Volume II Number 9

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Top May-August 2002 Releases
(as of 8/18/02; domestic grosses in millions)

Bold type indicates films still in release at press time.
1.
Spider-Man (Sony)
$403.7
2.
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (Fox)
299.4
3.
Men in Black 2 (Sony)
188.5
4.
Austin Powers in Goldmember (NL)
183.8
5.
Scooby-Doo (WB)
151.0
6.
Signs (BV)
150.5
7.
Lilo & Stitch (BV)
139.4
8.
Minority Report (Fox)
129.1
9.
Mr. Deeds (Sony)
123.6
10.
The Sum of All Fears (Par)
118.0
11.
The Bourne Identity (Uni)
115.9
12.
Road to Perdition (DW)
90.3
13.
XXX (Sony)
83.9
14.
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (DW)
73.1
15.
Divine Secrets/Ya-Ya Sisterhood (WB)
68.6
16.
Insomnia (WB)
66.8
17
Stuart Little 2 (Sony)
57.0
18.
Unfaithful (Fox)
52.7
19.
Like Mike (Fox)
49.9
20.
Spy Kids 2 (Mir)
45.6
21.
Reign of Fire (BV)
41.6
22.
About a Boy (Uni)
40.5
22.
Windtalkers (MGM)
40.5
24.
Enough (Sony)
39.1
25.
Undercover Brother (Uni)
38.2
26.
K-19: The Widowmaker (Par)
33.8
27.
The Master of Disguise (Sony)
30.2
28.
Halloween: Resurrection (Mir)
29.8
29.
Bad Company (BV)
29.6
30.
The New Guy (Sony)
28.9
31.
Croc. Hunter: Collision Course (MGM)
27.5
32.
Eight Legged Freaks (WB)
16.5
33.
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (Par)
15.9
34.
The Country Bears (BV)
15.3
35.
Blood Work (WB)
15.3
36.
Blue Crush (Uni)
14.1
37.
Hey Arnold! The Movie (Par)
13.6
38.
Juwanna Mann (WB)
13.5
39.
The Powerpuff Girls Movie (WB)
11.3
40.
The Importance of Being Earnest (Mir)
7.5
41.
Deuces Wild (MGM)
6.0
42.
Hollywood Ending (DW)
4.8
43.
ESPN's Ultimate X The Movie (BV)
3.8
44.
Lovely and Amazing (LG)
3.3
45.
13 Conversations About One Thing (SPC)
2.7
46.
Sunshine State (SPC)
2.4
47.
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (WB)
2.1
48.
Full Frontal (Mir)
1.9
49.
Dangerous Lives/Altar Boys (ThinkFilm)
1.7
50.
Tadpole (Mir)
1.5
51.
Possession (Focus)
1.5
52.
Late Marriage (Magnolia)
1.3
53.
The Good Girl (FS)
1.1
54.
Read My Lips (Magnolia)
.82
55.
The Kid Stays in the Picture (PC)
.77
56.
Sex and Lucia (Palm)
.68
57.
My Wife is an Actress (SPC)
.65
58.
The Emperor's New Clothes (PC)
.60
59.
Notorious C.H.O. (Wellspring)
.50
60.
Cinema Paradiso [rr] (Mir)
.39
60.
CQ (MGM)
.39
62.
The Lady and the Duke (SPC)
.29
63.
Never Again (Focus)
.29
64.
The Believer (IDP)
.25
64.
Pumpkin (MGM)
.25
66.
Me Without You (IDP)
.23
67.
Who is Cletis Tout? (PC)
.21
68.
24 Hour Party People (MGM)
.20
69.
Cockettes (Strand)
.18
70.
Elling (First Look)
.18
71.
Metropolis (Fritz Lang) [rr] (Kino)
.18
72.
Pandora's Box (Rainforest)
.16
73.
Cherish (FL)
.16
74.
Happy Times (SPC)
.14
75.
I am Trying to Break Your Heart (Cowboy)
.14
76.
Dahmer (Peninsula)
.14
77.
Bartleby (Outrider)
.13
78.
Kurosawa & Mifune Festival (Cowboy)
.12
79.
Hybrid (Indican)
.10
80.
Home Movie (Cowboy)
.09
81.
The Business/Fancydancing (Outrider)
.09
82.
Merci Pour Le Chocolat (Empire)
.08
83.
Ziggy Stardust [rr] (Cowboy)
.07
84.
Lagaan [rr] (SPC)
.07
85.
Lan Yu (Strand)
.06
86.
Langrishe, Go Down (Castle Hill)
.06
87.
Songs From/Second Floor (New Yorker)
.05
87.
Harvard Man (Cowboy)
.05
89.
The Producers [rr] (Rialto)
.04
90.
Ivans xtc (Artisitic License)
.04
91.
Mostly Martha (PC)
.04
92.
Nijinsky (Wellspring)
.04
93.
The Chateau (IFC)
.03
94.
The Last Kiss (ThinkFilm)
.03
95.
Secret Ballot (SPC)
.03
96.
War Photographer (First Run/Carus)
.03
97.
A Song for Martin (First Look)
.02
98.
Beauty and the Beast [rr] (Cowboy)
.02
99.
Gangster No. 1 (IFC)
.02
99.
Master/Flying Guillotine (Pathfinder)
.02
99.
Tosca (Avatar)
.02
102.
Cuba Feliz (Empire)
.01
103.
Ayurveda: Art of Being...(Kino)
.01
103.
Bobby G. Can't Swim (Gabriel)
.01
103.
The Days of Nick Drake (Roxie)
.01
103.
Fleeing By Night (Strand)
.01
103.
Lansdown (Outrider)
.01
103.
The Next Big Thing (Castle Hill)
.01
103.
30 Years to Life (Keystone)
.01
Top January-April 2002 Releases
(as of 8/18/02; domestic grosses in millions)

