New Line Cinema went wide in its third week with its R rated drama Life As A House, placing eighth with an unexciting ESTIMATED $3.68 million at 1,288 theaters (+1,200 theaters; $2,853 per theater). Its cume is approximately $4.9 million.
Directed by Irwin Winkler, it stars Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Columbia's PG-13 rated comedy drama Riding In Cars With Boys fell three rungs in its fourth week to ninth place with a dull ESTIMATED $2.1 million (-48%) at 2,182 theaters (-372 theaters; $962 per theater). Its cume is approximately $27.8 million on its way to $33-35 million in domestic theaters.
Directed by Penny Marshall, it stars Drew Barrymore.
Rounding out the Top Ten was Warner Bros.' fifth week of its R rated hit police corruption drama Training Day, which was eighth last week, with a quiet ESTIMATED $1.94 million (-37%) at 1,407 theaters (-358 theaters; $1,375 per theater). Its cume is approximately $72.5 million, heading for about $76 million in domestic theaters.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the Warner Bros. presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment stars Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.
OTHER OPENINGS
There were no other major openings this weekend.
SNEAK PREVIEWS
There were no national sneak previews this weekend.
EXPANSIONS
On the expansion front this weekend saw USA Films' R rated black and white drama The Man Who Wasn't There go wider in its second week with a hopeful ESTIMATED $0.92 million at 169 theaters (+130 theaters; $5,470 per theater). Its cume is approximately $1.8 million.
Directed by Joel Coen and written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, it stars Billy Bob Thornton and Frances McDormand.
Miramax Zoe Films' R rated French comedy Amelie expanded in its second week with an encouraging ESTIMATED $0.73 million at 48 theaters (+45 theaters; $15,208 per theater. Its cume is approximately $1.0 million.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, it stars Audrey Tautou.
Fox Searchlight's R rated animated feature Waking Life added theaters in its fourth week with an okay ESTIMATED $0.25 million at 62 theaters (+5 theaters; $3,770 per theater). Its cume is approximately $1.1 million.
Written and directed by Richard Linklater, Waking Life is a likely candidate in the new best animated feature Oscar category.
"We're very pleased at how the film continued to expand into the regional markets," Fox Searchlight distribution president Stephen Gilula said Sunday morning. "It's a very challenging film and there's an audience out there that embraced it. It held extremely well in a number of the big cities where it's in its fourth week. We'll be expanding it to another 35 cities this weekend, so we'll be in over 100 theaters in about 75 markets going into Thanksgiving."