The Top Movies, Weekend of October 17, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	New Line	Horror	$28,094,014		3,016	$9,315	$28,094,014	3
2	(1)	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Miramax	Action	$12,424,841	-43.75%	3,102	$4,005	$43,235,778	10
3	(new)	Runaway Jury	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$11,836,705		2,815	$4,205	$11,836,705	3
4	(2)	The School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$11,006,233	-28.94%	2,951	$3,730	$54,898,025	17
5	(17)	Mystic River	Warner Bros.	Drama	$10,445,547	+1,530.04%	1,467	$7,120	$13,532,943	12
6	(3)	Good Boy!	MGM	Comedy	$8,932,472	-31.85%	3,225	$2,770	$25,713,653	10
7	(4)	Intolerable Cruelty	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$6,515,010	-47.98%	2,570	$2,535	$22,720,755	10
8	(5)	Out of Time	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$4,002,023	-53.41%	2,344	$1,707	$35,230,719	17
9	(8)	Under the Tuscan Sun	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,379,245	-31.19%	1,663	$2,032	$33,657,195	24
10	(7)	The Rundown	Universal	Action	$2,780,695	-46.61%	2,099	$1,325	$44,518,785	24
11	(10)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$1,903,194	-32.57%	771	$2,468	$20,964,443	38
12	(9)	Secondhand Lions	New Line	Drama	$1,884,995	-42.83%	1,610	$1,171	$38,406,515	31
13	(6)	The House of the Dead	Artisan	Horror	$1,763,212	-68.98%	1,540	$1,145	$8,811,768	10
14	(12)	The Fighting Temptations	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,034,764	-45.83%	867	$1,193	$28,773,229	31
15	(11)	Underworld	Sony Pictures	Action	$900,869	-60.63%	904	$997	$50,503,172	31
16	(15)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$653,715	-36.04%	493	$1,326	$300,557,571	103
17	(new)	Veronica Guerin	Buena Vista	Drama	$611,276		472	$1,295	$611,276	3
18	(19)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$511,514	-18.35%	445	$1,149	$338,163,432	143
19	(20)	Luther	RS Entertainment	Drama	$378,213		219	$1,727	$3,731,329	24
20	(13)	Cold Creek Manor	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$280,113	-74.02%	480	$584	$20,825,290	31
21	(14)	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Sony Pictures	Action	$275,780	-74.11%	288	$958	$55,677,591	38
22	(52)	The Station Agent	Miramax	Drama	$221,166	+412.05%	50	$4,423	$396,827	17
23	(21)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$220,215	-30.09%	277	$795	$119,091,925	87
24	(16)	Matchstick Men	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$203,178	-76.95%	314	$647	$36,260,522	38
25	(36)	Freddy vs. Jason	New Line	Horror	$190,248	+98.27%	190	$1,001	$82,163,317	66
26	(24)	S.W.A.T.	Sony Pictures	Action	$168,472	-26.63%	197	$855	$116,357,927	73
27	(22)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$153,121	-47.47%	259	$591	$108,485,036	75
28	(20)	Cabin Fever	Lionsgate	Horror	$149,684	-59.31%	172	$870	$20,820,830	38
29	(47)	Wonderland	Lionsgate	Drama	$145,647	+174.30%	79	$1,844	$353,159	17
30	(23)	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$140,359	-38.88%	80	$1,754	$5,783,761	31
31	(18)	Duplex	Miramax	Comedy	$127,541	-80.00%	201	$635	$9,517,362	24
32	(37)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$117,495	+28.20%	31	$3,790	$511,730	24
33	(30)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$102,416	-17.18%	177	$579	$65,460,388	87
34	(50)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$93,240	+107.63%	20	$4,662	$44,255,071	549
35	(34)	American Wedding	Universal	Comedy	$87,835	-15.16%	144	$610	$104,354,205	80
36	(31)	Bad Boys II	Sony Pictures	Action	$84,647	-23.25%	128	$661	$138,396,624	94
