The Top Movies, Weekend of March 17, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$28,138,465		2,848	$9,880	$28,138,465	3
2	(1)	Mission to Mars	Buena Vista	Adventure	$11,385,709	-50.18%	3,060	$3,721	$40,612,440	10
3	(new)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$10,015,822		2,587	$3,872	$10,015,822	3
4	(3)	My Dog Skip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,268,241	-12.59%	2,331	$2,260	$21,575,816	68
5	(2)	The Ninth Gate	Artisan	Thriller/Suspense	$3,531,618	-46.67%	1,657	$2,131	$12,534,261	10
6	(4)	The Whole Nine Yards	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,274,453	-40.59%	2,503	$1,308	$51,071,108	31
7	(5)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$3,159,322	-13.78%	1,661	$1,902	$103,007,991	187
8	(6)	The Cider House Rules	Miramax	Drama	$2,477,000	-31.19%	1,738	$1,425	$45,778,857	101
9	(9)	Snow Day	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,205,015	-30.79%	2,387	$924	$56,398,194	38
10	(13)	The Tigger Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,771,853	-28.08%	1,701	$1,042	$41,597,384	38
11	(7)	Drowning Mona	Destination Films	Comedy	$1,727,680	-50.68%	1,704	$1,014	$13,579,577	17
12	(8)	The Next Best Thing	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,652,564	-51.64%	2,035	$812	$13,376,438	17
13	(18)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$1,553,037	+6.18%	54	$28,760	$33,690,679	79
14	(10)	Pitch Black	USA Films	Horror	$1,446,415	-50.84%	1,384	$1,045	$36,480,488	31
15	(11)	Reindeer Games	Miramax	Action	$1,302,967	-54.39%	1,701	$766	$21,802,812	24
16	(20)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$1,280,780	+32.34%	878	$1,459	$288,477,004	227
17	(12)	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,186,526	-54.59%	1,458	$814	$16,930,982	26
18	(14)	3 Strikes	MGM/UA	Comedy	$989,630	-46.93%	678	$1,460	$8,748,772	19
19	(re-entry)	Beyond the Mat	Universal	Documentary	$966,016		298	$3,242	$985,957	150
20	(16)	Scream 3	Miramax	Horror	$894,540	-41.94%	1,316	$680	$85,925,084	45
21	(22)	The Green Mile	Warner Bros.	Drama	$601,411	-8.52%	773	$778	$134,402,419	101
22	(15)	Hanging Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$573,519	-66.32%	1,048	$547	$35,375,222	31
23	(25)	Boys Don't Cry	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$512,618	+10.94%	260	$1,972	$6,817,529	164
24	(24)	Stuart Little	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$505,198	-1.91%	731	$691	$138,272,975	94
25	(19)	Boiler Room	New Line	Drama	$444,816	-54.31%	380	$1,171	$16,105,879	31
26	(39)	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Artisan	Drama	$437,504	+272.70%	71	$6,162	$855,860	17
27	(23)	Sleepy Hollow	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$400,168	-29.08%	582	$688	$99,859,790	122
28	(21)	The Beach	20th Century Fox	Drama	$332,298	-51.03%	475	$700	$38,828,571	38
29	(28)	Toy Story 2	Buena Vista	Adventure	$308,602	+11.94%	342	$902	$241,357,162	122
30	(17)	What Planet Are You From?	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$238,271	-83.72%	655	$364	$6,182,589	17
31	(26)	Next Friday	New Line	Comedy	$230,922	-32.50%	276	$837	$55,875,721	68
32	(27)	The Hurricane	Universal	Drama	$200,030	-38.80%	336	$595	$49,783,016	82
33	(31)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$174,900	-11.36%	19	$9,205	$30,674,095	613
34	(63)	Double Jeopardy	Paramount Pictures	Action	$168,240	+396.80%	62	$2,714	$116,735,231	178
35	(32)	Topsy Turvy	USA Films	Musical	$134,710	-30.37%	109	$1,236	$5,430,985	94
36	(29)	Sweet and Lowdown	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$126,123	-48.45%	155	$814	$3,821,160	108
