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Not only were they hits at the Oscars, but King Steve Martin and Queen Latifah also managed to keep ruling the box office. Their Bringing Down the House dipped only 27 percent to hold on to the No. 1 spot for the third week, narrowly besting the debuting spook show, Dreamcatcher, by another King: Stephen. Meanwhile, the long-shelved Gwyneth Paltrow airline romp, View From the Top, stalled at takeoff, while that other vehicular comedy starring an Oscar winner, Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Boat Trip, ran aground. All a-bored?
TOP 20 WEEKEND NO. OF WEEKEND WEEKS GROSS GROSS* SITES 1 PER-SITE IN TO AVERAGE RELEASE DATE 1 BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE Touchstone $16.2 2,871 $5,644 3 $83.3 2 DREAMCATCHER Warner Bros. $15.0 2,945 $5,103 1 $15.0 3 AGENT CODY BANKS MGM $9.2 3,369 $2,739 2 $26.5 4 VIEW FROM THE TOP Miramax $7.0 2,508 $2,795 1 $7.0 5 THE HUNTED Paramount $6.5 2,517 $2,586 2 $23.4 6 Chicago Miramax $6.2 2,565 $2,408 13 $134.0 7 PIGLET'S BIG MOVIE Disney $6.1 2,084 $2,926 1 $6.1 8 TEARS OF THE SUN Columbia $4.4 2,810 $1,579 3 $37.9 9 OLD SCHOOL DreamWorks $3.9 2,033 $1,920 5 $67.0 10 BOAT TRIP Artisan $3.8 1,714 $2,226 1 $3.8 11 HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS Paramount $2.9 1,840 $1,601 7 $98.3 12 DAREDEVIL 20th Century Fox $1.4 1,405 $1,010 6 $98.4 13 WILLARD New Line $1.4 1,762 $796 2 $6.2 14 CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE Warner Bros. $1.0 1,242 $832 4 $33.5 15 THE PIANIST Focus $1.0 540 $1,910 13 $20.2 16 THE HOURS Paramount/Miramax $1.0 628 $1,597 13 $38.9 17 THE JUNGLE BOOK 2 Disney $1.0 1,214 $797 6 $45.5 18 ABOUT SCHMIDT New Line $0.8 533 $1,586 15 $62.9 19 THE QUIET AMERICAN Miramax $0.8 372 $2,156 18** $9.9 20 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS New Line $0.8 518 $1,484 14 $334.8 SOURCE: NIELSEN EDI. WEEKEND OF MARCH 21-23 *WEEKEND GROSS AND GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS INCLUDES SOME MULTISCREEN THEATERS AND PRINTS SHIPPED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCREENS **TRACKING BEGAN WITH BRIEF 2002 OSCAR-ELIGIBILITY RELEASE
