The Top Movies, Weekend of August 18, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$17,515,050		2,411	$7,265	$17,515,050	3
2	(new)	The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$11,053,832		847	$13,051	$11,615,670	3
3	(2)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$9,476,221	-27.20%	2,835	$3,343	$53,783,126	17
4	(3)	The Replacements	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$7,215,305	-34.64%	2,754	$2,620	$23,406,417	10
5	(6)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$6,758,142	-30.59%	2,760	$2,449	$123,410,908	31
6	(5)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$6,309,125	-38.29%	2,969	$2,125	$104,294,005	24
7	(1)	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	Horror	$6,010,644	-53.93%	2,956	$2,033	$61,577,725	17
8	(4)	Autumn in New York	MGM/UA	Drama	$5,548,412	-49.50%	2,282	$2,431	$21,049,419	10
9	(8)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,023,192	-35.99%	2,539	$1,978	$43,871,487	17
10	(7)	Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,837,688	-48.61%	2,521	$1,919	$18,014,363	10
11	(new)	Godzilla 2000	Sony Pictures	Action	$4,407,720		2,111	$2,088	$4,407,720	3
12	(9)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,552,163	-38.30%	1,624	$1,572	$148,619,640	38
13	(10)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,811,490	-34.07%	1,417	$1,278	$173,607,196	52
14	(11)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$1,289,455	-48.95%	1,501	$859	$147,224,243	45
15	(12)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,130,553	-39.21%	1,222	$925	$64,430,003	45
16	(19)	Saving Grace	Fine Line	Comedy	$1,030,257	+193.47%	255	$4,040	$1,964,204	17
17	(13)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$982,544	-32.44%	842	$1,167	$110,004,329	54
18	(14)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$902,870	-31.49%	1,002	$901	$101,799,441	61
19	(15)	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Destination Films	Adventure	$572,901	-50.37%	1,008	$568	$14,578,821	26
20	(16)	Pokemon 2000	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$520,899	-49.55%	638	$816	$41,923,615	31
21	(17)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$388,973	-3.42%	430	$905	$115,145,964	80
22	(18)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$333,593	-10.52%	468	$713	$88,692,514	59
23	(20)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$296,832	-13.42%	284	$1,045	$182,131,600	108
24	(22)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$253,742	-10.24%	50	$5,075	$10,734,208	108
25	(25)	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal	Comedy	$220,205	-12.80%	436	$505	$25,033,845	52
26	(24)	But I'm a Cheerleader	Lionsgate	Comedy	$218,056	-17.51%	113	$1,930	$1,690,641	45
27	(31)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$216,053	+20.82%	30	$7,202	$616,661	17
28	(30)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$197,112	-5.65%	131	$1,505	$4,640,174	122
29	(27)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$179,471	-28.18%	288	$623	$44,439,944	115
30	(32)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$170,382	-2.60%	22	$7,745	$5,686,387	108
31	(39)	Cecil B. Demented	Artisan	Black Comedy	$162,303	+27.66%	30	$5,410	$351,848	10
32	(26)	Shanghai Noon	Buena Vista	Western	$160,588	-35.90%	268	$599	$56,283,815	87
33	(23)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$156,557	-42.40%	193	$811	$96,729,762	73
34	(29)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$154,025	-32.47%	136	$1,133	$4,316,813	73
35	(34)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$145,523	-8.05%	22	$6,615	$49,853,877	233
36	(28)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$144,508	-38.98%	219	$660	$212,819,695	89
37	(35)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$142,376	-4.58%	17	$8,375	$37,744,862	767
38	(21)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$139,885	-51.62%	20	$6,994	$33,477,076	668
39	(47)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$120,954	+48.02%	32	$3,780	$411,605	24
40	(42)	MVP: Most Valuable Primate		Comedy	$110,829	+11.37%	109	$1,017	$393,816	10
41	(36)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$109,376	-23.42%	68	$1,608	$1,375,642	66
42	(37)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$101,713	-23.00%	9	$11,301	$6,641,989	297
43	(38)	The Eyes of Tammy Faye		Documentary	$98,523	-23.77%	49	$2,011	$454,874	31
44	(45)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$95,379	+4.70%	12	$7,948	$9,554,153	517
45	(41)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$85,009	-24.39%	61	$1,394	$1,344,555	5,694
46	(40)	Road Trip	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$83,548	-32.15%	190	$440	$68,335,594	94
47	(48)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$75,085	-7.82%	9	$8,343	$2,374,478	129
48	(44)	Shower		Drama	$71,233	-23.38%	42	$1,696	$707,377	45
49	(re-entry)	Center Stage	Sony Pictures	Drama	$57,304		127	$451	$16,965,727	101
50	(33)	Loser	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$50,230	-68.91%	83	$605	$15,248,731	31
51	(52)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$50,188	-23.47%	11	$4,563	$4,622,942	325
52	(49)	Chuck&Buck	Artisan	Drama	$50,018	-37.96%	42	$1,191	$847,445	38
53	(58)	The Opportunists			$49,050	+4.44%	10	$4,905	$113,824	10
54	(53)	Wonderland			$47,002	-27.52%	25	$1,880	$254,989	24
55	(65)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$44,823	+12.02%	7	$6,403	$301,224	17
56	(43)	Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Action	$42,954	-56.14%	101	$425	$69,456,027	66
