The Top Movies, Weekend of August 15, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Freddy vs. Jason	New Line	Horror	$36,428,066		3,014	$12,086	$36,428,066	3
2	(1)	S.W.A.T.	Sony Pictures	Action	$18,122,486	-51.10%	3,220	$5,628	$69,672,843	10
3	(new)	Open Range	Buena Vista	Western	$14,047,781		2,075	$6,770	$14,047,781	3
4	(2)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$13,434,285	-39.49%	2,979	$4,510	$58,416,557	12
5	(new)	Uptown Girls	MGM/UA	Comedy	$11,277,367		2,495	$4,520	$11,277,367	3
6	(4)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$9,167,599	-29.60%	2,710	$3,383	$248,720,985	40
7	(3)	American Wedding	Universal	Comedy	$8,402,760	-45.66%	2,985	$2,815	$80,856,345	17
8	(5)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$8,087,670	-32.37%	2,462	$3,285	$83,012,545	24
9	(6)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$5,288,540	-46.00%	3,003	$1,761	$96,893,935	24
10	(7)	Bad Boys II	Sony Pictures	Action	$3,143,914	-47.96%	1,785	$1,761	$128,856,716	31
11	(8)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,786,977	-46.62%	1,926	$1,447	$59,079,023	24
12	(new)	Grind	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,511,403		2,253	$1,115	$2,511,403	3
13	(19)	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,980,432	+254.84%	816	$2,427	$97,740,542	52
14	(9)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,358,901	-45.91%	1,037	$1,310	$327,793,194	80
15	(20)	Le Divorce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$942,594	+82.38%	180	$5,237	$1,688,798	10
16	(10)	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	Action	$816,420	-49.74%	633	$1,290	$147,611,218	48
17	(13)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$717,744	-22.68%	348	$2,062	$14,049,733	73
18	(16)	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$648,151	-24.80%	1,007	$644	$88,002,442	47
19	(17)	Swimming Pool	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$596,938	-28.58%	257	$2,323	$7,520,148	45
20	(11)	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$593,487	-61.52%	584	$1,016	$63,554,390	38
21	(21)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$557,263	+35.71%	142	$3,924	$1,986,903	31
22	(15)	28 Days Later...	Fox Searchlight	Horror	$456,133	-48.80%	336	$1,358	$43,025,325	52
23	(32)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$331,952	+74.17%	63	$5,269	$824,502	17
24	(22)	Bruce Almighty	Universal	Comedy	$325,715	-20.58%	329	$990	$239,855,525	87
25	(12)	Johnny English	Universal	Comedy	$318,985	-69.77%	343	$930	$26,925,075	31
26	(14)	Bend it Like Beckham	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$316,601	-65.40%	277	$1,143	$30,942,939	159
27	(25)	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Action	$295,347	-18.71%	104	$2,840	$278,285,565	95
28	(27)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$260,332	-15.35%	144	$1,808	$8,057,441	122
29	(24)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$246,333	-32.79%	31	$7,946	$5,654,553	38
30	(26)	Daddy Day Care	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$223,286	-35.23%	287	$778	$102,379,618	101
31	(29)	Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$212,080	-26.12%	241	$880	$131,164,155	59
32	(44)	Rugrats Go Wild	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$204,846	+212.06%	263	$779	$38,802,248	66
33	(35)	Step Into Liquid	Artisan	Documentary	$201,387	+48.10%	16	$12,587	$418,856	10
34	(31)	Camp	IFC Films	Comedy	$192,828	-13.83%	60	$3,214	$696,280	24
35	(39)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$189,586	+75.81%	26	$7,292	$814,361	17
36	(23)	The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$187,348	-52.16%	118	$1,588	$96,603,732	80
37	(28)	2 Fast 2 Furious	Universal	Action	$177,310	-38.84%	238	$745	$126,236,060	73
38	(new)	American Splendor	Fine Line	Drama	$159,705		6	$26,618	$159,705	3
39	(33)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$137,432	-14.50%	22	$6,247	$42,621,384	486
40	(30)	Koi� Mil Gaya			$125,987	-54.16%	54	$2,333	$473,788	10
