The Top Movies, Weekend of September 29, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Remember the Titans	Buena Vista	Drama	$20,905,831		1,865	$11,210	$20,905,831	3
2	(2)	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	Horror	$7,205,523	-11.67%	1,150	$6,266	$17,671,975	9,777
3	(3)	Almost Famous	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$5,570,441	-19.58%	1,635	$3,407	$17,833,970	17
4	(1)	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Sony Pictures	Horror	$4,406,105	-48.20%	2,539	$1,735	$14,678,251	10
5	(4)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$3,008,525	-29.63%	2,466	$1,220	$59,696,570	38
6	(5)	The Watcher	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$2,280,260	-37.79%	2,636	$865	$26,009,895	24
7	(7)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$2,072,981	-36.61%	1,489	$1,392	$21,003,845	24
8	(6)	Bait	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,731,888	-48.54%	2,010	$862	$13,244,329	17
9	(8)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$1,644,746	-24.97%	1,674	$983	$150,596,856	73
10	(new)	Beautiful	Destination Films	Drama	$1,409,433		646	$2,182	$1,409,433	3
11	(9)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,402,641	-34.96%	2,006	$699	$86,975,047	59
12	(10)	Woman on Top	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$1,101,067	-45.17%	1,086	$1,014	$3,753,521	10
13	(11)	The Cell	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$1,040,830	-35.12%	1,423	$731	$59,084,146	45
14	(12)	Scary Movie	Dimension	Comedy	$816,607	-37.74%	1,253	$652	$154,863,326	87
15	(15)	The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$765,434	-30.73%	1,049	$730	$36,589,121	45
16	(14)	The Replacements	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$716,798	-36.91%	1,156	$620	$43,487,911	52
17	(13)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$678,165	-44.76%	1,085	$625	$120,834,495	66
18	(18)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$544,249	-33.06%	725	$751	$58,553,881	59
19	(19)	Saving Grace	Fine Line	Comedy	$476,308	-31.39%	632	$754	$11,483,975	59
20	(16)	Duets	Buena Vista	Drama	$461,748	-50.62%	577	$800	$4,262,782	17
21	(17)	The Art of War	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$439,233	-47.15%	720	$610	$29,458,928	38
22	(32)	The Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$417,840	+74.81%	630	$663	$68,493,389	87
23	(new)	Best in Show	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$413,436		13	$31,803	$481,784	5
24	(37)	Gone in 60 Seconds	Buena Vista	Action	$385,595	+158.44%	435	$886	$100,109,958	115
25	(22)	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	Drama	$372,285	-28.52%	502	$742	$180,631,498	94
26	(20)	Autumn in New York	MGM/UA	Drama	$367,007	-46.78%	827	$444	$37,079,093	52
27	(24)	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Action	$354,049	-17.92%	508	$697	$155,721,184	80
28	(21)	Highlander: Endgame	Dimension	Action	$285,185	-55.95%	737	$387	$12,472,432	31
29	(26)	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	Action	$273,392	-33.04%	407	$672	$186,089,136	150
30	(31)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$217,282	-13.77%	143	$1,519	$3,675,840	59
31	(30)	The Patriot	Sony Pictures	Drama	$210,110	-24.53%	311	$676	$113,053,954	96
32	(28)	Chicken Run	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$200,996	-31.48%	518	$388	$105,537,961	103
33	(new)	Girlfight	Sony Pictures	Drama	$197,896		28	$7,068	$197,896	3
34	(25)	The Crew	Buena Vista	Comedy	$197,822	-51.74%	514	$385	$12,793,834	38
35	(23)	The Way of the Gun	Artisan	Action	$191,160	-56.79%	405	$472	$5,596,579	24
36	(29)	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	Horror	$176,389	-37.04%	271	$651	$72,713,763	59
37	(36)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$152,729	-8.71%	25	$6,109	$12,579,135	150
38	(27)	Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$144,371	-52.93%	321	$450	$28,843,558	52
39	(33)	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$143,415	-24.28%	246	$583	$117,187,119	122
40	(34)	Mission: Impossible 2	Paramount Pictures	Action	$112,807	-38.11%	258	$437	$215,250,842	131
41	(new)	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$109,694		7	$15,671	$109,694	3
42	(46)	Dancer in the Dark	Fine Line	Musical	$106,463	+16.21%	3	$35,488	$271,246	10
43	(38)	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$89,074	-32.34%	177	$503	$90,380,689	101
44	(45)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$88,231	-5.12%	17	$5,190	$38,965,024	809
