Jackie Chan kicked some serious girlie ass at the box office this weekend.
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According to box office estimates, Rush Hour, the martial arts flick combining the adrenaline of the slick-moving Asian star Chan and the slick-talking American comedian Chris Tucker, earned a record $31 million.

The industry was surprised by this movie's huge gross, the first time Chan, a major star overseas, has really scored big in America. It set the record for an opening weekend in September--an often lackluster period following the end of summer and prior to the winter holiday season.

"I think no one expected this number, including us," said New Line Cinema's marketing and distribution president, Mitch Goldman, of his studio's Rush Hour.

Chan and company completely crushed the debut of One True Thing, the melodrama starring Meryl Streep as a cancer stricken mother and Ren?e Zellweger as her emotionally conflicted daughter. The film earned just $6.6 million.

Last week's No. 1, the gambling drama Rounders, dropped to fourth place, behind summer smash There's Something About Mary. Saving Private Ryan and Armageddon also continued to have Top 10 appeal.

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1 - RUSH HOUR [R] - $31.0 million; Opening weekend
2 - ONE TRUE THING - $6.6; Opening weekend
3 - THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY [R] - $5.9; $147.4 million total
4 - ROUNDERS [R]  - $4.8; $16.2 million total
5 - SIMON BIRCH [PG] - $3.9; $8.3 million total
6 - SAVING PRIVATE RYAN [R] - $3.4; $178.1 million total
7 - BLADE [R] - $3.3; $61.3 million total
8 - EVER AFTER [PG-13] - $1.7; $59.5 million total
9 - ARMAGEDDON [R] - $1.2; $195.7 million total
10 - SNAKE EYES [R] - $1.0; $53.8 million total
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