The Top Movies, Weekend of September 26, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Rundown	Universal	Action	$18,533,765		3,152	$5,880	$18,533,765	3
2	(new)	Under the Tuscan Sun	Buena Vista	Comedy	$9,751,425		1,226	$7,954	$9,751,425	3
3	(1)	Underworld	Sony Pictures	Action	$9,418,606	-56.70%	2,928	$3,217	$37,025,501	10
4	(2)	Secondhand Lions	New Line	Drama	$8,258,330	-31.97%	3,038	$2,718	$23,464,037	10
5	(3)	The Fighting Temptations	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,388,472	-45.67%	2,026	$3,153	$20,116,473	10
6	(4)	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Sony Pictures	Action	$5,004,233	-54.54%	2,922	$1,713	$48,967,404	17
7	(new)	Duplex	Miramax	Comedy	$4,617,128		2,189	$2,109	$4,617,128	3
8	(5)	Cold Creek Manor	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$4,405,084	-46.22%	2,035	$2,165	$14,642,749	10
9	(6)	Matchstick Men	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,354,363	-42.34%	2,666	$1,633	$30,703,127	17
10	(10)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$3,688,538	+40.64%	488	$7,558	$8,640,267	17
11	(7)	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,006,088	-20.55%	1,953	$1,539	$20,833,457	24
12	(9)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,374,249	-31.79%	1,443	$1,645	$295,713,028	82
13	(8)	Cabin Fever	Lionsgate	Horror	$2,082,307	-42.32%	1,629	$1,278	$18,052,136	17
14	(11)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,315,913	-48.20%	1,422	$925	$106,808,336	54
15	(new)	Luther	RS Entertainment	Drama	$908,446		401	$2,265	$908,446	3
16	(13)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$880,380	-45.74%	876	$1,005	$117,396,680	66
17	(14)	Open Range	Buena Vista	Western	$678,638	-51.90%	930	$730	$56,900,845	45
18	(12)	Anything Else	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$644,826	-61.46%	1,033	$624	$2,781,677	10
19	(17)	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$506,891	-30.99%	183	$2,770	$4,579,395	10
20	(15)	S.W.A.T.	Sony Pictures	Action	$486,448	-60.66%	642	$758	$115,524,018	52
21	(16)	Jeepers Creepers II	MGM/UA	Horror	$447,312	-55.62%	577	$775	$34,290,297	31
22	(23)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$360,887	-14.05%	405	$891	$335,734,009	122
23	(21)	Thirteen	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$308,325	-33.99%	210	$1,468	$3,698,035	40
24	(20)	American Splendor	Fine Line	Drama	$287,771	-43.61%	179	$1,608	$5,102,643	45
25	(18)	American Wedding	Universal	Comedy	$273,920	-50.18%	332	$825	$103,807,005	59
26	(19)	Uptown Girls	MGM/UA	Comedy	$250,206	-53.55%	374	$669	$36,643,252	45
27	(35)	Bad Boys II	Sony Pictures	Action	$248,627	+21.60%	269	$924	$137,910,388	73
28	(25)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$217,276	-43.94%	377	$576	$110,392,540	66
29	(28)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$214,131	-28.10%	142	$1,508	$7,310,189	73
30	(24)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$209,590	-46.36%	237	$884	$20,055,214	115
31	(26)	The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$207,857	-32.68%	263	$790	$105,624,787	122
32	(32)	Scarface	Universal	Drama	$194,497	-19.90%	12	$16,208	$656,161	7,234
33	(22)	Freddy vs. Jason	New Line	Horror	$192,976	-58.06%	299	$645	$81,610,601	45
34	(29)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$173,288	-38.82%	174	$996	$4,375,989	59
35	(34)	Bruce Almighty	Universal	Comedy	$167,280	-21.74%	204	$820	$242,202,690	129
36	(36)	Step Into Liquid	Artisan	Documentary	$148,259	-22.71%	87	$1,704	$3,129,799	52
37	(27)	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	Action	$129,961	-57.45%	281	$462	$150,137,697	90
38	(38)	Daddy Day Care	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$122,717	-15.80%	165	$744	$103,940,298	143
39	(41)	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Action	$117,154	-12.50%	115	$1,019	$281,048,966	137
40	(40)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$106,710	-20.67%	44	$2,425	$7,386,468	80
41	(43)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$105,275	-10.19%	88	$1,196	$10,200,223	164
42	(37)	Pere et Fils			$101,949	-43.02%	49	$2,081	$369,758	10
43	(new)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$98,363		14	$7,026	$98,363	3
44	(44)	The Order	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$90,548	-10.23%	74	$1,224	$7,536,577	24
45	(39)	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$84,350	-38.30%	155	$544	$66,225,839	80
46	(45)	Gaz Bar Blues			$76,639	-20.36%	18	$4,258	$526,846	24
