The Top Movies, Weekend of October 3, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$19,622,714		2,614	$7,507	$19,622,714	3
2	(new)	Out of Time	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$16,185,316		3,076	$5,262	$16,185,316	3
3	(1)	The Rundown	Universal	Action	$9,682,780	-47.76%	3,154	$3,070	$32,646,055	10
4	(2)	Under the Tuscan Sun	Buena Vista	Comedy	$7,682,053	-21.22%	1,697	$4,527	$20,740,822	10
5	(4)	Secondhand Lions	New Line	Drama	$5,183,674	-37.23%	3,032	$1,710	$30,624,785	17
6	(3)	Underworld	Sony Pictures	Action	$5,068,277	-46.19%	2,715	$1,867	$44,808,894	17
7	(10)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$4,163,333	+12.87%	864	$4,819	$14,017,704	24
8	(5)	The Fighting Temptations	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,386,543	-46.99%	1,762	$1,922	$24,576,247	17
9	(6)	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,626,304	-47.52%	2,097	$1,252	$53,068,097	24
10	(8)	Cold Creek Manor	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$2,511,141	-42.99%	1,938	$1,296	$18,340,205	17
11	(9)	Matchstick Men	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,267,466	-47.93%	2,007	$1,130	$34,188,065	24
12	(7)	Duplex	Miramax	Comedy	$2,214,920	-52.03%	2,191	$1,011	$7,903,836	10
13	(12)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,629,244	-31.38%	1,211	$1,345	$297,930,745	89
14	(13)	Cabin Fever	Lionsgate	Horror	$1,090,054	-47.65%	1,056	$1,032	$19,786,417	24
15	(11)	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$939,488	-68.75%	1,662	$565	$22,064,416	31
16	(15)	Luther	RS Entertainment	Drama	$835,770	-8.00%	382	$2,188	$2,108,887	10
17	(14)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$696,516	-47.07%	921	$756	$107,723,361	61
18	(22)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$659,505	+82.75%	604	$1,092	$336,477,830	129
19	(16)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$583,065	-33.77%	617	$945	$118,251,555	73
20	(new)	Sur Le Seuil	Alliance International	Drama	$514,762		61	$8,439	$514,762	3
21	(21)	Jeepers Creepers II	MGM/UA	Horror	$407,081	-8.99%	570	$714	$34,816,435	38
22	(19)	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$385,692	-23.91%	159	$2,426	$5,157,704	17
23	(new)	Baghban		Drama	$345,041		50	$6,901	$345,041	3
24	(17)	Open Range	Buena Vista	Western	$343,190	-49.43%	567	$605	$57,476,463	52
25	(new)	Foolproof			$230,312		189	$1,219	$230,312	3
26	(23)	Thirteen	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$229,314	-25.63%	167	$1,373	$4,064,274	47
27	(24)	American Splendor	Fine Line	Drama	$200,361	-30.37%	185	$1,083	$5,404,960	52
28	(20)	S.W.A.T.	Sony Pictures	Action	$183,070	-62.37%	351	$522	$115,832,004	59
29	(31)	The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$172,249	-17.13%	187	$921	$105,874,243	129
30	(25)	American Wedding	Universal	Comedy	$171,250	-37.48%	250	$685	$104,058,025	66
31	(29)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$159,556	-25.49%	171	$933	$7,547,506	80
32	(30)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$158,411	-24.42%	195	$812	$20,308,150	122
33	(28)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$137,982	-36.49%	285	$484	$110,561,361	73
34	(27)	Bad Boys II	Sony Pictures	Action	$135,115	-45.66%	273	$495	$138,117,943	80
35	(33)	Freddy vs. Jason	New Line	Horror	$130,466	-32.39%	215	$607	$81,785,021	52
36	(35)	Bruce Almighty	Universal	Comedy	$123,540	-26.15%	174	$710	$242,375,175	136
37	(26)	Uptown Girls	MGM/UA	Comedy	$122,100	-51.20%	225	$543	$36,816,053	52
38	(34)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$117,614	-32.13%	129	$912	$4,568,434	66
39	(48)	The Medallion	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$117,390	+58.74%	223	$526	$21,963,412	45
40	(18)	Anything Else	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$117,105	-81.84%	238	$492	$3,135,535	17
41	(63)	Casa de los Babys	IFC Films	Drama	$102,778	+222.82%	61	$1,685	$199,984	17
42	(43)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$102,122	+3.82%	15	$6,808	$239,097	10
43	(36)	Step Into Liquid	Artisan	Documentary	$96,960	-34.60%	80	$1,212	$3,286,876	59
44	(39)	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Action	$95,512	-18.47%	70	$1,364	$281,193,463	144
45	(new)	Wonderland	Lionsgate	Drama	$91,798		5	$18,360	$91,798	3
46	(56)	Bubba Ho-Tep	Vitagraph Films	Comedy	$89,474	+90.29%	8	$11,184	$263,202	17
