Domestic 2005 Week 38
September 23-29, 2005
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Flightplan | $31,106,279 | - | 3,424 | - | $9,084 | $31,106,279 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 23 | Corpse Bride | $22,643,881 | +4,331.5% | 3,204 | +3,199 | $7,067 | $23,154,852 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 1 | Just Like Heaven | $12,099,087 | -40.1% | 3,509 | +1 | $3,448 | $32,296,103 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 4 | 2 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | $9,313,633 | -48.5% | 3,045 | +62 | $3,058 | $64,121,743 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 5 | - | Roll Bounce | $8,647,867 | - | 1,625 | - | $5,321 | $8,647,867 | 1 | - |
| 6 | 3 | Lord of War | $6,833,340 | -44.7% | 2,814 | - | $2,428 | $19,180,484 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 7 | 4 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | $5,651,695 | -28.2% | 2,581 | -425 | $2,189 | $98,285,733 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | The Constant Gardener | $3,112,385 | -33.3% | 1,282 | -105 | $2,427 | $28,450,066 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 9 | 6 | Transporter 2 | $2,924,828 | -43.7% | 1,726 | -1,079 | $1,694 | $40,600,286 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | 5 | Cry Wolf | $2,741,600 | -47.9% | 1,787 | -2 | $1,534 | $8,007,058 | 2 | Rogue Pictures |
| 11 | 10 | An Unfinished Life | $2,357,399 | -12.5% | 888 | +135 | $2,654 | $6,370,413 | 3 | Miramax |
| 12 | 9 | March of the Penguins | $2,302,091 | -28.6% | 1,405 | -471 | $1,638 | $73,400,404 | 14 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 13 | 14 | Wedding Crashers | $1,678,489 | +37.7% | 1,225 | -582 | $1,370 | $205,952,290 | 11 | New Line Cinema |
| 14 | 8 | Red Eye | $1,445,594 | -59.3% | 1,575 | -880 | $917 | $57,327,452 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 15 | 13 | Four Brothers | $1,200,972 | -51.1% | 814 | -695 | $1,475 | $72,844,546 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 | 35 | Proof | $1,087,084 | +321.3% | 84 | +76 | $12,941 | $1,345,103 | 2 | Miramax |
| 17 | 12 | The Brothers Grimm | $847,347 | -65.6% | 996 | -1,006 | $850 | $37,567,625 | 5 | Dimension Films |
| 18 | - | A History of Violence | $768,704 | - | 14 | - | $54,907 | $768,704 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 19 | - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $706,026 | - | 80 | - | $8,825 | $706,026 | 1 | IMAX |
| 20 | 15 | Sky High | $557,312 | -41.2% | 526 | -269 | $1,059 | $62,405,792 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 11 | The Man | $506,763 | -80.1% | 870 | -1,170 | $582 | $8,188,291 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 22 | 16 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | $469,184 | -47.5% | 411 | -240 | $1,141 | $204,190,038 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 19 | Broken Flowers | $453,216 | -37.9% | 292 | -80 | $1,552 | $13,021,504 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 24 | 17 | Valiant | $412,460 | -51.8% | 541 | -408 | $762 | $18,944,802 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 24 | The Dukes of Hazzard | $325,946 | -25.3% | 271 | -381 | $1,202 | $79,518,822 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 28 | Madagascar | $324,115 | -8.4% | 323 | -1 | $1,003 | $192,747,188 | 18 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 27 | 31 | The Thing About My Folks | $303,316 | +2% | 145 | +52 | $2,091 | $600,683 | 2 | Picturehouse |
| 28 | 30 | Fantastic Four | $302,131 | -11.1% | 314 | -14 | $962 | $153,857,079 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 29 | Junebug | $287,036 | -17.6% | 136 | -7 | $2,110 | $2,123,605 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 18 | The Skeleton Key | $282,845 | -64.1% | 341 | -559 | $829 | $47,297,745 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | 25 | Batman Begins | $231,515 | -46.8% | 320 | -124 | $723 | $204,970,174 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 33 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | $222,791 | -18.4% | 232 | -36 | $960 | $185,636,925 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 27 | The Aristocrats | $208,511 | -41.3% | 125 | -54 | $1,668 | $5,949,227 | 9 | THINKFilm |
| 34 | 26 | Salaam Namaste | $197,014 | -46% | 60 | -3 | $3,283 | $1,199,104 | 3 | Yash Raj Films |
| 35 | 36 | Grizzly Man | $179,937 | -27.3% | 97 | - | $1,855 | $2,565,962 | 7 | Lionsgate Films |
| 36 | 47 | Everything Is Illuminated | $179,576 | +93.1% | 26 | +20 | $6,906 | $272,570 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 37 | 20 | Venom | $177,649 | -74.2% | 460 | -29 | $386 | $866,918 | 2 | Dimension Films |
| 38 | 32 | G | $173,744 | -39.9% | 42 | - | $4,136 | $462,742 | 2 | - |
| 39 | 46 | Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | $156,740 | +55.2% | 186 | +78 | $842 | $22,194,895 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 40 | 41 | Thumbsucker | $151,669 | +25.9% | 28 | +19 | $5,416 | $272,115 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | 38 | Herbie Fully Loaded | $145,031 | -23.3% | 201 | -44 | $721 | $65,864,238 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 42 | 21 | Underclassman | $142,442 | -75.9% | 220 | -381 | $647 | $5,597,281 | 4 | Miramax |
| 43 | 22 | The Cave | $136,085 | -75.8% | 242 | -508 | $562 | $14,772,572 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 44 | 44 | Wild Safari - A South African Adventure | $116,547 | +1% | 17 | - | $6,855 | $4,833,190 | 25 | - |
| 45 | 37 | War of the Worlds | $111,518 | -41.4% | 117 | -40 | $953 | $233,275,313 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 46 | - | Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... | $98,784 | - | 33 | - | $2,993 | $98,784 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 47 | - | Oliver Twist | $92,477 | - | 5 | - | $18,495 | $92,477 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 48 | 39 | 2046 | $84,709 | -33.1% | 47 | -4 | $1,802 | $1,268,695 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 49 | 55 | Dark Water 2005 Re-release | $77,176 | +29.3% | 79 | -18 | $976 | $25,438,414 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 34 | Must Love Dogs | $72,266 | -72% | 110 | -239 | $656 | $43,629,310 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | - | Ferpect Crime | $61,533 | - | 19 | - | $3,238 | $306,041 | 6 | Vitagraph Films |
| 52 | 42 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | $57,250 | -51.4% | 99 | -67 | $578 | $380,188,242 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | 50 | Green Street Hooligans | $57,152 | -20.2% | 15 | +1 | $3,810 | $203,144 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 54 | 40 | The Longest Yard | $53,930 | -56.4% | 67 | -21 | $804 | $158,100,870 | 18 | Paramount Pictures |
| 55 | 56 | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2005 Re-release | $47,589 | -20% | 20 | -2 | $2,379 | $432,605 | 9 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 56 | 57 | The Memory of a Killer 2005 Re-release | $47,393 | -15.1% | 27 | - | $1,755 | $263,032 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | 48 | Mad Hot Ballroom | $47,038 | -42.3% | 51 | -36 | $922 | $7,969,710 | 20 | Paramount Classics |
| 58 | 49 | Ladies in Lavender | $45,699 | -41.1% | 48 | -17 | $952 | $6,660,497 | 22 | IDP Distribution |
| 59 | 58 | Me and You and Everyone We Know | $45,299 | -12.1% | 35 | -9 | $1,294 | $3,831,579 | 15 | IFC Films |
| 60 | 61 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $42,860 | -9% | 12 | - | $3,571 | $10,385,171 | 154 | Giant Screen Films |
| 61 | 54 | Hellbent | $42,318 | -30.5% | 11 | +2 | $3,847 | $103,187 | 2 | Regent Releasing |
| 62 | 52 | Mobsters and Mormons | $41,595 | -37% | 29 | -3 | $1,434 | $207,501 | 3 | - |
| 63 | 65 | Haunted Castle | $40,100 | +4.2% | 3 | - | $13,366 | $11,270,664 | 240 | - |
| 64 | 45 | Space Station 3D | $39,414 | -64.2% | 9 | +1 | $4,379 | $63,702,347 | 180 | IMAX |
| 65 | 43 | The Great Raid | $38,017 | -67.3% | 101 | -140 | $376 | $10,147,396 | 7 | Miramax |
| 66 | 62 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $37,280 | -11% | 9 | - | $4,142 | $9,571,037 | 155 | Giant Screen Films |
| 67 | 53 | Aliens of the Deep | $36,692 | -40.9% | 18 | -6 | $2,038 | $7,252,093 | 35 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 68 | - | Dirty Love | $34,835 | - | 44 | - | $791 | $34,835 | 1 | First Look International |
