The Top Movies, Weekend of September 22, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Sony Pictures	Horror	$8,505,513		2,539	$3,350	$8,505,513	3
2	(re-entry)	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	Horror	$8,157,666		664	$12,286	$8,431,437	9,770
3	(8)	Almost Famous	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$6,926,467	+199.25%	1,193	$5,806	$10,147,759	10
4	(3)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$4,275,380	-15.91%	2,457	$1,740	$56,000,070	31
5	(1)	The Watcher	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$3,665,640	-36.86%	2,777	$1,320	$22,758,200	17
6	(2)	Bait	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,365,640	-38.65%	2,352	$1,431	$10,576,895	10
7	(4)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$3,270,176	-29.81%	1,491	$2,193	$18,025,661	17
8	(7)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$2,192,119	-8.91%	1,819	$1,205	$148,433,841	66
9	(5)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,156,506	-14.26%	2,170	$994	$85,072,147	52
10	(new)	Woman on Top	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$2,008,191		1,085	$1,851	$2,008,191	3
11	(6)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$1,604,220	-34.47%	1,903	$843	$57,434,557	38
12	(9)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$1,311,566	-35.68%	1,678	$782	$153,684,491	80
13	(14)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$1,227,565	+0.64%	1,210	$1,015	$120,004,345	59
14	(13)	The Replacements	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,136,149	-17.94%	1,365	$832	$42,523,385	45
15	(12)	The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$1,105,070	-28.12%	1,082	$1,021	$35,524,631	38
16	(10)	Duets	Buena Vista	Drama	$935,044	-53.31%	583	$1,604	$3,500,516	10
17	(11)	The Art of War	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$831,130	-46.49%	1,085	$766	$28,736,689	31
18	(17)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$813,097	-18.95%	883	$921	$57,815,798	52
19	(19)	Saving Grace	Fine Line	Comedy	$694,240	-22.60%	706	$983	$10,743,237	52
20	(18)	Autumn in New York	MGM/UA	Drama	$689,664	-27.08%	1,182	$583	$36,490,271	45
21	(16)	Highlander: Endgame	Dimension	Action	$647,448	-41.35%	1,331	$486	$11,964,133	24
22	(21)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$520,795	-4.16%	602	$865	$180,113,336	87
23	(15)	The Way of the Gun	Artisan	Action	$442,372	-63.68%	822	$538	$5,225,573	17
24	(24)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$431,367	-9.54%	525	$822	$155,249,969	73
25	(20)	The Crew	Buena Vista	Comedy	$409,945	-38.89%	781	$525	$12,485,210	31
26	(22)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$408,297	-21.20%	522	$782	$185,635,772	143
27	(25)	Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$306,708	-34.65%	446	$688	$28,620,352	45
28	(28)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$293,355	+6.25%	510	$575	$105,285,332	96
29	(23)	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	Horror	$280,168	-42.85%	398	$704	$72,476,315	52
30	(32)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$278,410	+37.26%	316	$881	$112,758,326	89
31	(26)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$251,966	-27.03%	162	$1,555	$3,369,633	52
32	(30)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$239,027	-6.14%	354	$675	$68,034,739	80
33	(34)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$189,409	-0.82%	262	$723	$116,999,904	115
34	(27)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$182,284	-42.25%	327	$557	$215,084,036	124
35	(29)	Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Action	$173,724	-34.48%	303	$573	$70,108,538	101
36	(re-entry)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$167,310		33	$5,070	$12,177,998	143
37	(36)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$149,199	-12.59%	179	$834	$99,688,838	108
38	(37)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$131,654	-11.87%	224	$588	$90,242,082	94
39	(38)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$116,886	-18.37%	131	$892	$5,903,102	157
40	(39)	Pokemon 2000	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$113,418	-16.55%	289	$392	$43,625,143	66
41	(41)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$111,762	+4.85%	22	$5,080	$6,911,454	143
42	(40)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$110,451	+3.21%	168	$657	$136,478,148	129
