The Top Movies, Weekend of December 6, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Die Another Day	MGM/UA	Action	$12,843,007	-58.58%	3,347	$3,837	$120,207,399	17
2	(new)	Analyze That	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$11,034,422		2,635	$4,188	$11,034,422	3
3	(1)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$10,086,264	-68.60%	3,387	$2,978	$213,970,962	24
4	(new)	Empire	Universal	Drama	$6,281,415		867	$7,245	$6,281,415	3
5	(4)	Treasure Planet	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,547,431	-54.09%	3,227	$1,719	$23,650,217	12
6	(3)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$5,327,205	-56.09%	2,356	$2,261	$120,141,388	38
7	(5)	Eight Crazy Nights	Sony Pictures	Musical	$4,854,255	-48.55%	2,503	$1,939	$20,044,450	12
8	(6)	Friday After Next	New Line	Comedy	$2,800,165	-61.97%	1,450	$1,931	$29,117,661	17
9	(8)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$2,548,975	-55.74%	2,015	$1,265	$111,179,170	31
10	(9)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$2,519,379	-52.12%	1,642	$1,534	$123,312,326	52
11	(7)	Solaris	20th Century Fox	Drama	$2,354,888	-65.13%	2,406	$979	$13,222,112	12
12	(10)	They	Dimension	Horror	$2,346,792	-54.38%	1,623	$1,446	$10,822,384	12
13	(11)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$2,013,029	-49.49%	1,257	$1,601	$213,263,148	234
14	(12)	The Emperor's Club	Universal	Drama	$1,545,405	-56.14%	807	$1,915	$11,656,345	17
15	(14)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$1,251,136	-41.13%	621	$2,015	$17,061,523	45
16	(15)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$945,818	-42.30%	286	$3,307	$6,889,619	31
17	(13)	Extreme Ops	Paramount Pictures	Action	$780,654	-65.05%	1,800	$434	$4,373,684	12
18	(17)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$629,154	-34.92%	246	$2,558	$12,875,296	59
19	(new)	Equilibrium	Dimension	Action	$541,512		301	$1,799	$541,512	3
20	(18)	El Crimen de Padre	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$402,465	-42.51%	122	$3,299	$3,084,409	24
21	(new)	Adaptation	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$384,478		7	$54,925	$384,478	3
22	(22)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$324,203	-29.55%	159	$2,039	$4,279,699	52
23	(20)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$288,855	-54.28%	54	$5,349	$6,995,260	38
24	(16)	Half Past Dead	Sony Pictures	Action	$286,921	-78.48%	330	$869	$15,230,140	24
25	(21)	Jackass: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$181,009	-68.17%	457	$396	$63,708,630	45
26	(27)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$171,793	-21.29%	51	$3,368	$29,061,862	234
27	(23)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$160,365	-60.97%	287	$559	$124,405,131	73
28	(24)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$156,015	-44.71%	244	$639	$227,090,985	129
29	(28)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$139,709	-33.55%	24	$5,821	$904,597	33
30	(26)	Standing in the Shadows of Motown		Documentary	$135,319	-39.07%	55	$2,460	$828,075	24
31	(25)	Ararat	Miramax	Drama	$131,421	-47.80%	42	$3,129	$1,144,095	24
32	(29)	The Tuxedo	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$104,384	-47.73%	230	$454	$50,189,179	73
33	(53)	Personal Velocity			$91,797	+98.60%	20	$4,590	$205,319	17
34	(35)	Stuart Little 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$82,227	-37.71%	188	$437	$64,614,941	143
35	(30)	Punch-Drunk Love	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$78,478	-54.32%	103	$762	$17,719,378	59
36	(re-entry)	Pandora's Box		Thriller/Suspense	$78,168		42	$1,861	$833,779	122
37	(38)	Talk to Her	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$74,987	-19.56%	3	$24,996	$391,164	17
38	(32)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension	Adventure	$71,642	-52.66%	228	$314	$85,570,368	124
39	(40)	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	Drama	$70,752	-19.92%	9	$7,861	$196,980	10
40	(31)	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Artisan	Adventure	$56,278	-62.93%	294	$191	$24,740,518	66
41	(39)	Roger Dodger		Black Comedy	$52,970	-41.53%	61	$868	$1,047,380	45
42	(33)	I Spy	Sony Pictures	Action	$41,766	-72.17%	104	$402	$33,105,600	38
43	(52)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$41,509	-10.34%	35	$1,186	$3,680,207	80
44	(57)	The Way Home			$41,043	+20.10%	13	$3,157	$174,633	24
45	(102)	Abandon	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$40,218	+1,527.60%	119	$338	$10,684,049	52
46	(42)	Ghost Ship	Warner Bros.	Horror	$38,522	-48.70%	77	$500	$29,126,344	45
