The Top Movies, Weekend of October 6, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Departed	Warner Bros.	Drama	$26,887,467		3,017	$8,912	$26,887,467	3
2	(new)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	New Line	Horror	$18,508,228		2,820	$6,563	$18,508,228	3
3	(1)	Open Season	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$15,625,324	-33.86%	3,833	$4,077	$43,754,064	10
4	(new)	Employee of the Month	Lionsgate	Comedy	$11,407,751		2,579	$4,423	$11,407,751	3
5	(2)	The Guardian	Buena Vista	Action	$9,568,092	-46.86%	3,241	$2,952	$32,319,809	10
6	(3)	Jackass: Number Two	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,516,968	-55.38%	3,007	$2,167	$62,810,339	17
7	(4)	School for Scoundrels	MGM	Comedy	$3,433,587	-60.09%	3,007	$1,142	$13,988,365	10
8	(5)	Jet Li's Fearless	Focus/Rogue Pictures	Drama	$2,289,887	-54.05%	1,617	$1,416	$21,751,327	17
9	(6)	Gridiron Gang	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,236,784	-51.18%	2,228	$1,004	$36,557,430	24
10	(7)	The Illusionist	Yari Film Group Releasing	Drama	$1,886,165	-31.05%	1,149	$1,642	$34,128,177	52
11	(new)	Trailer Park Boys: The Movie	Alliance Atlantis	Comedy	$1,597,979		204	$7,833	$1,597,979	3
12	(10)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,278,904	-35.79%	824	$1,552	$55,010,203	75
13	(8)	Flyboys	MGM	Drama	$1,039,073	-55.82%	1,471	$706	$11,833,647	17
14	(12)	Facing the Giants	IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside	Drama	$1,006,207	-25.11%	418	$2,407	$2,749,495	10
15	(16)	The Science of Sleep	Warner Independent Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$680,420	-38.96%	221	$3,079	$2,704,212	17
16	(9)	The Black Dahlia	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$553,115	-74.02%	930	$595	$22,028,485	24
17	(13)	The Covenant	Sony/Screen Gems	Thriller/Suspense	$417,436	-68.53%	691	$604	$23,071,280	31
18	(38)	The Queen	Miramax	Drama	$401,978	+229.45%	11	$36,543	$634,788	9
19	(30)	Monster House	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$395,758	+72.51%	331	$1,196	$73,034,593	80
20	(17)	Invincible	Buena Vista	Drama	$392,309	-62.89%	551	$712	$57,011,536	45
21	(14)	The Last Kiss	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$364,052	-70.43%	403	$903	$11,209,469	24
22	(24)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$357,980	-6.51%	523	$684	$71,713,703	66
23	(19)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$347,964	-25.69%	476	$731	$147,866,245	66
24	(22)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$296,502	-26.50%	388	$764	$199,394,532	103
25	(37)	The Last King of Scotland	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$292,730	+104.85%	30	$9,758	$533,737	12
26	(20)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$288,531	-37.91%	323	$893	$420,758,665	94
27	(11)	All the King's Men	Sony Pictures	Drama	$285,993	-81.47%	680	$421	$7,052,190	17
28	(15)	Everyone's Hero	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$256,669	-78.30%	595	$431	$13,846,166	24
29	(31)	Keeping Mum	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$191,436	-13.90%	75	$2,552	$545,873	24
30	(18)	Hollywoodland	Focus Features	Drama	$169,961	-69.17%	283	$601	$14,271,459	31
31	(32)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$157,393	-21.87%	196	$803	$124,111,041	101
32	(23)	Accepted	Universal	Comedy	$145,475	-62.34%	253	$575	$36,193,190	52
33	(35)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$144,555	-10.70%	35	$4,130	$19,596,204	220
34	(34)	Cars	Buena Vista	Comedy	$134,870	-32.63%	233	$579	$243,921,502	122
