The Top Movies of Sunday, February 21, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$2,704,000	-44.25%	2,768	$977	$57,147,629	17
2	(2)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,422,000	-49.17%	2,545	$952	$32,129,098	10
3	(3)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,219,000	-29.78%	2,312	$960	$19,935,338	10
4	(5)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$1,607,000	-39.59%	1,495	$1,075	$5,905,250	3
5	(6)	Blast From The Past	New Line	Comedy	$1,503,000	-40.59%	2,544	$591	$16,509,086	10
6	(4)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,463,000	-46.80%	2,030	$721	$54,127,857	73
7	(7)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,208,000	-50.49%	2,639	$458	$49,391,514	24
8	(8)	Office Space	Miramax	Black Comedy	$1,097,000	-39.89%	1,740	$630	$4,231,727	3
9	(9)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$741,000	-40.24%	764	$970	$9,758,902	73
10	(10)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$707,000	-37.16%	1,139	$621	$203,152,221	213
11	(11)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$686,000	-37.35%	685	$1,001	$24,666,327	122
12	(12)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$404,000	-53.56%	1,570	$257	$129,358,260	59
13	(14)	Jawbreaker	Sony Pictures	Black Comedy	$391,000	-41.64%	801	$488	$1,603,425	3
14	(13)	Varsity Blues	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$347,000	-53.73%	1,647	$211	$50,231,371	38
15	(15)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$322,000	-37.48%	624	$516	$24,033,506	108
16	(re-entry)	Affliction	Lionsgate	Drama	$313,000		323	$969	$2,115,023	54
17	(16)	The Thin Red Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$266,000	-36.67%	905	$294	$34,370,394	61
18	(re-entry)	The Prince of Egypt	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$245,000		836	$293	$97,388,638	66
19	(re-entry)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$202,000		429	$471	$21,319,104	94
20	(re-entry)	A Simple Plan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$190,000		625	$304	$14,654,632	73