The Top Movies of Wednesday, February 24, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$655,914	-18.29%	2,545	$258	$34,242,572	13
2	(2)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$562,711	-21.26%	2,768	$203	$59,081,466	20
3	(3)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$402,458	-15.97%	2,030	$198	$55,361,203	76
4	(5)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$291,535	-17.02%	1,495	$195	$6,877,010	6
5	(6)	Blast From the Past	New Line	Comedy	$277,203	-16.13%	2,544	$109	$17,398,512	13
6	(4)	Office Space	Miramax	Black Comedy	$267,869	-27.25%	1,740	$154	$5,166,139	6
7	(7)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$229,276	-21.36%	2,639	$87	$50,140,337	27
8	(8)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$218,347	-10.25%	2,312	$94	$20,666,210	13
9	(10)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$188,403	-12.28%	1,139	$165	$203,744,421	216
10	(9)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$179,346	-17.52%	685	$262	$25,224,557	125

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