The Top Movies, Weekend of December 28, 2001

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line	Adventure	$38,695,582	-18.04%	3,359	$11,520	$174,119,499	12
2	(2)	Ocean's Eleven	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$16,907,714	+14.89%	3,075	$5,498	$136,996,174	24
3	(3)	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$15,035,649	+8.70%	3,151	$4,772	$49,464,274	10
4	(6)	Ali	Sony Pictures	Drama	$14,710,892		2,446	$6,014	$40,051,763	6
5	(4)	Vanilla Sky	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$11,515,135	-4.65%	2,744	$4,196	$71,395,769	17
6	(6)	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$10,978,760	+54.79%	3,186	$3,446	$291,594,218	45
7	(13)	Kate and Leopold	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$9,725,408		2,459	$3,955	$22,103,269	6
8	(16)	A Beautiful Mind	Universal	Drama	$7,780,495	+2,019.15%	525	$14,820	$18,559,546	10
9	(9)	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	Adventure	$6,103,901	+60.56%	1,701	$3,588	$239,190,413	59
10	(8)	The Majestic	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,422,482	+10.56%	2,361	$2,297	$18,913,608	10
11	(5)	How High	Universal	Comedy	$5,204,745	-26.72%	1,271	$4,095	$19,676,445	10
12	(10)	Joe Somebody	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,076,742	+42.86%	2,517	$2,017	$15,985,861	10
13	(12)	The Royal Tenenbaums	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$4,975,779	+292.15%	291	$17,099	$10,790,201	17
14	(7)	Not Another Teen Movie	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,495,960	-14.38%	2,365	$1,901	$32,017,512	17
15	(11)	Behind Enemy Lines	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,977,124	-6.93%	1,332	$2,235	$51,023,475	31
16	(21)	The Shipping News	Miramax	Drama	$1,205,174		186	$6,479	$2,796,557	6
17	(14)	Amelie	Miramax	Comedy	$1,126,954	+46.19%	232	$4,858	$16,306,950	59
18	(29)	In the Bedroom	Miramax	Drama	$861,229	+934.80%	103	$8,361	$2,381,395	38
19	(13)	Spy Game	Universal	Action	$543,895	-40.98%	475	$1,145	$60,977,785	40
20	(15)	Black Knight	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$350,077	-36.76%	342	$1,024	$31,588,772	40
21	(17)	Shallow Hal	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$334,849	+2.19%	370	$905	$68,429,897	52
22	(new)	Gosford Park	USA Films	Comedy	$241,219		9	$26,802	$524,385	5
23	(19)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$203,594	-5.40%	19	$10,715	$6,443,686	325
24	(new)	Black Hawk Down	Sony Pictures	Action	$179,823		4	$44,956	$274,347	3
25	(25)	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition		Documentary	$139,722	+26.43%	40	$3,493	$1,272,156	87
26	(18)	Serendipity	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$127,405	-60.14%	268	$475	$50,255,310	87
27	(24)	The Other Side of Heaven	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$111,621	-11.01%	24	$4,651	$522,125	17
28	(new)	Monster's Ball	Lionsgate	Drama	$110,552		7	$15,793	$217,552	5
29	(22)	The Business of Strangers	IFC Films	Drama	$106,504	-24.86%	53	$2,010	$696,184	24
30	(45)	Corky Romano	Buena Vista	Comedy	$101,533	+184.60%	167	$608	$23,658,960	80
31	(23)	Hardball	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$97,224	-28.58%	186	$523	$40,087,867	108
32	(41)	Max Keeble's Big Move	Buena Vista	Comedy	$94,482	+84.46%	245	$386	$17,046,109	87
