The Top Movies, Weekend of August 10, 2001

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	American Pie 2	Universal	Comedy	$45,117,985		3,063	$14,730	$45,117,985	3
2	(1)	Rush Hour 2	New Line	Action	$33,117,312	-50.87%	3,118	$10,621	$133,525,381	10
3	(3)	The Princess Diaries	Buena Vista	Comedy	$14,216,447	-37.82%	2,706	$5,254	$52,092,481	10
4	(new)	The Others	Miramax	Horror	$14,089,952		1,678	$8,397	$14,089,952	3
5	(2)	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$13,302,881	-51.69%	3,401	$3,911	$148,717,365	17
6	(4)	Jurassic Park 3	Universal	Action	$7,524,975	-38.69%	3,175	$2,370	$160,396,215	26
7	(new)	Osmosis Jones	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,271,248		2,305	$2,287	$5,271,248	3
8	(5)	America's Sweethearts	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,405,836	-45.19%	2,686	$1,640	$83,247,240	24
9	(7)	Legally Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$3,774,114	-35.50%	2,031	$1,858	$78,696,785	31
10	(6)	Original Sin	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$3,075,072	-51.97%	2,194	$1,402	$12,517,699	10
11	(8)	The Score	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,034,032	-37.61%	1,704	$1,781	$62,431,110	31
12	(re-entry)	Spy Kids	Dimension	Adventure	$1,576,897		1,676	$941	$109,195,442	136
13	(10)	Cats & Dogs	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,182,569	-46.53%	1,357	$871	$89,515,391	40
14	(11)	The Fast and the Furious	Universal	Action	$1,085,925	-49.02%	961	$1,130	$139,185,950	52
15	(9)	Doctor Dolittle 2	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,051,655	-53.73%	1,030	$1,021	$108,581,351	52
16	(13)	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$684,371	-36.21%	703	$974	$259,456,747	87
17	(19)	The Closet	Miramax	Comedy	$425,528	+3.52%	145	$2,935	$4,008,988	45
18	(15)	Made	Artisan	Comedy	$424,022	-29.34%	128	$3,313	$3,072,558	31
19	(33)	Apocalypse Now Redux	Miramax	Drama	$383,838	+295.74%	19	$20,202	$561,026	10
20	(12)	Scary Movie 2	Dimension	Comedy	$370,403	-68.69%	588	$630	$70,916,568	40
21	(20)	Ghost World	MGM/UA	Comedy	$340,800	-0.52%	34	$10,024	$1,288,971	24
22	(22)	Moulin Rouge	20th Century Fox	Musical	$258,718	-15.76%	312	$829	$55,093,223	87
23	(25)	Hedwig and the Angry Inch		Musical	$249,522	-12.80%	50	$4,990	$1,147,557	24
24	(18)	Pearl Harbor	Buena Vista	Action	$237,128	-45.48%	293	$809	$195,072,119	80
25	(24)	Sexy Beast	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$205,810	-29.61%	129	$1,595	$5,972,627	61
26	(14)	Kiss of the Dragon	20th Century Fox	Action	$203,186	-71.55%	244	$833	$35,232,844	38
27	(26)	Memento	Newmarket Films	Drama	$198,338	-18.57%	154	$1,288	$24,595,255	150
28	(28)	Songcatcher		Drama	$171,639	-18.01%	93	$1,846	$2,330,364	59
29	(17)	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Buena Vista	Adventure	$167,489	-62.08%	270	$620	$81,021,479	66
30	(16)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$162,891	-68.84%	520	$313	$129,859,254	59
31	(52)	Bread and Tulips	First Look	Comedy	$160,081	+402.92%	20	$8,004	$269,418	17
32	(23)	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$151,611	-50.09%	204	$743	$31,863,543	33
33	(new)	The Deep End	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$141,852		6	$23,642	$198,293	5
34	(31)	Greenfingers		Comedy	$131,350	+4.71%	41	$3,204	$426,252	17
