The Top Movies, Weekend of September 8, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Covenant	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$8,852,458		2,681	$3,302	$8,852,458	3
2	(new)	Hollywoodland	Focus Features	Drama	$5,926,177		1,548	$3,828	$5,926,177	3
3	(1)	Invincible	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,630,126	-53.67%	2,987	$1,885	$45,500,634	17
4	(new)	The Protector	Weinstein Co.	Action	$5,034,180		1,541	$3,267	$5,034,180	3
5	(2)	Crank	Lionsgate	Action	$4,904,308	-53.10%	2,515	$1,950	$19,962,812	10
6	(5)	The Illusionist	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$4,514,306	-28.42%	1,234	$3,658	$17,963,845	24
7	(4)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$4,273,545	-43.93%	1,560	$2,739	$41,494,873	47
8	(3)	The Wicker Man	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$4,062,271	-57.73%	2,784	$1,459	$17,433,396	10
9	(6)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,012,596	-50.62%	2,617	$1,151	$142,193,465	38
10	(7)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,715,092	-44.49%	2,506	$1,083	$67,014,342	38
11	(8)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,565,386	-44.35%	2,674	$959	$67,152,063	33
12	(10)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,519,702	-44.06%	2,279	$1,106	$61,650,612	31
13	(9)	Accepted	Universal	Comedy	$2,511,445	-45.40%	2,381	$1,055	$32,243,035	24
14	(11)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,994,611	-47.31%	1,589	$1,255	$416,591,183	66
15	(14)	How to Eat Fried Worms	New Line	Drama	$1,482,722	-49.77%	1,793	$827	$11,288,764	17
16	(13)	Beerfest	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,401,073	-61.70%	1,911	$733	$17,214,314	17
17	(12)	Crossover	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,314,112	-65.12%	1,023	$1,285	$6,024,124	10
18	(16)	Idlewild	Universal	Musical	$958,510	-58.87%	856	$1,120	$11,430,900	17
19	(15)	Snakes on a Plane	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$824,211	-66.31%	1,151	$716	$33,001,501	24
20	(19)	Cars	Buena Vista	Comedy	$478,322	-43.66%	478	$1,001	$242,618,740	94
21	(21)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$474,500	-39.77%	465	$1,020	$122,676,388	73
22	(re-entry)	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	Alliance International	Comedy	$459,433		191	$2,405	$10,254,815	38
23	(re-entry)	Lage Raho Munnabhai	Eros Entertainment	Comedy	$457,365		65	$7,036	$1,396,472	10
24	(18)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$453,273	-48.15%	241	$1,881	$197,430,626	75
25	(20)	Monster House	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$451,667	-43.23%	446	$1,013	$71,423,510	52
26	(17)	Material Girls	MGM	Comedy	$388,289	-61.00%	640	$607	$11,002,107	24
27	(23)	The Ant Bully	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$290,781	-48.12%	271	$1,073	$27,056,454	45
28	(22)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$277,825	-57.19%	367	$757	$19,703,256	31
29	(26)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$261,405	-33.82%	333	$785	$74,985,020	59
30	(28)	Click	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$250,552	-29.15%	269	$931	$136,812,330	80
31	(29)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$238,444	-32.05%	322	$741	$40,409,572	45
32	(33)	Half Nelson	ThinkFilm	Drama	$226,840	-3.00%	63	$3,601	$1,070,302	31
33	(25)	Miami Vice	Universal	Action	$181,705	-55.47%	316	$575	$63,092,275	45
34	(24)	The Descent	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$172,687	-58.32%	256	$675	$25,671,489	38
35	(27)	Trust the Man	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$147,773	-59.21%	195	$758	$1,349,521	24
36	(30)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$143,410	-46.25%	38	$3,774	$18,566,647	192
37	(new)	Broken Bridges	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$133,784		84	$1,593	$133,784	3
38	(32)	Zoom	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$128,635	-49.01%	216	$596	$11,554,356	31
