The Top Movies of Wednesday, April 12, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,102,251	-12.31%	3,155	$349	$18,513,794	6
2	(2)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$675,900	-8.16%	3,004	$225	$91,599,785	27
3	(3)	Return to Me	MGM	Romantic Comedy	$625,338	-3.20%	2,007	$312	$9,640,448	6
4	(4)	The Road to El Dorado	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$433,539	-5.06%	3,223	$135	$26,449,912	13
5	(5)	The Skulls	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$350,320	-21.62%	2,416	$145	$21,345,730	13
6	(6)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$340,930	-9.91%	2,014	$169	$34,919,811	27
7	(7)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$316,915	-13.25%	1,229	$258	$13,782,248	13
8	(9)	Romeo Must Die	Warner Bros.	Action	$284,635	-16.06%	2,289	$124	$46,774,803	22
9	(10)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$270,458	-15.89%	1,934	$140	$122,481,249	211
10	(8)	Ready to Rumble	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$265,618	-22.88%	2,585	$103	$6,156,202	6
11	(11)	Black and White	Sony Pictures	Drama	$153,567	-26.62%	1,284	$120	$3,513,570	8
12	(12)	Mission to Mars	Buena Vista	Adventure	$98,518	-11.14%	1,594	$62	$57,306,719	34
13	(13)	The Cider House Rules	Miramax	Drama	$94,153	-3.36%	1,021	$92	$55,051,123	125
14	(16)	My Dog Skip	Warner Bros.	Drama	$55,141	+1.06%	1,401	$39	$30,744,234	92
15	(15)	Price of Glory	New Line	Drama	$49,536	-9.31%	807	$61	$2,882,563	13
16	(14)	Here on Earth	20th Century Fox	Drama	$49,342	-21.69%	1,243	$40	$9,677,903	20
17	(18)	The Ninth Gate	Artisan	Thriller/Suspense	$33,862	-3.55%	427	$79	$17,857,999	34
18	(17)	Whatever it Takes	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$24,888	-30.37%	1,278	$19	$8,514,310	20
19	(19)	The Whole Nine Yards	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$22,112	-4.02%	885	$25	$56,557,479	55
20	(20)	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Artisan	Drama	$20,603	+2.74%	82	$251	$2,168,799	41

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