The Top Movies, Weekend of July 14, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$54,471,475		3,025	$18,007	$54,471,475	3
2	(1)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$26,195,912	-38.14%	3,152	$8,311	$89,096,449	10
3	(2)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$17,130,295	-36.83%	3,407	$5,028	$128,501,870	17
4	(3)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$10,612,898	-31.18%	3,061	$3,467	$82,764,272	19
5	(4)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$10,471,323	-17.47%	2,320	$4,514	$30,004,785	10
6	(5)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$7,914,302	-20.37%	2,953	$2,680	$77,034,268	26
7	(6)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$5,702,657	-32.25%	2,850	$2,001	$77,097,238	24
8	(8)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,831,239	-30.42%	1,643	$1,723	$108,302,019	45
9	(10)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$2,543,766	-29.51%	1,702	$1,495	$90,984,361	38
10	(7)	Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Action	$2,386,057	-42.05%	1,747	$1,366	$65,982,209	31
11	(11)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$2,311,647	-29.68%	1,709	$1,353	$207,669,110	54
12	(9)	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal	Comedy	$2,281,455	-42.01%	2,328	$980	$20,415,745	17
13	(12)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,571,917	-22.52%	1,034	$1,520	$176,582,114	73
14	(19)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$467,045	+30.75%	147	$3,177	$2,256,859	38
15	(13)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$462,243	-30.42%	704	$657	$132,777,352	59
16	(20)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$403,334	+14.18%	56	$7,202	$7,596,652	73
17	(21)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$314,811	+6.72%	122	$2,580	$2,898,497	87
18	(14)	Boys and Girls	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$262,250	-51.64%	389	$674	$20,179,126	31
19	(25)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$233,431	+9.85%	20	$11,672	$3,577,523	73
20	(18)	Shanghai Noon	Buena Vista	Western	$227,629	-39.62%	292	$780	$54,679,561	52
21	(15)	Road Trip	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$226,690	-48.44%	453	$500	$66,695,154	59
22	(22)	U-571	Universal	Action	$197,480	-12.89%	311	$635	$76,068,995	87
23	(26)	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Universal	Comedy	$194,270	-4.85%	350	$555	$34,366,730	80
24	(56)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$181,575	+332.62%	32	$5,674	$248,351	5,659
25	(24)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$179,234	-16.27%	285	$629	$52,589,193	122
26	(17)	Titan A.E.	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$173,753	-54.37%	382	$455	$21,911,368	31
27	(72)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$158,096	+908.97%	264	$599	$26,869,004	87
28	(23)	Jesus' Son	Lionsgate	Drama	$155,497	-30.91%	95	$1,637	$713,105	31
29	(28)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$151,841	-7.59%	17	$8,932	$36,285,730	732
30	(27)	Small Time Crooks	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$138,309	-23.62%	182	$760	$16,781,588	59
31	(30)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$131,270	-10.31%	202	$650	$125,144,095	122
32	(33)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$118,442	-12.08%	236	$502	$33,212,012	80
33	(35)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$115,215	+1.83%	163	$707	$43,548,519	80
34	(32)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$109,472	-20.09%	166	$659	$26,681,521	108
35	(37)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$108,457	+6.33%	31	$3,499	$652,351	31
36	(34)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$92,439	-21.72%	12	$7,703	$8,616,022	482
37	(29)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$87,655	-41.07%	241	$364	$61,114,362	101
38	(46)	But I'm a Cheerleader	Lionsgate	Comedy	$83,261	+37.83%	12	$6,938	$171,225	10
39	(38)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$80,830	-15.06%	160	$505	$36,792,291	94
40	(42)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$80,449	+3.63%	10	$8,045	$1,751,037	94
41	(40)	East is East	Miramax	Comedy	$79,285	-14.69%	56	$1,416	$3,648,573	94
42	(new)	Chuck&Buck	Artisan	Drama	$72,831		7	$10,404	$72,831	3
43	(31)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$68,253	-51.92%	20	$3,413	$31,667,609	633
44	(44)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Classics	Black Comedy	$67,873	-1.33%	52	$1,305	$4,553,924	87
45	(41)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$65,533	-17.48%	40	$1,638	$1,443,088	80
46	(43)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$62,745	-16.12%	113	$555	$32,175,615	101
47	(51)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$62,682	+28.42%	40	$1,567	$2,000,973	101
48	(39)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$59,637	-35.84%	120	$497	$36,863,582	94
49	(47)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$55,970	-3.32%	21	$2,665	$868,005	187
50	(57)	Shower		Drama	$55,469	+38.24%	10	$5,547	$115,172	10
51	(49)	Hamlet	Miramax	Drama	$55,016	+3.81%	64	$860	$1,394,550	66
52	(new)	Jungle			$54,125		19	$2,849	$54,125	3
53	(36)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$52,262	-51.81%	10	$5,226	$5,462,095	262
54	(48)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$51,186	-11.38%	38	$1,347	$577,102	38
