The Top Movies, Weekend of December 22, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Night at the Museum	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$30,433,781		3,685	$8,259	$30,433,781	3
2	(1)	The Pursuit of Happyness	Sony Pictures	Drama	$14,817,371	-44.17%	2,863	$5,175	$53,104,266	10
3	(new)	Rocky Balboa	MGM	Drama	$12,158,168		3,017	$4,030	$21,851,382	5
4	(new)	The Good Shepherd	Universal	Drama	$10,033,960		2,215	$4,530	$10,033,960	3
5	(3)	Charlotte's Web	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$7,566,306	-33.96%	3,728	$2,030	$26,375,772	10
6	(2)	Eragon	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,006,467	-69.85%	3,030	$2,312	$37,502,169	10
7	(new)	We Are... Marshall	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,114,264		2,606	$2,346	$6,114,264	3
8	(4)	Happy Feet	Warner Bros.	Musical	$5,163,474	-38.22%	2,565	$2,013	$159,119,637	38
9	(5)	The Holiday	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,839,108	-39.62%	2,617	$1,849	$34,932,070	17
10	(9)	The Nativity Story	New Line	Drama	$4,650,000	-0.14%	1,824	$2,549	$31,334,831	24
11	(8)	Casino Royale	MGM	Action	$3,143,720	-44.14%	1,588	$1,980	$143,713,120	38
12	(7)	Blood Diamond	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,126,379	-52.03%	1,920	$1,628	$25,129,129	17
13	(6)	Apocalypto	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,868,725	-64.18%	2,144	$1,338	$34,592,881	17
14	(13)	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,165,697	-38.50%	801	$1,455	$82,278,441	52
15	(10)	Unaccompanied Minors	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$873,466	-75.36%	1,125	$776	$12,872,733	17
16	(11)	Déjà Vu	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$743,704	-75.00%	839	$886	$59,862,537	33
17	(14)	Borat	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$619,066	-59.90%	396	$1,563	$124,303,063	52
18	(12)	Deck the Halls	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$536,425	-72.08%	645	$832	$34,104,717	33
19	(new)	Curse of the Golden Flower	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$478,771		60	$7,980	$492,915	4
20	(21)	Volver	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$453,880	+44.82%	115	$3,947	$3,478,836	52
21	(15)	The Queen	Miramax	Drama	$428,280	-35.76%	302	$1,418	$26,465,979	86
22	(19)	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$348,779	-7.21%	37	$9,426	$176,010,784	775
23	(17)	Babel	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$312,218	-37.02%	208	$1,501	$18,874,554	59
24	(24)	The History Boys	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$287,527	+30.97%	165	$1,743	$1,195,317	34
25	(18)	Dreamgirls	Dreamworks SKG	Musical	$227,639	-39.93%	3	$75,880	$1,079,303	10
26	(20)	The Departed	Warner Bros.	Drama	$219,428	-35.71%	191	$1,149	$119,700,906	80
27	(31)	Little Children	New Line	Drama	$110,000	+41.78%	42	$2,619	$2,188,969	80
28	(32)	The Good German	Warner Bros.	Drama	$95,538	+24.37%	19	$5,028	$214,116	10
29	(36)	The Prestige	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$91,110	+55.22%	263	$346	$52,158,629	66
30	(new)	Letters from Iwo Jima	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$89,097		5	$17,819	$128,842	5
31	(45)	Sweet Land	Libero, LLC	Drama	$66,879	+90.68%	29	$2,306	$764,358	73
32	(33)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$60,998	-19.75%	24	$2,542	$699,339	1,510
33	(26)	For Your Consideration	Warner Independent Pictures	Comedy	$55,518	-67.90%	63	$881	$5,308,252	38
34	(34)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$55,379	-19.87%	18	$3,077	$21,757,382	297
35	(new)	The Painted Veil	Warner Independent Pictures	Drama	$51,085		4	$12,771	$72,229	5
36	(27)	Bobby	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$43,951	-71.65%	77	$571	$10,941,903	38
37	(22)	Turistas	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$39,427	-86.84%	80	$493	$6,897,646	24
38	(new)	Venus	Miramax	Drama	$35,604		3	$11,868	$41,367	4
