The Top Movies, Weekend of August 23, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$14,285,028	-26.22%	3,453	$4,137	$173,107,735	24
2	(1)	xXx	Sony Pictures	Action	$13,258,453	-40.04%	3,517	$3,770	$106,264,055	17
3	(4)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension	Adventure	$7,588,890	-34.13%	3,307	$2,295	$58,579,227	19
4	(6)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$7,261,842	+27.40%	1,329	$5,464	$63,690,730	129
5	(3)	Blue Crush	Universal	Drama	$6,542,510	-53.83%	3,015	$2,170	$26,491,250	10
6	(new)	Serving Sara	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$5,758,236		2,154	$2,673	$5,758,236	3
7	(5)	Austin Powers in Goldmember	New Line	Comedy	$5,543,029	-36.50%	2,805	$1,976	$193,875,866	32
8	(new)	Undisputed	Miramax	Drama	$4,548,750		1,102	$4,128	$4,548,750	3
9	(new)	Simone	New Line	Comedy	$3,813,463		1,920	$1,986	$3,813,463	3
10	(7)	Blood Work	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,840,880	-40.91%	2,203	$1,290	$20,209,097	17
11	(8)	The Road to Perdition	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$2,723,997	-28.32%	1,863	$1,462	$94,633,258	45
12	(9)	The Master of Disguise	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,121,014	-32.96%	1,737	$1,221	$34,194,816	24
13	(15)	The Good Girl	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,462,962	+74.03%	188	$7,782	$3,082,581	19
14	(11)	Stuart Little 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,337,805	-31.28%	1,314	$1,018	$59,664,442	38
15	(13)	Possession	Focus Features	Drama	$1,148,836	-27.07%	343	$3,349	$3,436,292	10
16	(12)	Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$837,969	-49.61%	722	$1,161	$17,429,543	24
17	(10)	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$636,904	-70.82%	2,320	$275	$3,816,572	10
18	(16)	The Bourne Identity	Universal	Action	$603,385	-11.81%	431	$1,400	$116,855,670	73
19	(14)	Men in Black 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$553,750	-44.84%	737	$751	$189,506,435	54
20	(18)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$503,503	-8.79%	61	$8,254	$21,334,608	129
21	(17)	Minority Report	20th Century Fox	Action	$425,584	-24.56%	407	$1,046	$129,828,482	66
22	(19)	Lilo & Stitch	Buena Vista	Adventure	$363,607	-27.60%	478	$761	$140,200,685	66
23	(37)	Scooby-Doo	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$357,098	+313.99%	421	$848	$151,482,920	73
24	(new)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$321,515		7	$45,931	$360,606	5
25	(23)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$314,237	-3.76%	298	$1,054	$299,916,304	102
26	(24)	Tadpole	Miramax	Comedy	$292,860	-8.89%	180	$1,627	$2,000,126	38
27	(26)	Reign of Fire	Buena Vista	Action	$277,681	+10.27%	268	$1,036	$42,014,439	45
28	(20)	The Country Bears	Buena Vista	Adventure	$220,021	-46.18%	312	$705	$15,783,249	31
29	(56)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$216,317	+434.83%	27	$8,012	$281,610	10
30	(new)	Little Secrets			$191,747		366	$524	$191,747	3
31	(21)	K-19: The Widowmaker	Paramount Pictures	Action	$172,479	-57.51%	652	$265	$34,226,928	38
32	(62)	The Sum of All Fears	Paramount Pictures	Action	$168,324	+477.10%	224	$751	$118,224,858	87
33	(29)	Lovely and Amazing	Lionsgate	Drama	$160,071	-25.08%	105	$1,524	$3,606,491	59
34	(28)	Like Mike	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$158,322	-29.91%	225	$704	$50,237,433	54
35	(25)	Mr. Deeds	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$157,205	-49.52%	194	$810	$124,019,481	59
36	(22)	Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	MGM/UA	Comedy	$156,766	-60.39%	377	$416	$27,968,219	45
37	(27)	Full Frontal	Miramax	Comedy	$134,860	-42.57%	182	$741	$2,169,281	24
38	(30)	The Kid Stays in the Picture		Documentary	$126,694	-27.92%	56	$2,262	$986,299	31
