The Top Movies, Weekend of November 8, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$51,240,555		2,470	$20,745	$51,240,555	3
2	(1)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$24,734,523	-14.73%	3,352	$7,379	$60,038,513	10
3	(2)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$15,507,802	-14.40%	2,927	$5,298	$85,601,983	24
4	(3)	I Spy	Sony Pictures	Action	$8,809,800	-30.92%	3,182	$2,769	$24,487,959	10
5	(4)	Jackass: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,106,194	-44.18%	2,532	$2,807	$53,225,646	17
6	(6)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$5,854,005	+4.11%	1,975	$2,964	$192,857,165	206
7	(7)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,810,839	-17.12%	2,004	$1,902	$118,548,539	45
8	(5)	Ghost Ship	Warner Bros.	Horror	$3,157,407	-52.55%	2,361	$1,337	$26,171,019	17
9	(new)	Femme Fatale	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,776,248		1,066	$2,604	$3,430,876	5
10	(19)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$2,754,118	+175.17%	319	$8,634	$4,506,816	17
11	(8)	Punch-Drunk Love	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,501,670	-37.51%	1,293	$1,935	$14,513,079	31
12	(9)	Red Dragon	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,562,320	-42.74%	1,324	$1,180	$91,467,655	38
13	(11)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$1,559,426	+1.18%	222	$7,024	$6,783,493	31
14	(14)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,389,848	-3.61%	58	$23,963	$3,383,729	10
15	(13)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,086,229	-26.38%	1,090	$997	$17,634,258	31
16	(12)	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Artisan	Adventure	$1,062,891	-28.82%	1,497	$710	$23,132,407	38
17	(17)	Barbershop	MGM/UA	Comedy	$1,057,007	-8.80%	984	$1,074	$74,042,184	59
18	(10)	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,037,627	-37.96%	649	$1,599	$26,003,024	31
19	(18)	The Tuxedo	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$649,104	-43.59%	755	$860	$49,152,944	45
20	(15)	The Transporter	20th Century Fox	Action	$588,301	-54.36%	569	$1,034	$24,553,455	31
21	(25)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$526,357	+11.31%	146	$3,605	$1,893,668	24
22	(16)	The Truth About Charlie	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$502,005	-60.07%	502	$1,000	$5,042,630	17
23	(22)	Comedian	Miramax	Documentary	$485,955	-29.51%	244	$1,992	$1,808,006	31
24	(21)	White Oleander	Warner Bros.	Drama	$412,140	-50.55%	432	$954	$15,802,451	31
25	(23)	Paid in Full	Rat Entertainment	Drama	$291,457	-55.24%	234	$1,246	$2,847,332	17
26	(20)	Abandon	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$289,304	-67.00%	764	$379	$10,382,353	24
27	(26)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$269,983	-13.53%	128	$2,109	$4,787,610	52
28	(24)	Auto Focus	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$248,423	-60.35%	349	$712	$1,531,368	24
29	(28)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$223,630	-1.00%	53	$4,219	$27,422,662	206
30	(new)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$211,279		6	$35,213	$211,279	3
31	(30)	Lilo & Stitch	Buena Vista	Adventure	$198,591	-1.25%	272	$730	$145,434,644	143
32	(27)	Moonlight Mile	Buena Vista	Drama	$177,080	-33.86%	208	$851	$6,575,106	45
33	(35)	Roger Dodger		Black Comedy	$170,578	+8.82%	34	$5,017	$446,591	17
34	(32)	The Banger Sisters	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$168,988	-1.75%	261	$647	$29,917,216	52
35	(29)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$143,119	-29.98%	95	$1,507	$3,298,565	52
36	(33)	8 Women	Focus Features	Musical	$128,606	-20.99%	61	$2,108	$2,738,398	52
37	(36)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$111,292	-16.20%	156	$713	$225,934,096	101
38	(37)	Igby Goes Down	MGM/UA	Comedy	$106,082	-16.64%	92	$1,153	$4,454,795	59
39	(40)	The Man from Elysian Fields		Comedy	$92,282	-11.61%	44	$2,097	$901,828	45
40	(42)	The Master of Disguise	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$85,104	-10.32%	116	$734	$40,245,712	101
41	(31)	The Rules of Attraction	Lionsgate	Black Comedy	$85,020	-57.09%	105	$810	$6,466,416	31
42	(38)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$82,169	-27.11%	76	$1,081	$3,907,014	87
43	(46)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension	Adventure	$76,694	-3.36%	195	$393	$85,046,097	96
44	(43)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$66,391	-28.64%	113	$588	$31,312,760	82
45	(91)	Serving Sara	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$66,307	+1,315.61%	133	$499	$16,881,019	80
46	(71)	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Warner Bros.	Action	$65,825	+524.94%	195	$338	$14,235,059	52
47	(47)	Bloody Sunday	Paramount Classics	Drama	$65,365	-12.54%	54	$1,210	$555,414	38
48	(44)	Heaven	Miramax		$63,535	-28.02%	30	$2,118	$630,553	38
49	(45)	The Bourne Identity	Universal	Action	$61,855	-22.66%	72	$859	$121,468,960	150
50	(new)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$60,007		9	$6,667	$88,213	5
51	(34)	Knockaround Guys	New Line	Drama	$55,025	-65.89%	108	$509	$11,632,420	31
52	(48)	Pokemon 4Ever	Miramax	Adventure	$54,499	-23.02%	211	$258	$1,669,596	31
