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A still-forceful Attack of the Clones helped the holiday weekend rack up a record $200 million–up 7.5 percent from last year. Dropping 41 percent from its opening weekend, Clones declined almost twice as much as its predecessor, The Phantom Menace, which fell a mere 21 percent in week two (earning more money in its second week on fewer screens than Clones). Among rookies, the big winner was Chris Nolan’s Insomnia: Its $26.1 million already surpasses the director’s total haul for Memento and also marks a personal best for its star Al Pacino.

TOP 20 WEEKEND WEEKS GROSS WEEKEND NO. OF PER-SITE IN TO GROSS* SITES[1] AVERAGE RELEASE DATE

1 STAR WARS: EPISODE II– ATTACK OF THE CLONES 20th Century Fox $60.0 3,161 $18,983 2 $201.3 2 SPIDER-MAN Columbia $35.8 3,876 $9,240 4 $333.6 3 INSOMNIA Warner Bros. $26.1 2,610 $9,988 1 $26.1 4 SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON DreamWorks $23.2 3,317 $6,998 1 $23.2 5 ENOUGH Columbia $17.2 2,623 $6,562 1 $17.2 6 ABOUT A BOY Universal $9.8 1,749 $5,615 2 $21.8 7 UNFAITHFUL 20th Century Fox $7.6 2,401 $3,146 3 $41.0 8 THE NEW GUY Columbia $5.4 2,374 $2,286 3 $24.4 9 CHANGING LANES Paramount $1.9 1,258 $1,518 7 $64.4 10 THE SCORPION KING Universal $1.8 1,524 $1,210 6 $87.9 11 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING IFC $1.6 260 $6,116 6 $7.6 12 THE ROOKIE Disney $1.0 836 $1,179 9 $72.0 13 SPACE STATION 20th Century Fox $0.8 45 $17,443 6 $5.1 14 Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN IFC $0.6 214 $2,900 11 $11.1 15 MONSTERS, INC. Touchstone $0.6 289 $1,968 30 $253.8 16 MURDER BY NUMBERS Warner Bros. $0.5 752 $700 6 $31.0 17 ICE AGE 20th Century Fox $0.5 594 $852 11 $173.1 18 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Miramax $0.5 38 $13,170 1 $0.5 19 MONSOON WEDDING USA FILMS $0.5 193 $2,502 14 $11.1 20 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING New Line $0.4 335 $1,325 23 $310.7

SOURCE: NIELSEN EDI. WEEKEND OF MAY 24-27 *WEEKEND GROSS AND GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS

[1]INCLUDES SOME MULTISCREEN THEATERS AND PRINTS SHIPPED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCREENS