New Line Cinema's PG-13 rated action comedy blockbuster sequel Rush Hour 2 slipped one notch to sixth place in its ninth week with an okay ESTIMATED $2.68 million (-24%) at 2,086 theaters (-43 theaters; $1,282 per theater). Its cume is approximately $219.4 million, heading for $225 million in domestic theaters.
Directed by Brett Ratner, it stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.
Columbia's PG-13 rated suspense thriller The Glass House dropped four pegs to seventh place in its third week with a quiet ESTIMATED $2.1 million (-53%) at 1,601 theaters (+10 theaters; $1,290 per theater). Its cume is approximately $15.0 million, heading for $20 million.
Directed by Daniel Sackheim, it stars Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane and Stellan Skarsgard.
Paramount's PG-13 comedy Rat Race fell one rung to eighth place in its seventh week with a slower ESTIMATED $1.76 million (-40%) at 2,024 theaters (-393 theaters; $867 per theater). Its cume is approximately $54.1 million, heading for $57-60 million.
Directed by Jerry Zucker, it stars Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green, Jon Lovitz, Breckin Meyer and Amy Smart.
Universal and Miramax's PG-13 rated action adventure acquisition The Musketeer dropped five pegs to ninth place in its fourth week with a less lively ESTIMATED $1.74 million (-51%) at 2,367 theaters (-133 theaters; $735 per theater). Musketeer, which Universal picked up for North America for only about $3.75 million, has a cume of approximately $25.5 million, heading for $30 million in domestic theaters.
Directed by Peter Hyams, it stars Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth and Justin Chambers.
Rounding out the Top Ten was Sony's Screen Gems label's R rated urban appeal romantic comedy Two Can Play That Game, which was sixth last week, with a less engaging ESTIMATED $1.6 million (-50%) at 1,188 theaters (+11 theaters; $1,347 per theater). Made for only $6 million, its cume is approximately $20.6 million, heading for the mid-$20 millions in domestic theaters.
Written and directed by Mark Brown, it stars Vivica Fox and Anthony Anderson.
OTHER OPENINGS
This weekend also saw the arrival of Providence Entertainment's PG rated action film ExtremeDays to a soft ESTIMATED $0.5 million at 351 theaters ($1,425 per theater).
Directed by Eric Hannah, it stars Dante Brasco.
MGM's release of United Artists' R rated romantic comedy Born Romantic opened quietly to an ESTIMATED $9,000 at 7 theaters ($1,295 per theater).
Directed by Michele Camarda, it stars Craig Ferguson, Ian Hart, Jane Horrocks, Adrian Lester, Catherine McCormack, Jimi Mistry, David Morrissey and Olivia Williams.