The Top Movies, Weekend of May 5, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$34,819,017		2,938	$11,851	$34,819,017	3
2	(1)	U-571	Universal	Action	$7,765,375	-36.37%	2,701	$2,875	$49,591,290	17
3	(2)	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Universal	Comedy	$6,635,925	-36.91%	3,051	$2,175	$18,644,030	10
4	(3)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$6,513,499	-27.83%	2,631	$2,476	$17,854,723	10
5	(4)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$5,113,106	-38.34%	2,439	$2,096	$15,735,675	10
6	(5)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$3,135,694	-38.55%	1,192	$2,631	$19,590,129	17
7	(7)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$2,780,907	-37.53%	2,014	$1,381	$29,472,126	24
8	(6)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,445,265	-47.34%	2,261	$1,081	$54,075,079	31
9	(new)	I Dreamed of Africa	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,411,445		2,112	$1,142	$2,411,445	3
10	(8)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,354,619	-41.16%	2,413	$976	$32,037,145	24
11	(9)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$2,184,770	-39.68%	1,943	$1,124	$116,032,450	52
12	(10)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$1,630,639	-30.65%	1,103	$1,478	$48,155,817	52
13	(11)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$1,510,815	-34.09%	1,703	$887	$27,311,014	31
14	(13)	The Road to El Dorado	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$907,993	-54.73%	1,528	$594	$47,774,961	38
15	(15)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$749,686	-40.83%	552	$1,358	$23,283,093	38
16	(16)	The Skulls	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$686,510	-45.50%	869	$790	$33,572,585	38
17	(new)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$578,141		41	$14,101	$578,141	3
18	(18)	Romeo Must Die	Warner Bros.	Action	$447,176	-44.65%	453	$987	$54,377,465	47
19	(14)	American Psycho	Lionsgate	Black Comedy	$442,960	-66.94%	501	$884	$13,216,040	24
20	(19)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$429,026	-36.04%	603	$711	$128,840,091	236
21	(28)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Classics	Black Comedy	$349,998	+101.01%	100	$3,500	$919,429	17
22	(new)	Up at the Villa	Focus Features	Drama	$339,819		89	$3,818	$339,819	3
23	(17)	Gossip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$218,758	-76.85%	318	$688	$4,725,602	17
24	(23)	East is East	Miramax	Comedy	$217,882	-17.08%	61	$3,572	$946,609	24
25	(78)	Pitch Black	USA Films	Horror	$187,607	+970.14%	271	$692	$38,690,176	80
26	(26)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$177,045	-4.16%	19	$9,318	$32,899,568	662
27	(24)	Toy Story 2	Buena Vista	Adventure	$162,970	-36.54%	379	$430	$244,579,370	171
28	(37)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$154,061	+31.91%	70	$2,201	$637,243	31
29	(20)	Scream 3	Miramax	Horror	$152,987	-76.70%	482	$317	$88,020,493	94
30	(new)	Chal Mere Bhai	Eros Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$131,137		25	$5,245	$131,137	3
31	(39)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$127,850	+27.09%	13	$9,835	$28,929,516	563
32	(44)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$126,954	+57.66%	11	$11,541	$3,220,587	192
33	(new)	Luminarias		Comedy	$122,158		51	$2,395	$122,158	3
34	(50)	The Ninth Gate	Artisan	Thriller/Suspense	$101,262	+73.93%	242	$418	$18,531,411	59
35	(22)	Ready to Rumble	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$97,990	-64.09%	205	$478	$12,128,634	31
36	(41)	The Last September			$95,048	+11.06%	56	$1,697	$248,916	17
37	(27)	The Whole Nine Yards	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$92,357	-49.18%	361	$256	$57,179,917	80
38	(34)	Next Friday	New Line	Comedy	$89,450	-27.52%	140	$639	$57,091,152	117