| 69 | 66 | Separate Lies | $29,155 | -15.1% | 2 | - | $14,577 | $63,497 | 2 | - |
| 70 | 51 | Hustle & Flow | $28,926 | -57% | 51 | -59 | $567 | $22,172,247 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 71 | 97 | Down and Derby | $27,194 | +242.9% | 19 | +12 | $1,431 | $122,936 | 24 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 72 | 71 | A Sound of Thunder | $20,717 | -15.3% | 14 | -48 | $1,479 | $1,882,121 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 73 | 74 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | $20,145 | -5.1% | 22 | +5 | $915 | $972,833 | 13 | Wellspring Media |
| 74 | - | Bugs! | $19,715 | - | 6 | - | $3,285 | $16,444,523 | 134 | SK Films |
| 75 | 64 | The Baxter | $18,583 | -52.4% | 17 | -8 | $1,093 | $171,726 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 76 | 59 | Murderball | $18,439 | -62.9% | 34 | -20 | $542 | $1,516,837 | 12 | THINKFilm |
| 77 | 103 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $17,197 | +144.9% | 3 | +1 | $5,732 | $2,520,157 | 52 | - |
| 78 | 90 | Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie | $16,783 | +70.4% | 9 | +4 | $1,864 | $42,539 | 4 | Shadow Distribution |
| 79 | - | Dorian Blues | $16,700 | - | 2 | - | $8,350 | $16,700 | 1 | TLA Releasing |
| 80 | 78 | The Future of Food | $15,119 | -25.5% | 3 | +1 | $5,039 | $36,135 | 3 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 81 | 72 | Garçon stupide | $15,087 | -37.7% | 2 | -1 | $7,543 | $39,301 | 2 | - |
| 82 | - | Dear Wendy | $13,419 | - | 7 | - | $1,917 | $13,419 | 1 | Wellspring Media |
| 83 | 76 | The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D | $12,956 | -37% | 26 | -12 | $498 | $39,159,902 | 16 | Dimension Films |
| 84 | 73 | Asylum | $12,939 | -46.1% | 22 | -11 | $588 | $367,655 | 7 | Paramount Classics |
| 85 | 60 | Bad News Bears | $12,436 | -75% | 52 | -52 | $239 | $32,868,349 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 86 | 77 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $12,417 | -39% | 8 | -5 | $1,552 | $21,464,618 | 81 | Warner Bros. |
| 87 | 93 | Pretty Persuasion | $12,134 | +37% | 8 | +2 | $1,516 | $283,624 | 7 | IDP Distribution |
| 88 | 70 | Saraband | $12,001 | -53.7% | 9 | -1 | $1,333 | $623,694 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 89 | - | Daltry Calhoun | $10,551 | - | 13 | - | $811 | $10,551 | 1 | Miramax |
| 90 | 68 | Elevator to the Gallows | $10,477 | -60.1% | 4 | +1 | $2,619 | $219,736 | 14 | Rialto Pictures |
| 91 | 87 | Saint Ralph | $8,606 | -18.7% | 11 | -1 | $782 | $466,299 | 8 | IDP Distribution |
| 92 | 67 | Côte d'Azur | $8,494 | -67.8% | 6 | -4 | $1,415 | $83,559 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 93 | 79 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | $8,343 | -55.3% | 8 | -6 | $1,042 | $2,942,413 | 34 | Shadow Distribution |
| 94 | 92 | Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow | $8,030 | -10.6% | 1 | - | $8,030 | $18,997 | 3 | New Yorker Films |
| 95 | - | Occupation: Dreamland | $8,018 | - | 2 | - | $4,009 | $8,018 | 1 | RumuR Inc. |
| 96 | 83 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | $7,803 | -46.7% | 2 | -3 | $3,901 | $163,052 | 16 | Arrival Pictures |
| 97 | 100 | Howl's Moving Castle | $7,522 | +1.6% | 14 | +3 | $537 | $4,708,441 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 98 | 105 | The Edukators | $7,460 | +9.1% | 16 | - | $466 | $173,236 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 99 | 91 | Campfire | $7,308 | -21.3% | 5 | - | $1,461 | $33,047 | 3 | Film Movement |
| 100 | 75 | The Beautiful Country 2005 Re-release | $7,176 | -65.8% | 11 | -11 | $652 | $438,308 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | 86 | Heights | $6,617 | -38.9% | 1 | -10 | $6,617 | $1,160,817 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 102 | 89 | Keane | $5,703 | -44.2% | 2 | - | $2,851 | $25,012 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 103 | 81 | Supercross | $5,555 | -63.2% | 16 | -32 | $347 | $3,102,550 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 104 | 117 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | $5,369 | +59.7% | 6 | +1 | $894 | $4,071,700 | 23 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 105 | 102 | Caterina in the Big City | $5,132 | -29.4% | 3 | -2 | $1,710 | $280,568 | 17 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 106 | 111 | William Eggleston in the Real World | $4,847 | -13.4% | 1 | - | $4,847 | $41,237 | 5 | Palm Pictures |