41	(new)	Passionada			$123,568		74	$1,670	$123,568	3
42	(34)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$97,705	-38.95%	71	$1,376	$982,372	38
43	(38)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$96,879	-17.27%	32	$3,027	$13,913,455	129
44	(37)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$76,051	-37.85%	51	$1,491	$5,122,868	110
45	(41)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$70,530	-18.19%	9	$7,837	$45,616,088	1,760
46	(42)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Classics	Drama	$61,648	-20.92%	32	$1,927	$244,550	17
47	(40)	Capturing the Friedmans	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$61,339	-37.06%	53	$1,157	$2,794,120	80
48	(36)	I Capture the Castle	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$60,270	-52.20%	35	$1,722	$884,437	38
49	(re-entry)	Hollywood Homicide	Columbia	Action	$58,929		96	$614	$30,119,990	66
50	(45)	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$42,320	-34.73%	129	$328	$25,935,826	47
51	(43)	X2	20th Century Fox	Action	$41,388	-43.17%	81	$511	$214,813,155	108
52	(46)	Buffalo Soldiers	Miramax	Comedy	$40,745	-33.19%	24	$1,698	$213,664	24
53	(50)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$33,582	-39.06%	76	$442	$170,617,614	234
54	(55)	The Holy Land			$32,643	-27.91%	15	$2,176	$301,287	38
55	(62)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$30,976	+2.75%	3	$10,325	$6,886,150	899
56	(58)	Wrong Turn	20th Century Fox	Horror	$27,323	-27.93%	51	$536	$15,312,960	80
57	(54)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$26,387	-44.91%	12	$2,199	$248,340	25
58	(57)	Nowhere in Africa	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$24,873	-37.78%	29	$858	$5,997,933	164
59	(68)	Owning Mahowny	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,928	+1.24%	24	$955	$852,934	108
60	(67)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$21,698	-4.75%	8	$2,712	$15,133,057	920
61	(51)	Holes	Buena Vista	Drama	$20,741	-61.20%	55	$377	$67,383,924	122
62	(re-entry)	A Mighty Wind	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$20,195		44	$459	$17,548,613	124
63	(18)	Gigli	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$18,702	-97.24%	73	$256	$6,068,735	17
64	(60)	Mambo Italiano	Goldwyn Entertainment	Comedy	$18,269	-44.38%	11	$1,661	$2,903,815	73
65	(52)	Respiro	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$16,823	-65.67%	18	$935	$936,689	87
66	(70)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Classics	Drama	$16,732	-22.39%	29	$577	$2,435,796	101
67	(91)	The Trip			$16,051	+137.97%	5	$3,210	$266,038	101
68	(102)	The Cuckoo			$15,731	+254.54%	8	$1,966	$84,266	38
69	(69)	L'auberge espagnole	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$15,367	-31.97%	18	$854	$2,764,070	94
70	(63)	The Housekeeper			$15,246	-47.09%	13	$1,173	$328,046	38
71	(75)	Mondays in the Sun			$14,704	+3.17%	12	$1,225	$94,506	24
72	(71)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$13,430	-21.21%	3	$4,477	$18,659,577	2,229
73	(72)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$13,062	-15.21%	4	$3,266	$241,583	73
74	(65)	Lucia, Lucia			$12,588	-46.91%	17	$740	$254,889	24
75	(re-entry)	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Miramax	Drama	$12,537		2	$6,269	$15,962,786	230
76	(73)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$12,132	-17.95%	9	$1,348	$2,011,297	416
77	(80)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$10,758	-7.76%	4	$2,690	$15,490,968	1,200
78	(92)	The Gatekeeper			$8,601	+29.63%	2	$4,301	$89,697	31
79	(74)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$8,474	-40.98%	2	$4,237	$4,558,932	213
80	(112)	Washington Heights			$8,448	+306.94%	4	$2,112	$156,021	101
81	(76)	Boys Life 4: Four Play	Strand Releasing	Drama	$7,510	-44.68%	2	$3,755	$44,298	17
82	(96)	The Kurosawa Series			$7,357	+21.62%	4	$1,839	$567,630	388
83	(94)	Russian Ark			$7,271	+12.17%	10	$727	$2,913,412	248