45	(54)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$84,103	+43.05%	20	$4,205	$34,598,162	710
46	(41)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$81,176	-27.37%	22	$3,690	$7,046,788	150
47	(39)	Croupier	Shooting Gallery	Drama	$81,006	-30.70%	117	$692	$6,028,676	164
48	(51)	Urbania		Drama	$78,064	+19.95%	27	$2,891	$271,006	17
49	(47)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$75,039	+0.79%	48	$1,563	$1,309,475	66
50	(35)	Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Action	$70,429	-59.46%	177	$398	$70,230,985	108
51	(48)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$68,859	-4.01%	30	$2,295	$50,433,962	275
52	(40)	Pokemon 2000	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$64,496	-43.13%	289	$223	$43,704,207	73
53	(42)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$61,092	-44.69%	150	$407	$136,559,444	136
54	(56)	Goya in Bordeaux			$59,586	+26.14%	17	$3,505	$194,120	17
55	(new)	Promenons-nous Dans Les Bois			$56,119		29	$1,935	$56,119	3
56	(50)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$55,089	-16.32%	6	$9,182	$3,004,084	171
57	(44)	Uninvited Guest			$54,432	-46.02%	27	$2,016	$170,832	10
58	(43)	Under Suspicion			$48,916	-55.48%	19	$2,575	$194,326	10
59	(52)	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal	Comedy	$42,875	-33.35%	128	$335	$26,000,610	94
60	(59)	Godzilla 2000	Sony Pictures	Action	$40,047	-7.36%	118	$339	$9,847,703	45
61	(53)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$38,615	-34.48%	11	$3,510	$10,203,488	559
62	(73)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$34,146	+17.79%	14	$2,439	$5,024,436	367
63	(71)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$33,932	+13.98%	10	$3,393	$7,548,178	339
64	(re-entry)	Place Vendome			$33,235		13	$2,557	$379,839	45
65	(75)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$29,827	+3.37%	11	$2,712	$249,815	115
66	(new)	Barenaked in America	Shooting Gallery	Documentary	$27,714		16	$1,732	$27,714	3
67	(86)	Bittersweet Motel		Documentary	$27,598	+42.86%	16	$1,725	$223,606	38
68	(re-entry)	MVP: Most Valuable Primate		Comedy	$27,237		88	$310	$942,594	52
69	(79)	Solas			$26,634	+7.92%	10	$2,663	$106,381	24
70	(60)	Butterfly	Miramax	Drama	$26,511	-38.15%	68	$390	$2,056,396	108
71	(68)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$26,492	-22.82%	12	$2,208	$570,505	52
72	(57)	Sunshine	Paramount Classics	Drama	$24,451	-47.24%	64	$382	$4,967,122	115
73	(55)	Backstage	Miramax	Documentary	$23,880	-52.07%	49	$487	$1,184,727	26
74	(62)	Hochelaga			$23,084	-42.29%	25	$923	$376,714	31
75	(61)	Gout Des Autres, Le			$22,911	-44.90%	12	$1,909	$151,221	10
76	(70)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$21,915	-32.08%	10	$2,192	$4,811,282	584
77	(67)	Shower		Drama	$20,826	-40.04%	29	$718	$1,077,740	87
78	(88)	Groove	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$20,316	+16.18%	23	$883	$856,584	115
79	(66)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$20,136	-43.64%	26	$774	$1,589,848	264
80	(78)	Cecil B. Demented	Artisan	Black Comedy	$20,091	-20.59%	45	$446	$1,216,374	52
81	(102)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$20,086	+81.87%	2	$10,043	$190,822	5,400
82	(108)	Dark Days			$19,948	+128.00%	6	$3,325	$145,707	33
83	(65)	Solomon and Gaenor			$19,383	-49.76%	20	$969	$196,459	38
84	(49)	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Destination Films	Adventure	$17,532	-75.20%	101	$174	$15,911,332	68
85	(74)	God's Army	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$17,390	-39.75%	34	$511	$2,566,622	206
86	(72)	Love and Sex			$17,173	-41.42%	34	$505	$536,287	38
87	(77)	Into the Arms of Strangers	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$17,147	-37.67%	5	$3,429	$102,433	17
88	(84)	Maelstrom			$17,004	-17.17%	9	$1,889	$107,491	17
89	(58)	Shanghai Noon	Buena Vista	Western	$15,693	-65.41%	40	$392	$56,932,305	129
90	(93)	The Opportunists			$14,834	+0.22%	21	$706	$554,866	52
91	(91)	Decalogue			$14,800	-5.32%	3	$4,933	$340,723	115
92	(new)	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Indican Pictures	Drama	$14,316		2	$7,158	$14,316	3
93	(63)	Turn It Up	New Line	Drama	$13,817	-65.16%	55	$251	$1,244,676	26
94	(87)	This is Spinal Tap	MGM/UA	Comedy	$13,426	-25.21%	10	$1,343	$175,044	6,058
95	(101)	Alice et Martin	October Films	Drama	$13,314	+17.18%	20	$666	$743,115	73
96	(90)	Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire			$12,495	-20.89%	7	$1,785	$208,434	38
97	(112)	Gimme Shelter			$11,792	+70.40%	3	$3,931	$193,092	52
98	(89)	Blood Simple	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$11,262	-31.54%	20	$563	$1,667,340	5,736
