The Top Movies of Thursday, February 25, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$661,142	+0.80%	2,545	$260	$34,903,714	14
2	(2)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$583,711	+3.73%	2,768	$211	$59,665,176	21
3	(3)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$420,087	+4.38%	2,030	$207	$55,781,290	77
4	(4)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$328,900	+12.82%	1,495	$220	$7,205,910	7
5	(5)	Blast From the Past	New Line	Comedy	$296,297	+6.89%	2,544	$116	$17,696,809	14
6	(6)	Office Space	Miramax	Black Comedy	$284,462	+6.19%	1,740	$163	$5,450,601	7
7	(7)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$277,988	+21.25%	2,639	$105	$50,418,325	28
8	(8)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$242,317	+10.98%	2,312	$105	$20,908,527	14
9	(9)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$186,392	-1.07%	1,139	$164	$203,930,813	217
10	(10)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$180,909	+0.87%	685	$264	$25,405,476	126
11	(re-entry)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$176,789		764	$231	$10,503,370	77
12	(re-entry)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$114,595		1,584	$72	$129,801,405	63
13	(re-entry)	The Thin Red Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$96,708		905	$107	$34,733,093	65
14	(new)	Jawbreaker	Sony Pictures	Black Comedy	$96,514		801	$120	$2,002,157	7
15	(re-entry)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$90,259		624	$145	$24,406,416	112
16	(re-entry)	Varsity Blues	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$81,188		1,647	$49	$50,535,608	42
17	(re-entry)	Affliction	Lionsgate	Drama	$65,971		323	$204	$2,397,033	58
18	(re-entry)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$62,726		429	$146	$21,568,170	98
19	(re-entry)	A Simple Plan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$52,676		625	$84	$14,856,623	77
20	(re-entry)	A Civil Action	Buena Vista	Drama	$47,869		890	$54	$55,333,142	63

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