The Top Movies, Weekend of December 13, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$18,711,407		2,838	$6,593	$18,711,407	3
2	(new)	Star Trek: Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$18,513,305		2,711	$6,829	$18,513,305	3
3	(new)	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$12,604,705		1,836	$6,865	$12,604,705	3
4	(1)	Die Another Day	MGM	Action	$7,785,055	-39.38%	3,377	$2,305	$131,851,422	24
5	(new)	The Hot Chick	Buena Vista	Comedy	$7,401,146		2,217	$3,338	$7,401,146	3
6	(3)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,324,387	-37.30%	3,025	$2,091	$222,619,375	31
7	(2)	Analyze That	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,467,471	-50.45%	2,635	$2,075	$19,779,760	10
8	(6)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,051,966	-23.94%	2,207	$1,836	$125,424,182	45
9	(5)	Treasure Planet	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,102,173	-44.08%	2,192	$1,415	$27,905,575	19
10	(4)	Empire	Universal	Drama	$2,963,290	-52.82%	869	$3,410	$10,883,390	10
11	(7)	Eight Crazy Nights	Sony Pictures	Musical	$1,785,832	-63.21%	2,177	$820	$22,552,415	19
12	(13)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$1,704,285	-15.34%	1,230	$1,386	$215,640,319	241
13	(9)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$1,354,575	-46.86%	1,375	$985	$113,357,310	38
14	(10)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$1,344,695	-46.63%	1,282	$1,049	$125,358,069	59
15	(8)	Friday After Next	New Line	Comedy	$1,259,953	-55.00%	1,104	$1,141	$31,077,567	24
16	(15)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$868,088	-30.62%	498	$1,743	$18,478,584	52
17	(12)	They	Miramax/Dimension	Horror	$835,060	-64.42%	1,271	$657	$12,224,342	19
18	(14)	The Emperor's Club	Universal	Drama	$770,325	-50.15%	694	$1,110	$12,962,995	24
19	(16)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$722,430	-23.62%	270	$2,676	$7,981,302	38
20	(18)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM	Documentary	$562,410	-10.61%	234	$2,403	$13,769,089	66
21	(11)	Solaris	20th Century Fox	Drama	$540,606	-77.04%	942	$574	$14,569,893	19
22	(20)	El Crimen de Padre	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$311,401	-22.63%	137	$2,273	$3,650,300	31
23	(new)	About Schmidt	New Line	Drama	$282,367		6	$47,061	$282,367	3
24	(21)	Adaptation	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$277,184	-27.91%	7	$39,598	$858,055	10
25	(19)	Equilibrium	Miramax/Dimension	Action	$268,016	-50.51%	301	$890	$1,050,459	10
26	(23)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$230,569	-20.18%	50	$4,611	$7,318,422	45
27	(22)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$225,033	-30.59%	134	$1,679	$4,618,348	59
28	(29)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$179,659	+28.60%	25	$7,186	$1,153,282	40
29	(33)	Personal Velocity			$143,869	+56.73%	38	$3,786	$390,362	24
30	(26)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$141,509	-17.63%	50	$2,830	$29,284,654	241
31	(17)	Extreme Ops	Paramount Pictures	Action	$128,099	-83.59%	727	$176	$4,710,622	19
32	(28)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$118,701	-23.92%	221	$537	$227,267,017	136
33	(30)	Standing in the Shadows of Motown		Documentary	$110,051	-18.67%	59	$1,865	$994,719	31
34	(37)	Talk to Her	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$88,838	+18.47%	4	$22,210	$515,316	24
35	(27)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$82,509	-48.55%	203	$406	$124,539,442	80
36	(31)	Ararat	Miramax	Drama	$81,665	-37.86%	37	$2,207	$1,293,312	31
37	(34)	Stuart Little 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$74,365	-9.56%	186	$400	$64,736,114	150
38	(24)	Half Past Dead	Sony Pictures	Action	$68,556	-76.11%	107	$641	$15,361,537	31
39	(new)	Evelyn	MGM	Drama	$65,344		15	$4,356	$65,344	3
40	(40)	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Artisan	Adventure	$60,033	+6.67%	247	$243	$24,811,990	73
41	(43)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$52,930	+27.51%	36	$1,470	$3,755,853	87
42	(41)	Roger Dodger		Black Comedy	$50,941	-3.83%	60	$849	$1,124,232	52
43	(39)	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	Drama	$50,695	-28.35%	9	$5,633	$281,771	17
44	(25)	Jackass: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$46,449	-74.34%	113	$411	$63,806,965	52
45	(44)	The Way Home			$37,929	-7.59%	20	$1,896	$229,073	31
