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Rank	Last Week	Studio	Film	Release Date	Est Gross	Comment
1	1	Dis	Pirates of the Caribbean II	July7	$347m	Opened opposite the $23m opening of League of Ex-Gentlemen and the weekend after T3... still had $47m... double that.
2	2	WB	Superman	June 30	$238m	Slightly better than Kong
3	3	Par	Mission: Impossible 3	May 5	$185m	Dumb dumb dumb dumb, dumb dumb dumb dumb...da da dah...
4	4	Dis	Cars	June 9	$210m	Could be higher... lots of animation this summer
5	6	Fox	X-Men: The Last Stand	May 26	$185m	54... 86... 75?
6	5	Sony	Click	June 23	$180m	Adam Sander Meets Bruce Almighty
7	7	Sony	Monster House	July 21	$173m	The dark horse (house?) kids movie of this summer
8	10	WB	Poseidon	May 12	$150m	Ads are excellent so far
9	9	Sony	The Da Vinci Code	May 19	$145m	A tougher fight than people think
10	8	DWA	Over The Hedge	May 19	$140m	#3 animated film? Opens first.
11	11	U	The Break Up	June 2	$136m	Will it be the comedy?
12	12	WB	Lady in the Water	July 21	$105m	His big hits have had movie stars... love Giamatti, but...
13	13	U	Miami Vice	July 28	$89m	Could become a surprsie hit. A candidate for late season smash
14	14	U	You, Me & Dupree	July 14	$86m	Can Owen do it on his own?
15	15	Sony	Talladega Nights	Aug 4	$78m	Anchorman did $85 million...
16	16	Fox	Super Ex-Girlfriend	July 21	$68m	If it turns out to be great, this estimate will be low and if it sucks, under $30m
17	17	Fox	Just My Luck	May 12	$66m	Could this be an even more successful Freaky Friday/Mean Girls combo?
18	18	U	Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift	June 16	$65m	Faster!
19	19	Sony	Little Man	July 7	$64m	They never expect the Wayanses
20	20	WB	The Ant Bully	Aug 4	$60m
21	21	Par	Nacho Libre	June 16	$55m	How much Jack Black do people want?
22	22	Fox	Garfield's A Tale Of 2 Kiddies	June 23	$55m
23	23	Fox	The Omen	June 9	$45m	So far, the ads are weak. It could turn
24	24	NL	Snakes On A Plane	Aug 18	$42m
25	26	Sony	Zoom	Aug 11	$36m
26	27	Par	World Trade Center	Aug 11	$32m	Nic Cage should open it ok... but how will it play
27	28	TWC	Clerks II: The Passion Of The Clerks	Aug 18	$28m
28	29	NL	Hoot	May 5	$26m
29	30	WB	Pathfinder	July 14	$25m
30	31	WB	The Reaping	Aug 11	$24m
31	32	U	Accepted	Aug 11	$24m
32	33	Fox	The Devil Wears Prada	June 30	$23m
33	34	Focus	Fearless	Aug 4	$22m
34	35	Dim	DOA: Dead or Alive	Aug 25	$21m
35	36	WB	The Lake House	June 16	$20m
36	37	FoxS	Little Miss Sunshine	July 28	$19m
37	38	Par	Barnyard	July 28	$18m
38	39	WB	Beerfest	Aug 25	$17m
39	40	Sony	John Tucker Must Die	July 28	$16m
40	41	BM	Harsh Times	June 2	$14m
41	42	U	Idlewild	Aug 25	$15m
42	43	Diim	Pulse	July 14	$13m
43	44	WB	Waist Deep	June 23	$11m
44	45	WIP	A Scanner Darkly	Jun 24	$9.5m
45	46	NL	How To Eat Fried Worms	Aug 25	$8m
46	47	BM	I Could Never Be Your Woman	July 28	$6.5m
47	48	BM	Fragile	Aug 4	$3m
48	49	PH	A Prairie Home Companion	June 9	$2.5m
49	50	MGM	See No Evil	May 19	$1.9m

April 13, 2006: 20 Weeks Of Summer, Week One
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