The Top Movies, Weekend of September 12, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Sony Pictures	Action	$23,424,118		3,282	$7,137	$23,424,118	3
2	(new)	Matchstick Men	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$13,087,307		2,711	$4,827	$13,087,307	3
3	(new)	Cabin Fever	Lionsgate	Horror	$8,633,585		2,087	$4,137	$8,633,585	3
4	(1)	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$5,042,028	-24.30%	2,083	$2,421	$12,871,357	10
5	(3)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,506,400	-14.51%	2,029	$2,221	$287,884,372	68
6	(4)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,061,689	-19.41%	2,567	$1,582	$101,971,030	40
7	(2)	Jeepers Creepers II	MGM/UA	Horror	$3,019,860	-53.98%	2,784	$1,085	$31,865,481	17
8	(8)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$2,754,615	-25.66%	2,102	$1,310	$113,606,750	52
9	(5)	S.W.A.T.	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,708,563	-40.74%	2,062	$1,314	$112,791,312	38
10	(7)	Open Range	Buena Vista	Western	$2,706,853	-35.59%	2,063	$1,312	$53,482,017	31
11	(10)	Uptown Girls	MGM/UA	Comedy	$1,403,912	-43.09%	1,425	$985	$35,496,283	31
12	(9)	Freddy vs. Jason	New Line	Horror	$1,387,720	-57.21%	1,577	$880	$80,539,099	31
13	(6)	The Order	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,140,136	-74.31%	1,975	$577	$6,845,194	10
14	(11)	American Wedding	Universal	Comedy	$1,137,375	-48.19%	1,011	$1,125	$102,486,890	45
15	(new)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$925,087		23	$40,221	$925,087	3
16	(22)	American Splendor	Fine Line	Drama	$840,774	+44.73%	272	$3,091	$3,871,437	31
17	(12)	The Medallion	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$835,165	-61.75%	990	$844	$21,252,540	24
18	(13)	The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$791,525	-54.89%	980	$808	$104,733,456	108
19	(20)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$636,935	-20.79%	624	$1,021	$334,702,727	108
20	(18)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$632,224	-29.23%	492	$1,285	$19,100,089	101
21	(14)	My Boss's Daughter	Dimension	Romantic Comedy	$587,885	-66.48%	1,044	$563	$14,876,383	24
22	(15)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$522,100	-51.69%	950	$550	$109,631,985	52
23	(16)	Bad Boys II	Sony Pictures	Action	$521,844	-48.96%	525	$994	$137,255,889	59
24	(21)	Thirteen	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$482,695	-22.72%	158	$3,055	$2,572,863	26
25	(19)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$444,286	-47.89%	443	$1,003	$6,508,955	59
26	(17)	Le Divorce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$439,403	-53.86%	432	$1,017	$8,409,849	38
27	(23)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$355,024	-37.54%	295	$1,203	$3,622,295	45
28	(29)	Bruce Almighty	Universal	Comedy	$274,665	-1.81%	252	$1,090	$241,686,320	115
29	(27)	Step Into Liquid	Artisan	Documentary	$261,810	-21.73%	90	$2,909	$2,604,144	38
30	(24)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$240,852	-45.72%	156	$1,544	$3,090,198	45
31	(30)	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$206,106	-21.89%	260	$793	$65,883,617	66
32	(25)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$204,835	-51.69%	382	$536	$64,966,533	52
33	(26)	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Action	$193,196	-50.13%	286	$676	$280,644,783	123
34	(31)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$183,623	-27.01%	137	$1,340	$9,824,964	150
35	(28)	Swimming Pool	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$182,943	-40.70%	173	$1,057	$9,781,267	73
36	(37)	Daddy Day Care	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$153,828	-2.68%	204	$754	$103,551,400	129
37	(32)	28 Days Later...	Fox Searchlight	Horror	$144,640	-40.18%	212	$682	$44,777,706	80
38	(34)	Bend it Like Beckham	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$144,635	-23.86%	164	$882	$32,196,445	187
39	(new)	No Good Deed	Mac Releasing		$129,042		402	$321	$129,042	3
40	(36)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$119,578	-31.82%	62	$1,929	$7,019,708	66
41	(new)	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Distributor Unknown	Drama	$114,573		29	$3,951	$114,573	3
42	(35)	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$107,812	-41.51%	176	$613	$100,685,880	80
43	(33)	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	Action	$100,361	-48.33%	120	$836	$149,543,038	76
44	(40)	Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$92,120	-19.71%	128	$720	$132,042,005	87
