The Top Movies, Weekend of December 20, 2002

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$62,007,528		3,622	$17,120	$102,046,212	5
2	(new)	Two Weeks Notice	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$14,328,494		2,755	$5,201	$14,328,494	3
3	(1)	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$10,712,011	-42.75%	2,866	$3,738	$35,256,011	10
4	(new)	Gangs of New York	Miramax	Drama	$9,496,870		1,504	$6,314	$9,496,870	3
5	(3)	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$7,125,270	-43.47%	1,837	$3,879	$22,359,766	10
6	(new)	The Wild Thornberrys	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$6,013,847		3,012	$1,997	$6,013,847	3
7	(5)	The Hot Chick	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,576,225	-38.17%	2,217	$2,064	$13,773,388	10
8	(2)	Star Trek: Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$4,415,081	-76.15%	2,711	$1,629	$26,466,862	10
9	(6)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$4,371,410	-30.88%	2,750	$1,590	$228,821,682	38
10	(4)	Die Another Day	MGM/UA	Action	$4,030,346	-48.23%	2,075	$1,942	$138,494,620	31
11	(8)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,204,145	-20.92%	1,701	$1,884	$129,836,982	52
12	(7)	Analyze That	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,385,371	-56.37%	2,011	$1,186	$23,968,282	17
13	(12)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$1,461,534	-14.24%	973	$1,502	$217,765,974	248
14	(10)	Empire	Universal	Drama	$1,382,630	-53.34%	768	$1,800	$13,204,630	17
15	(9)	Treasure Planet	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,302,772	-58.00%	1,804	$722	$29,905,068	26
16	(24)	Adaptation	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,108,032	+299.75%	109	$10,165	$2,106,476	17
17	(23)	About Schmidt	New Line	Drama	$601,711	+113.10%	26	$23,143	$1,023,197	10
18	(19)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$601,250	-16.77%	235	$2,559	$8,932,005	45
19	(16)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$458,185	-47.22%	263	$1,742	$19,314,138	59
20	(new)	Kaante	Media Partners	Drama	$425,975		26	$16,384	$425,975	3
21	(20)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$386,034	-31.36%	195	$1,980	$14,476,943	73
22	(14)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$369,289	-72.54%	373	$990	$126,222,408	66
23	(13)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$344,025	-74.60%	450	$765	$114,134,575	45
24	(15)	Friday After Next	New Line	Comedy	$332,866	-73.58%	335	$994	$31,751,749	31
25	(26)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$245,885	+6.64%	37	$6,646	$7,700,000	52
26	(11)	Eight Crazy Nights	Sony Pictures	Musical	$218,860	-87.74%	458	$478	$23,140,753	26
27	(new)	Antwone Fisher	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$210,013		15	$14,001	$218,618	4
28	(35)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$209,352	+153.73%	338	$619	$124,779,901	87
29	(28)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$187,987	+4.64%	25	$7,519	$1,418,613	47
30	(22)	El Crimen de Padre	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$171,402	-44.96%	105	$1,632	$3,937,330	38
31	(18)	The Emperor's Club	Universal	Drama	$170,845	-77.82%	255	$670	$13,403,015	31
32	(27)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$161,733	-28.13%	114	$1,419	$4,854,805	66
33	(61)	Ghost Ship	Warner Bros.	Horror	$155,796	+802.54%	203	$767	$29,320,128	59
34	(39)	Evelyn	MGM/UA	Drama	$130,054	+99.03%	67	$1,941	$224,087	10
35	(30)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$123,835	-12.49%	49	$2,527	$29,558,316	248
36	(new)	25th Hour	Buena Vista	Drama	$108,865		5	$21,773	$130,833	4
37	(40)	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Artisan	Adventure	$107,891	+79.72%	421	$256	$24,938,651	80
38	(44)	Jackass: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$86,201	+85.58%	191	$451	$63,910,151	59
39	(29)	Personal Velocity			$77,108	-46.40%	43	$1,793	$520,534	31
