The Top Movies, Weekend of August 22, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Freddy vs. Jason	New Line	Horror	$13,152,967	-63.89%	3,014	$4,364	$61,197,607	10
2	(2)	S.W.A.T.	Sony Pictures	Action	$10,581,327	-41.61%	3,204	$3,303	$87,847,065	17
3	(3)	Open Range	Buena Vista	Western	$9,481,315	-32.51%	2,163	$4,383	$29,317,253	10
4	(4)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$9,304,643	-30.74%	3,058	$3,043	$74,431,693	19
5	(new)	The Medallion	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,111,324		2,648	$3,063	$8,111,324	3
6	(6)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$7,275,447	-20.64%	2,404	$3,026	$260,925,697	47
7	(8)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$6,170,290	-23.71%	2,534	$2,435	$92,936,230	31
8	(5)	Uptown Girls	MGM/UA	Comedy	$5,606,943	-50.28%	2,495	$2,247	$22,318,159	10
9	(7)	American Wedding	Universal	Comedy	$5,464,405	-34.97%	2,467	$2,215	$90,515,725	24
10	(new)	My Boss's Daughter	Dimension	Romantic Comedy	$4,855,798		2,201	$2,206	$4,855,798	3
11	(9)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$2,790,690	-47.23%	2,429	$1,149	$102,275,880	31
12	(10)	Bad Boys II	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,031,469	-35.38%	1,202	$1,690	$132,324,611	38
13	(11)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,503,624	-46.05%	1,272	$1,182	$62,007,286	31
14	(15)	Le Divorce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,368,317	+45.17%	422	$3,242	$3,558,534	17
15	(14)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,038,919	-23.55%	838	$1,240	$329,790,041	87
16	(13)	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,004,457	-49.28%	542	$1,853	$99,518,415	59
17	(new)	Marci X	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$872,950		1,200	$727	$872,950	3
18	(12)	Grind	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$818,330	-67.42%	2,253	$363	$4,522,077	10
19	(21)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$691,098	+24.02%	240	$2,880	$2,948,667	38
20	(20)	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$660,077	+11.22%	422	$1,564	$64,518,187	45
21	(17)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$612,495	-14.66%	338	$1,812	$15,049,989	80
22	(18)	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$601,329	-7.22%	987	$609	$88,919,918	54
23	(16)	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	Action	$472,095	-42.17%	411	$1,149	$148,479,554	55
24	(38)	American Splendor	Fine Line	Drama	$454,375	+184.51%	32	$14,199	$716,971	10
25	(19)	Swimming Pool	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$449,700	-24.67%	235	$1,914	$8,269,599	52
26	(33)	Step Into Liquid	Artisan	Documentary	$372,013	+84.73%	50	$7,440	$949,498	17
27	(35)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$345,750	+82.37%	61	$5,668	$1,271,660	24
28	(24)	Bruce Almighty	Universal	Comedy	$320,375	-1.64%	332	$965	$240,356,850	94
29	(23)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$314,902	-5.14%	86	$3,662	$1,268,907	24
30	(27)	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Action	$313,923	+6.29%	90	$3,488	$278,821,645	102
31	(22)	28 Days Later...	Fox Searchlight	Horror	$289,274	-36.58%	247	$1,171	$43,578,691	59
32	(28)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$263,763	+1.32%	26	$10,145	$8,504,188	129
33	(31)	Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$215,325	+1.53%	261	$825	$131,490,345	66
34	(30)	Daddy Day Care	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$215,080	-3.68%	283	$760	$102,731,301	108
35	(25)	Johnny English	Universal	Comedy	$196,385	-38.43%	217	$905	$27,330,665	38
36	(29)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$195,577	-20.60%	65	$3,009	$6,049,817	45
37	(26)	Bend it Like Beckham	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$193,830	-38.78%	161	$1,204	$31,329,986	166
38	(34)	Camp	IFC Films	Comedy	$173,229	-10.16%	69	$2,511	$968,952	31
39	(37)	2 Fast 2 Furious	Universal	Action	$169,835	-4.22%	215	$790	$126,522,515	80
