The Top Movies of Thursday, August 5, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,349,206	-1.25%	3,158	$1,377	$53,048,339	7
2	(1)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$4,110,697	-7.43%	1,101	$3,734	$55,021,209	23
3	(3)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,093,506	-1.59%	2,854	$734	$34,306,881	9
4	(4)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,949,300	-1.51%	2,877	$678	$55,605,606	14
5	(5)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$1,574,602	-3.60%	2,864	$550	$70,901,069	14
6	(6)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$962,220	-5.95%	2,436	$395	$81,361,595	28
7	(7)	Dick	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$578,142	-4.32%	1,522	$380	$1,182,402	2
8	(8)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$475,024	-2.34%	1,628	$292	$410,551,953	79
9	(11)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$464,467	+3.31%	1,611	$288	$160,142,653	51
10	(10)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$462,032	-1.16%	2,288	$202	$154,564,646	42
11	(9)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$434,272	-8.66%	2,264	$192	$50,534,381	21
12	(12)	Lake Placid	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$287,629	-4.14%	1,798	$160	$27,882,617	21
13	(13)	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$257,013	-7.98%	2,151	$119	$109,996,951	37
14	(14)	Drop Dead Gorgeous	New Line	Comedy	$242,861	-4.84%	1,207	$201	$9,071,874	14
15	(15)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$221,435	-3.76%	1,319	$168	$98,661,497	49
16	(16)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$218,297	+2.23%	1,052	$208	$21,523,766	21
17	(17)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$198,195	-4.84%	1,056	$188	$198,838,017	57
18	(18)	Arlington Road	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$152,106	-1.55%	861	$177	$22,858,445	28
19	(19)	Muppets From Space	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$125,875	-3.23%	1,296	$97	$14,628,480	23
20	(re-entry)	An Ideal Husband	Miramax	Comedy	$102,670		500	$205	$16,074,228	49

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