..Gary Dretzka
..Leonard Klady
..David Poland
..Doug Pratt
..Ray Pride

October 16 , 2005 Weekend Finals - October 14-16, 2005 Title Distrib Weekend % Change Theaters Cume Wks 1 New The Fog Sony 11,752,917 - 2972 11,752,917 1 2 1 Wallace & Gromit: Curse of Were-Rabbit DreamWorks 11,527,216 -28% 3656 33,107,497 2 3 New Elizabethtown Par 10,618,711 - 2517 10,618,711 1 4 2 Flightplan BV 6,492,315 -40% 3111 70,783,611 4 5 3 In Her Shoes Fox 6,105,949 -39% 2840 20,056,003 2 6 4 Two for the Money Uni 4,686,110 -46% 2397 16,595,490 2 7 New Domino New Line 4,670,120 - 2223 4,670,120 1 8 9 A History of Violence New Line/Alliance 3,600,474 -29% 1348 22,364,443 4 9 6 The Corpse Bride WB 3,577,465 -45% 2525 47,769,285 4 10 5 Gospel Sony 3,118,704 -58% 983 12,091,852 2 11 7 Waiting … Lions Gate 2,991,569 -50% 1652 11,675,561 2 12 8 Serenity Uni 2,443,870 -54% 1709 22,306,230 3 13 11 The Greatest Game Ever Played BV 2,196,956 -44% 1725 12,341,200 3 14 10 Into the Blue Sony 1,740,776 -64% 1903 17,243,920 3 15 12 Just Like Heaven DreamWorks 1,499,811 -57% 1468 46,274,251 5 16 21 Good Night, and Good Luck WIP 1,244,707 195% 68 1,854,797 2 17 14 The 40-Year Old Virgin Uni 1,025,870 -45% 725 106,038,403 9 18 13 The Exorcism of Emily Rose Sony 955,509 -61% 1040 73,827,336 5 19 16 Proof Miramax 925,061 -38% 494 5,826,617 5 20 15 Roll Bounce Fox Searchlight 780,359 -55% 547 16,355,420 4 21 17 The Constant Gardener Focus 527,151 -38% 310 32,109,493 7 22 23 Capote Sony Classics 363,876 -8% 30 1,427,060 3 23 20 Magnificent Desolation Imax 356,611 -19% 82 2,418,125 4 24 40 The Squid and the Whale IDP 279,938 116% 27 501,232 2 25 26 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory WB 271,857 -25% 442 205,336,261 14 26 19 March of the Penguins WIP/Christal 270,070 -44% 307 76,864,643 22 27 28 Wedding Crashers New Line 259,071 -19% 301 207,497,997 13 28 24 Les Voleurs d'enfance Alliance 257,165 -34% 69 965,007 2 29 18 Lord of War Lions Gate 225,867 -67% 194 23,820,517 5 30 33 Everything is Illuminated WIP 211,229 -4% 110 1,044,443 5 31 New Innocent Voices Slow Hand 192,055 - 65 192,055 1 32 31 Sky High BV 185,790 -26% 283 63,234,522 12 33 32 War of the Worlds Par 172,668 -22% 216 233,846,752 16 34 29 Transporter 2 Fox 168,613 -46% 214 42,668,733 7 35 30 Cry Wolf Focus 168,003 -41% 202 9,845,523 5 36 34 L'Audition Christal 130,488 -37% 57 594,513 3 37 25 An Unfinished Life Miramax 128,247 -67% 205 8,535,575 6 38 27 Thumbsucker Sony Classics 121,384 -63% 197 1,111,641 5 39 37 Separate Lies Fox Searchlight 121,055 -13% 62 469,846 5 40 35 Where the Truth Lies Thinkfilm 113,328 -27% 92 474,527 2 41 51 Wild Safari 3D nWave 105,725 55% 20 5,184,935 24 42 41 Fantastic Four Fox 103,762 -17% 149 154,386,005 15 43 36 Four Brothers Par 100,967 -31% 101 73,785,970 10 44 83 Haunted Castle nWave 95,672 739% 9 11,529,641 243 45 38 Madagascar DreamWorks 92,801 -32% 222 193,295,734 21 46 48 Mirrormask IDP 88,881 -5% 30 416,668 3 47 47 The Skeleton Key Uni 85,415 -10% 148 47,729,605 10 48 79 Must Love Dogs WB 85,377 515% 239 43,784,274 12 49 45 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Fox 84,237 -14% 105 186,064,011 19 50 39 Broken Flowers Focus 75,368 -44% 100 13,578,173 11 51 43 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio DreamWorks 71,852 -33% 35 440,994 3 52 New Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnes Christal 69,901 - 25 69,901 1 53 49 Grizzly Man Lions Gate 67,994 -11% 64 2,899,138 10 54 44 The Dukes of Hazzard WB 58,031 -45% 184 80,206,743 11 55 22 Oliver Twist Sony 56,570 -86% 98 1,987,287 4 56 50 Batman Begins WB 53,633 -24% 85 205,279,168 18 57 46 Junebug Sony Classics 50,031 -48% 56 2,525,095 11 58 42 Red Eye DreamWorks 43,004 -63% 111 57,934,807 9 59 52 The Cave Sony 40,612 -31% 68 15,054,859 8 60 60 Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk Giant Screen 38,960 6% 11 10,501,111 155 61 53 The Aristocrats Thinkfilm 36,202 -32% 46 6,195,548 12 62 RE The Untold Story of Emmett Till Thinkfilm 28,987 - 10 87,818 9 63 New Nine Lives Magnolia 28,387 - 7 28,387 1 64 64 Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey Giant Screen 28,120 -8% 7 9,663,947 156 65 66 Les Poupees russes Christal 26,126 -45% 7 282,395 4 66 70 Aliens of the Deep BV 25,148 7% 18 7,348,084 38 67 58 C.R.A.Z.Y. TVA 24,882 -35% 8 4,723,440 20 68 57 Salaam Namaste Yash Raj 22,000 -56% 16 1,374,000 6 69 78 The War Within Magnolia 21,981 62% 16 52,519 3 70 67 Mobsters and Mormons HaleStorm 21,713 -18% 20 310,973 6 71 56 The Brothers Grimm Miramax 21,463 -52% 66 37,899,638 8 72 63 Little Manhattan Fox 20,709 -33% 2 116,599 3 73 76 2046 Sony Classics 19,335 -2% 25 1,382,049 11 74 69 Therese Luke Films 19,115 -26% 10 2,587,936 55 75 75 Balzac & Little Chinese Seamstress Empire 18,613 -6% 16 516,013 12 76 71 Green Street Hooligans Innovation 17,763 -23% 29 307,486 6 77 55 Duma WB 17,358 -62% 10 849,193 26 Source: Nielsen EDI; MCN - by Leonard Klady