The Top Movies, Weekend of February 28, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Cradle 2 the Grave	Warner Bros.	Horror	$16,521,486		2,625	$6,294	$16,521,486	3
2	(2)	Old School	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$14,039,612	-19.56%	2,742	$5,120	$37,379,629	10
3	(1)	Daredevil	20th Century Fox	Action	$11,121,009	-38.53%	3,234	$3,439	$84,186,869	17
4	(3)	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$10,252,364	-11.54%	2,923	$3,507	$77,620,291	24
5	(5)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$7,853,903	-4.70%	2,447	$3,210	$104,901,344	66
6	(4)	The Jungle Book 2	Buena Vista	Adventure	$6,984,002	-19.81%	2,814	$2,482	$33,865,935	17
7	(7)	Shanghai Knights	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,027,902	-22.74%	2,515	$1,999	$50,931,526	24
8	(6)	The Life of David Gale	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$4,537,395	-36.25%	2,003	$2,265	$13,607,445	10
9	(8)	Gods and Generals	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,946,476	-36.98%	1,533	$1,922	$8,932,117	10
10	(10)	The Recruit	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$2,728,478	-20.10%	1,508	$1,809	$48,093,286	31
11	(9)	Dark Blue	MGM/UA	Drama	$2,363,002	-39.11%	2,176	$1,086	$7,563,151	10
12	(12)	The Hours	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,051,515	-15.85%	1,010	$2,031	$33,032,042	66
13	(11)	Final Destination 2	New Line	Horror	$1,892,344	-36.80%	1,204	$1,572	$43,003,540	31
14	(16)	About Schmidt	New Line	Drama	$1,860,510	+9.40%	1,007	$1,848	$57,979,861	80
15	(14)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$1,618,139	-15.95%	905	$1,788	$330,338,275	75
16	(17)	The Pianist	Focus Features	Drama	$1,459,117	+25.99%	564	$2,587	$14,814,127	66
17	(13)	Kangaroo Jack	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,363,485	-31.43%	1,545	$883	$63,609,564	45
18	(18)	The Quiet American	Miramax	Drama	$1,123,552	+5.27%	222	$5,061	$5,791,796	101
19	(15)	Deliver Us From Eva	Focus Features	Romantic Comedy	$941,141	-46.33%	537	$1,753	$16,069,535	24
20	(22)	Gangs of New York	Miramax	Drama	$696,852	+3.38%	725	$961	$74,621,519	73
21	(19)	Catch Me if You Can	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$582,726	-29.77%	401	$1,453	$161,924,205	68
22	(23)	Adaptation	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$487,658	-15.20%	300	$1,626	$20,106,250	87
23	(21)	Darkness Falls	Sony Pictures	Horror	$448,538	-36.48%	307	$1,461	$31,521,572	38
24	(20)	Biker Boyz	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$425,582	-48.28%	379	$1,123	$21,109,756	31
25	(24)	The Lion King (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Adventure	$392,832	-0.58%	66	$5,952	$13,389,507	68
26	(25)	Talk to Her	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$361,312	-5.37%	156	$2,316	$6,829,093	101
27	(new)	Poolhall Junkies			$301,856		179	$1,686	$301,856	3
28	(27)	The Guru	Universal	Comedy	$268,816	+3.86%	98	$2,743	$2,456,440	31
29	(30)	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	Drama	$236,444	+10.47%	130	$1,819	$4,917,948	94
30	(28)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$222,115	-14.17%	388	$572	$261,123,736	108
31	(33)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$211,897	+33.07%	97	$2,185	$14,633,228	115
32	(32)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$202,301	+15.94%	157	$1,289	$24,286,121	129
33	(49)	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$201,734	+226.24%	203	$994	$93,133,369	80
34	(new)	Spider	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$189,350		27	$7,013	$200,782	3
35	(26)	Just Married	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$167,544	-37.31%	215	$779	$54,653,987	52
36	(31)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$166,465	-8.46%	41	$4,060	$33,212,609	318
37	(37)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$161,684	+16.46%	37	$4,370	$1,688,480	45
38	(43)	Antwone Fisher	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$148,170	+61.60%	140	$1,058	$20,506,415	74
39	(34)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$146,135	-8.01%	106	$1,379	$18,855,327	143
40	(29)	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	Comedy	$130,928	-39.05%	260	$504	$241,250,669	318
41	(35)	The Hot Chick	Buena Vista	Comedy	$128,212	-18.93%	167	$768	$34,726,789	80
42	(38)	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$126,540	+5.75%	144	$879	$55,785,338	80
43	(45)	Russian Ark			$102,435	+22.89%	21	$4,878	$1,045,166	80
44	(36)	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Miramax	Drama	$82,808	-42.98%	92	$900	$15,878,598	62
45	(41)	Die Another Day	MGM/UA	Action	$81,766	-18.34%	138	$593	$160,728,203	101
46	(46)	He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Thriller/Suspense	$77,615	+16.04%	19	$4,085	$286,891	17
47	(40)	25th Hour	Buena Vista	Drama	$77,245	-27.09%	56	$1,379	$12,750,480	74
48	(42)	Jet Lag			$72,950	-24.01%	30	$2,432	$180,000	10
49	(48)	Lost in La Mancha		Documentary	$72,428	+15.85%	24	$3,018	$418,536	31
50	(47)	Two Weeks Notice	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$66,176	+0.02%	141	$469	$92,567,155	73
51	(39)	National Security	Sony Pictures	Action	$64,702	-44.35%	80	$809	$35,764,982	45
52	(new)	Help! I'm a Fish			$57,626		34	$1,695	$57,626	3
