The Top Movies, Weekend of July 7, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$42,346,669		2,912	$14,542	$42,346,669	3
2	(1)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$27,118,925	-34.38%	3,407	$7,960	$100,195,906	10
3	(2)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$15,420,167	-31.20%	3,061	$5,038	$65,457,373	12
4	(new)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$12,687,726		2,167	$5,855	$12,687,726	3
5	(4)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$9,938,352	-24.67%	2,901	$3,426	$63,688,452	19
6	(3)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$8,417,322	-36.85%	2,996	$2,810	$67,429,485	17
7	(6)	Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Action	$4,117,401	-38.23%	2,262	$1,820	$62,020,393	24
8	(7)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,069,050	-32.89%	1,926	$2,113	$103,641,062	38
9	(5)	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal	Comedy	$3,933,970	-42.27%	2,482	$1,585	$16,074,150	10
10	(8)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$3,608,888	-32.17%	1,871	$1,929	$86,540,304	31
11	(9)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,287,377	-33.04%	2,057	$1,598	$204,013,487	47
12	(10)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,028,736	-16.41%	1,210	$1,677	$173,971,075	66
13	(11)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$664,371	-52.69%	849	$783	$131,915,615	52
14	(12)	Boys and Girls	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$542,333	-59.60%	874	$621	$19,561,432	24
15	(15)	Road Trip	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$439,669	-38.41%	607	$724	$66,238,039	52
16	(16)	Fantasia 2000 (Theatrical Release)	Buena Vista	Musical	$388,474	-43.93%	1,279	$304	$8,783,440	24
17	(13)	Titan A.E.	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$380,776	-68.97%	728	$523	$21,513,072	24
18	(14)	Shanghai Noon	Buena Vista	Western	$376,998	-47.28%	411	$917	$54,268,080	45
19	(18)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$357,194	+14.15%	98	$3,645	$1,654,500	31
20	(17)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$353,241	-14.44%	50	$7,065	$6,970,385	66
21	(19)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$294,991	-0.79%	117	$2,521	$2,462,133	80
22	(21)	U-571	Universal	Action	$226,695	+11.19%	357	$635	$75,746,550	80
23	(50)	Jesus' Son	Lionsgate	Drama	$225,068	+373.08%	95	$2,369	$451,391	24
24	(67)	Final Destination	New Line	Horror	$214,051	+777.19%	310	$690	$52,268,534	115
25	(23)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$212,507	+6.02%	20	$10,625	$3,126,991	66
26	(24)	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Universal	Comedy	$204,165	+3.33%	368	$555	$34,027,140	73
27	(20)	Small Time Crooks	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$181,069	-20.27%	211	$858	$16,570,996	52
28	(27)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$164,318	-9.98%	17	$9,666	$36,045,369	725
29	(22)	Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$148,754	-26.68%	320	$465	$60,956,301	94
30	(26)	Erin Brockovich	Universal	Drama	$146,365	-21.41%	242	$605	$124,918,330	115
31	(28)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$141,959	-2.79%	20	$7,098	$31,522,609	626
32	(43)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$136,991	+91.68%	224	$612	$26,488,534	101
33	(29)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$134,711	-3.31%	257	$524	$32,995,285	73
34	(40)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$118,085	+47.43%	12	$9,840	$8,532,447	475
35	(25)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$113,147	-41.51%	194	$583	$43,369,832	73
36	(34)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$108,449	-11.57%	10	$10,845	$5,352,095	255
37	(32)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$102,003	-19.41%	28	$3,643	$495,488	24
38	(33)	28 Days	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$95,156	-24.16%	174	$547	$36,638,909	87
39	(30)	Keeping the Faith	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$92,949	-30.41%	177	$525	$36,729,822	87
40	(35)	East is East	Miramax	Comedy	$92,937	-12.69%	68	$1,367	$3,530,665	87
41	(36)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$79,418	-8.78%	59	$1,346	$1,338,726	73
42	(41)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$77,630	+2.69%	10	$7,763	$1,622,711	87
43	(39)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$74,803	-8.43%	118	$634	$32,065,820	94
44	(42)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Classics	Black Comedy	$68,788	-6.62%	46	$1,495	$4,453,708	80
45	(51)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$68,746	+45.71%	14	$4,910	$3,901,308	283
46	(new)	But I'm a Cheerleader	Lionsgate	Comedy	$60,410		4	$15,103	$60,410	3
47	(54)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$57,893	+26.52%	18	$3,216	$800,879	180
48	(37)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$57,759	-30.90%	42	$1,375	$489,935	31
49	(38)	Hamlet	Miramax	Drama	$52,997	-35.69%	54	$981	$1,309,666	59
50	(44)	American Psycho	Lionsgate	Black Comedy	$50,199	-28.34%	75	$669	$14,923,305	87
51	(47)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$48,812	-11.03%	33	$1,479	$1,910,407	94
