The Top Movies, Weekend of September 25, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$21,202,929	-35.75%	2,643	$8,022	$64,037,138	10
2	(new)	Ronin	MGM	Action	$12,697,641		2,487	$5,106	$12,697,641	3
3	(new)	Urban Legend	Sony Pictures	Horror	$10,515,444		2,257	$4,659	$10,515,444	3
4	(2)	One True Thing	Universal	Drama	$4,438,980	-32.81%	1,626	$2,730	$13,191,940	10
5	(3)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$4,430,566	-21.37%	2,471	$1,793	$153,259,520	75
6	(5)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,591,857	-30.79%	923	$2,808	$11,672,312	17
7	(6)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$2,511,565	-26.24%	2,203	$1,140	$181,818,565	66
8	(4)	Rounders	Miramax	Drama	$2,364,717	-50.02%	2,188	$1,081	$19,853,574	17
9	(7)	Blade	New Line	Action	$2,009,627	-38.42%	2,232	$900	$64,280,568	38
10	(8)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,315,700	-26.03%	1,627	$809	$61,413,264	59
11	(9)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$951,613	-24.17%	1,128	$844	$197,134,670	89
12	(28)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$751,344	+149.93%	924	$813	$128,056,493	80
13	(11)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$648,516	-27.48%	1,120	$579	$63,942,853	61
14	(15)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$596,898	-5.98%	60	$9,948	$43,497,488	206
15	(new)	Pecker	Fine Line	Comedy	$541,646		184	$2,944	$541,646	3
16	(16)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$501,928	-20.68%	769	$653	$141,743,389	94
17	(12)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$471,796	-45.43%	758	$622	$36,079,938	45
18	(13)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$431,218	-37.39%	725	$595	$90,837,081	73
19	(10)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$414,555	-54.95%	880	$471	$54,581,061	52
20	(21)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$386,699	-14.82%	637	$607	$119,561,850	101
21	(18)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$278,634	-49.84%	379	$735	$4,936,136	45
22	(19)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$262,605	-50.32%	439	$598	$15,539,429	38
23	(24)	Your Friends and Neighbors	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$252,633	-36.98%	240	$1,053	$4,289,781	40
24	(17)	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Warner Bros.	Drama	$247,788	-60.22%	445	$557	$12,003,181	31
25	(29)	Permanent Midnight	Artisan	Drama	$220,386	-15.42%	90	$2,449	$604,687	12
26	(34)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$219,737	+26.24%	30	$7,325	$664,053	14,740
27	(27)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$214,529	-29.34%	404	$531	$73,878,397	108
28	(58)	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	October Films	Drama	$210,144	+431.78%	50	$4,203	$273,774	10
29	(30)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$200,108	-22.92%	188	$1,064	$2,688,558	38
30	(25)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$192,070	-46.60%	530	$362	$53,608,710	54
31	(22)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$189,519	-56.54%	562	$337	$14,560,411	38
32	(32)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$186,071	-25.22%	345	$539	$19,607,723	66
33	(23)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$177,857	-56.04%	421	$422	$42,953,687	61
34	(55)	Without Limits	Warner Bros.		$175,339	+278.66%	110	$1,594	$319,420	17
35	(35)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$168,534	+1.85%	301	$560	$59,806,919	122
36	(new)	Clay Pigeons	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$167,364		19	$8,809	$167,364	3
37	(31)	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Miramax	Comedy	$160,421	-36.43%	546	$294	$9,584,207	45
38	(14)	Knock Off	Sony Pictures	Action	$151,531	-76.26%	565	$268	$9,883,095	24
39	(33)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$147,503	-26.88%	251	$588	$6,381,469	94
40	(37)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$142,408	-5.93%	408	$349	$29,321,430	80
41	(26)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$142,085	-55.50%	391	$363	$23,203,491	45
42	(20)	54	Miramax	Drama	$138,274	-73.66%	395	$350	$16,574,731	31
43	(36)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$119,421	-22.82%	112	$1,066	$3,346,062	59
44	(38)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$111,268	-10.00%			$53,955,614	80
45	(re-entry)	Lolita	MGM	Drama	$93,797		15	$6,253	$134,886	68
46	(40)	The Truman Show	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$89,609	-23.87%	299	$300	$125,466,701	115
47	(41)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$74,219	-32.53%	65	$1,142	$2,828,995	80
48	(51)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$72,472	+31.34%	39	$1,858	$409,493	24
49	(45)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$57,186	-18.37%	21	$2,723	$10,772,730	444
50	(52)	Buffalo '66	Lionsgate	Comedy	$52,122	-3.16%	47	$1,109	$2,180,752	94
51	(48)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$51,646	-14.92%			$6,115,267	129
52	(39)	Return to Paradise	Universal	Drama	$51,009	-58.73%	132	$386	$8,288,513	45
53	(46)	The Horse Whisperer	Buena Vista	Drama	$49,996	-28.26%			$75,265,390	136
54	(42)	The X Files: Fight the Future	20th Century Fox	Action	$49,055	-44.74%			$83,826,398	101
55	(49)	Disturbing Behavior	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$48,411	-17.63%			$17,411,331	66
56	(47)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$47,126	-22.40%			$10,162,034	178
57	(43)	Wrongfully Accused	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$44,342	-45.32%			$9,300,197	38
58	(54)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$43,785	-6.74%			$1,712,787	143
59	(53)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$41,686	-18.59%			$1,004,093	73
60	(new)	Monument Avenue	Lionsgate		$41,556				$41,556	3
61	(new)	Shadrach	Columbia		$16,669		4	$4,167	$20,167	5
62	(61)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,337	-76.17%	26	$128	$600,787,052	283