47	(41)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$85,724	-18.57%	81	$1,058	$10,336,320	171
48	(40)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$82,091	-23.07%	33	$2,488	$7,517,525	87
49	(37)	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	Action	$68,546	-47.26%	186	$369	$150,252,753	97
50	(new)	Concert for George			$67,711		105	$645	$67,711	3
51	(46)	Gaz Bar Blues			$64,996	-15.19%	23	$2,826	$644,488	31
52	(42)	Pere et Fils			$64,942	-36.30%	42	$1,546	$494,689	17
53	(45)	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$62,506	-25.90%	109	$573	$66,327,144	87
54	(52)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$61,803	+0.64%	19	$3,253	$43,874,890	535
55	(new)	The Station Agent	Miramax	Drama	$57,785		3	$19,262	$57,785	3
56	(53)	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Distributor Unknown	Drama	$56,021	-5.92%	34	$1,648	$516,860	24
57	(new)	The Event	ThinkFilm		$54,288		27	$2,011	$54,288	3
58	(49)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$52,488	-27.70%	60	$875	$3,478,403	66
59	(38)	Daddy Day Care	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$51,525	-58.01%	122	$422	$104,000,558	150
60	(55)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$49,091	-7.58%	18	$2,727	$14,734,924	178
61	(44)	The Order	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$48,625	-46.30%	53	$917	$7,614,058	31
62	(47)	Le Divorce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$44,525	-39.86%	63	$707	$9,004,811	59
63	(50)	Bend it Like Beckham	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$36,119	-47.19%	54	$669	$32,507,423	208
64	(58)	Demonlover	Palm Pictures		$32,141	-28.01%	15	$2,143	$156,347	17
65	(61)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$31,379	-21.20%	13	$2,414	$488,885	38
66	(62)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$28,285	-17.34%	54	$524	$65,171,062	73
67	(60)	My Life Without Me	Sony Pictures		$27,891	-31.16%	7	$3,984	$85,709	10
68	(57)	Swimming Pool	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$27,679	-38.61%	39	$710	$10,066,523	94
69	(70)	To Be and To Have	New Yorker	Documentary	$26,773	+6.10%	4	$6,693	$105,041	19
70	(65)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$26,719	-5.32%	6	$4,453	$46,120,158	1,809
71	(59)	28 Days Later...	Fox Searchlight	Horror	$26,094	-40.38%	51	$512	$45,018,612	101
72	(73)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$25,130	+3.71%	3	$8,377	$7,245,150	948
73	(51)	My Boss's Daughter	Dimension	Romantic Comedy	$23,390	-65.68%	72	$325	$15,422,434	45
74	(106)	Bollywood/Hollywood	Magnolia Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$18,014	+229.32%	18	$1,001	$1,480,192	346
75	(67)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$16,257	-39.25%	20	$813	$5,656,596	159
76	(77)	Yossi & Jagger			$16,100	-16.99%	1	$16,100	$55,270	12
77	(97)	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Artistic License	Documentary	$16,052	+136.48%	3	$5,351	$40,415	17
78	(85)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$15,827	+25.57%	13	$1,217	$420,235	122
79	(82)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$15,561	+10.13%	7	$2,223	$823,120	318
80	(79)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$15,073	-6.69%	6	$2,512	$15,297,272	969
81	(64)	Red Betsy			$14,481	-51.34%	17	$852	$95,520	17
82	(78)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$11,173	-36.10%	17	$657	$460,559	74
83	(86)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$10,849	-11.03%	4	$2,712	$14,119,660	1,438
84	(76)	In This World			$10,040	-51.93%	5	$2,008	$74,162	17
85	(88)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Classics	Drama	$9,553	-16.93%	19	$503	$703,861	66
86	(104)	The Cuckoo			$9,538	+57.50%	10	$954	$209,416	87
87	(84)	The Housekeeper			$8,805	-31.49%	4	$2,201	$411,327	87
88	(66)	National Lampoon's Dorm Daze			$8,333	-69.93%	28	$298	$47,153	12
89	(80)	Hangman's Curse			$7,977	-50.32%	7	$1,140	$145,325	24
90	(83)	Taking Sides	New Yorker		$7,844	-40.67%	7	$1,121	$113,402	31
91	(96)	Prey for Rock & Roll			$7,728	+13.07%	3	$2,576	$16,684	10
92	(92)	Capturing the Friedmans	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$7,655	-15.48%	14	$547	$3,110,867	129
93	(107)	Owning Mahowny	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,510	+23.95%	12	$543	$998,509	157
