The Top Movies, Weekend of October 27, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Meet the Parents	Universal	Comedy	$15,048,475	-6.04%	2,647	$5,685	$100,014,250	24
2	(new)	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Artisan	Horror	$13,223,887		3,317	$3,987	$13,223,887	3
3	(3)	Remember the Titans	Buena Vista	Drama	$8,027,728	-19.08%	2,803	$2,864	$87,767,175	31
4	(2)	Bedazzled	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$7,829,426	-40.26%	2,571	$3,045	$24,146,411	10
5	(4)	Pay it Forward	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,803,726	-29.36%	2,130	$3,194	$19,035,222	10
6	(new)	The Little Vampire	New Line	Comedy	$5,719,627		2,009	$2,847	$5,719,627	3
7	(new)	Lucky Numbers	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,536,625		2,497	$1,817	$4,536,625	3
8	(6)	The Contender	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$2,451,799	-29.67%	1,639	$1,496	$13,986,191	17
9	(5)	The Legend of Drunken Master	Miramax	Action	$2,429,386	-36.82%	1,345	$1,806	$7,379,757	10
10	(11)	Best in Show	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,827,376	-15.50%	497	$3,677	$9,239,552	33
11	(8)	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	Horror	$1,585,848	-45.52%	1,401	$1,132	$37,216,314	9,805
12	(9)	The Ladies Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,511,455	-46.27%	1,823	$829	$11,898,184	17
13	(7)	Lost Souls	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$1,369,140	-57.71%	1,708	$802	$15,158,169	17
14	(10)	Dr. T and the Women	Artisan	Romantic Comedy	$1,288,029	-45.88%	1,204	$1,070	$11,080,265	17
15	(12)	Almost Famous	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$695,384	-43.93%	707	$984	$29,819,247	45
16	(18)	Billy Elliot	USA Films	Drama	$573,744	+17.23%	37	$15,507	$1,586,245	17
17	(new)	Mohabbatein	Yash Raj Films	Musical	$570,000		53	$10,755	$570,000	3
18	(14)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$398,505	-58.99%	857	$465	$66,664,570	66
19	(16)	Bamboozled	New Line	Drama	$357,926	-37.18%	243	$1,473	$1,518,155	24
20	(15)	Digimon: The Movie	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$332,195	-63.15%	958	$347	$9,009,288	24
21	(44)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$316,336	+287.91%	507	$624	$181,716,833	122
22	(52)	The Yards	Miramax	Drama	$314,505	+448.50%	146	$2,154	$379,851	10
23	(13)	Get Carter	Warner Bros.	Drama	$273,588	-75.36%	539	$508	$14,551,088	24
24	(20)	Dancer in the Dark	Fine Line	Musical	$257,163	-21.69%	109	$2,359	$2,489,512	38
25	(22)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$221,941	-28.45%	30	$7,398	$1,511,062	24
26	(23)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$200,320	-15.86%	348	$576	$122,385,345	94
27	(21)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$196,755	-36.61%	342	$575	$60,082,245	87
28	(19)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$181,531	-47.91%	369	$492	$153,921,103	101
29	(re-entry)	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Buena Vista	Musical	$175,022		72	$2,431	$50,178,065	2,574
30	(70)	Two Family House		Drama	$137,853	+848.42%	65	$2,121	$230,620	24
31	(25)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$135,414	-34.39%	393	$345	$106,793,915	131
32	(28)	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$122,983	-29.95%	39	$3,153	$813,137	31
33	(17)	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Sony Pictures	Horror	$120,145	-77.09%	282	$426	$21,251,596	38
34	(30)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$107,631	-31.77%	199	$541	$156,889,853	108
35	(29)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$103,415	-37.11%	187	$553	$101,408,816	143
36	(24)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$103,329	-56.34%	311	$332	$89,613,787	87
37	(re-entry)	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	Horror	$95,007		165	$576	$72,991,305	87
38	(40)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$94,622	-11.02%	16	$5,914	$13,181,862	178
39	(27)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$85,927	-54.81%	187	$460	$24,208,596	52