47	(33)	Le Divorce	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$74,040	-65.38%	112	$661	$8,924,044	52
48	(30)	The Medallion	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$73,952	-70.98%	122	$606	$21,836,715	38
49	(42)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$72,593	-41.18%	86	$844	$3,402,674	59
50	(47)	Bend it Like Beckham	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$68,394	-23.58%	99	$691	$32,441,165	201
51	(31)	My Boss's Daughter	Dimension	Romantic Comedy	$68,151	-72.62%	152	$448	$15,386,124	38
52	(54)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$61,412	+11.18%	22	$2,791	$43,734,159	528
53	(46)	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Distributor Unknown	Drama	$59,543	-35.72%	37	$1,609	$404,957	17
54	(new)	Kart Racer			$56,146		86	$653	$56,146	3
55	(57)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$53,116	+5.82%	17	$3,124	$14,665,106	171
56	(62)	Bubba Ho-Tep	Vitagraph Films	Comedy	$47,021	+31.95%	3	$15,674	$108,586	10
57	(48)	Swimming Pool	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$45,086	-46.75%	65	$694	$10,019,344	87
58	(60)	Demonlover	Palm Pictures		$44,644	+13.64%	12	$3,720	$104,659	10
59	(51)	28 Days Later...	Fox Searchlight	Horror	$43,765	-28.41%	93	$471	$44,969,146	94
60	(new)	My Life Without Me	Sony Pictures		$40,515		7	$5,788	$40,515	3
61	(58)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$39,819	-20.47%	12	$3,318	$439,871	31
62	(49)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$34,217	-50.29%	79	$433	$65,131,651	66
63	(61)	Casa de los Babys	IFC Films	Drama	$31,838	-12.67%	8	$3,980	$84,148	10
64	(65)	Red Betsy			$29,761	-0.34%	22	$1,353	$70,487	10
65	(66)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$28,219	+6.62%	7	$4,031	$46,074,297	1,802
66	(new)	National Lampoon's Dorm Daze			$27,712		34	$815	$35,018	5
67	(64)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$26,762	-17.50%	28	$956	$5,631,135	152
68	(56)	2 Fast 2 Furious	Universal	Action	$25,613	-51.18%	43	$596	$127,120,058	115
69	(59)	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$25,606	-43.36%	63	$406	$26,466,286	89
70	(71)	To Be and To Have	New Yorker	Documentary	$25,233	+22.92%	3	$8,411	$65,340	12
71	(52)	Johnny English	Universal	Comedy	$24,899	-57.73%	37	$673	$28,013,509	73
72	(50)	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$24,756	-63.10%	66	$375	$100,814,328	94
73	(74)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$24,231	+35.94%	3	$8,077	$7,204,167	941
74	(53)	Hulk	Universal	Adventure	$24,177	-58.28%	44	$549	$132,160,047	101
75	(55)	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$21,654	-60.09%	51	$425	$90,168,825	89
76	(67)	In This World			$20,888	-15.10%	10	$2,089	$55,836	10
77	(new)	Yossi & Jagger			$19,395		1	$19,395	$26,570	5
78	(80)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$17,484	+14.40%	17	$1,028	$444,118	67
79	(84)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$16,154	+15.89%	8	$2,019	$15,277,005	962
80	(63)	Hangman's Curse			$16,057	-51.27%	9	$1,784	$136,812	17
81	(90)	Emerald Cowboy	Indican Pictures		$15,839	+63.15%	6	$2,640	$27,879	10
82	(86)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$14,130	+2.14%	6	$2,355	$805,031	311
83	(81)	Taking Sides	New Yorker		$13,221	-12.60%	9	$1,469	$99,095	24
84	(107)	The Housekeeper			$12,853	+229.82%	10	$1,285	$397,410	80
85	(79)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$12,604	-18.88%	14	$900	$397,000	115
86	(92)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$12,194	+30.38%	2	$6,097	$14,104,077	1,431
87	(102)	Touchez Pas au Grisbi			$12,168	+145.32%	2	$6,084	$75,430	24
88	(83)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Classics	Drama	$11,500	-23.44%	26	$442	$686,534	59
89	(82)	I Capture the Castle	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$11,152	-26.13%	17	$656	$1,174,139	80
90	(78)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$10,875	-30.66%	24	$453	$1,368,919	80
91	(88)	Km. 0 (Kilometro Cero)			$10,868	-13.62%	6	$1,811	$130,093	80
92	(77)	Capturing the Friedmans	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$9,057	-43.82%	21	$431	$3,099,424	122
93	(89)	So Close	Sony Pictures		$8,179	-19.72%	9	$909	$70,393	17
94	(73)	Passionada			$8,162	-55.63%	11	$742	$536,906	45
95	(94)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$7,558	-7.23%	6	$1,260	$2,098,666	458
96	(new)	Prey for Rock & Roll			$6,835		1	$6,835	$6,835	3
