The Top Movies, Weekend of August 1, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	American Wedding	Universal	Comedy	$33,369,440		3,172	$10,520	$33,369,440	3
2	(1)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$19,500,260	-41.65%	3,364	$5,797	$68,505,515	10
3	(2)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$18,844,044	-18.55%	3,390	$5,559	$209,531,292	26
4	(5)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$17,636,985	-15.43%	2,421	$7,285	$49,223,245	10
5	(3)	Bad Boys II	Sony Pictures	Action	$12,734,526	-42.25%	3,022	$4,214	$111,346,063	17
6	(4)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$11,339,464	-47.95%	3,222	$3,519	$42,599,015	10
7	(8)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,860,462	-12.10%	1,777	$2,172	$320,020,760	66
8	(new)	Gigli	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,753,518		2,215	$1,695	$3,753,518	3
9	(6)	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,266,798	-35.58%	2,007	$1,628	$58,955,959	24
10	(7)	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,985,446	-41.04%	1,910	$1,563	$142,853,468	34
11	(9)	Johnny English	Universal	Comedy	$2,603,370	-39.84%	1,771	$1,470	$23,476,830	17
12	(24)	Bend it Like Beckham	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,813,118	+711.00%	1,002	$1,809	$28,294,045	145
13	(11)	28 Days Later...	Fox Searchlight	Horror	$1,664,030	-28.94%	842	$1,976	$40,294,752	38
14	(10)	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$1,408,958	-47.95%	1,414	$996	$85,260,859	33
15	(14)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$1,105,383	+1.85%	473	$2,337	$11,300,552	59
16	(16)	Swimming Pool	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$1,008,571	+9.73%	242	$4,168	$5,253,781	31
17	(15)	The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$671,944	-32.87%	383	$1,754	$95,322,358	66
18	(17)	Bruce Almighty	Universal	Comedy	$604,905	-15.86%	456	$1,327	$238,542,825	73
19	(13)	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$555,156	-61.99%	522	$1,064	$94,527,728	38
20	(12)	How to Deal	New Line	Drama	$532,667	-76.93%	1,122	$475	$13,759,162	17
21	(19)	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Action	$512,271	+0.18%	139	$3,685	$277,084,749	81
22	(23)	Daddy Day Care	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$432,564	+29.72%	319	$1,356	$101,386,192	87
23	(18)	Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$409,545	-20.95%	374	$1,095	$130,246,995	45
24	(37)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$363,218	+261.09%	39	$9,313	$680,765	17
25	(21)	2 Fast 2 Furious	Universal	Action	$361,965	-1.83%	319	$1,135	$125,380,175	59
26	(22)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$332,130	-1.53%	154	$2,157	$7,083,064	108
27	(25)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$175,157	-12.44%	91	$1,925	$4,753,691	96
28	(29)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$169,285	+36.48%	65	$2,604	$585,896	24
29	(20)	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$153,993	-60.54%	294	$524	$25,692,461	33
30	(26)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$144,016	-11.78%	20	$7,201	$41,813,250	472
31	(35)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$132,595	+17.49%	32	$4,144	$13,482,765	115
32	(new)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$121,769		12	$10,147	$121,769	3
33	(28)	I Capture the Castle	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$105,280	-21.37%	40	$2,632	$586,167	24
34	(27)	Capturing the Friedmans	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$103,072	-24.61%	58	$1,777	$2,527,366	66
35	(33)	X2	20th Century Fox	Action	$102,681	-13.09%	133	$772	$214,591,423	94
36	(30)	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	New Line	Comedy	$98,002	-19.78%	153	$641	$26,096,584	52
37	(31)	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Buena Vista	Comedy	$90,599	-24.54%	157	$577	$42,532,027	94
38	(32)	Rugrats Go Wild	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$86,372	-27.45%	212	$407	$38,424,829	52
39	(new)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$84,553		5	$16,911	$84,553	3
40	(34)	Holes	Buena Vista	Drama	$78,905	-32.77%	132	$598	$67,205,583	108
41	(39)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$74,868	+4.08%	10	$7,487	$45,200,095	1,746
42	(36)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$73,051	-30.57%	135	$541	$170,449,649	220
43	(38)	Wrong Turn	20th Century Fox	Horror	$71,068	-23.58%	82	$867	$15,176,515	66
44	(40)	Lucia, Lucia			$65,813	-7.01%	53	$1,242	$170,900	10
45	(53)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$59,399	+92.96%	13	$4,569	$115,149	11
46	(42)	Anger Management	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$57,661	-13.63%	88	$655	$135,481,410	115