Bold type indicates films still in release at press time.
1.
Ice Age (Fox)
$176.3
2.
Panic Room (Sony)
95.3
3.
The Scorpion King (Uni)
90.3
4.
Blade 2 (NL)
81.6
5.
Snow Dogs (BV)
81.1
6.
We Were Soldiers (Par)
78.1
7.
The Rookie (BV)
75.5
8.
John Q (NL)
71.0
9.
Changing Lanes (Par)
66.7
10.
The Time Machine (DW)
56.6
11.
The Count of Monte Cristo (BV)
54.2
12.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (IFC)
52.7
13.
Return to Never Land (BV)
48.4
14.
Big Fat Liar (Uni)
47.8
15.
High Crimes (Fox)
41.5
16.
A Walk to Remember (WB)
41.2
17.
Orange County (Par)
41.0
18.
Collateral Damage (WB)
40.0
19.
Resident Evil (Sony)
39.5
20.
40 Days and 40 Nights (Mir)
37.9
21.
Showtime (WB)
37.9
22.
Crossroads (Par)
37.1
23.
Clockstoppers (Par)
36.9
24.
The Mothman Prophecies (Sony)
35.2
25.
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial [rr] (Uni)
35.1
26.
Murder By Numbers (WB)
31.8
27.
Queen of the Damned (WB)
30.3
28.
Dragonfly (Uni)
30.0
29.
Beauty and The Beast [Spec.Ed.] (BV)
25.4
30.
All About the Benjamins (NL)
25.4
31.
The Sweetest Thing (Sony)
24.4
32.
Nat'l Lampoon's Van Wilder (Artisan)
21.0
33.
Space Station 3-D (Imax)
20.2
34.
Hart's War (MGM)
19.0
35.
Rollerball (MGM)
18.9
36.
Super Troopers (FS)
18.4
37.
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (Fox)
16.0
38.
Life or Something Like It (Fox)
14.4
39.
Y Tu Mama Tambien (IFC)
13.6
40.
Monsoon Wedding (USA/Focus)
13.5
41.
Frailty (LG)
13.1
42.
Jason X (NL)
12.6
43.
Brotherhood of The Wolf (Uni Focus)
10.9
44.
Sorority Boys (BV)
10.1
45.
Death to Smoochy (WB)
8.3
46.
Big Trouble (BV)
7.2
47.
Kissing Jessica Stein (FS)
7.0
48.
Impostor (Mir)
6.1
49.
Slackers (Sony)
5.2
50.
Birthday Girl (Mir)
4.9
51.
Italian for Beginners (Mir)
4.4
52.
Enigma (Manhattan)
3.9
53.
The Cat's Meow (LG)
3.1
54.
The Fast Runner: Atanarjuat (Lot 47)
2.7
55.
Men With Brooms (Alliance Atlantis)
2.1
55.
State Property (LG)
2.1
57.
Harrison's Flowers (Uni)
1.8
58.
Joshua (Artisan)
1.3
59.
Dogtown and Z-Boys (SPC)
1.2
60.
Nine Queens (SPC)
1.1
61.
Crush (SPC)
1.0
61.
The Son's Room (Mir)
1.0
63.
The Singles Ward (Halestorm)
.94
64.
The Piano Teacher (Kino)
.91
65.
Storytelling (FL)
.91
66.
Human Nature (FL)
.69
