The Top Movies, Weekend of August 31, 2001

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Jeepers Creepers	MGM/UA	Horror	$13,106,108		2,944	$4,452	$13,106,108	3
2	(2)	Rush Hour 2	New Line	Action	$9,296,573	-19.74%	2,825	$3,291	$198,892,734	31
3	(1)	American Pie 2	Universal	Comedy	$8,987,004	-28.20%	3,114	$2,886	$124,928,149	24
4	(4)	The Others	Miramax	Horror	$8,151,151	-4.84%	2,716	$3,001	$59,956,515	24
5	(5)	Rat Race	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,226,336	-10.90%	2,551	$2,833	$37,771,073	17
6	(7)	The Princess Diaries	Buena Vista	Comedy	$5,732,009	-13.18%	2,690	$2,131	$92,861,530	31
7	(new)	O (Othello)	Lionsgate	Drama	$5,655,658		1,434	$3,944	$5,655,658	3
8	(3)	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Dimension	Comedy	$5,227,690	-52.56%	2,765	$1,891	$21,977,799	10
9	(6)	Summer Catch	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,008,190	-42.89%	2,335	$1,717	$14,435,569	10
10	(8)	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Miramax	Drama	$3,078,920	-23.14%	1,612	$1,910	$19,653,610	17
11	(10)	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,934,740	-18.17%	1,504	$1,951	$173,069,748	38
12	(12)	Jurassic Park 3	Universal	Action	$1,771,645	-26.59%	1,143	$1,550	$175,832,085	47
13	(9)	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Screen Media Films	Action	$1,618,423	-57.46%	2,048	$790	$7,307,616	10
14	(11)	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$1,574,679	-35.97%	909	$1,732	$5,324,129	10
15	(16)	The Deep End	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$1,380,563	+19.98%	326	$4,235	$4,673,315	26
16	(15)	Legally Blonde	MGM/UA	Comedy	$1,355,737	-7.87%	878	$1,544	$88,552,416	52
17	(18)	America's Sweethearts	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,054,398	+16.70%	1,565	$674	$91,476,049	45
18	(14)	American Outlaws	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,027,945	-49.28%	1,007	$1,021	$11,229,992	17
19	(13)	Bubble Boy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$954,805	-53.16%	1,605	$595	$4,211,321	10
20	(20)	Tortilla Soup	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$945,591	+44.65%	220	$4,298	$1,801,035	10
21	(41)	Pearl Harbor	Buena Vista	Action	$867,300	+1,043.41%	1,036	$837	$196,656,492	101
22	(21)	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$786,284	+34.81%	1,111	$708	$262,908,727	108
23	(17)	The Score	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$731,870	-32.63%	482	$1,518	$68,652,394	52
24	(42)	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Buena Vista	Adventure	$664,215	+845.50%	780	$852	$82,386,423	87
25	(22)	The Fast and the Furious	Universal	Action	$487,600	+11.90%	424	$1,150	$142,028,935	73
26	(23)	Doctor Dolittle 2	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$486,385	+19.70%	445	$1,093	$111,484,392	73
27	(25)	Ghost World	MGM/UA	Comedy	$438,995	+25.38%	81	$5,420	$3,233,127	45
28	(24)	Apocalypse Now Redux	Miramax	Drama	$437,558	+12.20%	81	$5,402	$2,800,919	31
29	(new)	Lajja			$376,000		38	$9,895	$376,000	3
30	(32)	Spy Kids	Dimension	Adventure	$359,569	+122.42%	1,105	$325	$112,180,203	157
31	(33)	Bread and Tulips	First Look	Comedy	$355,584	+134.89%	37	$9,610	$1,154,169	38
32	(31)	The Closet	Miramax	Comedy	$337,346	+99.74%	143	$2,359	$5,274,547	66
33	(19)	Osmosis Jones	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$280,905	-62.96%	345	$814	$13,046,138	24
34	(30)	Hedwig and the Angry Inch		Musical	$265,471	+53.30%	101	$2,628	$2,313,394	45
35	(29)	Made	Artisan	Comedy	$263,718	+10.29%	182	$1,449	$4,581,729	52
36	(28)	Cats & Dogs	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$227,212	-6.02%	305	$745	$92,002,326	61
37	(26)	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$220,930	-21.97%	302	$732	$130,722,949	80
38	(35)	Moulin Rouge	20th Century Fox	Musical	$176,696	+37.53%	154	$1,147	$56,088,256	108
39	(57)	Artificial Intelligence: AI	Warner Bros.	Drama	$170,331	+525.27%	251	$679	$78,340,174	66
40	(43)	Greenfingers		Comedy	$123,936	+83.04%	34	$3,645	$870,576	38
41	(27)	Original Sin	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$109,599	-60.02%	136	$806	$16,252,765	31
42	(38)	Memento	Newmarket Films	Drama	$107,283	+9.93%	88	$1,219	$25,245,302	171
43	(34)	Swordfish	Warner Bros.	Action	$101,771	-31.87%	142	$717	$69,641,120	87
44	(45)	An American Rhapsody	Paramount Classics	Drama	$89,052	+64.05%	47	$1,895	$320,510	24
45	(40)	The Mummy Returns	Universal	Adventure	$87,780	+15.18%	209	$420	$201,707,090	122
46	(44)	Himalaya		Drama	$83,779	+26.69%	32	$2,618	$1,813,360	157
47	(39)	Sexy Beast	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$82,220	-6.03%	62	$1,326	$6,508,145	82
48	(49)	All Over the Guy	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$75,772	+85.58%	15	$5,051	$218,301	24
