has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the "year of the threequels", a nickname referring to both the
and several film franchises which premiered or had installments released in 2004, which appear again this year:
, and in a larger sense to the large number of third installment films released this summer, such as: and
.
. The top ten as of
, 2007 (Worldwide, U.S. & Canada and International);(UK) and (Australia) are as follows:
films released between January and March 2007 and of these the top grossing film of the quarter was
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
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| Freedom Writers | Paramount Pictures | Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, April Lee Hernandez, Mario, Hunter Parrish, Jason Finn |
| Happily N'Ever After | Lions Gate Films | Sigourney Weaver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Andy Dick, Patrick Warburton, Wallace Shawn, George Carlin |
| 12 | | Alpha Dog | Universal Pictures | Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin, Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Christopher Marquette |
| Primeval | Buena Vista (Hollywood Pictures) | Dominic Purcell, Orlando Jones, Brooke Langton, Jurgen Prochnow |
| Stomp the Yard | Sony (Screen Gems) | Columbus Short, Meagan Good, NE-YO, Chris Brown, Darrin Henson, Brian White, Laz Alonzo, Valarie Pettiford, Harry J. Lennix, Jermaine Williams |
| 19 | | The Hitcher | Universal (Rogue Pictures) | Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough |
| 26 | | Blood & Chocolate | MGM | Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez, Bryan Dick, Katja Riemann |
| Catch and Release | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaeger, Kevin Smith, Fiona Shaw, Juliette Lewis |
| Epic Movie | 20th Century Fox | Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Jayma Mays, Faune A. Chambers, Crispin Glover, Carmen Electra, Darrell Hammond, Fred Willard |
| Smokin' Aces | Universal Pictures | Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg, Taraji Henson, Chris Pine, Martin Henderson, Jason Bateman, Common, Nestor Carbonell |
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| The Messengers | Sony (Screen Gems) | Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett |
| 9 | | Hannibal Rising | MGM (Weinstein) | Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, Dominic West, Kevin McKidd, Richard Brake, Stephen Walters, Ivan Marevich, Goran Kostic, Charles Maquignon |
| Norbit | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eddie Griffin, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell, Katt Williams, Lester "Rasta" Speight, Marlon Wayans |
| 14 | | Daddy's Little Girls | Lions Gate Films | Louis Gossett Jr., Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Terri J. Vaughn, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tyler Perry |
| Music and Lyrics | Warner Bros. Pictures | Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston, Campbell Scott, Haley Bennett |
| Pillow Talk | Universal (Rogue Pictures) | Douglas Vale, Joss Stone |
| 16 | | Breach | Universal Pictures | Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Dennis Haysbert, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Kathleen Quinlan |
| Bridge to Terabithia | Buena Vista (Walt Disney Pictures) | Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick |
| Ghost Rider | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda, Donal Logue |
| 23 | | The Abandoned | Lions Gate Films | Anastasia Hille, Karel Roden, Valentin Ganev, Carlos Reig-Plaza |
| Amazing Grace | MGM (Samuel Goldwyn Films) | Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Youssou N'Dour, Albert Finney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones |
| The Astronaut Farmer | Warner Bros. Pictures | Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Tim Blake Nelson, Max Thieriot, Jon Gries |
| The Number 23 | New Line Cinema | Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Danny Huston, Logan Lerman, Lynn Collins, Rhona Mitra |
| | 20th Century Fox | Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Thomas Lennon, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Niecy Nash, Cedric Yarbrough |
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| Wild Hogs | Buena Vista (Touchstone Pictures) | John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei, Jill Hennessy, M.C. Gainey, John C. McGinley |