52	(49)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$47,716	-1.72%	6	$7,953	$8,147,507	437
53	(31)	Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000	Warner Bros.	Action	$46,410	-64.64%	161	$288	$21,409,475	59
54	(48)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$45,432	-15.36%	31	$1,466	$1,362,695	101
55	(re-entry)	New Waterford Girl			$44,302		18	$2,461	$453,336	38
56	(re-entry)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$41,971		3	$13,990	$42,971	5,652
57	(new)	Shower		Drama	$40,125		6	$6,688	$40,125	3
58	(56)	The Big Kahuna	Lionsgate	Drama	$40,052	+0.03%	60	$668	$3,037,301	73
59	(52)	Up at the Villa	Focus Features	Drama	$36,929	-20.31%	49	$754	$2,627,450	66
60	(55)	Trixie			$36,554	-12.17%	15	$2,437	$115,689	12
61	(64)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$32,403	+21.56%	10	$3,240	$12,728,303	794
62	(63)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$32,234	+8.62%	13	$2,480	$4,129,133	500
63	(70)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$29,560	+72.88%	13	$2,274	$76,305,753	857
64	(60)	Love's Labour's Lost	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$29,045	-20.03%	14	$2,075	$284,291	31
65	(45)	Mission to Mars	Buena Vista	Adventure	$28,847	-57.52%	76	$380	$60,833,039	122
66	(53)	The Tigger Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$28,221	-38.63%	108	$261	$45,499,842	150
67	(62)	Toy Story 2	Buena Vista	Adventure	$26,982	-14.98%	58	$465	$245,779,695	234
68	(66)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$25,850	+0.98%	2	$12,925	$15,799,868	1,095
69	(61)	Center Stage	Sony Pictures	Drama	$18,343	-45.68%	36	$510	$16,864,615	59
70	(57)	All About My Mother	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$18,237	-54.43%	10	$1,824	$8,264,530	248
71	(72)	Decalogue			$18,044	+17.68%	1	$18,044	$157,825	31
72	(59)	Love and Basketball	New Line	Drama	$15,669	-60.82%	32	$490	$26,704,337	80
73	(68)	8 ½ Women	Lionsgate	Drama	$15,088	-24.81%	21	$718	$388,692	45
74	(99)	Humanite			$13,830	+205.10%	4	$3,458	$67,315	26
75	(73)	Time Regained			$12,368	-18.49%	2	$6,184	$105,521	24
76	(75)	American Pimp	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$12,253	-14.41%	5	$2,451	$191,528	31
77	(74)	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Artisan	Drama	$12,019	-17.96%	15	$801	$3,330,230	129
78	(77)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$11,293	-12.27%	16	$706	$2,108,914	122
79	(79)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$10,733	+12.19%	4	$2,683	$4,745,315	500
80	(78)	Passion of Mind	Paramount Classics	Drama	$10,254	-2.92%	18	$570	$717,966	45
81	(93)	Kadosh			$9,953	+76.75%	9	$1,106	$684,541	145
82	(58)	Boiler Room	New Line	Drama	$9,832	-75.42%	36	$273	$16,963,963	143
83	(71)	Kikujiro			$9,098	-46.30%	9	$1,011	$152,694	45
84	(82)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,009	+0.72%	3	$2,670	$15,204,104	1,725
85	(76)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$7,099	-46.47%	4	$1,775	$119,983	59
86	(re-entry)	Grass			$6,837		6	$1,140	$197,367	38
87	(69)	The Filth and the Fury			$6,835	-60.48%	13	$526	$596,094	103
88	(94)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$6,606	+36.21%	5	$1,321	$1,770,244	486
89	(80)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$6,123	-30.74%	4	$1,531	$68,634	31
90	(91)	Not One Less			$5,603	-7.22%	5	$1,121	$589,114	143
91	(85)	Boricua's Bond	Focus Features	Drama	$4,940	-24.66%	2	$2,470	$103,163	17
92	(new)	It's the Rage			$4,718		2	$2,359	$4,718	3
93	(84)	Judy Berlin			$4,634	-31.43%	4	$1,159	$426,751	136
94	(88)	Praise			$4,551	-27.93%	1	$4,551	$15,474	10
95	(95)	Luminarias		Comedy	$4,319	-10.69%	4	$1,080	$335,018	66
96	(89)	Burlesk King	Strand Releasing	Drama	$4,015	-35.50%	1	$4,015	$15,447	10
97	(81)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$3,352	-60.58%	1	$3,352	$239,061	87
98	(90)	Pariah	Indican Pictures		$2,816	-53.93%	1	$2,816	$153,825	17
99	(97)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$2,796	-39.51%	5	$559	$454,576	66
100	(re-entry)	Set Me Free			$2,222		3	$741	$42,234	87
101	(re-entry)	Better Living Through Circuitry	7th Art Releasing	Documentary	$2,188		3	$729	$75,933	45
102	(110)	Cotton Mary			$2,117	+124.73%	1	$2,117	$279,912	117
103	(106)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,913	-1.90%	1	$1,913	$1,923,453	738
104	(98)	Winter Sleepers			$1,838	-60.22%	4	$460	$286,352	115
105	(96)	Joe Gould's Secret			$1,598	-66.50%	10	$160	$641,117	94
106	(113)	X			$1,144	+57.36%	2	$572	$136,068	122
107	(re-entry)	The Little Thief			$1,142		1	$1,142	$27,132	131
108	(104)	Un Pour Toutes			$1,140	-44.39%	2	$570	$27,600	38
109	(112)	Luminous Motion			$723	-11.51%	1	$723	$40,708	52
110	(111)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$659	-22.56%	1	$659	$14,727,954	1,907
111	(102)	The Emperor & the Assassin	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$651	-77.79%	1	$651	$1,328,435	206
112	(105)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$464	-77.33%	1	$464	$198,785	101
113	(107)	A Map of the World	USA Films	Drama	$447	-68.70%	3	$149	$544,538	220
114	(114)	Third World Cop			$131	-81.01%	1	$131	$38,686	87

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