The Top Movies, Weekend of August 14, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$13,157,819	-24.37%	2,654	$4,958	$126,035,694	24
2	(new)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$11,318,919		1,395	$8,114	$11,318,919	3
3	(new)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$10,305,957		2,466	$4,179	$10,305,957	3
4	(4)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$8,824,832	-8.32%	2,203	$4,006	$91,308,241	33
5	(2)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$8,638,309	-47.04%	2,718	$3,178	$31,633,689	10
6	(3)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$8,478,537	-47.62%	2,669	$3,177	$40,105,328	12
7	(6)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$5,997,733	-22.05%	2,058	$2,914	$34,004,868	17
8	(5)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$5,665,316	-30.29%	2,407	$2,354	$43,626,355	19
9	(7)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,204,152	-35.36%	2,032	$2,069	$32,482,548	19
10	(9)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,138,566	-22.19%	1,786	$2,317	$180,032,498	47
11	(8)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$3,760,358	-31.74%	2,123	$1,771	$78,430,821	31
12	(10)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,724,287	-42.53%	1,928	$1,413	$121,053,120	38
13	(new)	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Miramax	Comedy	$2,603,726		1,669	$1,560	$2,603,726	3
14	(new)	Return to Paradise	Universal	Drama	$2,465,129		965	$2,555	$2,465,129	3
15	(11)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,612,022	-47.21%	1,390	$1,160	$134,702,862	52
16	(12)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$921,369	-40.60%	925	$996	$51,203,539	38
17	(16)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$910,848	-5.66%	62	$14,691	$35,993,525	164
18	(17)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$707,918	-26.66%	594	$1,192	$598,614,980	241
19	(14)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$618,618	-40.54%	661	$936	$114,945,246	59
20	(13)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$428,639	-69.19%	457	$938	$18,464,607	24
21	(20)	Deep Impact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$406,478	-30.29%	586	$694	$139,681,568	101
22	(36)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$396,738	+290.77%	83	$4,780	$651,926	17
23	(19)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$371,121	-45.24%	622	$597	$27,102,455	38
24	(23)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$322,448	-20.53%	135	$2,389	$3,521,464	52
25	(22)	The Horse Whisperer	Buena Vista	Drama	$321,239	-27.69%	455	$706	$74,124,424	94
26	(24)	The X Files: Fight the Future	20th Century Fox	Action	$312,040	+0.64%	469	$665	$82,248,041	59
27	(21)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$301,356	-37.83%	501	$602	$58,407,423	80
28	(18)	Disturbing Behavior	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$297,772	-65.87%	463	$643	$16,618,687	24
29	(26)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$253,557	-5.79%	55	$4,610	$1,396,369	38
30	(25)	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$198,808	-34.78%	69	$2,881	$951,364	24
31	(15)	BASEketball	Universal	Comedy	$186,390	-81.76%	342	$545	$6,665,120	17
32	(27)	Out of Sight	Universal	Drama	$184,475	-15.09%	300	$615	$36,919,450	52
33	(31)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$157,810	-2.66%	23	$6,861	$9,591,340	402
34	(32)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$139,440	-3.54%	89	$1,567	$5,286,203	87
35	(28)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$138,303	-35.83%	162	$854	$71,113,331	66
36	(new)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$125,561		7	$17,937	$125,561	3
37	(29)	The Truman Show	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$122,576	-36.49%	303	$405	$123,428,805	73
38	(35)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$107,411	+4.15%	39	$2,754	$427,692	31
39	(33)	Buffalo '66	Lionsgate	Comedy	$100,493	-17.71%	49	$2,051	$1,519,969	52
40	(38)	A Perfect Murder	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$100,382	+25.39%	526	$191	$67,360,206	73
41	(30)	Gone with the Wind	MGM	Drama	$95,500	-43.60%	149	$641	$198,132,871	21,430
42	(34)	Can't Hardly Wait	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$71,820	-31.62%	126	$570	$25,178,337	66
43	(39)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$67,191	-5.63%	50	$1,344	$9,702,111	136
44	(37)	City of Angels	Warner Bros.	Drama	$61,294	-37.09%	166	$369	$78,647,175	129
45	(43)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$50,852	-12.33%	7	$7,265	$1,302,066	101
46	(45)	High Art	October Films	Drama	$44,300	-13.71%	36	$1,231	$1,782,907	66
47	(49)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$44,063	+17.92%	5	$8,813	$472,770	45
48	(41)	Henry Fool	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$39,956	-36.68%	33	$1,211	$1,121,523	59
49	(40)	Polish Wedding	Fox Searchlight		$37,953	-41.25%	38	$999	$563,143	31
50	(44)	Paulie	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$35,857	-34.00%	108	$332	$27,008,669	122
51	(42)	Woo	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$34,576	-41.75%	69	$501	$8,026,971	101
52	(46)	Nights of Cabiria	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$31,519	-36.52%	6	$5,253	$464,228	47
53	(61)	Gadjo Dilo	Lionsgate	Drama	$30,620	+152.31%	8	$3,828	$137,970	10
54	(50)	Bulworth	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$28,054	-19.63%	51	$550	$26,341,447	94
55	(48)	Sliding Doors	Miramax	Drama	$27,428	-33.63%	64	$429	$11,827,954	115
56	(re-entry)	Bugs Bunny Film Fest		Comedy	$22,039		2	$11,020	$352,397	105
57	(59)	Godzilla	Sony Pictures	Action	$19,668	-2.73%	50	$393	$135,098,290	89
58	(new)	Regeneration	Alliance Atlantis		$19,273		6	$3,212	$19,273	3
59	(47)	Cousin Bette	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$19,168	-56.88%	22	$871	$1,161,063	66
60	(re-entry)	Clockwatchers	Artistic License		$18,064		5	$3,613	$389,669	94