The Top Movies of Friday, February 19, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,835,000	+181.56%	2,545	$1,114	$24,922,000	8
2	(2)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$2,735,000	+212.20%	2,768	$988	$49,614,000	15
3	(6)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,745,000	+274.58%	2,639	$661	$45,848,000	22
4	(4)	Blast From The Past	New Line	Comedy	$1,730,000	+223.08%	2,544	$680	$12,400,000	8
5	(5)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,660,000	+210.59%	2,030	$818	$49,960,000	71
6	(new)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$1,545,000		1,495	$1,033	$1,545,000	1
7	(3)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,525,000	+149.35%	2,312	$660	$14,549,000	8
8	(new)	Office Space	Miramax	Black Comedy	$1,405,000		1,740	$807	$1,405,000	1
9	(9)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$810,000	+273.25%	764	$1,060	$7,764,000	71
10	(8)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$605,000	+169.22%	685	$883	$22,921,000	120
11	(7)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$580,000	+116.99%	1,139	$509	$201,315,000	211
12	(new)	Jawbreaker	Sony Pictures	Black Comedy	$555,000		801	$693	$555,000	1
13	(11)	Varsity Blues	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$510,000	+256.11%	1,647	$310	$49,157,000	36
14	(10)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$465,000	+129.07%	1,570	$296	$128,081,000	57
15	(15)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$290,000	+215.34%	624	$465	$23,230,000	106
16	(12)	The Thin Red Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$215,000	+65.69%	900	$239	$33,653,000	59