The Top Movies, Weekend of October 20, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Meet the Parents	Universal	Comedy	$16,015,185	-24.34%	2,619	$6,115	$80,723,025	17
2	(new)	Bedazzled	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$13,106,526		2,568	$5,104	$13,106,526	3
3	(2)	Remember the Titans	Buena Vista	Drama	$9,920,460	-24.02%	2,801	$3,542	$77,355,579	24
4	(new)	Pay it Forward	Warner Bros.	Drama	$9,631,359		2,130	$4,522	$9,631,359	3
5	(new)	The Legend of Drunken Master	Miramax	Action	$3,845,278		1,342	$2,865	$3,845,278	3
6	(5)	The Contender	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$3,486,109	-35.01%	1,571	$2,219	$10,553,191	10
7	(3)	Lost Souls	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$3,237,772	-59.30%	1,970	$1,644	$12,878,237	10
8	(6)	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	Horror	$2,910,788	-44.40%	1,708	$1,704	$34,822,423	9,798
9	(4)	The Ladies Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,813,168	-48.16%	2,043	$1,377	$9,633,128	10
10	(7)	Dr. T and the Women	Artisan	Romantic Comedy	$2,379,758	-52.53%	1,489	$1,598	$9,000,146	10
11	(10)	Best in Show	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,162,463	+1.15%	497	$4,351	$6,774,310	26
12	(9)	Almost Famous	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$1,240,303	-43.44%	1,707	$727	$28,714,323	38
13	(8)	Get Carter	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,110,244	-61.93%	1,925	$577	$13,883,135	17
14	(12)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$971,805	-40.75%	1,751	$555	$66,081,515	59
15	(11)	Digimon: The Movie	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$901,455	-53.46%	1,649	$547	$8,539,674	17
16	(42)	Bamboozled	New Line	Drama	$569,756	+438.58%	244	$2,335	$983,353	17
17	(13)	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Sony Pictures	Horror	$524,513	-56.55%	1,081	$485	$21,007,274	31
18	(27)	Billy Elliot	USA Films	Drama	$489,415	+126.92%	37	$13,227	$812,532	10
19	(14)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$348,471	-46.27%	697	$500	$153,643,849	94
20	(17)	Dancer in the Dark	Fine Line	Musical	$328,382	-16.48%	126	$2,606	$2,076,817	31
21	(29)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$310,374	+47.91%	473	$656	$59,755,762	80
22	(19)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$310,194	-4.17%	30	$10,340	$1,189,506	17
23	(20)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$238,070	-16.51%	445	$535	$122,123,005	87
24	(15)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$236,677	-56.45%	601	$394	$89,442,354	80
25	(21)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$206,383	-22.82%	458	$451	$106,604,314	124
26	(re-entry)	MVP: Most Valuable Primate		Comedy	$202,540		205	$988	$1,081,166	73
27	(16)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$190,146	-61.00%	516	$369	$24,053,508	45
28	(35)	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$175,553	+14.39%	56	$3,135	$656,359	24
29	(24)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$164,431	-29.48%	267	$616	$101,240,514	136
30	(28)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$157,751	-25.59%	280	$563	$156,728,159	101
31	(25)	Beautiful	Destination Films	Drama	$155,377	-31.84%	371	$419	$3,060,963	24
32	(18)	The Watcher	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$127,940	-66.54%	366	$350	$28,832,660	45
33	(33)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$127,376	-34.64%	279	$457	$69,379,898	108
34	(55)	Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$127,269	+136.94%	310	$411	$29,224,174	73
35	(34)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$121,682	-24.21%	253	$481	$137,232,878	157
36	(32)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$113,029	-42.86%	334	$338	$156,076,397	108
37	(26)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$112,431	-49.11%	232	$485	$60,648,819	66
38	(30)	Girlfight	Sony Pictures	Drama	$111,435	-46.80%	229	$487	$1,366,035	24
39	(23)	The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$109,058	-54.99%	280	$389	$37,861,557	66
40	(39)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$106,336	-14.07%	17	$6,255	$13,051,700	171
41	(22)	Bait	Warner Bros.	Action	$88,394	-63.95%	201	$440	$15,093,987	38
42	(57)	Requiem for a Dream	Artisan	Drama	$83,137	+89.48%	5	$16,627	$252,059	17
43	(75)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$81,582	+400.63%	55	$1,483	$1,003,853	136
44	(36)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$81,549	-46.03%	138	$591	$181,372,312	115
45	(46)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$78,382	-2.60%	17	$4,611	$39,397,639	830
46	(47)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$68,338	-11.98%	21	$3,254	$50,648,050	296
47	(45)	Urbania		Drama	$68,297	-17.67%	42	$1,626	$662,332	38
48	(43)	Autumn in New York	MGM/UA	Drama	$65,414	-35.80%	223	$293	$37,643,773	73
49	(53)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$65,222	+6.44%	10	$6,522	$7,918,612	360
50	(51)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$62,794	-2.64%	13	$4,830	$34,893,055	731
51	(44)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$57,818	-36.31%	76	$761	$4,117,119	80
52	(new)	The Yards	Miramax	Drama	$57,339		8	$7,167	$57,339	3
53	(52)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$56,026	-9.79%	9	$6,225	$7,398,258	171
