The Top Movies, Weekend of July 21, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$29,702,959		2,813	$10,559	$29,702,959	3
2	(1)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$23,468,649	-56.92%	3,112	$7,541	$99,318,708	10
3	(new)	Pokemon 2000	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$19,575,608		2,752	$7,113	$19,575,608	3
4	(2)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$15,124,155	-42.27%	3,301	$4,582	$116,434,693	17
5	(3)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$9,680,952	-43.49%	3,203	$3,022	$145,354,506	24
6	(5)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,688,762	-36.12%	2,343	$2,855	$42,332,951	17
7	(4)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$6,240,288	-41.20%	2,751	$2,268	$93,401,602	26
8	(new)	Loser	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$6,008,611		2,016	$2,980	$6,008,611	3
9	(6)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$4,602,125	-41.85%	2,577	$1,786	$85,989,121	33
10	(7)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$3,022,477	-47.00%	2,450	$1,234	$82,999,855	31
11	(8)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,703,228	-39.84%	1,193	$1,428	$111,318,345	52
12	(new)	The In Crowd	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,505,551		1,357	$1,109	$2,702,660	5
13	(11)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,273,633	-44.90%	1,025	$1,243	$209,901,228	61
14	(9)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$1,171,720	-53.94%	1,042	$1,124	$93,577,259	45
15	(10)	Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,058,252	-55.65%	1,225	$864	$67,949,999	38
16	(13)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,052,014	-33.07%	747	$1,408	$178,496,604	80
17	(12)	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal	Comedy	$673,130	-70.50%	1,202	$560	$22,427,505	24
18	(16)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$374,822	-7.07%	56	$6,693	$8,199,216	80
19	(14)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$362,784	-22.32%	147	$2,468	$2,802,886	45
20	(17)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$248,891	-20.94%	114	$2,183	$3,280,681	94
21	(19)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$245,121	+5.01%	20	$12,256	$3,794,502	80
22	(22)	U-571	Universal	Action	$199,640	+1.09%	330	$605	$76,368,160	94
23	(15)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$176,839	-61.74%	344	$514	$133,228,233	66
24	(24)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$170,451	-6.13%	56	$3,044	$499,936	5,666
25	(23)	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Universal	Comedy	$168,365	-13.33%	306	$550	$34,575,507	87
26	(29)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$162,127	+6.77%	17	$9,537	$36,575,507	739
27	(43)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$162,000	+137.35%	24	$6,750	$32,004,709	640
28	(53)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$159,851	+205.86%	9	$17,761	$5,789,538	269
29	(25)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$150,388	-16.09%	260	$578	$52,857,426	129
30	(27)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$137,656	-12.93%	246	$560	$27,113,685	94
31	(26)	Titan A.E.	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$131,231	-24.47%	283	$464	$22,140,974	38
32	(21)	Road Trip	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$128,407	-43.36%	211	$609	$66,972,637	66
33	(28)	Jesus' Son	Lionsgate	Drama	$125,212	-19.48%	95	$1,318	$892,741	38
34	(42)	Chuck&Buck	Artisan	Drama	$121,537	+66.88%	25	$4,861	$235,394	10
35	(20)	Shanghai Noon	Buena Vista	Western	$119,741	-47.40%	162	$739	$54,910,072	59
36	(38)	But I'm a Cheerleader	Lionsgate	Comedy	$111,790	+34.26%	29	$3,855	$326,857	17
37	(32)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$102,418	-13.53%	214	$479	$33,399,686	87
38	(31)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$91,170	-30.55%	172	$530	$125,307,020	129
39	(35)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$86,176	-20.54%	28	$3,078	$786,509	38
40	(40)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$81,367	+1.14%	10	$8,137	$1,872,652	101
41	(62)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$79,693	+139.48%	17	$4,688	$4,135,598	297
42	(34)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$77,795	-28.94%	118	$659	$26,825,617	115
43	(18)	Boys and Girls	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$73,711	-71.89%	169	$436	$20,437,413	38
44	(30)	Small Time Crooks	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$67,227	-51.39%	101	$666	$16,908,836	66
45	(68)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$65,896	+209.15%	6	$10,983	$8,337,488	451
46	(33)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$65,689	-42.99%	103	$638	$43,681,927	87
47	(46)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$64,119	+2.19%	118	$543	$32,283,722	108
48	(50)	Shower		Drama	$61,329	+10.56%	16	$3,833	$202,014	17
49	(37)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$60,633	-30.83%	175	$346	$61,223,778	108