37	(30)	Galaxy Quest	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$120,354	-44.57%	171	$704	$70,130,408	86
38	(44)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$115,642	+30.55%	18	$6,425	$274,942	10
39	(36)	All About My Mother	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$113,034	-19.23%	67	$1,687	$6,617,507	136
40	(33)	Trois		Thriller/Suspense	$107,446	-42.11%	50	$2,149	$887,446	38
41	(37)	The Insider	Buena Vista	Drama	$107,214	-15.11%	83	$1,292	$28,316,207	136
42	(35)	Angela's Ashes	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$103,430	-27.72%	338	$306	$12,714,711	87
43	(34)	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Buena Vista	Comedy	$101,707	-33.56%	201	$506	$65,247,917	101
44	(41)	Rear Window	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$89,405	-15.65%	37	$2,416	$1,323,029	16,637
45	(50)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$84,358	+8.64%	5	$16,872	$2,057,054	143
46	(45)	Magnolia	New Line	Drama	$78,592	-11.01%	53	$1,483	$22,039,264	94
47	(38)	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$78,471	-33.59%	310	$253	$80,541,060	86
48	(49)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$76,223	-3.76%	6	$12,704	$6,522,121	325
49	(40)	Any Given Sunday	Warner Bros.	Drama	$72,687	-36.35%	237	$307	$75,463,929	89
50	(42)	The Cup	Fine Line	Comedy	$70,768	-26.43%	39	$1,815	$801,165	52
51	(47)	Being John Malkovich	USA Films	Black Comedy	$65,225	-20.95%	73	$893	$22,373,277	143
52	(52)	The Straight Story	Buena Vista	Drama	$63,566	-6.54%	54	$1,177	$5,952,858	157
53	(43)	Holy Smoke	Miramax	Drama	$61,782	-35.13%	51	$1,211	$1,628,057	108
54	(48)	The World is Not Enough	MGM/UA	Action	$55,283	-30.84%	144	$384	$126,815,859	122
55	(57)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$47,994	+8.16%	8	$5,999	$28,014,354	514
56	(59)	The Third Miracle	Sony Pictures		$45,909	+16.33%	30	$1,530	$591,142	82
57	(65)	Mifune			$44,137	+38.93%	12	$3,678	$183,383	24
58	(53)	The Emperor & the Assassin	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$43,499	-23.54%	34	$1,279	$1,008,159	94
59	(54)	Titus	20th Century Fox	Drama	$43,472	-20.74%	21	$2,070	$1,456,341	87
60	(61)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$41,052	+18.62%	15	$2,737	$75,359,885	745
61	(62)	Not One Less			$40,188	+16.42%	17	$2,364	$237,145	31
62	(51)	Anna and the King	20th Century Fox	Drama	$39,927	-44.50%	99	$403	$39,175,225	94
63	(79)	Kadosh			$39,912	+140.91%	10	$3,991	$169,361	33
64	(75)	Judy Berlin			$35,583	+95.53%	16	$2,224	$194,757	24
65	(56)	Beautiful People	Trimark	Comedy	$33,500	-32.35%	26	$1,288	$188,152	31
66	(66)	Mr. Death	Lionsgate		$33,028	+10.03%	28	$1,180	$459,523	82
67	(60)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$32,284	-18.06%	13	$2,483	$3,374,934	388
68	(58)	The End of the Affair	Sony Pictures	Drama	$25,810	-39.17%	38	$679	$10,660,147	108
69	(72)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$24,731	+1.36%	6	$4,122	$11,769,351	682
70	(new)	Cotton Mary			$24,680		4	$6,170	$28,630	5
71	(64)	Girl, Interrupted	Sony Pictures	Drama	$22,691	-31.02%	33	$688	$28,608,170	90
72	(73)	Deterrence		Thriller/Suspense	$22,346	-4.17%	17	$1,314	$55,860	10
73	(new)	Winter Sleepers			$21,818		3	$7,273	$21,818	3
74	(71)	Agnes Browne	USA Films	Comedy	$21,653	-15.20%	15	$1,444	$140,426	108
75	(55)	The Closer You Get			$19,978	-60.76%	15	$1,332	$201,758	24
76	(83)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$19,780	+46.07%	3	$6,593	$4,445,878	388
77	(68)	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$19,751	-28.07%	19	$1,040	$1,067,690	136
