The Top Movies, Weekend of September 18, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$33,001,803		2,638	$12,510	$33,001,803	3
2	(new)	One True Thing	Universal	Drama	$6,606,455		1,590	$4,155	$6,606,455	3
3	(2)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$5,634,385	-18.96%	2,538	$2,220	$147,126,261	68
4	(1)	Rounders	Miramax	Drama	$4,731,197	-44.07%	2,191	$2,159	$16,081,589	10
5	(5)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,744,801	+12.75%	896	$4,179	$8,111,342	10
6	(4)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$3,405,161	-24.41%	2,511	$1,356	$178,091,556	59
7	(3)	Blade	New Line	Action	$3,263,253	-37.16%	2,375	$1,374	$61,304,718	31
8	(6)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,778,716	-22.54%	1,844	$965	$59,620,410	52
9	(9)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,254,927	-20.65%	1,259	$997	$195,835,936	82
10	(8)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$920,173	-41.88%	1,291	$713	$53,896,133	45
11	(13)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$894,231	-28.81%	1,409	$635	$63,100,330	54
12	(10)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$864,540	-41.74%	1,053	$821	$35,329,596	38
13	(15)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$688,771	-31.37%	946	$728	$90,210,339	66
14	(7)	Knock Off	Sony Pictures	Action	$638,313	-66.80%	1,715	$372	$9,515,689	17
15	(18)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$634,874	-13.27%	61	$10,408	$42,561,428	199
16	(20)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$632,814	-6.66%	936	$676	$141,095,860	87
17	(12)	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Warner Bros.	Drama	$622,878	-53.42%	884	$705	$11,599,415	24
18	(17)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$555,446	-35.25%	537	$1,034	$4,464,728	38
19	(14)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$528,573	-48.28%	737	$717	$15,113,284	31
20	(11)	54	Miramax	Drama	$524,999	-62.16%	1,109	$473	$16,214,148	24
21	(23)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$453,952	-15.76%	706	$643	$119,030,935	94
22	(16)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$436,093	-49.71%	1,022	$427	$14,257,826	31
23	(19)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$404,604	-43.68%	650	$622	$42,629,085	54
24	(22)	Your Friends and Neighbors	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$400,899	-29.34%	243	$1,650	$3,885,585	33
25	(21)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$359,701	-38.95%	926	$388	$53,323,506	47
26	(30)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$319,297	+27.89%	633	$504	$22,962,496	38
27	(24)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$303,617	-32.80%	517	$587	$73,565,352	101
28	(25)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$300,616	-32.05%	573	$525	$127,213,134	73
29	(new)	Permanent Midnight	Artisan	Drama	$260,562		55	$4,737	$275,864	5
30	(26)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$259,603	-28.99%	215	$1,207	$2,394,113	31
31	(27)	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Miramax	Comedy	$252,341	-27.96%	826	$305	$9,562,329	38
32	(53)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$248,841	+417.05%	387	$643	$19,333,404	59
33	(28)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$201,730	-25.76%	277	$728	$6,149,575	87
34	(46)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$174,065	+146.12%	12	$14,505	$308,725	14,733
35	(37)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$165,467	+11.54%	320	$517	$59,587,156	115
36	(32)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$154,726	-27.80%	135	$1,146	$2,946,803	52
37	(34)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$151,382	-28.69%	441	$343	$29,141,413	73
38	(35)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$123,631	-40.99%			$53,810,759	73
39	(31)	Return to Paradise	Universal	Drama	$123,610	-45.23%	272	$454	$8,186,242	38
40	(36)	The Truman Show	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$117,711	-43.11%	366	$322	$125,336,317	108
41	(40)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$110,008	-0.84%			$2,708,316	73
42	(38)	The X Files: Fight the Future	20th Century Fox	Action	$88,778	-39.34%	183	$485	$83,740,861	94
43	(29)	Wrongfully Accused	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$81,099	-68.95%	407	$199	$9,233,130	31
44	(43)	Godzilla	Sony Pictures	Action	$74,392	-11.05%			$136,142,003	124
45	(42)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$70,052	-16.32%	21	$3,336	$10,666,975	437
46	(41)	The Horse Whisperer	Buena Vista	Drama	$69,691	-18.18%	133	$524	$75,181,361	129
47	(47)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$60,729	-11.38%	59	$1,029	$9,400,681	171
48	(48)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$60,703	+1.66%	60	$1,012	$6,041,505	122
49	(45)	Disturbing Behavior	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$58,776	-22.63%	115	$511	$17,341,132	59
50	(33)	Let's Talk About Sex	Fine Line	Comedy	$56,335	-73.59%	212	$266	$373,615	10
51	(44)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$55,177	-30.14%	17	$3,246	$316,177	17
52	(55)	Buffalo '66	Lionsgate	Comedy	$53,824	+20.18%	58	$928	$2,094,004	87
53	(52)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$51,204	-7.00%	33	$1,552	$944,081	66
54	(60)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$46,947	+58.98%			$1,656,449	136
55	(51)	Without Limits	Warner Bros.		$46,305	-17.58%			$123,953	10
56	(50)	The Cube			$45,593	-20.22%			$125,717	10
57	(39)	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$43,664	-64.34%			$2,020,700	59
58	(new)	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	October Films	Drama	$39,517				$39,517	3
59	(57)	Chambermaid on the Titanic	MGM	Drama	$38,272	+4.76%			$244,465	38
60	(new)	Six-String Samurai	Palm Pictures		$36,896				$36,896	3
61	(49)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$14,003	-75.57%	49	$286	$600,779,824	276