43	(new)	Under Suspicion			$109,863		19	$5,782	$109,863	3
44	(new)	Uninvited Guest			$100,835		35	$2,881	$100,835	3
45	(re-entry)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$92,988		17	$5,470	$38,797,666	802
46	(new)	Dancer in the Dark	Fine Line	Musical	$91,612		3	$30,537	$91,612	3
47	(42)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$74,450	-15.54%	31	$2,402	$1,213,582	59
48	(51)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$71,733	+4.97%	29	$2,474	$50,365,103	268
49	(46)	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Destination Films	Adventure	$70,693	-4.87%	229	$309	$15,882,096	61
50	(49)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$65,830	-7.76%	8	$8,229	$2,927,295	164
51	(47)	Urbania		Drama	$65,081	-9.77%	14	$4,649	$165,694	10
52	(48)	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal	Comedy	$64,330	-10.34%	165	$390	$25,947,070	87
53	(50)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$58,939	-15.37%	11	$5,358	$10,164,873	552
54	(35)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$58,793	-66.37%	18	$3,266	$34,470,289	703
55	(31)	Backstage	Miramax	Documentary	$49,818	-75.51%	95	$524	$1,142,087	19
56	(59)	Goya in Bordeaux			$47,238	-1.51%	8	$5,905	$114,920	10
57	(52)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$46,340	-28.90%	101	$459	$4,924,999	108
58	(58)	Shanghai Noon	Buena Vista	Western	$45,366	-11.02%	92	$493	$56,902,716	122
59	(44)	Godzilla 2000	Sony Pictures	Action	$43,229	-47.23%	122	$354	$9,794,005	38
60	(53)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$42,863	-32.34%	66	$649	$2,011,316	101
61	(new)	Gout Des Autres, Le			$41,577		12	$3,465	$111,234	3
62	(re-entry)	Hochelaga			$40,000		26	$1,538	$333,115	24
63	(33)	Turn It Up	New Line	Drama	$39,659	-79.66%	124	$320	$1,218,804	19
64	(57)	The Eyes of Tammy Faye		Documentary	$39,258	-24.02%	39	$1,007	$1,002,713	66
65	(64)	Solomon and Gaenor			$38,580	-1.30%	22	$1,754	$165,485	31
66	(60)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$35,727	-23.27%	28	$1,276	$1,564,571	257
67	(70)	Shower		Drama	$34,734	+21.46%	37	$939	$1,044,933	80
68	(62)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$34,323	-20.90%	14	$2,452	$527,873	45
69	(65)	An Affair of Love	Fine Line	Drama	$32,814	-14.72%	19	$1,727	$347,808	52
70	(75)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$32,266	+39.23%	10	$3,227	$4,784,929	577
71	(55)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$29,769	-44.10%	10	$2,977	$7,496,684	332
72	(43)	Love and Sex			$29,317	-64.59%	32	$916	$507,230	31
73	(72)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$28,990	+12.18%	14	$2,071	$4,979,641	360
74	(71)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$28,862	+4.33%	31	$931	$2,525,109	199
75	(78)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$28,855	+34.49%	12	$2,405	$200,109	108
76	(79)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$28,778	+38.75%	8	$3,597	$509,825	52
77	(67)	Into the Arms of Strangers	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$27,509	-14.13%	5	$5,502	$73,963	10
78	(63)	Cecil B. Demented	Artisan	Black Comedy	$25,301	-37.12%	47	$538	$1,184,581	45
79	(87)	Solas			$24,679	+71.62%	5	$4,936	$71,213	17
80	(new)	The Fantasticks	MGM/UA		$24,176		6	$4,029	$24,176	3
81	(109)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$23,833	+428.92%	10	$2,383	$210,411	52
82	(76)	Human Resources			$21,578	-3.71%	16	$1,349	$60,921	12
83	(73)	Paragraph 175			$20,679	-17.31%	2	$10,340	$65,719	12
84	(re-entry)	Maelstrom			$20,528		10	$2,053	$59,642	10
85	(re-entry)	Rape Me		Drama	$19,748		8	$2,469	$50,790	10
86	(66)	Bittersweet Motel		Documentary	$19,318	-40.39%	9	$2,146	$181,812	31
87	(68)	This is Spinal Tap	MGM/UA	Comedy	$17,951	-42.04%	9	$1,995	$153,053	6,051
88	(106)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$17,486	+217.93%	14	$1,249	$827,068	108
89	(77)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$16,451	-26.52%	32	$514	$1,649,659	5,729
90	(74)	Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire			$15,794	-33.60%	10	$1,579	$189,147	31
91	(108)	Decalogue			$15,632	+233.73%	2	$7,816	$305,897	108
92	(45)	Whipped	Destination Films	Comedy	$15,255	-81.13%	72	$212	$4,142,507	24
93	(69)	The Opportunists			$14,801	-50.65%	16	$925	$533,264	45
94	(97)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$14,122	+74.26%	4	$3,531	$369,982	164
