The Associated Press
Die Another Day has won another weekend at the box office.
The James Bond flick, which debuted as the No. 1 movie two weeks earlier, returned to the top spot with $13 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The mobster-in-therapy sequel Analyze That, starring Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal opened with $11.3 million. Analyze This had premiered with $18.4 million in 1999 on its way to a total of $106.7 million.
"We'll just have to see how it holds up," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., which released Analyze That. "Hopefully, we can use this weekend as a springboard to get word of mouth out there and continue through the holidays."
Last weekend's top film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, slipped to third place with $10 million, lifting its total to $213.9 million in just over three weeks.
John Leguizamo's drug and gangster drama Empire opened strongly in narrower release, grossing $6.3 million and coming in at No. 4.
Empire was the first movie released by a partnership between Universal Pictures and Arenas Entertainment, which targets Hispanic viewers. Latinos made up 51 percent of the audience for Empire.
The sci-fi thriller Equilibrium, starring Christian Bale, Taye Diggs and Emily Watson, opened weakly with $528,000 in 301 theaters, averaging $1,754.
In limited release, the acclaimed Adaptation grossed $400,000 in just seven theaters for a whopping $57,143 average. Starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper, the film reunites Being John Malkovich screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze for a bizarre story of an anxiety-ridden writer struggling to adapt a book to film.
Adaptation, in which Mr. Cage plays a fictionalized version of Mr. Kaufman and his make-believe twin brother, will expands to more theaters later this month.
The box office was down, with the top 12 movies grossing $69.5 million, off 15 percent from the same weekend last year, when Ocean's 11 opened with a $38.1 million debut.
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