Weekend Box Office December 28-30, 2001

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
December 28-30, 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

$38,695,582

-18%

3,359

0

$11,520

$155,862,412

$143

2

2

2
OCEAN'S ELEVEN
WB

$16,907,714

+15%

3,075

0

$5,498

$127,735,114

$110

4

3

3

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Par.

$15,035,649

+9%

3,151

+12

$4,772

$42,205,145

$43

2

4

N

Ali

Sony

$14,710,892

-

2,446

-

$6,014

$34,736,970

$130

1

5

4

VANILLA SKY

Par.

$11,515,135

-5%

2,744

+2

$4,196

$66,558,433

$100

3

6

6

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE

WB

$10,978,760

+55%

3,186

-125

$3,446

$285,634,174

$165

7

7

N

Kate & Leopold

Mira.

$9,725,408

-

2,452

+3

$3,966

$17,293,941

-

1

8

16

A Beautiful Mind

Uni.

$7,780,495

2020%

525

+514

$14,820

$13,711,171

-

2

9

9

MONSTERS, INC.

Dis.

$6,103,901

+61%

1,701

-396

$3,588

$235,848,871

$165

9

10

8

The Majestic

WB

$5,422,482

+11%

2,361

0

$2,297

$15,548,437

$86

2

11

5

How High

Uni.

$5,204,745

-27%

1,271

+5

$4,095

$17,750,805

$20

2

12

10

Joe Somebody

Fox

$5,076,742

+43%

2,517

+11

$2,017

$13,136,422

-

2

13

12

The Royal Tenenbaums

Dis.

$4,975,779

292%

291

+251

$17,099

$8,112,967

$27

3

14

7

Not Another Teen Movie

Sony

$4,495,960

-14%

2,365

0

$1,901

$30,362,975

$33

3

15

11

Behind Enemy Lines

Fox

$2,977,124

-7%

1,332

-476

$2,235

$49,485,523

$65

5

16

N

The Shipping News

Mira.

$1,205,174

-

186

-

$6,479

$2,112,877

$37

1

17

14

Amelie

Mira.

$1,126,954

+46%

232

+11

$4,858

$15,740,742

$12

9

18

27

In the Bedroom

Mira.

$861,229

935%

103

+97

$8,361

$1,883,514

-

6

19

13

Spy Game

Uni.

$543,895

-41%

475

-359

$1,145

$60,721,285

$115

6

20

15

Black Knight

Fox

$350,077

-37%

342

-305

$1,024

$31,453,472

$72

6

TW

LW

Title (Click to view daily chart)

Studio

Weekend Gross

% Change

Theater Count/Change

Average

Total Gross

Est. Cost*

Week #

21

17

Shallow Hal

Fox

$334,849

+2%

370

-179

$905

$68,300,250

$66

8

22

-

Les Boys III

Chris.

$246,230

-46%

77

-

$3,198

$2,697,873

-

5

23

N

Gosford Park

USA

$241,219

-

9

-

$26,802

$370,442

-

1

24

N

Black Hawk Down

Sony

$179,823

-

4

-

$44,956

$179,823

-

1

25

23

Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure

Imax

$165,450

+39%

19

0

$8,708

$6,405,543

-

47

26

24

The Endurance: Shackleton's...

Cow.

$139,722

+26%

40

0

$3,493

$1,182,808

-

13

27

18

Serendipity

Mira.

$127,405

-60%

268

-63

$475

$50,183,629

$44

13

28

-

The Other Side of Heaven

Excel

$111,806

-

24

-

$4,659

$412,617

-

3

29

N

Monster's Ball

Lions

$110,552

-

7

-

$15,793

$153,995

-

1

30

21

The Business of Strangers

IFC

$106,504

-25%

53

-7

$2,010

$642,236

-

4

31

43

Corky Romano

Dis.

$101,533

185%

167

+61

$608

$23,617,661

-

12

32

22

Hardball

Par.

$97,224

-29%

186

-16

$523

$40,063,061

$32

16

33

38

Max Keeble's Big Move

Dis.

$94,482

+84%

245

-8

$386

$17,004,761

-

13

34

20

The Man Who Wasn't There

USA

$92,882

-45%

81

-62

$1,147

$6,814,397

-

9

35

19

The Wash

Lions

$85,020

-60%

93

-206

$914

$9,956,410

$7

7

36

37

K-PAX

Uni.

$84,525

+46%

161

+2

$525

$50,282,135

$68

10

37

-

Novocaine

Art.

$72,599

-

146

-

$497

$1,950,960

$8

7

38

36

The Devil's Backbone

Sony

$70,999

+17%

35

0

$2,029

$348,718

-

6

39

29

PLANET OF THE APES

Fox

$64,440

-15%

251

-36

$257

$179,734,859

$140

23

40

34

Mulholland Drive

Uni.