40	(35)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$75,861	-37.66%	191	$397	$137,347,518	164
41	(45)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$75,174	-4.09%	17	$4,422	$39,520,817	837
42	(50)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$74,887	+19.26%	18	$4,160	$35,011,489	738
43	(53)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$73,656	+31.47%	11	$6,696	$7,572,993	178
44	(36)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$72,237	-36.09%	230	$314	$156,196,150	115
45	(33)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$67,896	-46.70%	180	$377	$69,480,206	115
46	(42)	Requiem for a Dream	Artisan	Drama	$67,352	-18.99%	4	$16,838	$357,150	24
47	(49)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$60,234	-7.65%	9	$6,693	$8,006,620	367
48	(47)	Urbania		Drama	$59,110	-13.45%	40	$1,478	$773,130	45
49	(34)	Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$57,267	-55.00%	151	$379	$29,326,737	80
50	(46)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$55,990	-18.07%	22	$2,545	$50,704,040	303
51	(39)	The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$52,839	-51.55%	149	$355	$37,944,311	73
52	(32)	The Watcher	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$51,025	-60.12%	157	$325	$28,927,720	52
53	(26)	MVP: Most Valuable Primate		Comedy	$48,682	-75.96%	135	$361	$1,150,736	80
54	(58)	Goya in Bordeaux			$47,632	+16.63%	22	$2,165	$420,603	45
55	(37)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$46,749	-58.42%	121	$386	$60,738,564	73
56	(57)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$43,817	-6.67%	13	$3,371	$519,889	143
57	(new)	Loving Jezebel			$43,775		74	$592	$43,775	3
58	(38)	Girlfight	Sony Pictures	Drama	$43,606	-60.87%	119	$366	$1,457,497	31
59	(new)	A Time for Drunken Horses			$42,188		16	$2,637	$42,188	3
60	(51)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$41,100	-28.91%	49	$839	$4,185,324	87
61	(43)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$39,287	-51.84%	50	$786	$1,077,523	143
62	(re-entry)	Taxi 2			$35,909		41	$876	$626,164	24
63	(new)	Venus Beauty Institute			$32,150		5	$6,430	$32,150	3
64	(60)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$30,450	-14.98%	6	$5,075	$3,185,796	199
65	(55)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$29,117	-42.41%	64	$455	$117,522,158	150
66	(new)	Once in the Life			$28,358		15	$1,891	$28,358	3
67	(61)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$28,081	-10.22%	35	$802	$1,548,572	94
68	(48)	Autumn in New York	MGM/UA	Drama	$27,156	-58.49%	105	$259	$37,698,227	80
69	(re-entry)	Place Vendome			$23,870		12	$1,989	$563,683	73
70	(re-entry)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$22,484		9	$2,498	$10,349,265	587
71	(31)	Beautiful	Destination Films	Drama	$21,752	-86.00%	100	$218	$3,134,509	31
72	(64)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$21,230	+9.73%	15	$1,415	$725,373	80
73	(59)	Woman on Top	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$19,110	-52.42%	34	$562	$4,965,337	38
74	(62)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$19,013	-7.54%	12	$1,584	$5,164,991	395
75	(68)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$18,449	+19.11%	15	$1,230	$1,703,901	292
76	(77)	Dark Days			$15,609	+34.26%	2	$7,805	$227,120	61
77	(72)	Into the Arms of Strangers	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$14,543	+4.78%	9	$1,616	$203,915	45
78	(67)	Solas			$14,410	-9.67%	9	$1,601	$217,278	52
79	(93)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$14,299	+159.51%	3	$4,766	$569,650	87
80	(66)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$13,689	-15.36%	4	$3,422	$5,064,833	612
81	(new)	George Washington			$13,335		5	$2,667	$13,335	3
82	(78)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$12,922	+12.00%	4	$3,231	$8,843,156	549
83	(re-entry)	Gout Des Autres, Le			$11,382		11	$1,035	$281,789	38
84	(84)	Bittersweet Motel		Documentary	$10,827	+54.87%	9	$1,203	$321,847	66
85	(new)	The Bridge	Phaedra Cinema	Drama	$9,959		1	$9,959	$9,959	3
