Box Office Game — September 1, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (day #1643 of the game): the weekend of December 13, 2002 — a 2002 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1643
The weekend to guessDecember 13, 2002Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Maid in Manhattan
Sony PicturesNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$18,711,407Total$18,711,407
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Star Trek: Nemesis
ParamountNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$18,513,305Total$18,513,305
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Drumline
20th Century FoxNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$12,604,705Total$12,604,705
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Die Another Day
MGMLast week #1Week 4 in release-39.4% vs last week
Weekend$7,785,055Total$131,851,422
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Hot Chick
TouchstoneNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$7,401,146Total$7,401,146

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About the five films

Maid in Manhattan poster

#1 Maid in Manhattan IMDb →

“...love checks in.”

Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?

Director: Wayne Wang · Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson · Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance · Budget: $55,000,000 · Worldwide: $154,906,693 · Domestic total: $94,011,225
Star Trek: Nemesis poster

#2 Star Trek: Nemesis IMDb →

“A generation's final journey begins.”

En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.

Director: Stuart Baird · Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner · Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller · Budget: $60,000,000 · Worldwide: $67,336,470 · Domestic total: $43,254,409
Drumline poster

#3 Drumline IMDb →

“Half time is game time.”

A talented street drummer from Harlem enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.

Director: Charles Stone III · Starring: Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldaña, Orlando Jones · Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy, Music, Sport · Budget: $20,000,000 · Worldwide: $57,600,000 · Domestic total: $56,399,184
Die Another Day poster

#4 Die Another Day IMDb →

“He's never been cooler.”

James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.

Director: Lee Tamahori · Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens · Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller · Budget: $142,000,000 · Worldwide: $431,971,116 · Domestic total: $160,942,139
The Hot Chick poster

#5 The Hot Chick IMDb →

“The hottest chick in town just switched bodies with the luckiest loser in the world.”

Not only is Jessica Spencer the most popular girl in school -- she is also the meanest. But things change for the attractive teen when a freak accident involving a cursed pair of earrings and a chance encounter at a gas station causes her to switch bodies with Clive, a sleazy crook. Jessica, in the form of the repulsive Clive, struggles to adjust to this radical alteration and sets out to get her own body back before the upcoming prom.

Director: Tom Brady · Starring: Rob Schneider, Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence · Genre: Comedy, Fantasy · Budget: $34,000,000 · Worldwide: $54,639,553 · Domestic total: $35,081,594

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How the clues work

Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Box Office Game?
Box Office Game is a free daily movie trivia game at boxofficega.me, based on an idea from the Blank Check podcast. Each day it picks one weekend from box office history and you have to name that weekend’s top five films, using as few clues as possible.
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So you can check the clues without spoiling a puzzle you have not finished. Tap “Reveal all five movies” to show the titles, posters and film details.
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