Warner Bros.' PG-13 rated comedy Malibu's Most Wanted dropped from fourth to sixth place in its third week with an ESTIMATED $4 million (-45%) at 2,503 theaters (-163 theaters, $2,340 per theater). Its cume is approximately $28.9 million.

Directed by John P Whitesell, it stars Jamie Kennedy, Taye Diggs and Anthony Anderson.

Lions Gate's R-rated Confidence fell two rungs to seventh place with an ESTIMATED $2.5 million (-45%) at 1,871 theaters (unchanged, $1,336 per theater). Its cume is approximately $8.5 million.

Directed by James Foley, it stars Edward J. Burns, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia and Rachel Weisz.

MGM's PG-13 multi-generational comedy It Runs in the Family dropped from eighth to ninth in its second week with an ESTIMATED $1.5 million (-45%) at 1,207 theaters (unchanged, $1,284 per theater). Its cume is approximately $5.1 million.

Directed by Fred Schepisi, it stars Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Cameron Douglas, Rory Culkin and Bernadette Peters.

Benefiting from positive word of mouth, Fox Searchlight's PG-13 rated Bend It Like Beckham was the only film this week to move up in the order. The soccer comedy cracked the Top 10 in its eighth week of release stateside with an ESTIMATED $1.4 million (-5%) at 484 theaters (+63) with a per theater average of $3,006. Its cume is approximately $10.9 million.

The film follows the aspirations of a young Indian girl living in London whose only desire is to play soccer--even if it means going against her traditional family's wishes.

Directed by Gurinder Chadha, it stars Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Rounding out the Top Ten is MGM's PG-13 rated martial art pic Bulletproof Monk, which dropped four spots from last week with an ESTIMATED $1.4 million (-67%) at 1,894 theaters (-1,061, $766 per theater). Its cume is approximately $21.5 million.

Directed by Paul Hunter, it stars Chow Yun-Fat and Seann William Scott.

OTHER OPENINGS

Four new films opened in limited release this weekend, including Fox Searchlight's R rated drama The Dancer Upstairs, which earned an ESTIMATED $105,300 at 13 theaters with a solid $8,100 per theater average. The film expands to 55 venues Friday.

Sony Classics's R rated crime comedy Owning Mahowny premiered with an ESTIMATED $35,123, at nine theaters ($3,903 per theater).

Miramax debuted the R rated drama Blue Car at six theaters and took in an ESTIMATED $31,000 with a strong $5,167 per theater average.

Meanwhile, Thinkfilm's G rated documentary Spellbound opened Wednesday in a Film Forum exclusive in Gotham and earned an ESTIMATED $17,569 this weekend. Its cume is approximately $23,107.

WEEKEND COMPARISON

The Top 12 films this weekend grossed an ESTIMATED $140.7 million, up a whopping 87.96 percent from last week when they totaled $74.8 million.

The Top 12 were down 7.6 percent from last year when they totaled $152.3 million.

Last year, Sony's PG-13 rated Spider-Man premiered at the top of the box office with $114.8 million at 3,615 theaters ($31,769 per theater); Universal's PG-13 rated The Scorpion King came in second with $9 million at 3,466 theaters ($2,610 per theater); and Paramount's R rated Changing Lanes came in third with $5.3 million at 2,642 theaters ($2,021 per theater).