35	(33)	The U.S. vs John Lennon	Lionsgate	Documentary	$129,150	-35.54%	58	$2,227	$551,821	24
36	(25)	The Wicker Man	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$124,456	-65.74%	238	$523	$23,350,981	38
37	(28)	Half Nelson	ThinkFilm	Drama	$122,180	-47.52%	99	$1,234	$2,378,723	59
38	(40)	Jesus Camp	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$120,944	+23.82%	44	$2,749	$338,707	24
39	(21)	Crank	Lionsgate	Action	$118,599	-72.28%	164	$723	$27,771,239	38
40	(new)	Shortbus	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$107,907		6	$17,985	$129,129	3
41	(new)	Little Children	New Line	Drama	$97,953		5	$19,591	$97,953	3
42	(29)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$84,054	-63.57%	138	$609	$65,084,737	59
43	(27)	The Protector	Weinstein Co.	Action	$71,647	-72.06%	145	$494	$11,663,169	31
44	(36)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$64,526	-59.03%	117	$552	$70,118,265	61
45	(43)	Boynton Beach Club	Wingate Distribution	Romantic Comedy	$62,312	-16.39%	55	$1,133	$2,834,866	199
46	(41)	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	First Look	Drama	$56,224	-40.68%	10	$5,622	$185,871	10
47	(39)	How to Eat Fried Worms	New Line	Drama	$52,990	-56.43%	156	$340	$13,022,756	45
48	(46)	Snakes on a Plane	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$50,371	-30.82%	116	$434	$33,886,034	52
49	(45)	The Descent	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$42,562	-41.89%	89	$478	$26,005,908	66
50	(58)	An Inconvenient Truth	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$34,133	+7.42%	86	$397	$23,727,472	138
51	(62)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$29,379	+20.54%	20	$1,469	$4,762,737	255
52	(48)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$24,128	-58.20%	40	$603	$40,964,517	73
53	(55)	Quinceanera	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,888	-40.78%	44	$520	$1,645,340	66
54	(72)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$21,628	+43.17%	3	$7,209	$8,575,370	619
55	(53)	The Ant Bully	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$21,179	-48.83%	53	$400	$27,616,168	73
56	(52)	Viva Pedro	Sony Pictures Classics		$19,078	-56.02%	21	$908	$491,923	59
57	(50)	Beerfest	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$17,507	-64.52%	40	$438	$19,073,576	45
58	(59)	The House of Sand	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$16,601	-40.60%	27	$615	$455,233	59
59	(51)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$15,157	-68.30%	39	$389	$20,259,297	59
60	(76)	Changing Times	Koch Lorber Films		$12,650	-12.03%	4	$3,163	$477,672	87
61	(80)	Al Franken: God Spoke	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$11,447	+4.20%	10	$1,145	$64,600	26
62	(57)	Material Girls	MGM	Comedy	$10,791	-66.55%	30	$360	$11,400,347	52
63	(74)	Renaissance	Miramax	Action	$10,412	-28.53%	13	$801	$47,213	17
64	(73)	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$10,047	-32.39%	7	$1,435	$159,232	38
65	(67)	Factotum	IFC Films	Drama	$9,685	-46.68%	26	$373	$767,314	52
66	(61)	American Hardcore	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$9,665	-62.55%	5	$1,933	$73,372	17
67	(79)	Captain Sabertooth	Indican Pictures	Adventure	$9,081	-22.44%	3	$3,027	$55,135	17
68	(88)	Heading South	Railroad Square	Drama	$9,032	+19.22%	16	$565	$848,555	94
69	(81)	Aurora Borealis	Regent Releasing	Drama	$8,368	-22.96%	4	$2,092	$39,939	24
70	(60)	This Film is Not Yet Rated	IFC Films	Documentary	$8,155	-68.73%	15	$544	$249,327	38
71	(77)	Old Joy	Kino International		$7,688	-40.99%	4	$1,922	$70,372	45
