The Top Movies of Thursday, August 30, 2001

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	American Pie 2	Universal	Comedy	$932,005	-7.82%	3,157	$295	$113,917,095	21
2	(3)	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Miramax/Dimension	Comedy	$802,555	-8.44%	2,765	$290	$15,126,390	7
3	(1)	Rush Hour 2	New Line	Action	$791,975	-23.09%	3,001	$264	$187,775,126	28
4	(4)	The Others	Miramax	Horror	$692,700	-12.71%	2,436	$284	$49,557,596	21
5	(5)	Rat Race	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$688,092	-2.22%	2,551	$270	$28,616,657	14
6	(6)	The Princess Diaries	Buena Vista	Comedy	$624,566	-2.81%	2,749	$227	$85,271,444	28
7	(7)	Summer Catch	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$470,558	-8.84%	2,335	$202	$9,523,222	7
8	(8)	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Miramax	Drama	$378,820	-2.08%	1,612	$235	$15,720,330	14
9	(9)	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$304,757	-6.61%	1,931	$158	$169,223,764	35
10	(10)	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Screen Media Films	Action	$297,958	-3.66%	2,048	$145	$5,202,536	7
11	(11)	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$191,368	-4.91%	903	$212	$3,351,827	7
12	(14)	Jurassic Park 3	Universal	Action	$186,750	-3.46%	1,494	$125	$173,511,695	44
13	(12)	Bubble Boy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$184,920	-6.57%	1,605	$115	$2,920,111	7
14	(13)	American Outlaws	Warner Bros.	Western	$184,388	-4.75%	2,305	$80	$9,925,308	14
15	(15)	Legally Blonde	MGM	Comedy	$166,013	+16.70%	1,204	$138	$86,901,065	49
16	(16)	The Deep End	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$101,094	-5.76%	208	$486	$2,914,330	23
17	(18)	The Score	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$86,018	+2.45%	803	$107	$67,725,664	49
18	(17)	America's Sweethearts	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$82,932	-2.33%	908	$91	$90,168,247	42
19	(19)	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$77,196	-1.73%	755	$102	$261,741,330	105
20	(20)	Osmosis Jones	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$64,547	+0.53%	1,262	$51	$12,629,426	21

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