The Top Movies of Wednesday, December 18, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$26,159,972		3,622	$7,223	$26,159,972	1
2	(1)	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,362,313	-12.39%	2,838	$480	$23,117,307	6
3	(2)	Star Trek: Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$728,935	-27.43%	2,711	$269	$21,409,397	6
4	(3)	Die Another Day	MGM	Action	$635,506	-15.27%	3,377	$188	$133,846,844	27
5	(4)	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$584,799	-7.17%	1,836	$319	$14,560,982	6
6	(6)	Analyze That	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$434,323	-13.65%	2,635	$165	$21,165,657	13
7	(5)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$433,154	-14.57%	3,025	$143	$224,006,940	34
8	(7)	The Hot Chick	Buena Vista	Comedy	$427,825	-5.35%	2,217	$193	$8,741,479	6
9	(8)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$291,458	+1.91%	2,207	$132	$126,249,289	48
10	(9)	Empire	Universal	Drama	$225,000	-12.11%	869	$259	$11,639,000	13

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