| Zodiac | Paramount Pictures | Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, John Carroll Lynch, Donal Logue, Philip Baker Hall, Clea DuVall |
| 9 | | 300 | Warner Bros. Pictures | Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Vincent Regan, Michael Fassbender, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro |
| The Ultimate Gift | Fox Faith Movies | Abigail Breslin, Drew Fuller, James Garner, Brian Dennehy, Ali Hillis, Bill Cobbs |
| 16 | | Dead Silence | Universal Pictures | Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Bob Gunton, |
| I Think I Love My Wife | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Edward Herrmann |
| Premonition | Sony (TriStar Pictures) | Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, Kate Nelligan, Amber Valletta, Peter Stormare |
| 23 | | The Hills Have Eyes 2 | Fox Atomic | Michael McMillian, Jacob Vargas, Flex Alexander, Lee Thompson Young, Eric Edelstein, Daniella Alonso, Jessica Stroup, Ben Crawley, Reshad Strik |
| The Last Mimzy | New Line Cinema | Timothy Hutton, Joely Richardson, Rainn Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Chris O'Neil |
| Pride | Lions Gate Films | Bernie Mac, Terence Howard, Kimberley Elise, Tom Arnold, Regine Nehy |
| Reign Over Me | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Mike Binder |
| Shooter | Paramount Pictures | Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Rade Serbedzija, Ned Beatty |
| TMNT | Warner Bros. Pictures | Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako Iwamatsu, Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart, Ziyi Zhang, Laurence Fishburne, Mitchell Whitfield, James Arnold Taylor, Mikey Kelley, Nolan North |
| 30 | | Blades of Glory | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Craig T. Nelson, Jenna Fischer, William Fichtner, Romany Malco, Nick Swardson, Rob Corddry |
| Meet the Robinsons | Buena Vista (Walt Disney Pictures) | Angela Bassett, Tom Selleck, Harland Williams, Laurie Metcalf, Nicole Sullivan, Adam West, Ethan Sandler, Tom Kenny |
| The Lookout | Buena Vista (Miramax Films) | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher |
movie is shown nationally on 600 screens or more in the United States and Canada.
The following films meet these criteria and indicate first major release date:
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
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| Firehouse Dog | 20th Century Fox | Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Dash Mihok, Steven Culp, Bill Nunn |
| 5 | | The Reaping | Warner Bros. Pictures | Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb |
| Run Douche | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Martin Briggs, Chris Burn, Samuel Cullington, Matthew Fowlds, Dan Tapsell LOL, Davey Jones, Queer Harris, Craig Oliver, Mark Tooze |
| 6 | | Grindhouse | Weinstein (Dimension Films) | Planet Terror - Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton
Death Proof - Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Sydney Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Zoe Bell |
| The Hoax ‡ | Buena Vista (Miramax Films) | Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis, Julie Delpy, Stanley Tucci |
| 13 | | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters | First Look Pictures | Dana Snyder, Dave Willis, Carey Means, Andy Merrill, Matt Maiellaro, Mike Schatz, C. Martin Croker, Neil Peart, Bruce Campbell, Chris Kattan, Fred Armisen |
| Disturbia | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Aaron Yoo |
| Pathfinder | 20th Century Fox | Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Ralf Moeller, Clancy Brown |
| Perfect Stranger | Sony (Revolution Studios) | Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Gary Dourdan |
| Redline | Chicago Pictures | Nathan Phillips, Nadia Bjorlin, Angus Macfadyen, Tim Matheson, Eddie Griffin |
| Slow Burn | Lions Gate Films | Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer, Taye Diggs, Jolene Blalock, Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| 20 | | Fracture | New Line Cinema | Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis, Fiona Shaw, Bob Gunton |
| In the Land of Women | Warner Independent Pictures | Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan, Olympia Dukakis, Makenzie Vega |
| 27 | | Kickin' It Old Skool | Yari Film Group | Jamie Kennedy, Michael Rosenbaum, Vivica A. Fox, Debra Jo Rupp, Christopher McDonald, Bobby Lee, Miguel A. Núñez Jr. |
