‘Fears’ Holds Ground Ahead of ‘Ya-Ya’

The nuclear terror thriller “The Sum of All Fears” remained the top-grossing movie for a second week, with $19.2 million in ticket sales. Opening strong in second place was “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood,” with $16.2 million. “Bad Company,” another film about the threat of a nuclear device, grossed $11 million in its debut.

*--* Weekend Box Office Movie Three-day gross/ Screens/ Average Weeks in Release (Studio Total (millions) ) 1 “The Sum of All Fears” $19.2 3,218 2 (Paramo $62.3 $5,976 unt) 2 “Divine Secrets of $16.2 2,507 1 the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” (Warner $16.2 $6,448 Bros.) 3 “Star Wars: Episode $14.0 3,161 4 II Attack of the Clones” (Fox) $255.1 $4,433 4 “Bad Company” $11.0 2,944 1 (Disney $11.0 $3,739 /Touchs tone) 5 “Spider-Man” $10.3 3,235 6 (Sony/C $370.4 $3,187 olumbia ) 6 “Spirit: Stallion of $9.3 3,362 3 the Cimarron” (DreamW $53.6 $2,767 orks) 7 “Undercover Brother” $7.3 2,169 2 (Univer $23.6 $3,366 sal) 8 “Insomnia” $6.1 2,458 3 (Warner $52.0 $2,490 Bros.) 9 “Enough” $3.8 2,388 3 (Sony/C $33.8 $1,584 olumbia ) 10 “About a Boy” $2.7 1,618 3 (Univer $32.4 $1,640 sal) Source: Exhibit or Relatio ns Co

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