Volume VI No. 2

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Top 2005 Releases
(as of 1/16/06; domestic grosses in millions)
Bold type indicates films currently in release
1.
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Fox)
$380.2
2.
Harry Potter/Goblet of Fire (WB)
284.3
3.
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, . (BV)
264.0
4.
War of the Worlds (Par)
234.2
5.
Wedding Crashers (NL)
209.2
6.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (WB)
206.4
7.
Batman Begins (WB)
205.3
8.
King Kong (Uni)
204.5
9.
Madagascar (DW)
193.1
10.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Fox)
186.3
11.
Hitch (Sony)
177.5
12.
Longest Yard (Par)
158.1
13.
Fantastic Four (Fox)
154.6
14.
Chicken Little (BV)
133.2
15.
Robots (Fox)
128.2
16.
The Pacifier (BV)
113.0
17.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Uni)
109.2
18.
Walk the Line (Fox)
98.2
19.
Fun With Dick & Jane (Sony)
94.2
20.
Flightplan (BV)
89.4
21.
Saw II (LG)
87.0
22.
Monster-In-Law (NL)
82.9
23.
Are We There Yet? (Sony)
82.3
24.
Dukes of Hazzard (WB)
80.2
25.
March of the Penguins (WIP)
77.4
26.
The Ring 2 (DW)
75.8
27.
Constantine (WB)
75.5
28.
Exorcism of Emily Rose (Sony)
75.0
29.
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (Fox)
74.6
30.
Four Brothers (Par)
74.4
31.
Sin City (Mir)
74.0
32.
The Interpreter (Uni)
72.5
33.
Sahara (Par)
68.6
34.
Guess Who (Sony)
67.9
35.
Coach Carter (Par)
67.2
36.
Herbie: Fully Loaded (BV)
66.0
37.
The Amityville Horror (MGM)
64.2
38.
Sky High (BV)
63.9
39.
Jarhead (Uni)
62.6
40.
Bewitched (Sony)
62.2
41.
Cinderella Man (Uni)
61.6
42.
Red Eye (DW)
57.8
43.
The Family Stone (Fox)
57.1
44.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse . (DW)
56.0
45.
Be Cool (MGM)
55.8
45.
White Noise (Uni)
55.8
47.
Crash (LG)
53.3
47.
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (WB)
53.3
49.
Kicking and Screaming (Uni)
52.5
50.
Yours, Mine & Ours (Par)
52.3
51.
Hide and Seek (Fox)
51.0
51.
The Hitchhikers Guide/Galaxy (BV)
51.0
53.
Diary of A Mad Black Woman (LG)
50.3
54.
Racing Stripes (WB)
49.1
55.
Miss Congeniality 2 (WB)
48.4
56.
Just Like Heaven (DW)
48.2
57.
Skeleton Key (Uni)
47.8
58.
Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony)
47.3
59.
Kingdom of Heaven (Fox)
47.3
60.
Boogeyman (Sony)
46.3
61.
Legend of Zorro (Sony)
45.3
62.
Syriana (WB)
44.2
63.
Must Love Dogs (WB)
43.8
64.
Transporter 2 (Fox)
43.0
65.
Fever Pitch (Fox)
42.0
66.
Rumor Has It (WB)
40.0
67.
Adventures/ Shark Boy & Lava Girl (Mir)
39.1
68.
Sisterhood/Traveling Pants (WB)
39.0
69.
Brothers Grimm (Mir)
37.8
70.
Pride & Prejudice (Focus)
36.3
71.
Beauty Shop (MGM)
36.3
72.
Derailed (Weinstein)
35.7
73.
The Island (DW)
35.7
74.
Hostage (Mir)
34.6
75.
Munich (Uni)
33.8
76.
The Constant Gardener (Focus)
33.5
77.
In Her Shoes (Fox)
32.8
78.
Bad News Bears (Par)
32.8
79.
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (DW)
32.7
80.
Because of Winn-Dixie (Fox)
32.6
81.
Just Friends (NL)
32.1
82.
Brokeback Mountain (Focus)
32.0
83.
House of Wax (WB)
32.0
84.
