The Top Movies, Weekend of August 21, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Blade	New Line	Action	$17,073,856		2,322	$7,353	$17,073,856	3
2	(1)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$10,142,045	-22.92%	2,671	$3,797	$142,748,038	31
3	(4)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$7,690,128	-12.86%	2,186	$3,518	$104,005,443	40
4	(2)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$6,475,227	-42.79%	1,399	$4,628	$22,155,282	10
5	(5)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,046,651	-41.58%	2,642	$1,910	$40,500,140	17
6	(new)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$4,704,688		1,797	$2,618	$4,704,688	3
7	(7)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,575,973	-23.70%	1,864	$2,455	$42,348,591	24
8	(new)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$4,507,663		1,467	$3,073	$4,507,663	3
9	(8)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,885,840	-31.41%	2,169	$1,792	$51,142,505	26
10	(3)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,664,587	-64.44%	2,466	$1,486	$17,848,903	10
11	(6)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$3,632,178	-57.16%	2,360	$1,539	$47,164,113	19
12	(new)	Wrongfully Accused	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,504,630		2,062	$1,700	$3,504,630	3
13	(10)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,735,637	-33.90%	1,423	$1,922	$184,993,784	54
14	(9)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,265,372	-46.12%	1,558	$1,454	$36,782,922	26
15	(11)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$2,103,883	-44.05%	1,500	$1,403	$82,512,233	38
16	(14)	Return to Paradise	Universal	Drama	$1,423,289	-42.26%	985	$1,445	$5,134,731	10
17	(13)	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Miramax	Comedy	$1,382,948	-46.89%	1,669	$829	$5,720,033	10
18	(12)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,321,921	-51.48%	1,408	$939	$123,585,727	45
19	(15)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,163,612	-27.82%	934	$1,246	$136,661,554	59
20	(17)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$883,756	-2.97%	61	$14,488	$37,699,580	171
21	(18)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$540,617	-23.63%	570	$948	$599,657,813	248
22	(22)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$431,759	+8.83%	110	$3,925	$1,205,221	24
23	(16)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$431,729	-53.14%	607	$711	$52,089,097	45
24	(19)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$409,368	-33.83%	470	$871	$115,801,014	66
25	(new)	Your Friends and Neighbors	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$340,288		32	$10,634	$382,183	5
26	(26)	The X Files: Fight the Future	20th Century Fox	Action	$316,597	+1.46%	443	$715	$82,766,285	66
27	(24)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$314,954	-2.32%	126	$2,500	$3,991,464	59
28	(new)	Strike	Miramax	Comedy	$307,763		133	$2,314	$307,763	3
29	(57)	Godzilla	Sony Pictures	Action	$268,078	+1,263.02%	563	$476	$135,373,940	96
30	(29)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$228,572	-9.85%	61	$3,747	$1,769,778	45
31	(25)	The Horse Whisperer	Buena Vista	Drama	$227,813	-29.08%	337	$676	$74,506,257	101
32	(21)	Deep Impact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$215,543	-46.97%	515	$419	$140,123,306	108
33	(27)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$201,847	-33.02%	303	$666	$58,798,906	87
34	(23)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$182,005	-50.96%	384	$474	$27,642,695	45
35	(30)	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$168,826	-15.08%	64	$2,638	$1,220,023	31
36	(32)	Out of Sight	Universal	Drama	$148,005	-19.77%	207	$715	$37,166,650	59
37	(33)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$141,823	-10.13%	23	$6,166	$9,905,458	409
38	(20)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$134,908	-68.53%	171	$789	$18,796,023	31
39	(34)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$125,733	-9.83%	62	$2,028	$5,496,021	94
40	(new)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$123,055		8	$15,382	$123,055	3
41	(28)	Disturbing Behavior	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$114,336	-61.60%	223	$513	$16,906,645	31
42	(37)	The Truman Show	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$108,948	-11.12%	240	$454	$123,617,690	80
43	(36)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$101,718	-18.99%	8	$12,715	$290,520	10
44	(39)	Buffalo '66	Lionsgate	Comedy	$99,109	-1.38%	54	$1,835	$1,679,721	59
45	(35)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$97,704	-29.36%	119	$821	$71,272,983	73
46	(38)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$82,363	-23.32%	32	$2,574	$544,281	38
47	(40)	A Perfect Murder	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$68,780	-31.48%	447	$154	$67,475,793	80
48	(31)	BASEketball	Universal	Comedy	$68,400	-63.30%	171	$400	$6,849,200	24
49	(45)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$48,337	-4.95%	7	$6,905	$1,401,336	108
50	(60)	Clockwatchers	Artistic License		$47,708	+164.11%	8	$5,964	$444,354	101
51	(43)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$42,214	-37.17%	44	$959	$9,770,170	143
52	(48)	Henry Fool	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$41,209	+3.14%	39	$1,057	$1,179,685	66
53	(42)	Can't Hardly Wait	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$40,687	-43.35%	61	$667	$25,278,501	73
54	(44)	City of Angels	Warner Bros.	Drama	$34,325	-44.00%	71	$483	$78,719,439	136
55	(52)	Nights of Cabiria	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$34,277	+8.75%	6	$5,713	$513,988	54
56	(47)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$32,711	-25.76%	5	$6,542	$537,757	52
57	(53)	Gadjo Dilo	Lionsgate	Drama	$31,680	+3.46%	8	$3,960	$187,586	17
58	(41)	Gone with the Wind	MGM	Drama	$30,970	-67.57%	46	$673	$198,238,881	21,437
59	(new)	The Eel	New Yorker		$29,879		3	$9,960	$29,879	3
60	(46)	High Art	October Films	Drama	$26,158	-40.95%	29	$902	$1,835,565	73