Domestic 2005 Week 40
October 7-13, 2005
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | $21,559,094 | +101,656.2% | 3,645 | +3,643 | $5,914 | $21,580,281 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 2 | 1 | Flightplan | $14,139,087 | -25.8% | 3,323 | -101 | $4,254 | $64,291,296 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | - | In Her Shoes | $13,950,054 | - | 2,808 | - | $4,967 | $13,950,054 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | - | Two for the Money | $11,909,380 | - | 2,391 | - | $4,980 | $11,909,380 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | - | The Gospel | $8,973,148 | - | 969 | - | $9,260 | $8,973,148 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 6 | - | Waiting... | $8,683,992 | - | 1,652 | - | $5,256 | $8,683,992 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 3 | Corpse Bride | $8,587,128 | -31% | 3,004 | -200 | $2,858 | $44,191,820 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 2 | Serenity | $7,193,575 | -43.2% | 2,189 | +1 | $3,286 | $19,862,360 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 4 | A History of Violence | $7,192,285 | -33.4% | 1,340 | - | $5,367 | $18,763,969 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | 5 | Into the Blue | $6,430,399 | -29.1% | 2,789 | - | $2,305 | $15,503,144 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 8 | The Greatest Game Ever Played | $5,368,982 | +12.4% | 1,810 | +796 | $2,966 | $10,144,244 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 6 | Just Like Heaven | $4,606,272 | -41.5% | 2,307 | -1,236 | $1,996 | $44,774,440 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 13 | 7 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | $3,183,044 | -42.8% | 1,827 | -1,177 | $1,742 | $72,871,827 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 14 | 10 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | $2,529,870 | -39.7% | 1,135 | -1,017 | $2,228 | $105,012,533 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 9 | Roll Bounce | $2,177,580 | -54.2% | 888 | -773 | $2,452 | $15,575,061 | 3 | - |
| 16 | 13 | Proof | $1,995,425 | +27.8% | 517 | +277 | $3,859 | $4,901,556 | 4 | Miramax |
| 17 | 12 | The Constant Gardener | $1,182,352 | -39.4% | 469 | -535 | $2,521 | $31,582,342 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 18 | 11 | Lord of War | $998,673 | -70.8% | 550 | -1,575 | $1,815 | $23,594,650 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 19 | 20 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $720,026 | +12.9% | 82 | - | $8,780 | $2,064,023 | 3 | IMAX |
| 20 | 14 | March of the Penguins | $685,852 | -54.8% | 469 | -609 | $1,462 | $75,605,290 | 16 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 21 | 18 | Oliver Twist | $627,109 | -48.2% | 779 | - | $805 | $1,930,717 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | - | Good Night, and Good Luck. | $610,090 | - | 11 | - | $55,462 | $610,090 | 1 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 23 | 22 | Capote | $571,377 | +16.2% | 24 | +12 | $23,807 | $1,063,184 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | 15 | An Unfinished Life | $528,577 | -65% | 428 | -377 | $1,234 | $8,407,328 | 5 | Miramax |
| 25 | 25 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | $505,119 | +36.8% | 454 | +164 | $1,112 | $205,064,404 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 31 | Thumbsucker | $481,336 | +103.3% | 330 | +239 | $1,458 | $983,178 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | 19 | Wedding Crashers | $468,550 | -42.7% | 360 | -316 | $1,301 | $207,238,926 | 13 | New Line Cinema |
| 28 | 16 | Transporter 2 | $428,542 | -70.9% | 318 | -738 | $1,347 | $42,500,120 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 17 | Cry Wolf | $422,007 | -66.2% | 258 | -780 | $1,635 | $9,677,520 | 4 | Rogue Pictures |
| 30 | - | Where the Truth Lies | $367,336 | - | 95 | - | $3,866 | $367,336 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 31 | 27 | Sky High | $364,842 | +31.2% | 350 | +21 | $1,042 | $63,048,732 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 52 | War of the Worlds | $320,236 | +307.8% | 245 | +172 | $1,307 | $233,674,084 | 16 | Paramount Pictures |