67.
Metropolis (Sony)
.67
67.
The Salton Sea (WB)
.67
69.
Son of the Bride (SPC)
.55
70.
Time Out (ThinkFilm)
.44
71.
Triumph of Love (PC)
.44
72.
The Mystic Masseur (Thinkfilm)
.38
73.
Rain (IDP)
.38
74.
Scotland, Pa. (Lot 47)
.38
75.
Amadeus [rr] (WB)
.36
76.
American Adobo (Maelstrom)
.34
77.
The Last Waltz [rr] (MGM)
.32
78.
Festival in Cannes (PC)
.29
79.
Scratch (Palm)
.28
80.
Green Dragon (Silver Nitrate)
.24
81.
Murderous Maids (Rialto)
.20
82.
Ram Dass: Fierce Grace (Zeitgeist)
.20
83.
Circuit (Rialto)
.20
84.
Promises (Cowboy)
.19
85.
What Time is it There? (Wellspring)
.19
86.
Les Destinees (Wellspring)
.18
87.
Sex With Strangers (David Keith)
.18
88.
Swimming (Oceanside)
.16
89.
Beijing Bicycle (SPC)
.15
90.
Pepe Le Moko [rr] (Rialto)
.13
91.
Pauline and Paulette (SPC)
.13
91.
Time of Favor (Kino)
.13
93.
American Chai (Magic Lamp)
.12
93.
The Cherry Orchard (Kino)
.12
93.
Maryam (Streetlight)
.12
96.
Big Bad Love (IFC)
.10
96.
Shiri (IDP)
.10
96.
Stolen Summer (Mir)
.10
99.
Mean Machine (PC)
.09
99.
Wendigo (Magnolia)
.09
99.
World Traveler (ThinkFilm)
.09
102.
Borstal Boy (Strand)
.08
102.
Trouble Every Day (Lot 47)
.08
104.
The Climb (Worldwide)
.07
104.
The Earth/Swallow You (Hanson Bros.)
.07
104.
Sade (Empire)
.07
104.
Taliesin Jones (Impact)
.07
108.
Umberto D [rr] (Rialto)
.06
109.
No Such Thing (MGM)
.06
109.
Spooky House (Entertainment Hwy)
.06
111.
Girls Can't Swim (Wellspring)
.05
112.
Chelsea Walls (LG)
.05
112.
Hometown Legend (Jenkins)
.05
112.
The Komediant (New Yorker)
.05
112.
Lucky Break (Par)
.05
116.
Warm Water/Red Bridge(Cowboy)
.04
117.
Astoria (Menemsha)
.04
117.
How...Your Neighbor's Dog (Artistic License)
.04
119.
Maelstrom (Arrow)
.03
119.
A Rumor of Angels (MGM)
.03
121.
Cool and Crazy (First Run)
.02
121.
For Da Love of Money (Urbanworld)
.02
121.
New Best Friend (Sony)
.02
121.
Teddy Bear's Picnic (Magnolia)
.02
125.
Margarita Happy Hour (Passport)
.01
125.
Mule Skinner Blues (Steel Carrot)
.01
125.
Night at the Golden Eagle (Keystone)
.01
125.
Some Body (Lot 47)
.01
125.
Very Annie-Mary (Empire)
.01
125.
Vulgar (LG)
.01
125.
Waydowntown (Lot 47)
.01

 

 

 

 

 

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