40	(32)	Rugrats Go Wild	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$167,040	-18.46%	263	$635	$39,102,946	73
41	(36)	The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$133,086	-28.96%	64	$2,079	$96,853,332	87
42	(new)	Thirteen	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$116,260		5	$23,252	$139,860	5
43	(39)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$108,018	-21.40%	18	$6,001	$42,968,125	493
44	(43)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$92,454	-4.57%	32	$2,889	$14,095,061	136
45	(42)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$82,814	-15.24%	64	$1,294	$1,118,205	45
46	(46)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Classics	Drama	$81,415	+32.06%	45	$1,809	$361,023	24
47	(44)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$70,193	-7.70%	54	$1,300	$5,243,927	117
48	(new)	Green Card Fever			$67,529		18	$3,752	$67,529	3
49	(41)	Passionada			$63,096	-48.94%	36	$1,753	$265,032	10
50	(45)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$62,599	-11.24%	9	$6,955	$45,760,757	1,767
51	(40)	Koi� Mil Gaya			$61,033	-51.56%	43	$1,419	$568,961	17
52	(48)	I Capture the Castle	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$55,419	-8.05%	39	$1,421	$967,506	45
53	(47)	Capturing the Friedmans	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$48,868	-20.33%	43	$1,136	$2,874,066	87
54	(49)	Hollywood Homicide	Columbia	Action	$43,415	-26.33%	83	$523	$30,207,785	73
55	(new)	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Miramax	Comedy	$42,569		5	$8,514	$42,569	3
56	(55)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$33,750	+8.96%	3	$11,250	$6,954,320	906
57	(51)	X2	20th Century Fox	Action	$33,131	-19.95%	65	$510	$214,869,324	115
58	(52)	Buffalo Soldiers	Miramax	Comedy	$30,721	-24.60%	20	$1,536	$270,412	31
59	(56)	Wrong Turn	20th Century Fox	Horror	$25,854	-5.38%	45	$575	$15,352,334	87
60	(50)	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$23,058	-45.52%	89	$259	$25,983,662	54
61	(re-entry)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$22,862		6	$3,810	$10,004,994	339
62	(58)	Nowhere in Africa	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$22,482	-9.61%	25	$899	$6,040,487	171
63	(68)	The Cuckoo			$22,194	+41.08%	12	$1,850	$114,916	45
64	(53)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$21,242	-36.75%	54	$393	$170,659,352	241
65	(54)	The Holy Land			$20,141	-38.30%	11	$1,831	$340,019	45
66	(60)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$19,340	-10.87%	8	$2,418	$15,156,060	927
67	(62)	A Mighty Wind	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$18,982	-6.01%	49	$387	$17,583,468	131
68	(57)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$18,541	-29.73%	12	$1,545	$284,260	32
69	(73)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$18,256	+39.76%	7	$2,608	$270,979	80
70	(71)	Mondays in the Sun			$17,530	+19.22%	20	$877	$119,582	31
71	(67)	The Trip			$16,022	-0.18%	7	$2,289	$291,731	108
72	(59)	Owning Mahowny	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$15,902	-30.64%	24	$663	$882,952	115
73	(64)	Mambo Italiano	Goldwyn Entertainment	Comedy	$15,440	-15.49%	14	$1,103	$2,937,514	80
74	(new)	Don't Tempt Me			$15,271		3	$5,090	$15,271	3
75	(89)	Madame Sata			$14,377	+165.31%	4	$3,594	$114,808	47
76	(69)	L'auberge espagnole	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$13,507	-12.10%	14	$965	$3,854,893	101
77	(72)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$13,442	+0.09%	2	$6,721	$18,683,879	2,236
78	(65)	Respiro	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$12,536	-25.48%	14	$895	$958,078	94
79	(76)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$11,495	-5.25%	8	$1,437	$2,032,143	423
80	(new)	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator			$10,998		1	$10,998	$10,998	3
81	(83)	Russian Ark			$10,242	+40.86%	9	$1,138	$2,927,317	255
82	(75)	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Miramax	Drama	$10,093	-19.49%	2	$5,047	$15,980,378	237
83	(new)	Autumn Spring	First Look	Comedy	$10,046		2	$5,023	$10,046	3
84	(70)	The Housekeeper			$9,924	-34.91%	10	$992	$344,342	45
85	(86)	The Princess Blade	ADV Films		$9,868	+50.77%	7	$1,410	$39,685	17
86	(new)	Teknolust			$9,475		2	$4,738	$9,475	3
87	(77)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$8,748	-18.68%	4	$2,187	$15,507,852	1,207
88	(79)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$8,467	-0.08%	3	$2,822	$4,573,927	220
89	(new)	Dog Days			$6,267		1	$6,267	$6,267	3
90	(74)	Lucia, Lucia			$5,692	-54.78%	11	$517	$267,495	31
91	(87)	Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)			$5,691	-8.86%	1	$5,691	$99,881	66
92	(88)	The Eye			$5,203	-7.94%	7	$743	$476,449	80
93	(new)	Venus Boyz	First Run	Documentary	$5,045		1	$5,045	$5,045	3
94	(96)	The Legend of Suriyothai			$5,024	+17.80%	7	$718	$391,131	66
95	(92)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$4,700	-7.93%	8	$588	$339,787,500	250
96	(106)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$4,680	+90.40%	4	$1,170	$354,674	227
97	(112)	Cremaster 3			$4,650	+150.54%	2	$2,325	$428,447	122
98	(102)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$4,626	+45.20%	3	$1,542	$3,337,652	759
99	(98)	Jet Lag (US Release)			$4,381	+10.94%	6	$730	$532,468	73
100	(91)	The Man Without a Past			$4,297	-16.72%	6	$716	$910,173	143
101	(105)	Tycoon			$4,046	+60.56%	2	$2,023	$97,888	73
102	(84)	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns		Documentary	$3,796	-47.78%	3	$1,265	$141,792	94
103	(66)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Classics	Drama	$3,507	-79.04%	14	$251	$2,451,110	108
104	(new)	Rana's Wedding			$3,099		1	$3,099	$3,099	3
105	(95)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$2,741	-38.10%	2	$1,371	$745,066	276
106	(107)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$2,671	+10.74%	1	$2,671	$157,422	66
107	(80)	Washington Heights			$2,476	-70.69%	2	$1,238	$156,022	108
108	(103)	The Girl From Paris			$2,445	-22.87%	3	$815	$131,046	157
109	(114)	Stone Reader			$2,354	+56.10%	2	$1,177	$222,295	194
110	(81)	Boys Life 4: Four Play	Strand Releasing	Drama	$2,179	-70.99%	3	$726	$50,914	24
111	(121)	September 11	Empire Pictures	Drama	$2,178	+103.93%	3	$726	$40,206	45
112	(93)	Shanghai Ghetto			$2,062	-58.99%	2	$1,031	$698,216	332
113	(97)	The Heart of Me			$2,057	-49.36%	3	$686	$183,025	73
114	(re-entry)	The Embalmer			$1,875		1	$1,875	$34,065	38
115	(78)	The Gatekeeper			$1,794	-79.14%	1	$1,794	$94,202	38
116	(122)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,750	+64.78%	2	$875	$6,928,059	1,641
117	(101)	The Seven Samurai			$1,553	-54.48%	2	$777	$261,867	360
118	(116)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,419	+3.73%	2	$710	$14,052,807	1,396
119	(131)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,291	+190.77%	2	$646	$1,653,655	339
120	(111)	The R.M.	Halestone	Comedy	$1,260	-33.51%	3	$420	$1,057,022	206
121	(128)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,000	+94.17%	1	$1,000	$4,299,207	1,228
122	(re-entry)	Gasoline			$996		1	$996	$7,544	52
123	(120)	New Suit			$930	-18.13%	1	$930	$54,930	115
124	(119)	Marooned in Iraq			$800	-36.91%	1	$800	$127,204	122
125	(re-entry)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$765		1	$765	$419,606	388
126	(126)	Fassbinder			$650	-27.78%	1	$650	$130,613	192
127	(82)	The Kurosawa Series			$637	-91.34%	1	$637	$577,427	395
128	(90)	Confusion des Genres, La			$594	-88.51%	2	$297	$29,609	45
129	(99)	On-Line	Indican Pictures		$584	-84.63%	1	$584	$105,436	59
130	(re-entry)	Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)			$576		1	$576	$104,997	94
131	(125)	The Good Old Naughty Days			$517	-45.64%	1	$517	$56,462	150
132	(118)	Chaos	New Yorker	Comedy	$479	-62.52%	1	$479	$197,397	206
133	(124)	Time Changer			$157	-84.24%	1	$157	$1,278,610	304
134	(135)	Morvern Callar			$116	-20.00%	1	$116	$267,194	248

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