The Top Movies, Weekend of December 15, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Pursuit of Happyness	Sony Pictures	Drama	$26,541,709		2,852	$9,306	$26,541,709	3
2	(new)	Eragon	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$23,239,907		3,020	$7,695	$23,239,907	3
3	(new)	Charlotte's Web	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$11,457,353		3,566	$3,213	$11,457,353	3
4	(2)	Happy Feet	Warner Bros.	Musical	$8,358,421	-35.23%	3,335	$2,506	$149,244,791	31
5	(3)	The Holiday	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$8,014,713	-37.28%	2,614	$3,066	$25,125,052	10
6	(1)	Apocalypto	Buena Vista	Adventure	$8,008,126	-46.63%	2,465	$3,249	$28,209,532	10
7	(5)	Blood Diamond	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,517,471	-24.64%	1,910	$3,412	$18,637,257	10
8	(4)	Casino Royale	MGM	Action	$5,627,644	-36.95%	2,437	$2,309	$137,501,384	31
9	(8)	The Nativity Story	New Line	Drama	$4,656,376	-18.51%	2,574	$1,809	$23,012,695	17
10	(7)	Unaccompanied Minors	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,545,352	-39.04%	2,775	$1,278	$10,093,267	10
11	(6)	Déjà Vu	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$2,975,356	-50.57%	1,985	$1,499	$57,748,399	26
12	(9)	Deck the Halls	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,921,123	-51.89%	1,851	$1,038	$32,786,862	26
13	(10)	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,895,591	-41.76%	1,535	$1,235	$79,882,347	45
14	(11)	Borat	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,543,840	-39.97%	951	$1,623	$122,813,553	45
15	(14)	The Queen	Miramax	Drama	$666,687	-23.88%	483	$1,380	$25,646,953	79
16	(12)	Stranger Than Fiction	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$517,622	-63.69%	532	$973	$40,137,776	38
17	(19)	Babel	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$495,750	+8.58%	220	$2,253	$18,320,965	52
18	(new)	Dreamgirls	Dreamworks SKG	Musical	$378,950		3	$126,317	$378,950	3
19	(23)	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$375,896	+14.86%	37	$10,159	$175,314,600	768
20	(20)	The Departed	Warner Bros.	Drama	$341,300	-22.13%	254	$1,344	$119,273,628	73
21	(21)	Volver	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$313,413	-15.70%	45	$6,965	$2,865,369	45
22	(13)	Turistas	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$299,709	-78.87%	375	$799	$6,737,122	17
23	(16)	Flushed Away	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$245,207	-70.65%	450	$545	$61,607,497	45
24	(27)	The History Boys	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$219,532	+8.79%	76	$2,889	$795,266	27
25	(24)	Guadalupe	Slowhand Cinema Releasing	Drama	$216,105	-28.28%	110	$1,965	$671,228	10
26	(22)	For Your Consideration	Warner Independent Pictures	Comedy	$172,958	-49.16%	161	$1,074	$5,162,418	31
27	(17)	Bobby	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$155,050	-72.74%	203	$764	$10,821,713	31
28	(new)	Kabul Express	Yash Raj Films	Comedy	$142,591		50	$2,852	$142,591	3
29	(18)	The Fountain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$130,233	-74.03%	145	$898	$9,776,258	26
30	(28)	Dhoom 2	Yash Raj Films	Action	$109,763	-32.87%	40	$2,744	$2,490,892	25
31	(36)	Little Children	New Line	Drama	$77,587	+18.07%	21	$3,695	$2,036,841	73
32	(new)	The Good German	Warner Bros.	Drama	$76,817		5	$15,363	$76,817	3
33	(32)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$76,007	-19.70%	23	$3,305	$510,767	1,503
34	(37)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$69,113	+11.25%	25	$2,765	$21,586,668	290
