The Top Movies of Sunday, August 26, 2001

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	American Pie 2	Universal	Comedy	$3,552,000	-24.22%	3,157	$1,125	$109,337,940	17
2	(1)	Rush Hour 2	New Line	Action	$3,321,000	-29.42%	3,001	$1,107	$183,421,781	24
3	(4)	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Miramax/Dimension	Comedy	$2,987,000	-11.17%	2,765	$1,080	$11,018,543	3
4	(3)	The Others	Miramax	Horror	$2,422,000	-31.86%	2,436	$994	$46,146,680	17
5	(5)	Rat Race	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,323,000	-29.62%	2,551	$911	$25,437,381	10
6	(6)	The Princess Diaries	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,873,000	-31.55%	2,749	$681	$82,391,618	24
7	(7)	Summer Catch	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,671,000	-32.22%	2,335	$716	$7,018,593	3
8	(10)	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Screen Media Films	Action	$1,144,000	-21.10%	2,048	$559	$3,804,452	3
9	(8)	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Miramax	Drama	$1,096,000	-34.37%	1,612	$680	$14,092,095	10
10	(9)	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,025,000	-31.30%	1,931	$531	$167,842,258	31
11	(re-entry)	Jurassic Park 3	Universal	Action	$725,000		1,494	$485	$172,667,010	40
12	(11)	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$640,000	-40.30%	903	$709	$2,459,315	3
13	(new)	Bubble Boy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$584,000		1,605	$364	$2,038,349	3
14	(re-entry)	American Outlaws	Warner Bros.	Western	$557,000		2,305	$242	$9,098,173	10
15	(re-entry)	Legally Blonde	MGM	Comedy	$372,000		1,204	$309	$86,179,945	45
16	(re-entry)	The Deep End	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$325,000		208	$1,563	$2,485,532	19
17	(re-entry)	The Score	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$304,000		803	$379	$67,382,820	45
18	(re-entry)	Osmosis Jones	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$262,000		1,262	$208	$12,344,938	17
19	(re-entry)	America's Sweethearts	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$214,000		908	$236	$89,805,929	38
20	(re-entry)	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$208,000		755	$275	$261,398,217	101