39	(32)	24 Hour Party People	MGM/UA	Drama	$112,007	-19.62%	23	$4,870	$387,905	17
40	(35)	Sex and Lucia		Drama	$98,842	+2.27%	33	$2,995	$2,628,241	45
41	(31)	Sunshine State		Drama	$95,250	-33.56%	71	$1,342	$2,628,241	66
42	(34)	Insomnia	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$93,915	-9.67%	173	$543	$67,000,995	94
43	(re-entry)	The Fast Runner		Drama	$78,567		46	$1,708	$3,048,932	108
44	(41)	Read My Lips		Drama	$66,266	-10.55%	35	$1,893	$925,252	52
45	(33)	Halloween: Resurrection	Dimension	Horror	$65,730	-41.88%	150	$438	$30,008,510	45
46	(38)	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$63,725	-25.44%	118	$540	$68,800,560	80
47	(40)	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$57,295	-28.08%	38	$1,508	$2,847,071	94
48	(43)	The Importance of Being Earnest	Miramax	Comedy	$57,018	-15.77%	54	$1,056	$7,616,646	96
49	(36)	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$47,403	-47.88%	129	$367	$73,215,310	94
50	(61)	Notorious C.H.O.		Documentary	$47,328	+55.93%	20	$2,366	$563,882	59
51	(46)	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Buena Vista	Documentary	$47,287	-23.02%	32	$1,478	$3,953,076	108
52	(39)	My Wife is an Actress		Comedy	$46,893	-42.05%	34	$1,379	$738,414	45
53	(66)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$46,370	+96.21%	6	$7,728	$253,517	45
54	(45)	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	Adventure	$41,888	-34.23%	77	$544	$255,745,941	297
55	(50)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$41,333	-10.96%	4	$10,333	$41,320,827	1,403
56	(49)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$40,958	-15.97%	13	$3,151	$13,260,279	563
57	(51)	Monsoon Wedding	USA Films	Comedy	$40,932	-9.42%	22	$1,861	$13,623,317	185
58	(59)	Enigma	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$40,656	+21.58%	25	$1,626	$4,051,399	129
59	(60)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$39,115	+22.98%	7	$5,588	$131,287	570
60	(57)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$35,855	-10.68%	5	$7,171	$4,538,131	542
61	(47)	Pandora's Box		Thriller/Suspense	$32,929	-36.67%	14	$2,352	$212,935	17
62	(54)	Late Marriage		Drama	$32,640	-22.06%	25	$1,306	$1,429,239	101
63	(48)	Eight Legged Freaks	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$31,139	-38.09%	53	$588	$16,586,217	40
64	(58)	The Last Kiss		Drama	$28,982	-13.64%	6	$4,830	$103,514	10
65	(77)	The Debut		Comedy	$27,248	+118.00%	5	$5,450	$1,633,062	528
66	(42)	The Powerpuff Girls	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$25,925	-63.69%	95	$273	$11,383,270	54
67	(64)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$25,923	-6.83%	5	$5,185	$18,120,094	1,872
68	(63)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$24,948	-11.26%	8	$3,119	$13,834,607	843
69	(53)	Juwanna Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$23,411	-44.95%	45	$520	$13,538,035	66
70	(52)	Bad Company	Buena Vista	Action	$20,383	-52.52%	35	$582	$29,727,913	80
71	(new)	Satin Rouge			$18,880		2	$9,440	$18,880	3
72	(67)	The Kurosawa Series			$18,619	-10.61%	2	$9,310	$158,236	31
73	(78)	The Singles Ward		Comedy	$17,498	+40.52%	14	$1,250	$975,700	206
74	(83)	Happy Times			$16,259	+53.11%	13	$1,251	$162,194	31
75	(75)	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys		Drama	$16,251	+22.62%	16	$1,016	$1,730,210	73
76	(re-entry)	The Believer	Sony Pictures	Drama	$15,692		6	$2,615	$300,896	101
77	(68)	Ice Age	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$14,154	-30.72%	33	$429	$176,362,826	164
78	(79)	Me Without You			$13,983	+23.55%	9	$1,554	$253,690	52
79	(84)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$12,413	+23.50%	3	$4,138	$6,390,504	1,277
80	(80)	Sordid Lives		Comedy	$11,942	+10.11%	6	$1,990	$738,922	472
