The Top Movies of Thursday, March 4, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	8MM	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$907,389	+4.17%	2,370	$383	$18,315,537	7
2	(2)	The Other Sister	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$553,946	+32.60%	1,343	$412	$8,559,208	7
3	(3)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$430,800	+11.89%	2,545	$169	$42,976,812	21
4	(4)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$408,632	+9.78%	2,852	$143	$68,126,654	28
5	(5)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$392,349	+22.74%	1,920	$204	$61,531,670	84
6	(6)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$304,020	+27.59%	1,702	$179	$13,066,960	14
7	(9)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$241,915	+32.55%	2,301	$105	$54,845,863	35
8	(7)	Blast From The Past	New Line	Comedy	$227,967	+12.32%	2,516	$91	$21,834,649	21
9	(8)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$221,949	+11.94%	681	$326	$28,192,961	133
10	(11)	200 Cigarettes	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$198,032	+13.71%	976	$203	$4,068,407	7
11	(12)	Office Space	Miramax	Black Comedy	$193,322	+14.38%	1,740	$111	$8,693,366	14
12	(10)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$188,074	+7.15%	2,349	$80	$26,646,247	21
13	(13)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$150,037	+10.57%	1,008	$149	$206,140,068	224
14	(14)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$141,955	+12.29%	790	$180	$13,027,936	84
15	(15)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$80,351	+17.64%	571	$141	$25,486,316	119
16	(16)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$65,850	+15.38%	929	$71	$130,913,105	70
17	(19)	Affliction	Lionsgate	Drama	$51,874	+20.74%	335	$155	$3,351,445	65
18	(20)	Jawbreaker	Sony Pictures	Black Comedy	$49,910	+17.63%	801	$62	$2,901,796	14
19	(17)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$48,700	+7.72%	358	$136	$22,326,081	105
20	(18)	The Prince of Egypt	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$46,991	+6.29%	727	$65	$97,249,843	77

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