The Ringer (Fox)
31.9
85.
Stealth (Sony)
31.7
86.
The Wedding Date (Uni)
31.5
87.
A History of Violence (NL)
31.3
88.
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Par)
30.9
89.
The Fog (Sony)
29.5
90.
Rent (Sony)
29.0
91.
Doom (Uni)
28.0
91.
Zathura (Sony)
28.0
93.
Elizabethtown (Par)
26.8
94.
XXX: State of the Union (Sony)
26.0
95.
Aeon Flux (Par)
25.4
96.
Dark Water (BV)
25.4
97.
Serenity (Uni)
25.3
98.
Good Night, and Good Luck (WIP)
24.5
99.
Unleashed (Focus)
24.5
100.
Elektra (Fox)
24.4
101.
Ice Princess (BV)
24.3
102.
Lord of War (LG)
24.1
103.
Two for the Money (Uni)
22.8
104.
Prime (Uni)
22.7
105.
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (Sony)
22.2
105.
Hustle & Flow (PC)
22.2
107.
A Lot Like Love (BV)
21.8
108.
Land of the Dead (Uni)
20.4
109.
Assault on Precinct 13 (Focus)
19.9
110.
Valiant (BV)
19.4
111.
Cursed (Mir)
19.2
112.
Man of the House (Sony)
19.1
113.
The Upside of Anger (NL)
18.7
114.
Into the Blue (Sony)
18.4
115.
North Country (WB)
18.3
116.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (BV)
18.0
117.
The Producers (Uni)
17.4
118.
Roll Bounce (FS)
17.3
119.
Kung Fu Hustle (SPC)
17.1
120.
Son of the Mask (NL)
17.0
121.
Devil's Rejects (LG)
16.9
122.
Rebound (Fox)
16.8
123.
Perfect Man (Uni)
16.2
124.
Waiting (LG)
16.1
125.
The Gospel (Sony)
15.7
126.
Wolf Creek (Weinstein)
15.3
127.
The Greatest Game Ever Played (BV)
15.3
128.
The Cave (Sony)
14.8
129.
Broken Flowers (Focus)
13.7
130.
Capote (SPC)
13.2
131.
Honeymooners (Par)
12.8
132.
The Weather Man (Par)
12.4
133.
Lords of Dogtown (Sony)
11.8
134.
Shopgirl (BV)
10.1
135.
Domino (NL)
10.1
135.
The Great Raid (Mir)
10.1
135.
In the Mix (LG)
10.1
138.
Cry Wolf (Focus)
10.0
139.
Ice Harvest (Focus)
8.8
140.
An Unfinished Life (Mir)
8.5
141.
The Man (NL)
8.3
142.
Mad Hot Ballroom (PC)
8.0
143.
Aliens of the Deep (BV)
7.5
144.
Proof (Mir)
7.5
145.
Wild Safari 3D (New Wave)
6.9
146.
Match Point (DW)
6.8
147.
Ladies In Lavender (IDP)
6.7
148.
Bride and Prejudice (Mir)
6.6
149.
Millions (FS)
6.5
150.
The Aristocrats (Thinkfilm)
6.3
151.
The Jacket (WIP)
6.3
152.
Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)
6.2
153.
The Squid & the Whale (IDP)
6.0
154.
Underclassman (Mir)
5.6
155.
Downfall (Newmarket)
5.5
156.
Alone in the Dark (LG)
5.1
157.
Casanova (BV)
4.9
158.
Howl's Moving Castle (BV)
4.7
159.
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (Magnolia)
4.5
160.
Mindhunters (Mir)
4.4
161.
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (WB)
4.2
162.
Enron: The Smartest Guys/Room (Magnolia)
4.0
162.
King's Ransom (NL)
4.0
164.
Me and You and Everyone We Know (IFC)
3.8
164.
Melinda and Melinda (FS)
3.8
166.
The Chorus (Mir)
3.6
166.
C.R.A.Z.Y (TVA)
3.6
166.
High Tension (LG)
3.6
166.
Stay (Fox)
3.6
170.
Rize (LG)
3.2
171.
Grizzly Man (LG)
3.1
171.
