The Top Movies, Weekend of August 17, 2001

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	American Pie 2	Universal	Comedy	$21,104,656	-53.22%	3,072	$6,870	$87,280,760	10
2	(2)	Rush Hour 2	New Line	Action	$19,024,208	-42.56%	3,080	$6,177	$164,656,828	17
3	(new)	Rat Race	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$11,662,094		2,550	$4,573	$11,662,094	3
4	(4)	The Others	Miramax	Horror	$10,906,170	-22.60%	2,153	$5,066	$32,168,706	10
5	(3)	The Princess Diaries	Buena Vista	Comedy	$9,614,307	-32.37%	2,726	$3,527	$70,241,717	17
6	(new)	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Miramax	Drama	$7,209,345		1,595	$4,520	$7,209,345	3
7	(5)	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,142,635	-46.31%	3,060	$2,334	$161,238,071	24
8	(new)	American Outlaws	Warner Bros.	Western	$4,855,475		2,348	$2,068	$4,855,475	3
9	(6)	Jurassic Park 3	Universal	Action	$4,440,740	-40.99%	2,516	$1,765	$168,327,710	33
10	(9)	Legally Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$2,575,400	-31.76%	1,770	$1,455	$83,345,846	38
11	(7)	Osmosis Jones	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,504,428	-52.49%	2,305	$1,087	$10,256,555	10
12	(8)	America's Sweethearts	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,308,875	-47.60%	1,948	$1,185	$87,761,031	31
13	(11)	The Score	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,820,842	-39.99%	1,148	$1,586	$65,516,828	38
14	(10)	Original Sin	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$1,112,692	-63.82%	1,279	$870	$15,113,699	17
15	(15)	Doctor Dolittle 2	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$766,903	-27.08%	730	$1,051	$109,910,106	59
16	(12)	Spy Kids	Dimension	Adventure	$764,702	-51.51%	1,202	$636	$110,844,040	143
17	(13)	Cats & Dogs	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$692,861	-41.41%	924	$750	$90,920,285	47
18	(14)	The Fast and the Furious	Universal	Action	$681,065	-37.28%	671	$1,015	$140,434,410	59
19	(33)	The Deep End	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$641,051	+351.92%	58	$11,053	$984,958	12
20	(16)	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$538,767	-21.28%	561	$960	$260,444,228	94
21	(19)	Apocalypse Now Redux	Miramax	Drama	$483,159	+25.88%	50	$9,663	$1,288,885	17
22	(21)	Ghost World	MGM/UA	Comedy	$457,683	+34.30%	54	$8,476	$1,933,037	31
23	(18)	Made	Artisan	Comedy	$380,164	-10.34%	161	$2,361	$3,673,981	38
24	(17)	The Closet	Miramax	Comedy	$319,229	-24.98%	141	$2,264	$4,519,967	52
25	(23)	Hedwig and the Angry Inch		Musical	$258,382	+3.55%	70	$3,691	$1,547,128	31
26	(22)	Moulin Rouge	20th Century Fox	Musical	$202,765	-21.63%	250	$811	$55,500,137	94
27	(63)	Swordfish	Warner Bros.	Action	$185,435	+641.15%	344	$539	$69,172,342	73
28	(26)	Kiss of the Dragon	20th Century Fox	Action	$178,596	-12.10%	218	$819	$35,523,135	45
29	(31)	Bread and Tulips	First Look	Comedy	$162,828	+1.72%	26	$6,263	$500,587	24
30	(27)	Memento	Newmarket Films	Drama	$153,202	-22.76%	152	$1,008	$24,854,680	157
31	(28)	Songcatcher		Drama	$152,265	-11.29%	95	$1,603	$2,614,999	66
32	(25)	Sexy Beast	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$134,606	-34.60%	109	$1,235	$6,195,830	68
33	(24)	Pearl Harbor	Buena Vista	Action	$132,569	-44.09%	194	$683	$195,315,237	87
34	(29)	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Buena Vista	Adventure	$122,106	-27.10%	210	$581	$81,263,231	73
35	(34)	Greenfingers		Comedy	$110,548	-15.84%	49	$2,256	$592,672	24
36	(32)	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$106,491	-29.76%	169	$630	$32,054,918	40
37	(20)	Scary Movie 2	Dimension	Comedy	$88,778	-76.03%	215	$413	$71,182,200	47
38	(30)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$81,667	-49.86%	340	$240	$130,015,595	66
39	(38)	The Mummy Returns	Universal	Adventure	$81,385	-7.40%	236	$345	$201,408,515	108
40	(35)	Evolution	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$79,665	-34.20%	170	$469	$38,311,134	73
41	(37)	The Animal	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$65,849	-26.67%	97	$679	$55,688,041	80
42	(45)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$64,720	-3.58%	8	$8,090	$3,391,020	192
43	(42)	Himalaya		Drama	$62,158	-22.40%	28	$2,220	$1,584,839	143
44	(41)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$61,822	-24.49%	24	$2,576	$9,793,049	318
45	(36)	Artificial Intelligence: AI	Warner Bros.	Drama	$58,210	-45.20%	103	$565	$78,039,227	52
46	(39)	The Anniversary Party	Fine Line	Drama	$56,925	-32.96%	67	$850	$4,013,506	73
47	(50)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$48,235	+5.69%	12	$4,020	$12,224,473	472
48	(44)	Divided We Fall		Drama	$44,817	-35.07%	34	$1,318	$889,043	73