37	(28)	Open Range	Buena Vista	Western	$82,179	-43.88%	160	$514	$57,893,764	66
38	(40)	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Action	$65,126	-16.64%	32	$2,035	$281,414,042	158
39	(39)	Bruce Almighty	Universal	Comedy	$62,335	-24.47%	91	$685	$242,589,580	150
40	(33)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$60,904	-42.18%	130	$468	$20,596,685	136
41	(27)	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$60,448	-60.45%	280	$216	$22,523,270	45
42	(new)	Sylvia	Focus Features	Drama	$58,940		3	$19,647	$58,940	3
43	(29)	Thirteen	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$57,819	-60.17%	78	$741	$4,428,906	61
44	(35)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$57,199	-42.94%	56	$1,021	$7,803,048	94
45	(38)	Step Into Liquid	Artisan	Documentary	$56,940	-32.95%	60	$949	$3,520,689	73
46	(76)	My Boss's Daughter	Miramax/Dimension	Romantic Comedy	$55,974	+662.17%	133	$421	$15,494,983	59
47	(26)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Miramax/Dimension	Adventure	$55,860	-71.69%	122	$458	$110,945,022	87
48	(32)	American Splendor	Fine Line	Drama	$54,973	-48.87%	86	$639	$5,688,932	66
49	(49)	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Distributor Unknown	Drama	$54,823	+8.99%	25	$2,193	$739,172	38
50	(54)	My Life Without Me	Sony Pictures		$52,675	+43.53%	39	$1,351	$200,852	24
51	(new)	Pieces of April	MGM	Comedy	$48,422		6	$8,070	$48,422	3
52	(45)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$46,839	-23.87%	20	$2,342	$14,908,385	192
53	(44)	The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$38,408	-39.58%	69	$557	$106,073,964	143
54	(56)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$36,221	+18.54%	4	$9,055	$7,362,992	962
55	(41)	Casa de los Babys	IFC Films	Drama	$35,423	-52.29%	52	$681	$378,281	31
56	(43)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$34,374	-50.33%	59	$583	$4,752,163	80
57	(48)	Daddy Day Care	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$32,714	-35.04%	74	$442	$104,148,781	164
58	(46)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$29,869	-47.29%	39	$766	$10,499,535	185
59	(new)	Returner			$29,214		13	$2,247	$29,214	3
60	(51)	The Medallion	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$26,330	-39.33%	63	$418	$22,108,977	59
61	(61)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$24,292	+26.29%	6	$4,049	$46,226,517	1,823
62	(68)	Girls Will Be Girls	IFC Films		$22,038	+53.46%	11	$2,003	$42,103	17
63	(53)	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	Action	$19,814	-46.04%	55	$360	$150,350,192	111
64	(59)	To Be and To Have	New Yorker	Documentary	$17,892	-20.64%	5	$3,578	$172,237	33
65	(70)	The Flower of Evil			$15,812	+27.32%	6	$2,635	$33,636	10
66	(57)	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$15,147	-47.68%	37	$409	$66,416,133	101
67	(55)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$10,303	-70.43%	21	$491	$3,560,500	80
68	(64)	Le Divorce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$9,788	-43.65%	14	$699	$9,058,314	73
69	(77)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$9,732	+42.87%	5	$1,946	$14,152,961	1,452
70	(74)	Bus 174	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$9,640	+11.77%	1	$9,640	$26,530	12
71	(new)	Balthazar	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$8,325		1	$8,325	$8,325	3
72	(91)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$7,846	+112.17%	5	$1,569	$446,554	136
73	(75)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$7,756	-6.33%	12	$646	$5,691,538	173