Supercross (Fox)
3.1
173.
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (Shadow)
3.0
174.
G (Aloha)
3.0
175.
Walk on Water (IDP)
2.7
176.
Junebug (SPC)
2.6
177.
Layer Cake (SPC)
2.3
178.
The Work, The Glory . (Vineyard)
1.9
179.
Oliver Twist (Sony)
1.9
180.
A Sound of Thunder (WB)
1.8
181.
Everything is Illuminated (WIP)
1.7
181.
Look at Me (SPC)
1.7
183.
El Vacilon (Televisa)
1.6
183.
State Property 2 (LG)
1.6
185.
Murderball (Thinkfilm)
1.5
186.
Paheli (Eros)
1.4
186.
Salaam Namaste (Yash Raj)
1.4
186.
2046 (SPC)
1.4
189.
Ushpizin (Picturehouse)
1.3
190.
Dear Frankie (Mir)
1.3
190.
Happy Endings (LG)
1.3
190.
Idole Instantanee (Vivafilm)
1.3
190.
Off the Map (Holedigger)
1.3
190.
Thumbsucker (SPC)
1.3
195.
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (IDP)
1.2
196.
Bee Season (FS)
1.1
197.
Mrs. Henderson Presents (Weinstein)
1.1
198.
Heights (SPC)
1.1
199.
Saving Face (SPC)
1.1
200.
Paradise Now (WIP)
1.0
201.
The Beat My Heart Skipped (Wellspring)
1.0
201.
Undiscovered (LG)
1.0
203.
My Summer of Love (Focus)
.99
204.
The Matador (Weinstein)
.97
205.
Aurore (Vivafilm)
.95
206.
Mangal Pandey: The Rising (Yash Raj)
.93
207.
Separate Lies (FS)
.92
208.
Bunty Aur Babli (Yash Raj)
.90
209.
Venom (Mir)
.88
210.
Where the Truth Lies (Thinkfilm)
.87
211.
Duma (WB)
.86
211.
Mirrormask (IDP)
.86
213.
Après Vous (PC)
.82
213.
Innocent Voices (Slowhand)
.82
215.
The Thing About My Folks (Picturehouse)
.81
216.
Parineeta (UTV)
.80
217.
Black (Yash Raj)
.75
218.
First Descent (Uni)
.73
219.
The Ballad/Jack and Rose (IFC)
.71
220.
Bluff Master (UTV)
.70
221.
Old Boy (Tartan)
.70
222.
Breakfast on Pluto (SPC)
.69
223.
Mysterious Skin (Tartan)
.69
224.
Nobody Knows (IFC)
.68
225.
Balzac/Little Chinese Seamstress (Empire)
.65
225.
Inside Deep Throat (Uni)
.65
227.
Saraband (SPC)
.64
228.
Dust to Glory (IFC)
.63
229.
No Entry (Eros)
.62
229.
Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (DW)
.62
231.
Gunner Palace (Palm)
.60
232.
Schultze Gets the Blues (PC)
.59
233.
Palindromes (Wellspring)
.55
234.
The Passenger (SPC)
.54
235.
Ballets Russes (Zeitgeist)
.52
236.
Transamerica (Weinstein)
.51
237.
Caché (SPC)
.50
238.
Madison (Sony)
.50
238.
Travelers and Magicians (Zeitgeist)
.50
240.
The Passion Recut (Newmarket)
.49
241.
Saint Ralph (IDP)
.48
242.
Last Days (Picturehouse)
.45
242.
WAQT (Eros)
.45
244.
Beautiful Country (SPC)
.44
244.
Bewaafa (Eros)
.44
244.
Kids in America (Slowhand)
.44
247.
White Countess (SPC)
.43
248.
Head On (Strand)
.43
249.
El Crimen Perfecto (Vitagraph)
.41
249.
Steamboy (SPC)
.41
251.
Mobsters and Mormons (Halestorm)
.40
252.
A Wake In Providence (Indican)
.39
252.
Yes (SPC)
.39
254.
Nine Lives (Magnolia)
.38
255.
Little Manhattan (Fox)
.38
256.
Asylum (PC)
.37
256.
