'WOMEN' ON TOP
Mel Gibson seems to know what people want at the rental counter as What Women Want debuts at the top spot. Gibson plays Nick, the male chauvinist ad exec who reads the inner thoughts of women. Not to be shut out, however, is thinking man's poster girl Gwyneth Paltrow in the romantic drama Bounce, which remains strong at No. 14. And she's on the chart again at No. 18 with Duets. What plenty of women--and men--want, apparently, is Gwyneth.
TAPE RENTALS
LAST GROSS WEEKS ON EW VIDEO WEEK TO DATE CHART GRADE
1 -- WHAT WOMEN WANT Mel Gibson $182.7 1 B- 2 1 MISS CONGENIALITY Sandra Bullock $106.8 2 C+ 3 2 FINDING FORRESTER Sean Connery $51.8 3 B 4 3 THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE Animated $89.2 2 B+ 5 4 MEN OF HONOR Robert De Niro $48.8 5 B- 6 5 LITTLE NICKY Adam Sandler $39.5 3 D- 7 7 ALL THE PRETTY HORSES Matt Damon $79.9 2 B- 8 6 SPACE COWBOYS Clint Eastwood $90.4 4 B 9 8 MEET THE PARENTS Ben Stiller $166.2 10 C 10 9 CHARLIE'S ANGELS Cameron Diaz $125.3 7 B+ 11 11 REMEMBER THE TITANS Denzel Washington $115.7 8 B 12 12 THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE Matt Damon $30.7 6 C+ 13 13 BILLY ELLIOT Jamie Bell $21.9 5 B- 14 10 BOUNCE Gwyneth Paltrow $36.8 6 C+ 15 14 THE LADIES MAN Tim Meadows $17.5 4 C+ 16 -- QUILLS Geoffrey Rush $7.1 1 C 17 15 ALMOST FAMOUS Patrick Fugit $32.5 9 A- 18 -- DUETS Gwyneth Paltrow $4.7 1 C- 19 16 THE 6TH DAY Arnold Schwarzenegger $34.6 9 C 20 17 WHAT LIES BENEATH Michelle Pfeiffer $155.4 15 B+
SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 13, 2001 BOX OFFICE GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS. SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC., AND EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO. INC.