| 33 | 28 | Everything Is Illuminated | $306,757 | +20.8% | 85 | +25 | $3,608 | $833,214 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 34 | 21 | Four Brothers | $213,990 | -65.8% | 154 | -301 | $1,389 | $73,685,003 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 35 | 29 | Madagascar | $202,897 | -19.8% | 252 | -40 | $805 | $193,202,933 | 20 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 36 | 72 | The Squid and the Whale | $196,664 | +698.5% | 4 | +2 | $49,166 | $221,294 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 37 | 26 | Broken Flowers | $193,090 | -33% | 152 | -70 | $1,270 | $13,502,805 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 38 | 50 | Separate Lies | $192,813 | +108.5% | 59 | +34 | $3,268 | $348,791 | 4 | - |
| 39 | 30 | Fantastic Four | $179,597 | -26.9% | 203 | -55 | $884 | $154,282,243 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 38 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | $155,626 | -16.9% | 140 | -48 | $1,111 | $185,979,774 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 36 | Junebug | $153,740 | -22.2% | 84 | -41 | $1,830 | $2,467,282 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | 24 | Red Eye | $149,628 | -63.9% | 214 | -353 | $699 | $57,891,803 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 43 | 35 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | $147,612 | -33.4% | 41 | - | $3,600 | $369,142 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 44 | 23 | The Dukes of Hazzard | $144,623 | -70.2% | 311 | -156 | $465 | $80,148,712 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 47 | Wild Safari - A South African Adventure | $140,575 | +33.3% | 20 | - | $7,028 | $5,079,210 | 27 | - |
| 46 | 37 | Mirrormask | $140,535 | -24.9% | 24 | +6 | $5,855 | $327,787 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 47 | 70 | Haunted Castle | $137,750 | +439% | 9 | +6 | $15,305 | $11,433,969 | 242 | - |
| 48 | 43 | Grizzly Man | $125,051 | -10.8% | 62 | -19 | $2,016 | $2,831,144 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 49 | 34 | The Skeleton Key | $124,815 | -43.7% | 158 | -114 | $789 | $47,644,190 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 50 | 39 | Batman Begins | $98,729 | -37% | 161 | -83 | $613 | $205,225,535 | 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 44 | The Aristocrats | $80,257 | -38.2% | 61 | -35 | $1,315 | $6,159,346 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 52 | 32 | The Brothers Grimm | $74,474 | -68.5% | 103 | -264 | $723 | $37,878,175 | 7 | Dimension Films |
| 53 | 33 | Valiant | $70,232 | -70.1% | 117 | -226 | $600 | $19,250,012 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 54 | 41 | Duma | $67,245 | -54.3% | 36 | -6 | $1,867 | $831,835 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 49 | Herbie Fully Loaded | $59,307 | -40.9% | 91 | -79 | $651 | $66,023,816 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 56 | 48 | Salaam Namaste | $53,942 | -46.6% | 30 | +2 | $1,798 | $1,354,000 | 5 | Yash Raj Films |
| 57 | 76 | Down and Derby | $47,764 | +148.1% | 29 | +12 | $1,647 | $194,188 | 26 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 58 | 60 | Mobsters and Mormons | $46,159 | +29.9% | 23 | +1 | $2,006 | $289,260 | 5 | - |
| 59 | 54 | Little Manhattan | $45,299 | -10.5% | 2 | - | $22,649 | $95,890 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 60 | 46 | G | $43,454 | -59.6% | 27 | - | $1,609 | $613,836 | 4 | - |
| 61 | 103 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $43,032 | +664.1% | 11 | - | $3,912 | $2,568,821 | 54 | - |
| 62 | 40 | The Thing About My Folks | $41,957 | -71.6% | 32 | -81 | $1,311 | $790,604 | 4 | Picturehouse |
| 63 | 64 | Aliens of the Deep | $41,529 | +41.7% | 18 | - | $2,307 | $7,322,936 | 37 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | 58 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $36,780 | -8.5% | 11 | -1 | $3,343 | $10,462,151 | 156 | Giant Screen Films |
| 65 | 55 | Green Street Hooligans | $36,401 | -27.5% | 23 | +2 | $1,582 | $289,890 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 66 | 53 | 2046 | $33,195 | -45.4% | 26 | -21 | $1,276 | $1,362,110 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 67 | 63 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | $31,765 | +7.4% | 38 | -11 | $835 | $380,249,594 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 68 | 61 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $30,400 | -11.6% | 8 | -1 | $3,800 | $9,635,827 | 157 | Giant Screen Films |
| 69 | 73 | Space Station 3D | $29,303 | +20.9% | 6 | -1 | $4,883 | $63,755,891 | 182 | IMAX |