54	(38)	The Replacements	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$55,266	-59.09%	196	$282	$44,317,036	73
55	(50)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$50,561	-22.31%	97	$521	$117,481,237	143
56	(31)	The Art of War	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$50,272	-75.44%	144	$349	$30,103,166	59
57	(58)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$46,948	+8.39%	15	$3,130	$449,238	136
58	(65)	Goya in Bordeaux			$40,839	+32.14%	20	$2,042	$353,806	38
59	(37)	Woman on Top	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$40,168	-73.37%	100	$402	$4,924,978	31
60	(62)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$35,815	-0.23%	6	$5,969	$3,145,393	192
61	(59)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$31,277	-24.44%	40	$782	$1,505,637	87
62	(63)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$20,564	-35.00%	11	$1,869	$5,138,306	388
63	(94)	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Indican Pictures	Drama	$20,322	+197.45%	4	$5,081	$66,418	24
64	(67)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$19,347	-25.49%	11	$1,759	$694,184	73
65	(48)	The Way of the Gun	Artisan	Action	$18,906	-75.46%	79	$239	$6,047,856	45
66	(90)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$16,174	+91.27%	4	$4,044	$5,046,542	605
67	(71)	Solas			$15,952	-5.55%	10	$1,595	$195,033	45
68	(72)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$15,489	-7.78%	14	$1,106	$1,673,140	285
69	(98)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$14,816	+183.18%	2	$7,408	$422,200	192
70	(69)	Two Family House		Drama	$14,535	-32.03%	9	$1,615	$84,237	17
71	(56)	Highlander: Endgame	Dimension	Action	$14,356	-69.73%	132	$109	$12,801,190	52
72	(70)	Into the Arms of Strangers	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$13,879	-28.64%	9	$1,542	$182,595	38
73	(74)	The Crew	Buena Vista	Comedy	$13,530	-17.57%	46	$294	$12,963,348	59
74	(88)	Cecil B. Demented	Artisan	Black Comedy	$12,819	+23.72%	20	$641	$1,276,984	73
75	(66)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$12,158	-57.24%	26	$468	$90,544,030	122
76	(68)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$11,877	-54.05%	19	$625	$6,186,899	185
77	(93)	Dark Days			$11,626	+64.30%	3	$3,875	$203,953	54
78	(84)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$11,537	+2.89%	3	$3,846	$8,824,175	542
79	(87)	Ratcatcher			$10,706	-0.52%	2	$5,353	$28,392	10
80	(re-entry)	Left Luggage		Drama	$9,501		3	$3,167	$18,230	31
81	(new)	Calle 54	Miramax	Documentary	$8,702		1	$8,702	$8,702	3
82	(89)	Yi Yi		Drama	$8,002	-7.77%	1	$8,002	$37,161	17
83	(91)	Decalogue			$7,019	-11.40%	2	$3,510	$406,406	136
84	(77)	Bittersweet Motel		Documentary	$6,991	-52.63%	8	$874	$306,934	59
85	(re-entry)	Harvey Milk			$6,851		1	$6,851	$11,150	38
86	(79)	Polax			$6,585	-51.07%	3	$2,195	$109,916	45
87	(103)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$5,909	+48.58%	20	$295	$5,012,300	136
88	(new)	Animal Factory		Drama	$5,746		1	$5,746	$5,746	3
89	(83)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$5,715	-49.51%	18	$318	$2,628,829	227
90	(82)	Under Suspicion			$5,694	-50.91%	6	$949	$258,691	31
91	(re-entry)	Live Nude Girls Unite		Documentary	$5,673		1	$5,673	$31,627	17
92	(73)	Tigerland	20th Century Fox	Drama	$5,644	-66.37%	3	$1,881	$79,279	17
93	(107)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$5,510	+111.27%	4	$1,378	$552,764	80
94	(85)	Shower		Drama	$5,482	-50.30%	13	$422	$1,138,273	108
95	(60)	Duets	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,442	-86.25%	39	$140	$4,721,590	38
96	(new)	Just One Time			$5,364		1	$5,364	$5,364	3
97	(80)	Solomon and Gaenor			$5,228	-59.69%	10	$523	$243,847	59
98	(101)	Diary of a Chambermaid			$4,526	+2.12%	1	$4,526	$12,284	10
99	(re-entry)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$4,350		2	$2,175	$229,010	5,421
100	(99)	Gimme Shelter			$4,152	-18.17%	4	$1,038	$232,618	73
101	(95)	Human Resources			$4,011	-34.38%	6	$669	$110,015	40
102	(78)	One			$3,731	-72.54%	15	$249	$21,496	10
103	(105)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$3,343	-0.30%	8	$418	$553,176	171
104	(new)	The Wolves of Kromer			$3,292		1	$3,292	$3,292	3
105	(86)	Rififi			$3,019	-72.19%	2	$1,510	$287,001	94
106	(106)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$3,012	+7.38%	7	$430	$257,263	80
107	(re-entry)	Burlesk King	Strand Releasing	Drama	$2,858		1	$2,858	$20,887	115
108	(81)	Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire			$2,734	-76.93%	6	$456	$269,655	59
109	(115)	The Opportunists			$1,904	+46.35%	7	$272	$573,059	73
110	(114)	Water Drops on Burning Rocks			$1,623	+13.42%	2	$812	$86,132	103
111	(re-entry)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$1,489		4	$372	$13,338,627	899
112	(104)	Alice et Martin	October Films	Drama	$1,468	-61.39%	8	$184	$498,106	94
113	(97)	Just Looking			$1,366	-74.34%	2	$683	$10,130	10
114	(110)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$1,299	-36.07%	4	$325	$1,690,913	5,757
115	(111)	Santitos			$1,176	-39.44%	1	$1,176	$8,209	269
116	(123)	Orfeu			$692	+220.37%	1	$692	$75,084	59
117	(120)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$621	+32.69%	1	$621	$177,990	87
118	(117)	Luminarias		Comedy	$456	-43.63%	1	$456	$424,432	171
119	(118)	Cotton Mary			$225	-64.90%	1	$225	$299,351	222
120	(re-entry)	Set Me Free			$200		2	$100	$63,030	192

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