The mobster beat the mouse after all.

        Tom Hanks' gangster tale, Road to Perdition, took in $15.4 million to win a close race against Stuart Little 2 for the weekend box-office crown.

        Stuart Little 2, with Michael J. Fox providing the title character's voice, grossed $15.1 million.

        The two films switched ranks since Sunday, when preliminary estimates had Stuart Little 2 in the No. 1 spot, slightly ahead of Road to Perdition.

        Filling out the top 10 were Men in Black II, K-19, Regin of Fire, Mr. Deeds, Eight Legged Freaks, Halloween Resurrection, Lilo & Stitch and The Crocodile Hunter.

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