The Top Movies, Weekend of April 21, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	U-571	Universal	Action	$19,553,310		2,583	$7,570	$19,553,310	3
2	(new)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$8,139,180		1,237	$6,580	$8,139,180	3
3	(1)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$8,007,551	-26.76%	3,220	$2,487	$43,050,371	17
4	(2)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$7,301,753	-29.18%	2,523	$2,894	$22,036,686	10
5	(3)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$7,233,699	-10.46%	2,158	$3,352	$18,635,886	10
6	(4)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$5,500,790	-21.76%	3,056	$1,800	$107,386,500	38
7	(5)	The Road to El Dorado	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$5,225,727	-15.12%	3,170	$1,648	$41,916,784	24
8	(6)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$3,961,664	-20.91%	2,320	$1,708	$21,199,903	17
9	(9)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$2,761,900	-9.42%	1,305	$2,116	$42,598,890	38
10	(8)	The Skulls	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$2,712,065	-32.59%	2,047	$1,325	$30,334,925	24
11	(7)	American Psycho	Lionsgate	Black Comedy	$2,705,028	-45.47%	1,242	$2,178	$9,728,053	10
12	(new)	Gossip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,321,729		1,525	$1,522	$2,321,729	3
13	(11)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,251,076	-16.16%	1,231	$1,829	$20,133,817	24
14	(15)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$1,939,997	+29.83%	53	$36,604	$45,795,638	114
15	(12)	Romeo Must Die	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,542,329	-42.29%	1,439	$1,072	$52,376,839	33
16	(14)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$1,357,651	-30.97%	1,130	$1,201	$126,956,565	222
17	(13)	Where the Money Is	USA Films	Comedy	$1,220,356	-51.45%	1,535	$795	$4,635,190	10
18	(10)	Ready to Rumble	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$994,671	-62.96%	1,672	$595	$11,308,097	17
19	(18)	My Dog Skip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$594,731	+3.93%	937	$635	$32,407,791	103
20	(17)	Mission to Mars	Buena Vista	Adventure	$384,427	-42.93%	508	$757	$58,789,039	45
21	(21)	Toy Story 2	Buena Vista	Adventure	$365,361	+10.10%	516	$708	$243,907,768	157
22	(19)	The Cider House Rules	Miramax	Drama	$354,399	-35.22%	422	$840	$56,281,556	136
23	(new)	The Other Conquest			$305,308		74	$4,126	$397,688	5
24	(new)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Classics	Black Comedy	$235,122		18	$13,062	$235,122	3
25	(23)	The Green Mile	Warner Bros.	Drama	$216,485	-22.55%	368	$588	$136,421,496	136
26	(47)	East is East	Miramax	Comedy	$210,489	+292.93%	18	$11,694	$292,194	10
27	(16)	Black and White	Sony Pictures	Drama	$202,262	-77.72%	313	$646	$5,134,728	19
28	(27)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$196,127	+6.79%	19	$10,322	$32,309,224	648
29	(90)	Bicentennial Man	Buena Vista	Drama	$186,325	+2,185.92%	346	$539	$57,740,291	129
30	(24)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$161,627	-40.63%	323	$500	$293,243,954	262
31	(20)	Boys Don't Cry	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$161,303	-53.16%	158	$1,021	$11,288,912	199
32	(31)	Stuart Little	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$152,693	-3.17%	402	$380	$139,928,434	129
33	(28)	Next Friday	New Line	Comedy	$151,720	-17.39%	227	$668	$56,763,869	103
34	(22)	Here on Earth	20th Century Fox	Drama	$149,499	-49.53%	283	$528	$10,318,592	31
35	(30)	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Artisan	Drama	$140,006	-12.69%	83	$1,687	$2,581,958	52
36	(25)	Galaxy Quest	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$136,884	-39.89%	306	$447	$71,233,682	121
37	(29)	The Ninth Gate	Artisan	Thriller/Suspense	$135,663	-24.77%	201	$675	$18,218,914	45
38	(45)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$109,131	+60.85%	8	$13,641	$28,512,538	549