39	(31)	Lassie	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$126,600	-50.24%	155	$817	$548,277	10
40	(34)	Boynton Beach Club	Wingate Distribution	Romantic Comedy	$126,431	-43.72%	63	$2,007	$2,336,968	171
41	(38)	Lady in the Water	Warner Bros.	Drama	$116,017	-39.71%	248	$468	$42,116,107	52
42	(39)	Quinceanera	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$115,532	-39.27%	39	$2,962	$1,303,382	38
43	(35)	An Inconvenient Truth	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$108,061	-51.24%	145	$745	$23,353,499	110
44	(36)	Scoop	Focus/Rogue Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$98,817	-54.64%	138	$716	$10,371,586	45
45	(46)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$93,422		12	$7,785	$11,112,610	521
46	(44)	Idiocracy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$78,909	-36.55%	112	$705	$313,505	10
47	(42)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$78,825	-40.17%	114	$691	$22,344,314	52
48	(40)	Factotum	IFC Films	Drama	$75,730	-48.84%	55	$1,377	$568,138	24
49	(51)	A Prairie Home Companion	PictureHouse	Comedy	$57,549	+15.57%	118	$488	$20,172,050	94
50	(re-entry)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$45,269		10	$4,527	$14,650,520	353
51	(46)	The Lake House	Warner Bros.	Drama	$43,237	-34.39%	81	$534	$52,280,027	87
52	(47)	Another Gay Movie	TLA Releasing	Comedy	$42,861	-34.45%	18	$2,381	$533,572	45
53	(52)	Viva Pedro	Sony Pictures Classics		$42,803	-8.54%	22	$1,946	$192,193	31
54	(50)	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$37,762	-26.61%	67	$564	$1,481,404	75
55	(64)	The House of Sand	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$36,086	+55.29%	22	$1,640	$239,625	31
56	(new)	Red Doors	Polychrome Pictures	Drama	$35,050		2	$17,525	$35,050	3
57	(new)	Sherrybaby	IFC Films	Drama	$34,774		5	$6,955	$34,774	3
58	(57)	A Scanner Darkly	Warner Independent Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$33,340	-7.54%	62	$538	$5,414,097	66
59	(59)	This Film is Not Yet Rated	IFC Films	Documentary	$29,735	-3.03%	11	$2,703	$75,299	10
60	(53)	Heading South	Railroad Square	Drama	$28,992	-34.78%	24	$1,208	$775,719	66
61	(43)	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$28,871	-77.73%	23	$1,255	$3,205,338	31
62	(re-entry)	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Jour de Fete	Drama	$23,972		19	$1,262	$1,438,600	290
63	(63)	Changing Times	Koch Lorber Films		$21,560	-12.27%	5	$4,312	$388,049	59
64	(37)	The Quiet	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,143	-89.08%	124	$171	$370,474	17
65	(61)	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,119	-25.17%	11	$1,920	$64,328	10
66	(55)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$18,508	-53.19%	17	$1,089	$4,613,487	227
67	(54)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$18,214	-55.90%	51	$357	$28,382,443	87
68	(new)	Le petit lieutenant	Cinema Libre	Drama	$16,871		2	$8,436	$16,871	3
69	(60)	Conversations with Other Women	Fabrication Films	Comedy	$16,252	-44.26%	7	$2,322	$288,450	31
70	(67)	Unidentified	Five & Two	Drama	$16,120	-4.06%	21	$768	$130,391	136
71	(58)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$15,760	-55.24%	39	$404	$234,329,411	108
72	(65)	Queens	Regent Releasing		$15,469	-26.52%	8	$1,934	$74,273	17
73	(new)	Man Push Cart	Film Philos		$13,694		1	$13,694	$13,694	3
74	(62)	Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man	Lionsgate	Documentary	$11,836	-56.21%	25	$473	$1,036,050	82
75	(re-entry)	Le Secret de ma Mere	Alliance International	Comedy	$11,093		12	$924	$2,383,636	66
76	(56)	Clerks II	MGM	Comedy	$10,990	-69.74%	39	$282	$24,035,346	52
77	(70)	Mutual Appreciation	Goodbye Cruel Releasing	Comedy	$10,203	-22.36%	3	$3,401	$29,674	10
78	(68)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$10,111	-35.90%	3	$3,370	$8,484,440	591
79	(69)	Wordplay	IFC Films	Documentary	$9,986	-26.25%	30	$333	$3,048,563	87
80	(73)	Only Human	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$8,322	-5.90%	12	$694	$256,195	87
81	(new)	Paper Dolls	Strand	Documentary	$7,870		3	$2,623	$12,413	5
