1.) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $55,380,000
2.) Wedding Crashers $32,225,000
3.) Fantastic Four $22,725,000
4.) War of the Worlds $15,000,000
5.) Batman Begins $5,620,000
A lethal one-two punch from a pair of debuting comedies led the North American box office to a busy weekend. Warner Bros. went after families with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while corporate cousin New Line connected with adults with the raunchy Wedding Crashers which together injected over $87M in new business into the marketplace to lead the box office to a healhty gain over last year. With four different films grossing $15M or more, some much needed depth returned to the charts.