74	(71)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$7,577	-37.05%	15	$505	$491,425	88
75	(84)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$7,568	+52.37%	3	$2,523	$4,676,802	276
76	(re-entry)	Carnage	WellSpring	Drama	$7,561		3	$2,520	$28,959	45
77	(82)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$7,501	+40.31%	6	$1,250	$723,646	80
78	(88)	Emerald Cowboy	Indican Pictures		$6,892	+59.32%	4	$1,723	$49,752	31
79	(re-entry)	Bonhoeffer	First Run Features	Documentary	$6,875		6	$1,146	$227,233	122
80	(69)	The Order	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$6,734	-49.43%	33	$204	$7,653,763	45
81	(65)	Demonlover	Palm Pictures		$6,406	-57.72%	9	$712	$200,397	31
82	(67)	28 Days Later...	Fox Searchlight	Horror	$6,253	-57.69%	16	$391	$45,057,058	115
83	(89)	Northfork	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$6,175	+46.92%	12	$515	$1,397,978	101
84	(72)	The Housekeeper			$5,155	-50.14%	13	$397	$435,374	101
85	(66)	Bend it Like Beckham	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$5,135	-66.00%	16	$321	$32,541,719	222
86	(73)	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands			$4,640	-54.41%	9	$516	$132,406	52
87	(re-entry)	Confusion des Genres, La			$4,385		3	$1,462	$40,624	101
88	(85)	Respiro	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,364	-8.32%	7	$623	$1,067,853	150
89	(79)	Taking Sides	New Yorker		$4,240	-35.47%	3	$1,413	$128,644	45
90	(81)	The Cuckoo			$3,406	-38.20%	10	$341	$223,517	101
91	(98)	Autumn Spring	First Look	Comedy	$3,380	+21.50%	5	$676	$57,795	59
92	(104)	The Legend of Suriyothai			$3,219	+102.71%	7	$460	$436,265	122
93	(new)	High Times' Pot Luck			$3,168		2	$1,584	$3,168	3
94	(113)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$3,004	+275.50%	13	$231	$2,527,906	164
95	(106)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$2,241	+72.25%	2	$1,121	$6,941,893	1,697
96	(101)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$2,238	+2.94%	2	$1,119	$3,529,773	815
97	(92)	Cremaster 3			$2,211	-40.02%	3	$737	$475,906	178
98	(109)	Fassbinder			$2,000	+90.48%	2	$1,000	$153,028	248
99	(97)	On-Line	Indican Pictures		$1,782	-36.85%	1	$1,782	$145,602	115
100	(re-entry)	Touchez Pas au Grisbi			$1,693		1	$1,693	$95,793	45
101	(re-entry)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$1,611		2	$806	$415,977	276
102	(87)	The Event	ThinkFilm		$1,542	-65.56%	6	$257	$34,406	17
103	(112)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,527	+56.13%	2	$764	$1,708,907	395
104	(95)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$1,451	-53.35%	2	$725	$445,087	444
105	(96)	The Gatekeeper			$1,432	-52.33%	1	$1,432	$116,132	94
106	(100)	Owning Mahowny	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,294	-49.57%	3	$431	$1,011,054	171
107	(114)	Russian Ark	WellSpring	Drama	$1,200	+75.18%	1	$1,200	$3,009,313	311
108	(86)	The Calling	Testimony Pictures	Drama	$966	-79.60%	6	$161	$32,092	598
109	(90)	Madame Sata			$807	-80.79%	2	$404	$185,729	103
110	(115)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$737	+47.40%	1	$737	$4,307,800	1,284
111	(111)	Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)			$578	-42.20%	3	$193	$154,037	150
112	(99)	The Eye			$325	-87.71%	2	$163	$495,830	136
113	(re-entry)	The Son			$305		1	$305	$65,571	283
114	(117)	Tycoon			$288	+3.60%	1	$288	$119,257	129
115	(re-entry)	Venus Boyz	First Run Features	Documentary	$189		1	$189	$12,404	59
116	(102)	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator			$156	-91.70%	1	$156	$130,471	59