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• Box Office Update 10/6-10/8: The Departed Shoots Its Way to the Top

  Scorsese has his biggest opening ever — could it lead to his first directorial Oscar?

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 10, 2006

• Box Office Update 9/29-10/1: It's Open Season On The Competition

  Ashton Kutcher declares open season on the guardian of your IQ.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 03, 2006

• Box Office Update 9/22-9/24: Jackass Number Two Takes a Number Two on the Competition

  Jet Li does better than this guy expected, and that is a good thing. Plus, are teen boys really dumb?

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 26, 2006

• Box Office Update 9/15-9/17: The Rock Leads Gridiron Gang to the Top

  Gridiron came on like gangbusters as the second football-themed film to take the top spot in a month.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 19, 2006

• Box Office Update 9/8 - 9/10: The Covenant Makes History, Sort Of

  The Covenant of Former Child Stars.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 12, 2006

• Box Office Update 9/1 - 9/3: Invincible Hangs On To the Top Spot

  Invincible holds off Crank, while the Wicker Man searches for honey.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 05, 2006

• Box Office Update 8/25-8/27: Disney is Invincible

  Disney owns the summer: Cars, Pirates, and football, oh my!

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 29, 2006

• Box Office Update 8/18-8/20: Snakes on a Plane Slithers to the Top, Just Barely

  Snakes fizzles, yet still finds it's way to the top. Is the Internet audience to blame?

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 22, 2006

• Box Office Update 8/11-8/13: Ricky Bobby Does it Again

  Ricky Bobby holds on to the box office lead this week.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 15, 2006

• Box Office Update 8/4-8/6: Talladega Nights Races to the Top

  Will Ferrell has a great weekend, and Captain Jack is undone by Barnyard animals.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 08, 2006

• Box Office Update 7/28-7/30: Miami Vice Sinks Captain Jack

  Among the returning films, The Devil Wears Prada continued to show strong legs.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 02, 2006

• Box Office Update 7/21-7/23: Can Anyone Stop Jack Sparrow?

  The Lady sinks in the water and a pair of Clerks come out swinging, but neither can match the comedic swashbuckler.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 25, 2006

• Box Office Update for 7/14-7/16: Pirates Continues its Reign

  It's still a Pirate's life for me, but The Break-Up takes a long walk on a short plank.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 18, 2006

• Box Office Update for 7/7-7/9: Pirates Plunders the Record Books

  Amazing, Johnny Depp sails the Black Pearl into the record books.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 11, 2006

• Box Office Update For 6/30-7/2: Superman Returns Is Solid But Unspectacular

  Next week will possibly see the biggest disparity between the first place film and the rest of the list.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 05, 2006

• Box Office Update for 6/23-6/25: Click Closes Cars Garage

  Adam Sandler's latest has a strong opening as the summer gets underway.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 27, 2006

• Box Office Update for 6/16-6/18: Cars' Lead Shrinks to a Car Length

  Cars succeeded in hanging on to the top spot despite a surprisingly strong showing from Jack Black's Nacho Libre

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 20, 2006

• Box Office Update 6/9-6/11: Cars Races to the Top

  How long 'til a pit stop?

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 14, 2006

• Box Office Update for 6/2-6/4: The Break-Up Breaks X-Men's Legs

  I honestly did not think The Break-Up would be able to top X-Men: The Last Stand.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 06, 2006

• Box Office Update for 5/5-5/7: Mission: Impossible III A Disappointing First

  Has the box office take for Mission: Impossible III suffered due to Tom Cruise's odd antics of late?

  News by Chris Beaumont — on May 09, 2006