The Top Movies, Weekend of August 25, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$17,362,105		2,380	$7,295	$17,362,105	3
2	(new)	The Art of War	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$10,410,993		2,630	$3,959	$10,410,993	3
3	(1)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$9,676,012	-44.76%	2,430	$3,982	$33,745,083	10
4	(3)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,514,903	-31.25%	2,795	$2,331	$63,709,955	24
5	(2)	The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$5,906,038	-46.57%	875	$6,750	$21,213,020	10
6	(5)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$4,612,974	-31.74%	2,568	$1,796	$130,919,547	38
7	(4)	The Replacements	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,075,896	-43.51%	2,717	$1,500	$30,777,664	17
8	(new)	The Crew	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,051,921		1,510	$2,683	$4,051,921	3
9	(6)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$3,560,195	-43.57%	2,543	$1,400	$109,992,755	31
10	(8)	Autumn in New York	MGM/UA	Drama	$3,267,896	-41.10%	2,260	$1,446	$26,822,408	17
11	(9)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,867,004	-42.92%	2,296	$1,249	$49,366,137	24
12	(7)	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,811,159	-53.23%	2,481	$1,133	$66,562,821	24
13	(10)	Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,712,898	-43.92%	2,350	$1,154	$22,752,806	17
14	(11)	Godzilla 2000	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,742,857	-60.46%	2,111	$826	$7,593,423	10
15	(12)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,369,713	-46.33%	1,175	$1,166	$151,232,499	45
16	(13)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,207,115	-33.36%	1,205	$1,002	$175,604,700	59
17	(16)	Saving Grace	Fine Line	Comedy	$943,705	-8.40%	255	$3,701	$3,351,920	24
18	(15)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$703,456	-37.78%	919	$765	$65,759,135	52
19	(14)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$682,288	-47.09%	1,051	$649	$148,497,444	52
20	(18)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$575,670	-36.24%	823	$699	$102,899,454	68
21	(17)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$566,283	-42.37%	563	$1,006	$110,968,991	61
22	(23)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$450,919	+51.91%	507	$889	$182,749,280	115
23	(27)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$383,243	+77.38%	89	$4,306	$1,090,690	24
24	(21)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$360,261	-7.38%	434	$830	$115,674,272	87
25	(22)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$284,233	-14.80%	427	$666	$89,155,555	66
26	(20)	Pokemon 2000	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$268,204	-48.51%	538	$499	$42,502,931	38
27	(19)	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Destination Films	Adventure	$229,012	-60.03%	501	$457	$15,120,622	33
28	(24)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$226,862	-10.59%	46	$4,932	$11,014,950	115
29	(new)	Hamara Dil Aapka Pase Hain			$219,434		31	$7,079	$219,434	3
30	(28)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$204,414	+3.70%	121	$1,689	$4,923,466	129
31	(31)	Cecil B. Demented	Artisan	Black Comedy	$196,874	+21.30%	69	$2,853	$638,632	17
32	(25)	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal	Comedy	$195,300	-11.31%	365	$535	$25,344,610	59
33	(26)	But I'm a Cheerleader	Lionsgate	Comedy	$163,542	-25.00%	105	$1,558	$2,015,078	52
34	(30)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$143,914	-15.53%	22	$6,542	$5,973,009	115
35	(29)	Frequency	New Line	Drama	$141,809	-20.99%	231	$614	$44,670,379	122
36	(39)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$132,858	+9.84%	47	$2,827	$599,567	31
37	(37)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$132,841	-6.70%	17	$7,814	$38,009,830	774
