Buena Vista/Touchstone's PG-13 rated supernatural thriller Signs fell one peg to second place in its second weekend with a still solid ESTIMATED $30.0 million (-50%) at 3,310 theaters (+46 theaters; $9,095 per theater). Its cume is approximately $118.3 million.
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, it stars Mel Gibson.
Signs joined Hollywood's $100 Million Club on its ninth day in theaters, matching the time it took earlier BV blockbusters like Monsters, Inc. and Pearl Harbor to get there.
Miramax's Dimension Films opened its PG rated family comedy sequel Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams in third place to an unexciting ESTIMATED $17.0 million at 3,307 theaters ($5,141 per theater). Its cume after five days is approximately $25.3 million.
Directed by Robert Rodriguez, it stars Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino.
The original Spy Kids opened to $26.5 million for three days over the weekend of Mar. 30-Apr. 1, 2001 at 3,104 theaters (averaging $8,552 per theater). It went on to gross $112.7 million in domestic theaters.
Distribution sources said Sunday morning that one of the PG rated sequel's problems was having to compete against the PG-13 rated XXX's opening. Ten year old kids who might otherwise have opted to see Spy Kids 2, were instead turning to XXX the way their older brothers and sisters were.
New Line's PG-13 rated comedy sequel Austin Powers in Goldmember slipped two rungs to fourth place in its third week with an ESTIMATED $13.08 million (-58%) at 3,508 theaters (-105 theaters; $3,727 per theater). Its cume is approximately $167.8 million.
Directed by Jay Roach, it stars Mike Myers, Beyonce Knowles and Michael Caine.
"We're still the only major comedy that's really out there, so we feel we're going to hold into the fall, New Line distribution president David Tuckerman said Sunday morning.
Warner Bros.' R rated thriller Blood Work arrived quietly in fifth place to an ESTIMATED $7.24 million at 2,525 theaters ($2,865 per theater).
Produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, it stars Eastwood.
"It's a very well made film, a good story, and it's received excellent reviews," Warner Bros. Distribution president Dan Fellman said Sunday morning. "We're in this for the long run so we'll wait a few weeks and see if we can build some momentum."
Revolution Studios and Columbia's PG rated family comedy Master of Disguise skidded three notches to sixth place in its second week with a less funny ESTIMATED $5.1 million (-59%) at 2,568 theaters (+3 theaters; $1,986 per theater). Its cume is approximately $23.8 million.
Directed by Perry Andelin Blake, it stars Dana Carvey.
"It's a $16 million picture (in terms of production cost) and we'll probably finish in the mid-$30 millions," Sony's Jeff Blake said Sunday morning. "It will be very profitable for everybody involved."