"Marky Mark and the Monkey Bunch" a.k.a. Planet of the Apes finished second with $28.5 million. The 20th Century Fox actioner was down 58% from its opening weekend. The film has made an impressive $124.7 million in two weeks.
Disney's The Princess Diaries bowed in third. I have to admit, this film did much better than I expected it to. The Anne Hathaway-Julie Andrews starrer made $23.2 million in the Friday-to-Sunday period.
JPIII added $12.1 million to its total gross. The blockbuster sequel has made $146 million in 3 weeks.
America's Sweethearts rounded out the top 5 with $8.4 million.
In 6th, Original Sin proved that even the loveliness of Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie aren't enough to save a bad movie. The psycho-sexual thriller opened with an extremely modest $6.4 million.
Reese Witherspoon's Legally Blonde placed 7th with just over $6 million, while Frank Oz's The Score dropped from 5th to 8th.
Bringing up the rear, Warner Bros.' Cats & Dogs was 9th with $2.3 million, barely edging out another comedy with talking animals, Dr. Dolittle 2.
| Rank | Previous | Film Title | Distributor | Weekend | Total | Weeks | Theaters |
| 1 | - | Rush Hour 2 | New Line | $66,800,000 | $66,800,000 | 1 | 3118 |
| 2 | 1 | Planet of the Apes | Fox | $28,450,000 | $124,655,000 | 2 | 3530 |
| 3 | - | The Princess Diaries | Buena Vista | $23,200,000 | $23,200,000 | 1 | 2537 |
| 4 | 2 | Jurassic Park III | Universal | $12,100,000 | $146,800,000 | 3 | 3462 |
| 5 | 3 | America's Sweethearts | Sony | $8,400,000 | $75,100,000 | 3 | 3011 |
| 6 | - | Original Sin | MGM | $6,400,000 | $6,400,000 | 1 | 2194 |
| 7 | 4 | Legally Blonde | MGM | $6,057,000 | $71,563,000 | 4 | 2536 |
| 8 | 5 | The Score | Paramount | $4,950,000 | $57,252,000 | 4 | 2211 |
| 9 | 7 | Cats & Dogs | Warner Bros. | $2,250,000 | $86,746,000 | 5 | 2122 |
| 10 | 6 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Fox | $2,050,000 | $105,947,000 | 7 | 1685 |
