The Sixth Sense joined Titanic and The Phantom Menace to become the third picture in history to enjoy four $20 million plus weekends. It grossed $20.1 million from 2,763 theaters, bringing its total to $138.9 million. It's already the second highest grosser of Bruce Willis' career, and is on track to topple his highest, the $201.6 million grossing Armageddon.

The 13th Warrior scored a modest $10.3 million. It certainly could have been worse for the troubled production. However with a reported budget of $160 million, Disney will be swimming in red ink on this one, canceling out much of the money they made on The Sixth Sense.

In Too Deep was the next highest new release, scoring $4.2 million from just 667 theaters. It performed just as one would expect an urban picture to, a low screen count with a strong average ($6,327 in this case). It should fall fast though.

The terror may have been multiplying, but audiences sure weren't as The Astronaut's Wife grossed only $4 million from 2,209 theaters, giving it a paltry $1,823 average. This puts New Line's record at 1-5 for the year, with the Austin Powers sequel being their only hit.

Though The Muse made only $3.9 million from 1,263 theaters, it couldn't have been expected to make much more. Albert Brooks' pictures just don't make money, his top grosser being Mother at $19.1 million.

Meanwhile, the two new family pictures, Dudley Do-Right and A Dog of Flanders, bombed, grossing $3 million and $807,873 respectively. Both were D.O.A. but were also affected by being released at the start of the new school year.

Editor's Note: Articles published before 2001 were assigned and reported as box office briefings, not a full evaluation or analysis.