47	(43)	Comedian	Miramax	Documentary	$38,208	-47.39%	44	$868	$2,683,160	59
48	(45)	The Man from Elysian Fields		Comedy	$37,849	-39.73%	30	$1,262	$1,237,427	73
49	(55)	The Transporter	20th Century Fox	Action	$37,564	+0.96%	63	$596	$25,166,416	59
50	(47)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$36,309	-37.08%	32	$1,135	$5,273,241	80
51	(62)	The Grey Zone			$33,891	+15.61%	22	$1,541	$472,224	52
52	(48)	Auto Focus	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$32,288	-34.07%	42	$769	$1,874,791	52
53	(67)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$31,359	+50.51%	8	$3,920	$302,931	75
54	(50)	Femme Fatale	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$30,310	-35.99%	124	$244	$6,592,103	33
55	(46)	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$27,875	-52.27%	65	$429	$27,146,583	59
56	(56)	8 Women	Focus Features	Musical	$24,845	-29.89%	34	$731	$3,044,573	80
57	(54)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$24,187	-43.78%	92	$263	$18,738,430	59
58	(44)	White Oleander	Warner Bros.	Drama	$23,195	-65.16%	96	$242	$16,346,122	59
59	(36)	The Quiet American	Miramax	Drama	$21,968	-80.24%	2	$10,984	$333,396	17
60	(59)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$20,765	-30.17%	2	$10,383	$42,364,858	1,508
61	(64)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$17,800	-27.08%	34	$524	$31,538,445	110
62	(61)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$17,500	-40.32%	4	$4,375	$5,465,488	647
63	(63)	The Banger Sisters	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$16,427	-42.28%	39	$421	$30,284,041	80
64	(58)	Tully		Drama	$15,297	-53.18%	9	$1,700	$212,058	38
65	(68)	Bloody Sunday	Paramount Classics	Drama	$12,109	-38.60%	15	$807	$728,084	66
66	(78)	The Good Girl	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$11,801	+14.36%	26	$454	$14,015,786	124
67	(65)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$11,276	-51.80%	24	$470	$4,102,384	115
68	(72)	Heaven	Miramax		$10,324	-25.03%	19	$543	$774,317	66
69	(71)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$9,555	-33.26%	6	$1,593	$1,317,284	80
70	(88)	Skins			$9,401	+85.20%	12	$783	$224,578	73
71	(69)	Igby Goes Down	MGM/UA	Comedy	$8,993	-50.19%	19	$473	$4,668,304	87
72	(73)	The Kurosawa Series			$8,898	-29.66%	2	$4,449	$372,811	136
73	(83)	The Last Kiss		Drama	$7,361	+2.89%	10	$736	$1,046,734	115
74	(77)	O Fantasma			$6,591	-36.83%	1	$6,591	$40,980	17
75	(76)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$6,433	-40.37%	11	$585	$548,490	73
76	(80)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$6,144	-30.72%	4	$1,536	$549,271	150
77	(new)	Massoud, the Afghan			$5,859		1	$5,859	$5,859	3
78	(101)	Mad Love (2002)			$5,385	+84.73%	4	$1,346	$276,010	101
79	(82)	Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times			$5,305	-32.07%	1	$5,305	$31,548	17
80	(114)	Satin Rouge			$5,000	+233.33%	5	$1,000	$229,150	108
81	(86)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$4,900	-10.91%	2	$2,450	$6,664,149	1,382
82	(84)	Welcome to Collinwood	Warner Bros.		$4,751	-25.53%	15	$317	$333,976	66
83	(89)	Fidel			$4,467	-8.50%	1	$4,467	$75,218	52
84	(81)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,835	-53.12%	2	$1,918	$13,850,267	1,137
85	(87)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$3,821	-25.53%	4	$955	$2,967,652	500
86	(92)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$3,520	-17.47%	3	$1,173	$419,205	675
87	(re-entry)	Blackboards	Leisure Time Features	Drama	$3,417		1	$3,417	$3,417	213
88	(110)	I am Trying to Break Your Heart			$3,159	+80.82%	4	$790	$417,413	136
89	(96)	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	Kino		$3,063	-9.86%	1	$3,063	$87,517	80
90	(85)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$2,884	-49.83%	3	$961	$155,799	87
91	(94)	The Fast Runner		Drama	$2,832	-17.58%	5	$566	$3,759,240	213
92	(new)	My Kingdom			$2,607		1	$2,607	$2,607	3
93	(117)	Destinees, Les			$1,950	+56.00%	2	$975	$227,444	248
94	(124)	In Praise of Love			$1,933	+246.42%	7	$276	$226,648	94
95	(95)	On Guard			$1,349	-60.66%	1	$1,349	$62,769	52
96	(118)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,345	+7.60%	1	$1,345	$4,225,078	969
97	(98)	Interview with the Assassin			$1,328	-56.42%	5	$266	$47,329	24
98	(123)	Tosca			$1,052	+35.04%	1	$1,052	$49,848	150
99	(111)	God is Great, I'm Not			$914	-45.33%	1	$914	$59,183	31
100	(130)	Promises			$834	+233.60%	1	$834	$238,972	269
101	(106)	Derrida			$656	-69.46%	2	$328	$115,159	47

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