The Top Movies, Weekend of December 22, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Cast Away	20th Century Fox	Drama	$28,883,406		2,774	$10,412	$28,883,406	3
2	(1)	What Women Want	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$21,632,466	-35.65%	3,044	$7,107	$70,199,545	10
3	(new)	The Family Man	Universal	Comedy	$15,104,055		2,388	$6,325	$15,104,055	3
4	(3)	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	Comedy	$14,728,460	+6.69%	3,164	$4,655	$235,119,990	38
5	(new)	Miss Congeniality	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$13,853,686		2,668	$5,193	$13,853,686	3
6	(4)	The Emperor's New Groove	Buena Vista	Adventure	$9,571,198	-2.46%	2,887	$3,315	$24,212,108	10
7	(new)	Dracula 2000	Miramax	Horror	$8,636,567		2,204	$3,919	$8,636,567	3
8	(5)	Vertical Limit	Sony Pictures	Action	$5,661,275	-37.81%	2,405	$2,354	$38,384,502	17
9	(2)	Dude, Where's My Car?	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,648,536	-59.20%	2,100	$2,690	$24,591,612	10
10	(13)	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,695,485	+242.57%	143	$25,843	$6,533,541	17
11	(6)	Proof of Life	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,428,859	-54.88%	2,062	$1,178	$23,702,323	17
12	(8)	102 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,139,377	-19.71%	1,684	$1,270	$51,717,906	33
13	(7)	Unbreakable	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$1,618,334	-56.67%	1,455	$1,112	$86,489,717	33
14	(10)	Rugrats in Paris	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,504,799	-18.21%	1,890	$796	$65,524,415	38
15	(new)	All the Pretty Horses	Miramax	Western	$1,304,971		1,483	$880	$1,304,971
16	(23)	Chocolat	Miramax	Drama	$1,107,766	+602.79%	255	$4,344	$1,357,237	10
17	(9)	Dungeons and Dragons	New Line	Adventure	$779,640	-68.02%	1,214	$642	$12,987,828	17
18	(new)	Finding Forrester	Sony Pictures	Drama	$701,207		200	$3,506	$743,056	6
19	(new)	State and Main	Fine Line	Comedy	$580,163		72	$8,058	$580,163	3
20	(11)	Meet the Parents	Universal	Comedy	$457,515	-61.90%	602	$760	$160,103,515	80
21	(19)	You Can Count on Me	Paramount Classics	Drama	$446,018	+80.07%	150	$2,973	$3,017,322	45
22	(17)	Quills	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$433,511	-1.96%	216	$2,007	$2,055,744	33
23	(16)	Billy Elliot	USA Films	Drama	$410,885	-29.79%	256	$1,605	$16,229,260	73
24	(12)	Charlie's Angels	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$331,108	-69.96%	730	$454	$122,071,865	52
25	(15)	Men of Honor	20th Century Fox	Drama	$250,577	-72.28%	474	$529	$46,954,656	45
26	(24)	Remember the Titans	Buena Vista	Drama	$247,933	+63.51%	428	$579	$112,931,609	87
27	(new)	O Brother, Where Art Thou	Buena Vista	Comedy	$195,104		5	$39,021	$195,104	3
28	(20)	Best in Show	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$150,347	-25.96%	101	$1,489	$16,860,268	89
29	(32)	A Hard Day's Night	Universal		$115,386	+89.18%	62	$1,861	$426,241	13,285
30	(14)	Bounce	Miramax	Drama	$112,282	-87.92%	350	$321	$36,468,212	38
31	(89)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$109,192	+2,483.81%	482	$227	$89,894,702	143
32	(18)	The 6th Day	Sony Pictures	Action	$86,785	-76.68%	234	$371	$34,088,103	38
33	(new)	Before Night Falls	Fine Line	Drama	$85,230		8	$10,654	$85,230	3
34	(25)	Requiem for a Dream	Artisan	Drama	$70,616	-49.59%	70	$1,009	$2,752,965	80
35	(26)	Bedazzled	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$65,502	-51.55%	191	$343	$37,319,023	66
36	(new)	Malena	Miramax	Drama	$62,282		33	$1,887	$62,282
