Box Office Analysis, Oct. 12: Kill Bill opens in the top spot followed by School of Rock Intolerable Cruelty Good Boy! Out of Time House of the Dead The Rundown Under the Tuscan Sun Secondhand Lions Lost In Translation Mystic River

With the skillfully framed, beautifully written, delicately acted Sideways, Alexander Payne may just have found his golden ticket to Oscar glory.

Despite a uplifting look at a marriage in trouble, sparked by winning performances from Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, Shall We Dance? never seems to rise above its syrupy premise and ballroom antics.

The Forgotten was remembered by moviegoers this weekend. The psycho-thriller starring Julianne Moore took in $22 million in its debut weekend, sending last week's box office champ, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, spiraling to No. 2 with $6.7 million.

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Alien vs. Predator isn't terrible, and that shock alone is almost enough to recommend it. The lack of any great shocking jolts, however, pretty much destroys the only good reason to see it in a theater.

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Scary Movie 3 opened in the top spot followed by Texas Chainsaw Massacre Radio Runaway Jury Mystic River School of Rock Kill Bill Vol. 1 Good Boy Intolerable Cruelty Under the Tuscan Sun Beyond Borders Elephant In the Cut Brother Bear

Box Office Analysis: Oct. 19. There was lots of slicing and dicing at the box office this weekend as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface took on Kill Bill's Bride, proving that samurai sword is no match for a grungy power tool. Top Ten: Texas Chainsaw Massacre Kill Bill Vol. 1 Runaway Jury School of Rock Mystic River Good Boy! Intolerable Cruelty Out of Time Under the Tuscan Sun The Rundown

Box office analysis for Oct. 5: School of Rock Out of Time The Rundown Under the Tuscan Sun Secondhand Lions Underworld Lost in Translation The Fighting Temptations Once Upon a Time in mexico Cold Creek Manor