47	(45)	Camp	IFC Films	Comedy	$53,327	-1.78%	3	$17,776	$142,678	10
48	(46)	The Housekeeper			$52,224	-1.49%	24	$2,176	$245,540	24
49	(new)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Classics	Drama	$49,176		6	$8,196	$49,176	3
50	(47)	Nowhere in Africa	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$40,272	-17.40%	39	$1,033	$5,888,057	150
51	(44)	L'auberge espagnole	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$40,160	-27.13%	36	$1,116	$3,752,818	80
52	(41)	Alex & Emma	Warner Bros.	Drama	$36,546	-46.34%	137	$267	$14,158,728	45
53	(50)	Owning Mahowny	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$33,220	-25.27%	14	$2,373	$781,882	94
54	(58)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$32,232	+39.48%	5	$6,446	$179,593	59
55	(48)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Classics	Drama	$31,364	-30.87%	35	$896	$2,371,033	87
56	(56)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$29,778	+7.52%	3	$9,926	$6,753,898	885
57	(61)	Respiro	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,142	+1.62%	18	$1,175	$846,750	73
58	(52)	Buffalo Soldiers	Miramax	Comedy	$19,721	-36.34%	5	$3,944	$69,384	10
59	(55)	Jet Lag (US Release)			$17,833	-38.65%	18	$991	$491,525	52
60	(54)	The Legend of Suriyothai			$17,562	-40.59%	15	$1,171	$356,265	45
61	(60)	Mondays in the Sun			$17,162	-23.39%	9	$1,907	$49,892	10
62	(64)	Raising Victor Vargas	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$16,056	+18.97%	12	$1,338	$2,054,008	129
63	(69)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$14,483	+66.68%	4	$3,621	$4,518,707	199
64	(71)	The Heart of Me			$11,880	+56.91%	7	$1,697	$155,030	52
65	(new)	Boys Life 4: Four Play	Strand Releasing	Drama	$11,845		1	$11,845	$11,845	3
66	(68)	The Eye			$11,158	-12.90%	15	$744	$440,055	59
67	(62)	Together	United Artists	Drama	$9,975	-32.51%	11	$907	$1,069,156	66
68	(51)	The Hard Word			$9,185	-70.71%	12	$765	$422,688	52
69	(73)	Madame Sata			$8,838	+28.53%	5	$1,768	$77,217	26
70	(65)	Cremaster 3			$7,860	-41.50%	3	$2,620	$400,868	101
71	(re-entry)	Washington Heights			$5,765		7	$824	$141,412	87
72	(66)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$5,411	-59.37%	4	$1,353	$138,158	45
73	(85)	The Gatekeeper			$4,695	+23.13%	2	$2,348	$68,369	17
74	(79)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$4,176	-26.18%	2	$2,088	$3,298,647	738
75	(74)	Russian Ark			$4,017	-37.20%	3	$1,339	$2,892,353	234
76	(84)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$3,455	-23.24%	2	$1,728	$401,907	199
77	(re-entry)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$3,374		1	$3,374	$3,380,723	10,313
78	(78)	Amen	Kino	Drama	$3,167	-47.26%	3	$1,056	$270,760	192
79	(93)	Time Changer			$3,144	+26.21%	5	$629	$1,272,607	283
80	(re-entry)	The Kurosawa Series			$3,130		2	$1,565	$546,262	374
81	(re-entry)	The R.M.	Halestone	Comedy	$3,011		4	$753	$1,044,262	185
82	(75)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$2,900	-54.53%	3	$967	$343,409	206
83	(86)	A Woman is a Woman			$2,830	-25.05%	2	$1,415	$81,159	80
84	(96)	Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)			$2,591	+21.81%	2	$1,296	$98,942	73
85	(99)	Morvern Callar			$2,495	+82.92%	2	$1,248	$263,428	227
86	(re-entry)	Quai des Orfevres			$2,224		2	$1,112	$152,961	276
87	(77)	The Embalmer			$2,200	-63.46%	1	$2,200	$28,210	17
88	(76)	The Dancer Upstairs	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,135	-65.21%	5	$427	$2,368,999	94
89	(87)	Tycoon			$2,109	-42.91%	2	$1,055	$82,998	52
90	(70)	The Man Without a Past			$2,054	-75.13%	3	$685	$878,765	122
91	(92)	The Lawless Heart			$2,050	-19.32%	4	$513	$326,069	164
92	(89)	Chaos	New Yorker	Comedy	$2,018	-37.95%	3	$673	$191,714	185
93	(88)	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns		Documentary	$1,975	-46.01%	1	$1,975	$102,748	73
94	(81)	The Quiet American	Miramax	Drama	$1,727	-65.65%	7	$247	$12,987,647	255
95	(83)	The Cuckoo			$1,623	-64.65%	2	$812	$56,926	24
96	(104)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,311	+31.10%	1	$1,311	$4,295,096	1,207
97	(98)	The Girl From Paris			$1,260	-25.13%	2	$630	$121,960	136
98	(94)	Levity			$1,251	-46.65%	4	$313	$204,925	122
99	(82)	On-Line	Indican Pictures		$1,209	-75.90%	1	$1,209	$98,350	38
100	(102)	Marooned in Iraq			$1,065	-2.20%	3	$355	$122,589	101
101	(103)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,019	+1.70%	2	$510	$6,920,482	1,620
102	(100)	House of Fools			$378	-72.04%	1	$378	$56,710	101
103	(110)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$300	-29.25%	1	$300	$1,641,805	318
104	(re-entry)	Muhammad Ali: The Greatest			$246		1	$246	$19,678	108

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