The Top Movies, Weekend of May 8, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Deep Impact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$41,152,375		3,156	$13,039	$41,152,375	3
2	(2)	City of Angels	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,718,049	-28.60%	2,433	$1,939	$61,851,568	31
3	(1)	He Got Game	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,710,911	-51.24%	1,322	$2,807	$13,234,225	10
4	(6)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,178,573	-20.77%	2,256	$1,409	$569,820,413	143
5	(4)	Les Miserables	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,753,148	-45.07%	1,477	$1,864	$9,083,490	10
6	(7)	Paulie	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$2,551,043	-31.96%	1,812	$1,408	$18,334,438	24
7	(new)	Woo	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$2,517,263		625	$4,028	$2,517,263	3
8	(3)	The Big Hit	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,332,176	-59.45%	2,149	$1,085	$23,210,659	17
9	(5)	Black Dog	Universal	Action	$2,285,705	-52.47%	2,050	$1,115	$8,268,605	10
10	(8)	The Object of my Affection	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$2,100,093	-38.12%	1,818	$1,155	$24,906,627	24
11	(9)	Lost In Space	New Line	Adventure	$1,496,964	-49.80%	1,769	$846	$64,319,841	38
12	(10)	Sliding Doors	Miramax	Drama	$1,425,067	-13.13%	519	$2,746	$4,699,521	17
13	(16)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$977,935	+19.83%	296	$3,304	$4,182,825	38
14	(11)	The Odd Couple II	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$810,752	-46.77%	1,603	$506	$17,411,312	31
15	(12)	The Players Club	New Line	Drama	$792,659	-42.74%	693	$1,144	$20,532,692	33
16	(19)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$773,098	+5.70%	37	$20,895	$11,668,452	66
17	(15)	Good Will Hunting	Miramax	Drama	$600,934	-27.18%	697	$862	$135,061,674	157
18	(14)	As Good as it Gets	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$560,315	-35.79%	1,006	$557	$145,568,128	138
19	(13)	Mercury Rising	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$551,205	-57.76%	848	$650	$30,797,610	38
20	(31)	U.S. Marshals	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$400,818	+112.13%	706	$568	$56,289,476	66
21	(20)	Barney's Great Adventure	Polygram	Adventure	$339,268	-43.64%	839	$404	$10,034,791	38
22	(21)	Primary Colors	Universal	Comedy	$313,045	-43.14%	457	$685	$37,613,382	52
23	(25)	Tomorrow Never Dies	MGM	Action	$306,063	-3.75%	904	$339	$124,565,629	143
24	(28)	Grease	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$272,057	+9.93%	802	$339	$181,275,701	7,269
25	(17)	Species 2	MGM	Horror	$254,005	-65.68%	651	$390	$18,404,394	31
26	(24)	The Man in the Iron Mask	MGM	Adventure	$251,014	-30.62%	411	$611	$55,787,411	59
27	(27)	The Wedding Singer	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$244,887	-5.39%	261	$938	$75,737,016	87
28	(35)	Chinese Box	Trimark	Drama	$236,930	+74.69%	68	$3,484	$678,762	24
29	(29)	In God's Hands	Sony Pictures	Action	$221,030	-1.74%	131	$1,687	$1,215,026	17
30	(18)	Scream 2	Miramax	Horror	$206,004	-71.84%	515	$400	$99,716,637	150
31	(22)	Two Girls and a Guy	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$196,335	-51.58%	138	$1,423	$1,650,615	17
32	(30)	The Butcher Boy	Warner Bros.	Drama	$157,125	-30.07%	79	$1,989	$1,388,208	38
33	(55)	Mr. Nice Guy	New Line	Action	$147,652	+189.21%	321	$460	$12,357,059	52
34	(26)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$139,765	-49.00%	278	$503	$64,377,578	234
35	(33)	Suicide Kings	Artisan	Drama	$101,081	-29.23%	152	$665	$1,409,880	24
36	(34)	The Apostle	October Films	Drama	$93,991	-31.82%	136	$691	$20,454,285	145
37	(44)	A Price Above Rubies	Miramax	Drama	$86,092	+4.39%	50	$1,722	$848,095	47
38	(43)	Mrs. Dalloway	First Look	Drama	$86,071	+1.99%	71	$1,212	$2,878,910	80
39	(46)	Wilde	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$79,860	+15.03%	8	$9,983	$187,820	10
40	(38)	The Big Lebowski	Gramercy	Comedy	$70,121	-29.25%	140	$501	$17,293,682	66
41	(re-entry)	Homegrown	Sony Pictures		$65,624	+2,713.00%	37	$1,774	$215,553	24
42	(40)	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Sony Pictures		$65,088	-26.02%	27	$2,411	$180,621	10
43	(45)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$64,944	-17.81%	13	$4,996	$5,668,185	304
44	(32)	The Newton Boys	20th Century Fox	Drama	$63,820	-55.34%	182	$351	$10,227,321	45
45	(53)	Deja Vu	Rainbow Releasing		$63,090	+20.79%	34	$1,856	$186,723	19
46	(47)	Love and Death on Long Island	Lionsgate	Drama	$62,923	-4.19%	72	$874	$2,317,239	66
47	(36)	Wild Things	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$60,844	-49.26%	186	$327	$29,026,632	52
48	(51)	Wild Man Blues	New Line		$60,413	+8.48%	23	$2,627	$295,281	24
49	(re-entry)	Character	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$58,675	+64.00%	47	$1,248	$514,477	45
50	(49)	Dangerous Beauty	Warner Bros.	Drama	$44,285	-26.04%	54	$820	$4,123,085	80
51	(23)	Tarzan and the Lost City	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$43,848	-88.80%	186	$236	$2,020,264	17
52	(39)	The Borrowers	Polygram	Comedy	$43,764	-52.29%	200	$219	$22,359,293	87
53	(48)	Mouse Hunt	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$42,839	-32.00%	87	$492	$61,834,214	143
54	(42)	Still Breathing	October Films		$42,143	-51.37%	67	$629	$152,693	10
55	(37)	My Giant	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$41,785	-58.34%	222	$188	$7,570,041	31
56	(57)	Senseless	Miramax	Comedy	$40,073	-14.00%	59	$679	$13,035,599	80
57	(50)	Shooting Fish	Fox Searchlight		$38,918	-30.80%	21	$1,853	$115,248	10
58	(54)	The Big One	Miramax	Documentary	$36,836	-28.12%	53	$695	$649,370	31
59	(re-entry)	Artemisia	Miramax	Drama	$34,697	+924.00%	5	$6,939	$79,725	38
60	(56)	The Gingerbread Man	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$31,700	-33.65%	26	$1,219	$1,252,962	108
61	(new)	The Kingdom, Part II	October Films		$8,294		2	$4,147	$8,294	3
62	(new)	Louisa May Alcott's Little Men	Legacy Releasing		$4,092		4	$1,023	$4,092	3
63	(new)	Shopping for Fangs	Margin Films		$2,194		1	$2,194	$2,194	3