The Top Movies, Weekend of May 12, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$24,645,129	-29.22%	2,943	$8,374	$73,661,465	10
2	(new)	Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000	Warner Bros.	Action	$11,548,898		3,307	$3,492	$11,548,898	3
3	(2)	U-571	Universal	Action	$5,738,765	-26.10%	2,820	$2,035	$57,828,485	24
4	(4)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$4,925,766	-24.38%	2,470	$1,994	$24,521,097	17
5	(3)	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Universal	Comedy	$4,640,630	-30.07%	3,125	$1,485	$24,413,675	17
6	(new)	Center Stage	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,604,621		1,506	$3,058	$4,604,621	3
7	(5)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,001,707	-21.74%	2,411	$1,660	$21,506,958	17
8	(new)	Screwed	Universal	Comedy	$3,342,085		1,759	$1,900	$3,342,085	3
9	(6)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$1,942,129	-38.06%	1,047	$1,855	$22,248,135	24
10	(new)	Held Up	Trimark	Comedy	$1,911,007		688	$2,778	$1,911,007	3
11	(7)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$1,893,018	-31.93%	1,596	$1,186	$32,266,276	31
12	(8)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,763,323	-27.89%	1,618	$1,090	$56,682,161	38
13	(11)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$1,722,120	-21.18%	1,491	$1,155	$118,502,260	59
14	(9)	I Dreamed of Africa	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,487,476	-38.32%	2,112	$704	$4,902,639	10
15	(10)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,465,827	-37.75%	1,755	$835	$34,352,917	31
16	(13)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$1,137,587	-24.70%	1,203	$946	$29,018,279	38
17	(12)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$1,113,159	-31.73%	944	$1,179	$49,758,468	59
18	(14)	The Road to El Dorado	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$1,044,522	+15.04%	1,027	$1,017	$49,105,052	45
19	(21)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Classics	Black Comedy	$603,740	+72.50%	270	$2,236	$1,695,555	24
20	(15)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$570,664	-23.88%	366	$1,559	$24,157,313	45
21	(17)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$531,692	-8.03%	43	$12,365	$1,362,195	10
22	(16)	The Skulls	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$462,885	-32.57%	575	$805	$34,257,065	45
23	(20)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$307,772	-28.26%	425	$724	$129,357,883	243
24	(29)	Scream 3	Miramax	Horror	$280,059	+83.06%	501	$559	$88,361,586	101
25	(22)	Up at the Villa	Focus Features	Drama	$267,162	-21.38%	87	$3,071	$749,176	10
26	(18)	Romeo Must Die	Warner Bros.	Action	$241,301	-46.04%	286	$844	$54,769,354	54
27	(24)	East is East	Miramax	Comedy	$206,555	-5.20%	63	$3,279	$1,237,599	31
28	(19)	American Psycho	Lionsgate	Black Comedy	$199,060	-55.06%	195	$1,021	$13,608,421	31
29	(25)	Pitch Black	USA Films	Horror	$172,832	-7.88%	172	$1,005	$38,890,640	87
30	(26)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$167,312	-5.50%	18	$9,295	$33,171,103	669
31	(27)	Toy Story 2	Buena Vista	Adventure	$164,186	+0.75%	321	$511	$244,793,235	178
32	(31)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$160,811	+25.78%	14	$11,487	$29,217,141	570
33	(28)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$143,078	-7.13%	67	$2,135	$843,071	38
34	(32)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$142,896	+12.56%	11	$12,991	$3,458,488	199
35	(53)	The Big Kahuna	Lionsgate	Drama	$126,139	+144.77%	21	$6,007	$312,202	17
36	(51)	Time Code			$126,005	+125.61%	42	$3,000	$351,929	17
37	(35)	Ready to Rumble	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$116,971	+19.37%	379	$309	$12,270,132	38
