The Top Movies, Weekend of December 16, 2005

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	King Kong	Universal	Adventure	$50,130,145		3,568	$14,050	$66,181,645	5
2	(1)	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Buena Vista	Adventure	$31,837,683	-51.43%	3,680	$8,652	$113,169,644	10
3	(new)	The Family Stone	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$12,521,027		2,466	$5,077	$12,521,027	3
4	(3)	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,952,452	-42.01%	3,185	$1,869	$252,598,259	31
5	(2)	Syriana	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$5,605,167	-52.24%	1,775	$3,158	$22,462,362	26
6	(4)	Walk the Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,688,031	-35.73%	2,667	$1,383	$82,607,528	31
7	(5)	Yours, Mine and Ours	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,511,110	-30.50%	2,723	$1,289	$45,202,963	26
8	(15)	Brokeback Mountain	Focus Features	Drama	$2,508,494	+358.24%	69	$36,355	$3,474,311	10
9	(7)	Just Friends	New Line	Comedy	$2,080,852	-45.36%	1,882	$1,106	$29,572,142	26
10	(6)	Aeon Flux	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,751,220	-61.61%	2,058	$851	$23,215,672	17
11	(8)	Pride and Prejudice	Focus Features	Drama	$1,579,825	-38.76%	1,141	$1,385	$29,237,853	38
12	(14)	Memoirs of a Geisha	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,302,331	+90.82%	52	$25,045	$2,274,320	10
13	(12)	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,091,215	+17.13%	66	$16,534	$50,426,063	404
14	(9)	Chicken Little	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,054,952	-54.26%	1,602	$659	$128,829,279	45
15	(10)	Rent	Sony Pictures	Musical	$752,122	-62.47%	926	$812	$28,274,336	26
16	(11)	Derailed	Weinstein Co.	Action	$368,918	-69.50%	547	$674	$35,402,054	38
17	(16)	Good Night and Good Luck	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$341,905	-36.46%	322	$1,062	$22,432,374	73
18	(21)	Capote	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$301,468	-10.71%	193	$1,562	$10,790,585	80
19	(23)	The Squid and the Whale	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$218,053	-1.14%	132	$1,652	$4,299,500	75
20	(13)	In the Mix	Lionsgate	Comedy	$211,653	-72.77%	348	$608	$10,105,281	26
21	(18)	Saw II	Lionsgate	Horror	$195,151	-57.23%	296	$659	$86,797,222	52
22	(new)	Bluff Master	UTV Communications		$160,385		43	$3,730	$160,385	3
23	(new)	The Producers: The Movie Musical	Universal	Musical	$154,590		6	$25,765	$154,590	3
24	(30)	The Legend of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$140,887	+37.70%	286	$493	$45,356,386	52
25	(44)	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$125,009	+206.34%	178	$702	$55,508,438	75
26	(19)	Jarhead	Universal	Drama	$116,635	-73.28%	324	$360	$62,195,880	45
27	(20)	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$114,828	-68.64%	206	$557	$30,626,022	40
28	(25)	Flightplan	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$106,859	-33.10%	236	$453	$88,817,081	87
29	(24)	Shopgirl	Buena Vista	Drama	$83,344	-61.59%	137	$608	$9,956,413	59
30	(104)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$76,712		29	$2,645	$5,566,171	87
31	(29)	Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic	IDP Distribution	Concert	$74,086	-37.74%	57	$1,300	$968,800	38
32	(33)	Ushpizin	PictureHouse	Drama	$64,910	-31.76%	38	$1,708	$1,210,541	61
33	(105)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$48,442		16	$3,028	$525,143	1,139
34	(38)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$45,663	-17.97%	12	$3,805	$6,434,950	255
35	(26)	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$45,495	-67.32%	81	$562	$4,135,793	59
36	(39)	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$42,486	-23.23%	6	$7,081	$123,522	10
37	(34)	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$39,061	-49.87%	283	$138	$32,213,499	59
38	(41)	A History of Violence	New Line	Drama	$37,054	-13.25%	104	$356	$31,061,904	87
