The Top Movies, Weekend of July 28, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$42,518,830		3,242	$13,115	$42,518,830	3
2	(1)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$22,863,897	-23.02%	2,825	$8,093	$69,352,633	10
3	(2)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$12,681,154	-45.97%	3,107	$4,081	$122,937,208	17
4	(4)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$8,309,217	-45.06%	3,256	$2,552	$132,142,105	24
5	(5)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,517,689	-22.35%	3,093	$2,431	$158,053,931	31
6	(3)	Pokemon 2000	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,202,920	-68.31%	2,752	$2,254	$33,057,245	10
7	(6)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$5,211,183	-22.09%	2,328	$2,238	$52,057,163	24
8	(7)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,443,467	-28.79%	2,329	$1,908	$101,207,083	33
9	(new)	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Destination Films	Adventure	$4,154,932		2,106	$1,973	$6,564,093	5
10	(9)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$3,429,300	-25.48%	2,114	$1,622	$92,876,788	40
11	(8)	Loser	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,705,545	-54.97%	2,016	$1,342	$12,044,227	10
12	(10)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,636,382	-45.86%	1,560	$1,049	$86,073,814	38
13	(11)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$917,858	-46.11%	920	$998	$113,035,453	59
14	(16)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$874,562	-16.87%	651	$1,343	$179,965,669	87
15	(13)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$840,682	-33.99%	820	$1,025	$211,273,842	68
16	(14)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$779,840	-33.44%	803	$971	$95,014,420	52
17	(12)	The In Crowd	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$681,698	-54.72%	1,335	$511	$4,443,525	12
18	(17)	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal	Comedy	$477,760	-29.02%	650	$735	$23,416,385	31
19	(15)	Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Action	$454,612	-57.04%	757	$601	$68,812,838	45
20	(18)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$371,247	-0.95%	56	$6,629	$8,819,362	87
21	(19)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$360,928	-0.51%	145	$2,489	$3,338,168	52
22	(32)	Road Trip	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$351,861	+174.02%	533	$660	$67,409,291	73
23	(20)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$289,919	+16.48%	141	$2,056	$3,685,880	101
24	(36)	But I'm a Cheerleader	Lionsgate	Comedy	$225,301	+101.54%	60	$3,755	$613,687	24
25	(21)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$222,628	-9.18%	20	$11,131	$4,517,440	87
26	(24)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$181,846	+6.69%	68	$2,674	$770,810	5,673
27	(22)	U-571	Universal	Action	$179,375	-10.15%	287	$625	$76,671,180	101
28	(26)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$168,022	+3.64%	17	$9,884	$36,878,030	746
29	(34)	Chuck&Buck	Artisan	Drama	$147,751	+21.57%	35	$4,221	$441,499	17
30	(43)	Boys and Girls	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$141,240	+91.61%	870	$162	$20,627,372	45
31	(31)	Titan A.E.	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$129,294	-1.48%	311	$416	$22,356,412	45
32	(25)	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Universal	Comedy	$125,235	-25.62%	253	$495	$34,916,825	94
33	(23)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$124,029	-29.86%	253	$490	$133,483,053	73
34	(33)	Jesus' Son	Lionsgate	Drama	$115,040	-8.12%	91	$1,264	$1,070,387	45
35	(58)	The Five Senses			$112,733	+182.11%	29	$3,887	$215,976	17
36	(28)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$110,895	-30.63%	8	$13,862	$5,963,662	276
37	(29)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$91,690	-39.03%	204	$449	$53,053,209	136
38	(48)	Shower		Drama	$83,268	+35.77%	20	$4,163	$315,264	24
39	(40)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$81,856	+0.60%	10	$8,186	$1,998,363	108
40	(38)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$78,320	-14.09%	145	$540	$125,441,155	136
41	(39)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$77,743	-9.79%	27	$2,879	$911,821	45
42	(42)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$74,880	-3.75%	86	$871	$26,948,428	122
43	(35)	Shanghai Noon	Buena Vista	Western	$72,789	-39.21%	133	$547	$55,047,117	66
44	(37)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$71,124	-30.56%	161	$442	$33,542,922	94
45	(new)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$66,567		6	$11,095	$66,567	3
46	(47)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$62,601	-2.37%	100	$626	$32,390,185	115
47	(30)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$61,715	-55.17%	173	$357	$27,261,393	101
48	(27)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$59,718	-63.14%	21	$2,844	$32,134,934	647
49	(44)	Small Time Crooks	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$57,966	-13.78%	81	$716	$17,008,393	73
50	(50)	East is East	Miramax	Comedy	$56,930	-4.92%	44	$1,294	$3,827,859	108