| 70 | 59 | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2005 Re-release | $28,812 | -19.9% | 14 | -2 | $2,058 | $497,400 | 11 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 71 | 45 | The Man | $25,007 | -78.7% | 58 | -176 | $431 | $8,330,720 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 72 | 71 | Ferpect Crime | $22,659 | -10.5% | 11 | -7 | $2,059 | $354,022 | 8 | Vitagraph Films |
| 73 | 87 | The War Within | $20,163 | +94.3% | 9 | +8 | $2,240 | $30,538 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 74 | 65 | Me and You and Everyone We Know | $19,602 | -31.8% | 17 | -18 | $1,153 | $3,878,374 | 17 | IFC Films |
| 75 | 56 | Must Love Dogs | $19,529 | -61% | 38 | -39 | $513 | $43,698,897 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 76 | 62 | Ladies in Lavender | $19,036 | -41.9% | 14 | -22 | $1,359 | $6,712,316 | 24 | IDP Distribution |
| 77 | 146 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $18,988 | +6,932.6% | 1 | - | $18,988 | $52,040,684 | 364 | IMAX |
| 78 | 89 | Côte d'Azur | $17,381 | +80.9% | 8 | +4 | $2,172 | $110,548 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 79 | 78 | Forty Shades of Blue | $16,756 | -0.6% | 3 | - | $5,585 | $33,614 | 2 | Vitagraph Films |
| 80 | 67 | The Memory of a Killer 2005 Re-release | $15,233 | -44.9% | 17 | -4 | $896 | $305,917 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 81 | 80 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | $15,202 | +0.5% | 13 | -2 | $1,169 | $1,003,159 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 82 | 68 | Mad Hot Ballroom | $13,827 | -49.4% | 20 | -11 | $691 | $8,010,848 | 22 | Paramount Classics |
| 83 | - | Before the Fall | $13,210 | - | 1 | - | $13,210 | $13,210 | 1 | - |
| 84 | 75 | Garçon stupide | $12,844 | -37.9% | 3 | -1 | $4,281 | $72,836 | 4 | - |
| 85 | 57 | Underclassman | $11,789 | -72.7% | 16 | -48 | $736 | $5,652,268 | 6 | Miramax |
| 86 | - | Dirty Deeds | $11,520 | - | 9 | - | $1,280 | $143,027 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 87 | 69 | Hellbent | $11,306 | -56.7% | 6 | -2 | $1,884 | $143,334 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 88 | 88 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $11,258 | +11.8% | 7 | - | $1,608 | $21,485,946 | 83 | Warner Bros. |
| 89 | 97 | The Future of Food | $9,449 | +47.9% | 4 | +1 | $2,362 | $51,245 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 90 | 86 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | $9,128 | -26.8% | 5 | -5 | $1,825 | $2,964,010 | 36 | Shadow Distribution |
| 91 | 84 | Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie | $8,991 | -34.3% | 5 | -3 | $1,798 | $65,220 | 6 | Shadow Distribution |
| 92 | - | C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America | $7,992 | - | 2 | - | $3,996 | $7,992 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 93 | 112 | Caterina in the Big City | $7,459 | +124.5% | 3 | - | $2,486 | $291,350 | 19 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 94 | 143 | Elevator to the Gallows | $6,878 | +901.2% | 3 | +2 | $2,292 | $227,301 | 16 | Rialto Pictures |
| 95 | 96 | Dorian Blues | $6,790 | -0.6% | 4 | +2 | $1,697 | $30,323 | 3 | TLA Releasing |
| 96 | - | The Aggressives | $6,533 | - | 1 | - | $6,533 | $6,533 | 1 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 97 | 66 | Dark Water 2005 Re-release | $6,516 | -77.1% | 16 | -20 | $407 | $25,473,352 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 98 | 95 | Saint Ralph | $6,297 | -8.9% | 9 | -2 | $699 | $479,509 | 10 | IDP Distribution |
| 99 | 91 | The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D | $6,073 | -33.8% | 12 | -6 | $506 | $39,175,154 | 18 | Dimension Films |
| 100 | 90 | Going Shopping | $5,427 | -43.1% | 4 | -2 | $1,356 | $13,280 | 2 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 101 | 92 | Pretty Persuasion | $5,314 | -40.1% | 5 | -7 | $1,062 | $297,816 | 9 | IDP Distribution |
| 102 | 126 | Galapagos | $5,256 | +149.7% | 2 | - | $2,628 | $15,185,431 | 311 | IMAX |
| 103 | 81 | Hustle & Flow | $5,244 | -65.2% | 9 | -13 | $582 | $22,192,577 | 12 | Paramount Classics |
| 104 | 100 | Saraband | $5,030 | -15.3% | 3 | -2 | $1,676 | $634,661 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | - | Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater | $4,410 | - | 1 | - | $4,410 | $4,410 | 1 | First Run |
| 106 | 127 | A State of Mind | $4,176 | +118.2% | 4 | +2 | $1,044 | $40,382 | 10 | Kino International |
