The Top Movies of Friday, July 23, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$11,800,000		2,808	$4,202	$11,800,000	1
2	(new)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,645,000		2,814	$2,361	$6,645,000	1
3	(2)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,090,000	+70.48%	2,483	$1,244	$33,287,000	8
4	(1)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$3,060,000	+52.86%	2,540	$1,205	$57,459,000	15
5	(3)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,715,000	+32.81%	2,904	$591	$141,720,000	29
6	(6)	Lake Placid	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,635,000	+52.53%	2,102	$778	$17,412,000	8
7	(5)	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,503,000	+34.36%	3,045	$494	$100,284,000	24
8	(new)	Drop Dead Gorgeous	New Line	Comedy	$1,420,000		1,207	$1,176	$1,420,000	1
9	(9)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,405,000	+103.43%	1,191	$1,180	$12,933,000	8
10	(4)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,250,000	+6.49%	2,281	$548	$148,888,000	38
11	(7)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,040,000	+26.08%	1,614	$644	$399,614,000	66
12	(11)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$905,000	+52.98%	1,668	$543	$91,157,000	36
13	(13)	Arlington Road	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$800,000	+68.51%	1,503	$532	$17,475,000	15
14	(8)	Muppets From Space	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$605,000	-18.60%	2,265	$267	$10,238,000	10
15	(12)	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$570,000	+12.51%	1,410	$404	$46,219,000	24
16	(10)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$540,000	-13.63%	1,376	$392	$193,904,000	44
17	(14)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$456,000	+20.98%	27	$16,889	$3,486,000	10
18	(16)	An Ideal Husband	Miramax	Comedy	$375,000	+62.14%	613	$612	$12,804,000	36