39	(37)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$34,962	-39.80%	63	$555	$59,393,704	152
40	(28)	Kabul Express	Yash Raj Films	Comedy	$33,801	-76.30%	27	$1,252	$209,248	10
41	(44)	Roving Mars	Buena Vista	Documentary	$32,055	-11.25%	18	$1,781	$5,395,504	332
42	(29)	The Fountain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$26,482	-79.67%	35	$757	$9,882,573	33
43	(39)	The Guardian	Buena Vista	Action	$25,491	-52.64%	101	$252	$54,867,317	87
44	(30)	Dhoom 2	Yash Raj Films	Action	$24,254	-77.90%	16	$1,516	$2,529,257	32
45	(41)	Shut Up and Sing	Weinstein Co.	Documentary	$21,897	-55.23%	35	$626	$1,066,162	59
46	(50)	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Buena Vista	Musical	$20,966	-18.12%	4	$5,242	$8,660,556	66
47	(42)	Flicka	20th Century Fox	Drama	$17,128	-64.39%	90	$190	$20,818,491	66
48	(47)	The Last King of Scotland	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$16,567	-50.11%	9	$1,841	$3,570,170	89
49	(46)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$16,301	-51.95%	8	$2,038	$16,226,551	458
50	(40)	Facing the Giants	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$15,570	-68.23%	53	$294	$10,020,391	87
51	(49)	The Marine	20th Century Fox	Action	$12,507	-54.33%	68	$184	$18,743,842	73
52	(38)	Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny	New Line	Comedy	$12,000	-78.05%	85	$141	$8,276,724	33
53	(51)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	New Line	Horror	$10,000	-57.46%	68	$147	$39,479,220	80
54	(65)	Screamers	Maya Releasing	Documentary	$7,566	-1.74%	2	$3,783	$52,034	17
55	(55)	A Good Year	20th Century Fox	Drama	$7,315	-46.31%	35	$209	$7,409,805	45
56	(53)	Shortbus	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$7,205	-64.28%	14	$515	$1,913,279	80
57	(54)	Copying Beethoven	MGM	Drama	$6,588	-64.44%	17	$388	$336,952	45
58	(62)	Jesus Camp	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$5,114	-39.42%	8	$639	$865,368	101
59	(57)	Keeping Mum	ThinkFilm	Comedy	$4,525	-61.38%	11	$411	$1,594,688	101
60	(76)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,858	-14.65%	3	$1,286	$16,616,606	2,614
61	(61)	American Hardcore	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$3,343	-62.46%	9	$371	$260,489	94
62	(re-entry)	Two Or Three Things I Know About Her	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$3,306		1	$3,306	$66,770	38
63	(77)	Family Law	IFC First Take		$3,272	-19.31%	3	$1,091	$16,876	19
64	(94)	Aliens of the Deep	Buena Vista	Documentary	$3,197	+213.74%	2	$1,599	$8,719,602	696
65	(35)	Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj	Bauer Martinez	Comedy	$3,135	-95.09%	12	$261	$4,242,481	24
66	(59)	Driving Lessons	Sony Pictures Classics		$2,303	-78.82%	11	$209	$215,265	73
67	(new)	Words of My Perfect Teacher	IFC Films	Documentary	$2,300		3	$767	$6,719	3
68	(58)	Fast Food Nation	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,260	-79.99%	6	$377	$977,444	38
69	(72)	Cave of the Yellow Dog	Tartan Films		$1,388	-73.37%	5	$278	$71,061	45
70	(75)	The Aura	IFC Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,259	-72.68%	2	$630	$38,650	38
71	(86)	Flannel Pajamas	Gigantic Pictures	Drama	$1,190	-51.19%	1	$1,190	$55,998	40
72	(re-entry)	Soap	Strand		$1,093		1	$1,093	$3,231	59
73	(84)	Off the Black	ThinkFilm	Drama	$1,088	-61.58%	2	$544	$14,378	17
74	(66)	Candy	ThinkFilm	Drama	$1,082	-84.81%	5	$216	$37,446	38
75	(91)	Cocaine Cowboys	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$957	-50.52%	2	$479	$148,584	59
76	(78)	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$739	-79.96%	5	$148	$245,597	115
77	(92)	Samoan Wedding	Magnolia Pictures		$726	-62.21%	2	$363	$59,739	45
78	(105)	Opal Dreams	Strand	Drama	$700	+75.00%	2	$350	$7,728	33
79	(83)	The Bridge			$691	-75.90%	1	$691	$147,144	59
80	(97)	Old Joy	Kino International		$487	-36.34%	1	$487	$170,402	122

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Chart certified: 1/31/2007