The Top Movies of Thursday, August 24, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$1,676,010	+5.00%	2,411	$695	$24,978,885	7
2	(2)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$838,288	+2.47%	2,835	$296	$57,195,052	21
3	(3)	The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$793,721	-2.30%	847	$937	$15,306,982	7
4	(4)	The Replacements	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$787,571	+3.35%	2,754	$286	$26,701,768	14
5	(5)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$678,869	+4.55%	2,760	$246	$126,306,573	35
6	(7)	Autumn in New York	MGM	Drama	$586,210	+2.41%	2,282	$257	$23,554,512	14
7	(6)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$580,031	-0.83%	2,539	$228	$46,499,133	21
8	(8)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$489,885	-5.98%	2,969	$165	$106,432,561	28
9	(9)	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	Horror	$479,132	+2.49%	2,954	$162	$63,751,662	21
10	(10)	Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$446,561	-1.55%	2,521	$177	$20,039,908	14
11	(11)	Godzilla 2000	Sony Pictures	Action	$302,206	-10.09%	2,111	$143	$5,850,566	7
12	(12)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$286,662	+0.54%	1,624	$177	$149,862,786	42
13	(13)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$193,161	+2.68%	1,417	$136	$174,397,585	56
14	(16)	Scary Movie	Miramax/Dimension	Comedy	$148,200	+6.13%	1,501	$99	$147,847,858	49
15	(14)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$145,038	-17.99%	1,222	$119	$65,055,679	49
16	(15)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$125,864	-16.69%	1,002	$126	$102,323,784	65
17	(17)	Saving Grace	Fine Line	Comedy	$112,056	+13.59%	255	$439	$2,379,889	21
18	(20)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$101,418	+14.19%	842	$120	$110,402,708	58
19	(19)	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Destination Films	Adventure	$70,408	-22.26%	1,008	$70	$14,891,610	30
20	(18)	Pokemon 2000	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$69,693	-26.13%	638	$109	$42,234,727	35

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