86	(80)	Left Luggage		Drama	$9,937	+4.59%	2	$4,969	$47,324	38
87	(81)	Calle 54	Miramax	Documentary	$9,670	+11.12%	1	$9,670	$24,603	10
88	(re-entry)	El Circulo Vicioso		Action	$9,368		6	$1,561	$198,373	17
89	(94)	Shower		Drama	$9,238	+68.52%	15	$616	$1,153,271	115
90	(75)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$8,706	-28.39%	19	$458	$90,558,087	129
91	(95)	Duets	Buena Vista	Drama	$8,549	+57.09%	47	$182	$4,734,235	45
92	(92)	Tigerland	20th Century Fox	Drama	$8,193	+45.16%	3	$2,731	$92,081	24
93	(re-entry)	The Bottle	Lionsgate	Comedy	$8,059		21	$384	$30,146	10
94	(97)	Solomon and Gaenor			$7,901	+51.13%	11	$718	$253,809	66
95	(82)	Yi Yi		Drama	$7,577	-5.31%	1	$7,577	$47,794	24
96	(76)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$7,443	-37.33%	11	$677	$6,198,916	192
97	(re-entry)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$7,231		4	$1,808	$16,599,043	1,207
98	(new)	Sound and Fury			$7,104		2	$3,552	$9,950	6
99	(new)	Stardom			$6,982		10	$698	$6,982	3
100	(63)	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Indican Pictures	Drama	$6,892	-66.09%	4	$1,723	$80,124	31
101	(105)	Rififi			$6,868	+127.49%	3	$2,289	$295,233	101
102	(new)	The Sculptress			$6,716		25	$269	$6,716	3
103	(new)	A Room for Romeo Brass			$6,713		3	$2,238	$6,713	3
104	(69)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$6,542	-55.85%	2	$3,271	$433,064	199
105	(re-entry)	Harry, He's Here to Help			$6,405		2	$3,203	$94,388	17
106	(re-entry)	Confessions of Dr. Sachs			$6,353		2	$3,177	$27,067	10
107	(79)	Ratcatcher			$6,101	-43.01%	1	$6,101	$38,034	17
108	(73)	The Crew	Buena Vista	Comedy	$5,877	-56.56%	24	$245	$12,973,309	66
109	(88)	Animal Factory		Drama	$5,836	+1.57%	1	$5,836	$15,270	10
110	(87)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$5,726	-3.10%	14	$409	$5,019,768	143
111	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,422		3	$1,807	$15,403,118	1,837
112	(113)	Just Looking			$5,276	+286.24%	6	$879	$16,071	17
113	(86)	Polax			$5,118	-22.28%	4	$1,280	$120,760	52
114	(116)	Orfeu			$5,116	+639.31%	4	$1,279	$81,330	66
115	(101)	Human Resources			$4,754	+18.52%	5	$951	$116,866	47
116	(91)	Live Nude Girls Unite		Documentary	$4,751	-16.25%	2	$2,376	$39,616	24
117	(re-entry)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$3,243		5	$649	$197,894	171
118	(re-entry)	Hochelaga			$3,153		7	$450	$452,905	59
119	(re-entry)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$2,889		5	$578	$191,270	75
120	(111)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$2,804	+88.31%	4	$701	$13,345,782	906
121	(83)	Decalogue			$2,680	-61.82%	1	$2,680	$415,005	143
122	(103)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$2,181	-34.76%	6	$364	$556,415	178
123	(re-entry)	Maelstrom			$2,167		1	$2,167	$160,094	45
124	(re-entry)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,145		1	$2,145	$2,046,020	850
125	(re-entry)	Promenons-nous Dans Les Bois			$1,635		5	$327	$145,320	31
126	(100)	Gimme Shelter			$1,551	-62.64%	3	$517	$239,341	80
127	(109)	The Opportunists			$1,424	-25.21%	5	$285	$575,252	80
128	(re-entry)	Noce, La			$1,323		1	$1,323	$29,649	45
129	(re-entry)	Not of this World			$1,317		2	$659	$37,871	248
130	(99)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$1,211	-72.16%	1	$1,211	$233,180	5,428
131	(104)	The Wolves of Kromer			$1,206	-63.37%	1	$1,206	$6,093	10
132	(106)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$1,113	-63.05%	6	$186	$259,769	87
133	(re-entry)	The Tavern			$1,095		1	$1,095	$6,096	38
134	(re-entry)	Rape Me		Drama	$976		2	$488	$107,263	45
135	(96)	Just One Time			$912	-83.00%	1	$912	$8,913	10
136	(new)	Femme Dexterieur, Une			$849		1	$849	$4,815	3
137	(108)	Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire			$593	-78.31%	2	$297	$271,633	66
138	(85)	Harvey Milk			$374	-94.54%	1	$374	$13,561	45
139	(118)	Luminarias		Comedy	$279	-38.82%	1	$279	$424,762	178
140	(re-entry)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$224		1	$224	$242,970	213

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