The Top Movies, Weekend of December 27, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$48,875,549	-21.18%	3,622	$13,494	$200,058,231	12
2	(new)	Catch Me if You Can	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$30,082,000		3,156	$9,532	$48,680,000	5
3	(2)	Two Weeks Notice	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$15,518,420	+8.30%	2,755	$5,633	$43,044,430	10
4	(3)	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$12,524,396	+16.92%	2,938	$4,263	$56,950,454	17
5	(4)	Gangs of New York	Miramax	Drama	$10,948,803	+15.29%	2,190	$4,999	$29,873,147	10
6	(5)	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$8,108,083	+13.79%	1,669	$4,858	$36,619,270	17
7	(6)	The Wild Thornberrys	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$7,364,432	+22.46%	3,012	$2,445	$18,418,284	10
8	(9)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,474,267	+48.10%	2,505	$2,585	$240,307,533	45
9	(7)	The Hot Chick	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,813,878	+5.19%	2,246	$2,143	$22,201,384	17
10	(10)	Die Another Day	MGM/UA	Action	$4,365,536	+8.32%	1,875	$2,328	$146,699,881	38
11	(8)	Star Trek: Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$4,054,107	-8.18%	2,642	$1,534	$33,846,500	17
12	(13)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$2,760,697	+88.89%	951	$2,903	$222,517,469	255
13	(new)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$2,074,929		77	$26,947	$2,074,929	3
14	(11)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,070,255	-35.39%	1,511	$1,370	$135,459,771	59
15	(12)	Analyze That	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,068,396	-13.29%	1,611	$1,284	$27,862,354	24
16	(new)	The Lion King (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Adventure	$1,825,849		66	$27,664	$2,789,969	5
17	(27)	Antwone Fisher	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,801,384	+757.75%	191	$9,431	$3,001,346	11
18	(15)	Treasure Planet	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,549,980	+18.98%	1,414	$1,096	$32,849,870	33
19	(new)	Pinocchio	Miramax	Adventure	$1,151,463		1,195	$964	$1,802,706	5
20	(14)	Empire	Universal	Drama	$1,066,370	-22.87%	496	$2,150	$15,170,025	24
21	(16)	Adaptation	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,033,875	-6.69%	109	$9,485	$4,074,984	24
22	(17)	About Schmidt	New Line	Drama	$845,041	+40.44%	34	$24,854	$2,572,811	17
23	(18)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$646,897	+7.59%	230	$2,813	$10,048,405	52
24	(19)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$551,484	+20.36%	283	$1,949	$20,305,922	66
25	(46)	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	Drama	$434,362	+842.42%	84	$5,171	$985,641	31
26	(re-entry)	Talk to Her	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$429,634		59	$7,282	$1,338,550	38
27	(21)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$417,215	+8.08%	175	$2,384	$15,203,743	80
28	(28)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$401,304	+91.69%	326	$1,231	$125,415,296	94
29	(23)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$346,620	+0.75%	321	$1,080	$114,707,095	52
30	(new)	The Hours	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$338,622		11	$30,784	$338,622	3
31	(22)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$298,000	-19.30%	237	$1,257	$126,761,025	73
32	(24)	Friday After Next	New Line	Comedy	$268,356	-19.38%	335	$801	$32,220,690	38
33	(34)	Evelyn	MGM/UA	Drama	$250,102	+92.31%	137	$1,826	$630,675	17
34	(20)	Kaante	Media Partners	Drama	$211,305	-50.39%	29	$7,286	$813,494	10
35	(30)	El Crimen de Padre	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$210,405	+22.76%	83	$2,535	$4,262,754	45
36	(33)	Ghost Ship	Warner Bros.	Horror	$190,638	+22.36%	173	$1,102	$29,615,761	66
37	(32)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$143,819	-11.08%	101	$1,424	$5,113,230	73
38	(25)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$133,694	-45.63%	17	$7,864	$7,945,911	59
39	(37)	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Artisan	Adventure	$132,475	+22.79%	392	$338	$25,173,631	87
40	(35)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$127,436	+2.91%	44	$2,896	$29,820,971	255
41	(29)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$120,840	-35.72%	23	$5,254	$1,670,541	54
42	(36)	25th Hour	Buena Vista	Drama	$117,036	+7.51%	5	$23,407	$357,208	11
43	(new)	The Pianist	Focus Features	Drama	$111,261		6	$18,544	$143,197	3
