The Top Movies of Wednesday, May 17, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Gladiator	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$2,276,159	+34.17%	2,943	$773	$80,134,303	13
2	(2)	Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000	Warner Bros.	Action	$611,633	-19.90%	3,307	$185	$13,776,833	6
3	(3)	U-571	Universal	Action	$465,325	-10.81%	2,820	$165	$58,280,995	27
4	(4)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$365,891	-11.08%	2,470	$148	$25,670,286	20
5	(5)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$321,126	-20.50%	2,411	$133	$22,550,753	20
6	(6)	Center Stage	Sony Pictures	Drama	$253,491	-37.01%	1,506	$168	$5,588,577	6
7	(7)	Screwed	Universal	Comedy	$219,875	-16.40%	1,759	$125	$4,080,020	6
8	(8)	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Universal	Comedy	$203,125	-7.79%	3,125	$65	$25,055,825	20
9	(9)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$155,983	-15.14%	1,569	$99	$32,750,016	34
10	(11)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$148,446	-7.41%	1,616	$92	$57,134,484	41
11	(10)	I Dreamed of Africa	Sony Pictures	Drama	$138,819	-18.56%	2,112	$66	$5,342,700	13
12	(13)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$134,215	-5.25%	1,191	$113	$118,904,855	62
13	(14)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$130,239	-7.68%	1,047	$124	$22,673,712	27
14	(12)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$115,779	-23.24%	1,755	$66	$34,733,056	34
15	(15)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$106,615	-8.93%	944	$113	$50,099,942	62
16	(16)	Held Up	Trimark	Comedy	$103,756	-4.67%	688	$151	$2,254,623	6
17	(17)	Return to Me	MGM	Romantic Comedy	$102,542	-4.92%	1,203	$85	$29,324,261	41
18	(18)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Vantage	Black Comedy	$63,897	-15.55%	270	$237	$1,907,326	27
19	(20)	The Road to El Dorado	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$38,236	-5.01%	1,027	$37	$49,269,310	48
20	(19)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$32,544	-23.20%	425	$77	$129,463,318	246

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