| Next | Paramount Pictures | Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Tom Kretschmann, Peter Falk |
| The Condemned | Lions Gate Films | Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Nathan Jones |
| The Invisible | Buena Vista (Hollywood Pictures) | Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Chris Marquette, Marcia Gay Harden |
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| 4 | | Lucky You | Warner Bros. Pictures | Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Jean Smart, Debra Messing, Robert Downey Jr., Horatio Sanz |
| Spider-Man 3 | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons |
| Goya's Ghosts | Samuel Goldwyn Films | Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid |
| 11 | | 28 Weeks Later | Fox Atomic | Jeremy Renner, Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Mackintosh Muggleton |
| Delta Farce | Lions Gate Films | Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy, DJ Qualls, Keith David, Danny Trejo |
| Georgia Rule | Universal Pictures | Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Garrett Hedlund |
| The Ex | MGM (Weinstein) | Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman, Mia Farrow, Charles Grodin, Donal Logue, Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Josh Charles, Yul Vazquez, Paul Rudd, Amy Adams |
| 18 | | Shrek the Third | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Justin Timberlake, John Cleese, Julie Andrews, Rupert Everett, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph |
| Lovewrecked | MGM (Weinstein) | Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack, Jonathan Bennett, Fred Willard, Joey Kern, Lance Bass, Alfonso Ribeiro, Kathy Griffin |
| Magicians | Universal Pictures | David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Jessica Stevenson |
| 25 | | Bug | Lions Gate Films | Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick, Jr. |
| | Buena Vista (Walt Disney Pictures) | Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Stellan Skarsgård, Chow Yun Fat, Keith Richards |
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| Knocked Up | Universal Pictures | Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Alan Tudyk, Kristen Wiig |
| Mr. Brooks | MGM | Kevin Costner, William Hurt, Demi Moore, Dane Cook |
| ''Wedding Daze | Pathe | Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher, Joe Pantoliono |
| 8 | | | Lions Gate Films | Jay Hernandez, Lauren German, Roger Bart, Bijou Phillips, Heather Matarazzo |
| Ocean's Thirteen | Warner Bros. Pictures | George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle, Al Pacino, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Eddie Jemison, Scott Caan |
| Surf's Up | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, James Woods, Diedrich Bader |
| 15 | | | 20th Century Fox | Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Ioan Gruffudd, Julian McMahon, Laurence Fishburne, Andre Braugher, Kerry Washington |
| Nancy Drew | Warner Bros. Pictures | Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Amy Bruckner, Kay Panabaker |
| ''Grow Your Own | Pathe | Philip Jackson, Omid Djalili, Eddie Marsan, Benedict Wong |
| ''Tell No One | Revolver Entertainment | Kristin Scott Thomas, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Jean Rochefort |
| ''Sivaji: The Boss | AVM Productions | Rajnikanth, Shriya Saran, Raghuvaran, Vivek |
| 22 | | 1408 | MGM (Weinstein) | John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shaloub |
| A Mighty Heart | Paramount Vantage | Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman |
| Evan Almighty | Universal Pictures | Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Wanda Sykes, Jimmy Bennett |
| Captivity | Optimum Releasing | Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Laz Alonso, Michael Harney, Rebekah Ryan |
| La Vie En Rose | Icon Film Distribution | Marion Cotillard, Gérard Depardieu |
| 27 | | Live Free or Die Hard | 20th Century Fox | Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q, Kevin Smith |
| 29 | | Evening | Universal (Focus Features) | Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close |
| Ratatouille | Buena Vista | Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm, Peter O'Toole, Janeane Garofalo, Will Arnett, John Ratzenberger |
| Sicko | The Weinstein Company (Lions Gate) | Michael Moore |
movie is shown nationally on 600 screens or more in the United States and Canada.
