The Top Movies, Weekend of January 31, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Recruit	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$16,302,063		2,376	$6,861	$16,302,063	3
2	(new)	Final Destination 2	New Line	Horror	$16,017,141		2,834	$5,652	$16,017,141	3
3	(new)	Biker Boyz	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$10,106,992		1,766	$5,723	$10,106,992	3
4	(2)	Kangaroo Jack	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$9,048,362	-21.65%	2,848	$3,177	$45,886,113	17
5	(3)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$7,052,983	-14.39%	623	$11,321	$50,631,500	38
6	(1)	Darkness Falls	Sony Pictures	Horror	$7,018,472	-41.63%	2,865	$2,450	$21,802,315	10
7	(5)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$5,088,421	-23.04%	2,175	$2,340	$316,026,494	47
8	(6)	Catch Me if You Can	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$5,075,589	-21.93%	2,316	$2,192	$152,158,678	40
9	(7)	Just Married	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$4,811,257	-25.78%	2,408	$1,998	$49,730,339	24
10	(9)	About Schmidt	New Line	Drama	$4,515,337	-16.11%	1,236	$3,653	$44,193,308	52
11	(4)	National Security	Sony Pictures	Action	$4,313,606	-40.98%	2,494	$1,730	$32,352,076	17
12	(8)	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Miramax	Drama	$4,300,162	-26.28%	1,776	$2,421	$12,390,990	34
13	(10)	The Hours	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,102,202	-21.15%	548	$5,661	$18,521,270	38
14	(12)	Gangs of New York	Miramax	Drama	$2,210,773	-20.03%	1,485	$1,489	$68,764,382	45
15	(14)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$1,538,527	-9.73%	1,076	$1,430	$238,540,872	290
16	(13)	Two Weeks Notice	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,488,486	-38.04%	1,311	$1,135	$91,095,193	45
17	(11)	A Guy Thing	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$1,291,326	-61.61%	1,512	$854	$14,500,498	17
18	(15)	Antwone Fisher	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,176,745	-29.55%	679	$1,733	$18,900,043	46
19	(20)	The Pianist	Focus Features	Drama	$1,148,706	-7.95%	320	$3,590	$7,675,785	38
20	(18)	Adaptation	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,136,767	-19.17%	528	$2,153	$15,877,024	59
21	(17)	25th Hour	Buena Vista	Drama	$988,206	-31.05%	453	$2,181	$11,249,496	46
22	(22)	The Lion King (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Adventure	$826,014	+9.18%	66	$12,515	$10,688,511	40
23	(19)	Narc	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$821,560	-38.35%	822	$999	$9,915,741	45
24	(16)	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$703,424	-54.73%	711	$989	$92,218,487	52
25	(23)	Die Another Day	MGM/UA	Action	$615,001	-13.75%	895	$687	$159,488,587	73
26	(new)	The Guru	Universal	Comedy	$613,485		62	$9,895	$613,485	3
27	(21)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$507,218	-34.84%	502	$1,010	$259,626,842	80
28	(24)	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$400,501	-40.97%	424	$945	$55,055,493	52
29	(26)	Talk to Her	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$353,991	-3.84%	82	$4,317	$4,417,089	73
30	(28)	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	Drama	$336,717	+15.58%	144	$2,338	$3,434,931	66
31	(25)	The Wild Thornberrys	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$289,700	-48.27%	670	$432	$38,797,833	45
32	(31)	Treasure Planet	Buena Vista	Adventure	$284,482	+20.03%	367	$775	$37,851,428	68
33	(34)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$252,608	+47.58%	23	$10,983	$669,294	17
34	(27)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$251,317	-19.08%	182	$1,381	$13,518,686	87