97	(91)	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Artistic License	Documentary	$6,788	-28.41%	1	$6,788	$20,788	10
98	(97)	Nowhere in Africa	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$6,746	-8.11%	14	$482	$6,167,763	206
99	(re-entry)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$6,553		5	$1,311	$3,391,559	10,369
100	(70)	Camp	IFC Films	Comedy	$6,331	-69.56%	13	$487	$1,619,374	66
101	(122)	September 11	Empire Pictures	Drama	$6,253	+209.10%	3	$2,084	$100,037	80
102	(87)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$6,120	-55.65%	2	$3,060	$4,650,832	255
103	(new)	Camera Obscura		Drama	$6,066		1	$6,066	$6,066	3
104	(99)	The Cuckoo			$6,056	-13.41%	6	$1,009	$190,641	80
105	(93)	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands			$5,690	-32.88%	7	$813	$108,224	31
106	(re-entry)	Bollywood/Hollywood	Magnolia Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$5,470		3	$1,823	$1,167,417	339
107	(101)	Owning Mahowny	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,252	-10.73%	18	$292	$984,685	150
108	(85)	The Holy Land			$5,190	-62.65%	5	$1,038	$454,386	80
109	(119)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$5,105	+127.50%	3	$1,702	$431,274	423
110	(103)	Cremaster 3			$4,965	+5.35%	3	$1,655	$461,600	157
111	(96)	Respiro	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,712	-38.76%	12	$393	$1,043,372	129
112	(108)	Madame Sata			$4,562	+20.85%	6	$760	$169,099	82
113	(110)	The Legend of Suriyothai			$4,168	+35.81%	7	$595	$426,509	101
114	(136)	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator			$3,995	+422.22%	5	$799	$121,569	38
115	(106)	Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)			$3,453	-14.82%	1	$3,453	$130,671	101
116	(re-entry)	Ikiru			$3,314		1	$3,314	$55,240	271
117	(142)	Autumn Spring	First Look	Comedy	$3,312	+663.13%	2	$1,656	$49,018	38
118	(109)	Tycoon			$3,034	-8.06%	3	$1,011	$116,313	108
119	(75)	Dummy	Artisan		$2,990	-83.21%	2	$1,495	$68,467	17
120	(105)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$2,805	-31.45%	2	$1,403	$1,699,478	374
121	(re-entry)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$2,803		3	$934	$15,546,951	1,242
122	(118)	On-Line	Indican Pictures		$2,462	+6.95%	1	$2,462	$134,698	94
123	(120)	The Princess Blade	ADV Films		$2,446	+14.62%	5	$489	$64,774	52
124	(100)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Classics	Drama	$2,435	-63.34%	9	$271	$2,507,556	143
125	(re-entry)	The Embalmer			$2,364		2	$1,182	$38,074	73
126	(117)	The Gatekeeper			$2,235	-9.92%	1	$2,235	$107,123	73
127	(re-entry)	Together	United Artists	Drama	$2,196		7	$314	$1,141,918	122
128	(115)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$2,174	-17.87%	2	$1,087	$3,514,934	794
129	(123)	Green Card Fever			$2,000		10	$200	$125,596	38
130	(128)	The Girl From Paris			$1,867	+25.39%	3	$622	$157,303	192
131	(135)	Marooned in Iraq			$1,750	+121.24%	6	$292	$133,781	157
132	(121)	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns		Documentary	$1,741	-15.40%	2	$871	$157,910	129
133	(111)	Buffalo Soldiers	Miramax	Comedy	$1,610	-47.45%	8	$201	$353,743	66
134	(re-entry)	Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times			$1,550		1	$1,550	$289,923	311
135	(112)	The Eye			$1,250	-58.35%	2	$625	$489,596	115
136	(125)	Stone Reader			$1,190	-29.59%	2	$595	$247,164	229
137	(138)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$1,186	+69.00%	1	$1,186	$411,447	255
138	(137)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,144	+61.13%	2	$572	$6,935,373	1,676
139	(116)	The Other Side of the Bed			$1,127	-55.28%	2	$564	$113,086	31
140	(127)	Carnage	WellSpring	Drama	$1,112	-27.13%	1	$1,112	$20,268	24
141	(re-entry)	O Fantasma			$1,084		1	$1,084	$117,621	311
142	(98)	Millenium Actress	DreamWorks/Go Fish		$1,059	-84.87%	3	$353	$37,285	17
143	(re-entry)	New Suit			$988		2	$494	$66,239	150
144	(re-entry)	Suddenly			$971		1	$971	$14,259	33
145	(140)	Time Changer			$864	+54.84%	3	$288	$1,283,925	339
146	(139)	Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)			$750	+33.45%	2	$375	$146,209	129
147	(130)	Russian Ark			$689	-51.85%	3	$230	$3,005,113	290
148	(144)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$579	+83.81%	1	$579	$4,304,729	1,263
149	(re-entry)	The Heart of Me			$567		2	$284	$193,886	108
150	(129)	Fassbinder			$350	-76.13%	1	$350	$148,728	227
151	(131)	The R.M.	Halestone	Comedy	$185	-85.85%	2	$93	$1,111,615	241

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