Fox Searchlight Pictures' PG-13 rated urban appeal romantic comedy Brown Sugar, which was third last week, tied for fifth place in its second week with a much less sweet ESTIMATED $5.3 million (-51%) at 1,378 theaters (+6 theaters; $3,853 per theater). Its cume is approximately $18.6 million.

Directed by Rick Famuyiwa, it stars Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan.

20th Century Fox's PG-13 rated action drama The Transporter slipped three notches to seventh place in its second week with a quiet ESTIMATED $5.01 million (-45%) at 2,610 theaters (+37 theaters; $1,920 per theater). Its cume is approximately $17.1 million.

Directed by Cory Yuen, it stars Jason Statham and Shu Qi.

DreamWorks' PG-13 action comedy The Tuxedo, which was sixth last week, tied for eighth place in its fourth week with an unexciting ESTIMATED $4.1 million (-42%) at 2,424 theaters (-561 theaters; $1,691 per theater). Its cume is approximately $43.1 million.

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

The G rated animated feature Jonah: A Veggie Tale Movie from Artisan's FHE Pictures and Big Idea Productions, which was eleventh last week, expanded and tied for eighth place in its third week with a still tasty ESTIMATED $4.1 million (+12%) at 1,581 theaters (+407 theaters; $2,593 per theater). Its cume is approximately $16.2 million.

Directed by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, it was produced by Ameake Owens.

"We expanded and we went up in gross, so we're very happy," Artisan distribution head Steve Rothenberg said Sunday morning.

"We opened up the eastern seaboard this weekend. Te numbers were very solid in the Philadelphia and the Washington, D.C. branches (and) a little spotty in New England. But the bottom line is, the expansion worked. It helped boost our gross 12 percent from last weekend. We're on our way, hopefully, to around a $25 million gross (in domestic theaters)."

Rounding out the Top Ten was Buena Vista/Disney's PG rated fantasy family film Tuck Everlasting, down two slots in its second week with a calm ESTIMATED $3.7 million (-29%) at 1,448 theaters ($2,583 per theater). Its cume is approximately $10.6 million.

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

OTHER OPENINGS

This weekend also saw the arrival via Sony's Screen Gems of the action comedy Formula 51 to a disappointing ESTIMATED $2.9 million at 1,857 theaters ($1,562 per theater).

Directed by Ronny Yu, it stars Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Carlyle. The film was distributed in the U.S. by Screen Gems and in Canada by Alliance/Atlantis.

"It's an acquisition of a film that has already been released in Europe under the title Fifty-First State and had some success in the U.K., but obviously we're disappointed with the results here," Sony Pictures Entertainment worldwide marketing & distribution president Jeff Blake said Sunday morning.

Sony, however, won't get hurt by Formula's weak showing. "It is a no cost acquisition where our losses are limited to strictly a modest p&a campaign," Blake said.

HBO Films and Newmarket Films' PG-13 rated comedy drama Real Women Have Curves kicked off to a hopeful ESTIMATED $0.18 million at 56 theaters ($3,277 per theater).

Directed by Patricia Cardoso, it stars America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros and George Lopez.