49	(48)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$43,519	-15.79%	6	$7,253	$11,239,868	661
50	(43)	Session 9			$42,283	-44.72%	20	$2,114	$162,021	10
51	(73)	All Over the Guy	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$41,606	+223.73%	7	$5,944	$62,228	10
52	(40)	Baby Boy	Sony Pictures	Drama	$41,488	-49.38%	61	$680	$28,567,785	54
53	(53)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$41,244	+6.60%	13	$3,173	$2,173,358	9,599
54	(52)	An American Rhapsody	Paramount Classics	Drama	$40,341	+0.35%	12	$3,362	$100,863	10
55	(49)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$40,089	-13.64%	13	$3,084	$18,019,657	472
56	(57)	N'sync: Bigger than Live		Concert	$33,892	+0.73%	18	$1,883	$1,390,584	192
57	(60)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$32,083	+3.32%	10	$3,208	$9,978,415	881
58	(64)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$30,797	+43.61%	14	$2,200	$37,644,026	1,032
59	(re-entry)	Band of Outsiders	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$28,656		2	$14,328	$28,656	12,942
60	(47)	crazy/beautiful	Buena Vista	Drama	$28,172	-51.44%	74	$381	$16,889,853	52
61	(51)	Bully	Lionsgate	Drama	$27,184	-36.02%	19	$1,431	$480,811	38
62	(62)	The Princess and the Warrior			$26,087	-7.13%	27	$966	$702,719	59
63	(61)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$25,822	-12.93%	3	$8,607	$528,973	24
64	(re-entry)	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	MGM/UA	Comedy	$25,580		62	$413	$32,219,591	80
65	(65)	The Road Home		Drama	$24,443	+20.37%	22	$1,111	$1,156,117	87
66	(new)	Innocence		Drama	$20,707		2	$10,354	$20,707	3
67	(67)	The Vertical Ray of the Sun			$19,880	+25.76%	8	$2,485	$232,564	45
68	(54)	Lumumba			$19,463	-47.32%	8	$2,433	$449,449	52
69	(76)	Lost and Delirious			$15,861	+28.63%	14	$1,133	$252,148	45
70	(59)	The Luzhin Defence	Sony Pictures	Drama	$15,641	-49.70%	20	$782	$1,041,036	122
71	(75)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$14,212	+14.94%	4	$3,553	$5,683,564	906
72	(74)	The Man Who Cried			$14,094	+12.01%	13	$1,084	$685,613	87
73	(68)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$12,435	-18.01%	4	$3,109	$9,924,880	843
74	(88)	Down From the Mountain			$12,262	+84.59%	6	$2,044	$88,270	66
75	(80)	Startup.com		Documentary	$11,882	+15.52%	15	$792	$1,248,420	101
76	(70)	All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!	IMAX Films		$11,266	-24.58%	10	$1,127	$854,826	136
77	(55)	Brother	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$10,949	-69.42%	18	$608	$382,245	31
78	(77)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$9,572	-20.70%	3	$3,191	$17,058,823	1,501
79	(72)	Wet Hot American Summer			$9,529	-29.27%	2	$4,765	$89,692	24
80	(84)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,909	-15.86%	3	$2,303	$14,881,605	2,313
81	(90)	Under the Sun			$6,826	+14.65%	3	$2,275	$69,683	17
82	(79)	Gabriela		Drama	$5,846	-43.97%	4	$1,462	$1,984,272	157
83	(93)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$5,721	+27.08%	2	$2,861	$1,184,272	381
84	(103)	Sordid Lives		Comedy	$5,668	+186.26%	2	$2,834	$87,506	101
85	(82)	Kingdom Come	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$5,457	-36.33%	13	$420	$23,247,539	131
86	(86)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$5,383	-27.58%	4	$1,346	$3,737,331	493
87	(87)	Left Luggage		Drama	$5,191	-26.57%	4	$1,298	$1,005,586	332
88	(new)	Aberdeen	First Run	Drama	$5,065		1	$5,065	$5,065	3
89	(71)	Jump Tomorrow			$4,652	-68.60%	6	$775	$154,601	45
90	(66)	Our Song			$4,484	-75.17%	7	$641	$209,354	87
91	(99)	Thomas in Love			$3,049	+24.60%	2	$1,525	$28,741	17
92	(94)	Downtown 81			$2,676	-35.97%	2	$1,338	$68,116	38
93	(92)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,424	-47.34%	2	$1,212	$15,762,328	2,131
94	(new)	Songs from the Second Floor			$2,303		1	$2,303	$2,303	3
95	(105)	Life and Debt			$2,243	+38.46%	2	$1,122	$54,629	59
96	(102)	Bride of the Wind	Paramount Classics	Drama	$1,948	-3.80%	4	$487	$405,103	73
97	(98)	Keep the River on the Right			$1,811	-30.08%	3	$604	$347,248	143
98	(101)	Come Undone			$1,515	-30.38%	1	$1,515	$63,827	52
99	(re-entry)	Signs and Wonders			$1,120		1	$1,120	$33,842	192
100	(89)	Fast Food, Fast Women			$1,107	-81.56%	2	$554	$186,012	94
101	(113)	Jackpot		Drama	$1,067	+126.06%	5	$213	$20,167	24
102	(95)	Cure			$793	-78.72%	1	$793	$53,207	45
103	(114)	Chunhyang	Lot 47 Films	Drama	$770	+121.90%	1	$770	$797,037	234
104	(111)	Suzhou River			$679	+36.35%	1	$679	$96,330	285
105	(106)	The Monkey's Mask			$553	-59.90%	1	$553	$13,833	24
106	(104)	Nico and Dani	Avatar	Drama	$496	-71.90%	1	$496	$363,658	199

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