The following films meet these criteria and indicate first major release date:
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
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| Transformers | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Jon Voight, Megan Fox, Bernie Mac, Tyrese Gibson, Keith David, John Turturro, Anthony Anderson |
| 11 | | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Warner Bros. Pictures | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Bonnie Wright, Helena Bonham Carter |
| 13 | | Captivity | After Dark Films | Elisha Cuthbert, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Laz Alonso, Daniel Gillies |
| Interview | Sony Pictures Classics | Sienna Miller, Steve Buscemi |
| Shortcut to Happiness | Yari Film Group | Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Dan Aykroyd |
| Talk to Me | Universal (Focus Features) | Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Martin Sheen |
| 20 | | Cashback | Magnolia Pictures | Sean Biggerstaff, Michelle Ryan, Emilia Fox |
| Hairspray | New Line Cinema | John Travolta, Amanda Bynes, Christopher Walken, Nicole Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brittany Snow, Queen Latifah, Zac Efron, James Marsden, Elijah Kelley, Jerry Stiller |
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Universal Pictures | Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Allen Covert, Rachel Dratch, Nicholas Turturro, Nick Swarsdon |
| Sunshine | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy |
| 27 | | I Know Who Killed Me | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Lindsay Lohan, Neal McDonough |
| No Reservations | Warner Bros. Pictures | Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin |
| Rescue Dawn | MGM | Christian Bale, Steve Zahn |
| The Simpsons Movie | 20th Century Fox | Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Marcia Wallace, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, Russi Taylor, Albert Brooks |
| Skinwalkers | After Dark Films | Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Matthew Knight |
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| The Bourne Ultimatum | Universal Pictures | Matt Damon, David Strathairn, Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, Edgar Ramirez, Albert Finney |
| | Lions Gate Entertainment | Skyler Shaye, Janel Parrish, Logan Browning, Nathalia Ramos, Chelsea Staub, Anneliese van der Pol, Malese Jow, Jon Voight |
| Hot Rod | Paramount Pictures | Andy Samberg, Ian McShane, Logan Browning, Isla Fisher, Sissy Spacek, Bill Hader, Will Arnett |
| Underdog | Buena Vista | voice of Jason Lee, Alex Neuberger, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Brad Garrett, Amy Adams |
| El Cantante | Picturehouse | Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez |
| 8 | | Daddy Day Camp | Revolution Studios | Cuba Gooding, Jr., Paul Rae, Lochlyn Munroe, Tamala Jones, Spencer Bridges |
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| Rush Hour 3 | New Line | Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow |
| Stardust | Paramount Pictures | Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Sienna Miller, Charlie Cox, Ian McKellen, Peter O'Toole, Jason Flemyng, Rupert Everett |
| 17 | | The 11th Hour | Warner Independent Pictures | Leonardo DiCaprio, Stephen Hawking, Thom Hartmann, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sylvia Earle, James Woolsey, Andrew Weil, William McDonough, Paul Hawken, Wangari Maathai, David Suzuki, David Orr |
| The Invasion | Warner Bros. Pictures | Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Jeffrey Wright |
| The Last Legion | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Thomas Sangster, Colin Firth, Aishwarya Rai, Ben Kingsley |
| Superbad | Sony | Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader |
| Death at a Funeral | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Matthew Macfadyen, Rupert Graves, Alan Tudyk, Peter Dinklage |
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| Illegal Tender | Universal Pictures | Rick Gonzalez, Wanda De Jesus |
| Mr. Bean's Holiday | Universal Pictures | Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe |
| The Nanny Diaries | MGM (Weinstein) | Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Alicia Keys, Chris Evans, Nicholas Art |
| Resurrecting the Champ | Yari Film Group | Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Alan Alda, Teri Hatcher |
| ''September Dawn | Slowhand Cinema | Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope |
| War | Lionsgate Films | Jet Li, Jason Statham, Devon Aoki, Steph Song, Nadine Velazquez, Luis Guzmán |
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| Balls of Fury | Rogue Pictures | Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, Masi Oka, Maggie Q, Diedrich Bader, David Koechner, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, Thomas Lennon, Kerri Kenney |
