The Top Movies, Weekend of December 29, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Cast Away	20th Century Fox	Drama	$30,977,869	+7.25%	2,929	$10,576	$109,689,440	10
2	(2)	What Women Want	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$20,834,205	-3.69%	3,046	$6,840	$115,761,883	17
3	(5)	Miss Congeniality	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$14,579,113	+5.24%	2,668	$5,464	$46,382,671	10
4	(3)	The Family Man	Universal	Comedy	$12,771,990	-15.44%	2,394	$5,335	$43,144,380	10
5	(6)	The Emperor's New Groove	Buena Vista	Adventure	$11,319,523	+18.27%	2,887	$3,921	$50,812,284	17
6	(4)	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	Comedy	$7,286,100	-50.53%	3,161	$2,305	$253,367,455	45
7	(8)	Vertical Limit	Sony Pictures	Action	$6,120,758	+8.12%	2,456	$2,492	$51,880,114	24
8	(7)	Dracula 2000	Miramax	Horror	$5,354,847	-38.00%	2,204	$2,430	$21,569,567	10
9	(9)	Dude, Where's My Car?	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,351,766	-22.96%	2,018	$2,156	$35,631,910	17
10	(15)	All the Pretty Horses	Miramax	Western	$3,464,058	+165.45%	1,548	$2,238	$7,640,564	7
11	(10)	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,240,647	-12.31%	162	$20,004	$13,450,791	24
12	(12)	102 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,693,610	+25.91%	1,577	$1,708	$58,335,959	40
13	(11)	Proof of Life	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,412,860	-0.66%	2,062	$1,170	$29,053,477	24
14	(14)	Rugrats in Paris	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,183,023	+45.07%	1,749	$1,248	$71,205,699	45
15	(18)	Finding Forrester	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,176,226	+210.35%	200	$10,881	$5,301,731	13
16	(13)	Unbreakable	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$1,578,464	-2.46%	1,307	$1,208	$90,033,796	40
17	(16)	Chocolat	Miramax	Drama	$1,379,245	+24.51%	258	$5,346	$4,248,984	17
18	(27)	O Brother, Where Art Thou	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,161,626	+495.39%	96	$12,100	$1,936,631	10
19	(22)	Quills	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$613,295	+41.47%	216	$2,839	$3,350,819	40
20	(20)	Meet the Parents	Universal	Comedy	$600,295	+31.21%	569	$1,055	$161,325,490	87
21	(17)	Dungeons and Dragons	New Line	Adventure	$512,634	-34.25%	885	$579	$14,250,748	24
22	(21)	You Can Count on Me	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$451,013	+1.12%	147	$3,068	$3,815,524	52
23	(19)	State and Main	Fine Line	Comedy	$448,107	-22.76%	77	$5,820	$1,542,365	10
24	(23)	Billy Elliot	Universal	Drama	$391,950	-4.61%	234	$1,675	$17,095,205	80
25	(26)	Remember the Titans	Buena Vista	Drama	$359,135	+44.85%	418	$859	$113,746,040	94
26	(24)	Charlie's Angels	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$345,747	+4.42%	606	$571	$122,802,761	59
27	(25)	Men of Honor	20th Century Fox	Drama	$269,085	+7.39%	386	$697	$47,512,458	52
28	(36)	Malena	Miramax	Drama	$203,773	+227.18%	33	$6,175	$472,626	7
29	(new)	Traffic	USA Films	Drama	$184,725		4	$46,181	$371,664	5
30	(28)	Best in Show	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$167,138	+11.17%	101	$1,655	$17,179,643	96
31	(31)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$132,138	+21.01%	482	$274	$90,179,885	150
32	(38)	Thirteen Days	New Line	Drama	$131,750	+182.31%	9	$14,639	$336,772	7
33	(new)	Raju Chacha			$123,989		35	$3,543	$123,989	3
34	(re-entry)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$121,235		16	$7,577	$14,348,353	241
35	(new)	Shadow of the Vampire	Lionsgate	Drama	$108,189		6	$18,032	$150,171	3
36	(32)	The 6th Day	Sony Pictures	Action	$105,425	+21.48%	203	$519	$34,317,634	45
37	(39)	Little Nicky	New Line	Comedy	$93,009	+102.17%	151	$616	$38,848,624	52
38	(29)	A Hard Day's Night	Universal		$92,798	-19.58%	56	$1,657	$650,450	13,292
39	(35)	Bedazzled	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$90,412	+38.03%	159	$569	$37,519,291	73
40	(30)	Bounce	Miramax	Drama	$80,992	-27.87%	223	$363	$36,675,505	45
41	(53)	Red Planet	Warner Bros.	Action	$73,772	+662.97%	180	$410	$17,265,409	52
