The Top Movies, Weekend of August 29, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Jeepers Creepers II	MGM/UA	Horror	$15,269,324		3,124	$4,888	$15,269,324	3
2	(4)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$9,220,256	-0.91%	3,067	$3,006	$87,462,351	26
3	(2)	S.W.A.T.	Sony Pictures	Action	$8,334,862	-21.23%	2,781	$2,997	$100,256,983	24
4	(3)	Open Range	Buena Vista	Western	$8,074,275	-14.84%	2,244	$3,598	$40,809,053	17
5	(6)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$7,970,162	+9.55%	2,227	$3,579	$272,169,924	54
6	(1)	Freddy vs. Jason	New Line	Horror	$7,111,236	-45.93%	2,929	$2,428	$72,395,735	17
7	(7)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$6,517,785	+5.63%	2,556	$2,550	$102,102,670	38
8	(5)	The Medallion	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,682,812	-42.27%	2,652	$1,766	$15,339,957	10
9	(8)	Uptown Girls	MGM/UA	Comedy	$4,254,318	-24.12%	2,166	$1,964	$29,074,071	17
10	(9)	American Wedding	Universal	Comedy	$3,737,605	-31.60%	1,810	$2,065	$96,671,705	31
11	(10)	My Boss's Daughter	Dimension	Romantic Comedy	$3,494,081	-28.04%	2,206	$1,584	$10,595,431	10
12	(41)	The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,951,157	+2,117.48%	1,964	$1,503	$99,895,761	94
13	(11)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$2,514,052	-9.91%	2,385	$1,054	$106,198,324	38
14	(14)	Le Divorce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,595,239	+16.58%	701	$2,276	$5,785,976	24
15	(15)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,536,533	+47.90%	1,053	$1,459	$331,921,877	94
16	(12)	Bad Boys II	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,496,368	-26.34%	869	$1,722	$134,610,107	45
17	(21)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$1,099,725	+79.55%	503	$2,186	$16,900,763	87
18	(19)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$1,076,782	+55.81%	383	$2,811	$4,337,684	45
19	(13)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,062,598	-29.33%	1,030	$1,032	$63,632,817	38
20	(24)	American Splendor	Fine Line	Drama	$834,561	+83.67%	88	$9,484	$1,772,289	17
21	(27)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$623,092	+80.21%	203	$3,069	$1,751,118	31
22	(30)	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Action	$620,890	+97.78%	357	$1,739	$279,617,572	109
23	(42)	Thirteen	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$616,844	+430.57%	74	$8,336	$837,271	12
24	(22)	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$529,655	-11.92%	817	$648	$89,684,776	61
25	(29)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$485,640	+54.22%	159	$3,054	$1,900,062	31
26	(26)	Step Into Liquid	Artisan	Documentary	$442,716	+19.01%	76	$5,825	$1,610,306	24
27	(25)	Swimming Pool	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$407,453	-9.39%	214	$1,904	$8,887,276	59
28	(20)	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$404,275	-38.75%	314	$1,288	$65,129,577	52
29	(31)	28 Days Later...	Fox Searchlight	Horror	$388,479	+34.29%	220	$1,766	$44,113,338	66
30	(32)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$353,822	+34.14%	202	$1,752	$9,020,139	136
31	(28)	Bruce Almighty	Universal	Comedy	$345,495	+7.84%	289	$1,195	$240,863,285	101
32	(16)	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$341,584	-65.99%	334	$1,023	$100,163,665	66
33	(23)	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	Action	$315,942	-33.08%	303	$1,043	$149,008,295	62
34	(36)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$273,838	+40.02%	72	$3,803	$6,545,639	52
35	(37)	Bend it Like Beckham	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$215,403	+11.13%	152	$1,417	$31,652,483	173
36	(17)	Marci X	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$207,763	-76.20%	1,200	$173	$1,469,115	10
37	(34)	Daddy Day Care	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$202,993	-5.62%	226	$898	$103,029,198	115
