The Top Movies, Weekend of January 3, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$25,017,279	-48.81%	3,622	$6,907	$261,031,601	19
2	(2)	Catch Me if You Can	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$21,142,434	-29.72%	3,170	$6,670	$97,437,621	12
3	(3)	Two Weeks Notice	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$11,126,397	-28.30%	2,755	$4,039	$68,810,079	17
4	(4)	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$8,621,757	-31.16%	3,050	$2,827	$76,328,613	24
5	(22)	About Schmidt	New Line	Drama	$8,533,162	+909.79%	816	$10,457	$12,028,464	24
6	(5)	Gangs of New York	Miramax	Drama	$7,327,177	-33.08%	2,305	$3,179	$47,082,059	17
7	(7)	The Wild Thornberrys	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$5,510,465	-25.17%	2,881	$1,913	$31,526,879	17
8	(6)	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,303,002	-34.60%	1,653	$3,208	$47,539,218	24
9	(13)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$4,964,938	+139.28%	304	$16,332	$9,241,533	10
10	(8)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$4,653,389	-28.12%	2,015	$2,309	$252,097,945	52
11	(9)	The Hot Chick	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,632,237	-24.55%	2,160	$1,682	$29,852,872	24
12	(10)	Die Another Day	MGM/UA	Action	$2,938,007	-32.70%	1,808	$1,625	$153,760,933	45
13	(12)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$2,661,106	-3.61%	1,194	$2,229	$227,898,505	262
14	(11)	Star Trek: Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,506,191	-38.18%	2,423	$1,034	$39,691,177	24
15	(17)	Antwone Fisher	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,455,805	-19.18%	192	$7,582	$6,118,566	18
16	(16)	The Lion King (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Adventure	$1,363,882	-25.30%	66	$20,665	$5,986,626	12
17	(18)	Treasure Planet	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,155,978	-25.42%	1,253	$923	$35,820,872	40
18	(15)	Analyze That	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,112,353	-46.22%	1,235	$901	$30,777,692	31
19	(21)	Adaptation	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$903,927	-12.57%	109	$8,293	$6,100,371	31
20	(14)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$816,138	-60.58%	1,202	$679	$138,277,797	66
21	(43)	The Pianist	Focus Features	Drama	$744,588	+569.23%	90	$8,273	$1,000,511	10
22	(20)	Empire	Universal	Drama	$729,300	-31.61%	469	$1,555	$16,611,085	31
23	(26)	Talk to Her	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$577,127	+34.33%	63	$9,161	$2,304,186	45
24	(23)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$565,088	-12.65%	253	$2,234	$11,230,060	59
25	(19)	Pinocchio	Miramax	Adventure	$545,844	-52.60%	1,197	$456	$3,364,522	12
26	(24)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$473,348	-14.17%	254	$1,864	$21,289,079	73
27	(27)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$412,371	-1.16%	198	$2,083	$16,030,877	87
28	(25)	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	Drama	$365,298	-15.90%	86	$4,248	$1,682,956	38
29	(30)	The Hours	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$355,116	+4.87%	11	$32,283	$1,070,856	10
30	(28)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$333,326	-16.94%	294	$1,134	$126,086,880	101
31	(29)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$304,765	-12.08%	365	$835	$115,270,265	59
32	(31)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$235,282	-21.05%	206	$1,142	$127,230,430	80
33	(32)	Friday After Next	New Line	Comedy	$205,905	-23.27%	203	$1,014	$32,588,293	45
34	(35)	El Crimen de Padre	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$167,951	-20.18%	89	$1,887	$4,558,301	52
35	(40)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$160,440	+25.90%	35	$4,584	$30,460,417	262
36	(33)	Evelyn	MGM/UA	Drama	$151,268	-39.52%	125	$1,210	$1,043,479	24
37	(36)	Ghost Ship	Warner Bros.	Horror	$149,197	-21.74%	151	$988	$29,879,445	73
38	(51)	Nicholas Nickleby	United Artists	Drama	$136,185	+217.71%	32	$4,256	$228,518	10
39	(42)	25th Hour	Buena Vista	Drama	$134,720	+15.11%	5	$26,944	$624,933	18
40	(37)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$117,025	-18.63%	73	$1,603	$5,361,548	80
41	(73)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$109,397	+1,839.66%	175	$625	$18,914,978	87
42	(44)	The Emperor's Club	Universal	Drama	$105,465	-4.32%	199	$530	$13,829,640	45
43	(46)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$98,716	+4.75%	102	$968	$227,746,423	157
