The Top Movies of Thursday, August 20, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$1,425,822	-7.48%	2,654	$537	$132,605,993	28
2	(2)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,134,316	-4.76%	2,201	$515	$96,315,315	37
3	(3)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,019,720	+1.21%	1,396	$730	$15,680,055	7
4	(4)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$813,038	-7.95%	2,058	$395	$37,772,618	21
5	(5)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$802,293	-8.47%	2,718	$295	$35,453,489	14
6	(7)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$746,209	-10.44%	2,407	$310	$47,256,665	23
7	(6)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$732,664	-13.89%	2,466	$297	$14,184,316	7
8	(8)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$709,531	-8.34%	2,669	$266	$43,644,382	16
9	(9)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$499,643	-3.51%	1,786	$280	$182,258,147	51
10	(re-entry)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$432,228		2,123	$204	$80,406,350	35

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