50	(41)	East is East	Miramax	Comedy	$59,875	-24.48%	56	$1,069	$3,740,700	101
51	(49)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$59,693	+6.65%	25	$2,388	$970,374	194
52	(39)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$57,037	-29.44%	147	$388	$36,905,472	101
53	(44)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Classics	Black Comedy	$56,049	-17.42%	49	$1,144	$4,640,098	94
54	(76)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$53,442	+265.07%	10	$5,344	$12,868,775	808
55	(45)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$51,779	-20.99%	40	$1,294	$1,522,412	87
56	(55)	Up at the Villa	Focus Features	Drama	$47,927	-6.29%	55	$871	$2,770,359	80
57	(48)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$44,591	-25.23%	86	$519	$36,949,282	101
58	(66)	The Five Senses			$39,961	+49.93%	6	$6,660	$83,176	10
59	(59)	American Psycho	Lionsgate	Black Comedy	$38,110	-5.48%	55	$693	$15,047,419	101
60	(54)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$37,658	-26.43%	37	$1,018	$648,692	45
61	(47)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$37,555	-40.09%	29	$1,295	$2,067,005	108
62	(61)	Time Regained			$35,805	-5.88%	7	$5,115	$208,031	38
63	(51)	Hamlet	Miramax	Drama	$32,111	-41.63%	65	$494	$1,461,241	73
64	(60)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$31,280	-20.06%	23	$1,360	$1,480,841	115
65	(57)	The Big Kahuna	Lionsgate	Drama	$30,874	-31.26%	49	$630	$3,150,107	87
66	(65)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$25,930	-5.49%	2	$12,965	$16,014,699	1,109
67	(64)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$23,836	-16.04%	13	$1,834	$4,314,617	514
68	(67)	Trixie			$23,320	+0.18%	27	$864	$185,682	26
69	(new)	Alice et Martin	October Films	Drama	$21,350		1	$21,350	$21,350	3
70	(new)	Rififi			$17,981		1	$17,981	$17,981	3
71	(new)	The Eyes of Tammy Faye		Documentary	$14,070		2	$7,035	$14,070	3
72	(74)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$11,314	-25.29%	13	$870	$76,422,935	871
73	(75)	Decalogue			$11,186	-25.79%	1	$11,186	$211,229	45
74	(98)	Judy Berlin			$11,171	+139.41%	8	$1,396	$446,397	150
75	(87)	8 ½ Women	Lionsgate	Drama	$11,010	+35.88%	10	$1,101	$417,517	59
76	(69)	American Pimp	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$10,387	-49.08%	5	$2,077	$240,402	45
77	(re-entry)	Woman Chaser			$10,280		1	$10,280	$21,120	31
78	(73)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$9,644	-37.47%	16	$603	$2,166,687	136
79	(86)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$9,613	+7.49%	3	$3,204	$15,236,054	1,739
80	(92)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$8,362	+45.48%	2	$4,181	$257,044	101
81	(new)	Criminal Lovers			$7,483		1	$7,483	$7,483	3
82	(79)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$7,311	-36.13%	4	$1,828	$4,780,295	514
83	(81)	The Wisdom of Crocodiles	Miramax		$6,750	-34.34%	1	$6,750	$21,404	10
84	(88)	Humanite			$6,519	-12.67%	2	$3,260	$8,999	40
85	(new)	Benjamin Smoke	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$6,183		1	$6,183	$6,183	3
86	(77)	Shadow Hours			$6,106	-57.57%	6	$1,018	$27,503	10
87	(104)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$5,970	+138.99%	7	$853	$465,884	80
88	(80)	Water Drops on Burning Rocks			$5,854	-44.86%	1	$5,854	$27,334	12
89	(84)	Kadosh			$5,739	-40.69%	6	$957	$712,852	159
90	(91)	Luminarias		Comedy	$5,600	-9.60%	8	$700	$353,346	80
91	(99)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$5,436	+17.43%	5	$1,087	$1,784,631	500
92	(new)	Spent			$5,069		2	$2,535	$5,069	3
93	(82)	Passion of Mind	Paramount Classics	Drama	$4,978	-50.73%	8	$622	$740,699	59
94	(117)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$4,934	+797.09%	1	$4,934	$1,960,531	752
95	(78)	The Big Blue	Columbia	Drama	$4,895	-65.61%	3	$1,632	$19,129	4,354
96	(83)	Kikujiro			$4,878	-50.64%	10	$488	$178,075	59
97	(85)	Grass			$3,792	-58.57%	9	$421	$231,232	52
98	(94)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$2,514	-51.85%	5	$503	$82,389	45
99	(114)	Set Me Free			$2,497	+132.28%	2	$1,249	$47,476	101
100	(103)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$2,376	-22.78%	2	$1,188	$131,125	73
101	(110)	Cotton Mary			$1,897	+42.63%	2	$949	$285,274	131
102	(90)	Winter Sleepers			$1,616	-74.32%	2	$808	$300,500	129
103	(113)	It's the Rage			$1,314	+20.55%	1	$1,314	$9,268	17
104	(119)	Luminous Motion			$934	+103.49%	1	$934	$42,718	66
105	(111)	Pariah	Indican Pictures		$914	-30.34%	1	$914	$157,231	31
106	(101)	Praise			$900	-72.02%	1	$900	$23,515	24
107	(106)	X			$896	-43.07%	1	$896	$138,724	136
108	(121)	The Children of Chabannes	Castle Hill Productions	Documentary	$530	+211.76%	1	$530	$30,873	45
109	(re-entry)	Beefcake	Strand Releasing	Drama	$505		1	$505	$275,996	285
110	(120)	Third World Cop			$345	-13.32%	1	$345	$39,585	101
111	(112)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$315	-75.16%	1	$315	$201,953	115

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