53	(51)	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$49,664	-5.57%	84	$591	$128,998,824	136
54	(65)	All the Real Girls	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$48,432	+101.52%	14	$3,459	$141,311	17
55	(80)	Narc	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$48,094	+342.45%	109	$441	$10,392,657	73
56	(54)	El Crimen de Padre	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$47,386	+9.35%	40	$1,185	$5,578,244	108
57	(53)	The Wild Thornberrys	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$39,989	-8.40%	119	$336	$39,206,154	73
58	(57)	The R.M.	Halestone	Comedy	$37,943	-4.65%	14	$2,710	$471,548	31
59	(62)	A Common Thread	Odeon Films	Drama	$36,972	+37.31%	23	$1,607	$6,515,422	94
60	(68)	Gerry	ThinkFilm	Drama	$36,231	+124.55%	10	$3,623	$95,116	17
61	(52)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$35,340	-22.47%	62	$570	$116,691,000	115
62	(60)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$35,307	-8.33%	9	$3,923	$14,095,268	752
63	(44)	Lockdown			$30,038	-63.97%	31	$969	$411,153	17
64	(63)	Max			$29,324	+10.78%	27	$1,086	$527,019	66
65	(98)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$27,812	+507.52%	10	$2,781	$268,327	213
66	(72)	Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony	Artisan	Documentary	$27,212	+91.89%	3	$9,071	$55,239	10
67	(50)	Star Trek: Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$24,822	-52.97%	69	$360	$43,102,408	80
68	(76)	Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$23,915	+86.91%	7	$3,416	$110,748	38
69	(re-entry)	Moonlight Mile	Buena Vista	Drama	$19,901		71	$280	$6,808,278	157
70	(61)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$19,827	-29.12%	4	$4,957	$15,025,965	1,032
71	(71)	Open Hearts			$18,349	+29.00%	4	$4,587	$39,267	10
72	(81)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$17,722	+70.39%	6	$2,954	$997,065	248
73	(73)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$16,959	+22.02%	3	$5,653	$42,333,267	1,592
74	(58)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$16,732	-56.71%	5	$3,346	$8,361,514	122
75	(84)	Till Human Voices Wake Us			$15,892	+99.45%	10	$1,589	$28,145	10
76	(70)	Chaos	New Yorker	Comedy	$15,072	+5.05%	5	$3,014	$105,276	31
77	(85)	Time Changer			$13,193	+72.82%	5	$2,639	$778,758	129
78	(75)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$13,067	+1.75%	3	$4,356	$5,724,578	731
79	(96)	Love Lisa		Drama	$11,533	+114.85%	9	$1,281	$159,041	63
80	(69)	The Lawless Heart			$10,749	-30.85%	1	$10,749	$30,881	10
81	(79)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$10,500	-4.99%	2	$5,250	$6,756,780	1,466
82	(87)	The Way Home			$10,053	+37.62%	11	$914	$376,826	108
83	(new)	Bolivia		Drama	$9,899		1	$9,899	$12,713	5
84	(86)	Fassbinder			$9,804	+30.13%	1	$9,804	$48,391	17
85	(94)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$8,813	+53.19%	10	$881	$5,591,652	164
86	(95)	His Secret Life			$8,764	+54.49%	4	$2,191	$195,181	164
87	(re-entry)	Ikiru			$7,818		1	$7,818	$32,640	61
88	(77)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$7,704	-38.00%	18	$428	$5,825,929	136
89	(78)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$7,684	-34.77%	12	$640	$775,742	157
90	(113)	Quai des Orfevres			$6,882	+323.77%	1	$6,882	$113,852	122
91	(74)	Shanghai Ghetto			$6,737	-47.78%	2	$3,369	$511,445	157
92	(re-entry)	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	Kino		$6,607		2	$3,304	$142,394	164
93	(104)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$6,133	+99.97%	3	$2,044	$12,379,350	1,441
94	(83)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$5,538	-32.55%	5	$1,108	$121,987	45
95	(67)	Standing in the Shadows of Motown		Documentary	$5,000	-73.43%	9	$556	$1,615,732	108
96	(89)	Zus & Zo			$4,919	-29.46%	1	$4,919	$34,542	24
97	(91)	Fat Girl			$4,772	-19.28%	2	$2,386	$713,126	507
98	(116)	Metropolis (2002/2)			$4,331	+220.58%	3	$1,444	$624,171	234
99	(106)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$4,171	+46.71%	5	$834	$13,945,214	1,221
100	(102)	The Kurosawa Series			$3,927	+19.43%	2	$1,964	$457,712	220
101	(101)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$3,770	+5.01%	1	$3,770	$129,762	52
102	(105)	Morvern Callar			$3,647	+25.98%	3	$1,216	$161,203	73
103	(111)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$3,415	+93.59%	2	$1,708	$471,483	159
104	(re-entry)	Handcart			$2,613		1	$2,613	$87,916	143
105	(97)	O Fantasma			$2,546	-48.11%	1	$2,546	$81,297	101
106	(re-entry)	The Seven Samurai			$2,264		2	$1,132	$223,341	185
107	(115)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$2,115	+43.49%	3	$705	$1,449,036	164
108	(88)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$2,026	-71.90%	4	$507	$454,251	101
109	(re-entry)	Hush (2002)			$1,627		2	$814	$12,935	115
110	(92)	The Son			$1,107	-80.92%	1	$1,107	$37,337	52
111	(117)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,095	-14.45%	1	$1,095	$3,001,280	584
112	(120)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,000		1	$1,000	$4,252,904	1,053
113	(114)	Alias Betty	WellSpring	Drama	$652	-57.25%	1	$652	$198,947	171
114	(122)	In Praise of Love			$524	-31.23%	1	$524	$247,036	178
115	(re-entry)	Kandahar	Avatar	Drama	$188		1	$188	$1,418,314	444

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