The Top Movies, Weekend of August 24, 2001

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	American Pie 2	Universal	Comedy	$12,517,475	-40.69%	3,157	$3,965	$109,337,940	17
2	(2)	Rush Hour 2	New Line	Action	$11,582,818	-39.12%	3,001	$3,860	$183,421,781	24
3	(new)	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Dimension	Comedy	$11,018,543		2,765	$3,985	$11,018,543	3
4	(4)	The Others	Miramax	Horror	$8,565,868	-21.46%	2,436	$3,516	$46,146,680	17
5	(3)	Rat Race	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$8,110,038	-30.46%	2,551	$3,179	$25,437,381	10
6	(new)	Summer Catch	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$7,018,593		2,335	$3,006	$7,018,593	3
7	(5)	The Princess Diaries	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,602,516	-31.33%	2,749	$2,402	$82,391,618	24
8	(6)	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Miramax	Drama	$4,005,815	-44.44%	1,612	$2,485	$14,092,095	10
9	(new)	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Screen Media Films	Action	$3,804,452		2,048	$1,858	$3,804,452	3
10	(7)	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,586,225	-49.79%	1,931	$1,857	$167,842,258	31
11	(new)	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$2,459,315		903	$2,723	$2,459,315	3
12	(9)	Jurassic Park 3	Universal	Action	$2,413,515	-45.65%	1,494	$1,615	$172,667,010	40
13	(new)	Bubble Boy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,038,349		1,605	$1,270	$2,038,349	3
14	(8)	American Outlaws	Warner Bros.	Western	$2,026,733	-58.26%	2,305	$879	$9,098,173	10
15	(10)	Legally Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$1,471,614	-42.86%	1,204	$1,222	$86,179,945	45
16	(19)	The Deep End	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$1,150,619	+79.49%	208	$5,532	$2,485,532	19
17	(13)	The Score	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,086,305	-40.34%	803	$1,353	$67,382,820	45
18	(12)	America's Sweethearts	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$903,546	-60.87%	908	$995	$89,805,929	38
19	(11)	Osmosis Jones	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$758,324	-69.72%	1,262	$601	$12,344,938	17
20	(new)	Tortilla Soup	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$653,729		202	$3,236	$653,729	3
21	(20)	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$583,262	+8.26%	755	$773	$261,398,217	101
22	(18)	The Fast and the Furious	Universal	Action	$435,735	-36.02%	421	$1,035	$141,222,755	66
23	(15)	Doctor Dolittle 2	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$406,322	-47.02%	432	$941	$110,688,175	66
24	(21)	Apocalypse Now Redux	Miramax	Drama	$389,988	-19.28%	66	$5,909	$1,982,631	24
25	(22)	Ghost World	MGM/UA	Comedy	$350,125	-23.50%	64	$5,471	$2,495,064	38
26	(38)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$283,144	+246.71%	340	$833	$130,339,100	73
27	(14)	Original Sin	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$274,115	-75.36%	305	$899	$15,978,594	24
28	(17)	Cats & Dogs	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$241,765	-65.11%	527	$459	$91,553,102	54
29	(23)	Made	Artisan	Comedy	$239,103	-37.11%	167	$1,432	$4,116,119	45
30	(25)	Hedwig and the Angry Inch		Musical	$173,173	-32.98%	70	$2,474	$1,872,299	38
31	(24)	The Closet	Miramax	Comedy	$168,896	-47.09%	120	$1,407	$4,840,477	59
32	(16)	Spy Kids	Dimension	Adventure	$161,662	-78.86%	279	$579	$111,529,234	150
33	(29)	Bread and Tulips	First Look	Comedy	$151,383	-7.03%	28	$5,407	$727,344	31
34	(27)	Swordfish	Warner Bros.	Action	$149,384	-19.44%	282	$530	$69,446,081	80
35	(26)	Moulin Rouge	20th Century Fox	Musical	$128,480	-36.64%	173	$743	$55,771,542	101
36	(28)	Kiss of the Dragon	20th Century Fox	Action	$110,986	-37.86%	162	$685	$35,726,416	52
37	(31)	Songcatcher		Drama	$107,398	-29.47%	77	$1,395	$2,848,135	73
38	(30)	Memento	Newmarket Films	Drama	$97,592	-36.30%	118	$827	$25,042,545	164
39	(32)	Sexy Beast	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$87,492	-35.00%	82	$1,067	$6,357,797	75
40	(39)	The Mummy Returns	Universal	Adventure	$76,210	-6.36%	227	$336	$201,541,245	115
41	(33)	Pearl Harbor	Buena Vista	Action	$75,852	-42.78%	116	$654	$195,456,759	94
42	(34)	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Buena Vista	Adventure	$70,250	-42.47%	125	$562	$81,417,665	80
43	(35)	Greenfingers		Comedy	$67,709	-38.75%	36	$1,881	$705,047	31
44	(43)	Himalaya		Drama	$66,129	+6.39%	34	$1,945	$1,688,091	150
45	(54)	An American Rhapsody	Paramount Classics	Drama	$54,285	+34.57%	29	$1,872	$176,251	17
46	(44)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$51,854	-16.12%	20	$2,593	$9,903,795	325