44	(39)	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Artisan	Adventure	$90,033	-32.04%	232	$388	$25,408,198	94
45	(38)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$87,359	-34.66%	13	$6,720	$8,110,444	66
46	(new)	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Miramax	Drama	$87,199		4	$21,800	$169,714	6
47	(48)	Narc	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$66,593	+4.58%	6	$11,099	$315,168	17
48	(34)	Kaante	Media Partners	Drama	$66,086	-68.72%	29	$2,279	$944,272	17
49	(41)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$61,440	-49.16%	19	$3,234	$1,902,622	61
50	(45)	Jackass: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$49,038	-53.41%	149	$329	$64,209,101	73
51	(49)	Standing in the Shadows of Motown		Documentary	$44,133	-18.61%	50	$883	$1,331,012	52
52	(47)	Eight Crazy Nights	Sony Pictures	Musical	$38,744	-51.98%	98	$395	$23,443,124	40
53	(67)	Intacto			$38,353	+246.62%	20	$1,918	$82,592	24
54	(50)	Personal Velocity			$36,673	-31.70%	25	$1,467	$703,951	45
55	(56)	Russian Ark			$34,244	+16.35%	4	$8,561	$189,588	24
56	(64)	Extreme Ops	Paramount Pictures	Action	$27,143	+103.36%	76	$357	$4,808,772	40
57	(re-entry)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$26,906		1	$26,906	$42,080,057	1,536
58	(53)	They	Dimension	Horror	$25,513	-18.48%	28	$911	$12,693,621	40
59	(55)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$24,305	-19.36%	32	$760	$5,462,320	108
60	(57)	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$23,586	-15.79%	34	$694	$27,307,799	87
61	(54)	Max			$22,994	-23.75%	6	$3,832	$77,379	10
62	(58)	The Man from Elysian Fields		Comedy	$20,629	-26.17%	15	$1,375	$1,397,734	101
63	(61)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$20,384	+13.22%	20	$1,019	$3,874,608	108
64	(59)	Solaris	20th Century Fox	Drama	$16,629	-25.04%	48	$346	$14,864,114	40
65	(60)	Auto Focus	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$15,636	-14.50%	19	$823	$2,008,023	80
66	(68)	Roger Dodger		Black Comedy	$15,548	+42.39%	18	$864	$1,222,817	73
67	(new)	Love Lisa		Drama	$15,522		4	$3,881	$36,462	7
68	(52)	Ararat	Miramax	Drama	$13,158	-63.47%	10	$1,316	$1,510,307	52
69	(63)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$10,000	-33.33%	3	$3,333	$5,569,202	675
70	(87)	His Secret Life			$8,611	+443.97%	2	$4,306	$130,300	108
71	(re-entry)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$8,573		6	$1,429	$388,890	103
72	(65)	Morvern Callar			$7,810	-34.55%	1	$7,810	$56,314	17
73	(new)	Ikiru			$7,590		1	$7,590	$9,739	5
74	(70)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$6,831	-8.44%	9	$759	$593,825	101
75	(69)	The Transporter	20th Century Fox	Action	$6,356	-33.28%	15	$424	$25,283,880	87
76	(71)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,591	-19.18%	11	$508	$31,597,131	138
77	(76)	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	Kino		$5,400	+24.20%	1	$5,400	$112,772	108
78	(74)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$4,683	-15.47%	5	$937	$583,182	178
79	(75)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$4,341	-4.84%	12	$362	$4,139,417	143
80	(66)	The Way Home			$4,095	-64.37%	7	$585	$305,107	52
81	(80)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$3,758	+37.35%	1	$3,758	$1,389,105	108
82	(re-entry)	Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times			$3,178		1	$3,178	$55,237	45
83	(85)	Bloody Sunday	Paramount Classics	Drama	$3,168	+62.80%	5	$634	$760,795	94
84	(88)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$2,000	+53.85%	1	$2,000	$4,237,204	997
85	(78)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$2,000	-37.50%	2	$1,000	$6,689,512	1,410
86	(re-entry)	The Seven Samurai			$1,879		1	$1,879	$183,443	129
87	(86)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,590		1	$1,590	$13,679,758	1,165
88	(83)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,307	-41.28%	2	$654	$2,990,483	528
89	(92)	In Praise of Love			$1,223	+147.07%	2	$612	$233,401	122
90	(81)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$1,070	-60.44%	1	$1,070	$185,959	115
91	(re-entry)	The Producers			$1,029		1	$1,029	$111,301	213
92	(re-entry)	Pandora's Box		Thriller/Suspense	$988		1	$988	$881,950	150
93	(79)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$748	-73.06%	1	$748	$437,141	703
94	(77)	Devils on the Doorstep			$411	-90.53%	1	$411	$17,055	19

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