38	(38)	Camp	IFC Films	Comedy	$195,003	+12.57%	116	$1,681	$1,240,433	38
39	(35)	Johnny English	Universal	Comedy	$158,260	-19.41%	150	$1,055	$27,593,050	45
40	(33)	Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$136,335	-36.68%	183	$745	$131,723,245	73
41	(39)	2 Fast 2 Furious	Universal	Action	$128,005	-24.63%	160	$800	$126,749,460	87
42	(60)	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$127,363	+452.36%	246	$518	$26,125,592	61
43	(18)	Grind	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$126,402	-84.55%	325	$389	$4,984,630	17
44	(44)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$118,769	+28.46%	24	$4,949	$14,277,086	143
45	(55)	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Miramax	Comedy	$112,882	+165.17%	13	$8,683	$186,599	10
46	(new)	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Innovation Film Group	Adventure	$109,868		63	$1,744	$109,868	3
47	(new)	Civil Brand	Lionsgate	Drama	$99,296		35	$2,837	$99,296	3
48	(43)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$89,958	-16.72%	17	$5,292	$43,181,407	500
49	(46)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Classics	Drama	$87,436	+7.40%	48	$1,822	$485,672	31
50	(40)	Rugrats Go Wild	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$81,692	-51.09%	152	$537	$39,260,240	80
51	(47)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$81,020	+15.42%	50	$1,620	$5,363,651	124
52	(49)	Passionada			$65,422	+3.69%	27	$2,423	$365,710	17
53	(45)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$59,559	-28.08%	56	$1,064	$1,207,126	52
54	(50)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$58,725	-6.19%	10	$5,873	$44,792,768	1,774
55	(52)	I Capture the Castle	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$48,022	-13.35%	34	$1,412	$1,042,867	52
56	(53)	Capturing the Friedmans	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$45,393	-7.11%	36	$1,261	$2,943,376	94
57	(new)	The Other Side of the Bed			$41,597		10	$4,160	$41,597	3
58	(61)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$38,425	+68.07%	18	$2,135	$10,045,816	346
59	(69)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$30,584	+67.53%	5	$6,117	$283,228	87
60	(73)	Mambo Italiano	Goldwyn Entertainment	Comedy	$28,979	+87.69%	12	$2,415	$2,952,666	87
61	(80)	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator			$26,821	+143.87%	8	$3,353	$43,934	10
62	(65)	The Holy Land			$26,556	+31.85%	9	$2,951	$376,729	52
63	(78)	Respiro	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,244	+77.44%	11	$2,022	$968,301	101
64	(new)	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands			$21,475		6	$3,579	$21,475	3
65	(66)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$20,880	+7.96%	8	$2,610	$15,163,895	934
66	(48)	Green Card Fever			$20,103	-70.23%	17	$1,183	$87,632	10
67	(56)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$19,328	-42.73%	3	$6,443	$7,011,168	913
68	(68)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$18,397	-0.78%	13	$1,415	$313,023	39
69	(72)	Owning Mahowny	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,007	+6.95%	12	$1,417	$921,958	122
70	(58)	Buffalo Soldiers	Miramax	Comedy	$16,772	-45.41%	12	$1,398	$305,450	38
71	(57)	X2	20th Century Fox	Action	$16,641	-49.77%	40	$416	$214,901,352	122
72	(62)	Nowhere in Africa	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$16,289	-27.55%	15	$1,086	$6,068,011	178
73	(new)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$15,163		1	$15,163	$15,163	3
74	(59)	Wrong Turn	20th Century Fox	Horror	$13,235	-48.81%	19	$697	$15,374,009	94
75	(74)	Don't Tempt Me			$13,138	-13.97%	3	$4,379	$34,869	10
76	(130)	Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)			$12,949	+2,148.09%	2	$6,475	$118,314	101
77	(70)	Mondays in the Sun			$12,908	-26.37%	16	$807	$142,306	38
78	(63)	The Cuckoo			$12,690	-42.82%	10	$1,269	$136,142	52
79	(64)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$11,667	-45.08%	26	$449	$170,681,308	248
