Buena Vista/Disney's PG rated animated family appeal feature Lilo & Stitch fell two notches to eighth place in its fifth week with quiet ESTIMATED $5.1 million (-36%) at 2,127 theaters (-813 theaters; $2,383 per theater). Its cume is approximately $128.5 million.
Written and directed by Chris Sanders, it was produced by Clark Spencer.
Rounding out the Top Ten was MGM's PG rated family adventure The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, down four pegs in its second week with a soft ESTIMATED $4.8 million (-50%) at 2,525 theaters (theater count unchanged; $1,901 per theater). Its cume is approximately $18.9 million.
Directed by John Stainton, it stars Steve Irwin and Terri Irwin.
OTHER OPENINGS
This weekend also saw the arrival of Miramax's PG-13 romantic comedy Tadpole to a hopeful ESTIMATED $80,000 at 6 theaters ($13,333 per theater).
Directed by Gary Winick, it stars Sigourney Weaver, John Ritter, Bebe Neuwirth and Aaron Stanford.
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 hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding added theaters via IFC Films in its 14th week with a strong ESTIMATED $2.5 million (+11%) at 524 theaters (+29 theaters; $4,720 per theater). Its cume is approximately $30.8 million, heading for $40 million or more in domestic theaters.
Directed by Joel Zwick, it stars Nia Vardalos and John Corbett.
Focus Features' R rated romantic comedy Never Again went wider in its second week with a quiet ESTIMATED $54,000 at 35 theaters (+30 theaters; $1,530 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.1 million.
Written, produced and directed by Eric Schaeffer, it stars Jeffrey Tambor and Jill Clayburgh.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 -- took in approximately $116.28 million, down 17.08 percent from last year when they totaled $140.24 million.
Key films were down about 16.47 percent from the previous weekend of this year when they grossed $139.22 million.
Last year, Universal's opening week of Jurassic Park III was first with $50.77 million at 3,434 theaters ($14,785 per theater); and Columbia's opening week of America's Sweethearts was second with $30.18 million at 3,011 theaters ($10,024 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $81.0 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $31.2 million.