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The enormously successful opening of Martin Scorsese’s The Departed last weekend is, based on buzz calculations, by and large all that movie goers are talking about before this weekend. Not only has the film broken the 100 decibel line (see buzz ratings for movies now in theaters), but it has also left all the other movies far behind in the rankings: the second placed Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, which led The Departed in pre-release buzz, is currently at only 51dB.

It is more than probable that this weekend’s major openers, The Grudge 2 and the Robin Williams starring Man of the Year will not be able to threaten the top spot. Indeed, it may well be until the opening of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette on October 20th that The Departed will remain the most talked about current movie.

In order to see the buzz rankings for movies now in theaters, see here. For more about Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, see IMDb.

[Update: Two days later, The Departed shot to the top of the list, while Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning dropped considerably.]

Somewhat surprisingly, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginnings is currently more discussed online than is the upcoming Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Departed. Both films are set to open in the US on October the 6th, and can hence be found in Movie Say’s buzz rankings for upcoming movies.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginnings is a prequel to the 2004 horror thriller Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which in itself was a remake of the controversial 1974 film of the same name. The new film is set four years before the events in the remake took place. The prequel is currently traded at H$55.41 at the Hollywood Stock Exchange, suggesting that the movie is expected to take in more than 55 million dollars in its first four weeks of release. And at least the fans of the original should be flocking to see it: a user at IMDb has described the film as “Full-On Chainsaw. Lots of gore. Very little cheese.”

Meanwhile, the crime drama The Departed, set in South Boston where the Massachusetts State Police is battling the Irish Mob, is a world away from Texas Chainsaw. Directed by Martin Scorsese, The Departed is a remake of a 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller and clocks in at two hours and thirty minutes, plus comes with a star-filled cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin. The film also marks Scorsese’s third subsequent feature film starring DiCaprio in its leading role.

In the end, the difference in buzz between Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and The Departed is small — only two Movie Say decibels at the time of writing.