The Top Movies, Weekend of April 7, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$15,011,181		3,155	$4,758	$15,011,181	3
2	(1)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$9,808,065	-28.92%	3,265	$3,004	$89,632,165	24
3	(2)	The Road to El Dorado	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$9,085,803	-29.27%	3,223	$2,819	$25,123,505	10
4	(new)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$7,820,836		2,007	$3,897	$7,820,836	3
5	(3)	The Skulls	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$6,450,720	-41.54%	2,416	$2,670	$20,199,130	10
6	(new)	Ready to Rumble	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,257,778		2,585	$2,034	$5,257,778	3
7	(4)	Romeo Must Die	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,552,754	-51.45%	2,289	$1,989	$45,844,086	19
8	(5)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,241,028	-34.03%	1,229	$3,451	$12,789,912	10
9	(7)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$3,835,071	-28.39%	2,014	$1,904	$33,897,819	24
10	(6)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$3,348,307	-38.08%	1,934	$1,731	$121,638,562	208
11	(new)	Black and White	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,212,535		1,284	$1,723	$2,966,347	5
12	(8)	Mission to Mars	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,563,984	-52.96%	1,594	$981	$57,001,583	31
13	(14)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$1,295,458	+3.00%	54	$23,990	$40,208,974	100
14	(11)	The Cider House Rules	Miramax	Drama	$1,108,712	-45.97%	1,021	$1,086	$54,782,511	122
15	(12)	My Dog Skip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$964,300	-44.83%	1,401	$688	$30,582,089	89
16	(9)	Here on Earth	20th Century Fox	Drama	$948,532	-58.08%	1,240	$765	$9,515,532	17
17	(13)	Price of Glory	New Line	Drama	$720,446	-55.30%	807	$893	$2,725,180	10
18	(16)	Boys Don't Cry	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$674,451	-31.48%	360	$1,873	$10,369,824	185
19	(10)	Whatever it Takes	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$566,871	-74.66%	1,278	$444	$8,427,155	17
20	(17)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$512,765	-43.18%	579	$886	$292,516,192	248
21	(15)	The Whole Nine Yards	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$364,225	-65.80%	885	$412	$56,493,588	52
22	(re-entry)	Galaxy Quest	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$335,000		503	$666	$70,705,055	107
23	(18)	The Ninth Gate	Artisan	Thriller/Suspense	$275,553	-65.65%	427	$645	$17,762,434	31
24	(23)	Toy Story 2	Buena Vista	Adventure	$226,398	-11.81%	311	$728	$242,947,795	143
25	(re-entry)	Down to You	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$218,673		267	$819	$19,847,300	80
26	(22)	Stuart Little	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$216,702	-30.69%	467	$464	$139,504,573	115
27	(44)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$191,734	+201.62%	19	$10,091	$31,666,665	634
28	(24)	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Artisan	Drama	$181,956	-29.01%	82	$2,219	$2,108,604	38
29	(19)	The Tigger Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$170,513	-56.07%	306	$557	$44,124,691	59
30	(20)	Snow Day	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$152,122	-59.68%	439	$347	$58,857,593	59
31	(21)	The Green Mile	Warner Bros.	Drama	$149,490	-53.45%	201	$744	$135,780,460	122
32	(27)	All About My Mother	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$148,156	-34.42%	98	$1,512	$7,373,088	157
33	(31)	The Hurricane	Universal	Drama	$138,590	-12.78%	241	$575	$50,536,546	103
34	(30)	Sleepy Hollow	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$135,980	-20.52%	281	$484	$100,787,183	143
