The Top Movies of Friday, April 19, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Scorpion King	Universal	Action	$12,602,000		3,443	$3,660	$12,602,000	1
2	(1)	Changing Lanes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,195,000	+214.78%	2,642	$1,209	$24,888,000	8
3	(new)	Murder by Numbers	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,976,000		2,663	$1,118	$2,976,000	1
4	(3)	The Rookie	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,962,000	+260.66%	2,504	$784	$49,341,000	22
5	(2)	Panic Room	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,786,000	+193.27%	2,825	$632	$77,763,000	22
6	(4)	The Sweetest Thing	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,684,000	+214.18%	2,670	$631	$13,490,000	8
7	(5)	Ice Age	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,478,000	+186.43%	2,817	$525	$155,201,000	36
8	(6)	High Crimes	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,210,000	+165.35%	2,408	$502	$28,196,000	15
9	(10)	Clockstoppers	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$742,000	+217.09%	2,188	$339	$29,753,000	22
10	(9)	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Artisan	Comedy	$695,000	+124.92%	1,806	$385	$15,767,000	15
11	(7)	Frailty	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$665,000	+104.62%	1,497	$444	$6,120,000	8
12	(8)	Blade 2	New Line	Action	$548,000	+73.97%	1,643	$334	$75,769,000	29
13	(11)	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line	Adventure	$183,000	+79.41%	706	$259	$306,411,000	122