By the Numbers

Gruesome gore and bloody action ruled the top two slots at the nation’s theaters, with a remake of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre� hooking No. 1 and Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill Vol. 1� staking out the No. 2 position. On Sunday some competitors thought the Miramax movie had not performed as well as Fox’s “Runaway Jury,� but when numbers were reported Monday “Kill Bill� lived up to Sunday projections and held on to second place.

Clint Eastwood’s dark “Mystic River� did solid business in its first weekend in moderately wide release, averaging $7,120 per theater in 1,467 locations.

With no other family/kid films in the market, MGM’s “Good Boy!� has proved a modest success, dropping only 32% in its second weekend, grossing $8.9 million and $25.7 million to date.

R. Kinsey Lowe

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1 The Texas Chainsaw $28.1 $28.1 3,016 $9,315 1 Massacre (New Line Cinema)

2 Kill Bill Vol. 1 $12.4 $43.2 3,102 $4,005 2 (Miramax)

3 Runaway Jury $11.8 $11.8 2,815 $4,205 1 (20th Century Fox)

4 School of Rock $11.0 $54.9 2,951 $3,730 3 (Paramount)

5 Mystic River $10.4 $13.5 1,467 $7,120 2 (Warner Bros.)

6 Good Boy! $8.9 $25.7 3,225 $2,770 2 (MGM)

7 Intolerable Cruelty $6.5 $22.7 2,570 $2,535 2 (Universal)

8 Out of Time $4.0 $35.2 2,344 $1,707 3 (MGM)

9 Under the Tuscan $3.4 $33.7 1,663 $2,032 4 Sun (Buena Vista)

10 The Rundown $2.8 $44.5 2,099 $1,325 4 (Universal)

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Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.