The Top Movies, Weekend of August 30, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$13,441,194	-5.91%	3,437	$3,911	$195,582,456	31
2	(4)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$11,100,764	+52.86%	1,619	$6,857	$82,556,992	136
3	(2)	xXx	Sony Pictures	Action	$10,306,426	-22.27%	3,536	$2,915	$123,876,260	24
4	(3)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension	Adventure	$6,110,883	-19.48%	3,250	$1,880	$70,051,675	26
5	(new)	FearDotCom	Warner Bros.	Horror	$5,710,128		2,550	$2,239	$5,710,128	3
6	(7)	Austin Powers in Goldmember	New Line	Comedy	$5,537,411	-0.10%	2,506	$2,210	$203,471,220	39
7	(5)	Blue Crush	Universal	Drama	$4,413,290	-32.54%	2,820	$1,565	$34,712,525	17
8	(6)	Serving Sara	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,421,951	-40.57%	2,174	$1,574	$11,949,391	10
9	(13)	The Good Girl	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,919,450	+99.56%	667	$4,377	$7,544,746	26
10	(11)	The Road to Perdition	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$2,654,918	-2.54%	1,763	$1,506	$99,332,314	52
11	(24)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,517,531	+683.02%	164	$15,351	$3,841,185	12
12	(8)	Undisputed	Miramax	Drama	$2,516,735	-44.67%	1,117	$2,253	$9,087,445	10
13	(9)	Simone	New Line	Comedy	$2,217,690	-41.85%	1,920	$1,155	$8,075,536	10
14	(10)	Blood Work	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,099,095	-26.11%	1,751	$1,199	$24,087,954	24
15	(15)	Possession	Focus Features	Drama	$1,932,347	+68.20%	614	$3,147	$6,533,019	17
16	(12)	The Master of Disguise	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,681,200	-20.74%	1,432	$1,174	$37,395,336	31
17	(22)	Lilo & Stitch	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,127,953	+210.21%	1,653	$682	$142,137,507	73
18	(14)	Stuart Little 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,105,257	-17.38%	1,149	$962	$61,990,919	45
19	(18)	The Bourne Identity	Universal	Action	$770,540	+27.70%	467	$1,650	$118,131,305	80
20	(16)	Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$551,533	-34.18%	584	$944	$18,405,893	31
21	(19)	Men in Black 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$541,494	-2.21%	581	$932	$190,418,803	61
22	(20)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$527,628	+4.79%	62	$8,510	$22,421,780	136
23	(25)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$473,431	+50.66%	353	$1,341	$300,669,320	109
24	(35)	Mr. Deeds	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$450,118	+186.33%	411	$1,095	$124,650,338	66
25	(21)	Minority Report	20th Century Fox	Action	$424,323	-0.30%	301	$1,410	$130,612,530	73
26	(29)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$377,643	+74.58%	66	$5,722	$869,437	17
27	(23)	Scooby-Doo	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$305,329	-14.50%	310	$985	$152,016,340	80
28	(28)	The Country Bears	Buena Vista	Adventure	$251,738	+14.42%	368	$684	$16,237,728	38
29	(48)	The Importance of Being Earnest	Miramax	Comedy	$233,415	+309.37%	184	$1,269	$7,962,033	103
30	(27)	Reign of Fire	Buena Vista	Action	$224,872	-19.02%	241	$933	$42,451,145	52
31	(26)	Tadpole	Miramax	Comedy	$206,752	-29.40%	176	$1,175	$2,369,708	45
32	(34)	Like Mike	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$164,378	+3.83%	227	$724	$50,516,465	61
