The Top Movies, Weekend of January 17, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Kangaroo Jack	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$16,580,209		2,818	$5,884	$16,580,209	3
2	(new)	National Security	Sony Pictures	Action	$14,369,694		2,729	$5,266	$14,369,694	3
3	(1)	Just Married	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$11,871,330	-32.35%	2,769	$4,287	$35,329,299	10
4	(3)	Catch Me if You Can	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$10,696,726	-26.89%	3,050	$3,507	$136,318,125	26
5	(2)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$10,274,388	-30.37%	3,110	$3,304	$300,122,052	33
6	(6)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$7,602,133	+33.58%	557	$13,648	$29,403,704	24
7	(new)	A Guy Thing	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$6,988,749		2,515	$2,779	$6,988,749	3
8	(5)	About Schmidt	New Line	Drama	$5,669,076	-11.47%	946	$5,993	$30,689,435	38
9	(22)	The Hours	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,644,924	+411.77%	402	$11,555	$8,428,972	24
10	(4)	Two Weeks Notice	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$4,009,157	-41.33%	2,240	$1,790	$85,611,004	31
11	(8)	Gangs of New York	Miramax	Drama	$3,712,112	-23.14%	2,170	$1,711	$61,399,206	31
12	(7)	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,113,850	-39.47%	2,171	$1,434	$88,971,392	38
13	(9)	Antwone Fisher	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,776,529	-26.61%	1,021	$2,719	$14,947,613	32
14	(11)	25th Hour	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,291,590	-19.10%	490	$4,677	$7,584,011	32
15	(16)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$2,173,330	+3.37%	1,171	$1,856	$234,268,965	276
16	(12)	Narc	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,925,304	-31.87%	822	$2,342	$6,633,525	31
17	(14)	Adaptation	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,825,420	-30.77%	564	$3,237	$12,307,166	45
18	(15)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,412,259	-41.36%	1,077	$1,311	$257,897,677	66
19	(13)	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,408,213	-49.77%	1,117	$1,261	$53,637,010	38
20	(10)	The Wild Thornberrys	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,356,826	-52.30%	2,061	$658	$37,707,036	31
21	(20)	The Pianist	Focus Features	Drama	$1,263,509	+23.90%	258	$4,897	$4,386,556	24
22	(18)	Die Another Day	MGM/UA	Action	$930,215	-37.55%	975	$954	$157,698,762	59
23	(21)	The Lion King (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Adventure	$911,671	-2.07%	66	$13,813	$8,701,652	26
24	(17)	The Hot Chick	Buena Vista	Comedy	$556,106	-67.65%	666	$835	$33,595,715	38
25	(24)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$433,998	-12.95%	264	$1,644	$12,706,263	73
26	(19)	Star Trek: Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$401,462	-61.35%	1,022	$393	$42,476,927	38
27	(23)	Treasure Planet	Buena Vista	Adventure	$368,672	-32.33%	512	$720	$37,179,160	54
28	(36)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$342,826	+102.55%	366	$937	$127,941,835	94
29	(28)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$341,177	-3.24%	213	$1,602	$17,231,700	101
30	(25)	Talk to Her	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$328,518	-14.28%	66	$4,978	$3,422,976	59
31	(26)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$319,110	-16.39%	200	$1,596	$22,484,106	87
32	(30)	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	Drama	$286,715	-10.87%	94	$3,050	$2,616,136	52
33	(32)	A Common Thread	Odeon Films	Drama	$205,000	-24.05%	70	$2,929	$5,715,000	52
34	(35)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$188,190	-12.92%	246	$765	$115,953,495	73
35	(31)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$180,629	-40.00%	296	$610	$139,016,718	80
36	(33)	Nicholas Nickleby	United Artists	Drama	$172,965	-26.92%	93	$1,860	$813,916	24
37	(34)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$172,575	-25.40%	219	$788	$126,721,462	115