Brothers (IFC)
.37
256.
The Game of Their Lives (IFC)
.37
256.
House of D (LG)
.37
260.
Deewane Huye Paagal (UTV)
.35
261.
Green Street Hooligans (Freestyle)
.34
261.
Kaal (Yash Raj)
.34
263.
Dying Gaul (Strand)
.33
264.
Memory of a Killer (SPC)
.33
264.
Shaadi No. 1 (Eros)
.33
266.
Viruddh (UTV)
.32
267.
Winter Solstice (PC)
.31
268.
Holy Girl (FL)
.30
268.
Pretty Persuasion (IDP)
.30
268.
Secuestro Express (Mir)
.30
271.
Caterina in the Big City (Empire)
.29
271.
Cronicas (Palm)
.29
273.
Dot the I (Freestyle)
.28
273.
Kings and Queen (Wellspring)
.28
275.
The Best of Youth (Mir)
.27
276.
Elevator to the Gallows (Rialto)
.26
277.
Happily Ever After (Kino)
.25
277.
Turtles Can Fly (IFC)
.25
279.
A Tout de Suite (Cinema Guild)
.24
279.
Up & Down (SPC)
.24
279.
Watermarks (Kino)
.24
282.
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (WB)
.23
282.
Down and Derby (IFG)
.23
282.
Kontroll (ThinkFilm)
.23
282.
Nina's Tragedies (Wellspring)
.23
282.
3-Iron (SPC)
.23
287.
Christmas in the Clouds (Slowhand)
.22
287.
Imaginary Heroes (SPC)
.22
289.
Keeper: Legend/Omar (Guide Co)
.21
290.
Masculine Feminine [rr] (Rialto)
.20
290.
Modigliani (IFG)
.20
290.
Mondovino (ThinkFilm)
.20
293.
November (SPC)
.19
294.
New York Doll (First Independent)
.18
295.
The Baxter (IFC)
.18
295.
Ekajnabee (Eros)
.18
295.
Eros (WIP)
.18
295.
Lost Embrace (New Yorker)
.18
299.
Untold Story of Emmett . (Thinkfilm)
.17
300.
The Edukators (IFC)
.17
300.
Hellbent (Regent)
.17
300.
The New World (NL)
.17
303.
Protocols of Zion (Thinkfilm)
.16
304.
In My Country (SPC)
.16
304.
Mughal-E-Azam (UTV)
.16
306.
Dirty Deeds (IFG)
.15
306.
Eating Out (Ariztical)
.15
308.
Touch the Sound (Shadow)
.14
309.
The Boys & Girl/County Clare (First Look)
.14
309.
Cote d'Azur (Strand)
.14
309.
Dirty Deeds (First Look)
.14
312.
Beautiful Boxer (Regent)
.13
312.
Matando Cabos (Televisa Cine)
.13
312.
Music/Inside Out (Emerging Pictures)
.13
315.
Garcon Stupide (Picture This)
.12
316.
Appleseed (Geneon)
.12
316.
Daltry Calhoun (Mir)
.12
316.
Deep Blue (Mir)
.12
316.
5x2 (Thinkfilm)
.12
316.
It's All Gone Pete Tong (Matson)
.12
316.
Lila Says (IDP)
.12
316.
Tony Takitani (Strand)
.12
323.
Hank Williams First Nation (Peace Country)
.11
323.
Sons of Provo (Halestone)
.11
325.
Brooklyn Lobster (Meadowbrook)
.10
326.
Intimate Stories (New Yorker)
.10
326.
Neal N' Nikki (Yash Raj)
.10
328.
Gay Sex in the 70s (Lovett)
.09
329.
Loggerheads (Strand)
.09
330.
D.E.B.S. (IDP)
.09
330.
Darwin's Nightmare (Int'l Film Circuit)
.09
330.
Dil Jo Bhi Kahey (Eros)
.09
330.
Don't Move (N. Arts)
.09
330.
Pure (Indican)
.09
335.
Be Here to Love Me (Palm)
.08
336.
Before the Fall (Picture This)
.08
337.
Syrian Bride (Koch Lorber)
.08
338.