45	(45)	Gaz Bar Blues			$90,820	+19.32%	23	$3,949	$235,372	10
46	(42)	Johnny English	Universal	Comedy	$89,640	-12.31%	129	$695	$27,888,885	59
47	(47)	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$86,100	+40.37%	188	$458	$90,039,088	75
48	(41)	2 Fast 2 Furious	Universal	Action	$79,065	-22.66%	118	$670	$127,014,815	101
49	(new)	Hangman's Curse			$78,390		18	$4,355	$78,390	3
50	(38)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$68,719	-48.78%	7	$9,817	$296,665	17
51	(49)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$68,434	+15.32%	22	$3,111	$14,506,018	157
52	(44)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$58,882	-27.11%	21	$2,804	$43,484,113	514
53	(46)	Kuch Naa Kaho			$58,784	-17.51%	32	$1,837	$187,444	10
54	(43)	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$58,775	-33.44%	152	$387	$26,367,627	75
55	(39)	Camp	IFC Films	Comedy	$54,062	-54.57%	64	$845	$1,566,968	52
56	(58)	Passionada			$47,421	+33.98%	33	$1,437	$487,110	31
57	(60)	Grind	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$41,448	+24.76%	140	$296	$5,111,630	31
58	(51)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$40,424	-22.09%	38	$1,064	$5,530,123	138
59	(new)	So Close	Sony Pictures		$31,702		11	$2,882	$31,702	3
60	(59)	Capturing the Friedmans	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$31,649	-10.00%	34	$931	$3,051,619	108
61	(52)	Where's the Party Yaar?			$31,132	-36.25%	10	$3,113	$85,739	10
62	(new)	Dummy	Artisan		$30,120		5	$6,024	$30,120	3
63	(56)	Rugrats Go Wild	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$28,450	-22.12%	71	$401	$39,378,921	94
64	(55)	Hawayein			$27,523	-27.21%	5	$5,505	$377,794	31
65	(54)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$27,175	-34.52%	44	$618	$1,323,116	66
66	(64)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$27,122	-1.95%	17	$1,595	$390,842	53
67	(50)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Classics	Drama	$26,638	-52.84%	36	$740	$643,962	45
68	(57)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$26,036	-28.14%	8	$3,255	$45,977,326	1,788
69	(re-entry)	The Animation Show	The Animation Show/IPMA	Multiple Genres	$25,430		5	$5,086	$60,029	10
70	(76)	September 11	Empire Pictures	Drama	$24,958	+39.67%	11	$2,269	$103,909	66
71	(70)	Taking Sides	New Yorker		$22,915	+3.92%	5	$4,583	$56,383	10
72	(82)	The Holy Land			$22,228	+54.93%	17	$1,308	$423,913	66
73	(80)	Nowhere in Africa	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$19,410	+22.99%	15	$1,294	$6,126,600	192
74	(61)	I Capture the Castle	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$19,368	-40.74%	24	$807	$1,131,676	66
75	(new)	Millenium Actress	DreamWorks/Go Fish		$18,732		6	$3,122	$18,732	3
76	(73)	30 Years to Life		Comedy	$18,602	-10.73%	3	$6,201	$99,023	465
77	(69)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$17,290	-26.43%	3	$5,763	$7,119,130	927
78	(72)	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands			$16,461	-21.69%	10	$1,646	$83,158	17
79	(89)	The Cuckoo			$13,975	+54.56%	14	$998	$171,017	66
80	(65)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$13,735	-48.53%	7	$1,962	$15,239,711	948
81	(75)	Mambo Italiano	Goldwyn Entertainment	Comedy	$13,060	-27.24%	13	$1,005	$3,031,801	101
82	(53)	Civil Brand	Lionsgate	Drama	$12,869	-70.21%	9	$1,430	$214,160	17
83	(85)	Owning Mahowny	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$12,634	-2.77%	18	$702	$959,248	136
84	(67)	The Other Side of the Bed			$12,634	-50.10%	18	$702	$102,737	17
85	(71)	Touchez Pas au Grisbi			$12,158	-43.91%	1	$12,158	$47,614	10
86	(109)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$9,957	+167.37%	9	$1,106	$2,068,348	444
87	(105)	Km. 0 (Kilometro Cero)			$9,899	+115.85%	5	$1,980	$98,256	66
88	(86)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$9,606	-8.77%	2	$4,803	$4,621,998	241
89	(78)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$9,042	-45.05%	9	$1,005	$356,817	101
90	(118)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$8,811	+257.15%	4	$2,203	$772,439	297
91	(68)	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator			$8,400	-64.63%	6	$1,400	$111,815	24
92	(66)	The R.M.	Halestone	Comedy	$8,092	-69.68%	7	$1,156	$1,105,532	227
93	(95)	L'auberge espagnole	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$7,670	+12.15%	8	$959	$3,889,661	122
94	(new)	Luster			$7,589		1	$7,589	$7,589	3
95	(81)	Wrong Turn	20th Century Fox	Horror	$7,439	-51.20%	22	$338	$15,411,121	108
