The Top Movies, Weekend of September 8, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Watcher	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$9,062,295		2,742	$3,305	$9,062,295	3
2	(new)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$7,145,950		1,459	$4,898	$7,145,950	3
3	(1)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$6,813,120	-51.92%	2,416	$2,820	$44,800,590	17
4	(2)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$3,654,515	-59.07%	2,476	$1,476	$51,341,527	24
5	(3)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$3,340,850	-61.34%	2,607	$1,281	$78,825,796	38
6	(6)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$2,767,993	-53.50%	2,166	$1,278	$142,381,640	52
7	(4)	The Art of War	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,476,366	-67.78%	2,370	$1,045	$25,028,790	17
8	(7)	The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$2,354,174	-59.43%	997	$2,361	$31,874,700	24
9	(new)	The Way of the Gun	Artisan	Action	$2,150,979		1,515	$1,420	$2,150,979	3
10	(5)	Highlander: Endgame	Dimension	Action	$1,915,328	-69.22%	1,545	$1,240	$9,053,672	10
11	(8)	The Replacements	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,764,843	-60.57%	2,058	$858	$39,209,497	31
12	(9)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$1,634,720	-57.89%	1,694	$965	$117,029,125	45
13	(11)	Autumn in New York	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,409,198	-60.89%	1,801	$782	$34,002,007	31
14	(13)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,308,214	-54.48%	1,412	$926	$55,315,914	38
15	(12)	Saving Grace	Fine Line	Comedy	$1,195,997	-59.75%	875	$1,367	$8,391,894	38
16	(10)	The Crew	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,156,268	-68.87%	1,487	$778	$10,854,829	17
17	(16)	Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$805,393	-66.95%	1,165	$691	$27,429,185	31
18	(15)	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	Horror	$770,511	-69.40%	1,184	$651	$71,342,018	38
19	(19)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$634,000	-62.84%	705	$899	$178,684,608	73
20	(14)	Whipped	Destination Films	Comedy	$590,549	-78.37%	1,561	$378	$3,780,907	10
21	(new)	Turn It Up	New Line	Drama	$576,820		661	$873	$738,654	5
22	(20)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$574,629	-58.69%	665	$864	$154,032,233	59
23	(new)	Backstage	Miramax	Documentary	$496,226		322	$1,541	$684,101	5
24	(27)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$483,001	-28.07%	583	$828	$184,229,225	129
25	(24)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$399,865	-49.43%	186	$2,150	$2,586,310	38
26	(new)	Fiza		Drama	$374,708		39	$9,608	$374,708	3
27	(25)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$369,260	-50.60%	382	$967	$214,343,454	110
28	(22)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$343,913	-64.28%	585	$588	$67,428,595	66
29	(23)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$339,010	-64.22%	621	$546	$104,590,651	82
30	(17)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$256,349	-85.02%	353	$726	$99,227,549	94
31	(18)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$256,348	-85.02%	353	$726	$136,137,703	115
32	(26)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$248,485	-63.33%	395	$629	$112,139,749	75
33	(30)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$230,674	-46.04%	302	$764	$116,511,024	101
34	(34)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$212,617	-8.17%	40	$5,315	$11,772,324	129
35	(28)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$199,301	-64.59%	373	$534	$149,642,372	66
36	(33)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$185,004	-39.92%	292	$634	$89,829,272	80
37	(32)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$183,040	-40.67%	134	$1,366	$5,541,916	143