35	(29)	Evolution	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$121,064	-29.35%	236	$513	$38,161,412	66
36	(21)	Artificial Intelligence: AI	Warner Bros.	Drama	$106,217	-68.86%	152	$699	$77,926,150	45
37	(32)	The Animal	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$89,795	-27.51%	127	$707	$55,575,165	73
38	(34)	The Mummy Returns	Universal	Adventure	$87,885	-6.62%	202	$435	$201,270,485	101
39	(30)	The Anniversary Party	Fine Line	Drama	$84,910	-34.04%	65	$1,306	$3,915,347	66
40	(27)	Baby Boy	Sony Pictures	Drama	$81,966	-65.30%	100	$820	$28,507,263	47
41	(37)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$81,869	+29.57%	23	$3,560	$9,650,660	311
42	(45)	Himalaya		Drama	$80,101	+76.28%	29	$2,762	$1,473,551	136
43	(new)	Session 9			$76,493		30	$2,550	$76,493	3
44	(36)	Divided We Fall		Drama	$69,019	+8.63%	36	$1,917	$817,051	66
45	(re-entry)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$67,122		8	$8,390	$3,266,619	185
46	(42)	Under the Sand		Drama	$59,644	+20.84%	20	$2,982	$1,082,620	101
47	(35)	crazy/beautiful	Buena Vista	Drama	$58,009	-23.91%	138	$420	$16,800,394	45
48	(48)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$51,680	+21.54%	8	$6,460	$11,137,959	654
49	(46)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$46,419	+3.03%	16	$2,901	$17,938,924	465
50	(49)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$45,638	+9.37%	12	$3,803	$12,107,591	465
51	(38)	Bully	Lionsgate	Drama	$42,490	-24.81%	20	$2,125	$412,825	31
52	(new)	An American Rhapsody	Paramount Classics	Drama	$40,200		7	$5,743	$40,200	3
53	(43)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$38,690	-21.07%	13	$2,976	$2,105,918	9,592
54	(40)	Lumumba			$36,943	-28.52%	8	$4,618	$401,754	45
55	(50)	Brother	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$35,808	+1.53%	39	$918	$356,238	24
56	(47)	Along Came a Spider	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$34,584	-22.89%	105	$329	$74,058,698	129
57	(re-entry)	N'sync: Bigger than Live		Concert	$33,647		15	$2,243	$1,329,339	185
58	(73)	The Adventures of Felix		Comedy	$33,166	+198.42%	8	$4,146	$173,995	59
59	(59)	The Luzhin Defence	Sony Pictures	Drama	$31,093	+85.72%	35	$888	$1,010,505	115
60	(re-entry)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$31,051		10	$3,105	$11,479,154	874
61	(54)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$29,656	-0.08%	3	$9,885	$509,776	17
62	(51)	The Princess and the Warrior			$28,089	-14.83%	27	$1,040	$660,965	52
63	(39)	Swordfish	Warner Bros.	Action	$25,020	-52.26%	63	$397	$68,973,547	66
64	(64)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$21,445	+45.41%	10	$2,145	$37,579,370	1,025
65	(53)	The Road Home		Drama	$20,306	-34.72%	21	$967	$1,117,938	80
66	(86)	Our Song			$18,062	+443.22%	10	$1,806	$201,238	80
67	(60)	The Vertical Ray of the Sun			$15,808	-5.49%	7	$2,258	$204,178	38
68	(68)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$15,167	+14.31%	4	$3,792	$9,908,671	836
69	(re-entry)	Audition	Vitagraph Films	Horror	$14,943		1	$14,943	$22,854	59
70	(77)	All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!	IMAX Films		$14,937	+72.76%	11	$1,358	$834,298	129
71	(65)	Jump Tomorrow			$14,817	+4.82%	15	$988	$143,892	38
72	(57)	Wet Hot American Summer			$13,472	-25.05%	2	$6,736	$73,005	17