35	(15)	Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj	Bauer Martinez	Comedy	$63,874	-92.67%	130	$491	$4,208,429	17
36	(29)	The Prestige	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$58,699	-58.19%	116	$506	$52,021,500	59
37	(35)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$58,074	-27.47%	95	$611	$59,315,777	145
38	(26)	Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny	New Line	Comedy	$54,663	-76.21%	160	$342	$8,232,726	26
39	(30)	The Guardian	Buena Vista	Action	$53,822	-44.66%	168	$320	$54,809,203	80
40	(31)	Facing the Giants	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$49,013	-48.27%	123	$398	$9,984,628	80
41	(33)	Shut Up and Sing	Weinstein Co.	Documentary	$48,914	-44.81%	71	$689	$1,008,002	52
42	(34)	Flicka	20th Century Fox	Drama	$48,098	-43.10%	189	$254	$20,780,521	59
43	(52)	Inland Empire	518 Media	Drama	$44,891	+63.19%	4	$11,223	$100,056	12
44	(45)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$36,120	-9.85%	19	$1,901	$5,342,643	325
45	(46)	Sweet Land	Libero, LLC	Drama	$35,074	-5.78%	21	$1,670	$678,648	66
46	(41)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$33,922	-31.43%	10	$3,392	$16,190,406	451
47	(49)	The Last King of Scotland	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$33,206	+13.65%	15	$2,214	$3,535,251	82
48	(40)	The Illusionist	Freestyle Releasing	Drama	$33,003	-33.80%	82	$402	$39,680,302	122
49	(39)	The Marine	20th Century Fox	Action	$27,386	-48.19%	84	$326	$18,719,747	66
50	(51)	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Buena Vista	Musical	$25,606	-7.48%	6	$4,268	$8,616,662	59
51	(47)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	New Line	Horror	$23,507	-34.14%	68	$346	$39,456,126	73
52	(43)	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$22,083	-47.95%	16	$1,380	$622,015	26
53	(50)	Shortbus	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$20,173	-29.49%	21	$961	$1,891,450	73
54	(56)	Copying Beethoven	MGM	Drama	$18,524	-15.59%	23	$805	$321,952	38
55	(48)	A Good Year	20th Century Fox	Drama	$13,624	-56.13%	61	$223	$7,392,800	38
56	(44)	Flyboys	MGM	Drama	$12,820	-69.38%	63	$203	$13,082,288	87
57	(60)	Keeping Mum	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$11,717	-5.13%	14	$837	$1,582,137	94
58	(58)	Fast Food Nation	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$11,292	-34.15%	24	$471	$967,433	31
59	(61)	Driving Lessons	Sony Pictures Classics		$10,875	-5.48%	19	$572	$204,717	66
60	(re-entry)	Le petit lieutenant	Cinema Libre	Drama	$9,595		3	$3,198	$113,916	101
61	(64)	American Hardcore	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$8,905	-13.35%	19	$469	$250,275	87
62	(65)	Jesus Camp	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$8,442	-11.10%	14	$603	$855,587	94
63	(68)	Wild Safari 3D	nWave Pictures	Documentary	$8,200	+4.31%	6	$1,367	$11,632,500	619
64	(54)	School for Scoundrels	Weinstein Co.	Comedy	$7,998	-65.03%	40	$200	$17,803,796	80
65	(53)	Screamers	Maya Releasing	Documentary	$7,700	-67.39%	3	$2,567	$38,682	10
66	(82)	Candy	ThinkFilm	Drama	$7,124	+111.39%	4	$1,781	$31,124	31
67	(59)	The Science of Sleep	Warner Independent Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,023	-45.67%	12	$585	$4,663,809	87
68	(new)	El Topo	Abkco Films	Western	$6,857		1	$6,857	$10,104	5
69	(new)	The Secret Life of Words	Strand	Drama	$5,309		1	$5,309	$5,309	3
70	(new)	Secret Life of Words, The	Strand	Drama	$5,309		1	$5,309	$5,309	3
71	(re-entry)	The Bridesmaid	First Run		$5,306		6	$884	$104,817	136
