In a replay of a week earlier, two late-summer sequels held the top spots at the weekend boxoffice in North America as Universal's "American Pie 2" served up a second helping on top with an estimated $21.4 million, followed by New Line's "Rush Hour 2" with an estimated $19.2 million. "Pie 2" slipped 53% during its sophomore frame, continuing the summer trend of larger-than-average second-weekend drops, while moving its 10-day cume to an estimated $87.6 million. After two weekends of exceptionally strong returns at the boxoffice -- up 34% and 47%, respectively, compared with last year's comparable frames -- and a record nine-week stretch of $200 million-plus seven-day periods (HR 8/15), this weekend's Golden Dozen gained 19% on the comparable 2000 frame, still a fairly robust expansion.

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