The Top Movies, Weekend of October 18, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$15,015,393		1,981	$7,580	$15,015,393	3
2	(2)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$9,559,978	-32.97%	3,282	$2,913	$98,472,245	24
3	(1)	Red Dragon	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$8,763,545	-50.36%	3,307	$2,650	$77,810,085	17
4	(5)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$7,145,309	-15.47%	2,014	$3,548	$169,292,979	185
5	(3)	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$5,215,091	-51.44%	1,378	$3,785	$18,502,360	10
6	(4)	The Transporter	20th Century Fox	Action	$5,083,217	-44.19%	2,610	$1,948	$17,191,186	10
7	(new)	Abandon	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,064,077		2,341	$2,163	$5,064,077	3
8	(6)	The Tuxedo	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$4,122,131	-41.50%	2,424	$1,701	$43,149,512	24
9	(11)	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Artisan	Adventure	$3,906,223	+6.64%	1,581	$2,471	$16,025,403	17
10	(8)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,758,808	-28.66%	1,448	$2,596	$10,579,840	10
11	(7)	White Oleander	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,146,127	-43.89%	1,510	$2,084	$10,748,850	10
12	(new)	Formula 51	Screen Media Films	Action	$2,817,719		1,857	$1,517	$2,817,719	3
13	(9)	Knockaround Guys	New Line	Drama	$2,455,142	-51.06%	1,806	$1,359	$9,411,345	10
14	(10)	Barbershop	MGM/UA	Comedy	$2,407,492	-40.06%	1,540	$1,563	$68,992,320	38
15	(23)	Punch-Drunk Love	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,480,932	+303.30%	78	$18,986	$2,045,863	10
16	(12)	The Rules of Attraction	Lionsgate	Black Comedy	$1,188,954	-53.05%	1,430	$831	$4,815,291	10
17	(13)	The Banger Sisters	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$749,526	-55.72%	841	$891	$28,720,875	31
18	(14)	Moonlight Mile	Buena Vista	Drama	$746,128	-33.38%	408	$1,829	$5,150,228	24
19	(31)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$728,051	+248.10%	46	$15,827	$1,052,554	10
20	(19)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$519,252	-18.22%	151	$3,439	$3,424,435	31
21	(16)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$392,077	-51.13%	455	$862	$225,266,143	80
22	(17)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$359,047	-51.56%	428	$839	$30,766,965	61
23	(25)	Lilo & Stitch	Buena Vista	Adventure	$341,991	-0.81%	344	$994	$144,561,702	122
24	(20)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension	Adventure	$341,297	-39.57%	573	$596	$84,528,653	75
25	(27)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$336,226	+26.68%	61	$5,512	$25,946,998	185
26	(22)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$332,496	-24.06%	149	$2,232	$2,376,220	31
27	(15)	The Four Feathers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$332,109	-65.37%	728	$456	$17,820,499	31
28	(18)	Pokemon 4Ever	Miramax	Adventure	$330,874	-53.86%	249	$1,329	$1,271,354	10
29	(21)	Igby Goes Down	MGM/UA	Comedy	$324,885	-25.83%	156	$2,083	$3,798,737	38
30	(26)	8 Women	Focus Features	Musical	$238,962	-22.87%	82	$2,914	$2,041,600	31
31	(35)	Austin Powers in Goldmember	New Line	Comedy	$202,212	+27.82%	272	$743	$212,689,922	88
32	(33)	Below	Dimension	Horror	$185,164	-8.08%	353	$525	$469,939	10
33	(new)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$183,772		55	$3,341	$183,772	3
34	(30)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$163,899	-21.81%	114	$1,438	$3,442,716	66
35	(new)	Auto Focus	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$123,761		11	$11,251	$123,761	3
36	(37)	The Man from Elysian Fields		Comedy	$120,138	-4.80%	50	$2,403	$494,612	24
37	(re-entry)	The Bourne Identity	Universal	Action	$119,645		128	$935	$121,121,235	129
38	(50)	Heaven	Miramax		$117,070	+154.69%	23	$5,090	$261,522	17
