(52)	Ballets Russes	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$24,642	-13.41%	18	$1,369	$321,388	45
51	(42)	The Passenger	MGM/UA	Drama	$24,627	-53.51%	24	$1,026	$459,234	11,205
52	(49)	El Vacilón: The Movie	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$22,135	-33.76%	35	$632	$1,688,757	52
53	(45)	Transamerica	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$21,372	-54.44%	2	$10,686	$85,451	10
54	(50)	North Country	Warner Bros.	Drama	$17,644	-46.65%	38	$464	$18,097,149	52
55	(51)	Breakfast on Pluto	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$15,982	-47.03%	6	$2,664	$155,801	26
56	(56)	Roll Bounce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$15,933	-34.98%	42	$379	$17,336,437	80
57	(47)	The Dying Gaul	Strand Releasing	Drama	$15,209	-57.44%	17	$895	$307,346	38
58	(65)	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Palm Pictures	Documentary	$14,659	+61.12%	4	$3,665	$28,703	10
59	(59)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$12,980	-16.19%	6	$2,163	$9,823,954	1,158
60	(re-entry)	Side Effects	Hummingbird Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$12,749		2	$6,375	$27,030	94
61	(53)	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Vineyard Distribution	Drama	$11,725	-58.44%	25	$469	$1,860,885	52
62	(54)	The Weather Man	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$11,553	-55.10%	22	$525	$12,433,778	45
63	(55)	Apaharan	Kria	Drama	$11,498	-54.32%	17	$676	$44,133	10
64	(63)	Protocols of Zion	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$11,196	+6.82%	7	$1,599	$144,232	52
65	(57)	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Jour de Fete	Drama	$10,742	-37.39%	4	$2,686	$47,931	17
66	(60)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$10,500	-31.15%	5	$2,100	$12,322,063	1,746
67	(73)	The Syrian Bride	Koch Lorber Films	Comedy	$9,966	+29.73%	3	$3,322	$46,909	26
68	(64)	The Boys of Baraka	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$9,955	+2.58%	1	$9,955	$29,685	10
69	(75)	Brooklyn Lobster	Meadowbrook	Drama	$9,714	+67.51%	2	$4,857	$53,044	52
70	(72)	New York Doll	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$8,665	+9.86%	5	$1,733	$159,694	45
71	(70)	39 Pounds of Love	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$6,532	-18.91%	8	$817	$23,725	19
72	(69)	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Empire Pictures	Drama	$6,029	-25.81%	7	$861	$647,560	136
73	(77)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$4,406	-21.22%	8	$551	$16,652,199	1,004
74	(78)	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	Action	$4,358	-16.00%	8	$545	$154,690,051	157
75	(94)	Loggerheads	Strand Releasing	Drama	$4,109	+40.96%	5	$822	$74,799	59
76	(79)	The Aristocrats	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$4,077	-19.44%	6	$680	$6,341,877	136
77	(new)	Marebito	Tartan Films	Horror	$3,852		2	$1,926	$3,852	3
78	(46)	Home Delivery	Eros Entertainment		$3,800	-91.87%	15	$253	$58,499	10
79	(107)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$3,800	+90.00%	2	$1,900	$3,037,615	304
80	(74)	The Transporter 2	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,566	-42.77%	18	$198	$43,092,154	101
81	(89)	Touch the Sound	Shadow	Documentary	$3,492	+1.31%	3	$1,164	$132,119	96
82	(76)	MirrorMask	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,380	-41.32%	10	$338	$864,959	73
83	(88)	The Future of Food	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$3,004	-14.56%	4	$751	$81,280	89
84	(82)	Nine Lives	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$3,000	-24.81%	5	$600	$342,491	59
85	(86)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$2,953	-17.40%	7	$422	$2,624,041	437
86	(92)	Gay Sex in the 70's	Lovett	Documentary	$2,933	-14.46%	2	$1,467	$83,138	38
87	(111)	Before the Fall	Picture This Entertainment	Drama	$2,592	+41.48%	4	$648	$67,780	66