38	(29)	Pokemon 2000	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$181,216	-58.74%	531	$341	$43,319,645	52
39	(21)	Godzilla 2000	Sony Pictures	Action	$155,416	-86.66%	485	$320	$9,630,717	24
40	(52)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$143,580	+46.51%	20	$7,179	$34,116,788	689
41	(64)	Love and Sex			$131,300	+144.30%	76	$1,728	$293,798	17
42	(39)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$118,911	-32.86%	17	$6,995	$38,449,550	788
43	(35)	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal	Comedy	$117,045	-46.50%	289	$405	$25,776,995	73
44	(re-entry)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$104,783		14	$7,485	$10,018,218	538
45	(37)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$94,067	-55.21%	22	$4,276	$6,524,796	129
46	(38)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$90,498	-55.98%	46	$1,967	$983,620	45
47	(42)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$84,394	-44.66%	147	$574	$44,983,704	136
48	(41)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$79,019	-51.57%	68	$1,162	$1,854,767	87
49	(40)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$73,556	-57.65%	29	$2,536	$50,225,034	254
50	(36)	Cecil B. Demented	Artisan	Black Comedy	$70,765	-67.56%	70	$1,011	$1,066,016	31
51	(51)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$70,678	-29.54%	8	$8,835	$2,729,303	150
52	(50)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$68,175	-33.04%	10	$6,818	$7,363,389	318
53	(31)	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Destination Films	Adventure	$66,833	-80.94%	257	$260	$15,697,574	47
54	(45)	Shanghai Noon	Buena Vista	Western	$66,697	-47.19%	142	$470	$56,762,725	108
55	(57)	The Eyes of Tammy Faye		Documentary	$59,628	-21.16%	42	$1,420	$830,985	52
56	(58)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$57,932	-21.67%	31	$1,869	$1,439,590	243
57	(43)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$56,060	-60.03%	75	$747	$4,767,770	94
58	(re-entry)	This is Spinal Tap	MGM/UA	Comedy	$55,854		10	$5,585	$55,854	6,037
59	(47)	The Opportunists			$55,668	-55.29%	31	$1,796	$455,191	31
60	(49)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$42,699	-62.75%	12	$3,558	$408,669	31
61	(56)	Shower		Drama	$37,871	-50.43%	41	$924	$957,714	66
62	(54)	An Affair of Love	Fine Line	Drama	$35,766	-53.82%	13	$2,751	$248,000	38
63	(69)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$29,543	-33.83%	15	$1,970	$4,899,194	346
64	(59)	Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire			$29,404	-57.69%	12	$2,450	$128,851	17
65	(65)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$29,272	-43.97%	29	$1,009	$2,419,010	185
66	(63)	Center Stage	Sony Pictures	Drama	$26,686	-51.49%	94	$284	$17,174,870	122
67	(83)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$25,274	+25.42%	12	$2,106	$5,361,306	563
68	(46)	East is East	Miramax	Comedy	$23,332	-81.43%	44	$530	$4,170,647	150
69	(61)	Alice et Martin	October Films	Drama	$23,256	-63.97%	13	$1,789	$410,667	52
70	(77)	Dark Days			$20,959	-36.56%	1	$20,959	$77,781	12
71	(71)	The Tic Code		Drama	$20,658	-50.11%	7	$2,951	$153,881	38
72	(55)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$20,431	-73.31%	40	$511	$1,592,378	5,715
73	(72)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$20,255	-49.95%	5	$4,051	$449,709	38
74	(60)	But I'm a Cheerleader	Lionsgate	Comedy	$19,005	-71.07%	32	$594	$2,179,576	66
75	(94)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$18,444	+65.19%	4	$4,611	$332,202	150
76	(79)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$17,732	-37.78%	23	$771	$27,277,055	164
77	(78)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$17,474	-39.56%	5	$3,495	$8,739,177	500
78	(68)	Chuck&Buck	Artisan	Drama	$17,430	-62.57%	33	$528	$993,173	59
79	(90)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,358	+15.71%	10	$1,736	$1,720,133	164