33	(21)	The Man Who Wasn't There	USA Films	Drama	$92,882	-44.71%	81	$1,147	$6,860,825	61
34	(20)	The Wash	Lionsgate	Comedy	$85,020	-60.47%	93	$914	$9,988,941	47
35	(39)	K-PAX	Universal	Drama	$84,525	+45.64%	161	$525	$50,315,140	66
36	(28)	Novocaine	Artisan	Comedy	$72,599	-20.35%	146	$497	$1,973,973	45
37	(38)	The Devil's Backbone			$70,999	+17.17%	35	$2,029	$381,872	40
38	(31)	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$64,440	-14.56%	251	$257	$179,774,963	157
39	(36)	Mulholland Drive	Universal	Drama	$64,285	-0.31%	43	$1,495	$5,608,043	84
40	(35)	Lantana		Drama	$59,888	-9.89%	9	$6,654	$316,038	17
41	(42)	No Man's Land	MGM/UA	Drama	$55,133	+27.33%	17	$3,243	$234,880	24
42	(26)	Domestic Disturbance	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$52,357	-48.51%	153	$342	$44,746,318	59
43	(34)	Zoolander	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$51,669	-25.14%	140	$369	$45,128,129	94
44	(new)	Charlotte Gray	Warner Bros.	Drama	$46,271		5	$9,254	$72,806	3
45	(46)	The Princess Diaries	Buena Vista	Comedy	$43,945	+24.53%	103	$427	$108,184,054	150
46	(new)	I Am Sam	New Line	Drama	$41,779		2	$20,890	$67,418	3
47	(44)	Waking Life		Drama	$41,012	+9.64%	38	$1,079	$2,539,796	73
48	(50)	Dinner Rush		Drama	$34,842	+77.11%	7	$4,977	$596,190	94
49	(30)	Out Cold	Buena Vista	Comedy	$33,984	-57.50%	104	$327	$13,577,476	40
50	(43)	Life as a House	New Line	Drama	$30,916	-28.56%	64	$483	$15,652,637	66
51	(49)	Bandits	MGM/UA	Comedy	$29,668	+2.74%	46	$645	$41,402,323	80
52	(48)	Kandahar	Avatar	Drama	$29,129	-13.83%	5	$5,826	$125,150	17
53	(47)	Trembling Before G-D			$25,924	-26.36%	7	$3,703	$265,772	66
54	(33)	The Sidewalks of New York	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$24,470	-64.81%	44	$556	$2,322,406	40
55	(60)	Don't Say a Word	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$19,849	+106.03%	39	$509	$54,924,196	94
56	(61)	Moulin Rouge	20th Century Fox	Musical	$18,963	+96.98%	8	$2,370	$57,044,922	227
57	(re-entry)	The Fluffer			$18,488		4	$4,622	$161,632	45
58	(re-entry)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$18,477		6	$3,080	$6,140,343	1,039
59	(62)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$18,239	+94.47%	7	$2,606	$12,989,871	605
60	(67)	The Affair of the Necklace	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,939	+146.64%	24	$706	$414,563	31
61	(56)	Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy			$15,897	+33.16%	5	$3,179	$163,815	31
62	(re-entry)	Intimacy			$15,401		7	$2,200	$448,008	73
63	(53)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$13,712	-2.52%	16	$857	$1,716,261	157
64	(new)	Dark Blue World			$12,632		5	$2,526	$19,541	3
65	(58)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$12,013	+4.17%	8	$1,502	$10,462,583	451
66	(re-entry)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$11,364		3	$3,788	$3,912,860	626
67	(72)	Little Otek			$11,084	+126.81%	2	$5,542	$31,202	10
68	(68)	Second Skin			$10,542	+61.76%	1	$10,542	$104,043	38
69	(57)	From Hell	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$10,148	-14.84%	31	$327	$31,507,144	73
70	(re-entry)	N'sync: Bigger than Live		Concert	$9,878		4	$2,470	$1,568,695	325
71	(52)	Focus		Drama	$9,108	-35.97%	14	$651	$667,728	73
72	(55)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$9,025	-29.75%	7	$1,289	$38,078,959	1,165