35	(30)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$230,375	-4.67%	132	$1,745	$23,173,825	101
36	(29)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$207,028	-17.83%	261	$793	$128,579,698	108
37	(32)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$184,614	-11.96%	174	$1,061	$17,868,930	115
38	(36)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$140,611	-9.20%	43	$3,270	$31,770,537	290
39	(new)	The R.M.	Halestone	Comedy	$130,352		15	$8,690	$130,352	3
40	(37)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$123,370	-8.36%	169	$730	$116,304,760	87
41	(33)	The Hot Chick	Buena Vista	Comedy	$119,611	-35.63%	153	$782	$34,045,286	52
42	(40)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$115,520	+3.00%	137	$843	$127,033,919	129
43	(53)	Analyze That	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$113,223	+151.71%	256	$442	$31,953,386	59
44	(35)	Nicholas Nickleby	United Artists	Drama	$110,394	-35.04%	83	$1,330	$1,204,079	38
45	(38)	A Common Thread	Odeon Films	Drama	$89,300	-33.36%	55	$1,624	$6,112,300	66
46	(50)	Russian Ark			$80,921	+65.11%	12	$6,743	$511,434	52
47	(39)	Star Trek: Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$72,841	-44.10%	350	$208	$42,816,189	52
48	(45)	The Quiet American	Miramax	Drama	$68,274	+6.22%	8	$8,534	$728,066	73
49	(43)	El Crimen de Padre	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$64,030	-28.44%	61	$1,050	$5,268,902	80
50	(new)	Lost in La Mancha		Documentary	$63,303		8	$7,913	$63,303	3
51	(41)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$57,272	-38.71%	145	$395	$139,225,854	94
52	(re-entry)	Shanghai Ghetto			$49,135		12	$4,095	$368,773	129
53	(44)	Max			$45,107	-37.11%	37	$1,219	$299,170	38
54	(52)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$42,805	-6.95%	63	$679	$5,735,299	108
55	(49)	Half Past Dead	Sony Pictures	Action	$41,232	-19.08%	63	$654	$15,488,890	80
56	(47)	They	Dimension	Horror	$32,768	-42.31%	58	$565	$12,840,842	68
57	(56)	Friday After Next	New Line	Comedy	$32,508	+11.63%	51	$637	$32,917,327	73
58	(82)	Solaris	20th Century Fox	Drama	$31,883	+258.12%	26	$1,226	$14,942,785	68
59	(48)	Dil Ka Rishta			$27,807	-46.70%	14	$1,986	$345,649	10
60	(51)	Dum			$27,000	-42.18%	18	$1,500	$94,000	10
61	(54)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$25,575	-40.84%	21	$1,218	$706,623	129
62	(59)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$24,716	-5.87%	7	$3,531	$189,518	185
63	(61)	Intacto			$24,300	-4.34%	25	$972	$274,035	52
64	(58)	Tully		Drama	$24,250	-8.53%	13	$1,865	$341,184	94
65	(63)	Standing in the Shadows of Motown		Documentary	$23,367	-3.11%	38	$615	$1,515,658	80
66	(42)	Super Sucker Sucker			$22,200	-75.21%	54	$411	$137,650	10
67	(66)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$21,895	-2.37%	18	$1,216	$4,020,250	136
68	(73)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$21,734	+47.86%	3	$7,245	$65,453	17
69	(60)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$21,364	-17.01%	8	$2,671	$8,272,456	94
70	(62)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$20,588	-14.67%	5	$4,118	$14,868,118	1,004
71	(new)	Chaos	New Yorker	Comedy	$20,570		3	$6,857	$25,074	3
72	(72)	Amen	Kino	Drama	$20,260	+24.42%	8	$2,533	$45,364	10
73	(67)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$20,218	-2.01%	7	$2,888	$13,907,315	724
74	(79)	Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times			$17,546	+67.78%	2	$8,773	$113,185	73
75	(68)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$16,405	-13.32%	4	$4,101	$42,211,361	1,564
76	(80)	Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$15,357	+66.63%	2	$7,679	$29,551	10
77	(84)	Morvern Callar			$14,595	+102.57%	7	$2,085	$121,952	45
