The Top Movies, Weekend of October 20, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Prestige	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$14,801,808		2,281	$6,489	$14,801,808	3
2	(2)	The Departed	Warner Bros.	Drama	$13,462,256	-29.27%	3,005	$4,480	$76,935,185	17
3	(new)	Flags of Our Fathers	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$10,245,190		1,876	$5,461	$10,245,190	3
4	(4)	Open Season	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$8,162,729	-26.55%	3,379	$2,416	$69,765,034	24
5	(new)	Flicka	20th Century Fox	Drama	$7,703,551		2,877	$2,678	$7,703,551	3
6	(1)	The Grudge 2	Sony Pictures	Horror	$7,652,791	-63.25%	3,214	$2,381	$31,332,993	10
7	(3)	Man of the Year	Universal	Comedy	$6,935,515	-43.61%	2,522	$2,750	$22,416,395	10
8	(new)	Marie Antoinette	Sony Pictures	Drama	$5,361,050		859	$6,241	$5,361,050	3
9	(6)	The Marine	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,795,160	-46.84%	2,545	$1,491	$12,617,834	10
10	(5)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	New Line	Horror	$3,779,829	-49.50%	2,569	$1,471	$35,888,968	17
11	(7)	The Guardian	Buena Vista	Action	$3,649,384	-37.80%	2,558	$1,427	$46,557,099	24
12	(new)	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Buena Vista	Musical	$3,277,004		168	$19,506	$3,277,004	3
13	(8)	Employee of the Month	Lionsgate	Comedy	$2,865,745	-45.63%	2,141	$1,339	$23,904,472	17
14	(9)	One Night with the King	Rocky Mountain Pictures	Drama	$2,377,203	-42.12%	908	$2,618	$7,684,854	10
15	(10)	Jackass: Number Two	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,536,935	-53.83%	1,401	$1,097	$71,065,813	31
16	(13)	The Queen	Miramax	Drama	$1,510,081	+47.69%	99	$15,253	$3,768,588	23
17	(new)	Don	UTV Communications	Action	$804,388		113	$7,118	$804,388	3
18	(16)	Facing the Giants	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$762,851	-9.27%	325	$2,347	$5,201,931	24
19	(11)	The Illusionist	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$744,221	-45.87%	592	$1,257	$37,456,405	66
20	(15)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$541,716	-37.91%	367	$1,476	$57,209,137	89
21	(19)	The Last King of Scotland	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$431,610	-29.37%	113	$3,820	$1,924,774	26
22	(12)	School for Scoundrels	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$398,345	-69.39%	600	$664	$17,166,446	24
23	(18)	Trailer Park Boys: The Movie	Alliance International	Comedy	$363,914	-46.34%	176	$2,068	$3,301,813	17
24	(14)	Jet Li's Fearless	Focus/Rogue Pictures	Drama	$348,759	-64.01%	387	$901	$24,200,762	31
25	(20)	The Science of Sleep	Warner Independent Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$302,649	-39.22%	213	$1,421	$3,997,422	31
26	(17)	Gridiron Gang	Sony Pictures	Drama	$243,099	-68.53%	400	$608	$38,432,823	38
27	(45)	Little Children	New Line	Drama	$238,390	+181.95%	32	$7,450	$508,772	17
28	(28)	Shortbus	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$230,342	+16.93%	54	$4,266	$720,654	17
29	(new)	Running With Scissors	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$226,108		8	$28,264	$226,108	3
30	(new)	Jaan-E-Maan	AdLab Films		$210,000		66	$3,182	$210,000	3
31	(23)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$207,567	-19.82%	341	$609	$72,394,888	80
32	(24)	Monster House	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$202,477	-15.96%	250	$810	$73,661,010	94
33	(21)	Infamous	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$179,960	-60.27%	179	$1,005	$813,949	10
34	(26)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$173,300	-19.93%	303	$572	$200,006,305	117
35	(30)	Keeping Mum	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$148,537	-16.00%	76	$1,954	$1,044,669	38
36	(56)	The Protector	Weinstein Co.	Action	$144,518	+272.70%	176	$821	$11,905,519	45
37	(36)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$137,285	+7.53%	37	$3,710	$20,070,530	234
38	(31)	Everyone's Hero	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$121,224	-25.56%	199	$609	$14,283,229	38
39	(29)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$119,883	-36.01%	142	$844	$421,243,455	108