81	(86)	Secret Ballot			$11,022	+31.03%	9	$1,225	$46,082	17
82	(99)	Lan Yu			$10,515	+187.06%	3	$3,505	$80,021	45
83	(82)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$10,393	-3.88%	4	$2,598	$13,652,829	1,032
84	(93)	Beauty and the Beast	Buena Vista	Musical	$10,141	+99.04%	2	$5,071	$37,503	3,939
85	(new)	Amy's Orgasm	Magic Lamp	Romantic Comedy	$9,750		1	$9,750	$9,750	3
86	(89)	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$9,695	+23.57%	6	$1,616	$25,419,508	237
87	(87)	Son of the Bride			$8,934	+9.50%	5	$1,787	$571,301	157
88	(76)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$8,871	-31.95%	4	$2,218	$12,249,021	1,252
89	(69)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$8,814	-55.31%	6	$1,469	$2,800,972	395
90	(70)	Who is Cletis Tout?			$8,760	-54.80%	17	$515	$230,116	31
91	(74)	I am Trying to Break Your Heart			$8,747	-41.51%	5	$1,749	$166,879	31
92	(104)	Elling			$8,616	+232.02%	5	$1,723	$197,188	89
93	(re-entry)	I'm Going Home			$8,300		1	$8,300	$32,770	10
94	(88)	Decalogue			$7,980	-0.92%	1	$7,980	$604,718	808
95	(95)	Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars			$7,670	+74.48%	5	$1,534	$81,102	47
96	(new)	How I Killed My Father			$7,480		3	$2,493	$7,480	3
97	(65)	The Rookie	Buena Vista	Drama	$7,181	-71.87%	16	$449	$75,597,042	150
98	(71)	The Emperor's New Clothes			$6,984	-61.69%	17	$411	$622,534	73
99	(105)	Ram Dass			$6,543	+165.33%	4	$1,636	$210,508	178
100	(113)	Cockettes			$5,637	+175.38%	6	$940	$190,157	108
101	(101)	Forgive Me Father			$4,810	+54.91%	6	$802	$495,757	577
102	(new)	The Isle			$4,546		1	$4,546	$4,546	3
103	(100)	Rain			$4,429	+24.52%	5	$886	$394,809	122
104	(91)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$3,758	-29.59%	3	$1,253	$4,141,042	864
105	(103)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,510	+28.48%	2	$1,755	$15,879,395	2,502
106	(new)	Revolutions O/S			$3,500		1	$3,500	$3,500	4
107	(re-entry)	Komediant			$3,018		1	$3,018	$55,820	143
108	(96)	Sex with Strangers		Documentary	$2,664	-37.38%	2	$1,332	$187,383	185
109	(115)	Murderous Maids			$2,583	+86.90%	2	$1,292	$206,655	129
110	(97)	Home Movie			$2,445	-41.00%	4	$611	$95,640	115
111	(73)	The Piano Teacher		Drama	$2,439	-85.82%	3	$813	$919,405	150
112	(92)	Ivan's XTC			$2,434	-52.62%	2	$1,217	$47,027	80
113	(109)	Bartleby	Outrider Pictures	Comedy	$2,236	-0.31%	1	$2,236	$141,367	94
114	(85)	Pepe Le Moko			$2,042	-76.90%	2	$1,021	$141,088	178
115	(118)	Nine Queens		Drama	$1,997	+87.16%	5	$399	$1,186,406	129
116	(127)	Promises			$1,988	+783.56%	3	$663	$203,876	164
117	(102)	The Mystic Masseur			$1,976	-30.42%	3	$659	$390,728	115
118	(98)	The Lady and the Duke			$1,797	-54.76%	1	$1,797	$296,175	108
119	(114)	The Other Side of Heaven	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$1,577	-21.85%	3	$526	$4,687,149	255
120	(122)	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Outrider Pictures	Drama	$1,434	+146.39%	2	$717	$92,003	108
121	(117)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,101	-8.48%	1	$1,101	$2,263,842	1,515
122	(re-entry)	Hybrid	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,008		1	$1,008	$111,296	108
123	(116)	The Fluffer			$731	-44.62%	1	$731	$562,076	283
124	(re-entry)	Circuit	Jour de Fete	Drama	$647		1	$647	$235,087	122
125	(re-entry)	Last Dance (2002)			$611		1	$611	$9,482	45
126	(120)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$473	-38.97%	1	$473	$15,047,695	2,684
127	(124)	A Song for Martin			$458	-16.27%	1	$458	$27,983	59
128	(123)	ABC Africa	New Yorker	Documentary	$447	-20.04%	1	$447	$8,886	115
129	(re-entry)	Songs from the Second Floor			$387		1	$387	$59,842	374
130	(125)	Time Out			$21	-96.03%	1	$21	$448,375	150

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