78	(74)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension	Adventure	$14,000	+2.94%	26	$538	$85,840,000	180
79	(86)	Love Lisa		Drama	$13,675	+118.24%	6	$2,279	$90,820	35
80	(92)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$13,100	+219.51%	3	$4,367	$5,637,702	703
81	(55)	Evelyn	MGM/UA	Drama	$12,850	-60.98%	21	$612	$1,368,343	52
82	(re-entry)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$12,357		6	$2,060	$408,676	73
83	(70)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$11,289	-35.57%	29	$389	$19,158,074	115
84	(75)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$10,825	-12.43%	8	$1,353	$455,984	131
85	(78)	The Way Home			$10,792	+2.62%	8	$1,349	$347,489	80
86	(76)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$9,670	-14.62%	1	$9,670	$85,702	24
87	(83)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$9,503	+24.96%	3	$3,168	$910,803	220
88	(96)	Ararat	Miramax	Drama	$8,700	+146.11%	6	$1,450	$1,683,000	80
89	(77)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$7,954	-26.24%	12	$663	$5,551,020	136
90	(re-entry)	Personal Velocity			$6,379		12	$532	$780,762	73
91	(101)	The Bank	Cinema Guild	Thriller/Suspense	$6,031	+151.92%	5	$1,206	$84,419	150
92	(89)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$4,500	-7.02%	2	$2,250	$6,714,912	1,438
93	(re-entry)	Igby Goes Down	MGM/UA	Comedy	$3,792		13	$292	$4,768,249	143
94	(85)	The Kurosawa Series			$3,736	-46.25%	3	$1,245	$417,187	192
95	(new)	L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin!			$3,480		1	$3,480	$3,480	3
96	(re-entry)	Sordid Lives		Comedy	$3,084		2	$1,542	$1,016,914	633
97	(93)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$2,867	-29.07%	4	$717	$13,918,651	1,193
98	(107)	Fidel			$2,857	+97.72%	2	$1,429	$97,567	108
99	(114)	Handcart			$2,711	+240.15%	4	$678	$77,163	115
100	(106)	Quai des Orfevres			$2,699	+69.64%	1	$2,699	$78,899	94
101	(71)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$2,573	-84.29%	12	$214	$227,965,690	185
102	(102)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,439	+5.04%	1	$2,439	$18,337,561	2,033
103	(94)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$2,264	-42.20%	2	$1,132	$606,143	206
104	(103)	The Seven Samurai			$1,953	-8.91%	2	$977	$204,190	157
105	(104)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,905	-4.75%	2	$953	$12,356,999	1,413
106	(re-entry)	Smokers Only			$1,674		1	$1,674	$10,698	45
107	(97)	In the Mirror of Maya Deren			$1,596	-50.51%	2	$798	$6,015	10
108	(re-entry)	Tosca			$1,526		1	$1,526	$57,215	206
109	(118)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,228	+1,069.52%	1	$1,228	$15,958,311	2,663
110	(111)	His Secret Life			$1,188	-2.06%	1	$1,188	$158,258	136
111	(110)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,100	-12.00%	1	$1,100	$4,245,804	1,025
112	(re-entry)	7th Street		Documentary	$1,045		1	$1,045	$13,390	17
113	(100)	On Guard			$1,005	-61.61%	1	$1,005	$93,803	108
114	(re-entry)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$987		2	$494	$443,238	731
115	(re-entry)	The Son			$920		1	$920	$27,159	24
116	(re-entry)	Massoud, the Afghan			$888		1	$888	$24,217	59
117	(112)	In Praise of Love			$866	+6.78%	1	$866	$242,426	150
118	(re-entry)	Barbershop	MGM/UA	Comedy	$645		4	$161	$75,781,642	143
119	(116)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$457	-30.76%	1	$457	$2,295,730	1,676
120	(87)	P.S. Your Cat is Dead			$329	-93.99%	1	$329	$20,984	17
121	(115)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$310	-53.03%	1	$310	$2,992,341	556
122	(re-entry)	Cockettes			$303		1	$303	$219,250	269
123	(re-entry)	Derrida			$234		2	$117	$137,351	103

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