The Top Movies, Weekend of August 28, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Blade	New Line	Action	$10,925,976	-36.01%	2,351	$4,647	$34,736,622	10
2	(3)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$8,374,865	+8.90%	2,401	$3,488	$116,232,467	47
3	(2)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$8,092,750	-20.21%	2,774	$2,917	$155,289,398	38
4	(new)	54	Miramax	Drama	$6,611,532		1,859	$3,556	$6,611,532	3
5	(new)	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,946,382		1,369	$2,883	$3,946,382	3
6	(7)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,778,488	-17.43%	1,910	$1,978	$48,548,648	31
7	(4)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,648,012	-43.66%	1,383	$2,638	$27,984,915	17
8	(5)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,574,667	-29.17%	2,243	$1,594	$46,040,142	24
9	(9)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,934,255	-24.49%	2,041	$1,438	$56,215,807	33
10	(8)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$2,882,637	-36.05%	1,467	$1,965	$9,243,822	10
11	(6)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$2,619,613	-44.32%	1,830	$1,431	$9,446,801	10
12	(13)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,305,833	-15.71%	1,324	$1,742	$188,540,431	61
13	(12)	Wrongfully Accused	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,858,814	-46.96%	2,051	$906	$6,915,734	10
14	(11)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$1,798,856	-50.47%	1,909	$942	$50,206,267	26
15	(15)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,718,086	-18.34%	1,322	$1,300	$85,203,939	45
16	(10)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,482,237	-59.55%	1,784	$831	$20,882,578	17
17	(14)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,409,660	-37.77%	1,004	$1,404	$39,130,183	33
18	(18)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$947,085	-28.36%	889	$1,065	$125,026,063	52
19	(19)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$926,167	-20.41%	914	$1,013	$138,058,507	66
20	(17)	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Miramax	Comedy	$851,553	-38.42%	1,326	$642	$7,506,457	17
21	(43)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$821,778	+707.90%	181	$4,540	$1,180,064	17
22	(20)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$797,429	-9.77%	61	$13,073	$39,256,960	178
23	(16)	Return to Paradise	Universal	Drama	$719,532	-49.45%	665	$1,082	$6,540,962	17
24	(42)	The Truman Show	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$547,854	+402.86%	677	$809	$124,210,299	87
25	(27)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$507,496	+61.13%	353	$1,438	$4,639,494	66
26	(22)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$419,147	-2.92%	129	$3,249	$1,949,274	31
27	(24)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$411,176	+0.44%	477	$862	$116,492,174	73
28	(40)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$380,149	+208.93%	69	$5,509	$565,776	10
29	(new)	A Merry War	First Look		$373,830		5	$74,766	$373,830	3
30	(34)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$361,122	+98.41%	708	$510	$28,151,177	52
31	(25)	Your Friends and Neighbors	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$344,531	+1.25%	45	$7,656	$909,746	12
32	(21)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$335,704	-37.90%	502	$669	$600,374,192	255
33	(23)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$335,408	-22.31%	535	$627	$52,638,340	52
34	(45)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$309,808	+217.09%	261	$1,187	$71,634,967	80
35	(26)	The X Files: Fight the Future	20th Century Fox	Action	$204,886	-35.28%	324	$632	$83,120,023	73
36	(29)	Godzilla	Sony Pictures	Action	$200,806	-25.09%	501	$401	$135,669,033	103
37	(re-entry)	Hands on a Hardbody	Legacy Releasing	Documentary	$196,510		6	$32,752	$909,650	52
38	(28)	Strike	Miramax	Comedy	$181,596	-40.99%	144	$1,261	$780,471	10
39	(30)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$176,145	-22.94%	53	$3,323	$2,062,698	52
40	(35)	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$158,068	-6.37%	69	$2,291	$1,494,899	38
41	(31)	The Horse Whisperer	Buena Vista	Drama	$151,793	-33.37%	215	$706	$74,766,362	108
42	(54)	City of Angels	Warner Bros.	Drama	$142,470	+315.06%	23	$6,194	$78,745,923	143
43	(33)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$131,183	-35.01%	214	$613	$59,023,892	94
44	(37)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$124,982	-11.87%	23	$5,434	$10,187,413	416
45	(39)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$105,451	-16.13%	64	$1,648	$5,238,551	101
46	(36)	Out of Sight	Universal	Drama	$103,950	-29.77%	105	$990	$37,339,525	66
47	(re-entry)	Sliding Doors	Miramax	Drama	$101,030		14	$7,216	$11,883,495	129
48	(32)	Deep Impact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$100,131	-53.54%	382	$262	$140,300,426	115
49	(46)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$83,801	+1.75%	34	$2,465	$672,064	45
50	(44)	Buffalo '66	Lionsgate	Comedy	$76,454	-22.86%	50	$1,529	$1,806,513	66
51	(38)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$73,247	-45.71%	106	$691	$18,909,142	38
52	(41)	Disturbing Behavior	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$68,604	-40.00%	140	$490	$17,041,863	38
53	(58)	Gone with the Wind	MGM	Drama	$60,224	+94.46%	83	$726	$198,301,714	21,444
54	(48)	BASEketball	Universal	Comedy	$53,340	-22.02%	127	$420	$6,940,185	31
55	(55)	Nights of Cabiria	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$47,726	+39.24%	9	$5,303	$583,294	61
56	(51)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$47,538	+12.61%	45	$1,056	$9,149,013	150
57	(47)	A Perfect Murder	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$41,095	-40.25%	314	$131	$67,549,705	87
58	(re-entry)	Chambermaid on the Titanic	MGM	Drama	$38,508		15	$2,567	$69,712	17
59	(49)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$35,803	-25.93%	7	$5,115	$1,460,366	115
60	(53)	Can't Hardly Wait	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$34,875	-14.28%	45	$775	$25,339,117	80