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| Death Sentence | 20th Century Fox | Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Matt O'Leary |
| Halloween | MGM (Weinstein) | Malcolm McDowell, Daeg Faerch, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Hanna R. Hall, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Brad Dourif, William Forsythe, Danny Trejo, Clint Howard, Daryl Sabara |
| | After Dark Films | Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon |
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| Hatchet | Anchor Bay Entertainment | Kane Hodder, Robert Englund |
| The Brothers Solomon | Sony | Will Arnett, Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Jenna Fischer, David Koechner, Bill Hader, Chi McBride |
| Shoot 'Em Up | New Line Cinema | Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci, Christian Cage |
| 14 | | The Brave One | Warner Bros. | Neil Jordan (director), Jodie Foster, Naveen Andrews, Terrence Howard |
| December Boys | Warner Independent Pictures | Daniel Radcliffe |
| In the Valley of Elah | Warner Independent Pictures | Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, Charlize Theron, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Jonathan Tucker, Rick Gonzalez |
| Eastern Promises | Focus Features | Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts |
| King of California | Millennium Films | Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood |
| Mr. Woodcock | New Line | Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon, Ethan Suplee, Amy Poehler, M.C. Gainey |
| ''Across the Universe | Sony Pictures | Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Bono |
| 21 | | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Warner Bros. | Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Mary Louise Parker, Sam Shepard, Sam Rockwell, Paul Schneider, Jeremy Renner, Zooey Deschanel, Jeremy Renner |
| Good Luck Chuck | Lions Gate Entertainment | Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler |
| Into the Wild | Paramount Vantage | Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart, William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden |
| The Jane Austen Book Club | Sony Pictures Classics | Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Hugh Dancy, Kevin Zegers, Jimmy Smits, Lynn Redgrave, Nancy Travis |
| | Screen Gems | Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Mike Epps, Ashanti, Matthew Marsden, Linden Ashby |
| Sydney White | Universal Pictures | Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton |
| 28 | | Feast of Love | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Robert Benton (director), Selma Blair, Morgan Freeman, Fred Ward, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell |
| The Kingdom | Universal Pictures | Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Brooke Langton |
| The Game Plan | Walt Disney Pictures | Dwayne Johnson, Roselyn Sanchez, Kyra Sedgwick |
| Lust, Caution | Focus Features | Tony Leung, Tang Wei, Wang Lee Hom, Joan Chen |
| Trade | Lions Gate Films | Kevin Kline, Cesar Ramos, Paulina Gaitan, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś |
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| The Seeker: The Dark is Rising | 20th Century Fox | Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane, Frances Conroy, Gregory Smith, Christopher Eccleston, Jonathan Jackson, Wendy Crewson |
| The Heartbreak Kid | Paramount Pictures | Ben Stiller, Rob Corddry, Carlos Mencia, Michelle Monaghan, Jerry Stiller |
| Michael Clayton | Warner Bros. | George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack |
| Feel the Noise | Columbia Pictures | Omarion Grandberry, Zulay Henao, James McCaffrey, Kellita Smith, Malik Yoba, Melonie Diaz, Victor Rasuk, Giancarlo Esposito |
| 12 | | | Universal Pictures | Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush |
| Why Did I Get Married? | Lions Gate | Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott |
| We Own the Night | Columbia Pictures | Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall |
| Lars and the Real Girl | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Ryan Gosling, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Kelli Garner, Paul Schneider |
| The Final Season | Yari Film Group | Sean Astin, Powers Booth, Tom Arnold, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael Angarano |
| 19 | | 30 Days of Night | Sony | David Slade (director), Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster |
| The Comebacks | Fox Atomic | David Koechner, Matthew Lawrence, Eric Christian Olsen, Andy Dick, Kerri Kenney, Stacy Kiebler, Finesse Mitchell, Dennis Rodman, Drew Lachey |
| Gone Baby Gone | Miramax | Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton |
| Rendition | New Line Cinema | Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, J.K. Simmons |
| Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour | Freestyle Releasing | Rissa Walters, Dan Comrie |