57	(62)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$37,755	-12.03%	8	$4,719	$103,385	10
58	(57)	Alice et Martin	October Films	Drama	$36,802	-28.85%	14	$2,629	$248,047	31
59	(51)	The Five Senses			$36,271	-48.47%	39	$930	$497,091	38
60	(61)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$35,423	-21.70%	4	$8,856	$16,375,244	1,137
61	(66)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$34,813	-12.44%	9	$3,868	$13,149,775	836
62	(new)	Place Vendome			$32,619		1	$32,619	$32,619	3
63	(67)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$32,520	-16.35%	22	$1,478	$1,218,931	222
64	(63)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$31,550	-25.31%	4	$7,888	$8,579,287	479
65	(64)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$29,986	-25.73%	31	$967	$27,177,449	143
66	(73)	An Affair of Love	Fine Line	Drama	$29,538	-2.45%	6	$4,923	$74,921	17
67	(re-entry)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$25,552		3	$8,517	$25,552	5,358
68	(59)	Titan A.E.	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$25,537	-45.35%	82	$311	$22,699,627	66
69	(54)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$25,012	-57.64%	72	$347	$133,846,625	94
70	(new)	Steal This Movie			$23,221		11	$2,111	$23,221	3
71	(76)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Classics	Black Comedy	$21,651	-12.34%	18	$1,203	$4,848,974	122
72	(78)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$21,392	-2.39%	13	$1,646	$4,415,698	542
73	(75)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$19,519	-21.47%	23	$849	$1,655,488	143
74	(71)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$19,486	-40.54%	33	$590	$32,585,064	136
75	(72)	East is East	Miramax	Comedy	$19,276	-38.83%	26	$741	$3,966,195	129
76	(69)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$19,138	-44.98%	23	$832	$1,737,813	115
77	(85)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$18,229	+46.41%	3	$6,076	$4,868,605	542
78	(77)	Jesus' Son	Lionsgate	Drama	$17,318	-27.69%	30	$577	$1,282,084	66
79	(79)	Gimme Shelter			$14,203	-23.54%	1	$14,203	$50,188	10
80	(70)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$12,601	-62.15%	42	$300	$33,744,240	115
81	(82)	The Tic Code		Drama	$12,492	-13.34%	3	$4,164	$68,420	17
82	(74)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$12,330	-56.76%	17	$725	$2,238,605	136
83	(93)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$11,519	+60.66%	11	$1,047	$2,237,794	164
84	(88)	Time Regained			$10,694	-0.37%	5	$2,139	$314,439	66
85	(84)	Rififi			$10,174	-24.54%	1	$10,174	$134,764	31
86	(80)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$9,798	-43.09%	1	$9,798	$98,023	24
87	(87)	Up at the Villa	Focus Features	Drama	$9,555	-17.14%	10	$956	$2,911,122	108
88	(83)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$9,214	-34.38%	3	$3,071	$65,811	17
89	(81)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$8,438	-46.50%	15	$563	$774,673	73
90	(89)	Trixie			$7,939	-25.03%	12	$662	$271,003	54
91	(102)	Luminarias		Comedy	$7,528	+78.64%	8	$941	$384,414	108
92	(re-entry)	Humanite			$7,325		3	$2,442	$105,702	68
93	(98)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$7,043	+43.01%	3	$2,348	$15,316,934	1,767
94	(new)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$6,776		1	$6,776	$9,830	5
95	(96)	Grass			$6,559	+11.08%	6	$1,093	$279,052	80
96	(118)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$5,483	+400.73%	3	$1,828	$214,861	192
97	(re-entry)	Criminal Lovers			$5,319		2	$2,660	$26,369	31
98	(106)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$5,196	+58.46%	2	$2,598	$285,753	129
99	(91)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$5,020	-42.87%	3	$1,673	$169,788	101
100	(86)	Woman Chaser			$4,521	-62.67%	3	$1,507	$80,168	59
101	(107)	Sue	Castle Hill Productions		$4,284	+42.04%	2	$2,142	$103,861	640
102	(101)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$4,090	-4.68%	5	$818	$1,793,671	528
103	(105)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$3,638	+3.71%	2	$1,819	$1,999,094	780
104	(114)	Breathless		Drama	$3,233	+91.98%	1	$3,233	$49,721	14,430
105	(108)	Lea			$2,930	-1.91%	1	$2,930	$9,228	10
106	(new)	1999 Cannes Intl. Adv Festival			$2,638		1	$2,638	$2,638	3
107	(110)	Kadosh			$2,340	-15.80%	3	$780	$735,864	187
108	(112)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$2,226	+3.34%	4	$557	$481,244	108
109	(re-entry)	Winter Sleepers			$2,000		2	$1,000	$313,931	157
110	(115)	Show Me Love	Strand Releasing		$1,541	-3.20%	1	$1,541	$160,168	311
111	(100)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$1,512	-65.67%	1	$1,512	$224,886	143
112	(97)	Water Drops on Burning Rocks			$1,196	-77.29%	3	$399	$51,924	40
113	(re-entry)	X			$1,155		1	$1,155	$141,852	164
114	(re-entry)	42: Forty Two Up	First Run	Documentary	$985		1	$985	$300,680	278
115	(re-entry)	Claire Dolan	New Yorker	Drama	$939		1	$939	$7,800	178
116	(122)	Shadow Hours			$939	+47.64%	1	$939	$35,918	38
117	(re-entry)	Passion of Mind	Paramount Classics	Drama	$910		6	$152	$767,456	87
118	(re-entry)	The Children of Chabannes	Castle Hill Productions	Documentary	$624		1	$624	$32,027	73
119	(109)	The Big Blue	Columbia	Drama	$593	-79.02%	1	$593	$80,195	4,382
120	(123)	Inseperables			$447	+31.47%	1	$447	$5,757	24
121	(119)	Cotton Mary			$295	-69.27%	1	$295	$295,067	159
122	(120)	Set Me Free			$289	-68.14%	1	$289	$54,582	129
123	(re-entry)	Luminous Motion			$140		1	$140	$47,734	94

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