The Top Movies, Weekend of September 27, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$35,648,740		3,293	$10,826	$35,648,740	3
2	(new)	The Tuxedo	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$15,051,028		3,022	$4,980	$15,051,028	3
3	(1)	Barbershop	MGM/UA	Comedy	$10,007,996	-21.92%	2,051	$4,880	$51,312,650	17
4	(3)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$9,434,602	-3.22%	1,841	$5,125	$136,628,662	164
5	(2)	The Banger Sisters	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,426,857	-45.94%	2,738	$1,982	$18,821,609	10
6	(5)	The Four Feathers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,556,687	-48.14%	2,187	$1,626	$12,377,402	10
7	(6)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$3,021,854	-34.76%	1,307	$2,312	$26,107,155	40
8	(4)	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,738,311	-60.94%	2,705	$1,012	$11,589,220	10
9	(7)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$2,363,791	-32.48%	1,783	$1,326	$221,155,028	59
10	(8)	Swimfan	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,554,112	-55.42%	1,842	$844	$26,676,405	24
11	(10)	Trapped	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,502,880	-53.19%	2,227	$675	$5,725,991	10
12	(9)	Stealing Harvard	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,488,770	-54.94%	2,323	$641	$12,720,603	17
13	(13)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension	Adventure	$1,130,047	-33.35%	1,570	$720	$81,468,030	54
14	(11)	xXx	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,010,682	-49.81%	1,261	$801	$139,802,604	52
15	(12)	City by the Sea	Warner Bros.	Drama	$764,416	-61.36%	1,034	$739	$21,629,419	24
16	(15)	Igby Goes Down	MGM/UA	Comedy	$613,890	-19.03%	121	$5,073	$2,048,514	17
17	(18)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$527,719	+17.31%	53	$9,957	$1,110,559	10
18	(14)	Austin Powers in Goldmember	New Line	Comedy	$489,582	-47.11%	707	$692	$211,809,083	67
19	(31)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$361,695	+98.40%	53	$6,824	$629,329	10
20	(new)	Moonlight Mile	Buena Vista	Drama	$329,771		22	$14,990	$329,771	3
21	(16)	The Good Girl	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$314,253	-48.49%	351	$895	$13,268,784	54
22	(23)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$306,029	-3.20%	143	$2,140	$2,551,117	45
23	(36)	8 Women	Focus Features	Musical	$305,956	+119.21%	57	$5,368	$755,717	10
24	(27)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$256,983	+3.19%	57	$4,508	$24,209,519	164
25	(20)	The Bourne Identity	Universal	Action	$250,965	-30.76%	297	$845	$120,462,430	108
26	(26)	Stuart Little 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$188,943	-32.28%	288	$656	$63,712,072	73
27	(28)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$183,090	-8.75%	18	$10,172	$456,534	10
28	(19)	The Road to Perdition	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$176,480	-54.85%	338	$522	$103,550,075	80
29	(17)	Blue Crush	Universal	Drama	$167,315	-68.21%	356	$470	$40,118,420	45
30	(22)	The Master of Disguise	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$166,396	-48.37%	370	$450	$39,417,739	59
31	(24)	Possession	Focus Features	Drama	$155,506	-47.54%	292	$533	$9,945,634	45
32	(53)	Pandora's Box		Thriller/Suspense	$150,674	+279.48%	28	$5,381	$507,089	52
33	(30)	Lilo & Stitch	Buena Vista	Adventure	$146,850	-21.64%	224	$656	$143,513,625	101
34	(33)	Scooby-Doo	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$136,569	-19.96%	155	$881	$152,901,972	108
35	(34)	Mr. Deeds	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$128,228	-19.88%	179	$716	$125,481,655	94
36	(35)	Minority Report	20th Century Fox	Action	$109,927	-23.59%	158	$696	$131,719,843	101
37	(70)	Lawrence of Arabia	Sony Pictures		$107,340	+423.61%	6	$17,890	$154,213	14,533
38	(29)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$106,553	-43.79%	168	$634	$301,921,085	137
39	(38)	Like Mike	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$106,474	-9.65%	167	$638	$51,093,114	89
40	(25)	FearDotCom	Warner Bros.	Horror	$85,735	-69.78%	175	$490	$13,003,609	31
41	(39)	The Country Bears	Buena Vista	Adventure	$80,307	-18.92%	194	$414	$16,814,080	66
42	(new)	Road			$73,636		17	$4,332	$73,636	3
43	(32)	Undisputed	Miramax	Drama	$73,025	-57.62%	122	$599	$12,341,672	38
44	(40)	The Last Kiss		Drama	$71,567	-26.73%	30	$2,386	$680,804	45
