The Top Movies, Weekend of September 15, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Watcher	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$5,805,680	-35.94%	2,745	$2,115	$17,376,895	10
2	(new)	Bait	Warner Bros.	Action	$5,485,591		2,352	$2,332	$5,485,591	3
3	(3)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$5,084,580	-25.37%	2,427	$2,095	$50,935,610	24
4	(2)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$4,658,762	-34.81%	1,469	$3,171	$13,552,543	10
5	(5)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,515,232	-24.71%	2,461	$1,022	$82,202,221	45
6	(4)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$2,448,021	-33.01%	2,250	$1,088	$54,985,122	31
7	(6)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$2,406,524	-13.06%	2,007	$1,199	$145,578,552	59
8	(new)	Almost Famous	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$2,314,646		131	$17,669	$2,376,387	3
9	(35)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$2,039,085	+923.12%	1,997	$1,021	$151,771,492	73
10	(new)	Duets	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,002,588		581	$3,447	$2,002,588	3
11	(7)	The Art of War	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,553,230	-37.28%	1,705	$911	$27,378,910	24
12	(8)	The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$1,537,461	-34.69%	1,040	$1,478	$34,013,542	31
13	(11)	The Replacements	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,384,541	-21.55%	1,713	$808	$41,022,781	38
14	(12)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$1,219,740	-25.39%	1,402	$870	$118,545,210	52
15	(9)	The Way of the Gun	Artisan	Action	$1,217,915	-43.38%	1,565	$778	$4,253,728	10
16	(10)	Highlander: Endgame	Dimension	Action	$1,103,835	-42.37%	1,546	$714	$10,804,448	17
17	(14)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,003,196	-23.32%	1,104	$909	$56,717,183	45
18	(13)	Autumn in New York	MGM/UA	Drama	$945,789	-32.88%	1,572	$602	$35,445,797	38
19	(15)	Saving Grace	Fine Line	Comedy	$896,914	-25.01%	874	$1,026	$9,691,210	45
20	(16)	The Crew	Buena Vista	Comedy	$670,811	-41.98%	1,188	$565	$11,877,369	24
21	(19)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$543,376	-14.29%	664	$818	$179,419,774	80
22	(24)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$518,144	+7.28%	737	$703	$184,986,532	136
23	(18)	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	Horror	$490,265	-36.37%	606	$809	$72,055,301	45
24	(22)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$476,840	-17.02%	581	$821	$154,680,757	66
25	(17)	Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$469,332	-41.73%	652	$720	$28,134,407	38
26	(25)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$345,312	-13.64%	189	$1,827	$3,036,262	45
27	(27)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$315,667	-14.51%	369	$855	$214,815,531	117
28	(29)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$276,101	-18.56%	594	$465	$104,933,101	89
29	(re-entry)	Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Action	$265,160		353	$751	$69,843,965	94
30	(28)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$254,661	-25.95%	466	$546	$67,748,872	73
31	(23)	Backstage	Miramax	Documentary	$203,393	-59.01%	297	$685	$1,025,060	12
32	(32)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$202,832	-18.37%	247	$821	$112,416,239	82
33	(21)	Turn It Up	New Line	Drama	$195,027	-66.19%	631	$309	$1,120,891	12
34	(33)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$190,980	-17.21%	287	$665	$116,761,472	108
35	(40)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$174,845	+21.78%	19	$9,202	$34,379,349	696
36	(30)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$170,684	-33.42%	223	$765	$99,488,571	101
37	(36)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$149,384	-19.25%	259	$577	$90,051,548	87
38	(37)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$143,190	-21.77%	121	$1,183	$5,731,731	150
39	(38)	Pokemon 2000	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$135,907	-25.00%	531	$256	$43,492,998	59
40	(31)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$107,012	-58.26%	187	$572	$136,335,053	122
41	(45)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$106,594	+13.32%	22	$4,845	$6,724,838	136
42	(46)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$88,145	-2.60%	45	$1,959	$1,108,583	52
43	(41)	Love and Sex			$82,784	-36.95%	58	$1,427	$430,786	24
44	(39)	Godzilla 2000	Sony Pictures	Action	$81,920	-47.29%	211	$388	$9,737,847	31
45	(20)	Whipped	Destination Films	Comedy	$80,863	-86.31%	235	$344	$4,095,367	17
46	(53)	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Destination Films	Adventure	$74,315	+11.20%	325	$229	$15,787,767	54
47	(new)	Urbania		Drama	$72,129		10	$7,213	$72,129	3
48	(43)	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal	Comedy	$71,750	-38.70%	205	$350	$25,867,450	80
49	(51)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$71,365	+0.97%	8	$8,921	$2,832,815	157
50	(44)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$69,643	-33.54%	11	$6,331	$10,101,464	545
51	(49)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$68,336	-7.10%	29	$2,356	$50,293,370	261
52	(57)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$65,172	+16.25%	115	$567	$4,853,312	101
53	(48)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$63,354	-19.82%	67	$946	$1,947,702	94
54	(re-entry)	Place Vendome			$56,540		12	$4,712	$274,790	31
55	(52)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$53,253	-21.89%	9	$5,917	$7,459,800	325
56	(re-entry)	MVP: Most Valuable Primate		Comedy	$51,808		101	$513	$857,319	38
57	(55)	The Eyes of Tammy Faye		Documentary	$51,668	-13.35%	44	$1,174	$921,769	59
58	(54)	Shanghai Noon	Buena Vista	Western	$50,986	-23.56%	120	$425	$56,834,890	115
59	(new)	Goya in Bordeaux			$47,962		5	$9,592	$47,962	3
60	(56)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$46,561	-19.63%	29	$1,606	$1,506,772	250
61	(new)	Karobaar			$45,200		22	$2,055	$45,200	3
62	(60)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$43,391	+1.62%	15	$2,893	$474,347	38
63	(50)	Cecil B. Demented	Artisan	Black Comedy	$40,239	-43.14%	57	$706	$1,141,381	38
64	(88)	Solomon and Gaenor			$39,087	+225.24%	20	$1,954	$113,732	24
65	(62)	An Affair of Love	Fine Line	Drama	$38,476	+7.58%	18	$2,138	$299,921	45
66	(109)	Bittersweet Motel		Documentary	$32,405	+987.05%	10	$3,241	$120,310	24
67	(new)	Into the Arms of Strangers	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$32,037		5	$6,407	$32,037	3
68	(58)	This is Spinal Tap	MGM/UA	Comedy	$30,971	-44.55%	11	$2,816	$120,707	6,044
69	(59)	The Opportunists			$29,989	-46.13%	24	$1,250	$507,240	38
70	(61)	Shower		Drama	$28,597	-24.49%	34	$841	$999,582	73
71	(65)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$27,665	-5.49%	31	$892	$2,467,262	192
72	(63)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$25,842	-12.53%	14	$1,846	$4,939,623	353
73	(new)	Paragraph 175			$25,007		2	$12,504	$29,783	5
74	(64)	Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire			$23,785	-19.11%	12	$1,982	$164,307	24
75	(67)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$23,175	-8.30%	10	$2,318	$4,723,395	570
76	(new)	Human Resources			$22,409		16	$1,401	$29,526	5
77	(72)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$22,388	+9.58%	39	$574	$1,623,915	5,722
78	(81)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$21,455	+26.21%	13	$1,650	$155,989	101
79	(73)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$20,741	+2.40%	6	$3,457	$477,998	45
80	(71)	The Tic Code		Drama	$19,651	-4.87%	10	$1,965	$177,477	45
81	(80)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$19,127	+12.41%	10	$1,913	$149,197	33
82	(re-entry)	Time Regained			$18,407		5	$3,681	$353,026	94
83	(79)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,972	+3.54%	14	$1,284	$1,747,686	171
84	(66)	Center Stage	Sony Pictures	Drama	$16,928	-36.57%	55	$308	$17,200,925	129
85	(74)	But I'm a Cheerleader	Lionsgate	Comedy	$15,228	-19.87%	21	$725	$2,199,853	73
86	(69)	Alice et Martin	October Films	Drama	$14,431	-37.95%	16	$902	$435,655	59
87	(82)	Solas			$14,380	-15.06%	1	$14,380	$38,986	10
88	(78)	Chuck&Buck	Artisan	Drama	$12,019	-31.04%	21	$572	$1,015,604	66
