The Top Movies, Weekend of July 31, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$23,601,801	-22.81%	2,540	$9,292	$73,362,161	10
2	(new)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$11,148,497		2,247	$4,962	$16,212,233	5
3	(4)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$10,910,994	-12.99%	2,145	$5,087	$60,050,268	19
4	(new)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$10,218,831		2,436	$4,195	$13,101,455	5
5	(new)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$8,526,904		1,767	$4,826	$8,526,904	3
6	(2)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$8,320,932	-37.97%	2,515	$3,309	$61,953,317	17
7	(3)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,789,156	-40.74%	2,602	$2,994	$107,901,821	24
8	(5)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$7,561,217	-32.24%	2,491	$3,035	$163,139,999	33
9	(6)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,587,632	-37.13%	2,184	$2,101	$126,125,563	38
10	(8)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,695,777	-43.82%	1,944	$1,901	$13,770,804	10
11	(new)	BASEketball	Universal	Comedy	$3,086,105		1,905	$1,620	$3,086,105	3
12	(7)	Disturbing Behavior	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$2,966,617	-57.67%	1,842	$1,611	$13,229,932	10
13	(9)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$2,838,688	-46.62%	1,701	$1,669	$46,204,269	24
14	(10)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,581,005	-55.04%	1,158	$1,365	$111,506,109	45
15	(12)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,168,551	-20.84%	769	$1,520	$595,467,018	227
16	(11)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,008,408	-63.14%	1,175	$858	$24,510,096	24
17	(13)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$954,563	-6.50%	63	$15,152	$32,219,098	150
18	(20)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$423,951	+12.20%	143	$2,965	$2,399,276	38
19	(16)	The X Files: Fight the Future	20th Century Fox	Action	$414,534	-58.55%	467	$888	$81,202,634	45
20	(21)	The Horse Whisperer	Buena Vista	Drama	$394,264	+13.23%	418	$943	$72,842,570	80
21	(14)	The Truman Show	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$390,166	-61.66%	611	$639	$122,817,038	59
22	(15)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$370,063	-63.43%	383	$966	$70,408,195	52
23	(18)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$356,682	-37.78%	446	$800	$57,106,534	66
24	(17)	Out of Sight	Universal	Drama	$335,415	-60.14%	379	$885	$36,221,460	38
25	(27)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$250,310	+69.58%	25	$10,012	$601,702	24
26	(22)	Gone with the Wind	MGM	Drama	$204,640	-33.76%	200	$1,023	$197,602,167	21,416
27	(23)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$204,401	-23.44%	110	$1,858	$4,765,587	73
28	(53)	Can't Hardly Wait	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$184,733	+564.84%	456	$405	$24,804,763	52
29	(25)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$182,893	+7.92%	23	$7,952	$8,922,866	388
30	(19)	A Perfect Murder	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$180,060	-53.95%	201	$896	$67,072,408	59
31	(24)	City of Angels	Warner Bros.	Drama	$155,447	-33.07%	349	$445	$78,331,596	115
32	(26)	Buffalo '66	Lionsgate	Comedy	$132,692	-15.37%	58	$2,288	$1,140,999	38
33	(36)	Polish Wedding	Fox Searchlight		$109,283	+53.90%	59	$1,852	$361,696	17
34	(30)	Paulie	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$95,123	-15.85%	278	$342	$26,808,296	108
35	(31)	Henry Fool	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$86,899	-13.06%	47	$1,849	$879,948	45
36	(34)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$84,014	+14.09%	57	$1,474	$9,522,222	122
37	(29)	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$83,628	-28.58%	11	$7,603	$260,457	10
38	(44)	Sliding Doors	Miramax	Drama	$71,949	+66.23%	238	$302	$11,686,681	101
39	(new)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$57,799		6	$9,633	$57,799	3
40	(41)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$52,932	-0.01%	7	$7,562	$1,032,524	87
41	(33)	High Art	October Films	Drama	$52,558	-40.33%	36	$1,460	$1,622,108	52
42	(49)	The Players Club	New Line	Drama	$51,416	+51.82%	67	$767	$22,973,180	117
43	(32)	Lost In Space	New Line	Adventure	$50,446	-46.18%	113	$446	$69,046,162	122
44	(28)	Bulworth	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$48,156	-61.33%	131	$368	$26,229,612	80
45	(52)	Nights of Cabiria	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$46,430	+61.19%	5	$9,286	$309,375	33
46	(46)	Wilde	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$41,399	+10.78%	29	$1,428	$2,092,870	94
47	(48)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$40,180	+15.97%	10	$4,018	$150,316	17
48	(51)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$39,752	+27.96%	5	$7,950	$303,690	31
49	(38)	The Wedding Singer	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$39,109	-34.96%	68	$575	$80,157,601	171
50	(39)	Cousin Bette	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$38,487	-34.04%	10	$3,849	$1,052,385	52
51	(re-entry)	Woo	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$35,392		55	$643	$7,877,611	87
52	(35)	Deep Impact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$33,292	-53.34%	103	$323	$138,343,966	87
53	(40)	Godzilla	Sony Pictures	Action	$26,963	-51.41%	94	$287	$135,033,851	75
54	(55)	Whatever	Sony Pictures Classics		$26,016	+11.57%	23	$1,131	$187,281	24
55	(45)	My Giant	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$25,300	-38.57%	46	$550	$7,949,313	115
56	(43)	I Got the Hook-Up!	Miramax	Comedy	$22,917	-47.78%	52	$441	$10,305,534	68
57	(50)	Quest for Camelot	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$21,374	-33.00%	88	$243	$22,670,885	80
58	(47)	Dirty Work	MGM	Comedy	$21,033	-40.33%	69	$305	$9,975,684	52
59	(56)	The Last Days of Disco	Gramercy	Drama	$17,786	-14.90%	20	$889	$2,949,065	66
60	(re-entry)	Western	New Yorker		$16,553		4	$4,138	$110,942	10