The Top Movies, Weekend of November 1, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$29,008,696		3,350	$8,659	$29,008,696	3
2	(2)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$18,117,187	-2.01%	2,808	$6,452	$64,543,397	17
3	(new)	I Spy	Sony Pictures	Action	$12,752,803		3,182	$4,008	$12,752,803	3
4	(1)	Jackass: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$12,729,732	-44.08%	2,530	$5,032	$42,121,857	10
5	(3)	Ghost Ship	Warner Bros.	Horror	$6,654,469	-42.15%	2,787	$2,388	$21,349,562	10
6	(5)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$5,623,149	-9.44%	1,977	$2,844	$185,244,976	199
7	(4)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,598,229	-29.52%	2,441	$1,884	$113,447,131	38
8	(7)	Punch-Drunk Love	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,003,535	+21.02%	1,252	$3,198	$10,861,175	24
9	(6)	Red Dragon	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$2,728,595	-41.46%	1,949	$1,400	$89,047,085	31
10	(9)	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,672,437	-39.93%	854	$1,958	$24,592,014	24
11	(18)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$1,541,193	+43.08%	162	$9,514	$4,518,239	24
12	(10)	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Artisan	Adventure	$1,493,324	-45.78%	1,604	$931	$21,621,641	31
13	(12)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,475,385	-42.81%	1,237	$1,193	$16,090,442	24
14	(new)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,441,922		58	$24,861	$1,441,922	3
15	(8)	The Transporter	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,289,040	-54.16%	1,114	$1,157	$23,550,484	24
16	(14)	The Truth About Charlie	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,257,085	-44.63%	755	$1,665	$4,159,690	10
17	(16)	Barbershop	MGM/UA	Comedy	$1,159,026	-27.88%	1,173	$988	$72,708,530	52
18	(11)	The Tuxedo	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$1,150,739	-55.81%	1,255	$917	$48,220,585	38
19	(31)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$1,000,862	+385.86%	47	$21,295	$1,323,935	10
20	(13)	Abandon	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$876,788	-62.66%	1,731	$507	$9,819,915	17
21	(15)	White Oleander	Warner Bros.	Drama	$833,488	-53.08%	801	$1,041	$15,117,430	24
22	(32)	Comedian	Miramax	Documentary	$689,436	+235.79%	225	$3,064	$1,133,891	24
23	(17)	Paid in Full	Rat Entertainment	Drama	$651,092	-51.00%	273	$2,385	$2,311,626	10
24	(37)	Auto Focus	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$626,573	+272.23%	461	$1,359	$1,047,856	17
25	(23)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$472,873	+29.20%	124	$3,813	$1,224,679	17
26	(22)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$312,224	-24.93%	136	$2,296	$4,417,007	45
27	(21)	Moonlight Mile	Buena Vista	Drama	$267,754	-46.19%	279	$960	$6,313,636	38
28	(25)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$225,885	-28.95%	64	$3,529	$26,968,883	199
29	(29)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$204,401	-18.86%	119	$1,718	$3,061,292	45
30	(28)	Lilo & Stitch	Buena Vista	Adventure	$201,101	-25.42%	281	$716	$145,177,433	136
31	(26)	The Rules of Attraction	Lionsgate	Black Comedy	$198,151	-34.93%	191	$1,037	$6,291,560	24
32	(24)	The Banger Sisters	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$172,000	-51.04%	247	$696	$29,676,430	45
33	(35)	8 Women	Focus Features	Musical	$162,764	-7.26%	75	$2,170	$2,547,927	45
34	(20)	Knockaround Guys	New Line	Drama	$161,309	-80.05%	277	$582	$11,509,127	24
35	(56)	Roger Dodger		Black Comedy	$156,753	+230.49%	25	$6,270	$221,584	10
36	(34)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$132,802	-34.07%	195	$681	$225,767,874	94
37	(33)	Igby Goes Down	MGM/UA	Comedy	$127,254	-37.78%	102	$1,248	$4,303,748	52