73	(64)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$8,566	-3.42%	7	$1,224	$12,020,923	794
74	(re-entry)	Iris	Miramax	Drama	$7,702		1	$7,702	$54,732	17
75	(74)	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)			$7,585	+61.93%	17	$446	$786,732	94
76	(78)	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Buena Vista	Adventure	$7,550	+120.12%	30	$252	$84,052,762	206
77	(re-entry)	Himalaya		Drama	$6,208		4	$1,552	$2,389,475	276
78	(91)	An American Rhapsody	Paramount Classics	Drama	$6,183	+469.86%	6	$1,031	$798,483	143
79	(63)	Burnt Money	Strand Releasing	Drama	$6,161	-31.92%	3	$2,054	$192,168	73
80	(69)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$6,154	+10.11%	6	$1,026	$11,811,968	1,014
81	(70)	Joy Ride	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$5,471	-0.80%	12	$456	$21,966,161	87
82	(75)	Tuvalu	Indican Pictures		$5,212	+17.33%	1	$5,212	$96,150	381
83	(54)	Happenstance			$5,060	-62.28%	4	$1,265	$82,337	59
84	(51)	Fat Girl			$5,050	-68.83%	3	$1,683	$492,177	80
85	(re-entry)	Season's Beatings	Empire Pictures	Comedy	$4,857		2	$2,429	$308,707	409
86	(71)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$4,569	-9.38%	7	$653	$3,188,423	9,732
87	(new)	Shaye and Kiki	Indican Pictures		$4,282		2	$2,141	$7,037	6
88	(re-entry)	Under the Sun			$4,104		3	$1,368	$243,330	150
89	(86)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$3,860	+170.69%	2	$1,930	$17,177,123	1,634
90	(59)	Behind the Sun	Miramax	Drama	$3,781	-66.73%	1	$3,781	$35,625	17
91	(73)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,762	-22.05%	5	$752	$10,572,509	976
92	(79)	Gabriela		Drama	$3,392	+7.14%	3	$1,131	$2,308,115	290
93	(89)	Sexy Beast	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,282	+150.34%	1	$3,282	$6,946,056	201
94	(92)	Ghost World	MGM/UA	Comedy	$3,110	+252.21%	6	$518	$6,101,993	164
95	(81)	Donnie Darko	Newmarket Films	Drama	$2,609	+8.12%	4	$652	$420,618	66
96	(90)	Together		Genre Unknown	$2,607	+123.39%	3	$869	$1,004,201	235
97	(65)	Grateful Dawg			$2,148	-75.77%	15	$143	$296,003	87
98	(re-entry)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$2,088		3	$696	$3,317,618	304
99	(76)	All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!	IMAX Films		$2,067	-52.82%	3	$689	$995,122	269
100	(87)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,829	+35.08%	2	$915	$14,986,752	2,446
101	(re-entry)	Russian Doll			$1,725		1	$1,725	$123,026	199
102	(re-entry)	Cool and Crazy			$1,438		1	$1,438	$7,221	73
103	(94)	Haiku Tunnel			$1,279	+168.13%	4	$320	$251,058	108
104	(84)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,187	-17.74%	2	$594	$15,803,102	2,264
105	(re-entry)	Punks			$1,038		1	$1,038	$159,675	59
106	(re-entry)	L.I.E.		Drama	$1,014		1	$1,014	$1,135,245	115
107	(re-entry)	Aberdeen	First Run	Drama	$940		1	$940	$43,821	136
108	(82)	Life and Debt			$876	-55.42%	1	$876	$120,222	192
109	(88)	The Deep End	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$706	-46.72%	1	$706	$8,823,109	145
110	(80)	My First Mister			$651	-77.83%	3	$217	$615,406	80
111	(95)	The Vertical Ray of the Sun			$500	+26.26%	2	$250	$456,387	178
112	(97)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$437	+290.18%	1	$437	$2,137,296	1,277
113	(re-entry)	Djomeh			$369		1	$369	$17,104	117
114	(re-entry)	The Independent			$323		1	$323	$54,409	31

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