38	(33)	Luminarias		Comedy	$79,155	-35.20%	47	$1,684	$226,429	10
39	(43)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$73,245	+7.22%	14	$5,232	$3,081,312	227
40	(47)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$68,555	+6.35%	8	$8,569	$783,521	31
41	(41)	The Cider House Rules	Miramax	Drama	$67,103	-18.33%	135	$497	$56,818,153	157
42	(23)	Gossip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$63,676	-70.89%	93	$685	$4,903,002	24
43	(55)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$63,076	+26.56%	7	$9,011	$142,085	10
44	(new)	Hamlet	Miramax	Drama	$62,253		4	$15,563	$62,253	3
45	(30)	Chal Mere Bhai	Eros Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$57,288	-56.31%	23	$2,491	$199,227	10
46	(38)	Next Friday	New Line	Comedy	$55,071	-38.43%	105	$524	$57,176,582	124
47	(118)	The Next Best Thing	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$53,509	+5,526.60%	348	$154	$14,941,324	73
48	(60)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$52,869	+59.34%	21	$2,518	$243,903	24
49	(45)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$52,260	-20.90%	36	$1,452	$1,579,317	66
50	(50)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$51,506	-15.08%	26	$1,981	$579,190	45
51	(40)	My Dog Skip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$48,834	-41.43%	168	$291	$33,080,459	124
52	(65)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$48,011	+96.65%	9	$5,335	$113,635	17
53	(37)	The Whole Nine Yards	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$44,463	-51.86%	194	$229	$57,262,492	87
54	(85)	Beyond the Mat	Universal	Documentary	$40,061	+299.81%	128	$313	$2,047,570	206
55	(46)	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Artisan	Drama	$38,788	-41.06%	46	$843	$2,976,947	73
56	(67)	Joe Gould's Secret			$38,062	+68.86%	21	$1,812	$416,499	38
57	(59)	Me, Myself & I			$37,686	+7.20%	40	$942	$369,975	38
58	(39)	The Other Conquest			$37,325	-55.41%	31	$1,204	$862,821	26
59	(52)	Bicentennial Man	Buena Vista	Drama	$37,281	-33.06%	87	$429	$58,147,293	150
60	(42)	Where the Money Is	USA Films	Comedy	$35,764	-49.86%	74	$483	$5,633,035	31
61	(48)	The Green Mile	Warner Bros.	Drama	$35,459	-42.77%	154	$230	$136,801,374	157
62	(83)	Human Traffic	Miramax		$35,369	+233.83%	26	$1,360	$53,005	10
63	(34)	The Ninth Gate	Artisan	Thriller/Suspense	$34,690	-65.74%	93	$373	$18,621,993	66
64	(73)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$33,814	+122.14%	6	$5,636	$79,994	31
65	(44)	Mission to Mars	Buena Vista	Adventure	$31,736	-52.03%	89	$357	$59,221,222	66
66	(64)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$30,231	+15.84%	11	$2,748	$12,135,447	738
67	(54)	All About My Mother	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$28,120	-44.79%	36	$781	$7,918,398	192
68	(56)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$23,247	-42.76%	5	$4,649	$7,233,337	381
69	(57)	The Filth and the Fury			$22,988	-39.86%	20	$1,149	$324,140	47
70	(76)	Kadosh			$21,113	+68.04%	11	$1,919	$489,031	89
71	(69)	Here on Earth	20th Century Fox	Drama	$19,448	-9.82%	58	$335	$10,476,931	52
72	(71)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$18,691	+4.49%	12	$1,558	$3,796,052	444
73	(49)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$17,902	-70.80%	47	$381	$407,029	10
74	(66)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$17,449	-24.12%	16	$1,091	$75,878,369	801
75	(95)	Not One Less			$17,230	+144.74%	15	$1,149	$492,215	87
76	(87)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$16,676	+75.32%	4	$4,169	$4,595,116	444
77	(63)	Boys Don't Cry	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$16,230	-39.56%	31	$524	$11,515,562	220
