The Top Movies, Weekend of August 8, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	S.W.A.T.	Sony Pictures	Action	$37,062,535		3,202	$11,575	$37,062,535	3
2	(new)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$22,203,007		2,954	$7,516	$33,100,977	5
3	(1)	American Wedding	Universal	Comedy	$15,462,250	-53.66%	3,195	$4,840	$65,213,715	10
4	(3)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$13,022,470	-30.89%	3,170	$4,108	$232,750,629	33
5	(4)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$11,957,955	-32.20%	2,428	$4,925	$69,509,360	17
6	(2)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$9,794,079	-49.77%	3,388	$2,891	$87,100,407	17
7	(5)	Bad Boys II	Sony Pictures	Action	$6,040,845	-52.56%	2,449	$2,467	$123,093,425	24
8	(6)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$5,221,055	-53.96%	3,036	$1,720	$53,719,839	17
9	(7)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,512,275	-34.92%	1,502	$1,673	$324,916,113	73
10	(10)	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,624,345	-45.59%	1,275	$1,274	$145,987,605	41
11	(9)	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,542,272	-52.79%	1,326	$1,163	$62,179,376	31
12	(11)	Johnny English	Universal	Comedy	$1,055,340	-59.46%	902	$1,170	$26,006,685	24
13	(15)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$928,293	-16.02%	434	$2,139	$12,837,852	66
14	(12)	Bend it Like Beckham	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$915,047	-49.53%	849	$1,078	$30,106,873	152
15	(13)	28 Days Later...	Fox Searchlight	Horror	$890,918	-46.46%	647	$1,377	$42,074,271	45
16	(14)	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$861,960	-38.82%	1,207	$714	$86,883,446	40
17	(16)	Swimming Pool	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$835,809	-17.13%	259	$3,227	$6,546,260	38
18	(8)	Gigli	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$678,640	-81.92%	2,215	$306	$5,660,084	10
19	(19)	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$558,116	+0.53%	673	$829	$95,438,695	45
20	(new)	Le Divorce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$516,834		34	$15,201	$516,834	3
21	(24)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$410,636	+13.05%	62	$6,623	$1,259,339	24
22	(18)	Bruce Almighty	Universal	Comedy	$410,095	-32.21%	378	$1,085	$239,308,750	80
23	(17)	The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$391,601	-41.72%	217	$1,805	$96,174,082	73
24	(re-entry)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$366,488		70	$5,236	$5,167,900	31
25	(21)	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Action	$363,314	-29.08%	101	$3,597	$277,767,531	88
26	(22)	Daddy Day Care	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$344,736	-20.30%	324	$1,064	$101,954,069	94
27	(26)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$307,524	-7.41%	155	$1,984	$7,625,416	115
28	(25)	2 Fast 2 Furious	Universal	Action	$289,910	-19.91%	302	$960	$125,882,195	66
29	(23)	Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$287,045	-29.91%	307	$935	$130,784,760	52
30	(new)	Koi� Mil Gaya			$274,851		55	$4,997	$274,851	3
31	(47)	Camp	IFC Films	Comedy	$223,768	+319.61%	43	$5,204	$396,338	17
32	(32)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$190,587	+56.52%	23	$8,286	$372,639	10
33	(30)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$160,735	+11.61%	21	$7,654	$42,317,405	479
34	(28)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$160,042	-5.46%	71	$2,254	$819,913	31
35	(new)	Step Into Liquid	Artisan	Documentary	$135,985		5	$27,197	$135,985	3
36	(33)	I Capture the Castle	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$126,084	+19.76%	42	$3,002	$770,491	31
37	(27)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$122,364	-30.14%	75	$1,632	$4,976,508	103
38	(31)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$117,105	-11.68%	30	$3,904	$13,724,834	122
39	(39)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$107,833	+27.53%	9	$11,981	$560,496	10
40	(34)	Capturing the Friedmans	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$97,449	-5.46%	62	$1,572	$2,680,454	73
