The Top Movies, Weekend of October 6, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Meet the Parents	Universal	Comedy	$28,623,300		2,614	$10,950	$28,623,300	3
2	(1)	Remember the Titans	Buena Vista	Drama	$19,209,998	-8.11%	2,701	$7,112	$45,864,713	10
3	(new)	Get Carter	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,637,830		2,315	$2,867	$6,637,830	3
4	(2)	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	Horror	$4,441,612	-38.36%	1,150	$3,862	$23,935,355	9,784
5	(new)	Digimon: The Movie	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,233,304		1,823	$2,322	$4,233,304	3
6	(3)	Almost Famous	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$3,718,598	-33.24%	2,085	$1,784	$23,262,437	24
7	(4)	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,607,635	-40.82%	2,539	$1,027	$18,243,725	17
8	(5)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$2,262,925	-24.78%	2,382	$950	$62,502,195	45
9	(6)	The Watcher	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,145,595	-49.76%	1,749	$655	$27,840,705	31
10	(7)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$1,127,921	-45.59%	1,473	$766	$22,769,502	31
11	(9)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$1,122,562	-31.75%	1,375	$816	$152,140,873	80
12	(11)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$882,774	-37.06%	1,503	$587	$88,235,299	66
13	(23)	Best in Show	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$746,871	+80.65%	53	$14,092	$1,404,066	12
14	(8)	Bait	Warner Bros.	Action	$674,402	-61.06%	1,026	$657	$14,451,773	24
15	(10)	Beautiful	Destination Films	Drama	$622,332	-55.85%	646	$963	$2,385,588	10
16	(42)	Dancer in the Dark	Fine Line	Musical	$565,593	+431.26%	111	$5,095	$891,547	17
17	(13)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$529,362	-49.14%	774	$684	$60,015,736	52
18	(33)	Girlfight	Sony Pictures	Drama	$495,901	+150.59%	253	$1,960	$778,046	10
19	(15)	The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$479,884	-37.31%	912	$526	$37,292,058	52
20	(17)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$439,560	-35.18%	792	$555	$121,409,780	73
21	(14)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$420,686	-48.48%	761	$553	$155,529,785	94
22	(12)	Woman on Top	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$388,020	-64.76%	595	$652	$4,513,772	17
23	(18)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$355,185	-34.74%	523	$679	$59,071,870	66
24	(16)	The Replacements	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$346,875	-51.61%	740	$469	$44,004,460	59
25	(27)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$340,944	-3.70%	487	$700	$156,164,829	87
26	(24)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$332,598	-13.74%	399	$834	$100,599,738	122
27	(32)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$318,799	+58.61%	656	$486	$105,904,877	110
28	(22)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$293,229	-29.82%	483	$607	$68,902,237	94
29	(new)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$278,199		21	$13,248	$278,199	3
30	(25)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$264,305	-29.00%	398	$664	$181,000,824	101
31	(19)	Saving Grace	Fine Line	Comedy	$242,012	-49.19%	389	$622	$11,898,968	66
32	(53)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$211,950	+246.94%	381	$556	$136,789,378	143
33	(new)	Bamboozled	New Line	Drama	$190,720		17	$11,219	$190,720	3
34	(29)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$184,742	-32.43%	249	$742	$186,398,654	157
35	(26)	Autumn in New York	MGM/UA	Drama	$167,707	-54.30%	433	$387	$37,375,668	59
36	(20)	Duets	Buena Vista	Drama	$160,852	-65.16%	396	$406	$4,591,130	24
37	(35)	The Way of the Gun	Artisan	Action	$151,017	-21.00%	372	$406	$5,834,567	31
38	(21)	The Art of War	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$144,240	-67.16%	308	$468	$29,742,849	45
39	(31)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$138,592	-34.04%	216	$642	$113,243,572	103
40	(30)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$137,020	-36.94%	128	$1,070	$3,871,697	66
41	(37)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$120,152	-21.33%	23	$5,224	$12,742,945	157
42	(38)	Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$103,623	-28.22%	167	$620	$28,997,133	59
43	(39)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$98,272	-31.48%	182	$540	$117,321,369	129
44	(41)	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$93,069	-15.16%	8	$11,634	$242,403	10
45	(36)	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	Horror	$92,001	-47.84%	168	$548	$72,848,374	66
46	(28)	Highlander: Endgame	Dimension	Action	$90,118	-68.40%	297	$303	$12,670,070	38
47	(48)	Urbania		Drama	$69,884	-10.48%	31	$2,254	$386,628	24
48	(51)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$68,112	-1.08%	27	$2,523	$50,502,074	282
49	(new)	Requiem for a Dream	Artisan	Drama	$64,770		2	$32,385	$64,770	3
50	(45)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$59,793	-28.91%	19	$3,147	$34,694,519	717
51	(46)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$59,212	-27.06%	19	$3,116	$7,157,106	157
52	(40)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$59,159	-47.56%	155	$382	$215,345,201	138
53	(49)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$57,565	-23.29%	46	$1,251	$1,393,148	73
54	(43)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$51,307	-42.40%	103	$498	$90,468,643	108
