THE CHARTS

IN THE 'FAMILY' WAY

Welcome back, Mr. Cage. As the star of The Family Man, an inside-out version of Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, Nicolas Cage returns home--to the top of the chart. His last No. 1 was with Snake Eyes back in March 1999. But Cage had better watch his back. Granted, Sugar & Spice is no American Beauty, but Mena Suvari's latest had enough teen spirit to land at No. 12. After all, it takes one heck of a family man to resist a cheerleader who wields a mean set of pom-poms.

TAPE RENTALS

LAST GROSS TO WEEKS ON EW VIDEO WEEK DATE CHART GRADE

1 -- THE FAMILY MAN Nicolas Cage $75.8* 1 B- 2 1 DOWN TO EARTH Chris Rock $64.2 2 C- 3 2 THE WEDDING PLANNER Jennifer Lopez $60.4 3 C 4 -- DOUBLE TAKE Orlando Jones $29.8 1 C- 5 -- SAVING SILVERMAN Jason Biggs $19.4* 1 D 6 3 UNBREAKABLE Bruce Willis $95.0 4 B 7 4 THIRTEEN DAYS Kevin Costner $34.6 2 B 8 6 CAST AWAY Tom Hanks $233.6 6 B+ 9 5 SAVE THE LAST DANCE Julia Stiles $90.9 5 B- 10 -- THE GIFT Cate Blanchett $12.0 1 A- 11 8 TRAFFIC Benicio Del Toro $124.0 8 B+ 12 -- SUGAR & SPICE Mena Suvari $13.3 1 B 13 7 SNATCH Brad Pitt $30.3 3 C 14 11 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? George Clooney $45.2 6 B 15 13 WHAT WOMEN WANT Mel Gibson $182.7 11 B- 16 12 PROOF OF LIFE Meg Ryan $32.6 5 C 17 9 DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? Ashton Kutcher $46.7 4 D 18 14 THE PLEDGE Jack Nicholson $14.7 5 A- 19 10 WES CRAVEN PRESENTS: DRACULA... Omar Epps $33.0 3 C 20 15 CROUCHING TIGER... Chow Yun-Fat $127.4 7 A

SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 22, 2001 BOX OFFICE GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS. SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC., EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO. INC., AND *BASELINE.