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LGF Sun 3:22pm LGF The top movies at the North American box office
Sun Sep 18, 2005 03:22 PM ET
LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at the North American box office during the Sept. 9-11 weekend, led by "Just Like Heaven," according to studio estimates collected on Sunday by Reuters. Final data will be issued on Monday.

1 (*) Just Like Heaven ............ $16.5 million

2 (1) The Exorcism of Emily Rose .. $15.3 million

3 (*) Lord of War .. $ 9.2 million

4 (2) The 40-Year-Old Virgin ...... $ 5.8 million

5 (*) Cry Wolf ..... $ 4.6 million

6 (3) Transporter 2 ............... $ 4.0 million

7 (4) The Constant Gardener ....... $ 3.7 million

8 (5) Red Eye ...... $ 2.9 million

9(10) March of the Penguins ....... $ 2.6 million

10 (8) Wedding Crashers ............ $ 2.5 million

NOTE: Last weekend's ranking in parenthesis (* = new release).

TOTALS TO DATE

Wedding Crashers .............. $203.6 million

The 40-Year-Old Virgin ........ $ 90.6 million

March of the Penguins ......... $ 70.4 million

Red Eye ........ $ 55.3 million

The Exorcism of Emily Rose .... $ 52.0 million

Transporter 2 .. $ 36.5 million

The Constant Gardener ......... $ 24.4 million

Just Like Heaven .............. $ 16.5 million

Lord of War .... $ 9.2 million

Cry Wolf ....... $ 4.6 million

"Just Like Heaven" and "Red Eye" were released by closely held DreamWorks SKG.

"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" was released by Screen Gems, a unit of Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) (SNE.N: Quote, Profile, Research)

"Lord of War" was released by Lions Gate Films, a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (LGF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (LGF.TO: Quote, Profile, Research)

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" was released by Universal Pictures; and "Cry Wolf" and "The Constant Gardener" by Focus Features, both units of NBC Universal, which is controlled by General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research)

"Transporter 2" was released by Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News Corp. (NWS.N: Quote, Profile, Research)

"March of the Penguins" was released by Warner Independent Pictures, and "Wedding Crashers" by New Line Cinema, both units of Time Warner Inc. (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research)


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