39	(40)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$108,457	+41.63%	49	$2,213	$1,161,131	45
40	(33)	The Tigger Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$100,612	-0.93%	226	$445	$44,444,178	73
41	(36)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$93,784	+14.00%	5	$18,757	$2,808,222	178
42	(37)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$90,352	+12.53%	17	$5,315	$283,766	17
43	(26)	Price of Glory	New Line	Drama	$89,806	-57.65%	117	$768	$3,298,415	24
44	(re-entry)	Girl, Interrupted	Sony Pictures	Drama	$84,571		235	$360	$28,764,686	125
45	(32)	The Whole Nine Yards	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$81,852	-23.43%	160	$512	$56,812,848	66
46	(44)	Joe Gould's Secret			$81,351	+17.56%	29	$2,805	$238,692	17
47	(39)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$74,081	-5.05%	19	$3,899	$329,426	24
48	(34)	All About My Mother	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$68,700	-31.26%	61	$1,126	$7,650,682	171
49	(35)	Snow Day	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$67,071	-22.83%	194	$346	$59,066,436	73
50	(new)	Coupier			$63,472		19	$3,341	$80,247	5
51	(60)	Me, Myself & I			$58,022	+87.71%	33	$1,758	$150,554	17
52	(38)	Sleepy Hollow	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$54,474	-31.93%	139	$392	$100,996,441	157
53	(48)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$52,425	+12.69%	5	$10,485	$7,061,832	360
54	(52)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$50,252	+30.83%	4	$12,563	$536,651	10
55	(43)	Topsy Turvy	USA Films	Musical	$49,408	-29.07%	58	$852	$6,109,771	129
56	(54)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$42,115	+21.61%	12	$3,510	$3,687,274	423
57	(63)	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$39,541	+38.11%	88	$449	$18,659,932	61
58	(41)	Whatever it Takes	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$36,060	-52.58%	74	$487	$8,688,504	31
59	(58)	Titus	20th Century Fox	Drama	$35,573	+11.88%	28	$1,270	$1,767,779	122
60	(61)	Being John Malkovich	USA Films	Black Comedy	$34,993	+18.58%	48	$729	$22,804,123	178
61	(64)	Kadosh			$32,322	+23.75%	16	$2,020	$439,437	68
62	(49)	The Beach	20th Century Fox	Drama	$32,186	-29.71%	56	$575	$39,713,959	73
63	(55)	Mifune			$31,781	-4.70%	26	$1,222	$470,647	59
64	(68)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$30,418	+21.99%	7	$4,345	$12,000,866	717
65	(65)	The Filth and the Fury			$30,201	+16.57%	7	$4,314	$130,985	26
66	(59)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$29,951	-3.71%	15	$1,997	$75,717,495	780
67	(66)	Scream 3	Miramax	Horror	$29,357	+15.88%	68	$432	$86,992,506	80
68	(50)	Pitch Black	USA Films	Horror	$28,275	-38.11%	77	$367	$38,446,888	66
69	(75)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$27,506	+44.03%	5	$5,501	$2,786,139	206
70	(57)	The Cup	Fine Line	Comedy	$26,268	-17.67%	35	$751	$1,067,773	87
71	(51)	Hadh Kar Di Aapne			$24,367		12	$2,031	$76,057	10
72	(new)	The Last September			$22,981		3	$7,660	$22,981	3
73	(53)	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$21,097	-40.93%	51	$414	$81,292,135	121
74	(74)	Not One Less			$20,138	+5.18%	24	$839	$439,394	66
75	(92)	The Third Miracle	Sony Pictures		$19,583	+158.04%	15	$1,306	$696,855	117
76	(76)	Sweet and Lowdown	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$18,610	+1.71%	24	$775	$4,170,326	143
77	(83)	Cotton Mary			$18,089	+36.85%	15	$1,206	$181,235	40
78	(82)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$17,607	+28.89%	8	$2,201	$314,607	103
79	(70)	Magnolia	New Line	Drama	$17,448	-19.38%	21	$831	$22,379,901	129
80	(re-entry)	A Map of the World	USA Films	Drama	$16,296		19	$858	$421,440	143
81	(97)	X			$16,008	+165.43%	7	$2,287	$95,971	45
82	(51)	3 Strikes	MGM/UA	Comedy	$16,004	-58.54%	56	$286	$9,766,618	54
83	(85)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$14,568	+30.69%	3	$4,856	$4,538,219	423