44	(31)	The Emperor's Club	Universal	Drama	$110,230	-35.48%	167	$660	$13,624,810	38
45	(38)	Jackass: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$105,259	+22.11%	182	$578	$64,081,188	66
46	(42)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$94,236	+33.64%	123	$766	$227,535,166	150
47	(26)	Eight Crazy Nights	Sony Pictures	Musical	$80,678	-63.14%	176	$458	$23,341,502	33
48	(43)	Narc	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$63,675	+0.59%	6	$10,613	$185,605	10
49	(40)	Standing in the Shadows of Motown		Documentary	$54,227	-28.03%	57	$951	$1,234,246	45
50	(39)	Personal Velocity			$53,692	-30.37%	29	$1,851	$623,323	38
51	(new)	Nicholas Nickleby	United Artists	Drama	$42,864		5	$8,573	$42,864	3
52	(47)	Ararat	Miramax	Drama	$36,021	-17.21%	16	$2,251	$1,459,463	45
53	(44)	They	Dimension	Horror	$31,298	-42.86%	43	$728	$12,649,674	33
54	(new)	Max			$30,157		6	$5,026	$30,157	3
55	(55)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$30,141	+94.70%	38	$793	$5,392,006	101
56	(50)	Russian Ark			$29,433	+25.65%	2	$14,717	$124,957	17
57	(51)	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$28,009	+32.79%	36	$778	$27,266,244	80
58	(52)	The Man from Elysian Fields		Comedy	$27,941	+38.65%	13	$2,149	$1,362,522	94
59	(45)	Solaris	20th Century Fox	Drama	$22,183	-55.93%	59	$376	$14,830,374	33
60	(re-entry)	Auto Focus	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$18,287		25	$731	$1,983,501	73
61	(48)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$18,004	-37.88%	21	$857	$3,836,339	101
62	(new)	Sonny			$17,639		6	$2,940	$17,639	3
63	(re-entry)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$15,000		3	$5,000	$5,549,202	668
64	(59)	Extreme Ops	Paramount Pictures	Action	$13,347	+27.13%	69	$193	$4,771,567	33
65	(57)	Morvern Callar			$11,932	-13.76%	3	$3,977	$35,322	10
66	(53)	The Way Home			$11,494	-34.11%	13	$884	$292,032	45
67	(67)	Intacto			$11,065	+175.04%	5	$2,213	$35,997	17
68	(49)	Roger Dodger		Black Comedy	$10,919	-54.60%	30	$364	$1,195,680	66
69	(56)	The Transporter	20th Century Fox	Action	$9,527	-32.27%	24	$397	$25,269,169	80
70	(66)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$7,461	+74.73%	8	$933	$577,143	94
71	(63)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$6,918	-9.70%	15	$461	$31,585,655	131
72	(80)	On Guard			$6,025	+228.34%	4	$1,506	$73,047	73
73	(61)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,640	-37.90%	27	$209	$18,795,324	80
74	(re-entry)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$5,540		5	$1,108	$571,990	171
75	(68)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$4,562	+13.65%	8	$570	$4,131,636	136
76	(re-entry)	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	Kino		$4,348		1	$4,348	$100,987	101
77	(72)	Devils on the Doorstep			$4,342	+34.55%	1	$4,342	$12,148	12
78	(re-entry)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$3,200		2	$1,600	$6,684,212	1,403
79	(81)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$2,777	+53.85%	3	$926	$432,583	696
80	(58)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$2,736	-77.18%	2	$1,368	$1,377,130	101
81	(64)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$2,705	-64.67%	3	$902	$184,196	108
82	(73)	Smokers Only			$2,274	-26.69%	1	$2,274	$6,957	10
83	(71)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$2,226	-31.15%	4	$557	$2,988,199	521
84	(re-entry)	The Kurosawa Series			$2,134		1	$2,134	$385,550	157
85	(70)	Bloody Sunday	Paramount Classics	Drama	$1,946	-39.90%	5	$389	$756,424	87
86	(74)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,590	-45.40%	1	$1,590	$13,863,764	1,158
87	(84)	His Secret Life			$1,583	+36.11%	1	$1,583	$120,035	101
88	(re-entry)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,300		1	$1,300	$4,233,804	990
89	(69)	Children on Their Birthdays	Artisan	Drama	$1,223	-64.65%	3	$408	$54,912	73
90	(76)	God is Great, I'm Not			$1,191	-54.70%	1	$1,191	$65,464	52
91	(89)	Cockettes			$739	+885.33%	1	$739	$218,383	234
92	(88)	In Praise of Love			$495	+35.25%	1	$495	$232,137	115
93	(85)	Tosca			$478	-47.70%	1	$478	$53,740	171
94	(78)	Beauty and the Beast	Buena Vista	Musical	$459	-78.56%	1	$459	$116,489	4,065
95	(re-entry)	I am Trying to Break Your Heart			$399		1	$399	$424,820	157
96	(77)	Il Postino (The Postman)	Miramax	Drama	$203	-92.13%	1	$203	$6,137	2,756

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