73	(new)	All Over the Guy	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$12,852		1	$12,852	$12,852	3
74	(61)	The Man Who Cried			$12,583	-15.74%	11	$1,144	$662,475	80
75	(72)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$12,365	+8.57%	4	$3,091	$5,653,889	899
76	(56)	Lost and Delirious			$12,331	-38.03%	13	$949	$226,736	38
77	(78)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$12,070	+43.76%	3	$4,023	$17,039,443	1,494
78	(re-entry)	The Debut		Comedy	$11,485		2	$5,743	$692,001	150
79	(58)	Gabriela		Drama	$10,434	-38.87%	7	$1,491	$1,972,797	150
80	(69)	Startup.com		Documentary	$10,286	-20.32%	16	$643	$1,230,957	94
81	(70)	Recess: School's Out	Buena Vista	Comedy	$9,329	-20.92%	33	$283	$36,696,761	178
82	(67)	Kingdom Come	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$8,571	-38.01%	17	$504	$23,235,142	124
83	(81)	The Circle	WinStar Cinema	Drama	$8,267	+31.41%	5	$1,653	$575,976	157
84	(76)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,211	-11.78%	3	$2,737	$14,869,803	2,306
85	(new)	The Turandot Project			$7,877		2	$3,939	$7,877	3
86	(82)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$7,433	+18.78%	4	$1,858	$3,724,010	486
87	(re-entry)	Left Luggage		Drama	$7,069		5	$1,414	$997,115	325
88	(88)	Down From the Mountain			$6,643	+120.19%	4	$1,661	$72,742	59
89	(95)	Fast Food, Fast Women			$6,004	+367.60%	3	$2,001	$188,686	87
90	(re-entry)	Under the Sun			$5,954		1	$5,954	$60,130	10
91	(re-entry)	Rape Me		Drama	$5,516		1	$5,516	$218,923	332
92	(91)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,603	+77.11%	2	$2,302	$15,756,773	2,124
93	(71)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$4,502	-60.77%	2	$2,251	$1,186,651	374
94	(80)	Downtown 81			$4,179	-39.77%	1	$4,179	$63,128	31
95	(63)	Cure			$3,726	-75.02%	3	$1,242	$49,864	38
96	(re-entry)	The Blue Angel	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$3,430		1	$3,430	$27,186	31
97	(85)	George Washington			$3,179	-14.50%	5	$636	$241,816	290
98	(99)	Keep the River on the Right			$2,590	+190.03%	1	$2,590	$344,619	136
99	(66)	Thomas in Love			$2,447	-82.34%	2	$1,224	$24,176	10
100	(re-entry)	Yi Yi		Drama	$2,260		2	$1,130	$223,512	311
101	(re-entry)	Come Undone			$2,176		1	$2,176	$61,122	45
102	(74)	Bride of the Wind	Paramount Classics	Drama	$2,025	-81.02%	4	$506	$402,057	66
103	(re-entry)	Sordid Lives		Comedy	$1,980		2	$990	$80,866	94
104	(94)	Nico and Dani	Avatar	Drama	$1,765	+4.56%	2	$883	$362,277	192
105	(93)	Life and Debt			$1,620	-14.83%	1	$1,620	$48,871	52
106	(90)	The Monkey's Mask			$1,379	-54.26%	1	$1,379	$12,555	17
107	(re-entry)	101 Reykjavík		Comedy	$1,356		1	$1,356	$32,043	19
108	(re-entry)	Brigham City	Excel Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$1,282		3	$427	$851,137	129
109	(re-entry)	The River		Drama	$1,117		1	$1,117	$19,802	6,083
110	(re-entry)	The King is Alive			$621		1	$621	$103,505	94
111	(re-entry)	Suzhou River			$498		1	$498	$95,042	278
112	(re-entry)	Live Nude Girls Unite		Documentary	$491		1	$491	$84,706	311
113	(89)	Jackpot		Drama	$472	-84.35%	1	$472	$18,799	17
114	(re-entry)	Chunhyang	Lot 47 Films	Drama	$347		1	$347	$796,069	227
115	(101)	Hannibal	MGM/UA	Horror	$200	-54.02%	1	$200	$165,091,986	185
116	(re-entry)	Petits Freres			$44		1	$44	$7,827	87

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