The Top Movies, Weekend of December 1, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	Comedy	$27,096,630	-48.01%	3,138	$8,635	$171,996,090	17
2	(2)	Unbreakable	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$14,440,935	-52.39%	2,708	$5,333	$66,346,208	12
3	(3)	102 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$8,295,041	-58.28%	2,704	$3,068	$36,603,358	12
4	(4)	Rugrats in Paris	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$6,506,221	-62.62%	2,937	$2,215	$55,574,878	17
5	(5)	Charlie's Angels	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$5,020,164	-50.81%	2,751	$1,825	$115,422,099	31
6	(6)	Bounce	Miramax	Drama	$4,415,726	-43.12%	2,014	$2,193	$30,326,487	17
7	(8)	Men of Honor	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,176,811	-39.01%	2,188	$1,909	$41,211,622	24
8	(7)	The 6th Day	Sony Pictures	Action	$4,011,583	-46.59%	2,516	$1,594	$30,563,207	17
9	(9)	Meet the Parents	Universal	Comedy	$3,823,050	-41.07%	2,317	$1,650	$153,198,610	59
10	(10)	Little Nicky	New Line	Comedy	$2,223,324	-52.50%	2,470	$900	$36,748,272	24
11	(11)	Billy Elliot	USA Films	Drama	$1,341,300	-33.86%	510	$2,630	$13,205,040	52
12	(13)	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$1,014,720	-47.25%	1,535	$661	$29,726,567	31
13	(12)	Remember the Titans	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,006,166	-50.23%	1,191	$845	$111,595,958	66
14	(14)	Red Planet	Warner Bros.	Action	$748,561	-34.53%	1,453	$515	$16,689,623	24
15	(15)	Best in Show	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$487,565	-42.11%	350	$1,393	$15,777,255	68
16	(17)	You Can Count on Me	Paramount Classics	Drama	$390,489	-24.11%	53	$7,368	$1,644,637	24
17	(16)	Pay it Forward	Warner Bros.	Drama	$367,920	-34.79%	531	$693	$32,549,288	45
18	(22)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$264,003	+19.67%	37	$7,135	$3,221,221	59
19	(19)	Bedazzled	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$240,922	-9.45%	454	$531	$36,730,986	45
20	(18)	Requiem for a Dream	Artisan	Drama	$214,077	-21.62%	78	$2,745	$2,083,431	59
21	(20)	Quills	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$207,337	-16.86%	9	$23,037	$640,439	12
22	(25)	What's Cooking		Drama	$180,835	-7.71%	50	$3,617	$660,140	17
23	(21)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$153,052	-35.66%	350	$437	$155,018,556	136
24	(23)	Almost Famous	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$138,734	-36.34%	249	$557	$31,716,715	80
25	(26)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$128,010	-33.02%	251	$510	$67,905,760	101
26	(re-entry)	Godzilla 2000	Sony Pictures	Action	$101,831		373	$273	$10,006,833	108
27	(30)	Dancer in the Dark	Fine Line	Musical	$98,558	-21.92%	70	$1,408	$3,977,724	73
28	(28)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$95,413	-30.91%	227	$420	$61,193,451	108
29	(32)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$82,347	-24.29%	15	$5,490	$13,836,780	213
30	(42)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$81,844	+34.39%	30	$2,728	$51,117,842	338
31	(29)	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Artisan	Horror	$76,178	-44.20%	229	$333	$26,305,394	38
32	(38)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$73,511	-6.36%	16	$4,594	$40,106,653	872
33	(33)	The Contender	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$72,254	-22.84%	113	$639	$17,599,324	52
34	(39)	A Time for Drunken Horses			$59,511	-8.76%	21	$2,834	$414,001	38
35	(31)	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$59,076	-50.72%	48	$1,231	$1,612,806	66
36	(37)	Two Family House		Drama	$59,022	-31.69%	45	$1,312	$864,363	59
37	(24)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$58,662	-72.35%	102	$575	$25,146,164	87
38	(27)	Lucky Numbers	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$58,084	-63.17%	350	$166	$9,882,844	38
39	(35)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$55,900	-37.01%	130	$430	$123,184,775	129
40	(34)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$55,607	-39.06%	16	$3,475	$8,307,359	213
