The Top Movies, Weekend of October 24, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Scary Movie 3	Dimension	Comedy	$48,113,770		3,505	$13,727	$48,113,770	3
2	(1)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	New Line	Horror	$14,468,555	-48.50%	3,018	$4,794	$50,919,462	10
3	(new)	Radio	Sony Pictures	Drama	$13,303,724		3,074	$4,328	$13,303,724	3
4	(3)	Runaway Jury	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$8,446,650	-28.64%	2,815	$3,001	$24,057,433	10
5	(5)	Mystic River	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,787,255	-25.45%	1,493	$5,216	$24,733,033	19
6	(4)	The School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,521,355	-40.75%	2,951	$2,210	$63,392,926	24
7	(2)	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Miramax	Action	$6,355,590	-48.85%	2,633	$2,414	$54,037,681	17
8	(6)	Good Boy!	MGM/UA	Comedy	$5,065,102	-43.30%	2,762	$1,834	$32,104,866	17
9	(7)	Intolerable Cruelty	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$3,629,860	-44.28%	2,290	$1,585	$28,252,815	17
10	(9)	Under the Tuscan Sun	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,287,114	-32.32%	1,224	$1,869	$37,249,294	31
11	(new)	Beyond Borders	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,076,402		1,798	$1,155	$2,076,402	3
12	(8)	Out of Time	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$1,541,684	-61.48%	1,565	$985	$37,784,098	24
13	(11)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$1,483,166	-22.07%	568	$2,611	$23,111,364	45
14	(10)	The Rundown	Universal	Action	$1,003,900	-63.90%	1,128	$890	$46,194,665	31
15	(12)	Secondhand Lions	New Line	Drama	$997,905	-47.06%	986	$1,012	$39,960,250	38
16	(19)	Luther	RS Entertainment	Drama	$500,025	+32.21%	177	$2,825	$4,425,567	31
17	(16)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$482,013	-26.27%	379	$1,272	$301,243,790	110
18	(18)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$435,507	-14.86%	404	$1,078	$338,746,985	150
19	(13)	The House of the Dead	Artisan	Horror	$379,848	-78.46%	798	$476	$9,781,518	17
20	(14)	The Fighting Temptations	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$342,524	-66.90%	452	$758	$29,329,798	38
21	(17)	Veronica Guerin	Buena Vista	Drama	$306,313	-49.89%	472	$649	$1,210,700	10
22	(new)	Brother Bear	Buena Vista	Adventure	$291,940		2	$145,970	$291,940	3
23	(22)	The Station Agent	Miramax	Drama	$260,634	+17.85%	58	$4,494	$748,617	24
24	(15)	Underworld	Sony Pictures	Action	$210,974	-76.58%	278	$759	$50,991,879	38
25	(32)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$192,552	+63.88%	54	$3,566	$739,205	31
26	(51)	Pieces of April	MGM/UA	Comedy	$185,654	+283.41%	35	$5,304	$254,898	10
27	(23)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$171,385	-22.17%	227	$755	$119,352,050	94
28	(29)	Wonderland	Lionsgate	Drama	$163,794	+12.46%	195	$840	$590,750	24
29	(42)	Sylvia	Focus Features	Drama	$159,286	+170.25%	32	$4,978	$247,486	10
30	(37)	Open Range	Buena Vista	Western	$131,303	+59.78%	258	$509	$58,061,597	73
31	(26)	S.W.A.T.	Sony Pictures	Action	$128,266	-23.87%	188	$682	$116,521,858	80
32	(27)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$104,367	-31.84%	198	$527	$108,628,715	82
33	(new)	In the Cut	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$97,625		6	$16,271	$131,413	5
34	(30)	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$97,511	-30.53%	67	$1,455	$5,937,660	38
35	(new)	Elephant	Fine Line	Drama	$93,356		6	$15,559	$93,356	3
36	(21)	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Sony Pictures	Action	$85,053	-69.16%	114	$746	$55,845,943	45
37	(34)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$71,296	-23.53%	20	$3,565	$44,448,584	556
38	(33)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$71,130	-30.55%	130	$547	$65,568,328	94
39	(24)	Matchstick Men	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$67,875	-66.59%	118	$575	$36,400,184	45
40	(49)	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Distributor Unknown	Drama	$60,263	+9.92%	34	$1,772	$799,435	45
41	(20)	Cold Creek Manor	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$58,895	-78.97%	139	$424	$20,968,157	38
42	(38)	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Action	$54,711	-15.99%	25	$2,188	$281,492,479	165
43	(52)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$50,194	+7.16%	22	$2,282	$14,985,205	199
44	(40)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$40,382	-33.70%	96	$421	$20,661,128	143
45	(45)	Step Into Liquid	Artisan	Documentary	$38,134	-33.03%	46	$829	$3,590,102	80
46	(48)	American Splendor	Fine Line	Drama	$37,623	-31.56%	64	$588	$5,755,696	73
47	(54)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$37,576	+3.74%	5	$7,515	$7,420,849	969
48	(44)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$36,353	-36.44%	14	$2,597	$7,864,480	101
49	(43)	Thirteen	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$36,267	-37.27%	44	$824	$4,500,238	68
50	(58)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$34,864	+16.72%	42	$830	$10,553,966	192
