The Top Movies of Thursday, February 18, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,006,884	-1.00%	2,538	$397	$22,086,756	7
2	(2)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$876,042	+0.45%	2,751	$318	$46,879,392	14
3	(3)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$611,593	+7.26%	2,275	$269	$13,023,742	7
4	(5)	Blast From The Past	New Line	Comedy	$535,472	+10.10%	2,542	$211	$10,759,362	7
5	(4)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$534,472	+4.85%	1,956	$273	$48,313,676	70
6	(6)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$465,860	+11.02%	2,654	$176	$44,113,594	21
7	(7)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$267,291	+7.33%	1,340	$199	$200,735,600	210
8	(9)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$224,725	+4.14%	644	$349	$22,302,412	119
9	(8)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$217,010	+0.40%	573	$379	$6,954,326	70
10	(11)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$202,995	+10.84%	2,101	$97	$127,615,865	56
11	(12)	Varsity Blues	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$143,216	+4.07%	2,036	$70	$48,646,825	35
12	(13)	The Thin Red Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$129,757	+2.82%	1,301	$100	$33,438,127	58
13	(10)	The Prince of Egypt	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$120,504	-41.63%	1,408	$86	$95,701,334	63
14	(14)	A Civil Action	Buena Vista	Drama	$93,483	+0.80%	1,403	$67	$54,379,229	56
15	(16)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$91,964	+6.18%	483	$190	$22,939,937	105
16	(17)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$91,875	+8.26%	482	$191	$20,531,850	91
17	(15)	Stepmom	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$89,542	+2.35%	1,564	$57	$89,440,218	56
18	(18)	A Bug's Life	Buena Vista	Adventure	$85,409	+11.26%	979	$87	$157,505,918	91
19	(19)	A Simple Plan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$77,864	+6.99%	675	$115	$13,950,787	70
20	(20)	Simply Irresistible	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$61,470	+5.09%	1,353	$45	$3,904,428	14

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