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Rank
Last
Week
Studio
Film
Date
Est
Gross
6/15's
Est
Comment
1
1
Dis

Pirates of the Caribbean II

July 7
$375m
$390m
Movie runs over 2:30, which might cost it a few tens of millions
2
2
WB
Superman
June 28
$250m
$250m
The Inactive Movie Of The Summer!
3
3
Fox
X-Men: The Last Stand
May 26
$225m
$225m
 
4
4
Dis
Cars
June 9
$215m
$220m
Running $20 million ahead of Madagascar
5
5
Sony
The Da Vinci Code
May 19
$210m
$210m
Over and out.
7
7
Sony
Monster House
July 21
$173m
$173m
I Survived Monster House Monday...
6
6
Sony
Click
June 23
$170m
$190m
May get more women than Sandler normally does... but lose some rabid men
8
8
DWA
Over The Hedge
May
19
$145m
$145m
 
9
9
Par
Mission: Impossible 3
May 5
$135m
$130m
 
10
10
Par
World Trade Center
Aug 11
$125m
$125m
The adult drama of the summer?
11
11
U
Miami Vice
July 28
$110m
$110m
#1 focus of people looking past Supes & The Pirates
13
13
U
The Break Up
June 2
$107m
$101m
Still doing more business than makes sense... will Click end it?
12
12
U
You, Me & Dupree
July 14
$102m
$102m
Good new outdoor... Universal sells these better than anyone
14
14
WB
Lady in the Water
July
21
$90m
$90m
Nice blue billboard... ???
15
15
WB
The Ant Bully
Aug 4
$85m
$85m
-
16
16
Fox
Super Ex-Girlfriend
July 21
$80m
$80m
New spots showed up in NBA Finals... much improved
17
17
Sony
Talladega Nights
Aug 4
$75m
$75m
Come back, Will...
18
18
Par
Nacho Libre
June 16
$70m
$50m
Nice opening... sustaining might be a lot more dificil
19
19
Sony
Little Man
July
14
$64m
$64m
Just waiting to surprise
21
21
WB
Poseidon
May 12
$58m
$58m
-
24
24
NL
Snakes On A Plane
Aug 18
$57m
$53m
-
22
22
Fox
The Omen
June 6
$56m
$56m
 
27
27
Fox
The Devil Wears Prada
June 30
$55m
$35m
aka The City & No Sex - Ads selling "The Princess Diaries" with Paris Hilton fashion and the threat of sex with Adrian Grenier should be enough to grab girls, gays, and aging S&TC fans.
20
20
U
Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift
June 16
$54m
$63m
More proof that the smartest critics are often the worst predictors of business
25
25
FoxS
Little Miss Sunshine
July 28
$50m
$50m
Showing it with confidence
26
26
Sony
Zoom
Aug 11
$36m
$36m
-
30
30
WB
The Lake House
June 16
$33m
$25m
Maybe it'll be a hit in two years
28
28
Focus
Fearless
Aug 4
$30m
$30m
-
29
29
TWC
Clerks II: The Passion Of The Clerks
July 21
$28m
$28m
-
23
23
Fox
Garfield's A Tale Of 2 Kitties
June 23
$25m
$55m
No room at the inn.
31
31
WB
The Reaping
Aug 11
$24.5m
$24.5m
-
32
32
U
Accepted
Aug 11
$24m
$24m
-
33
33
Dim
DOA: Dead or Alive
Aug 25
$21m
$21m
-
34
34
Par
Barnyard
July 28
$18m
$18m
-
35
35
WB
Beerfest
Aug 25
$17.5m
$17.5m
-
36
36
NL
How To Eat Fried Worms
Aug 25
$17m
$17m
-
37
37
Free
An American Haunting
May 5
$16.5m
$16.5m
-
38
38
Fox
John Tucker Must Die
July 28
$16m
$16m
-
39
39
Fox
Just My Luck
May 12
$15m
$15m
-
40
40
WIP
A Scanner Darkly
July 7
$14.5m
$14.5m
-
41
41
PH
A Prairie Home Companion
June 9
$14m
$14m
Missed this one
48
48
ParC
An Inconvenient Truth
May 24
$13.5m
$6m
-
42
42
Diim
Pulse
July 14
$13m
$13m
-
43
43
U
Idlewild
Aug 25
$12m
$12m
-
44
44
WB
Waist Deep
June 23
$11m
$11m
-
45
45
BM
Harsh Times
June 2
$10m
$10m
-
46
46
NL
Hoot
May 5
$9m
$9m
-
47
47
BM
I Could Never Be Your Woman
July
28
$6.5m
$6.5m
-
49
49
1stL
The Proposition
May 5
$3.1m
$3.1m
-
50
50
BM
Fragile
Aug 4
$3m
$3m
-

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