The Top Movies of Thursday, May 18, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Gladiator	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$2,256,489	-0.86%	2,943	$767	$82,390,792	14
2	(2)	Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000	Warner Bros.	Action	$553,568	-9.49%	3,307	$167	$14,330,401	7
3	(3)	U-571	Universal	Action	$479,415	+3.03%	2,820	$170	$58,760,430	28
4	(4)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$382,254	+4.47%	2,470	$155	$26,052,540	21
5	(5)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$322,364	+0.39%	2,411	$134	$22,873,117	21
6	(6)	Center Stage	Sony Pictures	Drama	$272,707	+7.58%	1,506	$181	$5,861,284	7
7	(8)	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Universal	Comedy	$234,375	+15.38%	3,125	$75	$25,290,200	21
8	(7)	Screwed	Universal	Comedy	$211,095	-3.99%	1,759	$120	$4,291,115	7
9	(9)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$156,735	+0.48%	1,569	$100	$32,906,751	35
10	(10)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$151,044	+1.75%	1,616	$93	$57,285,528	42
11	(12)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$141,550	+5.47%	1,191	$119	$119,046,405	63
12	(11)	I Dreamed of Africa	Sony Pictures	Drama	$140,348	+1.10%	2,112	$66	$5,483,048	14
13	(13)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$138,742	+6.53%	1,047	$133	$22,812,354	28
14	(14)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$117,061	+1.11%	1,755	$67	$34,850,117	35
15	(15)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$114,854	+7.73%	944	$122	$50,214,796	63
16	(17)	Return to Me	MGM	Romantic Comedy	$103,068	+0.51%	1,203	$86	$29,427,329	42
17	(16)	Held Up	Trimark	Comedy	$102,848	-0.88%	688	$149	$2,357,471	7
18	(18)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Vantage	Black Comedy	$64,027	+0.20%	270	$237	$1,971,353	28
19	(19)	The Road to El Dorado	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$39,317	+2.83%	1,027	$38	$49,308,627	49
20	(20)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$32,176	-1.13%	425	$76	$129,495,494	247

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