49	(37)	Songcatcher		Drama	$68,751	-35.98%	46	$1,495	$2,995,136	80
50	(re-entry)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$68,234		9	$7,582	$3,609,844	206
51	(36)	Kiss of the Dragon	20th Century Fox	Action	$64,845	-41.57%	105	$618	$35,859,997	59
52	(46)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$64,341	+24.08%	20	$3,217	$10,010,899	332
53	(64)	Innocence		Drama	$62,363	+269.41%	6	$10,394	$129,347	17
54	(84)	Wet Hot American Summer			$61,537	+786.96%	12	$5,128	$172,487	38
55	(48)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$51,507	+17.32%	12	$4,292	$12,414,641	486
56	(new)	Funny Girl (2001)			$49,670		3	$16,557	$65,560	3
57	(55)	Baby Boy	Sony Pictures	Drama	$49,211	+57.29%	87	$566	$28,681,276	68
58	(53)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$43,276	+30.18%	5	$8,655	$11,380,174	675
59	(54)	Under the Sand		Drama	$41,398	+25.75%	17	$2,435	$1,267,049	122
60	(50)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$41,226	+1.16%	12	$3,436	$18,169,955	486
61	(62)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$40,641	+89.33%	16	$2,540	$2,279,451	9,613
62	(58)	Together		Genre Unknown	$35,382	+46.72%	2	$17,691	$88,337	116
63	(re-entry)	N'sync: Bigger than Live		Concert	$31,348		15	$2,090	$1,500,469	206
64	(61)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$30,991	+41.48%	3	$10,330	$616,011	38
65	(56)	Session 9			$27,326	-7.39%	7	$3,904	$269,852	24
66	(re-entry)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$23,567		10	$2,357	$11,593,340	895
67	(60)	Divided We Fall		Drama	$23,065	+2.93%	21	$1,098	$980,002	87
68	(59)	Come Undone			$22,074	-7.25%	4	$5,519	$122,698	66
69	(67)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$20,777	+31.69%	4	$5,194	$5,733,927	920
70	(68)	Happy Accidents			$20,376	+37.30%	3	$6,792	$49,334	10
71	(71)	Fighter			$19,038	+55.59%	2	$9,519	$40,114	10
72	(66)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$18,882	+15.29%	11	$1,717	$37,715,891	1,046
73	(63)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$18,120	+1.01%	5	$3,624	$10,015,712	857
74	(re-entry)	Down From the Mountain			$14,338		3	$4,779	$120,847	80
75	(76)	All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!	IMAX Films		$14,026	+38.73%	10	$1,403	$892,940	150
76	(101)	Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade			$11,148	+1,770.47%	3	$3,716	$88,276	73
77	(69)	Lost and Delirious			$10,903	-21.61%	10	$1,090	$302,365	59
78	(77)	Lumumba			$10,745	+15.75%	5	$2,149	$493,695	66
79	(88)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$9,586	+56.58%	4	$2,397	$3,763,726	507
80	(85)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$8,789	+30.57%	3	$2,930	$17,080,314	1,515
81	(78)	Startup.com		Documentary	$8,011	-13.22%	12	$668	$1,280,975	115
82	(75)	The Adventures of Felix		Comedy	$7,921	-23.81%	3	$2,640	$239,999	80
83	(103)	Jackpot		Drama	$6,995	+1,755.44%	6	$1,166	$30,228	38
84	(74)	Brother	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$6,975	-35.03%	14	$498	$414,999	45
85	(new)	Speedway Junky			$6,900		1	$6,900	$6,900	3
86	(94)	Jump Tomorrow			$6,861	+184.69%	9	$762	$168,712	59
87	(re-entry)	The Debut		Comedy	$6,450		2	$3,225	$745,501	171
88	(91)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,431	+111.13%	2	$3,216	$15,776,564	2,145
89	(73)	The Road Home		Drama	$6,372	-44.54%	10	$637	$1,188,604	101
90	(100)	Our Song			$6,371	+512.60%	1	$6,371	$220,310	101
91	(87)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,075	-5.37%	3	$2,025	$14,901,571	2,327
92	(92)	Under the Sun			$5,865	+103.36%	2	$2,933	$83,354	31
93	(81)	Maybe Baby	USA Films		$5,641	-32.45%	1	$5,641	$19,147	10
94	(re-entry)	Aberdeen	First Run	Drama	$5,604		1	$5,604	$18,461	17
95	(82)	The Man Who Cried			$5,235	-36.58%	6	$873	$710,509	101
96	(65)	The Princess and the Warrior			$4,565	-72.65%	8	$571	$742,094	73
97	(83)	The Vertical Ray of the Sun			$4,191	-44.38%	4	$1,048	$258,708	59
98	(97)	The Circle	WinStar Cinema	Drama	$3,976	+147.11%	4	$994	$594,056	178
99	(re-entry)	Left Luggage		Drama	$3,563		2	$1,782	$1,014,655	346
100	(89)	Gabriela		Drama	$3,121	-25.10%	2	$1,561	$1,996,733	171
101	(95)	Downtown 81			$2,072	-8.32%	2	$1,036	$77,734	52
102	(re-entry)	The Turandot Project			$2,052		2	$1,026	$81,385	24
103	(re-entry)	101 Reykjavík		Comedy	$1,150		1	$1,150	$46,885	40
104	(re-entry)	Nico and Dani	Avatar	Drama	$854		1	$854	$366,887	213
105	(90)	Thomas in Love			$522	-83.80%	1	$522	$37,751	31
106	(96)	Bride of the Wind	Paramount Classics	Drama	$515	-72.37%	3	$172	$409,027	87
107	(re-entry)	Russian Doll			$186		1	$186	$26,433	80
108	(re-entry)	Fast Food, Fast Women			$186		1	$186	$186,586	108
109	(re-entry)	Cure			$144		1	$144	$56,200	59

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