DreamWorks' PG-13 action comedy The Tuxedo dropped three pegs to sixth in its third week, holding decently with an ESTIMATED $7.0 million (-30%) at 2,985 theaters

(-37 theaters; $2,358 per theater). Its cume is approximately $37.0 million.

Directed by Kevin Donovan, it stars Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Warner Bros.' PG-13 rated drama White Oleander arrived in seventh place to a calm ESTIMATED $5.66 million at 1,510 theaters ($3,745 per theater).

Directed by Peter Kosminsky, it stars Alison Lohman, Robin Wright-Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer and Renee Zellweger.

"The exits were very strong," Warner Bros. Distribution president Dan Fellman said Sunday morning. "The audience was about 65 percent female, but 50 percent were under the age of 25. A little bit younger than we had hoped for. The exits were all very positive. So we'll see what happens during the week. Ya-Ya (last summer's Warner Bros. hit "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood) in some respects had a similar pattern in terms of audience mixture. (It had) a good reaction in that women came out strong during the week."

Buena Vista/Disney's PG rated fantasy family film Tuck

Everlasting opened in eighth place to a quiet ESTIMATED $5.5 million at 1,185 theaters ($4,658 per theater).

Directed by Jay Russell, it stars Alexis Bledel, Ben Kingsley, Sissy Spacek, Jonathan Jackson and William Hurt.

New Line Cinema's R rated drama Knockaround Guys opened ninth, knocked for a loop with an ESTIMATED $5.04 million at 1,806 theaters ($2,791 per theater).

Written and directed by Brian Koppelman & David Levien, it stars Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Seth Green, Dennis Hopper and John Malkovich.

Rounding out the Top Ten was MGM's PG-13 rated urban appeal comedy Barbershop, down five rungs in its fifth week with a shorter ESTIMATED $4.0 million (-39%) at 1,911 theaters (-265 theaters; $2,093 per theater). Its cume is approximately $65.4 million, heading for $75-80 million in domestic theaters.

Directed by Tim Story, it stars Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve and Cedric The Entertainer.

OTHER OPENINGS

This weekend also saw the arrival of Lions Gate Films' R rated drama The Rules of Attraction to a soft ESTIMATED $2.4 million at 1,430 theaters ($1,678 per theater).

Written and directed by Roger Avary, it stars James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel, Ian Somerhalder, Kip Pardue and Kate Bosworth.

Miramax's G rated animated sequel Pokemon 4Ever opened to a weak ESTIMATED $0.68 million at 249 theaters ($2,710 per theater).

Revolution Studios and Columbia's R rated romantic comedy drama Punch-Drunk Love kicked off to an outstanding ESTIMATED $0.38 million at 5 theaters ($76,000 per theater).

Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it stars Adam Sandler and Emily Watson.

"We've got a spectacular start for Punch-Drunk Love," Sony Pictures Entertainment worldwide marketing & distribution president Jeff Blake said Sunday morning.

"It's really eye-popping. Just as a point of comparison (consider) two recent limited (releases). Royal Tenenbaums also was in five runs and did $277,000 for a $55,396 average. American Beauty, which took 16 runs, did $861,000 for a $53,846 average. Those are kind of the state-of-the-art limiteds with really what has to be considered terrific per screen averages in the mid-$50,000s. So to be in the mid-$70,000s is pretty exciting."