39	(32)	Swimfan	20th Century Fox	Drama	$110,743	-46.56%	219	$506	$28,303,771	45
40	(36)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$108,069	-14.38%	18	$6,004	$975,477	31
41	(28)	xXx	Sony Pictures	Action	$100,711	-54.37%	153	$658	$141,134,092	73
42	(new)	Hansel & Gretel			$100,477		59	$1,703	$100,477	3
43	(44)	Bloody Sunday	Paramount Classics	Drama	$94,178	+71.35%	44	$2,140	$224,041	17
44	(39)	Mr. Deeds	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$90,179	+0.02%	136	$663	$125,906,467	115
45	(24)	Swept Away	Sony Pictures		$74,252	-79.03%	196	$379	$553,102	10
46	(83)	FearDotCom	Warner Bros.	Horror	$63,956	+1,062.62%	173	$370	$13,138,876	52
47	(41)	Stuart Little 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$54,103	-29.09%	129	$419	$64,044,959	94
48	(47)	Like Mike	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$53,539	+4.31%	102	$525	$51,362,626	110
49	(40)	Scooby-Doo	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$52,380	-38.17%	125	$419	$153,243,965	129
50	(re-entry)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$50,175		6	$8,363	$5,086,379	598
51	(43)	Comedian	Miramax	Documentary	$47,613	-20.94%	4	$11,903	$137,683	10
52	(34)	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Warner Bros.	Action	$44,512	-72.24%	72	$618	$14,116,585	31
53	(46)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$43,285	-16.19%	30	$1,443	$331,651	24
54	(52)	The Last Kiss		Drama	$42,352	+2.64%	24	$1,765	$880,349	66
55	(54)	Welcome to Collinwood	Warner Bros.		$42,194	+7.47%	21	$2,009	$203,259	17
56	(42)	The Good Girl	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$42,116	-39.27%	72	$585	$13,813,930	75
57	(29)	The Master of Disguise	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$36,973	-83.00%	104	$356	$39,867,996	80
58	(48)	Minority Report	20th Century Fox	Action	$36,771	-23.24%	60	$613	$131,976,147	122
59	(38)	Stealing Harvard	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$32,327	-71.31%	87	$372	$13,973,532	38
60	(53)	City by the Sea	Warner Bros.	Drama	$30,439	-25.97%	54	$564	$22,271,212	45
61	(51)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$29,707	-28.96%	57	$521	$302,155,319	158
62	(57)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$29,650	-13.93%	6	$4,942	$14,154,226	899
63	(68)	Notorious C.H.O.		Documentary	$26,107	+91.82%	17	$1,536	$987,833	115
64	(new)	The Grey Zone			$24,526		8	$3,066	$24,526	3
65	(45)	The Road to Perdition	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$24,361	-54.93%	71	$343	$103,902,447	101
66	(59)	Sex and Lucia		Drama	$23,890	-21.01%	21	$1,138	$1,460,392	101
67	(58)	Pandora's Box		Thriller/Suspense	$20,699	-33.59%	14	$1,479	$724,642	73
68	(new)	Fidel			$19,320		2	$9,660	$19,320	3
69	(56)	Skins			$19,120	-46.61%	10	$1,912	$118,129	24
70	(70)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$17,651	+46.23%	6	$2,942	$346,674	626
71	(101)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$17,291	+661.05%	7	$2,470	$446,931	101
72	(new)	Naqoyqatsi	Miramax		$17,154		2	$8,577	$17,154	3
73	(62)	My Wife is an Actress		Comedy	$15,615	-40.69%	15	$1,041	$1,024,375	101
74	(66)	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$14,983	-9.91%	18	$832	$3,238,999	150
75	(61)	Lawrence of Arabia	Sony Pictures		$13,928	-51.06%	2	$6,964	$330,017	14,554
76	(60)	The Country Bears	Buena Vista	Adventure	$13,466	-53.89%	51	$264	$16,965,617	87
77	(63)	Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$13,236	-47.22%	33	$401	$19,175,232	80
78	(75)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$12,516	+25.71%	2	$6,258	$41,660,251	1,459
79	(re-entry)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$12,450		4	$3,113	$6,603,497	1,333
80	(re-entry)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$11,921		3	$3,974	$110,559	26
