Rank
Title
Weekend
Gross
Cumulative
Gross
Weeks in Release
1

Inside Man

$28,900,000

$28,900,000

1
2

V for Vendetta

$12,300,000

$46,100,000

2
3

Stay Alive

$11,200,000

$11,200,000

1
4

Failure to Launch

$10,800,000

$63,800,000

3
5

The Shaggy Dog

$9,100,000

$47,900,000

3
6

She’s the Man

$7,400,000

$20,400,000

2
7

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector

$7,000,000

$7,000,000

1
8

The Hills Have Eyes

$4,200,000
$35,500,000
3
9

Eight Below

$2,700,000
$77,100,000
6
10

16 Blocks

$2,200,000
$34,000,000
4

Spike Lee hasn’t ventured often into the straight-up thriller genre aside from Girl 6, but the allure of Denzel Washington going tete-a-tete with Clive Owen while Jodie Foster does whatever is she does was enough for the heist flick Inside Man to steal the top spot from V for Vendetta.

The lethal videogame flick Stay Alive was killing close behind, while the week’s other new horror movie Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector only brought in $7 million (was there a big NASCAR race this weekend?).
 
Next week has the roller-rink pic ATL and a new Ice Age, while a pair of slimy parasites strike in Slither and Basic Instinct 2.