40	(33)	Standing in the Shadows of Motown		Documentary	$75,342	-31.54%	58	$1,299	$1,118,918	38
41	(new)	Saathiya			$71,400		29	$2,462	$71,400	3
42	(32)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$70,513	-40.60%	154	$458	$227,380,079	143
43	(new)	Narc	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$63,303		6	$10,551	$63,303	3
44	(17)	They	Dimension	Horror	$54,775	-93.44%	127	$431	$12,575,046	26
45	(21)	Solaris	20th Century Fox	Drama	$50,341	-90.69%	102	$494	$14,780,776	26
46	(43)	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	Drama	$46,090	-9.08%	12	$3,841	$351,684	24
47	(36)	Ararat	Miramax	Drama	$43,509	-46.72%	27	$1,611	$1,378,159	38
48	(41)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$28,982	-45.24%	25	$1,159	$3,806,471	94
49	(42)	Roger Dodger		Black Comedy	$24,050	-52.79%	50	$481	$1,169,941	59
50	(50)	Russian Ark			$23,425	-19.29%	2	$11,713	$70,133	10
51	(48)	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$21,093	-36.41%	53	$398	$27,223,154	73
52	(49)	The Man from Elysian Fields		Comedy	$20,152	-39.08%	13	$1,550	$1,319,081	87
53	(45)	The Way Home			$17,444	-54.01%	19	$918	$262,010	38
54	(25)	Equilibrium	Dimension	Action	$16,410	-93.88%	26	$631	$1,190,018	17
55	(52)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$15,481	-43.17%	34	$455	$5,344,088	94
56	(47)	The Transporter	20th Century Fox	Action	$14,066	-59.02%	41	$343	$25,251,783	73
57	(new)	Morvern Callar			$13,836		3	$4,612	$13,836	3
58	(58)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$11,991	-36.74%	5	$2,398	$1,369,983	94
59	(31)	Extreme Ops	Paramount Pictures	Action	$10,499	-91.80%	115	$91	$4,755,050	26
60	(53)	Comedian	Miramax	Documentary	$10,086	-57.11%	14	$720	$2,744,253	73
61	(63)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$9,082	-32.05%	37	$245	$18,783,696	73
62	(re-entry)	Tully		Drama	$8,333		8	$1,042	$224,970	52
63	(62)	One Hour Photo	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$7,661	-53.32%	22	$348	$31,575,595	124
64	(64)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$7,656	-41.67%	7	$1,094	$180,824	101
65	(56)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$4,674	-77.49%	4	$1,169	$41,958,885	1,522
66	(82)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$4,270	+20.28%	10	$427	$563,737	87
67	(71)	Intacto			$4,023	-45.35%	1	$4,023	$14,919	10
68	(68)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$4,014	-58.32%	13	$309	$4,123,546	129
69	(74)	Children on Their Birthdays	Artisan	Drama	$3,460	-43.64%	5	$692	$52,067	66
70	(66)	Bloody Sunday	Paramount Classics	Drama	$3,238	-69.33%	19	$170	$752,670	80
71	(80)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$3,233	-15.39%	4	$808	$2,978,643	514
72	(new)	Devils on the Doorstep			$3,227		1	$3,227	$4,551	5
73	(new)	Smokers Only			$3,102		1	$3,102	$3,102	3
74	(79)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$2,912	-24.07%	4	$728	$13,660,017	1,151
75	(78)	O Fantasma			$2,655	-31.02%	1	$2,655	$54,120	31
76	(re-entry)	God is Great, I'm Not			$2,629		1	$2,629	$63,352	45
77	(re-entry)	Il Postino (The Postman)	Miramax	Drama	$2,581		1	$2,581	$2,581	2,749
78	(72)	Beauty and the Beast	Buena Vista	Musical	$2,141	-69.19%	2	$1,071	$116,030	4,058
79	(re-entry)	Destinees, Les			$1,950		2	$975	$230,300	262
80	(97)	On Guard			$1,835	+908.24%	2	$918	$65,458	66
81	(77)	Merci Pour Le Chocolat			$1,805	-55.91%	3	$602	$428,728	689
82	(67)	The Banger Sisters	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,575	-84.91%	5	$315	$30,306,281	94
83	(re-entry)	Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars			$1,330		1	$1,330	$143,204	166
84	(87)	His Secret Life			$1,163	-34.26%	1	$1,163	$118,086	94
85	(88)	Tosca			$914	-45.79%	1	$914	$53,262	164
86	(73)	The Seven Samurai			$678	-89.21%	1	$678	$181,564	115
87	(re-entry)	Lan Yu			$574		2	$287	$111,945	164
88	(92)	In Praise of Love			$366	-60.90%	1	$366	$231,340	108
89	(96)	Cockettes			$75	-86.51%	1	$75	$217,644	227

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