38	(42)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$112,735	-10.45%	99	$1,139	$3,787,220	80
39	(40)	Austin Powers in Goldmember	New Line	Comedy	$110,753	-29.97%	209	$530	$213,079,163	102
40	(47)	The Man from Elysian Fields		Comedy	$104,408	+4.23%	39	$2,677	$778,832	38
41	(19)	Formula 51	Screen Media Films	Action	$101,067	-89.52%	196	$516	$5,142,921	17
42	(39)	The Master of Disguise	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$94,894	-40.59%	136	$698	$40,143,371	94
43	(38)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$93,037	-42.92%	132	$705	$31,203,196	75
44	(44)	Heaven	Miramax		$88,263	-20.39%	38	$2,323	$534,110	31
45	(48)	The Bourne Identity	Universal	Action	$79,980	-15.61%	93	$860	$121,378,735	143
46	(30)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension	Adventure	$79,360	-65.74%	280	$283	$84,938,683	89
47	(49)	Bloody Sunday	Paramount Classics	Drama	$74,735	-13.50%	42	$1,779	$458,166	31
48	(36)	Pokemon 4Ever	Miramax	Adventure	$70,796	-58.96%	240	$295	$1,590,975	24
49	(74)	City by the Sea	Warner Bros.	Drama	$70,769	+412.00%	185	$383	$22,369,941	59
50	(51)	The Grey Zone			$60,919	+2.77%	35	$1,741	$186,080	17
51	(new)	The Weight of Water			$45,888		27	$1,700	$45,888	3
52	(52)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$45,330	-22.19%	8	$5,666	$5,303,534	612
53	(54)	Swimfan	20th Century Fox	Drama	$44,483	-11.20%	89	$500	$28,450,609	59
54	(65)	All or Nothing	MGM/UA	Drama	$40,479	+56.35%	16	$2,530	$77,220	10
55	(55)	Stuart Little 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$34,956	-27.79%	73	$479	$64,145,915	108
56	(53)	Mr. Deeds	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$32,007	-40.86%	55	$582	$126,020,136	129
57	(58)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$30,795	-15.88%	23	$1,339	$435,797	38
58	(46)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$30,068	-72.08%	11	$2,733	$1,202,490	45
59	(43)	The Four Feathers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$29,841	-75.22%	78	$383	$18,120,893	45
60	(64)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$26,742	-0.86%	6	$4,457	$14,259,082	913
61	(70)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$23,754	+35.41%	5	$4,751	$173,160	40
62	(67)	The Good Girl	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$22,380	-8.16%	56	$400	$13,885,305	89
63	(62)	The Last Kiss		Drama	$22,345	-25.39%	20	$1,117	$964,023	80
64	(68)	Naqoyqatsi	Miramax		$22,318	+11.18%	9	$2,480	$88,256	17
65	(new)	Tully		Drama	$21,162		6	$3,527	$21,162	3
66	(new)	Quai des Orfevres			$13,139		1	$13,139	$29,067	3
67	(77)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$12,761		2	$6,381	$41,737,972	1,473
68	(81)	Derrida			$12,480	+8.78%	1	$12,480	$36,229	12
69	(45)	Waking Up in Reno	Miramax		$11,829	-89.14%	67	$177	$170,026	10
70	(82)	Skins			$11,782	+3.50%	8	$1,473	$156,419	38
71	(69)	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Warner Bros.	Action	$10,533	-45.18%	17	$620	$14,165,662	45
72	(63)	Like Mike	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$10,187	-62.30%	50	$204	$51,412,125	124
73	(108)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$10,096	+217.58%	8	$1,262	$13,791,525	1,102
74	(98)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$9,982	+35.59%	5	$1,996	$375,822	640
75	(78)	Welcome to Collinwood	Warner Bros.		$9,802	-22.19%	7	$1,400	$245,486	31
76	(96)	On Guard			$8,572	+14.60%	1	$8,572	$37,766	17
77	(75)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$7,932	-41.48%	6	$1,322	$488,528	115
78	(92)	Notorious C.H.O.		Documentary	$7,840	-5.92%	6	$1,307	$1,019,305	129
79	(86)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$7,500	-21.55%	3	$2,500	$6,622,246	1,347
