BOX OFFICE MOJO
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
December 21-23, 2001
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TW	LW	Title (Click to view daily chart)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count/Change		Average	Total Gross	Est. Cost*	Week #
1	1	THE LORD OF THE RINGS	NL	$47,211,490	-	3,359	-	$14,055	$75,129,468	$143	1
2	2	OCEAN'S ELEVEN	WB	$14,716,582	-33%	3,075	0	$4,786	$95,347,822	$110	3
3	N	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Par.	$13,832,786	-	3,139	-	$4,407	$13,832,786	$43	1
4	1	VANILLA SKY	Par.	$12,076,661	-52%	2,744	+2	$4,401	$45,081,570	$100	2
5	N	How High	Uni.	$7,102,260	-	1,266	-	$5,610	$7,102,260	$20	1
6	4	HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE	WB	$7,092,906	-29%	3,311	-111	$2,142	$264,095,956	$165	6
7	3	Not Another Teen Movie	Sony	$5,250,880	-58%	2,365	0	$2,220	$21,404,064	$33	2
8	N	The Majestic	WB	$4,904,339	-	2,361	-	$2,077	$4,904,339	$86	1
9	6	MONSTERS, INC.	Dis.	$3,801,516	-24%	2,097	-585	$1,813	$224,450,540	$165	8
10	N	Joe Somebody	Fox	$3,553,725	-	2,506	-	$1,418	$3,553,725	-	1
11	5	Behind Enemy Lines	Fox	$3,198,907	-41%	1,808	-984	$1,769	$43,826,619	$65	4
12	15	The Royal Tenenbaums	Dis.	$1,268,860	358%	40	+35	$31,722	$1,759,964	-	2
13	7	Spy Game	Uni.	$921,570	-63%	834	-1669	$1,105	$59,633,160	$115	5
14	10	Amelie	Mira.	$770,897	-0%	221	0	$3,488	$13,709,091	$12	8
15	8	Black Knight	Fox	$553,567	-73%	647	-1260	$856	$30,818,586	$72	5
16	N	A Beautiful Mind	Uni.	$367,151	-	11	-	$33,377	$367,151	-	1
17	9	Shallow Hal	Fox	$327,660	-78%	549	-1218	$597	$67,766,055	$66	7
18	22	Serendipity	Mira.	$319,623	+76%	331	-11	$966	$49,824,430	$44	12
19	14	The Wash	Lions	$215,098	-31%	299	-130	$719	$9,697,098	$7	6
20	20	The Man Who Wasn't There	USA	$167,989	-25%	143	-87	$1,175	$6,612,989	-	8
TW	LW	Title (Click to view daily chart)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count/Change		Average	Total Gross	Est. Cost*	Week #
21	26	The Business of Strangers	IFC	$141,741	+7%	60	+23	$2,362	$439,015	-	3
22	21	Hardball	Par.	$136,136	-35%	202	-84	$674	$39,904,813	$32	15
23	28	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Imax	$119,199	+15%	19	0	$6,274	$6,085,974	-	46
24	33	The Endurance: Shackleton's...	Cow.	$110,517	+49%	40	+7	$2,763	$978,036	-	12
25	13	Domestic Disturbance	Par.	$101,688	-76%	285	-597	$357	$44,574,409	$75	8
26	12	13 Ghosts	WB	$101,076	-77%	498	-57	$203	$41,867,960	$42	9
27	35	In the Bedroom	Mira.	$83,227	+14%	6	0	$13,871	$610,838	-	5
28	11	Out Cold	Dis.	$79,966	-89%	155	-1028	$516	$13,503,805	$24	5
29	32	PLANET OF THE APES	Fox	$75,418	+1%	287	+36	$263	$179,589,899	$140	22
30	18	Training Day	WB	$71,321	-69%	337	-8	$212	$76,261,036	$70	12
31	25	Sidewalks of New York	Par.	$69,545	-55%	82	-91	$848	$2,253,220	-	5
32	27	Zoolander	Par.	$69,020	-37%	161	-72	$429	$45,015,728	$45	13
33	39	Lantana	Lions	$66,461	-0%	8	+2	$8,308	$164,742	-	2
34	34	Mulholland Drive	Uni.	$64,485	-12%	60	-23	$1,075	$5,577,360	-	11
35	19	Heist	WB	$62,984	-72%	521	+6	$121	$23,465,068	$39	7
36	60	The Devil's Backbone	Sony	$60,595	230%	35	+30	$1,731	$222,728	-	5
37	24	K-PAX	Uni.	$58,035	-64%	159	-381	$365	$50,158,250	$68	9
38	89	Max Keeble's Big Move	Dis.	$51,220	874%	253	+213	$202	$16,845,329	-	12
39	56	No Man's Land	MGM	$43,301	107%	14	+11	$3,093	$106,961	-	3
40	16	Life as a House	NL	$43,277	-84%	74	-430	$585	$15,577,579	$27	9
TW	LW	Title (Click to view daily chart)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count/Change		Average	Total Gross	Est. Cost*	Week #
41	40	LEGALLY BLONDE	MGM	$42,508	-30%	228	+12	$186	$96,483,526	$40	24
42	37	Waking Life	Fox	$37,406	-45%	50	-21	$748	$2,392,419	-	10
43	78	Corky Romano	Dis.	$35,676	402%	106	+76	$337	$23,479,636	-	11
44	38	THE PRINCESS DIARIES	Dis.	$35,290	-48%	116	-60	$304	$108,083,511	$50	21
45	52	Kandahar	Sev.	$33,802	+48%	4	+1	$8,451	$224,892	-	9
46	30	Bandits	MGM	$22,281	-73%	271	-31	$82	$41,356,026	$95	11
47	67	Trembling Before G-d	NY'er	$22,199	+65%	7	+4	$3,171	$218,473	-	10
48	57	Focus	Par.	$14,224	-31%	21	-16	$677	$645,418	-	10
49	65	China: The Panda Adventure	Imax	$14,067	+1%	19	+2	$740	$1,661,712	-	32
50	63	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Imax	$12,847	-21%	8	-3	$1,606	$38,053,704	-	166
51	61	Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy	Mael.	$11,938	-33%	4	-1	$2,985	$142,075	-	4
52	44	From Hell	Fox	$11,917	-72%	45	-75	$265	$31,485,734	$55	10
53	64	Cyberworld 3-D	Imax	$11,532	-24%	9	-1	$1,281	$10,433,571	-	65
54	90	Behind the Sun	Mira.	$11,364	143%	2	+1	$5,682	$19,861	-	3
55	96	Eban and Charley	Pict.	$10,400	154%	1	0	$10,400	$16,918	-	2
56	42	Don't Say a Word	Fox	$9,634	-81%	49	-108	$197	$54,884,415	$70	13
57	54	Moulin Rouge (Re-issue)	Fox	$9,627	-55%	12	-10	$802	$57,008,064	$68	32
58	80	Burnt Money	Strand	$9,049	+32%	4	+2	$2,262	$183,132	-	10
59	72	Galapagos	Imax	$8,869	-22%	8	0	$1,109	$11,985,749	-	113
60	74	Grateful Dawg	Sony	$8,865	-18%	14	-5	$633	$294,578	-	12
61	99	Divided We Fall	Sony	$8,703	134%	2	0	$4,352	$1,332,586	-	29

* In millions, including both production and marketing costs. Studios get on average around 55% of the final gross.
For production budgets of major pictures, see their respective charts in the Daily Box Office section.