72	(63)	Cave of the Yellow Dog	Tartan Films		$5,212	-49.99%	8	$652	$67,028	38
73	(55)	Ten Items or Less	ThinkFilm	Drama	$5,187	-76.54%	4	$1,297	$81,416	17
74	(67)	Fur	PictureHouse	Drama	$4,660	-47.57%	9	$518	$220,914	38
75	(84)	The Aura	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$4,608	+43.24%	3	$1,536	$34,950	31
76	(77)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$4,520	+2.19%	2	$2,260	$16,606,211	2,607
77	(74)	Family Law	IFC First Take		$4,055	-24.68%	3	$1,352	$12,045	12
78	(97)	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,688	+148.69%	10	$369	$243,048	108
79	(86)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$3,537	+46.28%	8	$442	$17,982,057	1,375
80	(98)	Unknown	Weinstein Co.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,203	+118.63%	4	$801	$24,686	45
81	(78)	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Jour de Fete	Drama	$3,145	-22.73%	5	$629	$1,710,722	388
82	(71)	Black Gold	California Newsreel		$3,126	-49.02%	4	$782	$72,985	73
83	(99)	The Bridge			$2,867	+96.77%	2	$1,434	$144,880	52
84	(69)	Off the Black	ThinkFilm	Drama	$2,832	-58.13%	4	$708	$11,691	10
85	(re-entry)	Army of Shadows	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$2,805		4	$701	$642,617	234
86	(80)	Flannel Pajamas	Gigantic Pictures	Drama	$2,438	-38.96%	1	$2,438	$54,027	33
87	(90)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$2,250	+12.50%	2	$1,125	$12,892,944	2,117
88	(76)	The Architect	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$2,221	-55.64%	5	$444	$12,644	17
89	(70)	Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple	7th Art Releasing		$2,148	-67.17%	3	$716	$110,739	59
90	(66)	Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds	Artiztical Entertainment	Comedy	$2,050	-77.71%	2	$1,025	$23,303	26
91	(88)	Cocaine Cowboys	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$1,934	-13.89%	5	$387	$146,200	52
92	(93)	Samoan Wedding	Magnolia Pictures		$1,921	+7.92%	2	$961	$57,887	38
93	(95)	This Film is Not Yet Rated	IFC Films	Documentary	$1,621	+3.45%	5	$324	$302,179	108
94	(83)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$1,019	-69.21%	2	$510	$8,712,494	689
95	(94)	Infamous	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$978	-40.33%	4	$245	$1,150,403	66
96	(re-entry)	Paper Dolls	Strand	Documentary	$831		2	$416	$36,089	103
97	(96)	Old Joy	Kino International		$765	-51.09%	3	$255	$168,974	115
98	(108)	Climates	Zeitgeist	Drama	$726	-6.32%	2	$363	$49,530	52
99	(re-entry)	Backstage (2006)	Strand	Drama	$725		1	$725	$6,044	26
100	(104)	Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story	Safari Media, LLC	Documentary	$631	-36.20%	1	$631	$11,509	24
101	(re-entry)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$624		2	$312	$64,958,553	1,704
102	(115)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$510	+4.08%	1	$510	$7,195,401	2,852
103	(114)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$505	+2.02%	1	$505	$5,017,087	2,439
104	(107)	Screen Door Jesus	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$504	-36.04%	1	$504	$42,516	444
105	(110)	Opal Dreams	Strand	Drama	$400	-43.34%	1	$400	$6,178	26
106	(113)	Captain Sabertooth	Indican Pictures	Adventure	$307	-38.84%	1	$307	$105,152	87
107	(119)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$250	+42.05%	1	$250	$50,557,396	2,978
108	(re-entry)	Time to Leave	Strand	Drama	$204		1	$204	$117,581	157

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Chart certified: 1/31/2007