51	(55)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$54,467	+5.19%	38	$1,433	$1,605,495	94
52	(41)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$54,195	-32.00%	11	$4,927	$4,246,132	304
53	(46)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$53,990	-17.81%	83	$650	$43,781,631	94
54	(53)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Classics	Black Comedy	$53,629	-4.32%	69	$777	$4,723,195	101
55	(51)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$48,507	-18.74%	21	$2,310	$1,049,929	201
56	(71)	The Eyes of Tammy Faye		Documentary	$46,111	+227.73%	9	$5,123	$69,790	10
57	(66)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$40,602	+56.58%	2	$20,301	$16,123,454	1,116
58	(61)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$40,093	+6.76%	26	$1,542	$2,126,663	115
59	(new)	Wonderland			$38,947		4	$9,737	$38,947	3
60	(52)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$37,566	-34.14%	112	$335	$36,982,260	108
61	(56)	Up at the Villa	Focus Features	Drama	$37,025	-22.75%	36	$1,028	$2,834,431	87
62	(64)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$34,303	+9.66%	22	$1,559	$1,536,194	122
63	(60)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$32,696	-13.18%	33	$991	$706,025	52
64	(57)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$31,942	-28.37%	57	$560	$37,001,788	108
65	(49)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$30,592	-49.55%	111	$276	$61,286,824	115
66	(63)	Hamlet	Miramax	Drama	$28,823	-10.24%	50	$576	$1,517,895	80
67	(68)	Trixie			$24,724	+6.02%	25	$989	$220,937	33
68	(67)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$24,597	+3.19%	13	$1,892	$4,366,757	521
69	(new)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$21,417		2	$10,709	$21,417	3
70	(62)	Time Regained			$21,223	-40.73%	6	$3,537	$247,728	45
71	(69)	Alice et Martin	October Films	Drama	$19,380	-9.23%	1	$19,380	$52,719	10
72	(70)	Rififi			$19,206	+6.81%	1	$19,206	$53,470	10
73	(95)	The Big Blue	Columbia	Drama	$16,165	+230.23%	6	$2,694	$47,545	4,361
74	(54)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$13,831	-74.12%	8	$1,729	$12,923,940	815
75	(73)	Decalogue			$13,755	+22.97%	1	$13,755	$236,751	52
76	(93)	Passion of Mind	Paramount Classics	Drama	$12,135	+143.77%	24	$506	$753,840	66
77	(72)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$11,977	+5.86%	13	$921	$76,447,420	878
78	(45)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$11,514	-82.53%	2	$5,757	$8,362,554	458
79	(76)	American Pimp	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$11,207	+7.89%	5	$2,241	$258,148	52
80	(79)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$10,909	+13.48%	3	$3,636	$15,255,702	1,746
81	(97)	Grass			$9,246	+143.83%	8	$1,156	$247,056	59
82	(82)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$9,006	+23.18%	4	$2,252	$4,796,779	521
83	(74)	Judy Berlin			$7,811	-30.08%	6	$1,302	$459,955	157
84	(78)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$6,033	-37.44%	14	$431	$2,187,050	143
85	(98)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$5,611	+123.19%	6	$935	$89,228	52
86	(re-entry)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$5,587		2	$2,794	$191,068	171
87	(80)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$5,494	-34.30%	2	$2,747	$266,800	108
88	(81)	Criminal Lovers			$5,381	-28.09%	1	$5,381	$17,218	10
89	(88)	Water Drops on Burning Rocks			$4,660	-20.40%	1	$4,660	$36,583	19
90	(96)	Kikujiro			$4,614	-5.41%	9	$513	$185,546	66
91	(91)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$4,506	-17.11%	5	$901	$1,787,520	507
92	(89)	Kadosh			$4,283	-25.37%	5	$857	$718,202	166
93	(102)	Winter Sleepers			$4,142	+156.31%	4	$1,036	$306,139	136
94	(90)	Luminarias		Comedy	$3,806	-32.04%	6	$634	$360,744	87
95	(87)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$3,671	-38.51%	5	$734	$472,882	87
96	(94)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$3,610	-26.83%	1	$3,610	$1,966,273	759
97	(re-entry)	My Best Friend			$3,168		1	$3,168	$94,147	269
98	(77)	Woman Chaser			$2,929	-71.51%	1	$2,929	$31,085	38
99	(101)	Cotton Mary			$2,531	+33.42%	1	$2,531	$289,293	138
100	(86)	Shadow Hours			$2,493	-59.17%	3	$831	$33,326	17
101	(104)	Luminous Motion			$2,262	+142.18%	3	$754	$45,507	73
102	(85)	Benjamin Smoke	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$1,911	-69.09%	1	$1,911	$13,029	10
103	(re-entry)	Show Me Love	Strand Releasing		$1,790		2	$895	$151,199	290
104	(111)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$1,782	+465.71%	3	$594	$203,843	122
105	(100)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$1,762	-25.84%	2	$881	$133,806	80
106	(84)	Humanite			$1,114	-82.91%	1	$1,114	$93,468	47
107	(107)	X			$883	-1.45%	2	$442	$139,607	143
108	(99)	Set Me Free			$794	-68.20%	1	$794	$49,589	108
109	(108)	The Children of Chabannes	Castle Hill Productions	Documentary	$750	+41.51%	1	$750	$31,093	52
110	(re-entry)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$431		1	$431	$315,239	332
111	(re-entry)	The Little Thief			$410		1	$410	$28,750	152
112	(105)	Pariah	Indican Pictures		$361	-60.50%	1	$361	$158,134	38

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