55	(59)	Up at the Villa	Focus Features	Drama	$51,142	+38.49%	66	$775	$2,698,652	73
56	(new)	Refugee			$50,000		40	$1,250	$590,000	3
57	(58)	The Big Kahuna	Lionsgate	Drama	$44,915	+12.14%	138	$325	$3,100,818	80
58	(55)	New Waterford Girl			$42,978	-2.99%	20	$2,149	$525,931	45
59	(50)	American Psycho	Lionsgate	Black Comedy	$40,321	-19.68%	48	$840	$14,994,422	94
60	(54)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$39,128	-13.88%	31	$1,262	$1,426,742	108
61	(75)	Time Regained			$38,041	+207.58%	6	$6,340	$152,014	31
62	(45)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$33,277	-51.59%	14	$2,377	$3,966,308	290
63	(53)	Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000	Warner Bros.	Action	$31,112	-32.96%	103	$302	$21,471,685	66
64	(62)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$28,391	-11.92%	13	$2,184	$4,173,043	507
65	(68)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$27,435	+6.13%	2	$13,718	$15,871,107	1,102
66	(new)	The Five Senses			$26,653		2	$13,327	$26,653	3
67	(60)	Trixie			$23,278	-36.32%	17	$1,369	$155,171	19
68	(52)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$21,315	-55.33%	6	$3,553	$8,197,507	444
69	(76)	American Pimp	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$20,397	+66.47%	8	$2,550	$218,687	38
70	(67)	Toy Story 2	Buena Vista	Adventure	$19,909	-26.21%	51	$390	$245,823,397	241
71	(66)	The Tigger Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$19,890	-29.52%	78	$255	$45,542,421	157
72	(65)	Mission to Mars	Buena Vista	Adventure	$17,467	-39.45%	59	$296	$60,874,615	129
73	(78)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$15,424	+36.58%	21	$734	$2,138,765	129
74	(63)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$15,143	-48.77%	13	$1,165	$76,340,619	864
75	(71)	Decalogue			$15,074	-16.46%	1	$15,074	$188,490	38
76	(61)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$14,639	-54.82%	10	$1,464	$12,759,303	801
77	(new)	Shadow Hours			$14,392		7	$2,056	$14,392	3
78	(re-entry)	The Big Blue	Columbia	Drama	$14,234		5	$2,847	$14,234	4,347
79	(79)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$11,447	+6.65%	4	$2,862	$4,766,550	507
80	(new)	Water Drops on Burning Rocks			$10,617		1	$10,617	$14,859	5
81	(new)	The Wisdom of Crocodiles	Miramax		$10,281		1	$10,281	$10,281	3
82	(80)	Passion of Mind	Paramount Classics	Drama	$10,104	-1.46%	18	$561	$732,337	52
83	(83)	Kikujiro			$9,882	+8.62%	12	$824	$167,328	52
84	(81)	Kadosh			$9,677	-2.77%	12	$806	$701,100	152
85	(86)	Grass			$9,153	+33.87%	10	$915	$213,062	45
86	(84)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,943	+11.66%	3	$2,981	$15,218,495	1,732
87	(73)	8 ½ Women	Lionsgate	Drama	$8,103	-46.30%	9	$900	$404,076	52
88	(74)	Humanite			$7,465	-46.02%	3	$2,488	$78,309	33
89	(new)	Mooky			$7,284		11	$662	$7,284	3
90	(104)	Winter Sleepers			$6,293	+242.38%	5	$1,259	$296,451	122
91	(95)	Luminarias		Comedy	$6,195	+43.44%	6	$1,033	$344,959	73
92	(97)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$5,748	+71.48%	2	$2,874	$247,031	94
93	(new)	The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me			$5,560		1	$5,560	$5,560	3
94	(89)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$5,221	-14.73%	6	$870	$76,832	38
95	(87)	The Filth and the Fury			$5,215	-23.70%	14	$373	$606,643	110
96	(re-entry)	Sue	Castle Hill Productions		$5,137		1	$5,137	$63,421	605
97	(new)	Debandade, La			$4,728		4	$1,182	$4,728	3
98	(93)	Judy Berlin			$4,666	+0.69%	5	$933	$433,235	143
99	(88)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$4,629	-29.93%	5	$926	$1,779,469	493
100	(re-entry)	The Lifestyle			$4,331		1	$4,331	$85,000	123
101	(94)	Praise			$3,217	-29.31%	2	$1,609	$20,653	17
102	(re-entry)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$3,079		2	$1,540	$313,085	318
103	(85)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$3,077	-56.66%	2	$1,539	$127,404	66
104	(99)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$2,498	-10.66%	4	$625	$458,473	73
105	(101)	Better Living Through Circuitry	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$2,309	+5.53%	3	$770	$80,739	52
106	(106)	X			$1,574	+37.59%	2	$787	$137,791	129
107	(re-entry)	Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday			$1,481		1	$1,481	$10,471	87
108	(re-entry)	Surviving Paradise	New Line		$1,430		2	$715	$14,085	17
109	(re-entry)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$1,359		1	$1,359	$112,836	423
110	(102)	Cotton Mary			$1,330	-37.18%	1	$1,330	$281,977	124
111	(98)	Pariah	Indican Pictures		$1,312	-53.41%	1	$1,312	$156,317	24
112	(112)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$1,268	+173.28%	1	$1,268	$200,053	108
113	(92)	It's the Rage			$1,090	-76.90%	1	$1,090	$7,536	10
114	(100)	Set Me Free			$1,075	-51.62%	2	$538	$44,865	94
115	(re-entry)	Divine Trash			$1,000		2	$500	$39,842	73
116	(110)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$589	-10.62%	1	$589	$14,729,045	1,914
117	(103)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$550	-71.25%	1	$550	$1,923,116	745
118	(108)	Un Pour Toutes			$506	-55.61%	1	$506	$29,154	45
119	(109)	Luminous Motion			$459	-36.51%	2	$230	$41,581	59
120	(114)	Third World Cop			$398	+203.82%	2	$199	$39,205	94
121	(re-entry)	The Children of Chabannes	Castle Hill Productions	Documentary	$170		1	$170	$30,023	38
122	(re-entry)	The Silence	New Yorker	Drama	$151		1	$151	$32,898	250
123	(new)	Sweet Jane			$59		1	$59	$59	3

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