40	(33)	The Ant Bully	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$116,100	-16.25%	215	$540	$27,918,618	87
41	(22)	Flyboys	MGM	Drama	$105,109	-64.47%	238	$442	$12,821,952	31
42	(40)	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	Alliance International	Comedy	$91,744	-23.37%	60	$1,529	$12,093,573	80
43	(37)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$81,129	-36.32%	118	$688	$124,450,077	115
44	(27)	Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker	Weinstein Co.	Action	$75,058	-65.12%	140	$536	$519,934	10
45	(43)	The U.S. vs John Lennon	Lionsgate	Documentary	$72,563	-20.79%	65	$1,116	$822,920	38
46	(41)	Jesus Camp	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$61,344	-38.39%	48	$1,278	$594,475	38
47	(47)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$61,276	-22.08%	12	$5,106	$15,282,411	395
48	(53)	Sweet Land	Libero, LLC	Drama	$54,715	+30.71%	9	$6,079	$117,121	10
49	(38)	Invincible	Buena Vista	Drama	$51,121	-59.74%	119	$430	$57,375,922	59
50	(39)	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	First Look	Drama	$51,084	-57.48%	60	$851	$420,603	24
51	(48)	Half Nelson	ThinkFilm	Drama	$48,666	-35.37%	61	$798	$2,591,047	73
52	(34)	The Black Dahlia	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$46,520	-66.23%	141	$330	$22,518,325	38
53	(70)	Beerfest	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$44,974	+212.65%	172	$261	$19,145,054	59
54	(35)	The Last Kiss	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$36,188	-73.69%	63	$574	$11,596,143	38
55	(57)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$31,885	-14.05%	21	$1,518	$4,881,827	269
56	(84)	Material Girls	MGM	Comedy	$29,161	+304.00%	94	$310	$11,441,751	66
57	(103)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$27,072	+1,189.14%	6	$4,512	$12,751,495	2,061
58	(55)	Boynton Beach Club	Wingate Distribution	Romantic Comedy	$26,429	-34.24%	33	$801	$2,942,390	213
59	(59)	Snakes on a Plane	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$21,868	-28.81%	61	$358	$33,969,502	66
60	(62)	American Hardcore	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$20,674	-9.50%	12	$1,723	$133,780	31
61	(61)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$19,524	-15.11%	9	$2,169	$11,447,508	563
62	(63)	Driving Lessons	Sony Pictures Classics		$19,484	-13.80%	16	$1,218	$51,788	10
63	(67)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$19,459	+21.60%	3	$6,486	$8,632,415	633
64	(60)	The Wicker Man	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$18,899	-33.06%	39	$485	$23,440,031	52
65	(54)	Hollywoodland	Focus Features	Drama	$17,463	-57.57%	48	$364	$14,415,222	45
66	(58)	49 Up	First Run	Documentary	$16,885	-53.57%	8	$2,111	$159,037	17
67	(74)	Old Joy	Kino International		$12,731	+13.51%	10	$1,273	$104,694	59
68	(75)	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Jour de Fete	Drama	$12,360	+16.14%	14	$883	$1,624,405	332
69	(72)	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$11,598	-7.55%	11	$1,054	$190,784	52
70	(71)	Captain Sabertooth	Indican Pictures	Adventure	$11,504	-19.07%	4	$2,876	$85,523	31
71	(new)	Stay	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$10,890		6	$1,815	$10,890	3
72	(new)	51 Birch Street	Truly Indie		$10,827		2	$5,414	$14,130	5
73	(65)	An Inconvenient Truth	Paramount Vantage	Documentary	$10,294	-50.52%	29	$355	$23,793,821	152
74	(90)	Heading South	Railroad Square	Drama	$9,855	+84.69%	16	$616	$876,240	108
75	(77)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,504	-9.88%	15	$634	$40,999,216	87
76	(68)	Deliver Us From Evil	Lionsgate	Documentary	$9,257	-40.87%	4	$2,314	$32,636	10
77	(83)	Tideland	ThinkFilm	Drama	$9,224	+26.77%	3	$3,075	$21,148	10
78	(76)	Changing Times	Koch Lorber Films		$9,156	-13.30%	4	$2,289	$502,598	101
79	(66)	The House of Sand	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,053	-52.20%	20	$403	$492,761	73
80	(85)	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$7,723	+7.37%	17	$454	$1,647,435	117
81	(new)	Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple	7th Art Releasing		$7,482		1	$7,482	$7,482	3
82	(new)	Aguirre: The Wrath of God	New Yorker	Drama	$7,063		1	$7,063	$7,063	3
