The Top Movies of Thursday, April 27, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	U-571	Universal	Action	$1,368,990	-7.02%	2,583	$530	$25,907,490	7
2	(2)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$577,220	-1.12%	3,190	$181	$45,574,700	21
3	(5)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$563,926	-0.64%	2,152	$262	$21,051,598	14
4	(4)	The Road to El Dorado	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$545,639	-4.02%	3,223	$169	$44,441,235	28
5	(3)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$532,432	-6.35%	2,523	$211	$24,575,144	14
6	(6)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$493,357	+2.18%	1,237	$399	$10,421,779	7
7	(7)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$444,025	+0.20%	3,070	$145	$109,251,155	42
8	(8)	Return to Me	MGM	Romantic Comedy	$365,027	-1.62%	2,320	$157	$22,747,610	21
9	(9)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$244,647	+5.99%	1,509	$162	$43,636,719	42
10	(10)	American Psycho	Lionsgate	Black Comedy	$217,599	-4.53%	1,236	$176	$10,735,616	14
11	(11)	The Skulls	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$194,775	+0.16%	2,413	$81	$31,266,620	28
12	(12)	Gossip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$173,322	-7.73%	1,525	$114	$3,197,438	7
13	(13)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$169,173	+0.92%	1,229	$138	$20,840,454	28
14	(14)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$118,426	-2.53%	1,467	$81	$127,474,117	226
15	(15)	Where the Money Is	USA Films	Comedy	$113,314	-4.25%	1,538	$74	$5,100,101	14
16	(16)	Romeo Must Die	Warner Bros.	Action	$106,507	-4.82%	1,824	$58	$52,863,027	37
17	(18)	My Dog Skip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$86,528	+18.09%	1,023	$85	$32,724,069	107
18	(17)	Ready to Rumble	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$78,683	-8.56%	2,585	$30	$11,688,920	21
19	(19)	The Cider House Rules	Miramax	Drama	$35,470	+5.80%	644	$55	$56,422,703	140
20	(20)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Vantage	Black Comedy	$24,248	+7.86%	18	$1,347	$322,988	7

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