Domestic 2005 Weekend 40
October 7-9, 2005
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | $16,025,987 | - | 3,645 | - | $4,396 | $16,047,174 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 2 | 1 | Flightplan | $10,764,440 | -27.3% | 3,323 | -101 | $3,239 | $60,916,649 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | - | In Her Shoes | $10,017,575 | - | 2,808 | - | $3,567 | $10,017,575 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | - | Two for the Money | $8,703,240 | - | 2,391 | - | $3,640 | $8,703,240 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | - | The Gospel | $7,523,571 | - | 969 | - | $7,764 | $7,523,571 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 6 | 3 | Corpse Bride | $6,511,336 | -35.1% | 3,004 | -200 | $2,167 | $42,116,028 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | - | Waiting... | $6,021,106 | - | 1,652 | - | $3,644 | $6,021,106 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | 2 | Serenity | $5,352,090 | -46.9% | 2,189 | +1 | $2,444 | $18,020,875 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 4 | A History of Violence | $5,125,000 | -37.5% | 1,340 | - | $3,824 | $16,697,000 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | 5 | Into the Blue | $4,830,342 | -31.6% | 2,789 | - | $1,731 | $13,903,087 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 9 | The Greatest Game Ever Played | $3,905,532 | +6.8% | 1,810 | +796 | $2,157 | $8,680,794 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 6 | Just Like Heaven | $3,453,588 | -43.6% | 2,307 | -1,236 | $1,497 | $43,621,756 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 13 | 7 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | $2,442,028 | -44.2% | 1,827 | -1,177 | $1,336 | $72,130,811 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 14 | 10 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | $1,867,805 | -40.1% | 1,135 | -1,017 | $1,645 | $104,350,468 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 8 | Roll Bounce | $1,742,119 | -56.8% | 888 | -773 | $1,961 | $15,139,600 | 3 | - |
| 16 | 13 | Proof | $1,552,000 | +31.9% | 517 | +277 | $3,001 | $4,458,000 | 4 | Miramax |
| 17 | 12 | The Constant Gardener | $809,000 | -42% | 469 | -535 | $1,724 | $31,209,000 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 18 | 11 | Lord of War | $680,766 | -72.4% | 550 | -1,575 | $1,237 | $23,276,743 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 19 | 15 | March of the Penguins | $473,074 | -57.6% | 469 | -609 | $1,008 | $75,392,512 | 16 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 20 | 21 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $438,394 | +2.8% | 82 | - | $5,346 | $1,782,391 | 3 | IMAX |
| 21 | - | Good Night, and Good Luck. | $421,446 | - | 11 | - | $38,313 | $421,446 | 1 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 22 | 23 | Capote | $414,000 | +27.4% | 24 | +12 | $17,250 | $905,000 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | 18 | Oliver Twist | $411,790 | -53.7% | 779 | - | $528 | $1,715,398 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 16 | An Unfinished Life | $385,984 | -64.6% | 428 | -377 | $901 | $8,264,735 | 5 | Miramax |
| 25 | 25 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | $362,524 | +24.1% | 454 | +164 | $798 | $204,921,809 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 35 | Thumbsucker | $328,552 | +110.3% | 330 | +239 | $995 | $837,473 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | 19 | Wedding Crashers | $319,913 | -45.8% | 360 | -316 | $888 | $207,090,289 | 13 | New Line Cinema |
| 28 | 14 | Transporter 2 | $311,080 | -73.2% | 318 | -738 | $978 | $42,382,658 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 17 | Cry Wolf | $285,420 | -70.5% | 258 | -780 | $1,106 | $9,540,933 | 4 | Rogue Pictures |
| 30 | 26 | Sky High | $251,832 | +16.2% | 350 | +21 | $719 | $62,935,722 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 31 | - | Where the Truth Lies | $234,461 | - | 95 | - | $2,468 | $234,461 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 32 | 52 | War of the Worlds | $222,138 | +298.5% | 245 | +172 | $906 | $233,575,986 | 15 | Paramount Pictures |