80	(66)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$17,015	-65.72%	15	$1,134	$122,009	26
81	(119)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$16,999	+2,499.24%	11	$1,545	$121,519	94
82	(new)	Solas			$16,929		1	$16,929	$16,929	3
83	(81)	Gimme Shelter			$15,280	-43.25%	4	$3,820	$140,674	31
84	(67)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$14,521	-69.19%	8	$1,815	$174,147	38
85	(new)	Polax			$14,007		1	$14,007	$14,007	3
86	(87)	Orfeu			$14,003	-19.59%	5	$2,801	$54,595	17
87	(73)	Wonderland			$12,169	-68.52%	14	$869	$369,428	45
88	(82)	Solomon and Gaenor			$12,018	-49.46%	6	$2,003	$69,234	17
89	(70)	Titanic Town			$11,714	-72.75%	16	$732	$59,844	10
90	(86)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$10,921	-37.82%	3	$3,640	$128,753	5,379
91	(new)	Gouttes Deau Sur Pierres Blulantes			$10,427		21	$497	$10,427	3
92	(76)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$10,413	-69.40%	9	$1,157	$13,303,899	857
93	(80)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$10,366	-62.10%	4	$2,592	$4,946,083	563
94	(88)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$10,098	-39.91%	17	$594	$32,650,667	157
95	(116)	Water Drops on Burning Rocks			$9,912	+606.49%	3	$3,304	$67,673	61
96	(96)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$9,616	-3.42%	16	$601	$1,781,949	136
97	(74)	Rififi			$8,394	-76.86%	2	$4,197	$208,949	52
98	(89)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$8,162	-47.25%	17	$480	$509,913	129
99	(115)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$7,936	+272.58%	5	$1,587	$1,789,342	549
100	(84)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$7,764	-59.04%	4	$1,941	$16,515,068	1,158
101	(99)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$7,208	+3.55%	12	$601	$2,290,994	157
102	(111)	Woman Chaser			$6,605	+153.55%	2	$3,303	$98,846	80
103	(new)	Anatomy	Sony Pictures	Horror	$5,725		8	$716	$5,725	3
104	(100)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$5,346	-19.27%	13	$411	$799,144	94
105	(91)	Decalogue			$5,329	-61.13%	1	$5,329	$271,189	94
106	(new)	Madodayo			$4,804		1	$4,804	$25,776	3
107	(new)	The Autumn Heart	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$4,328		1	$4,328	$4,328	3
108	(93)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$3,542	-69.12%	1	$3,542	$134,650	45
109	(85)	Bittersweet Motel		Documentary	$2,981	-83.65%	3	$994	$87,905	17
110	(new)	Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God�			$2,917		2	$1,459	$2,917	3
111	(122)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$2,850	+660.00%	1	$2,850	$225,612	213
112	(105)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$2,697	-53.70%	3	$899	$339,411	374
113	(98)	Grass			$2,475	-66.23%	6	$413	$310,197	101
114	(102)	Trixie			$2,202	-65.67%	3	$734	$285,618	75
115	(re-entry)	The Little Thief			$2,062		1	$2,062	$34,531	194
116	(re-entry)	Humanite			$2,000		3	$667	$108,892	89
117	(109)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$1,602	-50.96%	2	$801	$187,634	122
118	(112)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$1,210	-50.57%	2	$605	$232,810	164
119	(104)	Steal This Movie			$1,028	-82.63%	4	$257	$76,053	24
120	(120)	Luminarias		Comedy	$778	+23.69%	2	$389	$393,513	129
121	(re-entry)	Portrait of Chinois	Phaedra Cinema		$577		1	$577	$16,367	311
122	(re-entry)	Praise			$461		1	$461	$24,591	73
123	(121)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$375	-21.88%	1	$375	$116,142	479
124	(re-entry)	X			$274		1	$274	$142,544	185
125	(re-entry)	Luminous Motion			$231		1	$231	$49,118	115
126	(re-entry)	Fast Pitch			$208		1	$208	$5,133	19
127	(re-entry)	Fever Pitch	Phaedra Cinema	Romantic Comedy	$170		1	$170	$113,384	353
128	(re-entry)	Sweet Jane			$131		1	$131	$967	59

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