| 107 | 134 | Slutty Summer | $4,748 | +746.3% | 2 | +1 | $2,374 | $19,645 | 16 | Embrem Entertainment |
| 108 | 88 | Cinderella Man | $4,640 | -56% | 16 | -15 | $290 | $61,604,930 | 17 | Universal Pictures |
| 109 | 135 | Three Dancing Slaves | $4,535 | +721.6% | 2 | - | $2,267 | $16,013 | 4 | TLA Releasing |
| 110 | 106 | Music from the Inside Out | $4,513 | -33.7% | 1 | - | $4,513 | $117,529 | 23 | Emerging Pictures |
| 111 | 108 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $4,244 | -31.8% | 1 | -1 | $4,244 | $365,170 | 49 | - |
| 112 | 104 | November | $3,760 | -45.9% | 12 | -2 | $313 | $187,190 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 113 | 114 | Alien Adventure | $3,750 | -3.8% | 2 | - | $1,875 | $4,940,391 | 319 | - |
| 114 | 118 | An Adolescent 2005 Re-release | $3,690 | +9.9% | 1 | - | $3,690 | $28,771 | 5 | Indican Pictures |
| 115 | 122 | Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus | $3,606 | +44.7% | 4 | +2 | $901 | $53,395 | 12 | Shadow Distribution |
| 116 | - | Never Been Thawed | $3,104 | - | 1 | - | $3,104 | $36,928 | 24 | Indican Pictures |
| 117 | - | À Tout de Suite | $2,936 | - | 1 | - | $2,936 | $238,143 | 22 | The Cinema Guild |
| 118 | 130 | Reel Paradise | $2,870 | +200.5% | 2 | +1 | $1,435 | $18,748 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 119 | 96 | Saving Face | $2,790 | -66.8% | 3 | -2 | $930 | $1,187,266 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 120 | 121 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $2,675 | -0.9% | 1 | - | $2,675 | $7,121,830 | 344 | - |
| 121 | 101 | Après Vous | $2,451 | -66.7% | 5 | -7 | $490 | $822,164 | 17 | Paramount Classics |
| 122 | 127 | Pure | $2,290 | +43.1% | 1 | - | $2,290 | $61,444 | 16 | Indican Pictures |
| 123 | - | Oyster Farmer | $2,280 | - | 1 | - | $2,280 | $12,323 | 9 | The Cinema Guild |
| 124 | 110 | Yes | $2,160 | -64.3% | 3 | -5 | $720 | $396,760 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 125 | 116 | Kings & Queen | $2,110 | -40.8% | 3 | +1 | $703 | $275,192 | 20 | Wellspring Media |
| 126 | 138 | Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2005 Re-release | $1,718 | +447.1% | 5 | +3 | $343 | $38,830 | 6 | Tartan |
| 127 | 84 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,662 | -88.5% | 2 | - | $831 | $52,021,426 | 362 | IMAX |
| 128 | 95 | Tony Takitani | $1,566 | -81.5% | 1 | -4 | $1,566 | $104,050 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 129 | 123 | Galapagos | $1,557 | -32.9% | 2 | +1 | $778 | $15,178,070 | 309 | IMAX |
| 130 | 124 | A Wake in Providence | $1,450 | -33.2% | 1 | - | $1,450 | $159,229 | 24 | Indican Pictures |
| 131 | 126 | God's Sandbox | $1,412 | -17.3% | 1 | - | $1,412 | $23,252 | 9 | Indican Pictures |
| 132 | 115 | One Bright Shining Moment | $1,358 | -65.1% | 1 | - | $1,358 | $5,248 | 2 | First Run |
| 133 | 142 | Edvard Munch | $1,285 | +128,400% | 2 | - | $642 | $30,700 | 15 | Shadow Distribution |
| 134 | 120 | The Tunnel 2005 Re-release | $1,276 | -52.9% | 1 | - | $1,276 | $45,328 | 23 | Avatar Films |
| 135 | 98 | Cronicas | $1,253 | -83.6% | 3 | -10 | $417 | $289,415 | 12 | Palm Pictures |
| 136 | 99 | Margaret Cho: Assassin | $801 | -89.5% | 2 | -2 | $400 | $38,187 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 137 | 113 | Lila dit ça | $714 | -83% | 1 | -1 | $714 | $121,365 | 14 | IDP Distribution |
| 138 | 94 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $611 | -92.9% | 1 | - | $611 | $17,040,153 | 129 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 139 | 139 | The Great Water | $563 | +96.9% | 1 | - | $563 | $17,257 | 15 | - |
| 140 | 137 | Torremolinos 73 | $466 | +13.7% | 1 | - | $466 | $87,385 | 24 | First Run |
| 141 | 112 | Happily Ever After | $339 | -92.6% | - | - | - | $248,128 | 25 | Kino International |
| 142 | 107 | The World | $324 | -95.1% | 1 | -2 | $324 | $60,688 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 143 | 141 | Oldboy | $300 | +140% | 1 | - | $300 | $703,496 | 27 | Tartan |