84	(85)	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns		Documentary	$7,269	-15.67%	4	$1,817	$121,534	87
85	(87)	Together	United Artists	Drama	$6,928	-11.15%	8	$866	$1,092,752	80
86	(77)	The Princess Blade	ADV Films		$6,545	-48.13%	4	$1,636	$25,101	10
87	(95)	Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)			$6,244	-2.44%	1	$6,244	$92,146	59
88	(81)	The Eye			$5,652	-40.90%	8	$707	$467,977	73
89	(93)	Madame Sata			$5,419	-16.54%	3	$1,806	$97,479	40
90	(re-entry)	Confusion des Genres, La			$5,169		3	$1,723	$26,267	38
91	(86)	The Man Without a Past			$5,160	-39.50%	6	$860	$903,604	136
92	(88)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$5,105	-34.48%	10	$511	$339,781,747	243
93	(90)	Shanghai Ghetto			$5,028	-32.46%	2	$2,514	$693,952	325
94	(104)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$4,953	+16.27%	5	$991	$21,568,100	311
95	(83)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$4,428	-51.97%	2	$2,214	$737,707	269
96	(84)	The Legend of Suriyothai			$4,265	-51.94%	4	$1,066	$384,824	59
97	(82)	The Heart of Me			$4,062	-56.44%	6	$677	$180,187	66
98	(79)	Jet Lag (US Release)			$3,949	-66.50%	10	$395	$524,783	66
99	(re-entry)	On-Line	Indican Pictures		$3,800		2	$1,900	$103,350	52
100	(89)	Charlotte Sometimes	Small Planet	Drama	$3,623	-52.95%	1	$3,623	$121,771	108
101	(re-entry)	The Seven Samurai			$3,412		1	$3,412	$258,154	353
102	(100)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$3,186	-38.16%	3	$1,062	$3,326,460	752
103	(131)	The Girl From Paris			$3,170	+213.24%	3	$1,057	$127,268	150
104	(101)	Seaside			$3,069	-35.20%	1	$3,069	$12,484	12
105	(105)	Tycoon			$2,520	-38.46%	1	$2,520	$92,715	66
106	(124)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$2,458	+76.33%	3	$819	$348,219	220
107	(99)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$2,412	-54.09%	1	$2,412	$145,824	59
108	(107)	Euro Pudding (L'Auberge Espagnole)			$2,243	-42.21%	2	$1,122	$901,873	150
109	(127)	Km. 0 (Kilometro Cero)			$2,121	+70.09%	1	$2,121	$64,898	38
110	(116)	The Dancer Upstairs	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,048	+16.56%	6	$341	$2,374,732	108
111	(109)	The R.M.	Halestone	Comedy	$1,895	-18.14%	3	$632	$1,054,148	199
112	(97)	Cremaster 3			$1,856	-67.20%	2	$928	$421,149	115
113	(re-entry)	A Woman is a Woman			$1,629		1	$1,629	$85,467	94
114	(98)	Stone Reader			$1,508	-72.26%	2	$754	$221,459	187
115	(126)	Levity			$1,441	+12.31%	2	$721	$209,151	136
116	(122)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,368	-12.31%	2	$684	$14,051,144	1,389
117	(135)	Ikiru			$1,343	+99.85%	2	$672	$49,747	229
118	(114)	Chaos	New Yorker	Comedy	$1,278	-32.38%	2	$639	$196,303	199
119	(139)	Marooned in Iraq			$1,268	+451.30%	2	$634	$125,748	115
120	(128)	New Suit			$1,136	-7.57%	1	$1,136	$52,094	108
121	(123)	September 11	Empire Pictures	Drama	$1,068	-29.18%	1	$1,068	$36,130	38
122	(132)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,062	+34.94%	2	$531	$6,924,605	1,634
123	(103)	Assassination Tango	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,045	-75.75%	4	$261	$1,000,673	143
124	(115)	Time Changer			$996	-43.98%	2	$498	$1,278,056	297
125	(re-entry)	The Good Old Naughty Days			$951		1	$951	$55,645	143
126	(re-entry)	Fassbinder			$900		1	$900	$128,763	185
127	(119)	The Lawless Heart			$591	-64.31%	1	$591	$330,067	178
128	(136)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$515	+8.42%	1	$515	$4,297,204	1,221
129	(138)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$510	+34.92%	1	$510	$405,954	213
130	(121)	Secret Lives			$474	-70.11%	1	$474	$30,685	94
131	(134)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$444	-34.12%	1	$444	$1,651,261	332
132	(125)	A Family Affair			$244	-81.93%	1	$244	$50,075	178
133	(140)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$197	+16.57%	1	$197	$15,993,529	2,859
134	(118)	This Thing of Ours		Drama	$155	-90.70%	1	$155	$37,227	31
135	(110)	Morvern Callar			$145	-93.48%	2	$73	$266,860	241

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