83	(73)	Viva Pedro	Sony Pictures Classics		$5,662	-53.88%	6	$944	$539,841	73
84	(80)	Le petit lieutenant	Cinema Libre	Drama	$5,193	-41.00%	3	$1,731	$83,828	45
85	(92)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$4,565	+1.78%	2	$2,283	$16,493,836	2,551
86	(81)	Quinceanera	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,875	-55.97%	12	$323	$1,676,610	80
87	(82)	This Film is Not Yet Rated	IFC Films	Documentary	$3,808	-47.70%	13	$293	$270,591	52
88	(86)	Al Franken: God Spoke	Balcony Releasing	Documentary	$3,806	-42.65%	9	$423	$83,251	40
89	(89)	Aurora Borealis	Regent Releasing	Drama	$3,754	-32.57%	1	$3,754	$53,503	38
90	(88)	Factotum	IFC Films	Drama	$3,692	-41.60%	15	$246	$788,051	66
91	(new)	Requiem	IFC First Take		$3,309		2	$1,655	$3,309	3
92	(69)	The Journals of Knud Rasmussen	Alliance International		$3,141	-78.90%	4	$785	$152,355	24
93	(49)	Cheech	Alliance International		$2,711	-96.29%	32	$85	$284,235	17
94	(52)	Love's Abiding Joy	The Bigger Picture		$2,610	-93.80%	14	$186	$252,726	17
95	(re-entry)	The Motel	Palm Pictures	Drama	$2,471		2	$1,236	$49,243	117
96	(re-entry)	Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories	Hanover House	Drama	$2,268		1	$2,268	$20,210	38
97	(105)	13 Tzameti	Palm Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,232	+13.07%	6	$372	$116,043	87
98	(108)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$2,173	+34.14%	4	$543	$64,937,574	1,648
99	(119)	Lunacy	Zeitgeist		$1,928	+262.41%	2	$964	$31,318	75
100	(100)	The War Tapes	Senart/Scranton-Lacy	Documentary	$1,893	-31.24%	2	$947	$254,190	143
101	(re-entry)	Hair High	Bill Plympton		$1,546		1	$1,546	$2,847	80
102	(122)	So Goes the Nation	IFC Films	Documentary	$1,484	+233.48%	2	$742	$8,007	19
103	(106)	Broken Sky	Strand		$1,409	-27.63%	1	$1,409	$16,744	24
104	(87)	Black Gold	California Newsreel		$1,300	-79.82%	1	$1,300	$26,467	17
105	(re-entry)	Poster Boy	Regent Releasing	Drama	$1,246		1	$1,246	$61,408	75
106	(98)	Moonlight	Indican Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,214	-59.04%	1	$1,214	$42,342	157
107	(107)	Army of Shadows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$1,072	-37.16%	2	$536	$618,543	178
108	(110)	Our Brand is Crisis	Koch Lorber Films	Documentary	$1,035	-5.91%	1	$1,035	$159,323	234
109	(101)	The Fallen Idol	Rialto Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,005	-59.56%	1	$1,005	$141,502	20,796
110	(91)	Queens	Regent Releasing		$990	-78.80%	1	$990	$139,439	59
111	(102)	Wordplay	IFC Films	Documentary	$856	-63.26%	9	$95	$3,117,666	129
112	(115)	Time to Leave	Strand	Drama	$831	+18.88%	1	$831	$113,252	101
113	(new)	Masai: The Rain Warriors	Artmattan Productions	Drama	$788		1	$788	$788	3
114	(116)	Shakespeare Behind Bars	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$750	+15.38%	2	$375	$48,194	227
115	(130)	The Bridesmaid	First Run		$691	+411.85%	1	$691	$87,478	80
116	(re-entry)	Been Rich All My Life	First Run	Documentary	$677		1	$677	$35,685	94
117	(104)	Sherrybaby	IFC Films	Drama	$654	-68.59%	2	$327	$198,407	45
118	(118)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$600	+4.35%	1	$600	$7,188,126	2,796
119	(113)	The Beauty Academy of Kabul	Shadow	Documentary	$554	-30.23%	1	$554	$225,348	213
120	(121)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$520	+8.33%	1	$520	$5,010,672	2,383
121	(124)	Paper Dolls	Strand	Documentary	$500	+85.87%	1	$500	$34,482	47
122	(re-entry)	La Moustache	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$473		1	$473	$227,296	152
123	(114)	Stolen	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$444	-39.09%	1	$444	$128,298	187
124	(re-entry)	Vajra Sky Over Tibet	Truly Indie		$405		1	$405	$57,577	66
125	(re-entry)	Darshan, The Embrace	IFC First Take		$392		3	$131	$62,425	87
126	(117)	My Country My Country	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$356	-43.13%	2	$178	$32,854	80
127	(123)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$253	-22.63%	1	$253	$52,874,691	2,922
128	(99)	Gabrielle	IFC Films	Drama	$222	-92.26%	1	$222	$322,422	101
129	(re-entry)	Azumi	Vitagraph Films	Action	$90		1	$90	$41,653	94

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Chart certified: 10/25/2006