45	(41)	Eight Legged Freaks	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$68,292	-24.15%	88	$776	$17,162,681	75
46	(21)	Serving Sara	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$66,702	-79.99%	371	$180	$16,715,290	38
47	(37)	K-19: The Widowmaker	Paramount Pictures	Action	$57,534	-53.37%	153	$376	$35,100,183	73
48	(new)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$56,900		36	$1,581	$56,900	3
49	(new)	The Man from Elysian Fields		Comedy	$46,353		6	$7,726	$46,353	3
50	(45)	24 Hour Party People	MGM/UA	Drama	$43,253	-25.98%	34	$1,272	$1,053,506	52
51	(48)	The Fast Runner		Drama	$42,685	-6.09%	45	$949	$3,509,913	143
52	(43)	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$42,142	-43.44%	101	$417	$69,542,820	115
53	(50)	Sex and Lucia		Drama	$42,086	-3.65%	28	$1,503	$1,309,361	80
54	(44)	Reign of Fire	Buena Vista	Action	$41,205	-34.58%	95	$434	$42,993,616	80
55	(51)	Notorious C.H.O.		Documentary	$33,147	-22.75%	26	$1,275	$894,373	94
56	(55)	Simone	New Line	Comedy	$31,481	-10.39%	93	$339	$9,651,288	38
57	(59)	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$29,785	+4.69%	30	$993	$3,161,175	129
58	(72)	Das Experiment			$29,513	+48.63%	10	$2,951	$62,587	12
59	(47)	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,402	-41.38%	83	$330	$4,411,102	45
60	(56)	Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	MGM/UA	Comedy	$25,737	-24.94%	81	$318	$28,371,743	80
61	(68)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$25,516	+18.49%	3	$8,505	$4,871,258	577
62	(63)	Sunshine State		Drama	$24,219	-0.11%	36	$673	$2,979,931	101
63	(58)	Read My Lips		Drama	$24,004	-21.33%	29	$828	$1,262,334	87
64	(new)	Skins			$23,439		9	$2,604	$23,439	3
65	(42)	Blood Work	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$23,366	-72.35%	90	$260	$25,996,389	52
66	(80)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$21,486	+44.03%	4	$5,372	$6,544,493	1,312
67	(62)	The Kid Stays in the Picture		Documentary	$20,895	-15.11%	35	$597	$1,416,978	66
68	(49)	Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$18,584	-57.52%	24	$774	$19,093,611	59
69	(74)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$18,486	-4.49%	8	$2,311	$284,347	605
70	(new)	Wasabi	Sony Pictures		$17,560		5	$3,512	$17,560	3
71	(52)	Tadpole	Miramax	Comedy	$16,588	-60.68%	38	$437	$2,810,893	73
72	(new)	Biggie and Tupac	Roxie Releasing	Documentary	$16,239		5	$3,248	$27,146	3
73	(69)	My Wife is an Actress		Comedy	$16,117	-22.50%	21	$767	$916,732	80
74	(71)	Mad Love (2002)			$15,930	-21.93%	10	$1,593	$153,934	31
75	(66)	In Praise of Love			$15,711	-31.38%	9	$1,746	$154,342	24
76	(67)	Ciao America		Drama	$15,038	-30.25%	18	$835	$44,156	10
77	(73)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$14,886	-23.52%	8	$1,861	$13,458,343	598
78	(new)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$14,667		1	$14,667	$20,208	5
79	(76)	The Believer	Sony Pictures	Drama	$14,171	-25.60%	9	$1,575	$406,035	136
80	(79)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$14,067	-13.26%	2	$7,034	$41,553,846	1,438
81	(88)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$13,741	+12.24%	5	$2,748	$14,012,357	878
82	(96)	I am Trying to Break Your Heart			$13,557	+68.01%	12	$1,130	$311,139	66
83	(new)	Crazy as Hell			$13,341		7	$1,906	$13,341	3
84	(84)	Invincible			$13,239	-7.37%	4	$3,310	$36,147	10
85	(65)	Satin Rouge			$13,002	-43.61%	9	$1,445	$151,750	38
86	(60)	The Singles Ward		Comedy	$12,970	-53.77%	12	$1,081	$1,222,696	241
87	(54)	The Importance of Being Earnest	Miramax	Comedy	$12,577	-65.26%	37	$340	$8,378,141	131
88	(77)	His Secret Life			$11,893	-35.07%	3	$3,964	$41,237	10
89	(64)	Monsoon Wedding	USA Films	Comedy	$11,184	-52.69%	18	$621	$13,876,974	220
90	(82)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$11,023	-25.15%	3	$3,674	$67,190	17
91	(85)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$10,743	-22.15%	6	$1,791	$18,249,424	1,907
92	(new)	Shanghai Ghetto			$10,356		1	$10,356	$10,356	3
93	(105)	Windtalkers	MGM/UA	Action	$9,887	+84.91%	20	$494	$40,904,367	108
94	(61)	Enigma	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$8,928	-65.03%	8	$1,116	$4,278,985	164
95	(103)	Late Marriage		Drama	$8,655	+53.78%	8	$1,082	$1,511,100	136
96	(99)	The Piano Teacher		Drama	$8,264	+21.91%	8	$1,033	$969,357	185
97	(new)	Just a Kiss			$7,239		5	$1,448	$7,239	3
98	(119)	The Lady and the Duke			$6,900	+148.74%	5	$1,380	$324,284	143
