Weekend Box Office

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Three-day gross/ Screens/ Weeks in Movie (Studio) Total (millions) Average Release 1. “The Whole Nine Yards” $7.2 2,793 3 (Warner Bros.) $38.3 $2,569 2. “The Next Best Thing” $5.87 2,007 1 (Paramount) $5.87 $2,925 3. “My Dog Skip” $5.86 2,331 8 (Warner Bros.) $6.6 $2,515 4. “Drowning Mona” $5.8 1,981 1 (Destination) $5.8 $2,929 5. “Pitch Black” $5.1 1,903 3 (USA Films) $29.7 $2,663 6. “Snow Day” $4.8 2,717 4 (Paramount) $49.0 $1,768 7. “Reindeer Games” $4.76 2,204 2 (Miramax/Dimension) $15.1 $2,158 8. “Wonder Boys” $4.1 1,504 2 (Paramount) $11.4 $2,695 9. “American Beauty” $4.03 1,339 25 (DreamWorks) $93.0 $3,010 10. “The Cider House Rules” $4.02 1,496 13 (Miramax) $37.2 $2,686 “3 Strikes”* $3.7 678 1 (MGM) $4.6 $5,435 “What Planet Are You From?” $3.0 2,248 1 (Sony/Columbia) $3.0 $1,338

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*Opened Wednesday

SOURCE: Exhibitor Relations Co.