The Top Movies, Weekend of December 21, 2001

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line	Adventure	$47,211,490		3,359	$14,055	$74,368,000	5
2	(2)	Ocean's Eleven	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$14,716,582	-33.34%	3,075	$4,786	$102,011,604	17
3	(new)	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$13,832,786		3,139	$4,407	$13,832,786	3
4	(1)	Vanilla Sky	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$12,076,661	-51.72%	2,744	$4,401	$49,493,961	10
5	(new)	How High	Universal	Comedy	$7,102,260		1,266	$5,610	$7,102,260	3
6	(4)	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$7,092,906	-28.50%	3,311	$2,142	$267,750,733	38
7	(3)	Not Another Teen Movie	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,250,880	-58.38%	2,365	$2,220	$23,306,134	10
8	(new)	The Majestic	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,904,339		2,361	$2,077	$4,904,339	3
9	(6)	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,801,516	-23.67%	2,097	$1,813	$226,348,671	52
10	(new)	Joe Somebody	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,553,725		2,506	$1,418	$3,553,725	3
11	(5)	Behind Enemy Lines	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,198,907	-40.92%	1,808	$1,769	$45,127,954	24
12	(15)	The Royal Tenenbaums	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$1,268,860	+358.10%	40	$31,722	$2,455,438	10
13	(7)	Spy Game	Universal	Action	$921,570	-62.62%	834	$1,105	$59,949,435	33
14	(10)	Amelie	Miramax	Comedy	$770,897	-0.29%	250	$3,084	$14,094,192	52
15	(8)	Black Knight	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$553,567	-72.80%	647	$856	$30,971,902	33
16	(new)	A Beautiful Mind	Universal	Drama	$367,151		524	$701	$367,151	3
17	(9)	Shallow Hal	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$327,660	-78.05%	549	$597	$67,853,140	45
18	(21)	Serendipity	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$319,623	+76.17%	331	$966	$49,968,653	80
19	(27)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$215,221	+108.39%	19	$11,327	$6,181,995	318
20	(14)	The Wash	Lionsgate	Comedy	$215,098	-30.50%	299	$719	$9,756,000	40
21	(19)	The Man Who Wasn't There	USA Films	Drama	$167,989	-25.42%	143	$1,175	$6,690,000	54
22	(25)	The Business of Strangers	IFC Films	Drama	$141,741	+7.18%	60	$2,362	$495,907	17
23	(20)	Hardball	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$136,136	-35.00%	202	$674	$39,925,486	101
24	(40)	The Other Side of Heaven	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$125,426	+124.92%	17	$7,378	$221,554	10
25	(32)	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition		Documentary	$110,517	+49.15%	40	$2,763	$978,036	80
26	(13)	Domestic Disturbance	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$101,688	-76.09%	285	$357	$44,615,763	52
27	(12)	Thirteen Ghosts	Warner Bros.	Horror	$101,076	-76.50%	498	$203	$41,867,960	59
28	(28)	Novocaine	Artisan	Comedy	$91,143	-5.07%	171	$533	$1,816,725	38
29	(33)	In the Bedroom	Miramax	Drama	$83,227	+14.34%	58	$1,435	$782,826	31
30	(11)	Out Cold	Buena Vista	Comedy	$79,966	-88.49%	155	$516	$13,515,735	33
31	(31)	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$75,418	+1.44%	287	$263	$179,621,139	150
32	(17)	Training Day	Warner Bros.	Drama	$71,321	-68.90%	337	$212	$76,261,036	80
33	(24)	The Sidewalks of New York	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$69,545	-55.38%	82	$848	$2,274,786	33
34	(26)	Zoolander	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$69,020	-36.50%	161	$429	$45,030,243	87
35	(38)	Lantana		Drama	$66,461	-0.36%	8	$8,308	$164,742	10
36	(34)	Mulholland Drive	Universal	Drama	$64,485	-8.06%	60	$1,075	$5,493,838	77
37	(18)	Heist	New Line	Action	$62,984	-72.45%	521	$121	$23,483,357	45
38	(58)	The Devil's Backbone			$60,595	+230.36%	35	$1,731	$316,805	33
39	(23)	K-PAX	Universal	Drama	$58,035	-63.86%	132	$440	$50,173,190	59
40	(39)	Legally Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$52,408	-14.16%	228	$230	$96,493,426	164
41	(87)	Max Keeble's Big Move	Buena Vista	Comedy	$51,220	+873.58%	253	$202	$16,861,458	80
42	(55)	No Man's Land	MGM/UA	Drama	$43,301	+106.70%	15	$2,887	$130,266	17
43	(16)	Life as a House	New Line	Drama	$43,277	-84.22%	74	$585	$15,561,627	59
44	(36)	Waking Life		Drama	$37,406	-45.00%	50	$748	$2,462,473	66
45	(76)	Corky Romano	Buena Vista	Comedy	$35,676	+401.56%	106	$337	$23,490,399	73