38	(34)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$126,500	-17.87%	103	$1,228	$4,508,977	80
39	(35)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$123,928	-14.84%	27	$4,590	$49,977,805	240
40	(32)	Shanghai Noon	Buena Vista	Western	$119,706	-25.46%	220	$544	$56,488,009	94
41	(33)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$119,005	-23.99%	122	$975	$96,926,259	80
42	(38)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$111,763	-20.10%	18	$6,209	$33,707,424	675
43	(42)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$110,545	+8.68%	10	$11,055	$7,038,155	304
44	(41)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$103,625	-5.26%	72	$1,439	$1,527,463	73
45	(44)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$99,502	+4.32%	13	$7,654	$9,728,978	524
46	(53)	The Opportunists			$85,365	+74.04%	24	$3,557	$223,332	17
47	(47)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$75,257	+0.23%	9	$8,362	$2,490,268	136
48	(new)	Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa			$75,000		25	$3,000	$365,318	3
49	(45)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$74,648	-12.19%	63	$1,185	$1,457,415	5,701
50	(43)	The Eyes of Tammy Faye		Documentary	$72,842	-26.07%	49	$1,487	$599,093	38
51	(40)	MVP: Most Valuable Primate		Comedy	$71,318	-35.65%	92	$775	$571,112	17
52	(36)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$70,193	-51.43%	156	$450	$212,952,702	96
53	(51)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$68,863	+37.21%	15	$4,591	$4,756,441	332
54	(57)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$62,878	+66.54%	10	$6,288	$188,559	17
55	(48)	Shower		Drama	$61,870	-13.14%	35	$1,768	$800,237	52
56	(new)	Love and Sex			$58,116		8	$7,265	$58,116	3
57	(49)	Center Stage	Sony Pictures	Drama	$56,226	-1.88%	128	$439	$17,074,630	108
58	(46)	Road Trip	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$46,807	-43.98%	135	$347	$68,435,663	101
59	(55)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$38,921	-13.17%	7	$5,560	$363,724	24
60	(new)	Bittersweet Motel		Documentary	$38,454		8	$4,807	$38,454	3
61	(63)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$37,773	+16.15%	22	$1,717	$1,272,252	229
62	(61)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$35,522	+2.04%	9	$3,947	$13,225,107	843
63	(58)	Alice et Martin	October Films	Drama	$34,980	-4.95%	13	$2,691	$300,111	38
64	(83)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$33,760	+193.08%	21	$1,608	$2,284,528	171
65	(52)	Chuck&Buck	Artisan	Drama	$33,631	-32.76%	41	$820	$905,877	45
66	(60)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$30,795	-13.06%	4	$7,699	$16,440,595	1,144
67	(64)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$30,789	-2.41%	4	$7,697	$8,634,957	486
68	(62)	Place Vendome			$27,944	-14.33%	1	$27,944	$83,465	10
69	(54)	Wonderland			$25,112	-46.57%	18	$1,395	$296,963	31
70	(66)	An Affair of Love	Fine Line	Drama	$23,380	-20.85%	7	$3,340	$113,133	24
71	(56)	Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Action	$22,787	-46.95%	75	$304	$69,498,129	73
72	(72)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$21,869	+2.23%	13	$1,682	$4,428,129	549
73	(67)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$21,100	-17.42%	3	$7,033	$75,061	5,365
74	(88)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$20,808	+125.83%	5	$4,162	$86,619	24
75	(65)	High Fidelity	Buena Vista	Comedy	$19,932	-33.53%	23	$867	$27,212,552	150
76	(94)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$19,781	+191.93%	10	$1,978	$35,411	12
77	(new)	Solomon and Gaenor			$19,274		5	$3,855	$19,274	3
78	(70)	Steal This Movie			$19,249	-17.11%	12	$1,604	$55,824	10
79	(68)	Titan A.E.	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$18,148	-28.93%	59	$308	$22,729,052	73
80	(69)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$17,585	-29.69%	51	$345	$133,883,538	101