94	(81)	Emerald Cowboy	Indican Pictures		$6,198	-60.87%	3	$2,066	$34,077	17
95	(87)	Touchez Pas au Grisbi			$5,888	-51.61%	2	$2,944	$90,343	31
96	(111)	Respiro	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,472	+16.13%	9	$608	$1,051,907	136
97	(102)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$5,366	-12.32%	1	$5,366	$4,659,390	262
98	(90)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$5,312	-51.15%	14	$379	$1,381,310	87
99	(100)	Camp	IFC Films	Comedy	$4,888	-22.79%	7	$698	$1,626,127	73
100	(99)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$4,880	-25.53%	4	$1,220	$3,398,748	10,376
101	(112)	Madame Sata			$4,750	+4.12%	9	$528	$176,226	89
102	(109)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$4,535	-11.16%	4	$1,134	$437,784	430
103	(108)	The Holy Land			$3,898	-24.89%	3	$1,299	$460,903	87
104	(124)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Classics	Drama	$3,722	+52.85%	14	$266	$2,514,252	150
105	(122)	On-Line	Indican Pictures		$3,430	+39.32%	1	$3,430	$138,128	101
106	(123)	The Princess Blade	ADV Films		$3,361	+37.41%	5	$672	$69,386	59
107	(91)	Km. 0 (Kilometro Cero)			$3,317	-69.48%	5	$663	$139,373	87
108	(95)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$3,185	-57.86%	4	$796	$2,108,423	465
109	(121)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$3,146	+12.24%	2	$1,573	$15,551,704	1,249
110	(128)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$3,115	+43.28%	2	$1,558	$3,519,225	801
111	(98)	Nowhere in Africa	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$2,899	-57.03%	7	$414	$6,173,485	213
112	(114)	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator			$2,594	-35.07%	6	$432	$126,232	45
113	(re-entry)	Garmento			$2,507		1	$2,507	$16,825	122
114	(146)	Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)			$2,375	+216.67%	4	$594	$149,834	136
115	(125)	The Embalmer			$2,374	+0.42%	2	$1,187	$43,278	80
116	(126)	The Gatekeeper			$2,232	-0.13%	1	$2,232	$109,639	80
117	(new)	The Work and the Story	Off-Hollywood Distribution	Comedy	$2,192		5	$438	$2,192	3
118	(105)	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands			$2,164	-61.97%	4	$541	$112,601	38
119	(103)	Camera Obscura		Drama	$2,085	-65.63%	1	$2,085	$9,453	10
120	(113)	The Legend of Suriyothai			$1,941	-53.43%	4	$485	$429,221	108
121	(149)	The Heart of Me			$1,872	+230.16%	4	$468	$196,067	115
122	(re-entry)	Secret Lives			$1,856		3	$619	$37,156	143
123	(127)	Together	United Artists	Drama	$1,797	-18.17%	6	$300	$1,145,190	129
124	(93)	So Close	Sony Pictures		$1,711	-79.08%	3	$570	$75,705	24
125	(137)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$1,590	+34.02%	2	$795	$413,830	262
126	(117)	Autumn Spring	First Look	Comedy	$1,585	-52.14%	1	$1,585	$50,603	45
127	(120)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,542	-45.03%	2	$771	$1,704,141	381
128	(138)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,292	+12.94%	2	$646	$6,937,125	1,683
129	(150)	Fassbinder			$1,250	+257.14%	4	$313	$149,978	234
130	(119)	Dummy	Artisan		$1,219	-59.23%	1	$1,219	$71,305	24
131	(re-entry)	The Son			$1,036		1	$1,036	$64,689	269
132	(132)	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns		Documentary	$992	-43.02%	3	$331	$160,621	136
133	(101)	September 11	Empire Pictures	Drama	$947	-84.86%	2	$474	$102,071	87
134	(147)	Russian Ark			$934	+35.56%	3	$311	$3,006,765	297
135	(135)	The Eye			$902	-27.84%	4	$226	$490,931	122
136	(143)	New Suit			$886	-10.32%	2	$443	$67,472	157
137	(re-entry)	Don't Tempt Me			$861		2	$431	$56,588	45
138	(re-entry)	That Love	New Yorker	Drama	$778		1	$778	$70,547	185
139	(140)	Carnage	WellSpring	Drama	$765	-31.21%	1	$765	$21,259	31
140	(136)	Stone Reader			$679	-42.94%	1	$679	$248,403	236
141	(re-entry)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$668		1	$668	$18,776,994	2,278
142	(re-entry)	Everybody Says I'm Fine			$649		2	$325	$27,225	143
143	(141)	O Fantasma			$566	-47.79%	1	$566	$118,665	318
144	(re-entry)	The Kurosawa Series			$500		1	$500	$561,692	437
145	(131)	Marooned in Iraq			$478	-72.69%	2	$239	$135,776	164
146	(re-entry)	Teknolust			$469		1	$469	$28,811	45
147	(148)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$350	-39.55%	1	$350	$4,305,539	1,270
148	(110)	Cremaster 3			$330	-93.35%	1	$330	$465,248	164

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