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Julia Roberts blew some whistles this past week as the titular toxic avenger of Erin Brockovich. The video's No. 1 debut is Roberts' second this year -- she also corralled Runaway Bride into the top spot back in February. While Brockovich's Oscar potential probably gave it a lift, that old golden aura didn't exactly make The Cider House Rules invincible. The film that won Michael Caine an Academy Award in March had to settle for second place. No word yet on how all those poor orphans took the defeat.
TAPE RENTALS
LAST GROSS WEEKS EW VIDEO WEEK TO DATE ON CHART GRADE 1 -- ERIN BROCKOVICH Julia Roberts $125.6 1 B+ 2 -- THE CIDER HOUSE RULES Tobey Maguire $57.5 1 B 3 1 REINDEER GAMES Ben Affleck $23.4 2 D 4 3 THE WHOLE NINE YARDS Bruce Willis $57.3 5 C- 5 2 ROMEO MUST DIE Jet Li $56.0 3 C+ 6 5 THE GREEN MILE Tom Hanks $136.8 10 A- 7 4 THE BEACH Leonardo DiCaprio $39.8 4 B- 8 6 THE NINTH GATE Johnny Depp $18.7 5 D 9 9 DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO Rob Schneider $65.5 9 D+ 10 8 THE HURRICANE Denzel Washington $50.7 6 B- 11 7 DROWNING MONA Bette Midler $15.5 4 D- 12 10 THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY Matt Damon $81.3 8 B+ 13 13 AMERICAN BEAUTY Kevin Spacey $130.1 15 A- 14 11 HERE ON EARTH Leelee Sobieski $10.5 2 -- 15 14 HANGING UP Meg Ryan $36.1 8 C+ 16 15 GIRL, INTERRUPTED Winona Ryder $28.9 11 B 17 16 BICENTENNIAL MAN Robin Williams $58.2 10 B- 18 12 MAGNOLIA Tom Cruise $22.5 4 A- 19 17 BUZZ LIGHTYEAR OF STAR COMMAND Tim Allen -- 2 D+ 20 18 MY DOG SKIP Frankie Muniz $34.1 6 B+
SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 20, 2000 BOX OFFICE GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS. SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC., AND EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO. INC.