81	(77)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$17,286	-5.17%	3	$5,762	$4,893,234	549
82	(75)	East is East	Miramax	Comedy	$17,063	-11.48%	17	$1,004	$3,995,761	136
83	(79)	Gimme Shelter			$16,743	+17.88%	5	$3,349	$79,436	17
84	(74)	Return to Me	MGM/UA	Romantic Comedy	$15,672	-19.57%	27	$580	$32,612,676	143
85	(73)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$13,772	-29.44%	13	$1,059	$1,674,908	150
86	(new)	Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire			$12,994		1	$12,994	$12,994	3
87	(new)	Orfeu			$12,908		3	$4,303	$12,908	3
88	(82)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$12,305	-0.20%	20	$615	$2,256,417	143
89	(81)	The Tic Code		Drama	$11,667	-6.60%	5	$2,333	$84,109	24
90	(re-entry)	Long Night's Journey into Day			$10,907		1	$10,907	$45,317	152
91	(76)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$10,562	-44.81%	17	$621	$1,753,212	122
92	(85)	Rififi			$9,771	-3.96%	1	$9,771	$151,315	38
93	(86)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$8,759	-10.60%	1	$8,759	$112,340	31
94	(re-entry)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$8,279		2	$4,140	$325,725	360
95	(80)	Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Drama	$7,954	-36.88%	24	$331	$33,757,949	122
96	(95)	Grass			$6,907	+5.31%	8	$863	$295,479	87
97	(90)	Trixie			$6,581	-17.11%	14	$470	$281,780	61
98	(re-entry)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$5,672		6	$945	$100,296	80
99	(84)	Time Regained			$5,378	-49.71%	3	$1,793	$326,329	73
100	(71)	The Virgin Suicides	Paramount Classics	Black Comedy	$4,881	-77.46%	12	$407	$4,859,475	129
101	(re-entry)	New Waterford Girl			$4,702		9	$522	$702,389	87
102	(99)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$4,443	-11.49%	3	$1,481	$176,417	108
103	(87)	Up at the Villa	Focus Features	Drama	$3,506	-63.31%	6	$584	$2,920,910	115
104	(102)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$3,450	-15.65%	5	$690	$1,795,328	535
105	(98)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$3,384	-34.87%	1	$3,384	$292,261	136
106	(89)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$3,378	-59.97%	9	$375	$781,669	80
107	(91)	Luminarias		Comedy	$3,258	-56.72%	4	$815	$390,397	115
108	(100)	Woman Chaser			$3,047	-32.60%	3	$1,016	$85,519	66
109	(112)	Water Drops on Burning Rocks			$2,413	+101.76%	2	$1,207	$54,444	47
110	(111)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$2,412	+59.52%	2	$1,206	$228,160	150
111	(re-entry)	Not of this World			$2,293		1	$2,293	$7,266	185
112	(101)	Sue	Castle Hill Productions		$2,070	-51.68%	2	$1,035	$109,181	647
113	(96)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$2,022	-63.12%	2	$1,011	$221,108	199
114	(109)	Winter Sleepers			$2,000		3	$667	$316,431	164
115	(105)	Lea			$1,725	-41.13%	1	$1,725	$13,752	17
116	(new)	Fast Pitch			$1,526		1	$1,526	$3,720	5
117	(108)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,425	-35.98%	2	$713	$483,854	115
118	(106)	1999 Cannes Intl. Adv Festival			$1,372	-47.99%	1	$1,372	$6,234	10
119	(110)	Show Me Love	Strand Releasing		$1,294	-16.03%	1	$1,294	$162,519	318
120	(117)	Passion of Mind	Paramount Classics	Drama	$979	+7.58%	5	$196	$769,009	94
121	(re-entry)	Spent			$829		1	$829	$10,116	38
122	(118)	The Children of Chabannes	Castle Hill Productions	Documentary	$751	+20.35%	1	$751	$33,413	80
123	(122)	Set Me Free			$730	+152.60%	1	$730	$55,540	136
124	(123)	Luminous Motion			$395	+182.14%	2	$198	$48,174	101
125	(re-entry)	Benjamin Smoke	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$294		1	$294	$19,063	38
126	(re-entry)	The Well			$269		1	$269	$9,043	115
127	(re-entry)	My Best Friend			$140		1	$140	$95,612	297
128	(119)	The Big Blue	Columbia	Drama	$98	-83.47%	1	$98	$80,804	4,389

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