39	(25)	The Other Conquest			$83,711	-55.34%	56	$1,495	$810,202	19
40	(29)	My Dog Skip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$83,372	-51.32%	303	$275	$33,010,518	117
41	(30)	The Cider House Rules	Miramax	Drama	$82,165	-48.38%	179	$459	$56,713,930	150
42	(21)	Where the Money Is	USA Films	Comedy	$71,329	-75.02%	179	$398	$5,563,699	24
43	(66)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$68,310	+140.41%	14	$4,879	$2,966,566	220
44	(32)	Mission to Mars	Buena Vista	Adventure	$66,163	-52.19%	170	$389	$59,164,813	59
45	(38)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$66,068	-34.44%	47	$1,406	$1,467,696	59
46	(35)	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Artisan	Drama	$65,810	-45.94%	76	$866	$2,897,059	66
47	(61)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$64,461	+65.39%	8	$8,058	$684,268	24
48	(31)	The Green Mile	Warner Bros.	Drama	$61,962	-58.62%	208	$298	$136,742,723	150
49	(new)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$61,300		113	$542	$367,098	3
50	(48)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$60,652	-2.28%	30	$2,022	$502,356	38
51	(40)	Time Code			$55,852	-40.04%	7	$7,979	$190,635	10
52	(33)	Bicentennial Man	Buena Vista	Drama	$55,694	-56.94%	166	$336	$58,084,924	143
53	(43)	The Big Kahuna	Lionsgate	Drama	$51,534	-36.34%	8	$6,442	$161,830	10
54	(47)	All About My Mother	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$50,934	-20.34%	53	$961	$7,864,457	185
55	(new)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$49,837		7	$7,120	$49,837	3
56	(58)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$40,613	-4.67%	5	$8,123	$7,233,337	374
57	(54)	The Filth and the Fury			$38,222	-24.55%	20	$1,911	$272,690	40
58	(42)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$35,943	-57.27%	91	$395	$293,476,912	276
59	(46)	Me, Myself & I			$35,155	-45.13%	44	$799	$314,730	31
60	(63)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$33,179	+2.16%	11	$3,016	$168,648	17
61	(new)	Adrenaline Drive	Shooting Gallery	Comedy	$32,163		19	$1,693	$32,163	3
62	(62)	The Tigger Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$27,992	-27.04%	93	$301	$44,566,225	87
63	(45)	Boys Don't Cry	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$26,851	-60.54%	55	$488	$11,484,710	213
64	(74)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$26,098	+23.82%	11	$2,373	$12,086,090	731
65	(73)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$24,415	+8.79%	4	$6,104	$56,240	10
66	(55)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$22,995	-49.13%	14	$1,643	$75,837,165	794
67	(52)	Joe Gould's Secret			$22,540	-57.56%	23	$980	$368,763	31
68	(60)	Titus	20th Century Fox	Drama	$22,033	-45.53%	31	$711	$1,868,988	136
69	(57)	Here on Earth	20th Century Fox	Drama	$21,565	-50.40%	80	$270	$10,448,621	45
70	(64)	Sleepy Hollow	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$19,504	-33.26%	45	$433	$101,068,340	171
71	(59)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$17,888	-57.64%	11	$1,626	$3,796,052	437
72	(49)	Angela's Ashes	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$16,371	-72.09%	122	$134	$13,002,090	136
73	(108)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$15,222	+1,088.29%	3	$5,074	$39,385	24
74	(83)	Committed			$13,838	+20.83%	13	$1,064	$31,844	10
75	(65)	Mifune			$12,741	-55.96%	21	$607	$537,656	73
76	(76)	Kadosh			$12,564	-33.38%	10	$1,256	$489,031	82
77	(90)	A Map of the World	USA Films	Drama	$11,693	+38.59%	14	$835	$450,545	157
78	(85)	The Emperor & the Assassin	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$11,251	+5.98%	15	$750	$1,249,548	143
79	(68)	The Beach	20th Century Fox	Drama	$11,044	-56.38%	28	$394	$39,778,599	87
80	(69)	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$11,004	-56.24%	31	$355	$18,718,308	75