78	(70)	Down to You	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$17,841	-30.43%	76	$235	$19,607,049	59
79	(69)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$17,688	-32.15%	4	$4,422	$2,537,523	171
80	(88)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$14,675	+67.50%	5	$2,935	$1,645,208	374
81	(81)	Liberty Heights	Warner Bros.	Drama	$13,239	-7.50%	16	$827	$3,689,067	124
82	(re-entry)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$11,709		5	$2,342	$7,325,078	363
83	(re-entry)	The War Zone	Lot 47 Films	Drama	$11,533		7	$1,648	$229,580	101
84	(78)	Supernova	MGM/UA	Action	$11,518	-32.33%	39	$295	$14,203,436	66
85	(76)	A Map of the World	USA Films	Drama	$10,564	-41.63%	8	$1,321	$294,165	108
86	(87)	Bicentennial Man	Buena Vista	Drama	$10,317	-5.10%	16	$645	$57,522,728	94
87	(77)	The Omega Code	Providence Entertainment	Action	$10,275	-40.24%	30	$343	$12,610,552	157
88	(86)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$9,492	-22.44%	6	$1,582	$205,125	68
89	(new)	The Lifestyle			$9,100		1	$9,100	$10,600	4
90	(re-entry)	The Waiting Game	7th Art Releasing		$8,547		1	$8,547	$19,381	25
91	(80)	Orphans			$8,316	-48.34%	19	$438	$49,501	10
92	(84)	Cradle Will Rock	Buena Vista	Drama	$7,618	-40.87%	10	$762	$2,872,526	103
93	(new)	Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street	Roxie Releasing	Documentary	$6,851		1	$6,851	$6,851	3
94	(104)	The Terrorist	Phaedra Cinema		$6,847	+755.88%	3	$2,282	$74,620	66
95	(re-entry)	Life is to Whistle	New Yorker		$6,317		2	$3,159	$24,132	73
96	(new)	Soft Fruit			$6,051		1	$6,051	$6,051	3
97	(67)	Dogma	Lionsgate	Comedy	$5,937	-78.97%	18	$330	$30,645,372	129
98	(90)	The Big Tease	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,634	-23.97%	11	$512	$176,991	52
99	(new)	Trash			$5,154		2	$2,577	$5,154	3
100	(new)	Babymother	Fine Line	Drama	$5,115		5	$1,023	$5,115	3
101	(85)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$4,788	-60.93%	1	$4,788	$85,159	38
102	(92)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$3,488	-13.79%	4	$872	$15,225,340	983
103	(re-entry)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$3,379		2	$1,690	$103,233	304
104	(95)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,485	-17.33%	2	$1,243	$1,816,414	626
105	(re-entry)	Genghis Blues	Roxie Releasing	Documentary	$2,460		2	$1,230	$319,404	255
106	(new)	The Carriers Are Waiting	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$1,924		1	$1,924	$2,662	5
107	(102)	The Source			$1,892	+101.06%	3	$631	$342,580	208
108	(re-entry)	My Best Friend			$1,763		1	$1,763	$60,536	136
109	(96)	Condo Painting			$1,136	-57.21%	1	$1,136	$5,373	10
110	(91)	X			$1,073	-83.92%	1	$1,073	$10,935	10
111	(100)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,050	-32.69%	1	$1,050	$15,033,655	1,613
112	(new)	Le Chal Apne Sang	Eros Entertainment	Drama	$1,030		1	$1,030	$1,030	3
113	(re-entry)	After Life	Artistic License	Drama	$1,027		1	$1,027	$801,519	313
114	(89)	Gun Shy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$881	-89.82%	3	$294	$1,467,211	45
115	(97)	The City	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$581	-73.37%	1	$581	$221,395	150
116	(101)	Head On	Strand Releasing		$539	-44.77%	1	$539	$376,259	220
117	(98)	Beefcake	Strand Releasing	Drama	$353	-78.40%	1	$353	$249,344	159
118	(re-entry)	The Quarry	First Run		$316		1	$316	$3,350	59
119	(105)	Earth	Zeitgeist Films		$268	-52.31%	1	$268	$510,998	192
120	(re-entry)	Show Me Love	Strand Releasing		$236		1	$236	$117,121	157
121	(re-entry)	Wirey Spindell			$181		1	$181	$9,838	59
122	(106)	On The Ropes			$126	+46.51%	1	$126	$47,074	215

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