39	(40)	Paradise Now	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$35,171	-33.27%	39	$902	$969,442	52
40	(28)	Ek Ajnabee	Eros Entertainment	Action	$32,207	-73.47%	38	$848	$181,247	10
41	(62)	The Weather Man	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$31,774	+175.03%	97	$328	$12,469,811	52
42	(42)	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	Comedy	$30,541	-26.39%	65	$470	$209,218,368	157
43	(46)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$30,432	-6.13%	11	$2,767	$10,799,223	1,158
44	(37)	The Corpse Bride	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$29,880	-49.18%	112	$267	$53,337,608	94
45	(36)	Elizabethtown	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$28,575	-57.09%	104	$275	$26,838,389	66
46	(new)	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$23,859		5	$4,772	$31,644	5
47	(53)	Transamerica	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$20,394	-4.58%	3	$6,798	$115,677	17
48	(43)	Christmas in the Clouds	Slowhand Cinema Releasing	Comedy	$20,049	-51.65%	25	$802	$223,335	45
49	(50)	Ballets Russes	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$19,195	-22.10%	15	$1,280	$364,961	52
50	(45)	In Her Shoes	20th Century Fox	Drama	$18,806	-46.65%	61	$308	$32,797,372	73
51	(35)	Neal n' Nikki	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$15,248	-79.67%	30	$508	$100,358	10
52	(27)	First Descent	Universal	Documentary	$14,850	-88.86%	33	$450	$739,690	17
53	(51)	The Passenger	MGM/UA	Drama	$12,268	-50.18%	20	$613	$481,003	11,212
54	(56)	Roll Bounce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$11,880	-25.44%	32	$371	$17,351,235	87
55	(59)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$11,390	-12.25%	6	$1,898	$9,835,344	1,165
56	(109)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$11,376		2	$5,688	$15,460,298	2,243
57	(54)	North Country	Warner Bros.	Drama	$11,349	-35.68%	31	$366	$18,118,144	59
58	(47)	Bee Season	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$10,468	-66.22%	32	$327	$1,127,261	38
59	(58)	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Palm Pictures	Documentary	$10,199	-30.42%	4	$2,550	$46,002	17
60	(66)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$9,995	-4.81%	5	$1,999	$12,352,558	1,753
61	(55)	Breakfast on Pluto	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$9,560	-40.18%	3	$3,187	$171,967	33
62	(67)	The Syrian Bride	Koch Lorber Films	Comedy	$8,282	-16.90%	3	$2,761	$56,697	33
63	(69)	Brooklyn Lobster	Meadowbrook	Drama	$8,037	-17.26%	2	$4,019	$63,931	59
64	(61)	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Vineyard Distribution	Drama	$7,615	-35.05%	20	$381	$1,880,588	59
65	(57)	The Dying Gaul	Strand Releasing	Drama	$7,214	-52.57%	15	$481	$321,167	45
66	(65)	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Jour de Fete	Drama	$7,163	-33.32%	5	$1,433	$61,070	24
67	(64)	Protocols of Zion	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$6,788	-39.37%	7	$970	$156,335	59
68	(88)	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Arrival Pictures	Drama	$6,713	+171.01%	2	$3,357	$195,260	185
69	(76)	The Aristocrats	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$5,027	+23.30%	8	$628	$6,353,098	143
70	(93)	Go For Zucker	First Run	Comedy	$4,783	+124.55%	4	$1,196	$7,595	10
71	(new)	A Halfway House Christmas	Lumpy Rock	Comedy	$4,550		1	$4,550	$7,550	3
72	(re-entry)	Cape of Good Hope	Artistic License	Comedy	$4,283		6	$714	$25,325	38
73	(new)	The Grace Lee Project	Women Make Movies	Documentary	$4,225		2	$2,113	$5,965	3
74	(72)	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Empire Pictures	Drama	$4,029	-33.17%	3	$1,343	$654,604	143
75	(73)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$3,895	-11.60%	8	$487	$16,660,741	1,011
76	(60)	Side Effects	Hummingbird Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,887	-69.51%	2	$1,944	$33,923	101