33	(31)	K-19: The Widowmaker	Paramount Pictures	Action	$150,871	-12.53%	260	$580	$34,482,255	45
34	(46)	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$143,003	+124.41%	303	$472	$69,029,674	87
35	(39)	24 Hour Party People	MGM/UA	Drama	$136,135	+21.54%	32	$4,254	$630,196	24
36	(32)	The Sum of All Fears	Paramount Pictures	Action	$133,408	-20.74%	204	$654	$118,471,320	94
37	(33)	Lovely and Amazing	Lionsgate	Drama	$126,869	-20.74%	91	$1,394	$3,868,241	66
38	(64)	The Last Kiss		Drama	$103,511	+257.16%	15	$6,901	$221,688	17
39	(17)	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$102,827	-83.86%	325	$316	$4,261,775	17
40	(36)	Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	MGM/UA	Comedy	$101,054	-35.54%	194	$521	$28,143,860	52
41	(37)	Full Frontal	Miramax	Comedy	$100,277	-25.64%	180	$557	$2,364,608	31
42	(38)	The Kid Stays in the Picture		Documentary	$89,198	-29.60%	44	$2,027	$1,172,030	38
43	(41)	Sunshine State		Drama	$77,976	-18.14%	54	$1,444	$2,767,692	73
44	(44)	Read My Lips		Drama	$75,576	+14.05%	40	$1,889	$1,025,988	59
45	(51)	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Buena Vista	Documentary	$57,051	+20.65%	31	$1,840	$4,061,981	115
46	(30)	Little Secrets			$55,706	-70.95%	147	$379	$381,092	10
47	(42)	Insomnia	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$54,652	-41.81%	83	$658	$67,115,149	101
48	(47)	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$52,049	-9.16%	42	$1,239	$2,936,011	101
49	(58)	Enigma	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$50,170	+23.40%	23	$2,181	$4,127,408	136
50	(57)	Monsoon Wedding	USA Films	Comedy	$50,012	+22.18%	13	$3,847	$13,708,817	192
51	(63)	Eight Legged Freaks	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$47,272	+51.81%	115	$411	$16,647,281	47
52	(45)	Halloween: Resurrection	Dimension	Horror	$47,206	-28.18%	111	$425	$30,103,601	52
53	(50)	Notorious C.H.O.		Documentary	$41,470	-12.38%	16	$2,592	$639,888	66
54	(55)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$34,448	-16.66%	3	$11,483	$41,413,086	1,410
55	(52)	My Wife is an Actress		Comedy	$32,868	-29.91%	20	$1,643	$800,918	52
56	(120)	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Outrider Pictures	Drama	$25,392	+1,670.71%	5	$5,078	$119,358	115
57	(new)	Mad Love (2002)			$23,869		3	$7,956	$23,869	3
58	(54)	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	Adventure	$23,361	-44.23%	42	$556	$255,802,080	304
59	(62)	Late Marriage		Drama	$23,335	-28.51%	24	$972	$1,462,555	108
60	(69)	Juwanna Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$22,378	-4.41%	32	$699	$13,571,817	73
61	(71)	Satin Rouge			$22,052	+16.80%	3	$7,351	$59,040	10
62	(new)	The Seven Samurai			$21,830		2	$10,915	$21,830	3
63	(103)	Rain			$19,997	+351.50%	9	$2,222	$422,797	129
64	(53)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$19,358	-58.25%	8	$2,420	$313,885	52
65	(new)	The Fire and the Rain	Cinebella Entertainment	Drama	$18,887		8	$2,361	$18,887	3
66	(re-entry)	The Château	IFC Films	Comedy	$17,609		7	$2,516	$54,458	24
67	(91)	I am Trying to Break Your Heart			$16,463	+88.21%	7	$2,352	$193,210	38
68	(re-entry)	Windtalkers	MGM/UA	Action	$15,053		34	$443	$40,859,614	80