| 33 | 30 | Everything Is Illuminated | $220,978 | +19.4% | 85 | +25 | $2,599 | $747,435 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 34 | 20 | Four Brothers | $146,207 | -68.6% | 154 | -301 | $949 | $73,617,220 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 35 | 51 | Separate Lies | $139,175 | +113.1% | 59 | +34 | $2,358 | $295,153 | 4 | - |
| 36 | 29 | Madagascar | $136,683 | -26.6% | 252 | -40 | $542 | $193,136,719 | 20 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 37 | 27 | Broken Flowers | $134,864 | -33.4% | 152 | -70 | $887 | $13,444,579 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 38 | - | The Squid and the Whale | $129,844 | - | 4 | - | $32,461 | $154,474 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 39 | 28 | Fantastic Four | $124,435 | -33.5% | 203 | -55 | $612 | $154,227,081 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 24 | Red Eye | $116,930 | -63.6% | 214 | -353 | $546 | $57,859,105 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 41 | 34 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | $106,439 | -33.1% | 41 | - | $2,596 | $327,969 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 42 | 22 | The Dukes of Hazzard | $104,649 | -72.6% | 311 | -156 | $336 | $80,108,738 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 37 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | $97,516 | -29.2% | 140 | -48 | $696 | $185,921,664 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 36 | Junebug | $95,231 | -33.9% | 84 | -41 | $1,133 | $2,416,555 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | 32 | The Skeleton Key | $94,795 | -43.8% | 158 | -114 | $599 | $47,614,170 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 46 | 38 | Mirrormask | $93,539 | -26% | 24 | +6 | $3,897 | $280,791 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 47 | 43 | Grizzly Man | $76,403 | -16.9% | 62 | -19 | $1,232 | $2,782,496 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 48 | 40 | Batman Begins | $70,479 | -38.8% | 161 | -83 | $437 | $205,197,285 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 50 | Wild Safari - A South African Adventure | $68,255 | +3.8% | 20 | -1 | $3,412 | $5,006,890 | 27 | - |
| 50 | 46 | The Aristocrats | $53,461 | -35.1% | 60 | -32 | $891 | $6,132,550 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 51 | 48 | Salaam Namaste | $50,500 | -29.3% | 30 | +2 | $1,683 | $1,350,558 | 5 | Yash Raj Films |
| 52 | 31 | Valiant | $49,656 | -71.1% | 117 | -226 | $424 | $19,229,436 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 53 | 42 | Duma | $46,076 | -56.4% | 36 | -6 | $1,279 | $810,666 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 33 | The Brothers Grimm | $44,836 | -73.3% | 103 | -264 | $435 | $37,848,537 | 7 | Dimension Films |
| 55 | 47 | Herbie Fully Loaded | $37,495 | -52.2% | 91 | -79 | $412 | $66,002,004 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 56 | 53 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $36,780 | -8.5% | 11 | -1 | $3,343 | $10,462,151 | 156 | Giant Screen Films |
| 57 | 45 | G | $32,927 | -62.6% | 27 | -13 | $1,219 | $603,309 | 4 | - |
| 58 | 41 | The Thing About My Folks | $30,957 | -71.7% | 32 | -81 | $967 | $779,604 | 4 | Picturehouse |
| 59 | 56 | Little Manhattan | $30,708 | -15.6% | 2 | - | $15,354 | $81,299 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 60 | 58 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $30,400 | -11.6% | 8 | -1 | $3,800 | $9,635,827 | 157 | Giant Screen Films |
| 61 | 66 | Mobsters and Mormons | $26,573 | +44.7% | 23 | +1 | $1,155 | $269,674 | 5 | - |
| 62 | 72 | Down and Derby | $26,569 | +89.2% | 29 | +12 | $916 | $172,970 | 26 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 63 | 113 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $25,927 | +1,014.7% | 11 | +8 | $2,357 | $2,551,716 | 54 | - |
| 64 | 67 | Aliens of the Deep | $23,469 | +33.8% | 18 | - | $1,303 | $7,304,876 | 37 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 65 | 59 | Green Street Hooligans | $23,143 | -29% | 23 | +2 | $1,006 | $276,465 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 66 | 44 | The Man | $20,322 | -77.5% | 58 | -176 | $350 | $8,326,035 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 67 | 62 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | $20,159 | -4.5% | 38 | -11 | $530 | $380,237,988 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 68 | 61 | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2005 Re-release | $19,848 | -17.7% | 14 | -2 | $1,417 | $488,436 | 11 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 69 | 54 | 2046 | $19,731 | -48.4% | 26 | -21 | $758 | $1,349,250 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 70 | 65 | Ferpect Crime | $14,853 | -20.2% | 11 | -7 | $1,350 | $346,216 | 8 | Vitagraph Films |
