New Line's PG-13 rated man-against-the-system drama John Q fell one rung to third place in its third week, continuing to show good legs with a robust ESTIMATED $8.4 million (-33%) at 2,456 theaters (-49 theaters; $3,420 per theater). Its cume is approximately $51.1 million.

Directed by Nick Cassavetes, it stars Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Kimberly Elise and Ray Liotta.

"It's touched a nerve," New Line Distribution president David Tuckerman said Sunday. "I think (it's) the storyline about HMOs. Everybody's got their own horror story about an HMO. People relate to it in that way. They either know somebody who's had a bad experience or they've had one themselves."

Asked where it's heading, Tuckerman said, "$70 million," pointing out that it wasn't an expensive production and "somewhere around $40 million I think we started to make money."

Universal and Spyglass Entertainment's PG-13 afterlife thriller Dragonfly slid one notch to fourth place in its second week but held respectably with an ESTIMATED $6.81 million (-33%) at 2,507 theaters (theater count unchanged; $2,715 per theater). Its cume is approximately $19.4 million.

Directed by Tom Shadyac, it stars Kevin Costner.

Buena Vista/Disney's G rated animated Return to Never Land dropped one peg to fifth place in its third week, still holding very well with an ESTIMATED $6.5 million (-28%) at 2,618 theaters (-8 theaters; $2,470 per theater). Its cume is approximately $35.3 million.

Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow's R rated vampire thriller Queen of the Damned plunged five rungs to sixth place in its second week with an anemic ESTIMATED $5.83 million (-61%) at 2,511 theaters (theater count unchanged; $2,320 per theater). Its cume is approximately $23.8 million.

Directed by Michael Rymer, it stars Stuart Townsend and late recording artist Aaliyah.

Universal's PG rated family comedy Big Fat Liar fell two rungs to seventh place in its fourth week, holding well with a still funny ESTIMATED $4.75 million (-25%) at 2,232 theaters (-205 theaters; $2,130 per theater). Its cume is approximately $38.8.

Directed by Shawn Levy, it stars Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti and Amanda Bynes.

Big Fat Liar, which was made for only about $15 million, should be very profitable for Universal.

Universal, DreamWorks and Imagine Entertainment's PG-13 rated drama A Beautiful Mind, which has eight Oscar nominations including best picture and won the Writers Guild of America's best adapted screenplay award Saturday night, held on to seventh place in its 11th week with a still attractive ESTIMATED $4.41 million (-17%) at 1,962 theaters (-107 theaters; $2,245 per theater). Its cume is approximately $138.7 million, heading for $150 million-plus, depending on how well it does Oscar night.

Directed by Ron Howard, the Brian Grazer production stars Russell Crowe, Ed Harris and Jennifer Connelly.

Paramount's PG-13 rated Britney Spears comedy Crossroads dropped four notches to eighth place in its third week with an unfunny ESTIMATED $4.04 million (-42%) at 2,301 theaters (-80 theaters; $1,754 per theater). Its cume is approximately $31.2 million.

Directed by Tamra Davis, it stars Britney Spears.

"I think it's going to push $40 million now," Paramount's Wayne Lewellen said, looking ahead to the film's likely domestic theatrical cume. "I had it (getting to) like the high $30 millions, but it held up a little better this weekend than I anticipated."