53	(50)	The Grey Zone			$49,018	-19.54%	35	$1,401	$265,306	24
54	(69)	Waking Up in Reno	Miramax		$45,509	+284.72%	154	$296	$220,884	17
55	(55)	Stuart Little 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$43,357	+24.03%	65	$667	$64,198,220	115
56	(53)	Swimfan	20th Century Fox	Drama	$38,468	-13.52%	84	$458	$28,504,611	66
57	(65)	Tully		Drama	$36,310	+71.58%	8	$4,539	$65,237	10
58	(49)	City by the Sea	Warner Bros.	Drama	$32,070	-54.68%	94	$341	$22,433,915	66
59	(56)	Mr. Deeds	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$31,561	-1.39%	57	$554	$126,071,486	136
60	(75)	Welcome to Collinwood	Warner Bros.		$30,318	+209.30%	45	$674	$278,943	38
61	(63)	The Last Kiss		Drama	$25,650	+14.79%	21	$1,221	$1,001,122	87
62	(41)	Formula 51	Screen Media Films	Action	$25,621	-74.65%	47	$545	$5,204,007	24
63	(52)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$25,122	-44.58%	5	$5,024	$5,330,548	619
64	(57)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$24,807	-19.44%	21	$1,181	$477,631	45
65	(68)	Derrida			$23,629	+89.33%	3	$7,876	$65,479	19
66	(59)	The Four Feathers	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$20,354	-31.79%	45	$452	$18,150,867	52
67	(54)	All or Nothing	MGM/UA	Drama	$19,171	-52.64%	15	$1,278	$112,935	17
68	(58)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$17,977	-40.21%	7	$2,568	$1,225,860	52
69	(70)	Skins			$16,531	+40.31%	18	$918	$175,757	45
70	(62)	The Good Girl	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$14,983	-33.05%	38	$394	$13,911,897	96
71	(new)	God is Great, I'm Not			$13,850		1	$13,850	$15,243	3
72	(90)	The Kurosawa Series			$13,570	+178.30%	3	$4,523	$316,098	108
73	(51)	The Weight of Water			$12,913	-71.86%	14	$922	$76,074	10
74	(67)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$12,608	-1.20%	5	$2,522	$41,778,018	1,480
75	(74)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$12,544	+25.67%	3	$4,181	$393,838	647
76	(64)	Naqoyqatsi	Miramax		$11,236	-49.65%	6	$1,873	$111,651	24
77	(85)	The Seven Samurai			$10,925	+95.44%	2	$5,463	$131,427	73
78	(104)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$10,285	+426.36%	6	$1,714	$136,079	59
79	(73)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$9,615	-4.76%	5	$1,923	$13,806,856	1,109
80	(72)	Like Mike	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,093	-10.74%	30	$303	$51,423,827	131
81	(93)	Mad Love (2002)			$8,414	+91.31%	6	$1,402	$250,137	73
82	(76)	On Guard			$7,138	-16.73%	4	$1,785	$50,118	24
83	(77)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$6,904	-12.96%	2	$3,452	$499,386	122
84	(79)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$6,499	-13.35%	2	$3,250	$6,630,134	1,354
85	(99)	The Phantom of Liberty			$6,172		1	$6,172	$6,172	3
86	(92)	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,974	+32.37%	3	$1,991	$3,273,488	171
87	(new)	Hush (2002)			$5,322		2	$2,661	$5,322	3
88	(82)	The Debut		Comedy	$5,062	-27.97%	2	$2,531	$1,743,570	605
89	(83)	Read My Lips		Drama	$4,174	-35.23%	7	$596	$1,350,556	129
90	(94)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$4,161	+4.18%	4	$1,040	$2,935,286	472
91	(89)	Satin Rouge			$3,769	-24.16%	3	$1,256	$208,769	80
92	(re-entry)	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	Kino		$3,367		1	$3,367	$58,608	52
93	(86)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$3,029	-43.28%	1	$3,029	$60,982	101
94	(re-entry)	In Praise of Love			$2,871		3	$957	$220,380	66
95	(78)	Notorious C.H.O.		Documentary	$2,636	-66.38%	2	$1,318	$1,024,015	136
96	(98)	I am Trying to Break Your Heart			$2,392	-1.56%	4	$598	$396,531	108
97	(102)	Sunshine State		Drama	$2,070	-3.72%	5	$414	$3,060,615	143
98	(101)	His Secret Life			$1,962	-11.02%	2	$981	$105,733	52
99	(96)	Late Marriage		Drama	$1,786	-45.57%	4	$447	$1,545,551	178
100	(107)	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Buena Vista	Documentary	$1,701	+11.91%	5	$340	$4,195,710	185
101	(105)	The Piano Teacher		Drama	$1,422	-20.11%	3	$474	$1,900,282	227
102	(81)	My Wife is an Actress		Comedy	$1,358	-80.75%	3	$453	$1,052,922	122
103	(108)	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys		Drama	$1,226	-15.56%	2	$613	$1,779,284	150
104	(126)	Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars			$1,042	+345.30%	3	$347	$121,244	124
105	(111)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,000	+0.50%	1	$1,000	$4,218,241	941
106	(re-entry)	The Château	IFC Films	Comedy	$955		1	$955	$200,122	94
107	(114)	Happy Times			$840	-4.33%	4	$210	$239,134	108
108	(110)	Destinees, Les			$750	-40.00%	1	$750	$218,754	220
109	(113)	Tosca			$692	-23.37%	1	$692	$46,553	122
110	(125)	Kandahar	Avatar	Drama	$514	+105.60%	1	$514	$1,413,475	332
111	(re-entry)	Hybrid	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$406		1	$406	$147,304	185
112	(re-entry)	Sade			$339		1	$339	$97,387	724
113	(re-entry)	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition		Documentary	$331		1	$331	$2,452,566	402
114	(re-entry)	Promises			$302		1	$302	$223,285	241
115	(re-entry)	Enigma	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$225		1	$225	$4,297,595	206
116	(112)	Just a Kiss			$143	-84.87%	1	$143	$62,509	45

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