78	(90)	Cotton Mary			$14,488	+64.62%	14	$1,035	$233,006	61
79	(68)	Titus	20th Century Fox	Drama	$14,486	-34.25%	23	$630	$1,900,106	143
80	(105)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$13,856	+290.86%	2	$6,928	$111,842	45
81	(58)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$13,329	-62.92%	38	$351	$293,501,675	283
82	(new)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$12,864		2	$6,432	$12,864	3
83	(91)	Judy Berlin			$12,137	+49.58%	11	$1,103	$338,258	80
84	(84)	Topsy Turvy	USA Films	Musical	$12,129	+18.48%	27	$449	$6,176,360	150
85	(120)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$12,035	+1,651.82%	2	$6,018	$15,298,004	1,039
86	(77)	A Map of the World	USA Films	Drama	$12,015	+2.75%	12	$1,001	$469,300	164
87	(72)	Angela's Ashes	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$11,604	-29.12%	71	$163	$13,023,045	143
88	(62)	The Tigger Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$11,501	-58.91%	49	$235	$44,585,720	94
89	(61)	Adrenaline Drive	Shooting Gallery	Comedy	$11,501	-64.24%	19	$605	$49,355	10
90	(81)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$9,999	-8.64%	5	$2,000	$7,542,475	419
91	(93)	Snow Day	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$9,287	+23.61%	32	$290	$59,124,872	94
92	(75)	Mifune			$8,379	-34.24%	18	$466	$553,062	80
93	(89)	3 Strikes	MGM/UA	Comedy	$6,944	-21.23%	21	$331	$9,806,095	75
94	(97)	Winter Sleepers			$6,657	+1.40%	5	$1,331	$216,131	59
95	(94)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$6,290	-13.04%	18	$349	$349,545	124
96	(80)	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,058	-44.95%	17	$356	$18,727,418	82
97	(88)	Magnolia	New Line	Drama	$6,034	-36.31%	10	$603	$22,450,975	150
98	(108)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$4,806	+60.20%	2	$2,403	$1,873,602	682
99	(122)	Set Me Free			$4,328	+781.47%	2	$2,164	$22,070	31
100	(92)	The Third Miracle	Sony Pictures		$4,152	-44.85%	4	$1,038	$734,091	138
101	(104)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$4,132	+5.17%	2	$2,066	$151,384	94
102	(96)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,013	-40.52%	2	$2,007	$15,072,653	1,669
103	(102)	42: Forty Two Up	First Run	Documentary	$4,009	-1.38%	3	$1,336	$282,558	180
104	(new)	Coming Soon			$3,742		1	$3,742	$3,742	3
105	(101)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$3,450	-16.18%	5	$690	$1,728,064	430
106	(116)	X			$3,367	+179.88%	4	$842	$114,081	66
107	(100)	Deterrence		Thriller/Suspense	$3,239	-22.81%	9	$360	$139,242	66
108	(78)	The Emperor & the Assassin	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,086	-72.57%	7	$441	$1,257,725	150
109	(98)	Price of Glory	New Line	Drama	$2,260	-60.74%	9	$251	$3,372,969	45
110	(125)	Show Me Love	Strand Releasing		$2,231	+1,038.27%	1	$2,231	$143,846	213
111	(109)	Sweet and Lowdown	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$2,008	-31.82%	5	$402	$4,193,953	164
112	(82)	Gun Shy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,576	-85.42%	7	$225	$1,607,460	101
113	(110)	Genghis Blues	Roxie Releasing	Documentary	$1,256	-56.30%	1	$1,256	$3,599,174	311
114	(re-entry)	Life is to Whistle	New Yorker		$819		1	$819	$40,943	129
115	(re-entry)	The War Zone	Lot 47 Films	Drama	$509		2	$255	$252,567	157
116	(103)	Boiler Room	New Line	Drama	$394	-90.02%	3	$131	$16,843,619	87
117	(124)	Divine Trash			$166	-29.36%	1	$166	$26,257	10
118	(119)	The City	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$150	-78.93%	1	$150	$239,074	206
119	(115)	Third World Cop			$110	-91.78%	1	$110	$36,987	31

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