Weekend box office

Warner Bros.’ Sunday estimate for “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” proved a little optimistic, with the tally for the movie’s first weekend in wide release coming in at $19.1 million rather than $20.1 million, as reported in Monday’s Calendar story. That also means that although September was the first in which more than two films posted opening weekends with $20 million or more, this month had only three (“Transporter 2,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “Flightplan”), instead of four.

Source: Nielsen EDI Inc.

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1 Flightplan $24.6 $24.6 3,424 $7,193 1 (Buena Vista)

2 Corpse Bride $19.1 $19.7 3,204 $5,975 2 (Warner Bros.)

3 Just Like Heaven $9.6 $29.8 3,509 $2,742 2 (DreamWork s)

4 Roll Bounce $7.6 $7.6 1,625 $4,659 1 (Fox Searchligh t)

5 The Exorcism of $7.4 $62.3 3,045 $2,446 3 Emily Rose (Sony)

6 Lord of War $5.0 $17.4 2,814 $1,789 2 (Lions Gate)

7 40 Year-Old Virgin $4.3 $96.9 2,581 $1,670 6 (Universal)

8 The Constant $2.3 $27.7 1,282 $1,813 4 Gardner (Focus)

9 Transporter 2 $2.23 $39.9 1,726 $1,290 4 (20th Century Fox)

10 Cry Wolf $2.2 $7.5 1,787 $1,225 2 (Focus)

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Los Angeles Times