| The Ten Commandments | Promenade Pictures | Voices of Ben Kingsley, Christian Slater, Alfred Molina, Elliott Gould |
| Things We Lost in the Fire | Paramount Pictures | Halle Berry, Benicio del Toro, David Duchovny, John Carroll Lynch, Liam James |
| Reservation Road | Focus Features | Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, Mira Sorvino |
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| Run, Fat Boy, Run | Material Entertainment | Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Dylan Moran, Hank Azaria |
| Dan in Real Life | Touchstone Pictures | Steve Carell, Dane Cook |
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| Bee Movie | DreamWorks | animated, voices of: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, Alan Arkin, Kathy Bates, Matthew Broderick, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy, Rebecca Soler, Douglas Vale, Uma Thurman, Rip Torn, Patrick Warburton, Oprah Winfrey |
| Martian Child | New Line Cinema | John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Bobby Coleman |
| 9 | Fred Claus | Warner Bros. | Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, Kevin Spacey, Kathy Bates, Rachel Weisz, Ludacris |
| Lions for Lambs | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Michael Peña, Peter Berg |
| I Could Never Be Your Woman | Bauer Martinez Distribution | Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd |
| No Country For Old Men | Paramount Vantage | Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson |
| War Dance | THINKFilm | Sean Fine & Andrea Nix (writers and directors) |
| 14 | Southland Tales | Samuel Goldwyn Films | Richard Kelly (Writer/Director), Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin Timberlake, Wallace Shawn, Mandy Moore, Kevin Smith, John Larroquette, Jon Lovitz |
| 16 | Beowulf | Paramount Pictures | Robert Zemeckis (director), Greg Ellis, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Sebastian Roché, Ray Winstone, Robin Wright Penn |
| Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | 20th Century Fox | Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman |
| 21 | The Mist | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher |
| Enchanted | Buena Vista | animated, voices of Amy Adams, James Marsden, David Hyde Pierce, Susan Sarandon, Idina Menzel |
| Hitman | 20th Century Fox | Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Henry Ian Cusick |
| Christmas in Wonderland | Yari Film Group | Patrick Swayze, Carmen Electra, Tim Curry, Chris Kattan, Preston Lacy, Cameron Bright |
| I'm Not There | The Weinstein Company | Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin |
| August Rush | Warner Bros. | Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell,Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, William Sadler, Alex O'Loughlin |
| 30 | Awake | MGM Studios (Weinstein Company) | Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba |
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| New Line | Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Eva Green, Freddie Highmore, Dakota Blue Richards, Ian McKellen |
| 12 | The Perfect Holiday | Columbia Pictures | Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Queen Latifah, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Katt Williams |
| 14 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | 20th Century Fox | Jason Lee, David Cross, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman |
| I Am Legend | Warner Bros. | Francis Lawrence (director), Will Smith, Justin Morck, Salli Richardson, Gabrielle Union |
| Juno | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney, Olivia Thirlby |
| Youth Without Youth | Sony Pictures Classics | Tim Roth, Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, André Hennicke, Alexandra Pirici |
| The Kite Runner | DreamWorks | Khalid Abdalla, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Homayoun Ershadi, Ahmad Mahmidzada |
| 21 | | Walt Disney Pictures | Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Ed Harris, Helen Mirren, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Greenwood |
| Dreamworks | Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen |
| PS, I Love You | Warner Bros. Pictures | Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Gina Gershon, Lisa Kudrow, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick Jr. |
| Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures) | John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer |
| Walt Disney Pictures | Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela |
| 25 | | 20th Century Fox | Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, Johnny Lewis, John Ortiz, David Paetkau |
| Charlie Wilson's War | Universal Pictures | Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams |
| Sony | Emily Watson |
| The Bucket List | Warner Bros. | Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes |
| 26 | There Will Be Blood | Miramax Films | Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano |