The Top Movies, Weekend of May 1, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	He Got Game	Buena Vista	Drama	$7,610,663		1,319	$5,770	$7,610,663	3
2	(2)	City of Angels	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,608,070	-26.66%	2,433	$2,716	$55,441,109	24
3	(1)	The Big Hit	Sony Pictures	Action	$5,751,053	-46.80%	2,149	$2,676	$19,353,865	10
4	(new)	Les Miserables	Sony Pictures	Drama	$5,011,840		1,477	$3,393	$5,011,840	3
5	(new)	Black Dog	Universal	Action	$4,809,375		2,025	$2,375	$4,809,375	3
6	(4)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,011,888	-18.76%	2,660	$1,508	$565,736,531	136
7	(5)	Paulie	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$3,749,568	-14.45%	1,803	$2,080	$15,214,249	17
8	(3)	The Object of my Affection	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$3,393,712	-34.25%	1,990	$1,705	$21,856,227	17
9	(6)	Lost In Space	New Line	Adventure	$2,982,199	-25.68%	2,271	$1,313	$62,052,911	31
10	(17)	Sliding Doors	Miramax	Drama	$1,640,438	+96.50%	495	$3,314	$2,738,642	10
11	(7)	The Odd Couple II	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,523,150	-37.78%	1,852	$822	$16,229,136	24
12	(9)	The Players Club	New Line	Drama	$1,384,221	-31.96%	624	$2,218	$19,350,301	26
13	(8)	Mercury Rising	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,304,825	-39.54%	1,273	$1,025	$29,843,055	31
14	(13)	As Good as it Gets	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$872,650	-17.23%	1,205	$724	$144,751,251	131
15	(14)	Good Will Hunting	Miramax	Drama	$825,216	-20.16%	869	$950	$134,183,512	150
16	(15)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$816,111	-6.94%	178	$4,585	$2,872,596	31
17	(11)	Species 2	MGM	Horror	$740,011	-52.97%	1,010	$733	$17,888,593	24
18	(10)	Scream 2	Miramax	Horror	$731,449	-59.15%	1,211	$604	$99,297,310	143
19	(19)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$731,425	-0.54%	36	$20,317	$10,402,351	59
20	(16)	Barney's Great Adventure	Polygram	Adventure	$601,995	-29.33%	836	$720	$9,535,076	31
21	(18)	Primary Colors	Universal	Comedy	$550,515	-33.94%	734	$750	$37,147,192	45
22	(21)	Two Girls and a Guy	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$405,467	-37.57%	304	$1,334	$1,293,295	10
23	(12)	Tarzan and the Lost City	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$391,365	-64.76%	1,367	$286	$1,846,118	10
24	(22)	The Man in the Iron Mask	MGM	Adventure	$361,777	-35.05%	527	$686	$55,424,648	52
25	(34)	Tomorrow Never Dies	MGM	Action	$317,992	+88.37%	909	$350	$124,112,893	136
26	(25)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$274,060	-38.75%	482	$569	$64,131,619	227
27	(28)	The Wedding Singer	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$258,826	-10.05%	279	$928	$75,406,211	80
28	(24)	Grease	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$247,480	-48.25%	845	$293	$180,956,307	7,262
29	(23)	In God's Hands	Sony Pictures	Action	$224,938	-59.50%	110	$2,045	$918,547	10
30	(35)	The Butcher Boy	Warner Bros.	Drama	$224,674	+39.32%	90	$2,496	$1,137,085	31
31	(29)	U.S. Marshals	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$188,946	-26.95%	322	$587	$55,839,764	59
32	(33)	The Newton Boys	20th Century Fox	Drama	$142,891	-17.65%	333	$429	$10,117,861	38
33	(30)	Suicide Kings	Artisan	Drama	$142,836	-44.71%	150	$952	$1,238,937	17
34	(31)	The Apostle	October Films	Drama	$137,854	-37.99%	201	$686	$20,294,343	138
35	(45)	Chinese Box	Trimark	Drama	$135,627	+85.23%	31	$4,375	$392,713	17
36	(27)	Wild Things	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$119,906	-61.33%	287	$418	$28,940,178	45
37	(26)	My Giant	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$100,294	-75.06%	383	$262	$7,508,294	24
38	(36)	The Big Lebowski	Gramercy	Comedy	$99,108	-34.45%	208	$476	$17,177,661	59
39	(41)	The Borrowers	Polygram	Comedy	$91,728	-8.47%	326	$281	$22,301,008	80
40	(new)	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Sony Pictures		$87,983		26	$3,384	$87,983	3
41	(20)	Major League: Back to the Minors	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$87,947	-86.72%	529	$166	$3,414,903	17
42	(new)	Still Breathing	October Films		$86,659		67	$1,293	$86,659	3
43	(37)	Mrs. Dalloway	First Look	Drama	$84,394	-25.07%	76	$1,110	$2,759,908	73
44	(44)	A Price Above Rubies	Miramax	Drama	$82,474	+4.01%	41	$2,012	$732,771	40
45	(42)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$79,016	-14.10%	10	$7,902	$5,539,852	297
46	(new)	Wilde	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$69,424		7	$9,918	$69,424	3
47	(38)	Love and Death on Long Island	Lionsgate	Drama	$65,678	-40.69%	76	$864	$2,223,552	59
48	(46)	Mouse Hunt	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$62,998	-11.15%	105	$600	$61,776,886	136
49	(47)	Dangerous Beauty	Warner Bros.	Drama	$59,880	-15.48%	74	$809	$4,050,849	73
50	(new)	Shooting Fish	Fox Searchlight		$56,240		23	$2,445	$56,240	3
51	(55)	Wild Man Blues	New Line		$55,692	+29.68%	14	$3,978	$204,921	17
52	(40)	Twilight	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$54,715	-47.08%	194	$282	$15,030,732	59
53	(re-entry)	Deja Vu	Rainbow Releasing		$52,233	+80.00%	20	$2,612	$101,815	12
54	(39)	The Big One	Miramax	Documentary	$51,250	-51.91%	37	$1,385	$594,464	24
55	(43)	Mr. Nice Guy	New Line	Action	$51,054	-37.34%	86	$594	$12,172,740	45
56	(57)	The Gingerbread Man	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$47,776	+19.43%	29	$1,647	$1,210,342	101
57	(49)	Senseless	Miramax	Comedy	$46,598	-31.95%	104	$448	$12,971,761	73
58	(32)	Nightwatch	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$42,503	-78.35%	80	$531	$1,154,237	17
59	(48)	Wag the Dog	New Line	Drama	$39,632	-43.72%	102	$389	$43,022,524	130
60	(re-entry)	The Truce	Miramax		$39,613	+71.00%	15	$2,641	$71,448	10
61	(new)	Friend of Deceased	Sony Pictures Classics		$12,527		2	$6,264	$12,527	3
62	(new)	Go Now!	Gramercy		$3,657		1	$3,657	$3,657	3