38	(37)	El Crimen de Padre	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$154,275	-3.04%	92	$1,677	$5,036,231	66
39	(42)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$142,905	+63.82%	42	$3,403	$31,138,395	276
40	(27)	Analyze That	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$106,001	-71.68%	142	$746	$31,754,138	45
41	(29)	Empire	Universal	Drama	$103,725	-68.46%	133	$780	$17,418,270	45
42	(new)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$88,292		5	$17,658	$88,292	3
43	(48)	The Quiet American	Miramax	Drama	$82,430	+29.66%	9	$9,159	$539,241	59
44	(43)	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Miramax	Drama	$76,913	-5.99%	5	$15,383	$461,916	20
45	(41)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$71,100	-26.03%	81	$878	$5,614,086	94
46	(re-entry)	Eight Crazy Nights	Sony Pictures	Musical	$59,945		103	$582	$23,540,328	54
47	(39)	Friday After Next	New Line	Comedy	$53,209	-45.91%	103	$517	$32,831,553	59
48	(re-entry)	Tadpole	Miramax	Comedy	$52,011		77	$675	$2,882,062	185
49	(46)	Ghost Ship	Warner Bros.	Horror	$47,116	-35.42%	82	$575	$30,079,316	87
50	(re-entry)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$46,490		8	$5,811	$120,983	171
51	(47)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$43,476	-34.30%	71	$612	$227,935,522	171
52	(40)	Evelyn	MGM/UA	Drama	$40,031	-58.38%	63	$635	$1,296,631	38
53	(54)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$35,772	-12.86%	8	$4,472	$8,203,501	80
54	(44)	The Emperor's Club	Universal	Drama	$35,715	-54.28%	76	$470	$14,028,385	59
55	(52)	I Spy	Sony Pictures	Action	$34,768	-23.79%	66	$527	$33,561,137	80
56	(50)	Russian Ark			$34,365	-38.40%	4	$8,591	$346,912	38
57	(45)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$33,501	-55.15%	73	$459	$19,105,191	101
58	(49)	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Artisan	Adventure	$31,295	-46.49%	102	$307	$25,548,201	108
59	(57)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension	Adventure	$30,000	-3.23%	38	$789	$85,803,000	166
60	(58)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$29,342	-2.24%	5	$5,868	$14,786,444	990
61	(51)	Kaante	Media Partners	Drama	$28,197	-40.15%	19	$1,484	$1,041,228	31
62	(59)	Standing in the Shadows of Motown		Documentary	$25,248	-8.04%	44	$574	$1,440,367	66
63	(63)	The Tuxedo	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$24,000	+4.35%	30	$800	$50,575,000	115
64	(53)	Intacto			$21,808	-49.86%	25	$872	$195,477	38
65	(re-entry)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$21,410		7	$3,059	$13,861,485	710
66	(64)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$20,931	-6.42%	22	$951	$3,949,075	122
67	(68)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$18,724	+13.21%	1	$18,724	$872,679	206
68	(67)	Max			$17,547	+3.52%	11	$1,595	$135,569	24
69	(71)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$17,182	+15.76%	1	$17,182	$48,234	10
70	(re-entry)	Quai des Orfevres			$16,492		1	$16,492	$67,025	80
71	(77)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$16,125	+128.50%	3	$5,375	$42,137,097	1,550
72	(65)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$16,033	-22.48%	20	$802	$5,523,342	122
73	(56)	Barbershop	MGM/UA	Comedy	$15,481	-51.81%	30	$516	$75,772,620	129
74	(new)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$13,228		1	$13,228	$13,228	3
75	(76)	Morvern Callar			$11,978	+68.25%	4	$2,995	$90,415	31
76	(78)	The Man from Elysian Fields		Comedy	$11,697	+66.43%	11	$1,063	$1,431,625	115
77	(62)	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$10,938	-54.43%	24	$456	$27,356,292	101
78	(38)	Pinocchio	Miramax	Adventure	$10,637	-90.97%	40	$266	$3,673,005	26
79	(re-entry)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$10,306		3	$3,435	$377,635	59
80	(60)	Personal Velocity			$10,144	-60.94%	19	$534	$765,540	59
81	(re-entry)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$9,900		3	$3,300	$5,603,902	689