82	(re-entry)	The Celestine Prophecy	Ram Entertainment	Adventure	$6,247		13	$481	$1,201,577	145
83	(82)	Puffy Chair, The	Roadside Attractions		$6,192	+52.25%	5	$1,238	$192,467	101
84	(re-entry)	Vajra Sky Over Tibet	Truly Indie		$5,931		2	$2,966	$13,994	24
85	(new)	I Trust You To Kill Me	First Independent Pictures	Documentary	$5,888		1	$5,888	$5,888	3
86	(re-entry)	13 Tzameti	Palm Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,339		5	$1,068	$88,082	45
87	(76)	The Proposition	First Look	Drama	$4,925	-38.74%	6	$821	$1,900,725	129
88	(74)	Army of Shadows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$4,880	-44.28%	3	$1,627	$561,479	136
89	(71)	Strangers with Candy	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$4,067	-59.55%	11	$370	$2,063,544	75
90	(75)	Edmond	First Independent Pictures	Black Comedy	$3,760	-54.85%	5	$752	$113,729	59
91	(83)	Thank You For Smoking	Fox Searchlight	Black Comedy	$3,717	-5.03%	3	$1,239	$24,792,061	178
92	(new)	Saint of 9/11	IFC Films	Documentary	$3,680		1	$3,680	$4,901	5
93	(72)	Gabrielle	IFC Films	Drama	$3,271	-65.45%	4	$818	$278,988	59
94	(re-entry)	War Tapes, The	Senart/Scranton-Lacy	Documentary	$3,212		6	$535	$219,973	101
95	(re-entry)	Dog Walker	Truly Indie		$2,850		2	$1,425	$2,850	1,459
96	(100)	Time to Leave	Strand	Drama	$2,827		3	$942	$104,801	59
97	(90)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$2,750		4	$688	$12,691,913	2,019
98	(86)	My Country, My Country	Zeitgeist		$2,602	-7.14%	2	$1,301	$18,658	38
99	(88)	The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$2,120	-16.40%	2	$1,060	$150,958	87
100	(re-entry)	Lower City	Palm Pictures	Drama	$1,989		2	$995	$118,654	87
101	(79)	10th & Wolf	ThinkFilm	Drama	$1,986	-67.00%	6	$331	$53,481	24
102	(98)	Mongolian Ping Pong	First Run	Comedy	$1,612		2	$806	$65,089	143
103	(97)	Sympathy for Lady Vengeance	Tartan Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,481	+2,288.71%	3	$494	$207,090	129
104	(re-entry)	Hate Crime	Pasidg Productions	Thriller/Suspense	$1,420		1	$1,420	$40,758	353
105	(78)	Princesas	IFC First Take		$1,419	-77.15%	3	$473	$22,758	19
106	(90)	Stolen	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$1,418	-31.53%	2	$709	$120,137	145
107	(re-entry)	Azumi	Vitagraph Films	Action	$1,340		1	$1,340	$37,621	52
108	(92)	Poster Boy	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,236	-21.27%	1	$1,236	$41,912	33
109	(re-entry)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,193		2	$597	$64,906,213	1,606
110	(83)	The Bridesmaid	First Run		$1,101		2	$551	$59,437	38
111	(re-entry)	Brothers of the Head	IFC Films		$1,055		4	$264	$39,865	45
112	(85)	Our Brand is Crisis	Koch Lorber Films	Documentary	$1,055	-62.46%	1	$1,055	$149,493	192
113	(94)	Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul	Strand	Documentary	$1,026		2	$513	$68,616	94
114	(95)	Mini's First Time	First Independent Pictures	Black Comedy	$901	+50.17%	1	$901	$47,137	59
115	(new)	Rolling Family	Palm Pictures	Comedy	$849		1	$849	$849	5
116	(re-entry)	The Groomsmen	Bauer Martinez	Comedy	$844		1	$844	$127,663	59
117	(77)	The Great New Wonderful	First Independent Pictures	Drama	$824	-87.42%	3	$275	$146,057	80
118	(re-entry)	Wondrous Oblivion	Palm Pictures		$822		1	$822	$63,692	52
119	(re-entry)	The Motel	Palm Pictures	Drama	$650		1	$650	$44,778	75
120	(103)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$600		1	$600	$5,005,571	2,341
121	(104)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$595		1	$595	$7,182,910	2,754
122	(re-entry)	Lunacy	Zeitgeist		$507		2	$254	$24,068	33
123	(81)	Darshan, The Embrace	IFC First Take		$486	-89.21%	1	$486	$47,534	45
124	(re-entry)	The Beauty Academy of Kabul	Shadow	Documentary	$372		1	$372	$212,988	171
125	(94)	Old Joy	Kino International		$360	-42.40%	1	$360	$8,007	17
126	(96)	Lemming	Strand	Drama	$318		1	$318	$81,612	115
127	(re-entry)	Been Rich All My Life	First Run	Documentary	$278		3	$93	$27,118	52

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Chart certified: 9/13/2006