The Top Movies of Wednesday, August 18, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$3,380,134	-7.61%	2,395	$1,411	$80,246,377	13
2	(2)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$1,704,780	-13.70%	2,706	$630	$23,596,320	6
3	(3)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,568,308	-9.26%	3,212	$488	$102,709,529	20
4	(4)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$1,377,799	-19.48%	2,412	$571	$111,984,740	36
5	(5)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM	Drama	$1,047,007	-13.08%	2,427	$431	$34,195,038	13
6	(7)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$742,423	-3.14%	2,591	$287	$78,126,149	27
7	(6)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$643,380	-16.67%	2,710	$237	$59,225,780	22
8	(8)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$599,760	-9.68%	2,142	$280	$21,196,920	13
9	(9)	Brokedown Palace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$498,622	-20.14%	1,740	$287	$5,582,272	6
10	(10)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$469,293	-0.39%	2,179	$215	$13,901,896	15
11	(11)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$373,140	-6.90%	1,382	$270	$91,772,480	41
12	(12)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$342,706	-12.74%	2,239	$153	$84,739,813	27
13	(14)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$237,863	-5.68%	771	$309	$416,349,911	92
14	(13)	Detroit Rock City	New Line	Comedy	$225,450	-25.86%	1,802	$125	$2,797,357	6
15	(15)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$174,088	+2.11%	944	$184	$164,568,863	64
16	(16)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$131,482	-7.32%	953	$138	$201,731,247	70
17	(17)	Dick	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$116,344	-10.69%	1,522	$76	$5,903,113	15
18	(19)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$86,159	-12.15%	732	$118	$53,764,614	34
19	(20)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$56,270	-5.87%	564	$100	$23,907,532	34
20	(re-entry)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$49,349		553	$89	$100,888,922	62

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