$64,285

-0%

43

-17

$1,495

$5,678,010

-

12

TW

LW

Title (Click to view daily chart)

Studio

Weekend Gross

% Change

Theater Count/Change

Average

Total Gross

Est. Cost*

Week #

41

33

Lantana

Lions

$59,888

-10%

9

+1

$6,654

$282,415

-

3

42

39

No Man's Land

MGM

$55,133

+27%

17

+3

$3,243

$206,045

-

4

43

25

Domestic Disturbance

Par.

$52,357

-49%

153

-132

$342

$44,728,834

$75

9

44

32

Zoolander

Par.

$51,669

-25%

140

-21

$369

$45,113,042

$45

14

45

N

Charlotte Gray

WB

$46,271

-

5

-

$9,254

$46,271

-

1

46

44

THE PRINCESS DIARIES

Dis.

$43,945

+25%

103

-13

$427

$108,165,046

$50

22

47

N

I Am Sam

NL

$41,779

-

2

-

$20,890

$41,779

-

1

48

42

Waking Life

Fox

$41,012

+10%

38

-12

$1,079

$2,522,032

-

11

49

28

Out Cold

Dis.

$33,984

-58%

104

-51

$327

$13,565,233

$24

6

50

45

Kandahar

Sev.

$33,896

+0%

9

+5

$3,766

$290,117

-

10

51

40

Life as a House

NL

$30,916

-29%

64

-10

$483

$15,638,402

$27

10

52

31

Sidewalks of New York

Par.

$24,470

-65%

44

-38

$556

$2,322,164

-

6

53

-

Dinner Rush

Acc.

$22,809

-

7

-

$3,258

$580,182

-

14

54

46

Bandits

MGM

$20,751

-7%

46

-225

$451

$41,393,406

$95

12

55

56

Don't Say a Word

Fox

$19,849

106%

39

-10

$509

$54,915,691

$70

14

56

57

Moulin Rouge

Fox

$18,963

+97%

8

-4

$2,370

$57,037,125

$68

33

57

47

Trembling Before G-d

NY'er

$18,688

-16%

7

0

$2,670

$258,536

-

11

58

-

The Fluffer

First

$18,488

-

4

-

$4,622

$161,632

-

7

59

-

Encounter in the Third Dimension

Imax

$18,477

-

6

-

$3,080

$6,140,343

-

149

60

87

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

Imax

$18,239

-

7

-

$2,606

$12,989,871

-

87

* 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.