Chrystal (First Look)
.08
338.
Torremolinos 73 (First Run)
.08
340.
Come Away Home (American Family)
.07
340.
Forty Shades of Blue (Vitagraph)
.07
340.
Funny Ha Ha (Goodbye Cruel)
.07
340.
Future of Food (Cinema Libre)
.07
340.
Ma Mere (TLA)
.07
340.
The Ninth Day (Kino)
.07
340.
The Nomi Song (Palm)
.07
340.
Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus (Shadow)
.07
340.
Sky Blue (Maxmedia)
.07
340.
Three Extremes (LG)
.07
340.
War Within (Magnolia)
.07
351.
Dorian Blues (TLA)
.06
352.
Mail Order Wife (Dada)
.06
352.
Mrs. Palfrey / Claremont (Jour de Fete)
.06
352.
The Talent Given Us (Vitagraph)
.06
352.
The World (Zeitgeist)
.06
356.
After Innocence (New Yorker)
.05
357.
The Other Side/Street (Strand)
.05
357.
Rock School (Picturehouse)
.05
357.
Schizo (Picture This)
.05
357.
Shake Hands/Devil (CA Newsreel)
.05
357.
The Two of Us (Rialto)
.05
362.
The Goebbels Experiment (First Run)
.04
363.
Apaharan (Kria)
.04
363.
Assisted Living (Economic)
.04
363.
Boys of Baraka (Thinkfilm)
.04
363.
Bridge of San Luis Rey (FL)
.04
363.
The Chumscrubber (Picturehouse)
.04
363.
Classe Tous Risques (Rialto)
.04
363.
Death of a Dynasty (TLA)
.04
363.
Edvard Munch (Shadow)
.04
363.
God's Sandbox (Indican)
.04
363.
My Mother's Smile (New Yorker)
.04
363.
9 Songs (Tartan)
.04
363.
Pulse (Magnolia)
.04
363.
Raging Bull (25th Anniversary) (MGM)
.04
363.
Shoujou: The Adolescent (Indican)
.04
363.
A State of Mind (Kino)
.04
363.
Swimming Upstream (MGM)
.04
363.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Tartan)
.04
363.
Tropical Malady (Strand)
.04
363.
The Warrior (Mir)
.04
363.
William Eggleston/Real World (Palm)
.04
383.
Reel Paradise (Wellspring)
.03
384.
Campfire (Film Movement)
.03
384.
Chocolate (Eros)
.03
384.
Going Shopping (Rainbow)
.03
384.
Keane (Magnolia)
.03
384.
Margaret Cho: Assassin (Regent)
.03
384.
Monsieur N. (Empire)
.03
384.
On the Outs (Fader)
.03
384.
Tell Them Who You Are (Thinkfilm)
.03
384.
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (SPC)
.03
384.
Undead (LG)
.03
384.
Wasabi Tuna (Indican)
.03
384.
The Year of the Yao (FL)
.03
396.
39 Pounds of Love (Balcony)
.02
397.
Dear Wendy (Wellspring)
.02
398.
Ellie Parker (Strand)
.02
399.
Barely Legal (Sony)
.02
399.
Bigger Than the Sky (MGM)
.02
399.
Blackmail Boy (Picture this)
.02
399.
Cape of Good Hope (Artistic License)
.02
399.
Down to the Bone (Laemmle/Zeller)
.02
399.
Emmanuel's Gift (First Look)
.02
399.
Eternal (Regent)
.02
399.
Jiminy Glick in La La Wood (Sony)
.02
399.
Kamikaze Girls (Viz Media)
.02
399.
Lipstick and Dynamite (Koch)
.02
399.
Man Who Copied (TLA)
.02
399.
Naked Fame (Regent)
.02
399.
Or (My Treasure) (Kino)
.02
399.
Rory O'Shea Was Here (Focus)
.02
399.
Sequins (New Yorker)
.02
399.
Sex, Politics & Cocktails (Regent)
.02
399.
Three Dancing Slaves (TLA)
.02
399.
Voices In Wartime (Cinema Libre)
.02
399.
Weeping Meadow (New Yorker)
.02

 

 

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