41	(41)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$86,214	+15.15%	10	$8,621	$45,443,150	1,753
42	(49)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Classics	Drama	$77,954	+58.52%	22	$3,543	$149,145	10
43	(35)	X2	20th Century Fox	Action	$72,826	-29.08%	115	$633	$214,728,327	101
44	(38)	Rugrats Go Wild	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$65,644	-24.00%	146	$450	$38,552,666	59
45	(29)	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$64,834	-57.90%	182	$356	$25,851,019	40
46	(58)	Buffalo Soldiers	Miramax	Comedy	$60,987	+209.25%	21	$2,904	$142,294	17
47	(re-entry)	Identity	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$60,987		21	$2,904	$52,131,264	108
48	(20)	How to Deal	New Line	Drama	$59,282	-88.87%	166	$357	$14,108,518	24
49	(37)	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Buena Vista	Comedy	$58,451	-35.48%	130	$450	$42,672,630	101
50	(42)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$55,106	-24.57%	108	$510	$170,547,681	227
51	(40)	Holes	Buena Vista	Drama	$53,451	-32.26%	114	$469	$67,325,559	115
52	(57)	Respiro	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$49,001	+131.77%	21	$2,333	$905,313	80
53	(36)	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	New Line	Comedy	$48,506	-50.51%	91	$533	$26,214,846	59
54	(45)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$47,894	-19.37%	23	$2,082	$194,410	18
55	(re-entry)	The Holy Land			$45,278		15	$3,019	$250,145	31
56	(46)	Anger Management	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$40,836	-29.18%	76	$537	$135,560,942	122
57	(50)	Nowhere in Africa	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$39,973	-0.74%	40	$999	$5,955,712	157
58	(43)	Wrong Turn	20th Century Fox	Horror	$37,914	-46.65%	66	$574	$15,265,241	73
59	(re-entry)	Bringing Down the House	Buena Vista	Comedy	$33,462		43	$778	$132,675,402	157
60	(re-entry)	Mambo Italiano	Goldwyn Entertainment	Comedy	$32,849		13	$2,527	$2,868,814	66
61	(new)	Fanfan La Tulipe			$32,686		19	$1,720	$32,686	3
62	(56)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$30,147	+1.24%	3	$10,049	$6,817,345	892
63	(48)	The Housekeeper			$28,814	-44.83%	18	$1,601	$298,818	31
64	(re-entry)	The Barbarian Invasions	Miramax	Drama	$23,912		12	$1,993	$4,466,092	94
65	(44)	Lucia, Lucia			$23,712	-63.97%	26	$912	$229,669	17
66	(52)	Alex & Emma	Warner Bros.	Drama	$23,290	-36.27%	48	$485	$14,208,384	52
67	(re-entry)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$22,780		8	$2,848	$15,093,349	913
68	(53)	Owning Mahowny	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,647	-31.83%	17	$1,332	$819,952	101
69	(51)	L'auberge espagnole	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$22,590	-43.75%	26	$869	$3,800,372	87
70	(55)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Classics	Drama	$21,558	-31.27%	26	$829	$2,408,472	94
71	(re-entry)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$17,046		3	$5,682	$18,626,511	2,222
72	(54)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$15,405	-52.21%	7	$2,201	$219,006	66
73	(re-entry)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$14,786		11	$1,344	$1,989,315	409
74	(63)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$14,358	-0.86%	3	$4,786	$4,543,107	206
75	(61)	Mondays in the Sun			$14,252	-16.96%	11	$1,296	$72,901	17
76	(65)	Boys Life 4: Four Play	Strand Releasing	Drama	$13,575	+14.61%	2	$6,788	$32,575	10
77	(new)	The Princess Blade	ADV Films		$12,618		4	$3,155	$12,618	3
78	(62)	Raising Victor Vargas	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$12,020	-25.14%	10	$1,202	$2,073,984	136
79	(59)	Jet Lag (US Release)			$11,788	-33.90%	18	$655	$511,502	59
80	(re-entry)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$11,663		4	$2,916	$15,468,921	1,193
81	(66)	The Eye			$9,564	-14.29%	12	$797	$457,089	66
82	(64)	The Heart of Me			$9,324	-21.52%	8	$1,166	$169,074	59
83	(re-entry)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$9,220		6	$1,537	$729,078	262
84	(60)	The Legend of Suriyothai			$8,874	-49.47%	8	$1,109	$375,290	52
85	(93)	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns		Documentary	$8,620	+336.46%	3	$2,873	$113,871	80
