Rings Displaced

After a colossal five weeks at the top of the US box office, Peter Jackson's The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring has finally been uprooted from its throne. Ridley Scott's intense war film, Black Hawk Down soared into pole position with a $29 million opening weekend. In fact, Lord of The Rings slipped two rungs down the ladder this weekend, losing second place to Cuba Gooding Jr comedy, Snow Dogs and coming in just ahead of A Beautiful Mind. Last year's other top performer, Harry Potter moved up the all time charts over the weekend, becoming the ninth most profitable film in American history, just ahead of Independence Day.