The Top Movies of Wednesday, August 29, 2001

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Rush Hour 2	New Line	Action	$1,029,691	-23.54%	3,001	$343	$186,983,151	27
2	(2)	American Pie 2	Universal	Comedy	$1,011,055	-24.65%	3,157	$320	$112,985,090	20
3	(3)	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Miramax/Dimension	Comedy	$876,500	-25.38%	2,765	$317	$14,323,835	6
4	(4)	The Others	Miramax	Horror	$793,605	-20.52%	2,436	$326	$48,864,896	20
5	(5)	Rat Race	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$703,726	-23.41%	2,551	$276	$27,928,565	13
6	(6)	The Princess Diaries	Buena Vista	Comedy	$642,639	-22.80%	2,749	$234	$84,646,878	27
7	(7)	Summer Catch	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$516,166	-30.51%	2,335	$221	$9,052,664	6
8	(8)	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Miramax	Drama	$386,880	-18.64%	1,612	$240	$15,341,510	13
9	(9)	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$326,333	-18.32%	1,931	$169	$168,919,007	34
10	(10)	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Screen Media Films	Action	$309,286	-21.14%	2,048	$151	$4,904,578	6
11	(new)	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$201,259		903	$223	$3,160,459	6
12	(new)	Bubble Boy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$197,919		1,605	$123	$2,735,191	6
13	(re-entry)	American Outlaws	Warner Bros.	Western	$193,580		2,305	$84	$9,740,920	13
14	(re-entry)	Jurassic Park 3	Universal	Action	$193,445		1,494	$129	$173,324,945	43
15	(re-entry)	Legally Blonde	MGM	Comedy	$142,257		1,204	$118	$86,735,052	48
16	(re-entry)	The Deep End	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$107,274		208	$516	$2,813,236	22
17	(re-entry)	America's Sweethearts	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$84,912		908	$94	$90,085,315	41
18	(re-entry)	The Score	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$83,960		803	$105	$67,639,646	48
19	(re-entry)	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$78,557		755	$104	$261,664,134	104
20	(re-entry)	Osmosis Jones	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$64,208		1,262	$51	$12,564,879	20

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