84	(72)	Winter Sleepers			$14,537	-27.72%	10	$1,454	$166,858	38
85	(71)	The Emperor & the Assassin	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$14,056	-31.21%	18	$781	$1,211,634	129
86	(80)	Judy Berlin			$14,007	-1.14%	10	$1,401	$293,573	59
87	(69)	The Straight Story	Buena Vista	Drama	$13,877	-42.31%	30	$463	$6,197,866	192
88	(new)	The Family Tree			$12,466		15	$831	$12,466	3
89	(81)	Boiler Room	New Line	Drama	$10,973	-20.20%	14	$784	$16,820,561	66
90	(86)	Beyond the Mat	Universal	Documentary	$10,590	+6.01%	30	$353	$1,964,119	185
91	(re-entry)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$10,487		4	$2,622	$7,459,661	398
92	(87)	42: Forty Two Up	First Run	Documentary	$10,276	+11.12%	2	$5,138	$259,068	159
93	(re-entry)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$10,154		2	$5,077	$79,277	24
94	(56)	Trois		Thriller/Suspense	$9,702	-70.66%	15	$647	$1,112,712	73
95	(111)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$9,581	+2,087.44%	5	$1,916	$118,117	73
96	(84)	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Buena Vista	Comedy	$8,915	-26.27%	19	$469	$65,535,067	136
97	(79)	Gang			$8,848	-38.89%	10	$885	$28,915	10
98	(89)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$7,814	-7.11%	2	$3,907	$19,222	10
99	(103)	Cradle Will Rock	Buena Vista	Drama	$6,905	+127.14%	10	$691	$2,899,970	138
100	(re-entry)	Genghis Blues	Roxie Releasing	Documentary	$6,894		3	$2,298	$346,137	290
101	(95)	The Specialists			$6,886	+9.88%	2	$3,443	$20,021	17
102	(93)	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$6,884	+0.19%	7	$983	$1,160,426	171
103	(67)	The Insider	Buena Vista	Drama	$6,711	-73.24%	16	$419	$28,965,197	171
104	(new)	From the Edge of the City			$6,687		1	$6,687	$6,687	3
105	(77)	The Next Best Thing	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$6,115	-60.78%	83	$74	$14,877,682	52
106	(re-entry)	Deterrence		Thriller/Suspense	$5,921		8	$740	$115,263	45
107	(99)	Set Me Free			$4,770	-2.75%	1	$4,770	$12,200	10
108	(96)	Angela's Ashes	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,746	-24.25%	20	$237	$12,877,682	122
109	(78)	Third World Cop			$4,701	-69.60%	4	$1,175	$26,654	10
110	(new)	Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday			$4,488		1	$4,488	$4,488	3
111	(98)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$4,437	-15.41%	3	$1,479	$1,712,088	409
112	(100)	The Terrorist	Phaedra Cinema		$4,331	-3.50%	4	$1,083	$140,020	101
113	(102)	Gun Shy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,776	+13.09%	10	$378	$1,581,981	80
114	(new)	Knocking on Heaven's Door			$3,296		2	$1,648	$3,296	3
115	(re-entry)	Breathless		Drama	$3,222		1	$3,222	$30,865	14,311
116	(101)	The World is Not Enough	MGM/UA	Action	$2,940	-19.03%	10	$294	$126,930,660	157
117	(107)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,398	+63.57%	2	$1,199	$1,843,422	661
118	(104)	Such a Long Journey	Shooting Gallery		$1,302	-38.64%	1	$1,302	$91,371	424
119	(re-entry)	Kestrel's Eye			$1,294		1	$1,294	$23,936	87
120	(re-entry)	The War Zone	Lot 47 Films	Drama	$1,056		2	$528	$250,677	136
121	(91)	Show Me Love	Strand Releasing		$978	-87.41%	1	$978	$140,229	192
122	(re-entry)	Life is to Whistle	New Yorker		$850		1	$850	$39,938	108
123	(106)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$545	-64.05%	2	$273	$284,251	234
124	(re-entry)	Trans	Cowboy Pictures		$448		1	$448	$8,643	108
125	(re-entry)	Beefcake	Strand Releasing	Drama	$372		1	$372	$258,836	194
126	(112)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$168	-34.88%	1	$168	$15,037,816	1,648
127	(109)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$156	-87.22%	3	$52	$15,236,097	1,018
128	(re-entry)	My Best Friend			$96		1	$96	$86,137	171
129	(re-entry)	Men Cry Bullets	Phaedra Cinema		$49		1	$49	$4,616	199

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