46	(37)	The Princess Diaries	Buena Vista	Comedy	$35,290	-48.05%	116	$304	$108,093,190	143
47	(65)	Trembling Before G-D			$35,203	+160.88%	7	$5,029	$82,685	59
48	(53)	Kandahar	Avatar	Drama	$33,803	+60.04%	4	$8,451	$66,641	10
49	(29)	Bandits	MGM/UA	Comedy	$28,878	-64.79%	271	$107	$41,362,623	73
50	(89)	Dinner Rush		Drama	$19,673	+338.74%	5	$3,935	$551,189	87
51	(45)	Fat Girl			$16,203	-47.27%	6	$2,701	$476,866	73
52	(56)	Focus		Drama	$14,224	-31.05%	21	$677	$649,911	66
53	(63)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$14,067	+0.66%	19	$740	$1,680,983	150
54	(107)	Happenstance			$13,415	+571.09%	6	$2,236	$73,103	52
55	(60)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$12,847	-21.24%	8	$1,606	$38,062,099	1,158
56	(59)	Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy			$11,938	-32.65%	4	$2,985	$141,944	24
57	(43)	From Hell	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$11,917	-71.70%	48	$248	$31,488,725	66
58	(61)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$11,532	-23.74%	9	$1,281	$10,441,193	444
59	(88)	Behind the Sun	Miramax	Drama	$11,364	+143.29%	2	$5,682	$25,704	10
60	(41)	Don't Say a Word	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$9,634	-80.87%	49	$197	$54,888,194	87
61	(52)	Moulin Rouge	20th Century Fox	Musical	$9,627	-55.01%	12	$802	$57,012,254	220
62	(75)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$9,379	-4.68%	7	$1,340	$12,957,907	598
63	(78)	Burnt Money	Strand Releasing	Drama	$9,049	+31.89%	4	$2,262	$183,132	66
64	(70)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$8,869	-22.10%	8	$1,109	$11,995,552	787
65	(72)	Grateful Dawg			$8,865	-18.09%	14	$633	$307,793	80
66	(95)	Divided We Fall		Drama	$8,703	+134.33%	2	$4,352	$1,320,112	199
67	(42)	The Affair of the Necklace	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,868	-84.07%	8	$859	$382,319	24
68	(68)	Second Skin			$6,517	-46.63%	2	$3,259	$86,416	31
69	(99)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,589	+68.75%	6	$932	$11,804,153	1,007
70	(47)	Joy Ride	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$5,515	-77.13%	24	$230	$21,954,456	80
71	(74)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$5,042	-49.40%	11	$458	$3,179,690	9,725
72	(new)	Little Otek			$4,887		1	$4,887	$4,887	3
73	(82)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$4,826	-19.47%	4	$1,207	$10,560,709	969
74	(83)	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)			$4,684	-19.03%	13	$360	$774,778	87
75	(64)	Tuvalu	Indican Pictures		$4,442	-67.90%	2	$2,221	$86,640	374
76	(84)	All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!	IMAX Films		$4,381	-22.50%	4	$1,095	$992,223	262
77	(93)	Eban and Charlie			$3,882	-5.18%	1	$3,882	$10,400	10
78	(80)	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,430	-45.06%	36	$95	$84,037,039	199
79	(91)	Gabriela		Drama	$3,166	-27.58%	4	$792	$2,302,683	283
80	(109)	My First Mister			$2,937	+59.88%	5	$587	$613,463	73
81	(92)	Donnie Darko	Newmarket Films	Drama	$2,413	-42.83%	6	$402	$416,484	59
82	(115)	Life and Debt			$1,965	+55.46%	2	$983	$119,057	185
83	(69)	Come Undone			$1,911	-83.68%	1	$1,911	$325,838	178
84	(127)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,443	+249.39%	2	$722	$15,800,610	2,257
85	(117)	Princessa			$1,440	+33.33%	1	$1,440	$8,676	17
86	(102)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,426	-46.05%	2	$713	$17,170,429	1,627
87	(119)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,354	+31.97%	2	$677	$14,984,019	2,439
88	(101)	The Deep End	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$1,325	-52.86%	3	$442	$8,821,782	138
89	(90)	Sexy Beast	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,311	-70.57%	2	$656	$6,940,281	194
90	(79)	Together		Genre Unknown	$1,167	-82.07%	1	$1,167	$999,710	228
91	(122)	An American Rhapsody	Paramount Classics	Drama	$1,085	+32.48%	5	$217	$787,987	136
92	(86)	Ghost World	MGM/UA	Comedy	$883	-83.46%	7	$126	$6,098,545	157
93	(121)	The Town is Quiet			$826	-9.53%	1	$826	$38,433	59
94	(130)	Haiku Tunnel			$477	+35.90%	3	$159	$249,469	101
95	(100)	The Vertical Ray of the Sun			$396	-86.12%	2	$198	$455,187	171
96	(111)	Happy Accidents			$212	-87.75%	1	$212	$688,510	122
97	(133)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$112	+69.70%	1	$112	$2,136,630	1,270

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