41	(41)	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$53,713	-15.92%	12	$4,476	$19,122,073	285
42	(46)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$52,581	+11.51%	8	$6,573	$8,492,847	402
43	(re-entry)	A Hard Day's Night	Universal		$50,445		2	$25,223	$50,445	13,264
44	(36)	Dr. T and the Women	Artisan	Romantic Comedy	$48,306	-45.10%	108	$447	$12,958,629	52
45	(40)	Get Carter	Warner Bros.	Drama	$41,363	-35.42%	141	$293	$14,936,884	59
46	(48)	The Legend of Drunken Master	Miramax	Action	$41,194	-10.19%	105	$392	$11,507,395	45
47	(49)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$37,641	-11.97%	11	$3,422	$855,665	178
48	(56)	Season's Beatings	Empire Pictures	Comedy	$34,882	+27.57%	4	$8,721	$109,536	17
49	(43)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$33,308	-41.31%	130	$256	$182,594,845	157
50	(47)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$31,913	-31.85%	72	$443	$60,689,171	122
51	(44)	Venus Beauty Institute			$30,897	-41.59%	14	$2,207	$434,249	38
52	(45)	The Little Vampire	New Line	Comedy	$28,578	-44.87%	191	$150	$13,555,988	38
53	(55)	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	Horror	$25,850	-10.12%	67	$386	$39,484,311	9,840
54	(109)	Rififi			$24,918	+808.75%	3	$8,306	$389,040	136
55	(53)	Goya in Bordeaux			$22,821	-22.81%	21	$1,087	$635,361	80
56	(68)	Yi Yi		Drama	$20,117	+45.78%	4	$5,029	$115,838	59
57	(76)	Left Luggage		Drama	$19,784	+123.67%	6	$3,297	$125,833	73
58	(52)	Digimon: The Movie	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$19,655	-40.95%	114	$172	$9,593,747	59
59	(new)	Panic			$18,006		4	$4,502	$18,006	3
60	(58)	Way Down Town			$17,903	-16.69%	4	$4,476	$48,333	10
61	(50)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$16,799	-51.72%	101	$166	$137,699,555	199
62	(54)	Place Vendome			$16,358	-43.92%	9	$1,818	$709,676	108
63	(120)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$15,958	+840.37%	5	$3,192	$280,680	5,463
64	(67)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$15,479	+7.31%	6	$2,580	$10,467,786	622
65	(85)	Under Suspicion			$14,909	+175.02%	10	$1,491	$309,041	73
66	(60)	One Day in September			$14,823	-20.94%	5	$2,965	$64,365	17
67	(63)	Destinees Sentimentales, Les			$14,055	-15.63%	6	$2,343	$71,692	17
68	(79)	Kippur			$13,746	+79.17%	5	$2,749	$79,990	31
69	(70)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$13,591	+10.82%	13	$1,045	$830,602	115
70	(64)	Solas			$12,837	-22.58%	11	$1,167	$350,563	87
71	(61)	Into the Arms of Strangers	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$12,623	-29.65%	10	$1,262	$320,355	80
72	(51)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$11,170	-67.88%	11	$1,015	$35,366,341	773
73	(87)	Decalogue			$9,745	+89.59%	2	$4,873	$460,490	178
74	(66)	The Ladies Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$9,390	-35.25%	20	$470	$13,423,080	52
75	(71)	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Indican Pictures	Drama	$9,308	-23.37%	3	$3,103	$142,510	66
76	(59)	Dark Days			$9,124	-54.46%	7	$1,303	$332,949	96
77	(80)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$7,888	+3.06%	4	$1,972	$649,179	122
78	(72)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$7,525	-30.70%	24	$314	$1,692,095	129
79	(81)	Sade			$7,103	-5.71%	7	$1,015	$71,365	17
80	(75)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$6,852	-33.51%	11	$623	$4,322,369	122
81	(115)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$6,803	+222.11%	2	$3,402	$3,239,825	234
82	(69)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$6,314	-48.62%	4	$1,579	$8,928,541	584
83	(82)	Muses Orphelines, Les			$6,195	-6.14%	10	$620	$85,137	24
84	(77)	Time Regained			$5,800	-32.30%	6	$967	$451,802	171
85	(90)	Lies			$5,669	+17.64%	3	$1,890	$26,426	17
86	(112)	Blue Moon	Castle Hill Productions	Comedy	$5,546	+143.25%	2	$2,773	$63,735	31
87	(105)	Solomon and Gaenor			$5,453	+64.10%	11	$496	$286,168	101
88	(129)	Polax			$5,179	+408.24%	3	$1,726	$139,771	87
89	(74)	George Washington			$5,022	-51.83%	3	$1,674	$69,208	38
