The Top Movies of Friday, February 26, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	8MM	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,565,000		2,370	$1,926	$4,565,000	1
2	(new)	The Other Sister	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$1,925,000		1,343	$1,433	$1,925,000	1
3	(2)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,819,824	+211.77%	2,768	$657	$61,485,000	22
4	(1)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,710,286	+158.69%	2,545	$672	$36,614,000	15
5	(4)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$1,300,090	+295.28%	1,495	$870	$8,506,000	8
6	(3)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,174,710	+179.63%	2,030	$579	$56,956,000	78
7	(new)	200 Cigarettes	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,120,000		976	$1,148	$1,120,000	1
8	(7)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,071,675	+285.51%	2,639	$406	$51,490,000	29
9	(8)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,030,473	+325.26%	2,312	$446	$21,939,000	15
10	(5)	Blast From the Past	New Line	Comedy	$874,191	+195.04%	2,544	$344	$18,571,000	15
11	(6)	Office Space	Miramax	Black Comedy	$760,399	+167.31%	1,740	$437	$6,211,000	8
12	(11)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$549,630	+210.90%	764	$719	$11,053,000	78
13	(10)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$489,524	+170.59%	685	$715	$25,895,000	127
14	(9)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$379,187	+103.44%	1,139	$333	$204,310,000	218