The Top Movies of Friday, August 27, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$5,808,000	+119.64%	2,763	$2,102	$124,563,000	22
2	(new)	The 13th Warrior	Buena Vista	Action	$3,381,000		2,306	$1,466	$3,381,000	1
3	(2)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,115,000	+108.73%	3,092	$684	$119,698,000	29
4	(4)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$2,070,000	+125.02%	2,727	$759	$41,890,000	15
5	(3)	Mickey Blue Eyes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,752,000	+80.17%	2,572	$681	$16,060,000	8
6	(5)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM	Drama	$1,333,000	+83.61%	2,095	$636	$46,511,000	22
7	(6)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$1,257,000	+91.23%	2,618	$480	$124,919,000	45
8	(7)	In Too Deep	Gramercy	Drama	$1,225,000	+92.61%	667	$1,837	$2,749,000	3
9	(new)	The Muse	October Films	Comedy	$1,178,000		1,259	$936	$1,178,000	1
10	(new)	The Astronaut's Wife	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$1,174,000		2,206	$532	$1,174,000	1
11	(new)	Dudley Do-Right	Universal	Comedy	$860,000		1,799	$478	$860,000	1
12	(8)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$617,000	+19.36%	1,709	$361	$85,804,000	36
13	(9)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$606,000	+78.96%	1,711	$354	$65,925,000	31
14	(10)	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Miramax	Comedy	$511,000	+53.78%	1,709	$299	$5,411,000	8
15	(12)	Universal Soldier II: The Return	Sony Pictures	Action	$444,000	+40.47%	1,638	$271	$6,665,000	8
16	(14)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$367,000	+36.78%	895	$410	$95,639,000	50
17	(13)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$309,000	-0.22%	1,303	$237	$18,111,000	24
18	(11)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$292,000	-9.43%	730	$400	$26,148,000	22
19	(new)	A Dog of Flanders	Warner Bros.	Drama	$263,000		1,270	$207	$263,000	1
20	(16)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$251,000	+42.46%	497	$505	$418,765,000	101