81	(80)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$10,945	-19.26%	4	$2,736	$7,517,468	412
82	(92)	Gun Shy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$10,809	+29.90%	45	$240	$1,607,460	94
83	(new)	Human Traffic	Miramax		$10,595		5	$2,119	$10,595	3
84	(71)	Topsy Turvy	USA Films	Musical	$10,237	-58.42%	36	$284	$6,176,360	143
85	(79)	Beyond the Mat	Universal	Documentary	$10,020	-33.31%	15	$668	$2,002,545	199
86	(81)	Trois		Thriller/Suspense	$9,810	-19.07%	13	$755	$1,143,800	87
87	(87)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$9,512	-4.38%	3	$3,171	$4,564,419	437
88	(70)	Magnolia	New Line	Drama	$9,474	-62.00%	14	$677	$22,437,122	143
89	(89)	3 Strikes	MGM/UA	Comedy	$8,816	-8.17%	29	$304	$9,795,974	68
90	(84)	Cotton Mary			$8,801	-22.97%	13	$677	$214,200	54
91	(86)	Judy Berlin			$8,114	-19.77%	9	$902	$322,131	73
92	(82)	The Third Miracle	Sony Pictures		$7,528	-36.44%	9	$836	$727,586	131
93	(72)	Snow Day	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,513	-67.34%	57	$132	$59,113,817	87
94	(91)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$7,233	-14.05%	3	$2,411	$338,557	117
95	(88)	Not One Less			$7,040	-27.66%	16	$440	$470,420	80
96	(115)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,747	+2,194.90%	2	$3,374	$15,059,411	1,662
97	(77)	Winter Sleepers			$6,565	-62.94%	6	$1,094	$204,982	52
98	(67)	Price of Glory	New Line	Drama	$5,756	-77.63%	13	$443	$3,368,505	38
99	(75)	Being John Malkovich	USA Films	Black Comedy	$5,339	-73.44%	21	$254	$22,858,926	192
100	(94)	Deterrence		Thriller/Suspense	$4,196	-48.02%	11	$381	$134,215	59
101	(104)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$4,116	+26.84%	5	$823	$1,720,514	423
102	(96)	42: Forty Two Up	First Run	Documentary	$4,065	-43.61%	2	$2,033	$275,509	173
103	(93)	Boiler Room	New Line	Drama	$3,946	-51.81%	11	$359	$16,841,900	80
104	(98)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$3,929	-33.94%	3	$1,310	$144,516	87
105	(101)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$3,545	-20.41%	2	$1,773	$95,458	38
106	(113)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$3,025	+611.76%	1	$3,025	$288,226	248
107	(re-entry)	Jerome	Phaedra Cinema		$3,015		2	$1,508	$10,498	150
108	(105)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$3,000	+37.74%	3	$1,000	$1,856,980	675
109	(97)	Sweet and Lowdown	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$2,945	-55.56%	6	$491	$4,190,678	157
110	(99)	Genghis Blues	Roxie Releasing	Documentary	$2,874	-48.01%	2	$1,437	$3,599,174	304
111	(new)	The New Eve			$2,786		1	$2,786	$2,786	3
112	(re-entry)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$2,215		1	$2,215	$105,448	353
113	(re-entry)	The Terrorist	Phaedra Cinema		$2,105		3	$702	$153,628	115
114	(re-entry)	Head On	Strand Releasing		$1,385		1	$1,385	$378,667	269
115	(102)	Third World Cop			$1,338	-63.88%	1	$1,338	$36,353	24
116	(103)	X			$1,203	-65.81%	2	$602	$110,409	59
117	(re-entry)	Breathless		Drama	$1,020		1	$1,020	$37,388	14,325
118	(100)	The Next Best Thing	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$951	-81.76%	31	$31	$14,887,536	66
119	(re-entry)	The City	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$712		2	$356	$238,519	199
120	(109)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$687	-46.12%	1	$687	$15,238,605	1,032
121	(re-entry)	My Best Friend			$506		1	$506	$87,160	185
122	(106)	Set Me Free			$491	-73.40%	1	$491	$17,508	24
123	(re-entry)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand Releasing		$474		1	$474	$655,078	530
124	(new)	Divine Trash			$235		1	$235	$25,230	3
125	(112)	Show Me Love	Strand Releasing		$196	-66.32%	1	$196	$141,511	206
126	(116)	Beefcake	Strand Releasing	Drama	$30	-65.91%	1	$30	$259,166	208

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