80	(91)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$7,367	-11.60%	4	$1,842	$18,295,509	1,942
81	(80)	My Wife is an Actress		Comedy	$7,056	-39.94%	5	$1,411	$1,054,763	115
82	(73)	The Debut		Comedy	$7,028	-50.69%	2	$3,514	$1,735,813	598
83	(88)	Read My Lips		Drama	$6,444	-31.74%	11	$586	$1,345,030	122
84	(new)	Love in the Time of Money			$6,259		4	$1,565	$6,259	3
85	(95)	The Seven Samurai			$5,590	-27.22%	2	$2,795	$116,292	66
86	(re-entry)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$5,340		4	$1,335	$56,659	94
87	(87)	Fidel			$5,082	-46.49%	1	$5,082	$50,229	17
88	(84)	Pandora's Box		Thriller/Suspense	$5,040	-53.19%	7	$720	$749,788	87
89	(112)	Satin Rouge			$4,970	+74.39%	5	$994	$202,859	73
90	(97)	The Kurosawa Series			$4,876	-34.32%	2	$2,438	$293,137	101
91	(104)	Serving Sara	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,684	+7.28%	10	$468	$16,813,908	73
92	(89)	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,513	-51.16%	4	$1,128	$3,265,109	164
93	(85)	Mad Love (2002)			$4,398	-56.31%	5	$880	$232,349	66
94	(93)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$3,994	-51.20%	5	$799	$2,916,832	465
95	(111)	Safe Conduct			$3,830	+33.87%	1	$3,830	$26,214	24
96	(102)	Late Marriage		Drama	$3,281	-35.77%	4	$820	$1,542,895	171
97	(83)	The Country Bears	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,053	-72.91%	21	$145	$16,988,996	101
98	(100)	I am Trying to Break Your Heart			$2,430	-59.02%	7	$347	$381,313	101
99	(re-entry)	Girls Can't Swim			$2,250		2	$1,125	$66,692	199
100	(114)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,220	-15.11%	2	$1,110	$15,939,812	2,572
101	(106)	His Secret Life			$2,205	-42.22%	2	$1,103	$102,583	45
102	(109)	Sunshine State		Drama	$2,150	-28.76%	5	$430	$3,058,140	136
103	(re-entry)	Lan Yu			$1,993		1	$1,993	$106,320	115
104	(re-entry)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$1,954		2	$977	$124,347	52
105	(101)	The Piano Teacher		Drama	$1,780	-67.32%	3	$593	$1,700,235	220
106	(72)	All the Queen's Men	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$1,568	-89.56%	5	$314	$22,723	10
107	(113)	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Buena Vista	Documentary	$1,520	-45.60%	5	$304	$4,193,901	178
108	(116)	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys		Drama	$1,452	-31.61%	2	$726	$1,777,523	143
109	(120)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,254	-13.81%	2	$627	$2,281,741	1,585
110	(117)	Destinees, Les			$1,250	-40.31%	1	$1,250	$217,453	213
111	(118)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$995	-50.25%	1	$995	$4,216,936	934
112	(103)	Just a Kiss			$945	-78.60%	6	$158	$61,739	38
113	(126)	Tosca			$903	+164.04%	1	$903	$44,894	115
114	(110)	Happy Times			$878	-69.78%	4	$220	$238,115	101
115	(123)	The Singles Ward		Comedy	$875	-21.38%	2	$438	$1,250,798	276
116	(re-entry)	The Isle			$833		2	$417	$20,345	73
117	(99)	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$755	-87.48%	1	$755	$25,487,028	307
118	(re-entry)	Murderous Maids			$709		1	$709	$223,777	199
119	(99)	Beauty and the Beast	Buena Vista	Musical	$670	-88.89%	1	$670	$83,885	4,009
120	(new)	Besotted	Artistic License	Comedy	$656		1	$656	$656	3
121	(re-entry)	Cuba Feliz			$510		1	$510	$21,135	143
122	(re-entry)	Warm Water Under a Red Bridge			$485		1	$485	$62,044	185
123	(129)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$296	+13.85%	1	$296	$15,052	2,754
124	(124)	The Producers			$273	-67.15%	1	$273	$93,558	150
125	(128)	Kandahar	Avatar	Drama	$250	-16.67%	1	$250	$1,412,958	325
126	(re-entry)	Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars			$234		2	$117	$118,853	117
127	(re-entry)	Sex with Strangers		Documentary	$180		1	$180	$246,273	255

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