The Top Movies of Thursday, August 26, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$2,644,332	-3.49%	2,688	$984	$118,754,754	21
2	(2)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,013,278	+1.00%	3,240	$313	$117,582,719	28
3	(3)	Mickey Blue Eyes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$972,395	-2.98%	2,573	$378	$14,308,481	7
4	(4)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$919,910	-1.86%	2,717	$339	$39,820,035	14
5	(6)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM	Drama	$725,980	-0.04%	2,427	$299	$45,177,839	21
6	(7)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$657,337	-6.73%	2,538	$259	$123,661,999	44
7	(5)	In Too Deep	Gramercy	Drama	$636,016	-28.39%	667	$954	$1,524,241	2
8	(8)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$516,931	+5.08%	2,144	$241	$85,187,221	35
9	(12)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$338,617	+1.44%	2,246	$151	$65,319,052	30
10	(9)	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Miramax	Comedy	$332,301	-6.75%	1,710	$194	$4,899,842	7
11	(11)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$322,410	-5.71%	1,954	$165	$25,856,285	21
12	(10)	Universal Soldier II: The Return	Sony Pictures	Action	$316,079	-8.66%	1,639	$193	$6,220,607	7
13	(14)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$309,671	+13.10%	1,943	$159	$17,802,485	23
14	(13)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$268,320	-4.07%	1,118	$240	$95,272,250	49
15	(15)	Brokedown Palace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$217,015	-6.37%	1,738	$125	$8,839,790	14
16	(16)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$176,186	+2.43%	631	$279	$418,513,721	100
17	(17)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$151,302	-4.95%	1,587	$95	$87,417,617	35
18	(18)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$114,535	+9.50%	743	$154	$165,904,901	72
19	(19)	Detroit Rock City	New Line	Comedy	$93,905	-9.91%	1,802	$52	$4,093,443	14
20	(20)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$78,662	-8.17%	905	$87	$203,457,904	78

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