| 71 | 55 | Must Love Dogs | $13,851 | -63.6% | 38 | -39 | $364 | $43,693,219 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 72 | 85 | The War Within | $13,595 | +80.3% | 9 | +8 | $1,510 | $23,970 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 82 | Space Station 3D | $12,959 | +28% | 6 | -1 | $2,159 | $63,739,547 | 182 | IMAX |
| 74 | 86 | Côte d'Azur | $12,110 | +65.8% | 8 | +4 | $1,513 | $105,277 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 75 | 83 | Haunted Castle | $11,245 | +17.7% | 3 | - | $3,748 | $11,307,464 | 242 | - |
| 76 | 76 | Forty Shades of Blue | $10,800 | -9.5% | 3 | - | $3,600 | $27,658 | 2 | Vitagraph Films |
| 77 | 64 | The Memory of a Killer 2005 Re-release | $10,554 | -48.4% | 17 | -4 | $620 | $301,238 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 68 | Hellbent | $9,288 | -45% | 6 | -2 | $1,548 | $138,566 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 79 | 75 | Mad Hot Ballroom | $9,153 | -25.1% | 20 | -11 | $457 | $8,006,174 | 22 | Paramount Classics |
| 80 | 148 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $8,446 | +3,028.1% | 1 | - | $8,446 | $52,030,142 | 364 | IMAX |
| 81 | - | Dirty Deeds | $8,364 | - | 9 | - | $929 | $140,444 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 82 | 73 | Garçon stupide | $8,336 | -37.2% | 3 | -1 | $2,778 | $68,327 | 4 | - |
| 83 | - | Before the Fall | $8,036 | - | 1 | - | $8,036 | $8,036 | 1 | - |
| 84 | 69 | Ladies in Lavender | $7,613 | -54.2% | 14 | -22 | $543 | $6,700,893 | 24 | IDP Distribution |
| 85 | 71 | Me and You and Everyone We Know | $7,076 | -49.8% | 8 | -15 | $884 | $3,867,286 | 17 | IFC Films |
| 86 | 81 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | $6,847 | -33.3% | 13 | -2 | $526 | $994,804 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 87 | 93 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $6,846 | +24.1% | 7 | - | $978 | $21,481,534 | 83 | Warner Bros. |
| 88 | 57 | Underclassman | $6,521 | -81.8% | 16 | -48 | $407 | $5,647,000 | 6 | Miramax |
| 89 | 63 | Dark Water 2005 Re-release | $6,131 | -70.6% | 16 | -20 | $383 | $25,472,967 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 90 | 107 | Caterina in the Big City | $6,110 | +102.5% | 3 | - | $2,036 | $290,001 | 19 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 91 | - | C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America | $5,706 | - | 2 | - | $2,853 | $5,706 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 92 | 78 | Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie | $5,693 | -47.1% | 5 | -3 | $1,138 | $61,922 | 5 | Shadow Distribution |
| 93 | 100 | The Future of Food | $5,503 | +28.3% | 4 | +1 | $1,375 | $47,299 | 4 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 94 | 91 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | $4,859 | -18.3% | 5 | -5 | $971 | $2,959,741 | 35 | Shadow Distribution |
| 95 | 88 | The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D | $4,370 | -37.2% | 12 | -6 | $364 | $39,173,451 | 18 | Dimension Films |
| 96 | 101 | Dorian Blues | $4,344 | +1.7% | 4 | +2 | $1,086 | $27,878 | 3 | TLA Releasing |
| 97 | - | The Aggressives | $3,769 | - | 1 | - | $3,769 | $3,769 | 1 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 98 | 89 | Going Shopping | $3,747 | -44% | 4 | -2 | $936 | $13,280 | 2 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 99 | - | Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater | $3,724 | - | 1 | - | $3,724 | $3,724 | 1 | First Run |
| 100 | 97 | Saint Ralph | $3,550 | -23% | 9 | -2 | $394 | $476,762 | 10 | IDP Distribution |
| 101 | 79 | Hustle & Flow | $3,226 | -69.4% | 9 | -13 | $358 | $22,190,559 | 12 | Paramount Classics |
| 102 | 98 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | $2,937 | -35.3% | 1 | -1 | $2,937 | $172,112 | 18 | Arrival Pictures |
| 103 | - | Drivers Wanted | $2,767 | - | 1 | - | $2,767 | $22,948 | 16 | Indican Pictures |
| 104 | 92 | Pretty Persuasion | $2,731 | -53.1% | 5 | -7 | $546 | $295,233 | 9 | IDP Distribution |
| 105 | 95 | Saraband | $2,409 | -50.5% | 3 | -2 | $803 | $632,040 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 106 | 128 | Galapagos | $2,161 | +86.6% | 2 | - | $1,080 | $15,182,336 | 311 | IMAX |
| 107 | 99 | The Baxter | $2,053 | -53.3% | 7 | -3 | $293 | $180,563 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 108 | 104 | Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus | $2,034 | -47.3% | 3 | -2 | $678 | $61,005 | 13 | Shadow Distribution |
| 109 | 90 | Screen Door Jesus | $1,924 | -68.1% | 2 | -1 | $962 | $10,190 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 110 | 118 | A State of Mind | $1,900 | -0.7% | 4 | +2 | $475 | $38,106 | 9 | Kino International |
| 111 | 125 | Cronicas | $1,694 | +19.5% | 5 | +2 | $338 | $293,441 | 14 | Palm Pictures |
| 112 | - | Tropical Malady | $1,527 | - | 2 | - | $763 | $44,782 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 113 | 147 | Three Dancing Slaves | $1,506 | +357.8% | 2 | +1 | $753 | $18,038 | 6 | TLA Releasing |
| 114 | 77 | The Great Raid | $1,281 | -88.1% | 6 | -41 | $213 | $10,163,709 | 9 | Miramax |
| 115 | 123 | Reel Paradise | $1,186 | -24.7% | 3 | +2 | $395 | $23,342 | 8 | Wellspring Media |
| 116 | 116 | Happily Ever After | $1,157 | -44.7% | 4 | -2 | $289 | $252,341 | 27 | Kino International |
| 117 | 111 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $1,036 | -58% | 1 | - | $1,036 | $371,815 | 51 | - |
| 118 | 84 | Venom | $1,005 | -88.8% | 5 | -27 | $201 | $881,179 | 4 | Dimension Films |
| 119 | 102 | An Adolescent 2005 Re-release | $1,004 | -76.3% | 1 | -1 | $1,004 | $35,329 | 7 | Indican Pictures |
| 120 | 114 | November | $984 | -54.7% | 1 | -4 | $984 | $191,309 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 121 | - | Dear Wendy | $906 | - | 2 | - | $453 | $14,325 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 122 | 130 | Alien Adventure | $875 | -5.4% | 2 | - | $437 | $4,944,466 | 321 | - |
| 123 | 132 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $844 | -3.5% | 1 | - | $844 | $7,125,174 | 346 | - |
| 124 | 127 | À Tout de Suite | $837 | -35.8% | 1 | -1 | $837 | $241,125 | 24 | The Cinema Guild |
| 125 | - | The Overture 2005 Re-release | $825 | - | 2 | - | $412 | $825 | 1 | Kino International |
| 126 | 124 | Après Vous | $807 | -43.7% | 3 | -3 | $269 | $825,269 | 19 | Paramount Classics |
| 127 | 122 | Never Been Thawed | $767 | -51.6% | 1 | - | $767 | $40,495 | 26 | Indican Pictures |
| 128 | 105 | Tony Takitani | $734 | -79.9% | 1 | -2 | $734 | $110,619 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 129 | - | Face | $698 | - | 1 | - | $698 | $104,774 | 52 | Indican Pictures |
| 130 | 137 | The Ninth Day | $686 | -2.3% | 1 | - | $686 | $63,906 | 20 | Kino International |
| 131 | 110 | Cinderella Man | $680 | -73.3% | 4 | -6 | $170 | $61,609,400 | 19 | Universal Pictures |
| 132 | - | Oyster Farmer | $643 | - | 1 | - | $643 | $12,966 | 11 | The Cinema Guild |
| 133 | 131 | Pure | $587 | -35% | 1 | - | $587 | $63,776 | 18 | Indican Pictures |
| 134 | 140 | The Edukators | $550 | -0.4% | 4 | +1 | $137 | $174,643 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 135 | 139 | Kings & Queen | $530 | -13.7% | 3 | +1 | $176 | $276,450 | 22 | Wellspring Media |
| 136 | 108 | Asylum | $494 | -83.1% | 3 | -10 | $164 | $372,383 | 9 | Paramount Classics |
| 137 | 112 | The Beautiful Country 2005 Re-release | $469 | -80.7% | 2 | -5 | $234 | $442,612 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 138 | 150 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $446 | +511% | 1 | - | $446 | $17,040,711 | 131 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 139 | 145 | Edvard Munch | $371 | -8.6% | 1 | - | $371 | $32,382 | 17 | Shadow Distribution |
| 140 | 141 | William Eggleston in the Real World | $334 | -39.2% | 1 | - | $334 | $42,222 | 6 | Palm Pictures |
| 141 | 143 | God's Sandbox | $302 | -37.5% | 1 | - | $302 | $24,644 | 11 | Indican Pictures |
| 142 | 115 | The Great Role | $132 | -93.7% | 1 | - | $132 | $11,419 | 23 | First Run |
| 143 | 133 | Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2005 Re-release | $96 | -88.9% | 1 | - | $96 | $40,216 | 8 | Tartan |