86	(90)	The Man Without a Past			$8,529	+315.24%	9	$948	$893,637	129
87	(67)	Together	United Artists	Drama	$7,797	-21.83%	13	$600	$1,081,189	73
88	(re-entry)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$7,792		13	$599	$339,772,508	236
89	(re-entry)	Charlotte Sometimes	Small Planet	Drama	$7,701		1	$7,701	$115,593	101
90	(re-entry)	Shanghai Ghetto			$7,444		2	$3,722	$682,594	318
91	(re-entry)	The Trip			$6,745		3	$2,248	$247,535	94
92	(73)	The Gatekeeper			$6,635	+41.32%	1	$6,635	$77,353	24
93	(69)	Madame Sata			$6,493	-26.53%	3	$2,164	$88,935	33
94	(75)	Russian Ark			$6,482	+61.36%	6	$1,080	$2,900,578	241
95	(re-entry)	Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)			$6,400		1	$6,400	$83,852	52
96	(80)	The Kurosawa Series			$6,049	+93.26%	2	$3,025	$556,116	381
97	(70)	Cremaster 3			$5,658	-28.02%	2	$2,829	$415,988	108
98	(re-entry)	Stone Reader			$5,437		4	$1,359	$219,286	180
99	(72)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$5,254	-2.90%	2	$2,627	$143,412	52
100	(74)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$5,152	+23.37%	4	$1,288	$3,316,951	745
101	(new)	Seaside			$4,736		1	$4,736	$6,840	5
102	(95)	The Cuckoo			$4,437	+173.38%	4	$1,109	$66,332	31
103	(re-entry)	Assassination Tango	MGM/UA	Drama	$4,309		11	$392	$997,709	136
104	(re-entry)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$4,260		9	$473	$21,560,052	304
105	(89)	Tycoon			$4,095	+94.17%	3	$1,365	$88,408	59
106	(87)	The Embalmer			$3,980	+80.91%	2	$1,990	$32,190	24
107	(re-entry)	Euro Pudding (L'Auberge Espagnole)			$3,881	-90.34%	2	$1,941		143
108	(new)	Sandstorm			$3,779		1	$3,779	$3,779	3
109	(81)	The R.M.	Halestone	Comedy	$2,315	-23.12%	4	$579	$1,049,650	192
110	(85)	Morvern Callar			$2,225	-10.82%	3	$742	$266,715	234
111	(84)	Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)			$2,210	-14.70%	1	$2,210	$102,451	80
112	(71)	Washington Heights			$2,076	-63.99%	5	$415	$146,436	94
113	(re-entry)	Garmento			$1,974		1	$1,974	$12,342	66
114	(92)	Chaos	New Yorker	Comedy	$1,890	-6.34%	3	$630	$194,224	192
115	(79)	Time Changer			$1,778	-43.45%	4	$445	$1,276,332	290
116	(88)	The Dancer Upstairs	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,757	-17.70%	6	$293	$2,371,527	101
117	(re-entry)	Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times			$1,736		1	$1,736	$288,372	262
118	(re-entry)	This Thing of Ours		Drama	$1,666		4	$417	$36,173	24
119	(91)	The Lawless Heart			$1,656	-19.22%	1	$1,656	$328,029	171
120	(78)	Amen	Kino	Drama	$1,652	-47.84%	3	$551	$274,299	199
121	(re-entry)	secret lives			$1,586		2	$793	$29,364	87
122	(re-entry)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,560		2	$780	$12,585,058	1,382
123	(re-entry)	September 11	Empire Pictures	Drama	$1,508		2	$754	$33,237	31
124	(82)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$1,394	-51.93%	1	$1,394	$344,803	213
125	(re-entry)	A Family Affair			$1,350		2	$675	$48,743	171
126	(98)	Levity			$1,283	+2.56%	2	$642	$206,963	129
127	(re-entry)	Km. 0 (Kilometro Cero)			$1,247		1	$1,247	$61,649	31
128	(re-entry)	New Suit			$1,229		2	$615	$50,653	101
129	(re-entry)	Hotel			$1,102		2	$551	$28,839	17
130	(re-entry)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$1,070		1	$1,070	$650,422	395
131	(97)	The Girl From Paris			$1,012	-19.68%	2	$506	$124,098	143
132	(101)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$787	-22.77%	2	$394	$6,922,150	1,627
133	(102)	House of Fools			$763	+101.85%	2	$382	$57,722	108
134	(103)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$674	+124.67%	1	$674	$1,650,561	325
135	(re-entry)	Ikiru			$672		1	$672	$48,403	222
136	(96)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$475	-63.77%	1	$475	$4,295,685	1,214
137	(104)	Muhammad Ali: The Greatest			$395	+60.57%	1	$395	$20,073	115
138	(76)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$378	-89.06%	2	$189	$404,167	206
139	(100)	Marooned in Iraq			$230	-78.40%	2	$115	$124,310	108
140	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$169		1	$169	$15,993,332	2,852

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