The Top Movies of Tuesday, May 16, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Gladiator	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$1,696,455	-32.15%	2,962	$573	$77,858,146	12
2	(2)	Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000	Warner Bros.	Action	$763,616	-10.45%	3,307	$231	$13,165,200	5
3	(3)	U-571	Universal	Action	$521,700	+12.08%	2,820	$185	$58,015,670	26
4	(4)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$411,503	+10.68%	2,470	$167	$25,304,395	19
5	(6)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$403,950	+26.74%	2,411	$168	$22,229,627	19
6	(5)	Center Stage	Sony Pictures	Drama	$402,423	+22.67%	1,506	$267	$5,335,086	5
7	(7)	Screwed	Universal	Comedy	$263,005	+3.12%	1,759	$150	$3,860,145	5
8	(8)	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Universal	Comedy	$220,275	-7.74%	3,125	$70	$24,852,700	19
9	(10)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$183,815	+27.70%	1,509	$122	$32,594,033	33
10	(13)	I Dreamed of Africa	Sony Pictures	Drama	$170,465	+30.35%	2,112	$81	$5,203,881	12
11	(11)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$160,322	+11.68%	1,616	$99	$56,986,038	40
12	(16)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$150,825	+32.84%	1,755	$86	$34,617,278	33
13	(14)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$141,645	+11.76%	1,191	$119	$118,770,640	61
14	(9)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$141,080	-7.95%	1,047	$135	$22,543,473	26
15	(15)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$117,071	+0.06%	944	$124	$49,993,327	61
16	(12)	Held Up	Trimark	Comedy	$108,841	-16.93%	688	$158	$2,150,867	5
17	(17)	Return to Me	MGM	Romantic Comedy	$107,852	+12.84%	1,203	$90	$29,221,719	40
18	(19)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Vantage	Black Comedy	$75,660	+4.78%	270	$280	$1,843,429	26
19	(20)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$42,375	+38.86%	425	$100	$129,430,774	245
20	(18)	The Road to El Dorado	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$40,253	-53.07%	1,027	$39	$49,231,074	47

Statistical industry information provided by and copyright © Exhibitor Relations Co., Inc
For full information on how our charts are constructed see our sources.