42	(34)	Requiem for a Dream	Artisan	Drama	$67,218	-4.81%	72	$934	$2,844,978	87
43	(43)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$67,140	+93.29%	32	$2,098	$60,507,228	366
44	(33)	Before Night Falls	Fine Line	Drama	$65,000	-23.74%	8	$8,125	$235,232	10
45	(40)	The House of Mirth		Drama	$53,357	+18.47%	7	$7,622	$169,059	10
46	(42)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$47,145	+35.61%	76	$620	$68,353,550	129
47	(45)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$34,169	+37.22%	77	$444	$155,370,362	164
48	(44)	The Contender	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$33,477	+1.80%	114	$294	$17,804,273	80
49	(41)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$21,096	-46.78%	7	$3,014	$1,107,583	206
50	(56)	An Everlasting Piece	Dreamworks SKG		$20,861	+128.54%	8	$2,608	$52,773	7
51	(46)	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$20,373	-16.55%	54	$377	$30,695,227	59
52	(47)	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$18,634	-2.66%	11	$1,694	$19,284,952	313
53	(new)	Chunhyang	Lot 47 Films	Drama	$16,187		2	$8,094	$16,187	3
54	(new)	Khiladi 420			$15,098		12	$1,258	$15,098	3
55	(49)	Yi Yi		Drama	$15,013	+19.84%	3	$5,004	$199,177	87
56	(51)	Pay it Forward	Warner Bros.	Drama	$12,118	+12.52%	47	$258	$32,966,043	73
57	(re-entry)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$11,295		9	$1,255	$10,553,733	650
58	(62)	Vatel	Miramax		$11,295	+173.09%	2	$5,648	$27,887	7
59	(50)	The Gift	Paramount Vantage	Thriller/Suspense	$10,178	-13.94%	1	$10,178	$43,475	13
60	(re-entry)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$9,356		3	$3,119	$5,154,296	675
61	(60)	A Time for Drunken Horses			$9,126	+28.57%	7	$1,304	$557,926	66
62	(re-entry)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$8,655		3	$2,885	$3,272,750	262
63	(re-entry)	Spring Forward			$8,195		3	$2,732	$26,131	24
64	(57)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$7,820	+3.78%	23	$340	$123,307,945	157
65	(re-entry)	Sunshine	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$6,723		2	$3,362	$5,067,511	206
66	(64)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,421	+58.46%	14	$387	$60,786,269	150
67	(re-entry)	Goya in Bordeaux			$5,102		11	$464	$692,786	108
68	(new)	The Claim	MGM	Drama	$5,009		1	$5,009	$7,131	3
69	(re-entry)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$4,501		3	$1,500	$245,103	157
70	(re-entry)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$4,324		4	$1,081	$679,695	150
71	(61)	Nowhere to Hide			$4,179	-31.49%	2	$2,090	$11,423	10
72	(re-entry)	Venus Beauty Institute			$4,041		4	$1,010	$338,542	66
73	(59)	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Indican Pictures	Drama	$3,562	-49.94%	1	$3,562	$174,098	94
74	(58)	Boys Life 3	Strand	Drama	$3,411	-52.76%	1	$3,411	$97,118	24
75	(68)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,697	+52.12%	22	$123	$137,748,063	227
76	(71)	Digimon: The Movie	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,476	+107.54%	11	$225	$9,628,751	87
77	(re-entry)	One Day in September			$2,410		1	$2,410	$119,028	45
78	(65)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$1,917	-43.23%	1	$1,917	$310,998	5,491
79	(re-entry)	Time Regained			$1,529		1	$1,529	$467,247	199
80	(re-entry)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$1,022		3	$341	$1,707,941	157
81	(re-entry)	George Washington			$954		2	$477	$84,794	66
82	(re-entry)	Decalogue			$877		1	$877	$64,034	206
83	(73)	Suzhou River			$629	-21.38%	1	$629	$64,034	54
84	(75)	The Basket	MGM	Drama	$622	-19.53%	2	$311	$576,062	241
85	(67)	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Buena Vista	Musical	$376	-81.34%	4	$94	$50,379,629	2,637
86	(74)	Tigerland	20th Century Fox	Drama	$300	-61.69%	1	$300	$139,500	87
87	(re-entry)	Luminarias		Comedy	$248		1	$248	$428,247	241
88	(re-entry)	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$183		2	$92	$1,719,458	94
89	(re-entry)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$100		1	$100	$211,568	138

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