The Top Movies, Weekend of January 24, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Darkness Falls	Sony Pictures	Horror	$12,024,917		2,837	$4,239	$12,024,917	3
2	(1)	Kangaroo Jack	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$11,548,247	-30.35%	2,848	$4,055	$35,112,415	10
3	(6)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$8,238,709	+8.37%	616	$13,375	$40,386,310	31
4	(2)	National Security	Sony Pictures	Action	$7,308,966	-49.14%	2,729	$2,678	$26,040,534	10
5	(5)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$6,611,705	-35.65%	2,666	$2,480	$308,821,306	40
6	(4)	Catch Me if You Can	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$6,501,059	-39.22%	2,776	$2,342	$144,962,124	33
7	(3)	Just Married	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$6,482,600	-45.39%	2,705	$2,397	$43,353,177	17
8	(44)	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Miramax	Drama	$5,833,052	+7,483.96%	1,769	$3,297	$6,332,676	27
9	(8)	About Schmidt	New Line	Drama	$5,382,302	-5.06%	1,236	$4,355	$37,745,475	45
10	(9)	The Hours	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,934,284	-15.30%	502	$7,837	$13,868,754	31
11	(7)	A Guy Thing	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$3,363,857	-51.87%	2,520	$1,335	$12,300,001	10
12	(11)	Gangs of New York	Miramax	Drama	$2,764,424	-25.53%	1,905	$1,451	$65,377,894	38
13	(10)	Two Weeks Notice	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$2,402,271	-40.08%	1,858	$1,293	$88,824,947	38
14	(15)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$1,704,430	-21.58%	1,143	$1,491	$236,448,697	283
15	(13)	Antwone Fisher	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,670,328	-39.84%	970	$1,722	$17,141,521	39
16	(12)	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,553,854	-50.10%	1,433	$1,084	$91,082,447	45
17	(14)	25th Hour	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,433,215	-37.46%	495	$2,895	$9,586,594	39
18	(17)	Adaptation	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,406,390	-22.96%	564	$2,494	$14,252,147	52
19	(16)	Narc	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,332,607	-30.78%	822	$1,621	$8,535,636	38
20	(21)	The Pianist	Focus Features	Drama	$1,247,912	-1.23%	308	$4,052	$6,008,691	31
21	(18)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$778,462	-44.88%	783	$994	$258,898,102	73
22	(23)	The Lion King (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Adventure	$756,575	-17.01%	66	$11,463	$9,631,511	33
23	(22)	Die Another Day	MGM/UA	Action	$713,007	-23.35%	965	$739	$158,626,849	66
24	(19)	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$678,496	-51.82%	691	$982	$54,493,593	45
25	(20)	The Wild Thornberrys	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$559,997	-58.73%	1,272	$440	$38,416,122	38
26	(30)	Talk to Her	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$368,136	+12.06%	82	$4,489	$3,923,090	66
27	(25)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$310,585	-28.44%	231	$1,345	$13,144,266	80
28	(32)	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	Drama	$291,338	+1.61%	118	$2,469	$2,982,691	59
29	(28)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$251,963	-26.50%	332	$759	$128,288,631	101
30	(31)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$241,668	-24.27%	163	$1,483	$22,832,704	94
31	(27)	Treasure Planet	Buena Vista	Adventure	$237,017	-35.71%	422	$562	$37,486,727	61
32	(29)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$209,683	-38.54%	188	$1,115	$17,565,397	108
33	(24)	The Hot Chick	Buena Vista	Comedy	$185,815	-66.59%	323	$575	$33,858,304	45