51	(50)	My Life Without Me	Sony Pictures		$34,082	-35.30%	30	$1,136	$261,013	31
52	(47)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$33,584	-39.88%	90	$373	$110,987,322	94
53	(28)	Cabin Fever	Lionsgate	Horror	$31,942	-78.66%	53	$603	$20,891,110	45
54	(new)	The Singing Detective	Paramount Pictures		$28,324		5	$5,665	$28,324	3
55	(56)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$27,679	-19.48%	48	$577	$4,799,414	87
56	(31)	Duplex	Miramax	Comedy	$25,717	-79.84%	71	$362	$9,576,611	31
57	(55)	Casa de los Babys	IFC Films	Drama	$24,956	-29.55%	48	$520	$420,416	38
58	(61)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$23,711	-2.39%	6	$3,952	$46,284,887	1,830
59	(53)	The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$22,676	-40.96%	33	$687	$106,110,295	150
60	(62)	Girls Will Be Girls	IFC Films		$21,606	-1.96%	14	$1,543	$72,344	24
61	(41)	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$21,080	-65.13%	56	$376	$22,554,416	52
62	(70)	Bus 174	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$20,134	+108.86%	5	$4,027	$53,104	19
63	(46)	My Boss's Daughter	Dimension	Romantic Comedy	$19,122	-65.84%	53	$361	$15,530,967	66
64	(65)	The Flower of Evil			$17,954	+13.55%	16	$1,122	$58,914	17
65	(59)	Returner			$14,710	-49.65%	10	$1,471	$56,627	10
66	(66)	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$14,177	-6.40%	25	$567	$66,439,141	108
67	(68)	Le Divorce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$11,249	+14.93%	9	$1,250	$9,074,550	80
68	(86)	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands			$9,195	+98.17%	12	$766	$143,580	59
69	(71)	Balthazar	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$9,070	+8.95%	1	$9,070	$23,705	10
70	(69)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$8,727	-10.33%	3	$2,909	$14,167,953	1,459
71	(92)	The Legend of Suriyothai			$8,396	+160.83%	7	$1,199	$447,952	129
72	(67)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$8,184	-20.57%	10	$818	$3,514,158	87
73	(74)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$6,355	-16.13%	8	$794	$502,560	95
74	(73)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$5,949	-23.30%	8	$744	$5,702,058	180
75	(79)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$5,185	-24.58%	4	$1,296	$240,041	129
76	(84)	The Housekeeper			$4,733	-8.19%	9	$526	$442,857	108
77	(90)	The Cuckoo			$3,549	+4.20%	7	$507	$232,041	108
78	(104)	The Gatekeeper			$3,503	+144.62%	1	$3,503	$119,816	101
79	(82)	28 Days Later...	Fox Searchlight	Horror	$3,479	-44.36%	8	$435	$45,063,889	122
80	(83)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$3,361	-45.57%	12	$280	$1,403,212	108
81	(76)	Carnage	WellSpring	Drama	$3,286	-56.54%	2	$1,643	$37,820	52
82	(75)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$2,999	-60.37%	1	$2,999	$4,684,480	283
83	(87)	Confusion des Genres, La			$2,748	-37.33%	3	$916	$45,103	108
84	(80)	The Order	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$2,699	-59.92%	9	$300	$7,659,747	52
85	(97)	Fassbinder			$2,638	+31.90%	6	$440	$160,854	255
86	(93)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Classics	Drama	$2,482	-17.38%	12	$207	$2,532,385	171
87	(95)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$2,212	-1.16%	2	$1,106	$3,533,954	822
88	(re-entry)	O Fantasma			$2,117		1	$2,117	$121,086	339
89	(77)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Classics	Drama	$2,070	-72.40%	2	$1,035	$727,241	87
90	(94)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,840	-17.89%	2	$920	$6,944,225	1,704
91	(72)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$1,813	-76.89%	3	$604	$450,279	143
92	(109)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,777	+141.11%	1	$1,777	$4,310,617	1,291
93	(91)	Autumn Spring	First Look	Comedy	$1,590	-52.96%	3	$530	$62,418	66
94	(103)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$1,571	+8.31%	2	$786	$447,085	451
95	(81)	Demonlover	Palm Pictures		$1,509	-76.44%	3	$503	$206,001	38
96	(102)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,471	-3.67%	2	$736	$1,711,391	402
97	(88)	Respiro	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,199	-72.53%	2	$600	$1,070,444	157
98	(115)	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator			$1,073	+587.82%	3	$358	$131,712	66
99	(106)	Russian Ark			$1,000	-16.67%	1	$1,000	$3,010,313	318
100	(96)	Cremaster 3			$882	-60.11%	2	$441	$480,438	185
101	(110)	Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)			$631	+9.17%	3	$210	$154,668	157
102	(108)	Madame Sata			$576	-28.62%	1	$576	$186,955	110
103	(100)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$510	-68.34%	1	$510	$416,487	283
104	(101)	The Event	ThinkFilm		$435	-71.79%	2	$218	$35,518	24
105	(111)	The Eye			$341	+4.92%	2	$171	$497,014	143
106	(78)	Emerald Cowboy	Indican Pictures		$189	-97.26%	1	$189	$51,543	38
107	(re-entry)	Marooned in Iraq			$93		2	$47	$137,488	185
108	(114)	Venus Boyz	First Run	Documentary	$40	-78.84%	1	$40	$12,444	66

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