46	(35)	Punch-Drunk Love	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$37,009	-52.84%	47	$787	$17,791,031	66
47	(49)	The Transporter	20th Century Fox	Action	$34,325	-8.62%	73	$470	$25,221,889	66
48	(55)	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$33,171	+19.00%	89	$373	$27,186,836	66
49	(48)	The Man from Elysian Fields		Comedy	$33,078	-12.61%	28	$1,181	$1,288,188	80
50	(new)	Russian Ark		Drama	$29,022		2	$14,511	$29,022	3
51	(52)	Auto Focus	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$27,809	-13.87%	36	$772	$1,921,720	59
52	(50)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$27,243	-24.97%	29	$939	$5,315,997	87
53	(47)	Comedian	Miramax	Documentary	$23,515	-38.46%	31	$759	$2,724,140	66
54	(51)	The Grey Zone			$21,881	-35.44%	16	$1,368	$507,443	59
55	(36)	Pandora's Box	Kino International	Thriller/Suspense	$21,639	-72.32%	26	$832	$875,172	129
56	(60)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$20,765		1	$20,765	$42,402,884	1,515
57	(56)	8 Women	Focus Features	Musical	$18,990	-23.57%	25	$760	$3,076,425	87
58	(69)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$18,954	+98.37%	6	$3,159	$1,345,747	87
59	(53)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$18,706	-40.35%	7	$2,672	$340,078	82
60	(45)	Abandon	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$17,998	-55.25%	60	$300	$10,719,367	59
61	(46)	Ghost Ship	Warner Bros.	Horror	$17,262	-55.19%	35	$493	$29,157,556	52
62	(61)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$16,412	-7.80%	36	$456	$31,560,811	117
63	(57)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$13,366	-44.74%	73	$183	$18,764,406	66
64	(90)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$13,125	+355.10%	8	$1,641	$170,949	94
65	(62)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$12,479	-28.69%	4	$3,120	$5,493,848	654
66	(65)	Bloody Sunday	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$10,559	-12.80%	17	$621	$744,622	73
67	(63)	The Banger Sisters	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$10,439	-36.45%	31	$337	$30,299,413	87
68	(67)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Paramount Vantage	Comedy	$9,631	-14.59%	20	$482	$4,116,332	122
69	(70)	Skins			$9,161	-2.55%	16	$573	$238,987	80
70	(71)	Igby Goes Down	MGM	Comedy	$8,869	-1.38%	15	$591	$4,681,503	94
71	(new)	Intacto			$7,362		1	$7,362	$7,362	3
72	(re-entry)	Beauty and the Beast	Buena Vista	Musical	$6,948		1	$6,948	$113,889	4,051
73	(re-entry)	The Seven Samurai			$6,285		1	$6,285	$173,588	108
74	(re-entry)	Children on Their Birthdays	Artisan	Drama	$6,139		4	$1,535	$45,320	59
75	(89)	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	Kino International		$5,874	+91.77%	1	$5,874	$94,170	87
76	(76)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$5,183	-15.64%	5	$1,037	$559,422	157
77	(86)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$4,094	+16.31%	6	$682	$425,104	682
78	(74)	O Fantasma			$3,849	-41.60%	1	$3,849	$48,936	24
79	(84)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,835		1	$3,835	$13,851,528	1,144
80	(85)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$3,821		4	$955	$2,973,233	507
81	(79)	Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times			$3,636	-31.46%	1	$3,636	$37,945	24
82	(75)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$3,550	-44.82%	7	$507	$555,279	80
83	(83)	Fidel			$3,042	-31.90%	1	$3,042	$78,946	59
84	(81)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$2,900	-40.82%	2	$1,450	$6,669,912	1,389
85	(72)	The Kurosawa Series			$2,101	-76.39%	1	$2,101	$382,112	143
86	(88)	I am Trying to Break Your Heart			$1,927	-39.00%	3	$642	$422,251	143
87	(re-entry)	His Secret Life			$1,769		1	$1,769	$116,256	87
88	(98)	Tosca			$1,686	+60.27%	2	$843	$52,117	157
89	(re-entry)	The Producers			$1,520		2	$760	$109,433	192
90	(96)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,168	-13.16%	1	$1,168	$4,227,922	976
91	(91)	The Fast Runner	Lot 47 Films	Drama	$1,004	-64.55%	2	$502	$3,764,087	220
92	(94)	In Praise of Love			$936	-51.58%	5	$187	$229,483	101
93	(new)	The Jimmy Show			$703		1	$703	$703	3
94	(100)	Promises			$575	-31.06%	1	$575	$243,769	276
95	(78)	Mad Love (2002)			$573	-89.36%	2	$287	$279,605	108
96	(re-entry)	Cockettes			$556		1	$556	$217,478	220
97	(95)	On Guard			$182	-86.51%	1	$182	$63,391	59

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