88	(126)	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Arrival Pictures	Drama	$2,477	+791.01%	2	$1,239	$187,807	178
89	(new)	Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal	7th Art Releasing	Concert	$2,428		1	$2,428	$2,428	3
90	(87)	Down to the Bone	Laemmle/Zeller Film	Drama	$2,395	-32.36%	2	$1,198	$22,118	17
91	(99)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$2,276	-12.73%	6	$379	$7,509,237	318
92	(84)	Pure	Indican Pictures	Drama	$2,212	-44.24%	2	$1,106	$91,360	185
93	(new)	Go For Zucker	First Run	Comedy	$2,130		2	$1,065	$2,130	3
94	(97)	Dorian Blues	TLA	Comedy	$2,083	-25.34%	4	$521	$60,574	80
95	(71)	The Untold story of Emmett Till	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$2,079	-73.79%	3	$693	$170,242	115
96	(re-entry)	Cote d'Azur	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$2,053		1	$2,053	$136,635	94
97	(58)	Mr. Ya Miss	Kria	Drama	$2,025	-87.16%	10	$203	$18,516	10
98	(68)	Darwin's Nightmare	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$2,023	-75.97%	1	$2,023	$95,535	131
99	(98)	Mobsters and Mormons	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$2,010	-23.49%	6	$335	$407,139	94
100	(90)	First Morning	Illuminare	Drama	$1,895	-44.96%	2	$948	$87,264	150
101	(118)	God's Sandbox	Indican Pictures	Drama	$1,785	+43.03%	1	$1,785	$41,658	136
102	(123)	Duane Hopwood	IFC Films	Comedy	$1,768	+180.63%	3	$589	$12,599	31
103	(91)	Separate Lies	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,741	-49.32%	5	$348	$921,273	87
104	(new)	Kalyug	Kria	Drama	$1,435		5	$287	$1,435	3
105	(83)	After Innocence	New Yorker	Documentary	$1,379	-65.33%	2	$690	$36,004	52
106	(re-entry)	Screen Door Jesus	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$1,280		1	$1,280	$18,867	73
107	(100)	Tony Takitani	Strand Releasing	Drama	$1,257	-48.42%	2	$629	$126,517	171
108	(104)	Zizek!	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$1,235	-40.34%	1	$1,235	$19,561	24
109	(116)	Elevator to the Gallows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$1,152	-15.11%	2	$576	$261,481	16,256
110	(119)	2046	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,152	+14.40%	2	$576	$261,481	129
111	(130)	Forty Shades of Blue	Vitagraph Films	Drama	$1,148	+1,204.55%	2	$574	$73,527	75
112	(127)	Edvard Munch	Shadow	Drama	$1,148	+474.00%	3	$383	$40,584	178
113	(80)	Far Side of the Moon	TLA	Drama	$976	-79.33%	1	$976	$7,398	780
114	(81)	Garcon Stupide	Picture This Entertainment	Comedy	$970	-75.87%	1	$970	$124,146	87
115	(106)	Going Shopping	Rainbow Releasing	Drama	$834	-58.57%	3	$278	$31,439	73
116	(120)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$785	-0.63%	2	$393	$4,964,851	2,068
117	(122)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$700	-6.67%	1	$700	$7,143,165	2,481
118	(103)	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	20th Century Fox	Action	$592	-72.28%	2	$296	$186,336,103	185
119	(66)	Pulse	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$571	-93.67%	3	$190	$45,922	33
120	(110)	Ellie Parker	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$555	-71.73%	2	$278	$23,578	31
121	(125)	Crimen Perfecto, El	Vitagraph Films	Black Comedy	$540		1	$540	$415,080	115
122	(109)	A Wake in Providence	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$509	-74.40%	1	$509	$386,666	241
123	(158)	Dear Wendy	WellSpring	Drama	$492		2	$246	$18,817	80
124	(112)	Blackmail Boy	Picture This Entertainment	Black Comedy	$488	-72.15%	1	$488	$17,858	24
125	(re-entry)	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	First Run	Documentary	$402		1	$402	$6,226	18
126	(re-entry)	Reel Paradise	WellSpring	Documentary	$226		1	$226	$29,470	115
127	(117)	The Beat My Heart Skipped	WellSpring	Drama	$186	-85.95%	1	$186	$1,023,424	164
128	(157)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$96		1	$96	$381,225	416

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Chart certified: 12/14/2005