69	(92)	Elling			$14,314	+66.13%	5	$2,863	$218,765	96
70	(66)	The Powerpuff Girls	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$13,695	-47.17%	41	$334	$11,411,644	61
71	(77)	Ice Age	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$12,543	-11.38%	21	$597	$176,387,405	171
72	(76)	The Believer	Sony Pictures	Drama	$12,138	-22.65%	4	$3,035	$330,685	108
73	(70)	Bad Company	Buena Vista	Action	$12,055	-40.86%	14	$861	$29,750,681	87
74	(78)	Me Without You			$10,889	-22.13%	11	$990	$273,374	59
75	(new)	Love and a Bullet	Sony Pictures		$9,994		14	$714	$9,994	3
76	(81)	Secret Ballot			$9,296	-15.66%	4	$2,324	$63,119	24
77	(86)	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$9,234	-4.76%	6	$1,539	$25,438,065	244
78	(87)	Son of the Bride			$9,211	+3.10%	6	$1,535	$587,654	164
79	(72)	The Kurosawa Series			$8,806	-52.70%	2	$4,403	$184,270	38
80	(83)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$8,565	-17.59%	4	$2,141	$13,674,537	1,039
81	(122)	Hybrid	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$8,053	+698.91%	2	$4,027	$119,745	115
82	(89)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$7,760	-11.96%	6	$1,293	$2,819,758	402
83	(95)	Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars			$7,588	-1.07%	4	$1,897	$95,182	54
84	(98)	The Emperor's New Clothes			$7,220	+3.38%	11	$656	$635,414	80
85	(75)	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys		Drama	$7,175	-55.85%	10	$718	$1,743,385	80
86	(65)	The Debut		Comedy	$6,945	-74.51%	4	$1,736	$1,677,052	535
87	(108)	Sex with Strangers		Documentary	$6,543	+145.61%	4	$1,636	$197,532	192
88	(82)	Lan Yu			$5,780	-45.03%	3	$1,927	$92,743	52
89	(re-entry)	Tosca			$5,341		2	$2,671	$34,822	52
90	(re-entry)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$4,685		3	$1,562	$3,343,697	9,977
91	(114)	Pepe Le Moko			$4,441	+117.48%	1	$4,441	$146,952	185
92	(re-entry)	Destinees, Les			$4,315		3	$1,438	$187,571	150
93	(111)	The Piano Teacher		Drama	$3,908	+60.23%	3	$1,303	$926,217	157
94	(90)	Who is Cletis Tout?			$2,835	-67.64%	6	$473	$237,793	38
95	(118)	The Lady and the Duke			$2,429	+35.17%	1	$2,429	$299,438	115
96	(84)	Beauty and the Beast	Buena Vista	Musical	$2,333	-76.99%	1	$2,333	$50,214	3,946
97	(74)	Happy Times			$2,269	-86.04%	5	$454	$171,737	38
98	(re-entry)	CQ	MGM/UA		$2,250		3	$750	$408,866	101
99	(re-entry)	Pumpkin	MGM/UA		$2,045		5	$409	$297,569	66
100	(re-entry)	Warm Water Under a Red Bridge			$1,801		1	$1,801	$50,143	122
101	(re-entry)	The Triumph of Love			$1,799		7	$257	$446,942	138
102	(116)	Promises			$1,678	-15.59%	1	$1,678	$207,388	171
103	(109)	Murderous Maids			$1,481	-42.66%	1	$1,481	$209,710	136
104	(re-entry)	Girls Can't Swim			$1,232		1	$1,232	$58,595	136
105	(110)	Home Movie			$1,154	-52.80%	2	$577	$99,104	122
106	(115)	Nine Queens		Drama	$1,075	-46.17%	3	$358	$1,188,799	136
107	(re-entry)	The Producers			$644		1	$644	$52,405	87
108	(119)	The Other Side of Heaven	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$633	-59.86%	1	$633	$4,689,093	262
109	(100)	Cockettes			$582	-89.68%	3	$194	$194,671	115
110	(123)	The Fluffer			$536	-26.68%	1	$536	$563,373	290
111	(117)	The Mystic Masseur			$400	-79.76%	1	$400	$392,112	122

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