96	(63)	Marci X	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,039	-77.30%	82	$86	$1,646,664	24
97	(84)	Respiro	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,757	-51.05%	10	$676	$1,023,738	115
98	(91)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Classics	Drama	$6,558	-18.29%	12	$547	$2,490,328	129
99	(77)	X2	20th Century Fox	Action	$6,552	-62.79%	19	$345	$214,944,062	136
100	(re-entry)	The Girl From Paris			$6,383		4	$1,596	$153,321	178
101	(79)	Green Card Fever			$6,250	-61.22%	10	$625	$118,996	24
102	(re-entry)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,754		2	$2,877	$14,077,589	1,417
103	(92)	Madame Sata			$5,495	-26.95%	3	$1,832	$156,470	68
104	(128)	Tycoon			$5,181	+247.02%	2	$2,591	$107,085	94
105	(re-entry)	Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)			$5,079		1	$5,079	$121,444	87
106	(103)	Together	United Artists	Drama	$5,006	-4.87%	1	$5,006	$1,130,593	108
107	(101)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$4,727	-13.88%	2	$2,364	$1,690,492	360
108	(83)	Buffalo Soldiers	Miramax	Comedy	$4,715	-66.86%	15	$314	$342,332	52
109	(100)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$4,691	-14.68%	2	$2,346	$183,529	87
110	(108)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$4,507	+18.67%	3	$1,502	$372,229	248
111	(87)	Russian Ark			$4,480	-52.56%	3	$1,493	$2,997,186	276
112	(90)	Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)			$4,313	-50.66%	4	$1,078	$142,252	115
113	(93)	Carnage	WellSpring	Drama	$4,164	-41.67%	1	$4,164	$14,566	10
114	(134)	Cremaster 3			$4,045	+368.17%	4	$1,011	$448,690	143
115	(62)	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Miramax	Comedy	$4,043	-87.29%	5	$809	$279,282	24
116	(125)	On-Line	Indican Pictures		$3,967	+132.26%	4	$992	$124,833	80
117	(re-entry)	The Anarchist Cookbook	Innovation Film Group	Comedy	$3,605		1	$3,605	$14,369	59
118	(120)	Suddenly			$3,425	+61.40%	1	$3,425	$13,843	19
119	(116)	Stone Reader			$3,356	+27.85%	2	$1,678	$241,066	215
120	(104)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$3,301	-30.77%	2	$1,651	$3,505,357	780
121	(96)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$3,220	-50.10%	4	$805	$15,536,018	1,228
122	(131)	The Gatekeeper			$3,018	+140.48%	1	$3,018	$101,238	59
123	(88)	The Housekeeper			$2,802	-69.95%	8	$350	$377,183	66
124	(new)	Warrior of Light			$2,712		1	$2,712	$2,712	3
125	(102)	The Legend of Suriyothai			$2,526	-53.25%	4	$632	$415,762	87
126	(re-entry)	O Fantasma			$2,414		1	$2,414	$115,197	297
127	(99)	Autumn Spring	First Look	Comedy	$2,381	-56.96%	3	$794	$43,415	24
128	(97)	Don't Tempt Me			$2,374	-61.21%	3	$791	$54,467	24
129	(119)	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns		Documentary	$2,334	-3.55%	3	$778	$152,480	115
130	(re-entry)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$2,143		2	$1,072	$409,558	241
131	(98)	A Woman is a Woman			$2,053	-64.56%	1	$2,053	$99,658	122
132	(107)	Everybody Says I'm Fine			$1,955	-48.86%	1	$1,955	$25,753	122
133	(re-entry)	Shanghai Ghetto			$1,880		2	$940	$711,598	353
134	(re-entry)	The Son			$1,672		1	$1,672	$62,426	248
135	(117)	Fassbinder			$1,602	-38.38%	2	$801	$144,935	213
136	(106)	Zero Day	Avatar		$1,385	-69.22%	1	$1,385	$7,221	10
137	(132)	Marooned in Iraq			$1,384	+38.40%	2	$692	$130,243	143
138	(re-entry)	Confusion des Genres, La			$1,152		1	$1,152	$35,151	66
139	(115)	The Man Without a Past			$1,078	-59.76%	4	$270	$919,988	164
140	(122)	Teknolust			$1,077	-45.36%	2	$539	$24,888	24
141	(121)	Secret Lives			$995	-51.72%	1	$995	$34,820	122
142	(135)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$742	-5.60%	1	$742	$421,914	409
143	(124)	Time Changer			$712	-62.39%	2	$356	$1,282,182	325
144	(133)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$615	-38.19%	2	$308	$6,932,438	1,662
145	(112)	The Eye			$580	-82.52%	2	$290	$484,861	101
146	(123)	The Princess Blade	ADV Films		$526	-72.72%	1	$526	$58,306	38
147	(re-entry)	Garmento			$460		1	$460	$14,062	101
148	(138)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$425	-33.90%	1	$425	$18,774,750	2,257
149	(113)	The Heart of Me			$351	-88.17%	2	$176	$193,187	94
150	(141)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$306	-36.25%	1	$306	$21,575,958	339
151	(140)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$295	-45.77%	1	$295	$4,302,643	1,249
152	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$72		1	$72	$15,993,993	2,887

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