The Top Movies, Weekend of December 8, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	Comedy	$18,646,520	-31.19%	3,182	$5,860	$195,646,175	24
2	(new)	Vertical Limit	Sony Pictures	Action	$15,507,845		2,307	$6,722	$15,507,845	3
3	(new)	Proof of Life	Warner Bros.	Action	$10,207,869		2,705	$3,774	$10,207,869	3
4	(2)	Unbreakable	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$7,538,063	-47.80%	2,682	$2,811	$77,403,181	19
5	(new)	Dungeons and Dragons	New Line	Adventure	$7,237,422		2,078	$3,483	$7,237,422	3
6	(3)	102 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,233,029	-24.86%	2,704	$2,305	$44,279,675	19
7	(4)	Rugrats in Paris	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$3,952,419	-39.25%	2,840	$1,392	$60,470,550	24
8	(9)	Meet the Parents	Universal	Comedy	$3,026,710	-20.83%	1,934	$1,565	$157,107,315	66
9	(5)	Charlie's Angels	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$2,626,076	-47.69%	2,204	$1,192	$119,250,039	38
10	(6)	Bounce	Miramax	Drama	$2,592,226	-41.30%	2,028	$1,278	$34,119,117	24
11	(7)	Men of Honor	20th Century Fox	Drama	$2,119,233	-49.26%	1,999	$1,060	$44,622,941	31
12	(8)	The 6th Day	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,365,803	-65.95%	1,833	$745	$33,001,394	24
13	(11)	Billy Elliot	USA Films	Drama	$916,095	-31.70%	471	$1,945	$14,590,410	59
14	(10)	Little Nicky	New Line	Comedy	$862,745	-61.20%	1,374	$628	$38,160,883	31
15	(new)	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$663,205		16	$41,450	$663,205	3
16	(13)	Remember the Titans	Buena Vista	Drama	$434,055	-56.86%	684	$635	$112,305,249	73
17	(12)	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$326,825	-67.79%	713	$458	$30,366,277	38
18	(15)	Best in Show	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$310,476	-36.32%	286	$1,086	$16,233,165	75
19	(16)	You Can Count on Me	Paramount Classics	Drama	$297,194	-23.89%	53	$5,607	$2,046,537	31
20	(19)	Bedazzled	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$173,881	-27.83%	361	$482	$36,986,088	52
21	(18)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$173,593	-34.25%	37	$4,692	$3,398,525	66
22	(21)	Quills	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$160,164	-22.75%	9	$17,796	$890,654	19
23	(20)	Requiem for a Dream	Artisan	Drama	$151,063	-29.44%	78	$1,937	$2,334,215	66
24	(17)	Pay it Forward	Warner Bros.	Drama	$127,953	-65.22%	284	$451	$32,801,029	52
25	(14)	Red Planet	Warner Bros.	Action	$115,785	-84.53%	335	$346	$17,050,061	31
26	(22)	What's Cooking		Drama	$109,333	-39.54%	50	$2,187	$877,974	24
27	(25)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$108,960	-14.88%	227	$480	$68,062,410	108
28	(74)	The Ladies Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$97,191	+935.05%	342	$284	$13,523,371	59
29	(43)	A Hard Day's Night	Universal		$95,493	+89.30%	12	$7,958	$178,161	13,271
30	(23)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$90,990	-40.55%	235	$387	$155,153,382	143
31	(24)	Almost Famous	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$80,803	-41.76%	171	$473	$31,848,389	87
32	(29)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$74,795	-9.17%	15	$4,986	$13,950,532	220
33	(53)	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	Horror	$71,145	+175.22%	345	$206	$39,565,137	9,847
34	(47)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$67,746	+79.98%	20	$3,387	$940,478	185
35	(32)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$67,432	-8.27%	16	$4,215	$40,282,651	879
36	(27)	Dancer in the Dark	Fine Line	Musical	$63,435	-35.64%	62	$1,023	$4,094,548	80
37	(28)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$49,114	-48.52%	160	$307	$61,280,963	115
38	(35)	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$48,074	-18.62%	46	$1,045	$1,683,262	73
39	(31)	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Artisan	Horror	$45,559	-40.19%	147	$310	$26,378,135	45
40	(40)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$42,578	-23.43%	16	$2,661	$8,380,746	220
41	(33)	The Contender	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$41,567	-42.47%	73	$569	$17,662,226	59
