The Top Movies of Friday, August 6, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$8,005,000		2,161	$3,704	$8,005,000	1
2	(2)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$7,805,000	+89.87%	2,142	$3,644	$63,507,000	24
3	(1)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$6,805,000	+56.47%	3,158	$2,155	$59,653,000	8
4	(new)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM	Drama	$4,065,000		2,427	$1,675	$4,065,000	1
5	(new)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$3,335,000		2,132	$1,564	$3,335,000	1
6	(3)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,205,000	+53.09%	2,901	$1,105	$37,512,000	10
7	(4)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,430,000	+24.66%	2,862	$849	$58,036,000	15
8	(5)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$2,080,000	+32.10%	2,881	$722	$72,981,000	15
9	(new)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,685,000		2,179	$773	$1,705,000	3
10	(6)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$1,145,000	+19.00%	1,770	$647	$82,507,000	29
11	(7)	Dick	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$730,000	+26.27%	1,522	$480	$1,912,000	3
12	(8)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$595,000	+25.26%	1,188	$501	$411,147,000	80
13	(11)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$510,000	+17.44%	1,612	$316	$51,044,000	22
14	(10)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$420,000	-9.10%	1,518	$277	$154,985,000	43
15	(9)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$410,000	-11.73%	1,132	$362	$160,563,000	52