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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at the North American box office for the March 28-30 weekend, according to studio estimates collected on Sunday by Reuters. Final data will be issued on Monday.



1 (+) Head of State ............. $14.0 million

2 (1) Bringing Down the House ... $12.5 million

3 (+) The Core .................. $12.4 million

4 (+) Basic ..................... $12.1 million

5 (6) Chicago ................... $ 7.4 million

6 (2) Dreamcatcher .............. $ 6.4 million

7 (3) Agent Cody Banks .......... $ 6.1 million

8 (7) Piglet's Big Movie ........ $ 4.6 million

9 (4) View From the Top ......... $ 3.8 million

10 (5) The Hunted ................ $ 3.7 million

NOTE: Last weekend's ranking in parenthesis. "+" - new release.



TOTALS TO DATE:

Chicago ........................ $144.9 million

Bringing Down the House ........ $100.0 million

Agent Cody Banks ............... $ 34.9 million

The Hunted ..................... $ 29.3 million

Dreamcatcher ................... $ 25.4 million

Head of State .................. $ 14.0 million

View From the Top .............. $ 12.5 million

Piglet's Big Movie ............. $ 12.4 million

The Core ....................... $ 12.4 million

Basic .......................... $ 12.1 million



NOTE: "Head of State" was released by Dreamworks SKG, which is privately held.

"Bringing Down the House" was released by Touchstone Pictures, "Chicago" and "View From the Top" by Miramax Films, and "Piglet's Big Movie" by Walt Disney Pictures, all units of Walt Disney Co .

"The Core" and "The Hunted" were released by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc .

"Basic" was released by Columbia Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp .

"Dreamcatcher" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc .

"Agent Cody Banks" was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc .

matome

Wow, Bringning Down The House is still going pretty strong!

Goat3001

I'm really surprised that Bringing Down The House is doing so well.

Also I was thinking a lot more people would see Chicago since the Oscars, I guess not.

The Antipodean

Huh, yesterday at boxofficemojo.com they were predicting "Bringing Down The House" to squeak out to #1 in the estimates -- that's the first time in a while I've seen them call it wrong with early estimates. Good to see "The Core" bottom out, it didn't do a thing for me. Waste of two hours.

movieking

None of the new movies did particularly well, but then again, none of them were particularly well received either. I am astonished at the popularity of Bringing Down The House as well. When it opened, I was thinking that it would make a little under $14 million in the opening week - when it more than doubled that, I was floored, and continue to be with its strong box office.

Geofferson

Surprised that Basic was able to make $12M despite being trashed in the reviews.

Rypro 525

Damn, Spirited Away only made 1.5 million.

movieking

Since this has such a close DVD release date, it really doesn't surprise me that much...

Patman

Spirited Away only played in roughly 700 threaters this weekend.

clemente

And the marketing campaign for the rerelease only hit a few days ago.

Mourn

Quick, how many movies mocking square white people into the top five at once! I'm sure the studios could cram a few more in, they gotta have some boxed away somewhere.

theneobez

Hey, does anyone know how much The Pianist made? In an article they said it was up 130 some percent, which is great, the movie is finally get some of its recognition. But anyone know the number?

Rypro 525

11 15 The Pianist Focus $2,447,000 137.2% 773 +233 $3,165 $23,586,000 $35 / $10 14

Samuel

Steve Martin:

... Queen Latifah or as I like to refer to her, Sequel money.

PolloDiablo

Wow, not to sound pretentious, but I had no idea how disconnected i had become with mainstream films untill I saw that top ten. I have only seen two of the current top ten, Chicago and Bringin Down the House (which was crap), and I have absolutely no desire what-so-ever to see the other eight.

dknight04

I had the feeling that The Core would hit the number 1 spot with a big opening. Looks like America is in the mood for humor especially with the war in Iraq.

angryyoungman

I don't think there will be a wider release of The Pianist, because Universal will make more money when it's released on DVD on 4/15.

The same goes for Disney, who gave Spirited Away a slightly wider release, but won't bother with any more theaters since their DVD release of the film is 4/15 as well.

syphon00

I have no freakin' clue why everyone is kissing
Chicago's ass
I thought it was just an ok movie?
why do all the cirtics like musicals so much?

C.H.U.D.

Because everyone in Hollywood likes to come across as artsy and pretentious, so they flock to big musicals. Either that, or Kevin Smith is right and everyone in Hollywood is gay.

Rypro 525

"Malibu's Most Wanted" Thats the next one of "these" types of movies.