95	(90)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$13,999	+29.85%	4	$3,500	$4,979,757	577
96	(83)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$13,981	-22.21%	12	$1,165	$1,778,958	178
97	(re-entry)	Pariah	Indican Pictures		$13,826		2	$6,913	$176,872	94
98	(80)	The Tic Code		Drama	$12,984	-33.93%	9	$1,443	$194,512	52
99	(re-entry)	Polax			$12,947		2	$6,474	$49,285	17
100	(re-entry)	Fiza		Drama	$12,800		16	$800	$623,791	17
101	(86)	Alice et Martin	October Films	Drama	$11,362	-21.27%	18	$631	$453,025	66
102	(re-entry)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$11,044		3	$3,681	$166,682	5,393
103	(82)	Time Regained			$10,870	-40.95%	6	$1,812	$373,411	101
104	(88)	Chuck&Buck	Artisan	Drama	$10,608	-11.74%	17	$624	$1,032,838	73
105	(new)	The Specials			$10,131		2	$5,066	$10,131	3
106	(92)	Wonderland			$9,852	+1.77%	23	$428	$396,399	59
107	(re-entry)	La Vie Après L'Amour		Comedy	$9,770		14	$698	$1,784,953	80
108	(89)	Dark Days			$8,749	-25.52%	1	$8,749	$118,841	26
109	(103)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$8,082	+22.90%	12	$674	$1,802,503	150
110	(104)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$7,430	+15.99%	11	$675	$529,202	143
111	(100)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$7,139	-1.40%	4	$1,785	$16,530,801	1,172
112	(95)	Gimme Shelter			$6,920	-17.79%	2	$3,460	$176,875	45
113	(81)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$6,844	-64.22%	4	$1,711	$165,161	40
114	(re-entry)	Madodayo			$6,729		2	$3,365	$42,905	17
115	(105)	Rififi			$6,486	+4.87%	4	$1,622	$230,641	66
116	(107)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$6,425	+31.26%	5	$1,285	$2,025,655	563
117	(new)	Monde De Marty, Le			$5,968		4	$1,492	$5,968	3
118	(new)	Invention De L'Amour, L'			$5,964		4	$1,491	$5,964	3
119	(re-entry)	Noce, La			$5,888		1	$5,888	$12,579	10
120	(new)	Prince of Central Park			$5,810		4	$1,453	$5,810	3
121	(new)	Rape Me			$5,773		1	$5,773	$5,773	3
122	(re-entry)	Gouttes Deau Sur Pierres Blulantes			$5,706		2	$2,853	$37,141	17
123	(new)	Left Luggage		Drama	$5,598		1	$5,598	$5,598	3
124	(102)	Luminarias		Comedy	$5,175	-21.91%	6	$863	$407,648	143
125	(114)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,095	+76.54%	3	$1,698	$15,370,740	1,802
126	(112)	New Waterford Girl			$4,943	+35.42%	8	$618	$761,350	115
127	(101)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,491	-35.06%	6	$749	$2,314,327	171
128	(91)	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia	MGM/UA		$4,422	-55.30%	5	$884	$20,032	10
129	(124)	Water Drops on Burning Rocks			$3,751	+108.85%	2	$1,876	$80,374	75
130	(93)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$2,878	-70.02%	3	$959	$8,770,604	514
131	(110)	Orfeu			$2,705	-39.39%	2	$1,353	$70,059	31
132	(120)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$2,563	+3.35%	8	$320	$13,318,112	871
133	(125)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,531	+74.31%	2	$1,266	$2,026,434	815
134	(117)	The Autumn Heart	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$2,380	-12.21%	3	$793	$11,532	17
135	(new)	Le Pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz			$2,271		3	$757	$2,271	3
136	(re-entry)	Humanite			$1,734		3	$578	$113,495	103
137	(re-entry)	Lea			$1,539		1	$1,539	$29,182	45
138	(137)	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie			$1,476	+481.10%	2	$738	$189,921	136
139	(111)	Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God�			$1,396	-65.71%	2	$698	$14,090	17
140	(115)	Woman Chaser			$1,268	-55.63%	2	$634	$107,505	94
141	(new)	Blood, Friends and Money		Horror	$1,227		1	$1,227	$3,340	3
142	(94)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$1,004	-88.90%	2	$502	$151,577	59
143	(119)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$790	-68.59%	2	$395	$239,542	178
144	(129)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$789	-34.90%	1	$789	$343,229	388
145	(new)	Traite ou Patriote			$727		1	$727	$2,675	3
146	(99)	30 Days	Arrow Releasing	Comedy	$508	-93.52%	2	$254	$9,709	10
147	(re-entry)	Cotton Mary			$490		2	$245	$296,469	194
148	(136)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$438	+19.67%	1	$438	$116,508	493
149	(139)	Life is to Whistle	New Yorker		$223	+102.73%	1	$223	$61,878	262
150	(113)	Criminal Lovers			$197	-93.90%	1	$197	$42,856	66
151	(123)	Set Me Free			$50	-97.22%	1	$50	$61,617	164

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