90	(96)	Gout Des Autres, Le			$4,829	+23.60%	7	$690	$333,322	73
91	(100)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$4,797	+37.17%	3	$1,599	$5,115,727	647
92	(re-entry)	Suzhou River			$4,520		1	$4,520	$46,631	26
93	(new)	Ouch		Comedy	$4,217		1	$4,217	$4,217	3
94	(94)	Himalaya L'enfance Dun Chef			$3,933	-1.53%	1	$3,933	$27,738	24
95	(re-entry)	Set Me Free			$3,773		1	$3,773	$199,086	234
96	(re-entry)	Moitie Gauche du Figo, La			$3,729		1	$3,729	$11,048	17
97	(65)	The Weekend			$3,570	-78.05%	3	$1,190	$26,579	12
98	(new)	Moon Shadow			$3,527		1	$3,527	$3,527	3
99	(99)	Maelstrom			$3,354	-5.97%	1	$3,354	$209,049	80
100	(91)	Ratcatcher			$3,340	-30.02%	3	$1,113	$100,896	52
101	(107)	Harry, He's Here to Help			$3,231	+0.87%	3	$1,077	$132,015	52
102	(new)	Yana's Friends			$3,211		1	$3,211	$3,211	3
103	(re-entry)	Benjamin Smoke	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$3,188		1	$3,188	$31,514	136
104	(118)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$3,066	+59.19%	4	$767	$13,363,856	941
105	(97)	Tigerland	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,056	-16.73%	2	$1,528	$128,963	59
106	(88)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$3,042	-39.00%	18	$169	$89,765,981	122
107	(134)	Stardom			$3,028	+308.09%	5	$606	$74,577	38
108	(124)	Taxi 2			$2,651	+94.35%	5	$530	$725,015	59
109	(78)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$2,410	-71.01%	1	$2,410	$474,160	234
110	(86)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$2,402	-54.40%	3	$801	$5,211,570	430
111	(92)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,394	-46.00%	3	$798	$15,442,301	1,872
112	(re-entry)	The Bridge	Phaedra Cinema	Drama	$2,143		1	$2,143	$120,246	38
113	(new)	Poor White Trash			$1,813		2	$907	$1,813	3
114	(re-entry)	Rebels With a Cause			$1,658		1	$1,658	$9,753	24
115	(125)	Confessions of Dr. Sachs			$1,574	+16.51%	1	$1,574	$51,016	45
116	(108)	Passionnement			$1,532	-48.57%	1	$1,532	$6,014	10
117	(114)	Bittersweet Motel		Documentary	$1,495	-30.72%	4	$374	$375,979	101
118	(135)	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Buena Vista	Musical	$1,436	+106.62%	6	$239	$50,356,997	2,609
119	(119)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,427	-25.25%	4	$357	$568,908	213
120	(103)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,344	-61.21%	3	$448	$16,625,990	1,242
121	(101)	Taboo			$1,343	-61.42%	3	$448	$50,305	59
122	(73)	Billy Liar	Rialto Pictures	Comedy	$1,290	-87.69%	1	$1,290	$35,609	13,503
123	(re-entry)	Diary of a Chambermaid			$1,290		1	$1,290	$17,586	52
124	(111)	Peut-Etre			$1,287	-45.44%	2	$644	$4,912	10
125	(new)	Homme Nu, L'			$1,221		1	$1,221	$1,221	3
126	(126)	Noce, La			$1,198	-9.10%	1	$1,198	$32,906	80
127	(133)	Just Looking			$966	+21.51%	5	$193	$30,781	52
128	(121)	Orfeu			$871	-46.27%	2	$436	$108,025	101
129	(137)	Kestrel's Eye			$809	+19.67%	1	$809	$36,512	311
130	(re-entry)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$788		1	$788	$263,969	122
131	(132)	Two Women, Two Men		Comedy	$782	-8.86%	1	$782	$14,242	31
132	(93)	Me & Isaac Newton			$728	-82.89%	1	$728	$19,729	31
133	(89)	Live Nude Girls Unite		Documentary	$725	-85.43%	1	$725	$58,131	59
134	(127)	Human Resources			$702	-38.69%	1	$702	$122,124	82
135	(113)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$610	-72.85%	1	$610	$205,555	110
136	(122)	Sound and Fury			$494	-68.63%	1	$494	$42,370	41
137	(re-entry)	Rape Me		Drama	$437		3	$146	$143,158	80
138	(117)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$302	-84.62%	1	$302	$2,053,386	885
139	(re-entry)	Hochelaga			$264		1	$264	$480,821	94
140	(110)	Boesman and Lena	Kino	Drama	$216	-91.80%	1	$216	$30,700	31
141	(re-entry)	Dernier Harem, La			$158		1	$158	$8,534	17
142	(re-entry)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$141		1	$141	$198,809	206
143	(re-entry)	Burlesk King	Strand Releasing	Drama	$126		1	$126	$35,667	157
144	(new)	My Father Angel			$112		1	$112	$112	3

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