The Top Movies of Wednesday, February 17, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,017,015	-15.94%	2,538	$401	$21,062,857	6
2	(2)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$872,147	-19.03%	2,751	$317	$46,003,350	13
3	(4)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$570,177	-6.03%	2,275	$251	$12,412,149	6
4	(3)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$509,733	-22.88%	1,956	$261	$47,779,643	69
5	(6)	Blast From The Past	New Line	Comedy	$486,349	-15.75%	2,542	$191	$10,223,890	6
6	(5)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$419,616	-27.43%	2,654	$158	$43,647,794	20
7	(7)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$249,032	-17.64%	1,340	$186	$200,468,309	209
8	(8)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$216,137	-12.39%	573	$377	$6,737,316	69
9	(9)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$215,793	-4.97%	644	$335	$22,077,687	118
10	(13)	The Prince of Egypt	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$206,443	+72.60%	1,408	$147	$95,580,830	62
11	(10)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$183,150	-18.34%	2,101	$87	$127,412,870	55
12	(11)	Varsity Blues	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$137,617	-21.38%	2,036	$68	$48,503,609	34
13	(12)	The Thin Red Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$126,194	-15.51%	1,301	$97	$33,307,570	57
14	(15)	A Civil Action	Buena Vista	Drama	$92,739	-10.10%	1,403	$66	$54,285,746	55
15	(14)	Stepmom	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$87,485	-16.28%	1,564	$56	$89,350,676	55
16	(17)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$86,614	-1.08%	483	$179	$22,847,973	104
17	(16)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$84,868	-13.19%	482	$176	$20,439,975	90
18	(19)	A Bug's Life	Buena Vista	Adventure	$76,766	+1.08%	979	$78	$157,420,509	90
19	(18)	A Simple Plan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$72,780	-12.30%	675	$108	$13,872,923	69
20	(20)	Simply Irresistible	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$58,491	-17.50%	1,353	$43	$3,842,958	13

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