77	(84)	Nine Lives	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$3,583	+19.43%	6	$597	$347,284	66
78	(90)	Down to the Bone	Laemmle/Zeller Film	Drama	$3,390	+41.54%	2	$1,695	$23,630	24
79	(91)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$2,999	+31.77%	7	$428	$7,513,883	325
80	(101)	God's Sandbox	Indican Pictures	Drama	$2,992	+67.62%	2	$1,496	$45,582	143
81	(119)	Pulse	Magnolia Pictures	Horror	$2,664	+366.55%	5	$533	$49,046	40
82	(68)	The Boys of Baraka	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$2,380	-76.09%	1	$2,380	$38,100	17
83	(79)	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Shadow	Documentary	$2,350	-38.16%	3	$783	$3,041,591	311
84	(74)	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,176	-50.07%	5	$435	$154,693,150	164
85	(81)	Touch the Sound	Shadow	Documentary	$1,985	-43.16%	4	$496	$136,047	103
86	(86)	Gay Sex in the 70's	Lovett	Documentary	$1,890	-35.56%	2	$945	$85,625	45
87	(new)	Happy Here and Now	IFC Films	Drama	$1,867		2	$934	$2,443	5
88	(154)	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Indican Pictures	Drama	$1,864		1	$1,864	$40,948	115
89	(120)	Ellie Parker	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$1,858	+234.77%	3	$619	$25,826	38
90	(70)	New York Doll	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$1,611	-81.41%	4	$403	$176,056	52
91	(115)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,442		3	$481	$63,898,690	1,340
92	(109)	Elevator to the Gallows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$1,369	+18.84%	2	$685	$263,404	16,263
93	(49)	Little Manhattan	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,367	-95.05%	2	$684	$384,924	80
94	(118)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$1,243		1	$1,243	$52,101,594	2,614
95	(103)	Separate Lies	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,214	-30.27%	4	$304	$923,347	94
96	(80)	The Transporter 2	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,204	-66.24%	8	$151	$43,094,698	108
97	(111)	Forty Shades of Blue	Vitagraph Films	Drama	$1,152	+0.35%	2	$576	$75,180	82
98	(89)	Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal	7th Art Releasing	Concert	$984	-59.47%	1	$984	$4,433	10
99	(98)	Darwin's Nightmare	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$908	-55.12%	1	$908	$97,614	138
100	(new)	Electric Shadows	First Run		$784		1	$784	$784	3
101	(116)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$760	-3.18%	2	$380	$4,966,316	2,075
102	(117)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$725	+3.57%	1	$725	$7,144,450	2,488
103	(52)	El Vacilón: The Movie	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$715	-96.77%	4	$179	$1,693,256	59
104	(92)	Pure	Indican Pictures	Drama	$695	-68.58%	1	$695	$93,329	192
105	(re-entry)	A Tout de Suite	Cinema Guild	Drama	$666		1	$666	$248,565	234
106	(95)	The Untold story of Emmett Till	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$641	-69.17%	2	$321	$171,916	122
107	(75)	Loggerheads	Strand Releasing	Drama	$511	-87.56%	2	$256	$77,215	66
108	(85)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$482	-83.68%	3	$161	$2,625,812	444
109	(107)	Tony Takitani	Strand Releasing	Drama	$470	-62.61%	2	$235	$127,644	178
110	(102)	Duane Hopwood	IFC Films	Comedy	$441	-75.06%	1	$441	$13,510	38
111	(121)	Crimen Perfecto, El	Vitagraph Films	Black Comedy	$418	-22.59%	1	$418	$415,498	122
112	(122)	A Wake in Providence	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$283	-44.40%	1	$283	$387,346	248
113	(126)	Reel Paradise	WellSpring	Documentary	$215	-4.87%	1	$215	$29,720	122
114	(77)	Marebito	Tartan Films	Horror	$210	-94.55%	1	$210	$6,232	10
115	(71)	39 Pounds of Love	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$160	-97.55%	1	$160	$25,467	26
116	(94)	Dorian Blues	TLA	Comedy	$134	-93.57%	2	$67	$60,809	87
117	(123)	Dear Wendy	WellSpring	Drama	$12	-97.56%	1	$12	$19,325	87

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Chart certified: 12/21/2005