34	(42)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$171,165	+93.86%	18	$9,509	$326,825	10
35	(36)	Nicholas Nickleby	United Artists	Drama	$169,942	-1.75%	96	$1,770	$1,031,668	31
36	(39)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$154,861	+8.37%	42	$3,687	$31,469,235	283
37	(34)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$134,625	-28.46%	207	$650	$116,134,915	80
38	(33)	A Common Thread	Odeon Films	Drama	$134,000	-34.63%	59	$2,271	$5,983,000	59
39	(26)	Star Trek: Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$130,297	-67.54%	652	$200	$42,692,175	45
40	(37)	Sweet Home Alabama	Buena Vista	Comedy	$112,157	-35.01%	182	$616	$126,868,642	122
41	(35)	The Santa Clause 2	Buena Vista	Comedy	$93,438	-48.27%	223	$419	$139,136,759	87
42	(new)	Super Sucker Sucker			$89,551		115	$779	$89,551	3
43	(38)	El Crimen de Padre	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$89,472	-42.00%	65	$1,376	$5,168,418	73
44	(68)	Max			$71,728	+308.78%	37	$1,939	$215,134	31
45	(43)	The Quiet American	Miramax	Drama	$64,276	-22.02%	8	$8,035	$629,308	66
46	(41)	Empire	Universal	Drama	$63,715	-38.57%	98	$650	$17,504,595	52
47	(re-entry)	They	Dimension	Horror	$56,800		101	$562	$12,786,000	61
48	(new)	Dil Ka Rishta			$52,170		18	$2,898	$306,530	3
49	(re-entry)	Half Past Dead	Sony Pictures	Action	$50,954		84	$607	$15,425,866	73
50	(56)	Russian Ark			$49,011	+42.62%	6	$8,169	$407,482	45
51	(new)	Dum			$46,700		18	$2,594	$46,700	3
52	(45)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$46,001	-35.30%	75	$613	$5,677,043	101
53	(40)	Analyze That	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$44,982	-57.56%	77	$584	$31,824,063	52
54	(104)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$43,227	+1,713.21%	33	$1,310	$655,471	122
55	(52)	Evelyn	MGM/UA	Drama	$32,936	-17.72%	49	$672	$1,341,151	45
56	(47)	Friday After Next	New Line	Comedy	$29,122	-45.27%	71	$410	$32,872,566	66
57	(46)	Eight Crazy Nights	Sony Pictures	Musical	$29,016	-51.60%	81	$358	$23,607,202	61
58	(re-entry)	Tully		Drama	$26,511		13	$2,039	$301,907	87
59	(50)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$26,257	-43.52%	8	$3,282	$154,412	178
60	(53)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$25,744	-28.03%	8	$3,218	$8,245,856	87
61	(64)	Intacto			$25,402	+16.48%	31	$819	$230,798	45
62	(60)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$24,127	-17.77%	5	$4,825	$14,832,615	997
63	(62)	Standing in the Shadows of Motown		Documentary	$24,118	-4.48%	42	$574	$1,475,201	73
64	(54)	The Emperor's Club	Universal	Drama	$23,850	-33.22%	53	$450	$14,060,950	66
65	(49)	Ghost Ship	Warner Bros.	Horror	$23,560	-50.00%	51	$462	$30,113,491	94
66	(66)	Secretary	Lionsgate	Drama	$22,427	+7.15%	19	$1,180	$3,984,601	129
67	(65)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$20,633	-3.63%	7	$2,948	$13,887,096	717
68	(71)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$18,925	+17.36%	3	$6,308	$42,178,464	1,557
69	(58)	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Artisan	Adventure	$18,834	-39.82%	75	$251	$25,571,351	115
70	(57)	Tuck Everlasting	Buena Vista	Drama	$17,520	-47.70%	49	$358	$19,136,927	108
71	(51)	Signs	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$16,381	-62.32%	49	$334	$227,959,550	178
72	(new)	Amen	Kino	Drama	$16,284		5	$3,257	$16,284	3
73	(74)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$14,699	+11.12%	4	$3,675	$35,151	10
74	(59)	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension	Adventure	$13,600	-54.67%	31	$439	$85,820,000	173
75	(100)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$12,362	+244.15%	7	$1,766	$427,346	124
