The Top Movies of Saturday, August 17, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	xXx	Sony Pictures	Action	$8,638,046	+22.01%	3,388	$2,550	$77,570,176	9
2	(2)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$8,035,430	+32.70%	3,344	$2,403	$145,241,307	16
3	(3)	Blue Crush	Universal	Drama	$4,743,175	-17.49%	3,002	$1,580	$10,492,005	2
4	(4)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Miramax/Dimension	Adventure	$4,633,791	+32.64%	3,307	$1,401	$42,215,762	11
5	(5)	Austin Powers in Goldmember	New Line	Comedy	$3,556,340	+30.80%	3,113	$1,142	$181,442,757	24
6	(6)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$2,405,531	+51.34%	1,064	$2,261	$51,072,146	121
7	(7)	Blood Work	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,024,229	+42.31%	2,525	$802	$13,948,794	9
8	(8)	The Road to Perdition	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$1,655,075	+52.26%	1,914	$865	$89,244,957	37
9	(9)	The Master of Disguise	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,267,841	+26.43%	2,137	$593	$29,395,156	16
10	(10)	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$824,834	+13.32%	2,320	$356	$1,552,704	2
11	(11)	Stuart Little 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$763,788	+36.10%	1,714	$446	$56,452,145	30
12	(12)	Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$681,898	+32.71%	774	$881	$15,514,479	16
13	(13)	Possession	Focus Features	Drama	$642,051	+30.57%	270	$2,378	$1,133,789	2
14	(14)	Men in Black 2	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$442,414	+45.43%	1,223	$362	$188,247,349	46
15	(15)	The Good Girl	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$335,724	+37.27%	60	$5,595	$900,523	11
16	(16)	The Bourne Identity	Universal	Action	$288,990	+39.29%	494	$585	$115,713,860	65
17	(17)	Minority Report	20th Century Fox	Action	$235,808	+35.86%	506	$466	$128,960,694	58
18	(18)	K-19: The Widowmaker	Paramount Pictures	Action	$179,389	+39.69%	1,004	$179	$33,751,956	30
19	(20)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$137,697	+42.11%	278	$495	$299,309,889	94
20	(19)	Mr. Deeds	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$129,435	+30.84%	456	$284	$123,587,034	51
21	(21)	Like Mike	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$100,585	+63.39%	300	$335	$49,918,869	46
22	(22)	24 Hour Party People	MGM	Drama	$52,758	+27.54%	18	$2,931	$156,140	9
23	(23)	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$39,099	+43.71%	206	$190	$73,095,359	86
24	(25)	The Powerpuff Girls	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$31,542	+107.68%	208	$152	$11,296,930	46
25	(26)	Eight Legged Freaks	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$28,007	+116.14%	63	$445	$16,531,146	32
26	(24)	Spider-Man	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$24,832	-2.73%	74	$336	$403,689,347	107
27	(27)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$16,983	+56.31%	2	$8,492	$27,848	2