The Top Movies of Thursday, August 19, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$3,309,896	-2.08%	2,395	$1,382	$83,556,273	14
2	(2)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$1,596,540	-6.35%	2,706	$590	$25,192,860	7
3	(3)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,539,448	-1.84%	3,212	$479	$104,248,977	21
4	(4)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$1,253,231	-9.04%	2,412	$520	$113,237,971	37
5	(5)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM	Drama	$1,019,007	-2.67%	2,427	$420	$35,214,045	14
6	(6)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$718,637	-3.20%	2,591	$277	$78,844,786	28
7	(7)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$636,961	-1.00%	2,710	$235	$59,862,741	23
8	(8)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$546,210	-8.93%	2,142	$255	$21,743,130	14
9	(9)	Brokedown Palace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$454,124	-8.92%	1,740	$261	$6,036,396	7
10	(10)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$437,335	-6.81%	2,179	$201	$14,339,231	16
11	(11)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$352,410	-5.56%	1,382	$255	$92,124,890	42
12	(12)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$337,479	-1.53%	2,239	$151	$85,077,292	28
13	(13)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$229,581	-3.48%	771	$298	$416,579,492	93
14	(14)	Detroit Rock City	New Line	Comedy	$206,675	-8.33%	1,802	$115	$3,004,032	7
15	(15)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$168,360	-3.29%	944	$178	$164,737,183	65
16	(16)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$121,530	-7.57%	953	$128	$201,852,777	71
17	(17)	Dick	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$113,444	-2.49%	1,522	$75	$6,016,557	16
18	(18)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$78,923	-8.40%	732	$108	$53,843,527	35
19	(19)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$50,720	-9.86%	564	$90	$23,958,252	35
20	(20)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$44,435	-9.96%	553	$80	$100,933,357	63

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