37	(38)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$55,036	+29.57%	16	$3,440	$8,533,892	234
38	(new)	Thirteen Days	New Line	Drama	$46,668		8	$5,834	$46,668
39	(21)	Little Nicky	New Line	Comedy	$46,006	-73.86%	151	$305	$38,674,337	45
40	(new)	The House of Mirth		Drama	$45,039		5	$9,008	$45,039	3
41	(39)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$39,642	-3.44%	9	$4,405	$1,069,568	199
42	(29)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$34,765	-57.56%	88	$395	$68,249,500	122
43	(44)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$34,735	+5.09%	30	$1,158	$51,263,429	359
44	(56)	The Contender	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$32,886	+82.33%	143	$230	$17,732,927	73
45	(33)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$24,900	-58.87%	89	$280	$155,298,623	157
46	(27)	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$24,414	-73.34%	84	$291	$30,644,301	52
47	(53)	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$19,143	-19.30%	12	$1,595	$19,247,062	306
48	(30)	What's Cooking		Drama	$16,040	-78.02%	15	$1,069	$1,039,374	38
49	(62)	Yi Yi		Drama	$12,528	-10.92%	3	$4,176	$174,705	80
50	(new)	The Gift	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$11,827		3	$3,942	$18,813	6
51	(34)	Pay it Forward	Warner Bros.	Drama	$10,770	-79.87%	47	$229	$32,940,895	66
52	(50)	Two Family House		Drama	$10,245	-60.41%	13	$788	$1,015,055	80
53	(43)	Red Planet	Warner Bros.	Action	$9,669	-70.92%	32	$302	$17,158,251	45
54	(42)	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	Horror	$9,595	-71.45%	33	$291	$204,632,868	9,861
55	(68)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$9,444	+0.30%	1	$9,444	$496,774	255
56	(new)	An Everlasting Piece	Dreamworks SKG		$9,128		8	$1,141	$9,128
57	(54)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$7,535	-65.55%	29	$260	$123,290,925	150
58	(48)	Boys Life 3	Strand Releasing	Drama	$7,221	-72.46%	4	$1,805	$88,283	17
59	(64)	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Indican Pictures	Drama	$7,116	-38.44%	1	$7,116	$167,196	87
60	(49)	A Time for Drunken Horses			$7,098	-72.82%	9	$789	$539,256	59
61	(new)	Nowhere to Hide			$6,100		3	$2,033	$6,100	3
62	(new)	Vatel	Miramax		$4,136		2	$2,068	$4,136
63	(98)	Tuvalu	Indican Pictures		$3,936	+17.99%	1	$3,936	$8,072	10
64	(57)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,421	-79.59%	15	$228	$60,770,981	143
65	(77)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$3,377	-41.04%	2	$1,689	$309,081	5,484
66	(125)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,104	+146.95%	3	$701	$15,464,034	1,893
67	(101)	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Buena Vista	Musical	$2,015	-32.38%	7	$288	$50,378,391	2,630
68	(72)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,773	-74.12%	24	$74	$137,737,584	220
69	(103)	Polax			$1,689	-41.52%	2	$845	$150,617	108
70	(138)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,546	+891.03%	1	$1,546	$2,055,469	906
71	(70)	Digimon: The Movie	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,193	-85.25%	16	$75	$9,624,658	80
72	(126)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,175	+42.42%	3	$392	$16,636,097	1,263
73	(100)	Suzhou River			$800	-74.42%	1	$800	$62,717	47
74	(114)	Tigerland	20th Century Fox	Drama	$783	-41.65%	2	$392	$138,103	80
75	(116)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$773	-40.12%	2	$387	$574,920	234

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