The Top Movies of Tuesday, August 24, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$3,021,951	+6.32%	2,688	$1,124	$113,370,529	19
2	(3)	Mickey Blue Eyes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,172,694	+19.32%	2,573	$456	$12,333,799	5
3	(2)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$1,127,555	+9.21%	2,717	$415	$37,962,760	12
4	(4)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,124,628	+21.16%	3,240	$347	$115,566,159	26
5	(5)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$870,053	+10.98%	2,538	$343	$122,299,883	42
6	(6)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM	Drama	$842,216	+27.22%	2,427	$347	$43,725,589	19
7	(7)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$526,157	+7.26%	2,144	$245	$84,178,348	33
8	(8)	Universal Soldier II: The Return	Sony Pictures	Action	$488,295	+5.00%	1,639	$298	$5,558,487	5
9	(9)	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Miramax	Comedy	$450,609	+3.90%	1,710	$264	$4,211,170	5
10	(10)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$412,334	+5.43%	2,246	$184	$64,646,634	28
11	(11)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$381,030	+8.33%	1,954	$195	$25,191,925	19
12	(14)	Brokedown Palace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$313,009	+19.83%	1,738	$180	$8,390,994	12
13	(12)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$307,450	+7.84%	1,118	$275	$94,724,235	47
14	(13)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$285,497	+4.13%	1,943	$147	$17,219,010	21
15	(16)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$196,111	+16.37%	631	$311	$418,165,536	98
16	(15)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$182,403	+4.78%	1,587	$115	$87,107,139	33
17	(17)	Detroit Rock City	New Line	Comedy	$128,145	+15.60%	1,802	$71	$3,895,298	12
18	(18)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$109,867	+11.33%	743	$148	$165,685,769	70
19	(19)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$98,131	+3.35%	905	$108	$203,293,578	76
20	(20)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$45,014	+26.70%	501	$90	$54,228,298	40

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