99	(104)	Chuck&Buck	Artisan	Drama	$11,218	+5.75%	12	$935	$1,050,600	80
100	(85)	Rape Me		Drama	$11,199	-43.29%	8	$1,400	$74,018	17
101	(95)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$10,877	-22.30%	4	$2,719	$4,993,756	584
102	(81)	Psycho Beach Party		Comedy	$10,711	-55.06%	8	$1,339	$235,816	59
103	(82)	Human Resources			$10,209	-52.69%	8	$1,276	$79,875	19
104	(64)	The Eyes of Tammy Faye		Documentary	$9,744	-75.18%	20	$487	$1,025,234	73
105	(99)	Polax			$9,325	-27.98%	2	$4,663	$65,483	24
106	(96)	The Color of Paradise	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,984	-35.74%	11	$817	$1,794,343	185
107	(80)	The Fantasticks	MGM/UA		$8,887	-63.24%	6	$1,481	$40,956	10
108	(116)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$8,568	+33.35%	5	$1,714	$2,040,635	570
109	(76)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$8,460	-70.60%	4	$2,115	$533,764	59
110	(94)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$8,118	-42.52%	3	$2,706	$386,512	171
111	(109)	Bossa Nova	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$7,969	-1.40%	11	$724	$1,816,792	157
112	(97)	Pariah	Indican Pictures		$7,912	-42.77%	2	$3,956	$192,590	101
113	(142)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$7,263	+623.41%	6	$1,211	$166,042	66
114	(98)	The Tic Code		Drama	$6,838	-47.34%	8	$855	$203,849	59
115	(115)	Rififi			$6,566	+1.23%	3	$2,189	$239,850	73
116	(124)	Luminarias		Comedy	$6,511	+25.82%	9	$723	$415,885	150
117	(103)	Time Regained			$6,355	-41.54%	3	$2,118	$384,682	108
118	(107)	La Vie Après L'Amour		Comedy	$6,226	-36.27%	12	$519	$1,795,758	87
119	(111)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$5,564	-22.06%	4	$1,391	$16,539,561	1,179
120	(132)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$5,231	+104.10%	5	$1,046	$13,325,849	878
121	(130)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,134	+78.39%	4	$1,284	$8,776,293	521
122	(106)	Wonderland			$5,101	-48.22%	17	$300	$404,445	66
123	(110)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$4,928	-33.67%	10	$493	$536,988	150
124	(113)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$4,928	-28.00%	8	$616	$172,632	47
125	(126)	New Waterford Girl			$4,695	-5.02%	4	$1,174	$774,469	122
126	(121)	Rape Me			$4,471	-22.55%	1	$4,471	$13,954	10
127	(125)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,084	-19.84%	3	$1,361	$15,378,918	1,809
128	(127)	East-West	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,825	-14.83%	7	$546	$2,319,726	178
129	(118)	Invention De L'Amour, L'			$3,026	-49.26%	4	$757	$11,390	10
130	(123)	Left Luggage		Drama	$2,840	-49.27%	1	$2,840	$11,400	10
131	(119)	Noce, La			$2,822	-52.07%	1	$2,822	$16,799	17
132	(re-entry)	It All Starts Today			$2,639		2	$1,320	$10,854	24
133	(133)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,554	+0.91%	2	$1,277	$2,030,487	822
134	(117)	Monde De Marty, Le			$2,487	-58.33%	4	$622	$10,953	10
135	(new)	Running on the Sun			$2,464		1	$2,464	$2,464	3
136	(140)	Woman Chaser			$2,371	+86.99%	2	$1,186	$110,719	101
137	(new)	Twilight in Los Angeles			$2,342		1	$2,342	$3,174	5
138	(128)	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia	MGM/UA		$2,307	-47.83%	4	$577	$24,144	17
139	(131)	Orfeu			$2,253	-16.71%	3	$751	$73,242	38
140	(re-entry)	Breathless		Drama	$1,525		1	$1,525	$51,245	14,472
141	(135)	Le Pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz			$1,468	-35.36%	3	$489	$4,841	10
142	(150)	Criminal Lovers			$1,231	+524.87%	1	$1,231	$44,414	73
143	(151)	Set Me Free			$981	+1,862.00%	2	$491	$61,121	171
144	(137)	Lea			$914	-40.61%	1	$914	$31,071	52
145	(new)	The Price of Air			$895		1	$895	$895	3
146	(143)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$865	+9.49%	1	$865	$240,740	185
147	(105)	The Specials			$855	-91.56%	2	$428	$12,996	10
148	(147)	Cotton Mary			$848	+73.06%	3	$283	$297,527	201
149	(re-entry)	Kestrel's Eye			$847		1	$847	$31,673	248
150	(re-entry)	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story		Documentary	$841		1	$841	$232,337	234
151	(149)	Life is to Whistle	New Yorker		$825	+269.96%	2	$413	$62,703	269
152	(re-entry)	Benjamin Smoke	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$664		2	$332	$22,905	73
153	(re-entry)	Shadow Hours			$349		1	$349	$38,530	80
154	(148)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$252	-42.47%	1	$252	$117,198	500
155	(141)	Blood, Friends and Money		Horror	$196	-84.03%	1	$196	$3,631	10
156	(129)	Water Drops on Burning Rocks			$123	-96.72%	1	$123	$82,197	82

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