Genre Reign Comes to An End

By: Steve Biodrowski
Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2000

The genre's domination of the summer box office came to an end with the release of Bring It On and The Art of War this weekend. The Cell dropped to third place with $9.68-million dollars; the film's total now stands at $33.75-million. Space Cowboys descended to fourth place with $6.52-million, raising its total to $63.71-million. In the #6 position, What Lies Beneath added $4.61-million to its cume, which now stands at $130.92-million. The final genre film to earn a place in the Top Ten was Nutty Professor II, which wound up in ninth place with $3.56-million, for a cume of $109.99-million.

Four other science fiction, horror, or fantasy films earned over $1-million for the weekend: In 12th place, Hollow Man made another $2.81-million, for a total of $66.56-million. Bless the Child came in 13th with $2.71-million, raising its total to $22.75-million. Godzilla 2000 stomped into 14th place with $1.74-million, bringing its total to $7.59-million. And in the #15 position, X-Men managed another $1.37-million; its total now stands at $151.23-million.

Here are final figures for the weekend's Top Ten box office winners, followed by another other science fiction, fantasy, or horror titles to land in the Top Sixty.

U.S. Box Office Finals 8/25 to 8/27/2000
1.	Bring It On	$17.36-million/$17.36-million
2.	The Art of War	$10.41-million/$10.41-million
3.	The Cell	$9.68-million/$33.75-million
4.	Space Cowboys	$6.51-million/$63.71-million
5.	The Original Kings of Comedy	$5.91-million/$5.91-million
6.	What Lies Beneath	$4.61-million/$130.92-million
7.	The Replacements	$4.08-million/$30.78-million
8.	The Crew	$4.05-million/$4.05-million
9.	Nutty Professor II	$3.56-million/$109.99-million
10.	Autumn in New York	$3.27-million/$26.82-million
12.	Hollow Man	$2.81-million/$66.56-million
13.	Bless the Child	$2.71 -million/$22.75 -million
14.	Godzilla 2000	$1.74 -million/$7.59-million
15.	X-Men	$1.37-million/$151.23-million
18.	The Kid	$703-thousand/$65.76-million
19.	The Scary Movie	$682-thousand /$148.50-million
20.	Chicken Run	$576-thousand/$102.90-million
26.	Pokemon 2000	$268-thousand /$42.50-million
27.	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	$229-thousand/$15.12-million
32.	Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	$195-thousand/$25.33-million
34.	Cirque du Soleil Journey of Man	$143-thousand /$5.97 -million
35.	Frequency	$141-thousand/$44.67-million
36.	Girl on the Bridge	$132-thousand /$599-thousand
41.	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	$111-thousand/$33.71 -million
45.	Alien Adventure	$75-thousand /$2.49-million
48.	Mission Impossible II	$70-thousand/$212.95-million
49.	Siegfried and Roy: The Magic Box	$69-thousand /$4.76-million