47	(41)	The Animal	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$47,291	-28.18%	82	$577	$55,762,229	87
48	(47)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$43,903	-8.98%	12	$3,659	$12,317,049	479
49	(51)	All Over the Guy	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$40,830	-1.87%	11	$3,712	$122,440	17
50	(55)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$40,752	+1.65%	13	$3,135	$18,099,379	479
51	(37)	Scary Movie 2	Dimension	Comedy	$36,126	-59.31%	106	$341	$71,277,420	54
52	(36)	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$34,940	-67.19%	87	$402	$32,131,830	47
53	(49)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$33,242	-23.61%	6	$5,540	$11,309,930	668
54	(47)	Under the Sand		Drama	$32,920		20	$1,646	$1,211,361	115
55	(52)	Baby Boy	Sony Pictures	Drama	$31,287	-24.59%	31	$1,009	$28,615,304	61
56	(50)	Session 9			$29,507	-30.22%	8	$3,688	$219,257	17
57	(45)	Artificial Intelligence: AI	Warner Bros.	Drama	$27,241	-53.20%	62	$439	$78,109,787	59
58	(re-entry)	Together		Genre Unknown	$24,115		2	$12,058	$24,115	109
59	(98)	Come Undone			$23,800	+1,470.96%	4	$5,950	$87,929	59
60	(48)	Divided We Fall		Drama	$22,408	-50.00%	18	$1,245	$939,106	80
61	(63)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$21,905	-15.17%	3	$7,302	$573,984	31
62	(53)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$21,466	-47.95%	14	$1,533	$2,225,695	9,606
63	(73)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$17,939	+44.26%	5	$3,588	$9,985,147	850
64	(66)	Innocence		Drama	$16,882	-18.47%	2	$8,441	$55,358	10
65	(62)	The Princess and the Warrior			$16,694	-36.01%	19	$879	$732,975	66
66	(58)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$16,378	-46.82%	8	$2,047	$37,679,898	1,039
67	(71)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$15,777	+11.01%	4	$3,944	$5,708,456	913
68	(new)	Happy Accidents			$14,840		2	$7,420	$14,840	3
69	(69)	Lost and Delirious			$13,909	-12.31%	13	$1,070	$278,527	52
70	(61)	Bully	Lionsgate	Drama	$12,556	-53.81%	7	$1,794	$510,092	45
71	(new)	Fighter			$12,236		1	$12,236	$12,236	3
72	(60)	crazy/beautiful	Buena Vista	Drama	$12,114	-57.00%	39	$311	$16,929,123	59
73	(65)	The Road Home		Drama	$11,489	-53.00%	13	$884	$1,175,780	94
74	(77)	Brother	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$10,736	-1.95%	23	$467	$400,079	38
75	(68)	The Adventures of Felix		Comedy	$10,397		5	$2,079	$227,539	73
76	(76)	All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!	IMAX Films		$10,110	-10.26%	8	$1,264	$871,731	143
77	(68)	Lumumba			$9,283	-52.30%	6	$1,547	$472,226	59
78	(75)	Startup.com		Documentary	$9,231	-22.31%	15	$615	$1,264,483	108
79	(83)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$8,601	+50.34%	3	$2,867	$1,205,606	388
80	(new)	Lisa Picard is Famous		Comedy	$8,517		1	$8,517	$14,129	5
81	(new)	Maybe Baby	USA Films		$8,351		2	$4,176	$8,351	3
82	(72)	The Man Who Cried			$8,254	-41.44%	8	$1,032	$701,356	94
83	(67)	The Vertical Ray of the Sun			$7,535	-62.10%	6	$1,256	$250,196	52
84	(79)	Wet Hot American Summer			$6,938	-27.19%	2	$3,469	$104,007	31
85	(78)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$6,731	-29.68%	3	$2,244	$17,069,319	1,508
86	(105)	The Monkey's Mask			$6,621	+1,097.29%	2	$3,311	$20,859	31
87	(80)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,420	-7.08%	3	$2,140	$14,889,821	2,320
88	(86)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$6,122	+13.73%	4	$1,531	$3,749,255	500
89	(82)	Gabriela		Drama	$4,167	-28.72%	3	$1,389	$1,991,652	164
90	(91)	Thomas in Love			$3,223	+5.71%	3	$1,074	$33,938	24
91	(93)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,046	+25.66%	2	$1,523	$15,767,308	2,138
92	(81)	Under the Sun			$2,884	-57.75%	2	$1,442	$75,774	24
93	(70)	The Luzhin Defence	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,691	-82.80%	11	$245	$1,051,811	129
94	(89)	Jump Tomorrow			$2,410	-48.19%	2	$1,205	$158,332	52
95	(92)	Downtown 81			$2,260	-15.55%	2	$1,130	$72,277	45
96	(96)	Bride of the Wind	Paramount Classics	Drama	$1,864	-4.31%	1	$1,864	$407,564	80
97	(83)	The Circle	WinStar Cinema	Drama	$1,609		1	$1,609	$589,265	171
98	(new)	Monterey Pop			$1,524		1	$1,524	$1,524	3
99	(97)	Keep the River on the Right			$1,098	-39.37%	2	$549	$348,507	150
100	(90)	Our Song			$1,040	-76.81%	4	$260	$212,306	94
101	(re-entry)	Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade			$596		2	$298	$76,215	66
102	(re-entry)	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Island/Alive	Drama	$587		1	$587	$28,581	5,876
103	(101)	Jackpot		Drama	$377	-64.67%	1	$377	$21,357	31

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