81	(re-entry)	Read My Lips		Drama	$11,917		9	$1,324	$1,323,320	108
82	(new)	On Guard			$11,756		1	$11,756	$13,772	3
83	(re-entry)	The Kurosawa Series			$10,994		3	$3,665	$266,604	87
84	(67)	Sunshine State		Drama	$10,534	-31.90%	17	$620	$3,043,911	122
85	(re-entry)	Late Marriage		Drama	$9,763		7	$1,395	$1,529,388	157
86	(88)	In Praise of Love			$9,440	+113.82%	6	$1,573	$188,462	45
87	(73)	Mad Love (2002)			$8,402	-24.71%	6	$1,400	$208,062	52
88	(79)	Just a Kiss			$8,085	+13.31%	19	$426	$50,658	24
89	(85)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$8,007	+57.46%	4	$2,002	$18,275,010	1,928
90	(77)	I am Trying to Break Your Heart			$7,658	-11.67%	7	$1,094	$362,770	87
91	(re-entry)	His Secret Life			$7,374		3	$2,458	$91,588	31
92	(93)	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	Kino		$7,119	+87.15%	1	$7,119	$46,236	31
93	(92)	The Piano Teacher		Drama	$6,933	+78.36%	12	$578	$995,143	206
94	(72)	Wasabi	Sony Pictures		$6,286	-44.63%	4	$1,572	$81,525	24
95	(re-entry)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$5,900		3	$1,967	$4,213,641	920
96	(80)	Safe Conduct			$5,542	-18.63%	3	$1,847	$17,195	10
97	(74)	Serving Sara	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$5,394	-51.33%	33	$163	$16,802,523	59
98	(re-entry)	Satin Rouge			$5,153		4	$1,288	$192,200	59
99	(105)	Destinees, Les			$4,895	+253.94%	4	$1,224	$212,693	199
100	(78)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$4,756	-41.89%	3	$1,585	$120,842	38
101	(71)	Das Experiment			$4,646	-60.47%	5	$929	$133,889	33
102	(76)	Reign of Fire	Buena Vista	Action	$4,635	-52.82%	13	$357	$43,060,566	101
103	(91)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$4,487	+12.26%	4	$1,122	$2,883,008	451
104	(97)	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$4,271	+25.25%	3	$1,424	$25,476,931	293
105	(re-entry)	The Château	IFC Films	Comedy	$4,112		3	$1,371	$191,721	73
106	(new)	Take Care of My Cat			$3,137		2	$1,569	$3,137	3
107	(89)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,045	-27.03%	2	$1,523	$15,930,808	2,558
108	(116)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,808	+677.84%	2	$1,404	$2,277,684	1,571
109	(re-entry)	The Seven Samurai			$2,776		1	$2,776	$93,514	52
110	(84)	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Buena Vista	Documentary	$2,577	-50.42%	8	$322	$4,187,736	164
111	(103)	The Producers			$2,511	+14.34%	2	$1,256	$87,264	136
112	(81)	Happy Times			$2,467	-63.73%	6	$411	$231,946	87
113	(100)	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys		Drama	$2,406	-4.22%	5	$481	$1,771,948	129
114	(82)	Invincible			$2,364	-63.90%	2	$1,182	$80,636	31
115	(98)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$2,170	-34.95%	4	$543	$13,747,594	1,088
116	(re-entry)	Cockettes			$1,615		3	$538	$211,736	164
117	(107)	Hybrid	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,446	+19.11%	2	$723	$145,360	164
118	(86)	Sex with Strangers		Documentary	$1,358	-72.88%	5	$272	$243,966	241
119	(re-entry)	Girls Can't Swim			$1,350		2	$675	$64,174	185
120	(re-entry)	Lan Yu			$926		1	$926	$103,701	101
121	(94)	K-19: The Widowmaker	Paramount Pictures	Action	$717	-80.75%	2	$359	$35,168,677	94
122	(112)	Sade			$652	+30.40%	2	$326	$96,378	703
123	(117)	The Other Side of Heaven	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$547	+111.20%	1	$547	$4,718,431	311
124	(113)	Cuba Feliz			$500	+18.48%	1	$500	$19,757	129
125	(114)	Pepe Le Moko			$465	+12.05%	1	$465	$153,936	234
126	(90)	Enigma	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$409	-90.03%	2	$205	$4,295,157	185
127	(118)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$292	+23.21%	1	$292	$15,051,364	2,740
128	(re-entry)	The Isle			$201		1	$201	$18,366	59
129	(re-entry)	Kandahar	Avatar	Drama	$102		1	$102	$1,412,012	311

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