20th Century Fox and DreamWorks' PG-13 rated sci-fi fantasy thriller Minority Report tumbled five pre-cogs to ninth place in its fourth week with a slower ESTIMATED $7.41 million (-41%) at 2,419 theaters (-310 theaters; $3,063 per theater). Its cume is approximately $110.3 million, heading for $135-140 million in domestic theaters.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, it stars Tom Cruise.
"Off 41 percent is a very good hold because it's an adult oriented movie and you had Road to Perdition open up (which also is targeted to adults and) did very well," Fox's Myerson said.
Rounding out the Top Ten was Universal's PG-13 sleeper hit The Bourne Identity, off four slots in its fifth week with a still solid ESTIMATED $5.77 million (-37%)) at 2,199 theaters (-313 theaters; $2,625 per theater). Its cume is approximately $99.0 million, heading for $110 million or more in domestic theaters.
OTHER OPENINGS
This weekend also saw the arrival of Sony Pictures Classics' R rated romantic comedy My Wife Is an Actress to an encouraging ESTIMATED $46,000 at 7 theaters ($6,594 per theater).
Directed by Yvan Attal, it stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal and Terence Stamp.
Focus Features' R rated romantic comedy Never Again opened to a hopeful ESTIMATED $33,000 at 5 theaters ($6,677 per theater).
Written, produced and directed by Eric Schaeffer, it stars Jeffrey Tambor and Jill Clayburgh.
SNEAK PREVIEWS
There were no national sneak previews this weekend.
EXPANSIONS
On the expansion front this weekend Gold Circle Films and HBO's PG rated romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding added a few more theaters via IFC Films in its 13th week with a still terrific ESTIMATED $2.4 million (-5%) at 501 theaters (+2 theaters; $4,760 per theater). Its cume is approximately $27.3 million.
Directed by Joel Zwick, it stars Nia Vardalos and John Corbett.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 -- took in approximately $138.54 million, up 18.64 percent from last year when they totaled $116.78 million.
Key films were down about 6.53 percent from the previous weekend of this year when they grossed $148.22 million.
Last year, MGM's opening week of Legally Blonde was first with $20.38 million at 2,620 theaters ($7,778 per theater); and Paramount's opening week of The Score was second with $19.02 million at 2,129 theaters ($8,933 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $39.4 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $47.1 million.