35	(28)	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$102,011	-54.75%	224	$455	$18,543,764	47
36	(29)	The Insider	Buena Vista	Drama	$93,201	-48.97%	183	$509	$28,883,171	157
37	(40)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$89,561	-15.40%	32	$2,799	$849,202	31
38	(35)	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$85,386	-36.46%	206	$414	$81,178,694	107
39	(33)	The Beach	20th Century Fox	Drama	$83,117	-40.76%	195	$426	$39,562,312	59
40	(38)	Topsy Turvy	USA Films	Musical	$80,825	-30.94%	71	$1,138	$5,916,213	115
41	(46)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$80,660	+31.81%	5	$16,132	$2,468,579	164
42	(63)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$77,328	+174.76%	13	$5,948	$118,853	10
43	(25)	Pitch Black	USA Films	Horror	$76,471	-70.04%	165	$463	$38,304,673	52
44	(34)	Scream 3	Miramax	Horror	$63,804	-52.53%	198	$322	$86,896,985	66
45	(new)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$56,147		8	$7,018	$56,147	3
46	(42)	Next Friday	New Line	Comedy	$55,600	-35.89%	83	$670	$56,319,001	89
47	(32)	3 Strikes	MGM/UA	Comedy	$53,129	-64.66%	129	$412	$9,682,567	40
48	(43)	Being John Malkovich	USA Films	Black Comedy	$49,405	-29.47%	74	$668	$22,701,293	164
49	(48)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$47,045	-16.91%	5	$9,409	$6,837,019	346
50	(37)	The Next Best Thing	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$46,613	-62.17%	302	$154	$14,839,787	38
51	(49)	Mifune			$46,053	-9.75%	29	$1,588	$373,767	45
52	(59)	Titus	20th Century Fox	Drama	$45,824	+28.16%	33	$1,389	$1,655,208	108
53	(26)	Drowning Mona	Destination Films	Comedy	$43,911	-81.41%	106	$414	$15,427,192	38
54	(54)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$43,245	+5.21%	15	$2,883	$75,601,149	766
55	(39)	Beyond the Mat	Universal	Documentary	$40,028	-63.79%	72	$556	$1,918,407	171
56	(new)	Joe Gould's Secret			$38,760		5	$7,752	$38,760	3
57	(53)	Kadosh			$38,226	-9.46%	16	$2,389	$354,388	54
58	(60)	The Cup	Fine Line	Comedy	$35,062	-0.79%	30	$1,169	$980,587	73
59	(41)	Boiler Room	New Line	Drama	$34,217	-66.80%	54	$634	$16,776,053	52
60	(64)	Not One Less			$33,162	+18.06%	24	$1,382	$375,917	52
61	(57)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$32,922	-15.22%	5	$6,584	$28,197,679	535
62	(36)	Reindeer Games	Miramax	Action	$30,268	-75.62%	128	$236	$23,120,441	45
63	(65)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$29,495	+6.55%	12	$2,458	$3,529,424	409
64	(51)	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Buena Vista	Comedy	$28,091	-39.61%	68	$413	$65,495,343	122
65	(new)	Me, Myself & I			$28,030		9	$3,114	$28,030	3
66	(45)	Waking the Dead			$26,269	-57.54%	13	$2,021	$327,418	17
67	(50)	Magnolia	New Line	Drama	$26,242	-47.52%	36	$729	$22,310,224	115
68	(73)	Winter Sleepers			$25,884	+30.78%	26	$996	$111,962	24
69	(61)	Rear Window	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$25,339	-21.10%	26	$975	$1,520,776	16,658
70	(56)	The Emperor & the Assassin	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$24,960	-38.06%	30	$832	$1,169,714	115
71	(68)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$22,977	+3.64%	4	$5,744	$2,674,059	192
72	(new)	Southpaw			$21,381		19	$1,125	$21,381	3
73	(52)	Sweet and Lowdown	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$21,228	-50.76%	35	$607	$4,110,223	129
74	(66)	Cotton Mary			$18,855	-27.67%	12	$1,571	$136,390	26
75	(81)	The Filth and the Fury			$18,353	+37.94%	2	$9,177	$48,555	12
76	(72)	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$17,880	-14.36%	15	$1,192	$1,136,331	157
