The Top Movies of Tuesday, October 17, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Meet the Parents	Universal	Comedy	$1,489,995	+5.51%	2,615	$570	$61,726,785	12
2	(2)	Remember the Titans	Buena Vista	Drama	$748,670	-2.68%	2,726	$275	$65,724,334	19
3	(3)	Lost Souls	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$476,206	-7.69%	1,970	$242	$8,946,846	5
4	(4)	The Contender	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$426,819	-3.53%	1,516	$282	$6,233,176	5
5	(5)	Dr. T and the Women	Artisan	Romantic Comedy	$407,400	+9.70%	1,489	$274	$5,791,640	5
6	(6)	The Ladies Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$375,617	+1.22%	2,022	$186	$6,173,086	5
7	(7)	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	Horror	$368,965	+4.40%	1,655	$223	$31,001,013	9,793
8	(8)	Get Carter	Warner Bros.	Drama	$284,630	+10.38%	2,315	$123	$12,283,173	12
9	(9)	Almost Famous	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$204,397	+3.10%	2,262	$90	$27,079,355	33
10	(10)	Best in Show	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$171,391	-6.52%	291	$589	$4,243,850	21
11	(11)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$87,125	-0.11%	2,187	$40	$64,924,200	54
12	(13)	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Sony Pictures	Horror	$86,769	+5.40%	2,221	$39	$20,326,934	26
13	(12)	Digimon: The Movie	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$71,274	-17.01%	1,825	$39	$7,487,511	12
14	(14)	Dancer in the Dark	Fine Line	Musical	$58,127	+21.92%	123	$473	$1,648,799	26
15	(15)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$44,910	+6.25%	1,018	$44	$23,762,705	40
16	(16)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$43,027	+3.30%	1,027	$42	$153,203,202	89
17	(18)	The Watcher	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$35,160	+13.84%	879	$40	$28,638,960	40
18	(17)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$34,450	-8.40%	1,002	$34	$89,128,472	75
19	(19)	Billy Elliot	Universal	Drama	$26,516	-1.21%	10	$2,652	$269,037	5
20	(re-entry)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$24,780		395	$63	$60,492,711	61

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