82	(re-entry)	Igby Goes Down	MGM/UA	Comedy	$9,766		12	$814	$4,748,943	129
83	(new)	P.S. Your Cat is Dead			$9,421		5	$1,884	$9,421	3
84	(re-entry)	Shanghai Ghetto			$9,081		2	$4,541	$306,475	115
85	(re-entry)	The Son			$8,876		2	$4,438	$23,470	10
86	(74)	Solaris	20th Century Fox	Drama	$8,106	-30.46%	18	$450	$14,895,981	54
87	(re-entry)	Blackboards	Leisure Time Features	Drama	$7,987		2	$3,994	$17,746	255
88	(72)	Ararat	Miramax	Drama	$6,983	-41.34%	9	$776	$1,547,792	66
89	(79)	His Secret Life			$6,503	-7.40%	3	$2,168	$152,721	122
90	(new)	7th Street		Documentary	$6,354		1	$6,354	$6,354	3
91	(re-entry)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$6,000		2	$3,000	$6,703,512	1,424
92	(re-entry)	All or Nothing	MGM/UA	Drama	$5,070		3	$1,690	$184,255	87
93	(73)	Love Lisa		Drama	$5,012	-57.59%	2	$2,506	$66,150	21
94	(85)	The Way Home			$4,963	+76.24%	2	$2,482	$317,259	66
95	(64)	Roger Dodger		Black Comedy	$4,910		16	$307	$1,260,761	87
96	(re-entry)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$4,385		3	$1,462	$596,237	192
97	(61)	Auto Focus	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,263	-82.34%	10	$426	$2,058,259	94
98	(81)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$3,936	+10.10%	2	$1,968	$1,412,663	122
99	(90)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,830	+140.88%	3	$1,277	$13,899,201	1,179
100	(70)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$3,592	-76.07%	2	$1,796	$423,543	117
101	(80)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$3,549	-40.11%	11	$323	$4,158,045	157
102	(new)	The Settlers			$2,812		1	$2,812	$5,344	5
103	(re-entry)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$2,804		2	$1,402	$3,367,727	10,117
104	(re-entry)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$2,384		7	$341	$610,418	115
105	(re-entry)	Massoud, the Afghan			$2,367		1	$2,367	$22,867	45
106	(83)	The Seven Samurai			$2,108	-37.04%	1	$2,108	$189,498	143
107	(re-entry)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$2,100		1	$2,100	$4,244,704	1,011
108	(re-entry)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,030		1	$2,030	$18,332,800	2,019
109	(82)	The Transporter	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,010	-42.64%	3	$670	$25,296,447	101
110	(88)	Bloody Sunday	Paramount Classics	Drama	$1,930	-6.49%	7	$276	$768,045	108
111	(re-entry)	Lan Yu			$1,850		1	$1,850	$113,888	192
112	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,670		1	$1,670	$15,955,289	2,649
113	(re-entry)	Take Care of My Cat			$1,535		1	$1,535	$9,171	94
114	(new)	Kira's Reason: A Love Story			$1,501		1	$1,501	$1,501	3
115	(93)	In Praise of Love			$1,499	+115.99%	2	$750	$236,837	136
116	(re-entry)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,441		2	$721	$12,350,681	1,399
117	(re-entry)	Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet			$1,187		1	$1,187	$20,834	73
118	(re-entry)	Sordid Lives		Comedy	$1,022		2	$511	$1,007,370	619
119	(re-entry)	Handcart			$985		2	$493	$70,646	101
120	(re-entry)	Komediant			$983		1	$983	$118,450	290
121	(92)	The Slaughter Rule			$946	-35.25%	2	$473	$4,039	10
122	(84)	The Fast Runner		Drama	$890	-70.17%	1	$890	$3,776,273	255
123	(94)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$855	+43.94%	1	$855	$2,990,981	542
124	(re-entry)	The Kurosawa Series			$827		1	$827	$395,661	178
125	(re-entry)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$763		1	$763	$15,053,652	2,831
126	(re-entry)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$729		1	$729	$187,733	129
127	(re-entry)	The Bank	Cinema Guild	Thriller/Suspense	$717		1	$717	$74,199	136
128	(re-entry)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$549		1	$549	$2,294,028	1,662
129	(new)	Big Shot's Funeral	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$529		2	$265	$529	3
130	(95)	Tosca			$461	-19.41%	1	$461	$55,331	192
131	(re-entry)	Cockettes			$80		1	$80	$218,947	255

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