77	(70)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$16,840	-20.27%	5	$3,368	$11,899,215	703
78	(69)	Holy Smoke	Miramax	Drama	$15,976	-25.07%	19	$841	$1,758,780	129
79	(71)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$15,676	-25.36%	2	$7,838	$47,496	10
80	(62)	Trois		Thriller/Suspense	$15,630	-48.05%	11	$1,421	$1,052,179	59
81	(55)	The Straight Story	Buena Vista	Drama	$15,095	-63.24%	25	$604	$6,142,800	178
82	(58)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$13,834	-62.22%	7	$1,976	$271,648	89
83	(re-entry)	A Map of the World	USA Films	Drama	$11,824		14	$845	$369,464	129
84	(84)	Beautiful People	Trimark	Comedy	$10,558	-0.72%	12	$880	$248,653	52
85	(77)	The Terrorist	Phaedra Cinema		$10,135	-34.71%	5	$2,027	$125,731	87
86	(75)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$9,787	-45.89%	3	$3,262	$4,507,545	409
87	(78)	The World is Not Enough	MGM/UA	Action	$9,712	-37.21%	34	$286	$126,920,262	143
88	(89)	X			$9,649	+35.94%	4	$2,412	$64,846	31
89	(re-entry)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$9,573		5	$1,915	$7,414,103	384
90	(76)	The Third Miracle	Sony Pictures		$9,036	-47.93%	14	$645	$655,825	103
91	(47)	Hanging Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,696	-85.10%	37	$235	$35,900,978	52
92	(80)	Anna and the King	20th Century Fox	Drama	$8,602	-37.30%	22	$391	$39,251,128	115
93	(87)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$8,359	+10.10%	3	$2,786	$281,528	220
94	(re-entry)	Deterrence		Thriller/Suspense	$7,726		7	$1,104	$103,891	31
95	(re-entry)	42: Forty Two Up	First Run	Documentary	$7,021		1	$7,021	$228,590	145
96	(67)	Angela's Ashes	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$6,988	-69.46%	28	$250	$12,867,149	108
97	(86)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$6,430	-17.44%	4	$1,608	$1,694,595	395
98	(85)	Judy Berlin			$6,240	-30.99%	6	$1,040	$257,489	45
99	(90)	Bicentennial Man	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,283	-23.76%	24	$220	$57,542,107	115
100	(74)	Such a Long Journey	Shooting Gallery		$4,113	-77.41%	3	$1,371	$85,462	410
101	(102)	The War Zone	Lot 47 Films	Drama	$4,017	+138.54%	5	$803	$242,329	122
102	(re-entry)	Genghis Blues	Roxie Releasing	Documentary	$3,397		2	$1,699	$334,124	276
103	(99)	Show Me Love	Strand Releasing		$3,008	+31.41%	3	$1,003	$136,588	178
104	(91)	The Lifestyle			$2,840	-57.15%	1	$2,840	$39,003	25
105	(82)	Gun Shy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,767	-78.85%	12	$231	$1,571,194	66
106	(100)	The City	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$2,685	+24.59%	3	$895	$232,209	171
107	(re-entry)	Gendernauts			$2,169		1	$2,169	$6,002	66
108	(101)	Cradle Will Rock	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,970	+6.14%	5	$394	$2,886,899	124
109	(96)	Earth	Zeitgeist Films		$1,475	-65.19%	2	$738	$526,147	213
110	(re-entry)	Kestrel's Eye			$1,372		1	$1,372	$22,642	73
111	(re-entry)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,351		2	$676	$1,833,822	647
112	(new)	This is not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis			$869		1	$869	$869	3
113	(re-entry)	Men Cry Bullets	Phaedra Cinema		$467		1	$467	$4,567	185
114	(103)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$378	+33.10%	1	$378	$94,953	59
115	(re-entry)	The Silence	New Yorker	Drama	$369		1	$369	$26,058	152
116	(re-entry)	A Moment of Innocence	New Yorker		$314		1	$314	$29,072	152
117	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$306		1	$306	$15,036,638	1,634
118	(re-entry)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$266		3	$89	$15,231,970	1,004

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