The Top Movies of Thursday, August 27, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Blade	New Line	Action	$1,562,605	-2.37%	2,322	$673	$24,217,629	7
2	(2)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$1,002,146	-5.65%	2,671	$375	$147,196,648	35
3	(3)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$979,332	+6.02%	2,186	$448	$107,857,602	44
4	(4)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$548,040	-4.59%	1,864	$294	$44,770,160	28
5	(6)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$510,990	-0.57%	1,399	$365	$24,336,903	14
6	(5)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$491,167	-7.14%	2,169	$226	$53,281,552	30
7	(7)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$453,692	-1.79%	2,542	$178	$42,465,475	21
8	(8)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$411,189	-7.36%	1,797	$229	$6,827,188	7
9	(9)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$406,647	-7.10%	1,467	$277	$6,361,185	7
10	(10)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$334,352	-7.22%	2,466	$136	$19,400,341	14

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