42	(44)	Dr. T and the Women	Artisan	Romantic Comedy	$41,221	-14.67%	97	$425	$13,022,132	59
43	(39)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$40,800	-27.01%	102	$400	$123,241,850	136
44	(30)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$40,035	-51.08%	30	$1,335	$51,170,000	345
45	(36)	Two Family House		Drama	$38,886	-34.12%	45	$864		66
46	(41)	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$38,346	-28.61%	17	$2,256	$19,181,714	292
47	(34)	A Time for Drunken Horses			$37,888	-36.33%	18	$2,105	$477,152	45
48	(38)	Lucky Numbers	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$31,355	-46.02%	280	$112	$9,940,819	45
49	(new)	Boys Life 3	Strand Releasing	Drama	$28,487		7	$4,070	$28,487	3
50	(new)	Snatch	Sony Pictures	Black Comedy	$27,932		1	$27,932	$37,662	3
51	(50)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$24,953	-21.81%	63	$396	$60,728,359	129
52	(48)	Season's Beatings	Empire Pictures	Comedy	$23,105	-33.76%	4	$5,776	$147,628	24
53	(71)	Into the Arms of Strangers	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$21,888	+73.40%	17	$1,288	$350,208	87
54	(57)	Left Luggage		Drama	$20,011	+1.15%	7	$2,859	$149,435	80
55	(26)	Godzilla 2000	Sony Pictures	Action	$19,521	-80.83%	89	$219	$10,037,390	115
56	(69)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$19,120	+40.68%	13	$1,471	$854,717	122
57	(51)	Venus Beauty Institute			$19,067	-38.29%	10	$1,907	$310,545	45
58	(46)	The Legend of Drunken Master	Miramax	Action	$16,977	-58.79%	65	$261	$11,546,543	52
59	(59)	Panic			$16,561	-8.03%	5	$3,312	$42,328	10
60	(45)	Get Carter	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,025	-61.26%	64	$250	$14,967,182	66
61	(42)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$14,021	-73.33%	8	$1,753	$8,515,820	409
62	(72)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$13,865	+24.13%	8	$1,733	$35,389,757	780
63	(49)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$13,351	-59.92%	55	$243	$182,618,434	164
64	(66)	One Day in September			$12,444	-16.05%	3	$4,148	$84,478	24
65	(62)	Place Vendome			$12,360	-24.44%	10	$1,236	$727,493	115
66	(55)	Goya in Bordeaux			$11,630	-49.04%	16	$727	$654,793	87
67	(56)	Yi Yi		Drama	$11,083	-44.91%	4	$2,771	$134,634	66
68	(58)	Digimon: The Movie	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$10,346	-47.36%	54	$192	$9,610,051	66
69	(118)	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Buena Vista	Musical	$10,297	+617.06%	28	$368	$50,367,585	2,616
70	(54)	Rififi			$9,904	-60.25%	6	$1,651	$408,506	143
71	(136)	Sound and Fury			$9,593	+1,841.90%	6	$1,599	$54,527	48
72	(61)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$9,504	-43.43%	66	$144	$137,714,880	206
73	(37)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$9,287	-84.17%	25	$371	$25,159,265	94
74	(64)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$9,237	-40.33%	8	$1,155	$10,477,023	629
75	(re-entry)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$8,513		2	$4,257	$224,420	136
76	(85)	Lies			$8,251	+45.55%	3	$2,750	$37,621	24
77	(106)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$8,156	+168.11%	22	$371	$89,775,114	129
78	(75)	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Indican Pictures	Drama	$7,862	-15.54%	3	$2,621	$153,818	73
79	(100)	Ratcatcher			$7,526	+125.33%	3	$2,509	$110,283	59
80	(73)	Decalogue			$7,371	-24.36%	2	$3,686	$476,389	185
81	(65)	Under Suspicion			$7,049	-52.72%	9	$783	$322,034	80
82	(new)	The Art of Amália	Avatar	Documentary	$6,900		1	$6,900	$6,900	3
83	(67)	Destinees Sentimentales, Les			$6,489	-53.83%	6	$1,082	$83,812	24
84	(87)	Solomon and Gaenor			$6,353	+16.50%	13	$489	$294,682	108
85	(new)	Spring Forward			$6,269		2	$3,135	$6,269	3
86	(92)	Suzhou River			$6,121	+35.42%	2	$3,061	$54,781	33
87	(80)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$5,949	-13.18%	13	$458	$4,334,143	129
88	(77)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$5,790	-26.60%	4	$1,448	$658,025	129
89	(76)	Dark Days			$5,644	-38.14%	3	$1,881	$343,668	103
