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Welcome to Marquee History, the weekly column that takes you back to a time when you - or your parents - were younger. Prepare to become nostalgic (and shocked) at how much time has passed when you recall what was new in theaters 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years ago.

This week's highlights are the 20th anniversary of The Usual Suspects and the 30th anniversary of Return of the Living Dead.

Here are the movies that premiered on theater marquees this week...

10 years ago - August 19, 2005

The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Prior to the release of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Steve Carell had worked with writer/director Judd Apatow on the hit Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Carell had spent the last seven years on The Daily Show and starred in the first six-episode season of The Office in the spring of 2005. Despite the series' overall popularity with fans, its first season got off to a very bumpy start with the ratings and the critics. Carell had no trouble with this movie, though, getting great reviews and opening at #1 with $21 million. The movie easily covered its $26 million budget with a total domestic gross of $109 million.

Red Eye
Coming off her breakthrough success with The Notebook the previous summer and Wedding Crashers the previous month (#4 at the box office this weekend), Rachel McAdams stars in this airplane thriller from Wes Craven, with Cillian Murphy. Red Eye received good reviews and opened at #2 with $16 million. Its total domestic gross of $57 million was more than double its budget.

Valiant
This animated animal adventure from Vanguard (and Disney) was produced at Ealing Studios in London, only the second computer-animated film to be made in the U.K. It features the voice of Ewan McGregor and tells a WWII tale from the point of view of homing pigeons. First released in the U.K. in March, it premiered in the U.S. this weekend with $5.9 million at #8. It eventually earned $19 million in the U.S and $42 million abroad, sufficient to cover its relatively low $35 million budget.

Supercross
Steve Howey and Mike Vogel star in this 80-minute motorcycle sports film that also includes Cameron Richardson, Sophia Bush, Channing Tatum, Robert Carradine, Robert Patrick, and Aaron Carter in the cast. Supercross had a terrible opening at #15, pulling in $1.3 million at 1,621 theaters ($820 per site average).

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