Box Office Game — September 14, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Monday, September 14, 2026 (day #1656 of the game): the weekend of March 30, 2001 — a 2001 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 #1656
The weekend to guessMarch 30, 2001Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Spy Kids
MiramaxNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$26,546,881Total$26,546,881
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Someone Like You...
20th Century FoxNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$10,010,600Total$10,010,600
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Heartbreakers
MGMLast week #1Week 2 in release-33.9% vs last week
Weekend$7,802,097Total$23,139,589
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Tomcats
Revolution StudiosNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$6,406,076Total$6,406,076
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Brothers
Sony PicturesLast week #2Week 2 in release-45.6% vs last week
Weekend$5,603,339Total$18,104,947

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About the five films

Spy Kids poster

#1 Spy Kids IMDb →

“Real spies... only smaller.”

Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the "family business."

Director: Robert Rodriguez · Starring: Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas · Genre: Family, Action, Comedy, Adventure, Science Fiction · Budget: $35,000,000 · Worldwide: $147,934,180 · Domestic total: $112,719,001
Someone Like You... poster

#2 Someone Like You... IMDb →

“The story about the one that got away and the one she never saw coming.”

Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her studies and romantic misadventure to use as a pseudonymous sex columnist -- and becomes a sensation.

Director: Tony Goldwyn · Starring: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman · Genre: Comedy, Romance · Budget: $23,000,000 · Worldwide: $38,689,940 · Domestic total: $27,343,067
Heartbreakers poster

#3 Heartbreakers IMDb →

“Meet the mother and daughter who'll love you for richer...and leave you for poorer.”

Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.

Director: David Mirkin · Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Lee · Genre: Comedy, Romance, Crime · Budget: $35,000,000 · Worldwide: $57,800,000 · Domestic total: $40,336,607
Tomcats poster

#4 Tomcats IMDb →

“The Last Man Standing Gets The Kitty.”

College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 -- money Michael needs to pay a gambling debt. Problem is, the only other single guy is a hopeless womanizer!

Director: Gregory Poirier · Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jake Busey · Genre: Comedy, Romance · Budget: $11,000,000 · Worldwide: $23,400,000 · Domestic total: $13,558,739
The Brothers poster

#5 The Brothers IMDb →

“There is nothing like a good woman to make a brother want to be a man.”

This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to come to terms with their own issues of commitment and honesty...

Director: Gary Hardwick · Starring: Morris Chestnut, D.L. Hughley, Bill Bellamy · Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance · Budget: $6,000,000 · Worldwide: $27,900,000 · Domestic total: $27,457,409

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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.

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