55	(34)	The Crew	Buena Vista	Comedy	$48,812	-75.33%	181	$270	$12,907,995	45
56	(63)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$44,951	+32.47%	10	$4,495	$7,625,578	346
57	(new)	Shikar			$40,712		20	$2,036	$40,712	3
58	(81)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$40,615	+102.21%	2	$20,308	$211,351	5,407
59	(56)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$40,379	-26.70%	6	$6,730	$3,050,028	178
60	(54)	Goya in Bordeaux			$38,891	-34.73%	14	$2,778	$251,912	24
61	(50)	Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Action	$38,350	-45.55%	101	$380	$70,295,878	115
62	(65)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$36,340	+21.84%	13	$2,795	$307,717	122
63	(64)	Place Vendome			$32,725	-1.53%	11	$2,975	$425,605	52
64	(52)	Pokemon 2000	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$31,585	-51.03%	114	$277	$43,746,923	80
65	(new)	Two Family House		Drama	$30,316		9	$3,368	$30,316	3
66	(96)	Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire			$27,961	+123.78%	15	$1,864	$240,085	45
67	(new)	Tigerland	20th Century Fox	Drama	$26,715		5	$5,343	$26,715	3
68	(69)	Solas			$25,328	-4.90%	13	$1,948	$143,906	31
69	(62)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$23,952	-29.85%	15	$1,597	$5,064,151	374
70	(78)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$18,211	-10.36%	19	$958	$889,672	122
71	(87)	Into the Arms of Strangers	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$17,469	+1.88%	6	$2,912	$130,211	24
72	(58)	Under Suspicion			$16,835	-65.58%	15	$1,122	$228,912	17
73	(66)	Barenaked in America	Shooting Gallery	Documentary	$16,413	-40.78%	16	$1,026	$45,170	10
74	(70)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$15,696	-40.79%	54	$291	$2,086,098	115
75	(72)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$14,331	-41.39%	35	$409	$4,994,098	122
76	(77)	Shower		Drama	$14,300	-31.34%	25	$572	$1,100,571	94
77	(80)	Cecil B. Demented	Artisan	Black Comedy	$13,978	-30.43%	31	$451	$1,240,639	59
78	(105)	Polax			$13,604	+45.89%	2	$6,802	$69,762	31
79	(82)	Dark Days			$13,403	-32.81%	5	$2,681	$171,313	40
80	(115)	Rififi			$13,375	+103.70%	4	$3,344	$255,100	80
81	(new)	Bootmen	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$13,133		11	$1,194	$13,133	3
82	(67)	Bittersweet Motel		Documentary	$12,270	-55.54%	11	$1,115	$259,565	45
83	(79)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$12,196	-39.43%	17	$717	$1,615,481	271
84	(83)	Solomon and Gaenor			$10,862	-43.96%	16	$679	$214,326	45
85	(re-entry)	All About Eve	20th Century Fox	Drama	$10,177		1	$10,177	$10,177	18,544
86	(91)	Decalogue			$10,093	-31.80%	3	$3,364	$369,220	122
87	(new)	Taboo			$9,947		2	$4,974	$9,947	3
88	(new)	Yi Yi		Drama	$9,456		1	$9,456	$9,456	3
89	(97)	Gimme Shelter			$9,299	-21.14%	6	$1,550	$213,174	59
90	(92)	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Indican Pictures	Drama	$9,210	-35.67%	2	$4,605	$29,738	10
91	(98)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$9,124	-18.98%	20	$456	$1,680,992	5,743
92	(95)	Alice et Martin	October Films	Drama	$8,855	-33.49%	13	$681	$486,714	80
93	(119)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$8,528	+53.27%	4	$2,132	$16,557,507	1,186
94	(new)	Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar			$8,443		7	$1,206	$8,443	3
95	(94)	This is Spinal Tap	MGM/UA	Comedy	$8,020	-40.27%	9	$891	$188,751	6,065
96	(101)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$7,770	-28.56%	4	$1,943	$5,004,452	591
97	(121)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$7,014	+36.62%	4	$1,754	$8,785,142	528
98	(106)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,973	-22.38%	10	$697	$1,810,145	192
99	(102)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$6,763	-36.86%	8	$845	$246,469	66
100	(117)	Time Regained			$6,042	-4.93%	4	$1,511	$392,930	115
101	(110)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$5,112	-37.03%	1	$5,112	$396,008	178
102	(123)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$4,359	-11.55%	12	$363	$543,043	157
103	(112)	Pariah	Indican Pictures		$3,832	-51.57%	1	$3,832	$199,536	108
104	(122)	Wonderland			$3,762	-26.25%	9	$418	$410,719	73
105	(152)	Benjamin Smoke	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$3,391	+410.69%	2	$1,696	$26,541	80
106	(127)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,378	-17.29%	3	$1,126	$15,384,512	1,816
107	(re-entry)	Santitos			$3,230		1	$3,230	$3,230	255
108	(120)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$2,988	-42.88%	5	$598	$13,333,076	885
109	(116)	Luminarias		Comedy	$2,617	-59.81%	6	$436	$420,998	157
110	(133)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,269	-11.16%	2	$1,135	$2,034,794	829
111	(re-entry)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$1,165		1	$1,165	$191,363	150
112	(138)	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia	MGM/UA		$949	-58.86%	4	$237	$26,394	24
113	(107)	The Fantasticks	MGM/UA		$806	-90.93%	2	$403	$44,757	17
114	(139)	Orfeu			$457	-79.72%	2	$229	$74,395	45
115	(146)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$437	-49.48%	1	$437	$240,740	192
116	(150)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$415	-50.65%	1	$415	$233,076	241
117	(140)	Breathless		Drama	$204	-86.62%	1	$204	$51,753	14,479

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