| 107 | 99 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | $3,564 | -41.8% | 1 | -1 | $3,564 | $172,739 | 18 | Arrival Pictures |
| 108 | - | Drivers Wanted | $3,013 | - | 1 | - | $3,013 | $23,194 | 16 | Indican Pictures |
| 109 | 123 | Cronicas | $3,011 | +29.1% | 5 | +2 | $602 | $294,758 | 14 | Palm Pictures |
| 110 | 113 | Alien Adventure | $3,000 | -6.2% | 2 | - | $1,500 | $4,946,591 | 321 | - |
| 111 | 98 | The Baxter | $2,986 | -52.3% | 6 | -4 | $497 | $181,496 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 112 | 105 | Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus | $2,890 | -48.2% | 3 | -2 | $963 | $61,861 | 14 | Shadow Distribution |
| 113 | 93 | Screen Door Jesus | $2,788 | -66.3% | 2 | -1 | $1,394 | $11,054 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 114 | 122 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $2,600 | +4% | 1 | - | $2,600 | $7,126,930 | 346 | - |
| 115 | 82 | The Great Raid | $2,169 | -85.6% | 6 | -41 | $361 | $10,164,597 | 9 | Miramax |
| 116 | 125 | À Tout de Suite | $1,945 | -9.3% | 1 | -1 | $1,945 | $242,233 | 24 | The Cinema Guild |
| 117 | - | Tropical Malady | $1,872 | - | 2 | - | $936 | $45,127 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 118 | 115 | November | $1,861 | -40.6% | 1 | -4 | $1,861 | $192,186 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 119 | 145 | Three Dancing Slaves | $1,851 | +256.6% | 2 | +1 | $925 | $18,383 | 6 | TLA Releasing |
| 120 | - | Dear Wendy | $1,802 | - | 2 | - | $901 | $15,221 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 121 | 111 | Reel Paradise | $1,801 | -47.2% | 3 | +2 | $600 | $23,957 | 9 | Wellspring Media |
| 122 | 124 | Après Vous | $1,664 | -27.6% | 3 | -3 | $554 | $826,126 | 19 | Paramount Classics |
| 123 | 85 | Venom | $1,530 | -88.5% | 5 | -27 | $306 | $881,704 | 4 | Dimension Films |
| 124 | 104 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $1,304 | -76.8% | 1 | - | $1,304 | $372,083 | 51 | - |
| 125 | 106 | An Adolescent 2005 Re-release | $1,291 | -76.8% | 1 | -1 | $1,291 | $35,616 | 7 | Indican Pictures |
| 126 | - | The Overture 2005 Re-release | $1,286 | - | 2 | - | $643 | $1,286 | 1 | Kino International |
| 127 | 110 | Cinderella Man | $1,280 | -66.2% | 4 | -6 | $320 | $61,610,000 | 19 | Universal Pictures |
| 128 | 116 | Happily Ever After | $1,195 | -60.9% | 4 | -2 | $298 | $252,379 | 27 | Kino International |
| 129 | 141 | Kings & Queen | $1,140 | +56.6% | 2 | - | $570 | $277,060 | 22 | Wellspring Media |
| 130 | 101 | Tony Takitani | $1,112 | -80.9% | 1 | -2 | $1,112 | $110,997 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 131 | 129 | Pure | $1,071 | -38.6% | 1 | - | $1,071 | $64,260 | 18 | Indican Pictures |
| 132 | - | Oyster Farmer | $964 | - | 1 | - | $964 | $13,287 | 11 | The Cinema Guild |
| 133 | 120 | Never Been Thawed | $950 | -66.1% | 1 | - | $950 | $40,678 | 26 | Indican Pictures |
| 134 | - | Face | $941 | - | 1 | - | $941 | $105,017 | 52 | Indican Pictures |
| 135 | 142 | The Ninth Day | $686 | -2.3% | 1 | - | $686 | $63,906 | 20 | Kino International |
| 136 | 109 | The Beautiful Country 2005 Re-release | $670 | -82.5% | 2 | -5 | $335 | $442,813 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 137 | 108 | Asylum | $661 | -84.4% | 3 | -10 | $220 | $372,550 | 9 | Paramount Classics |
| 138 | 148 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $606 | +441.1% | 1 | - | $606 | $17,040,871 | 131 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 139 | 140 | The Edukators | $559 | -34.8% | 5 | +2 | $111 | $174,652 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 140 | 144 | William Eggleston in the Real World | $538 | -17.4% | 1 | - | $538 | $42,426 | 7 | Palm Pictures |
| 141 | 137 | God's Sandbox | $486 | -55.4% | 1 | - | $486 | $24,828 | 11 | Indican Pictures |
| 142 | 133 | Edvard Munch | $370 | -71.8% | 1 | - | $370 | $32,382 | 17 | Shadow Distribution |
| 143 | 147 | Oldboy | $282 | +73% | 1 | - | $282 | $703,941 | 29 | Tartan |
| 144 | 114 | Darwin's Nightmare | $250 | -92.1% | - | - | - | $59,190 | 11 | International Film Circuit |
| 145 | 134 | Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2005 Re-release | $144 | -88.8% | 1 | - | $144 | $40,264 | 8 | Tartan |
| 146 | 119 | The Great Role | $132 | -95.3% | 1 | - | $132 | $11,419 | 23 | First Run |
| 147 | - | The Dark Hours | $85 | - | 1 | - | $85 | $85 | 1 | N/A |