90	(82)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,597	-11.36%	3	$1,866	$8,938,459	591
91	(132)	Me & Isaac Newton			$5,429	+645.74%	4	$1,357	$25,459	38
92	(68)	Kippur			$5,395	-60.75%	5	$1,079	$92,615	38
93	(70)	Solas			$5,362	-58.23%	9	$596	$359,599	94
94	(109)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$5,000	+107.47%	1	$5,000	$480,317	241
95	(79)	Sade			$4,722	-33.52%	7	$675	$80,317	24
96	(111)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,064	+69.76%	3	$1,355	$15,452,476	1,879
97	(81)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$3,873	-43.07%	2	$1,937	$3,245,966	241
98	(91)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$3,681	-23.26%	3	$1,227	$5,120,578	654
99	(117)	Bittersweet Motel		Documentary	$3,627	+142.61%	3	$1,209	$380,927	108
100	(89)	George Washington			$3,453	-31.24%	4	$863	$75,964	45
101	(94)	Himalaya L'enfance Dun Chef			$3,409	-13.32%	2	$1,705	$32,789	31
102	(96)	Moitie Gauche du Figo, La			$3,040	-18.48%	1	$3,040	$11,048	24
103	(78)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$2,952	-60.77%	10	$295	$1,698,258	136
104	(84)	Time Regained			$2,750	-52.59%	3	$917	$457,382	178
105	(86)	Blue Moon	Castle Hill Productions	Comedy	$2,501	-54.90%	1	$2,501	$67,955	38
106	(127)	Just Looking			$2,451	+153.73%	3	$817	$33,538	59
107	(105)	Tigerland	20th Century Fox	Drama	$2,429	-20.52%	2	$1,215	$133,635	66
108	(135)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$2,338	+283.28%	2	$1,169	$209,140	117
109	(119)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,942	+36.09%	5	$388	$571,601	220
110	(88)	Polax			$1,906	-63.20%	2	$953	$145,205	94
111	(83)	Muses Orphelines, Les			$1,858	-70.01%	10	$186	$90,002	31
112	(new)	The Day Silence Died			$1,742		1	$1,742	$1,742	3
113	(101)	Harry, He's Here to Help			$1,673	-48.22%	3	$558	$135,497	59
114	(re-entry)	Criminal Lovers			$1,526		1	$1,526	$47,310	143
115	(110)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,469	-38.84%	4	$367	$5,213,591	437
116	(93)	Ouch		Comedy	$1,446	-65.71%	1	$1,446	$7,195	10
117	(103)	Benjamin Smoke	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$1,375	-56.87%	1	$1,375	$34,549	143
118	(63)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$1,291	-91.91%	1	$1,291	$295,285	5,470
119	(99)	Maelstrom			$1,211	-63.89%	1	$1,211	$212,728	87
120	(95)	Set Me Free			$1,195	-68.33%	1	$1,195	$70,783	241
121	(120)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,058	-21.28%	3	$353	$16,628,224	1,249
122	(re-entry)	Luminarias		Comedy	$1,052		2	$526	$426,524	220
123	(re-entry)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$970		2	$485	$250,892	255
124	(104)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$906	-70.45%	4	$227	$13,364,872	948
125	(130)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$811	+2.92%	1	$811	$265,107	129
126	(116)	Passionnement			$809	-47.19%	1	$809	$7,558	17
127	(108)	Taxi 2			$651	-75.44%	1	$651	$726,996	66
128	(107)	Stardom			$607	-79.95%	2	$304	$77,527	45
129	(133)	Live Nude Girls Unite		Documentary	$541	-25.38%	1	$541	$58,965	66
130	(re-entry)	The Autumn Heart	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$432		1	$432	$13,354	94
131	(121)	Taboo			$402	-70.07%	1	$402	$51,122	66
132	(134)	Human Resources			$357	-49.15%	1	$357	$122,826	89
133	(re-entry)	30 Days	Arrow Releasing	Comedy	$346		1	$346	$13,753	87
134	(113)	Poor White Trash			$300	-83.45%	1	$300	$2,800	10
135	(124)	Peut-Etre			$295	-77.08%	2	$148	$6,231	17
136	(138)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$282	-6.62%	1	$282	$2,054,848	892
137	(137)	Rape Me		Drama	$250	-42.79%	2	$125	$143,569	87
138	(140)	Boesman and Lena	Kino	Drama	$224	+3.70%	1	$224	$30,924	38
139	(126)	Noce, La			$204	-82.97%	1	$204	$33,716	87
140	(131)	Two Women, Two Men		Comedy	$176	-77.49%	1	$176	$14,940	38
141	(141)	Dernier Harem, La			$166	+5.06%	1	$166	$8,818	24
142	(139)	Hochelaga			$154	-41.67%	1	$154	$481,066	101
143	(125)	Homme Nu, L'			$150	-87.71%	1	$150	$2,126	10
144	(97)	The Weekend			$125	-96.50%	1	$125	$28,039	19

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