89	(70)	Dark Days			$11,746	-43.96%	1	$11,746	$101,501	19
90	(93)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$10,781	+4.00%	4	$2,695	$4,963,494	570
91	(new)	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia	MGM/UA		$9,893		5	$1,979	$9,893	3
92	(87)	Wonderland			$9,681	-20.45%	15	$645	$383,099	52
93	(77)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$9,599	-45.07%	3	$3,200	$8,766,811	507
94	(108)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$9,049	+155.48%	4	$2,262	$147,496	52
95	(83)	Gimme Shelter			$8,417	-44.91%	4	$2,104	$159,437	38
96	(new)	Circus	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$8,406		8	$1,051	$8,406	3
97	(75)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$8,104	-56.06%	2	$4,052	$350,828	157
98	(94)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$7,892	-21.85%	14	$564	$32,662,299	164
99	(new)	30 Days	Arrow Releasing	Comedy	$7,838		2	$3,919	$7,838	3
100	(100)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$7,240	-6.75%	4	$1,810	$16,521,576	1,165
101	(101)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$6,916	-4.05%	11	$629	$2,302,879	164
102	(120)	Luminarias		Comedy	$6,627	+751.80%	5	$1,325	$400,626	136
103	(96)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$6,576	-31.61%	17	$387	$1,661,285	143
104	(98)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$6,406	-21.51%	12	$534	$519,438	136
105	(97)	Rififi			$6,185	-26.32%	2	$3,093	$221,245	59
106	(104)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$5,500	+2.88%	9	$611	$806,783	101
107	(99)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$4,895	-38.32%	5	$979	$2,009,390	556
108	(105)	Decalogue			$4,684	-12.10%	1	$4,684	$280,406	101
109	(84)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$4,506	-68.97%	5	$901	$185,026	45
110	(86)	Orfeu			$4,463	-68.13%	3	$1,488	$65,197	24
111	(110)	Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God�			$4,071	+39.56%	3	$1,357	$8,041	10
112	(re-entry)	New Waterford Girl			$3,650		6	$608	$740,348	108
113	(re-entry)	Criminal Lovers			$3,229		1	$3,229	$42,659	59
114	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,886		3	$962	$15,360,657	1,795
115	(102)	Woman Chaser			$2,858	-56.73%	2	$1,429	$104,851	87
116	(111)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$2,712	-4.84%	1	$2,712	$229,221	220
117	(107)	The Autumn Heart	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$2,711	-37.36%	1	$2,711	$8,260	10
118	(re-entry)	It All Starts Today			$2,666		1	$2,666	$7,173	10
119	(118)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$2,515	+107.85%	3	$838	$237,650	171
120	(92)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$2,480	-76.18%	5	$496	$13,308,161	864
121	(new)	Harvey Milk			$2,213		1	$2,213	$2,213	3
122	(re-entry)	Show Me Love	Strand Releasing		$2,042		1	$2,042	$167,167	339
123	(re-entry)	Set Me Free			$1,799		3	$600	$60,780	157
124	(95)	Water Drops on Burning Rocks			$1,796	-81.88%	3	$599	$75,901	68
125	(re-entry)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,452		2	$726	$2,022,974	808
126	(122)	Praise			$1,408	+205.42%	1	$1,408	$26,375	80
127	(113)	Grass			$1,369	-44.69%	5	$274	$313,039	108
128	(new)	On The Run			$1,243		1	$1,243	$1,243	3
129	(112)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$1,212	-55.06%	1	$1,212	$342,077	381
130	(re-entry)	Benjamin Smoke	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$1,192		1	$1,192	$20,372	59
131	(125)	Luminous Motion			$996	+331.17%	2	$498	$51,380	122
132	(re-entry)	Kestrel's Eye			$642		1	$642	$642	234
133	(89)	Titanic Town			$642	-94.52%	1	$642	$60,523	17
134	(103)	Anatomy	Sony Pictures	Horror	$638	-88.86%	2	$319	$9,598	10
135	(re-entry)	Shadow Hours			$489		1	$489	$38,340	66
136	(123)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$366	-2.40%	1	$366	$116,508	486
137	(117)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$254	-84.14%	1	$254	$188,226	129
138	(127)	Fever Pitch	Phaedra Cinema	Romantic Comedy	$216	+27.06%	1	$216	$13,600	360
139	(re-entry)	Life is to Whistle	New Yorker		$110		1	$110	$61,656	255

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