72	(75)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$7,282	-49.63%	18	$405	$22,526,144	80
73	(91)	Queens	Regent Releasing		$6,985	+10.43%	3	$2,328	$128,547	45
74	(new)	Black Gold	California Newsreel		$6,764		3	$2,255	$8,157	3
75	(70)	A Prairie Home Companion	PictureHouse	Comedy	$6,655	-58.83%	20	$333	$20,338,609	122
76	(82)	Gabrielle	IFC Films	Drama	$6,204	-37.75%	5	$1,241	$315,241	87
77	(new)	Wrestling with Angels	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$5,944		1	$5,944	$7,797	5
78	(68)	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$5,346	-69.86%	13	$411	$1,613,156	103
79	(83)	Conversations with Other Women	Fabrication Films	Comedy	$4,736	-52.37%	6	$789	$369,854	59
80	(89)	Mutual Appreciation	Goodbye Cruel Releasing	Comedy	$4,486	-40.50%	2	$2,243	$69,630	38
81	(65)	Confetti	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$4,097	-78.84%	10	$410	$221,039	24
82	(69)	Sherrybaby	IFC Films	Drama	$3,840	-77.03%	4	$960	$191,937	31
83	(85)	The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros	Unico Entertainment	Comedy	$3,582	-60.20%	2	$1,791	$24,967	17
84	(99)	The War Tapes	Senart/Scranton-Lacy	Documentary	$3,397	-14.41%	4	$849	$244,043	129
85	(86)	Khosla Ka Ghosla	UTV Communications		$3,258	-59.30%	6	$543	$26,472	17
86	(93)	Wordplay	IFC Films	Documentary	$2,761	-44.86%	17	$162	$3,107,354	115
87	(94)	Broken Sky	Strand		$2,668	-46.17%	1	$2,668	$10,373	10
88	(new)	So Goes the Nation	IFC Films	Documentary	$2,622		4	$656	$3,345	5
89	(105)	Paper Dolls	Strand	Documentary	$2,162	-27.16%	2	$1,081	$32,456	33
90	(87)	Red Doors	Polychrome Pictures	Drama	$1,952	-74.98%	1	$1,952	$97,848	31
91	(98)	Moonlight	Indican Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,898	-52.86%	1	$1,898	$36,556	143
92	(95)	13 Tzameti	Palm Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,831	-63.00%	2	$916	$109,976	73
93	(125)	Stolen	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$1,763	+146.92%	2	$882	$124,481	173
94	(118)	Darshan, The Embrace	IFC First Take		$1,711	+42.46%	2	$856	$58,607	73
95	(123)	Only Human	Magnolia Pictures	Comedy	$1,698	+115.48%	4	$425	$282,998	115
96	(120)	Our Brand is Crisis	Koch Lorber Films	Documentary	$1,035	-7.59%	1	$1,035	$156,533	220
97	(116)	A Scanner Darkly	Warner Independent Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$860	-45.12%	10	$86	$5,480,996	94
98	(84)	Army of Shadows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$850	-90.94%	1	$850	$613,711	164
99	(97)	Trust the Man	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$848	-80.06%	4	$212	$1,530,535	52
100	(new)	Issues	Bullz Eye	Comedy	$783		1	$783	$783	3
101	(re-entry)	Rolling Family	Palm Pictures	Comedy	$770		1	$770	$4,693	33
102	(re-entry)	Princesas	IFC First Take	Drama	$744		2	$372	$26,864	47
103	(113)	Poster Boy	Regent Releasing	Drama	$706	-61.73%	1	$706	$58,963	61
104	(117)	Wondrous Oblivion	Palm Pictures		$671	-55.21%	2	$336	$69,471	80
105	(re-entry)	The Ordeal	Palm Pictures	Horror	$635		1	$635	$2,623	59
106	(108)	Unidentified	Five & Two Pictures	Drama	$547	-78.15%	4	$137	$166,687	164
107	(re-entry)	The Motel	Palm Pictures	Drama	$505		1	$505	$47,111	103
108	(106)	Edmond	First Independent Pictures	Black Comedy	$470	-84.03%	1	$470	$131,300	87
109	(127)	The Beauty Academy of Kabul	Shadow	Documentary	$290	-58.57%	2	$145	$223,032	199
110	(126)	Brothers of the Head	IFC Films		$236	-66.90%	3	$79	$43,941	73
111	(121)	Screen Door Jesus	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$150	-85.07%	1	$150	$40,392	374

Chart certified: 10/13/2006