76	(69)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$11,326	-34.08%	1	$11,326	$69,420	17
77	(72)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$10,784	-32.74%	17	$634	$5,538,482	129
78	(94)	The Way Home			$10,516	+111.89%	5	$2,103	$331,329	73
79	(re-entry)	Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times			$10,458		1	$10,458	$80,826	66
80	(new)	Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$9,216		1	$9,216	$9,216	3
81	(63)	The Tuxedo	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$9,000	-62.50%	17	$529	$50,586,000	122
82	(86)	Solaris	20th Century Fox	Drama	$8,903	+9.83%	20	$445	$14,906,981	61
83	(67)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$7,605	-59.38%	3	$2,535	$893,571	213
84	(75)	Morvern Callar			$7,205	-39.85%	3	$2,402	$102,787	38
85	(124)	The Kurosawa Series			$6,951	+740.51%	4	$1,738	$403,210	185
86	(93)	Love Lisa		Drama	$6,266	+25.02%	3	$2,089	$74,363	28
87	(83)	P.S. Your Cat is Dead			$5,478	-41.85%	7	$783	$17,939	10
88	(77)	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$4,877	-55.41%	17	$287	$27,362,712	108
89	(91)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$4,840	-19.33%	2	$2,420	$6,708,352	1,431
90	(98)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$4,624	+17.48%	3	$1,541	$1,418,981	129
91	(110)	Bloody Sunday	Paramount Classics	Drama	$4,245	+119.95%	6	$708	$773,228	115
92	(81)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$4,100	-58.59%	3	$1,367	$5,608,002	696
93	(99)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$4,042	+5.54%	5	$808	$13,908,603	1,186
94	(96)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$3,917	-10.67%	4	$979	$603,629	199
95	(re-entry)	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	Kino		$3,573		1	$3,573	$124,573	129
96	(88)	Ararat	Miramax	Drama	$3,535	-49.38%	14	$253	$1,554,566	73
97	(new)	In the Mirror of Maya Deren			$3,225		1	$3,225	$3,225	3
98	(102)	The Settlers			$3,128	+11.24%	1	$3,128	$10,592	12
99	(87)	Blackboards	Leisure Time Features	Drama	$3,057	-61.73%	2	$1,529	$21,324	262
100	(re-entry)	On Guard			$2,618		2	$1,309	$92,170	101
101	(127)	The Bank	Cinema Guild	Thriller/Suspense	$2,394	+233.89%	2	$1,197	$76,847	143
102	(108)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,322	+14.38%	1	$2,322	$18,335,122	2,026
103	(106)	The Seven Samurai			$2,144	+1.71%	4	$536	$199,489	150
104	(116)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$2,000	+38.79%	2	$1,000	$12,354,121	1,406
105	(122)	The Fast Runner		Drama	$1,880	+111.24%	3	$627	$3,786,801	262
106	(70)	Quai des Orfevres			$1,591	-90.35%	1	$1,591	$75,196	87
107	(re-entry)	Fidel			$1,445		1	$1,445	$93,743	101
108	(97)	Auto Focus	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,338	-68.61%	1	$1,338	$2,062,066	101
109	(121)	The Slaughter Rule			$1,298	+37.21%	1	$1,298	$5,781	17
110	(107)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,250	-40.48%	1	$1,250	$4,243,954	1,018
111	(89)	His Secret Life			$1,213	-81.35%	1	$1,213	$156,566	129
112	(115)	In Praise of Love			$811	-45.90%	2	$406	$239,199	143
113	(re-entry)	Beauty and the Beast	Buena Vista	Musical	$811		1	$811	$127,197	4,093
114	(119)	Handcart			$797	-19.09%	2	$399	$73,497	108
115	(123)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$660	-22.81%	1	$660	$2,992,106	549
116	(128)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$660	+20.22%	1	$660	$2,992,106	1,669
117	(101)	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)		Comedy	$575	-83.80%	2	$288	$4,160,475	164
118	(112)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$105	-93.71%	1	$105	$15,956,764	2,656

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