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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	$38,695,582	-18%	3,359	0	$11,520	$155,862,412	$143	2
2	2	OCEAN'S ELEVEN	WB	$16,907,714	+15%	3,075	0	$5,498	$127,735,114	$110	4
3	3	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Par.	$15,035,649	+9%	3,151	+12	$4,772	$42,205,145	$43	2
4	N	Ali	Sony	$14,710,892	-	2,446	-	$6,014	$34,736,970	$130	1
5	4	VANILLA SKY	Par.	$11,515,135	-5%	2,744	+2	$4,196	$66,558,433	$100	3
6	6	HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE	WB	$10,978,760	+55%	3,186	-125	$3,446	$285,634,174	$165	7
7	N	Kate & Leopold	Mira.	$9,725,408	-	2,452	+3	$3,966	$17,293,941	-	1
8	16	A Beautiful Mind	Uni.	$7,780,495	2020%	525	+514	$14,820	$13,711,171	-	2
9	9	MONSTERS, INC.	Dis.	$6,103,901	+61%	1,701	-396	$3,588	$235,848,871	$165	9
10	8	The Majestic	WB	$5,422,482	+11%	2,361	0	$2,297	$15,548,437	$86	2
11	5	How High	Uni.	$5,204,745	-27%	1,271	+5	$4,095	$17,750,805	$20	2
12	10	Joe Somebody	Fox	$5,076,742	+43%	2,517	+11	$2,017	$13,136,422	-	2
13	12	The Royal Tenenbaums	Dis.	$4,975,779	292%	291	+251	$17,099	$8,112,967	$27	3
14	7	Not Another Teen Movie	Sony	$4,495,960	-14%	2,365	0	$1,901	$30,362,975	$33	3
15	11	Behind Enemy Lines	Fox	$2,977,124	-7%	1,332	-476	$2,235	$49,485,523	$65	5
16	N	The Shipping News	Mira.	$1,205,174	-	186	-	$6,479	$2,112,877	$37	1
17	14	Amelie	Mira.	$1,126,954	+46%	232	+11	$4,858	$15,740,742	$12	9
18	27	In the Bedroom	Mira.	$861,229	935%	103	+97	$8,361	$1,883,514	-	6
19	13	Spy Game	Uni.	$543,895	-41%	475	-359	$1,145	$60,721,285	$115	6
20	15	Black Knight	Fox	$350,077	-37%	342	-305	$1,024	$31,453,472	$72	6
TW	LW	Title (Click to view daily chart)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count/Change		Average	Total Gross	Est. Cost*	Week #
21	17	Shallow Hal	Fox	$334,849	+2%	370	-179	$905	$68,300,250	$66	8
22	-	Les Boys III	Chris.	$246,230	-46%	77	-	$3,198	$2,697,873	-	5
23	N	Gosford Park	USA	$241,219	-	9	-	$26,802	$370,442	-	1
24	N	Black Hawk Down	Sony	$179,823	-	4	-	$44,956	$179,823	-	1
25	23	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Imax	$165,450	+39%	19	0	$8,708	$6,405,543	-	47
26	24	The Endurance: Shackleton's...	Cow.	$139,722	+26%	40	0	$3,493	$1,182,808	-	13
27	18	Serendipity	Mira.	$127,405	-60%	268	-63	$475	$50,183,629	$44	13
28	-	The Other Side of Heaven	Excel	$111,806	-	24	-	$4,659	$412,617	-	3
29	N	Monster's Ball	Lions	$110,552	-	7	-	$15,793	$153,995	-	1
30	21	The Business of Strangers	IFC	$106,504	-25%	53	-7	$2,010	$642,236	-	4
31	43	Corky Romano	Dis.	$101,533	185%	167	+61	$608	$23,617,661	-	12
32	22	Hardball	Par.	$97,224	-29%	186	-16	$523	$40,063,061	$32	16
33	38	Max Keeble's Big Move	Dis.	$94,482	+84%	245	-8	$386	$17,004,761	-	13
34	20	The Man Who Wasn't There	USA	$92,882	-45%	81	-62	$1,147	$6,814,397	-	9
35	19	The Wash	Lions	$85,020	-60%	93	-206	$914	$9,956,410	$7	7
36	37	K-PAX	Uni.	$84,525	+46%	161	+2	$525	$50,282,135	$68	10
37	-	Novocaine	Art.	$72,599	-	146	-	$497	$1,950,960	$8	7
38	36	The Devil's Backbone	Sony	$70,999	+17%	35	0	$2,029	$348,718	-	6
39	29	PLANET OF THE APES	Fox	$64,440	-15%	251	-36	$257	$179,734,859	$140	23
40	34	Mulholland Drive	Uni.	$64,285	-0%	43	-17	$1,495	$5,678,010	-	12
TW	LW	Title (Click to view daily chart)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count/Change		Average	Total Gross	Est. Cost*	Week #
41	33	Lantana	Lions	$59,888	-10%	9	+1	$6,654	$282,415	-	3
42	39	No Man's Land	MGM	$55,133	+27%	17	+3	$3,243	$206,045	-	4
43	25	Domestic Disturbance	Par.	$52,357	-49%	153	-132	$342	$44,728,834	$75	9
44	32	Zoolander	Par.	$51,669	-25%	140	-21	$369	$45,113,042	$45	14
45	N	Charlotte Gray	WB	$46,271	-	5	-	$9,254	$46,271	-	1
46	44	THE PRINCESS DIARIES	Dis.	$43,945	+25%	103	-13	$427	$108,165,046	$50	22
47	N	I Am Sam	NL	$41,779	-	2	-	$20,890	$41,779	-	1
48	42	Waking Life	Fox	$41,012	+10%	38	-12	$1,079	$2,522,032	-	11
49	28	Out Cold	Dis.	$33,984	-58%	104	-51	$327	$13,565,233	$24	6
50	45	Kandahar	Sev.	$33,896	+0%	9	+5	$3,766	$290,117	-	10
51	40	Life as a House	NL	$30,916	-29%	64	-10	$483	$15,638,402	$27	10
52	31	Sidewalks of New York	Par.	$24,470	-65%	44	-38	$556	$2,322,164	-	6
53	-	Dinner Rush	Acc.	$22,809	-	7	-	$3,258	$580,182	-	14
54	46	Bandits	MGM	$20,751	-7%	46	-225	$451	$41,393,406	$95	12
55	56	Don't Say a Word	Fox	$19,849	106%	39	-10	$509	$54,915,691	$70	14
56	57	Moulin Rouge	Fox	$18,963	+97%	8	-4	$2,370	$57,037,125	$68	33
57	47	Trembling Before G-d	NY'er	$18,688	-16%	7	0	$2,670	$258,536	-	11
58	-	The Fluffer	First	$18,488	-	4	-	$4,622	$161,632	-	7
59	-	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Imax	$18,477	-	6	-	$3,080	$6,140,343	-	149
60	87	Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man	Imax	$18,239	-	7	-	$2,606	$12,989,871	-	87