99	(78)	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Buena Vista	Documentary	$6,837	-59.85%	13	$526	$4,166,616	143
100	(83)	How I Killed My Father			$6,555	-55.17%	4	$1,639	$102,401	38
101	(142)	Tuvalu	Indican Pictures		$5,962	+565.40%	1	$5,962	$402,620	654
102	(101)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,908	-8.05%	4	$1,477	$12,293,230	1,287
103	(93)	I'm Going Home			$5,760	-37.79%	6	$960	$113,402	45
104	(102)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,321	-14.30%	4	$1,330	$13,717,347	1,067
105	(113)	The Kurosawa Series			$5,279	+36.09%	3	$1,760	$226,420	66
106	(97)	Sordid Lives		Comedy	$5,230	-32.08%	5	$1,046	$809,934	507
107	(98)	The Château	IFC Films	Comedy	$4,979	-27.67%	4	$1,245	$301,175	52
108	(108)	Me Without You			$4,979	-1.48%	4	$1,245	$301,175	87
109	(112)	Happy Times			$4,845	+22.84%	7	$692	$214,996	66
110	(111)	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Outrider Pictures	Drama	$4,513	+10.69%	2	$2,257	$163,898	143
111	(104)	Sex with Strangers		Documentary	$4,455	-19.89%	5	$891	$231,603	220
112	(115)	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$4,407	+31.51%	3	$1,469	$25,461,264	272
113	(109)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$4,233	-14.21%	4	$1,058	$2,855,987	430
114	(121)	Secret Ballot			$4,198	+88.59%	10	$420	$104,171	52
115	(92)	Son of the Bride			$3,913	-57.94%	6	$652	$621,278	192
116	(118)	Forgive Me Father			$3,686	+29.61%	5	$737	$524,020	612
117	(114)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$3,614	-4.57%	3	$1,205	$4,192,672	899
118	(149)	Home Movie			$3,373	+622.27%	3	$1,124	$114,822	150
119	(91)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$3,187	-71.87%	3	$1,062	$403,586	80
120	(110)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,099	-24.25%	2	$1,550	$15,910,612	2,537
121	(re-entry)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$2,867		2	$1,434	$38,191	59
122	(129)	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys		Drama	$2,761	+60.52%	6	$460	$1,760,367	108
123	(126)	Destinees, Les			$2,753	+33.51%	2	$1,377	$201,557	178
124	(124)	The Emperor's New Clothes			$2,450	+14.75%	13	$188	$655,822	108
125	(re-entry)	Warm Water Under a Red Bridge			$2,447		1	$2,447	$59,573	150
126	(133)	Nine Queens		Drama	$2,375	+66.78%	7	$339	$1,217,067	164
127	(re-entry)	Snipes			$2,330		6	$388	$61,754	26
128	(new)	Herapuple			$1,926		1	$1,926	$1,926	3
129	(145)	Pumpkin	MGM/UA		$1,843	+122.05%	3	$614	$303,633	94
130	(131)	Hybrid	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,828	+12.98%	1	$1,828	$140,756	143
131	(87)	Elling			$1,825	-85.14%	6	$304	$309,647	124
132	(re-entry)	Nijinsky			$1,550		2	$775	$47,631	122
133	(re-entry)	Scarlet Diva			$1,513		1	$1,513	$18,062	52
134	(153)	Lan Yu			$1,502	+369.38%	2	$751	$101,156	80
135	(re-entry)	Ram Dass			$1,400		2	$700	$236,103	213
136	(100)	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	Kino		$1,362	-78.90%	1	$1,362	$29,924	10
137	(106)	Liar's Club			$1,285	-75.00%	1	$1,285	$21,792	332
138	(re-entry)	Komediant			$1,236		1	$1,236	$71,180	178
139	(new)	The Opera Lover	Outrider Pictures		$1,167		1	$1,167	$1,167	3
140	(re-entry)	Trembling Before G-D			$1,166		1	$1,166	$759,440	339
141	(132)	The Children of the Century	Empire Pictures	Drama	$1,163	-21.95%	1	$1,163	$16,323	17
142	(re-entry)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$1,080		2	$540	$3,356,433	10,005
143	(139)	Decalogue			$937	-10.85%	1	$937	$651,688	843
144	(new)	The Lonely Affair of the Heart			$932		1	$932	$932	3
145	(135)	Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars			$740	-45.79%	1	$740	$107,811	82
146	(128)	The Other Side of Heaven	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$701	-61.01%	3	$234	$4,712,637	290
147	(130)	The Producers			$634	-61.06%	1	$634	$77,001	115
148	(146)	Beauty and the Beast	Buena Vista	Musical	$634	-9.43%	1	$634	$71,281	3,974
149	(148)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$571	+22.01%	2	$286	$2,269,925	1,550
150	(re-entry)	Murderous Maids			$521		1	$521	$218,550	164
151	(137)	Quitting			$447	-62.78%	3	$149	$14,610	17
152	(138)	Cockettes			$405	-61.61%	1	$405	$207,633	143
153	(151)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$374	-2.35%	1	$374	$11,243,622	724
154	(155)	Who is Cletis Tout?			$213	+21.02%	1	$213	$246,914	66
155	(154)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$206		1	$206	$15,050,381	2,719

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