80	(82)	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Miramax	Drama	$11,581	+14.74%	2	$5,791	$15,998,104	244
81	(105)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$11,357	+314.34%	4	$2,839	$757,819	283
82	(75)	Madame Sata			$10,294	-28.40%	4	$2,574	$134,816	54
83	(85)	The Princess Blade	ADV Films		$9,736	-1.34%	7	$1,391	$43,500	24
84	(103)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Classics	Drama	$9,329	+166.01%	9	$1,037	$2,464,318	115
85	(re-entry)	Km. 0 (Kilometro Cero)			$8,803		3	$2,934	$77,428	52
86	(83)	Autumn Spring	First Look	Comedy	$8,429	-16.10%	2	$4,215	$24,672	10
87	(88)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$8,350	-1.38%	2	$4,175	$4,589,066	227
88	(94)	The Legend of Suriyothai			$8,117	+61.56%	7	$1,160	$402,336	73
89	(84)	The Housekeeper			$7,972	-19.67%	7	$1,139	$356,825	52
90	(79)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$7,655	-33.41%	5	$1,531	$2,042,501	430
91	(91)	Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)			$7,550	+32.67%	1	$7,550	$109,106	73
92	(109)	Stone Reader			$7,369	+213.04%	2	$3,685	$225,607	201
93	(new)	Nola			$6,811		19	$358	$6,811	3
94	(76)	L'auberge espagnole	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$6,810	-49.58%	10	$681	$3,866,573	108
95	(129)	On-Line	Indican Pictures		$6,802	+1,064.73%	2	$3,401	$112,866	66
96	(98)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$5,899	+27.52%	3	$1,966	$3,220,618	766
97	(97)	Cremaster 3			$5,748	+23.61%	3	$1,916	$437,770	129
98	(81)	Russian Ark			$5,549	-45.82%	6	$925	$2,292,675	262
99	(new)	Suddenly			$5,406		1	$5,406	$6,752	5
100	(86)	Teknolust			$5,300	-44.06%	2	$2,650	$18,077	10
101	(119)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$5,250	+306.66%	3	$1,750	$1,667,773	346
102	(71)	The Trip			$4,970	-68.98%	5	$994	$305,403	115
103	(99)	Jet Lag (US Release)			$4,703	+7.35%	6	$784	$539,544	80
104	(100)	The Man Without a Past			$4,298	+0.02%	6	$716	$915,516	150
105	(126)	Fassbinder			$4,149	+538.31%	2	$2,075	$135,590	199
106	(106)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$3,892	+45.71%	2	$1,946	$162,581	73
107	(89)	Dog Days			$3,144	-49.83%	1	$3,144	$13,031	10
108	(96)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$2,775	-40.71%	3	$925	$359,726	234
109	(117)	The Seven Samurai			$2,684	+72.83%	1	$2,684	$268,546	367
110	(92)	The Eye			$2,458	-52.76%	4	$615	$479,732	87
111	(104)	Rana's Wedding			$2,202	-28.94%	1	$2,202	$9,250	10
112	(re-entry)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$2,202		3	$734	$3,382,925	10,341
113	(132)	Chaos	New Yorker	Comedy	$2,100	+338.41%	1	$2,100	$200,116	213
114	(113)	The Heart of Me			$1,854	-9.87%	2	$927	$185,839	80
115	(93)	Venus Boyz	First Run	Documentary	$1,789	-64.54%	1	$1,789	$9,036	10
116	(102)	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns		Documentary	$1,755	-53.77%	2	$878	$146,087	101
117	(118)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,740	+22.62%	2	$870	$12,590,306	1,403
118	(116)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,599	-8.63%	2	$800	$6,930,172	1,648
119	(115)	The Gatekeeper			$1,469	-18.12%	1	$1,469	$96,333	45
120	(re-entry)	Beyond Vanilla	Strand Releasing	Documentary	$1,393		1	$1,393	$26,724	115
121	(re-entry)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$1,146		1	$1,146	$407,415	227
122	(110)	Boys Life 4: Four Play	Strand Releasing	Drama	$839	-61.50%	1	$839	$49,574	31
123	(125)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$780	+1.96%	1	$780	$420,386	395
124	(112)	Shanghai Ghetto			$696	-66.25%	1	$696	$699,478	339
125	(121)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$516	-48.40%	1	$516	$4,300,489	1,235
126	(114)	The Embalmer			$507	-72.96%	1	$507	$35,644	45
127	(124)	Marooned in Iraq			$455	-43.13%	1	$455	$127,859	129
128	(133)	Time Changer			$252	+60.51%	1	$252	$1,278,916	311

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