The Top Movies, Weekend of October 2, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Antz	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$17,195,160		2,449	$7,021	$17,195,160	3
2	(new)	What Dreams May Come	Polygram	Drama	$15,833,592		2,526	$6,268	$15,833,592	3
3	(1)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$14,492,122	-31.65%	2,701	$5,365	$84,014,663	17
4	(new)	A Night at the Roxbury	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$9,604,791		1,865	$5,150	$9,604,791	3
5	(2)	Ronin	MGM	Action	$7,202,968	-43.27%	2,487	$2,896	$23,881,479	10
6	(3)	Urban Legend	Sony Pictures	Horror	$6,707,512	-36.21%	2,257	$2,972	$20,113,846	10
7	(5)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$3,396,357	-23.34%	2,174	$1,562	$158,025,286	82
8	(4)	One True Thing	Universal	Drama	$2,666,675	-39.93%	1,636	$1,630	$17,313,885	17
9	(7)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$1,674,034	-33.35%	1,510	$1,109	$184,341,779	73
10	(6)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,492,164	-42.43%	930	$1,604	$13,858,379	24
11	(9)	Blade	New Line	Action	$1,054,786	-47.51%	1,388	$760	$65,982,804	45
12	(8)	Rounders	Miramax	Drama	$1,008,660	-57.35%	1,475	$684	$21,598,076	24
13	(10)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$796,325	-39.48%	1,111	$717	$62,588,471	66
14	(14)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$657,270	+10.11%	61	$10,775	$44,470,600	213
15	(11)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$505,724	-46.86%	726	$697	$197,914,090	96
16	(12)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$431,079	-42.63%	901	$478	$128,741,321	87
17	(15)	Pecker	Fine Line	Comedy	$379,618	-29.91%	163	$2,329	$1,147,287	10
18	(new)	Strangeland	Artisan	Horror	$373,288		315	$1,185	$373,288	3
19	(28)	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	October Films	Drama	$369,864	+76.01%	149	$2,482	$706,135	17
20	(16)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$337,533	-32.75%	600	$563	$142,206,330	101
21	(new)	The Imposters	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$308,767		66	$4,678	$308,767	3
22	(17)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$305,753	-35.19%	446	$686	$36,552,855	52
23	(13)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$271,985	-58.06%	665	$409	$64,356,983	68
24	(20)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$267,346	-30.86%	539	$496	$119,936,312	108
25	(18)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$202,903	-52.95%	408	$497	$91,132,279	80
26	(36)	Clay Pigeons	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$179,947	+7.52%	44	$4,090	$420,604	10
27	(57)	Wrongfully Accused	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$179,209	+304.15%	477	$376	$9,490,829	45
28	(27)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$146,955	-31.50%	302	$487	$74,094,840	115
29	(29)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$146,877	-26.60%	110	$1,335	$2,902,075	45
30	(25)	Permanent Midnight	Artisan	Drama	$145,032	-34.19%	85	$1,706	$842,930	19
31	(26)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$141,104	-35.79%	37	$3,814	$877,157	14,747
32	(45)	Lolita	MGM	Drama	$132,962	+41.76%	26	$5,114	$317,094	75
33	(19)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$129,663	-68.72%	512	$253	$54,832,941	59
34	(40)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$125,940	-11.56%	333	$378	$29,481,822	87
35	(30)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$113,268	-41.03%	263	$431	$53,775,433	61
36	(21)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$109,672	-60.64%	146	$751	$5,143,490	52
37	(23)	Your Friends and Neighbors	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$107,507	-57.45%	108	$995	$4,495,575	47
38	(32)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$105,221	-43.45%	243	$433	$19,767,454	73
39	(35)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$96,045	-43.01%	230	$418	$59,953,000	129
40	(43)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$94,337	-21.00%	102	$925	$3,260,884	66
41	(39)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$86,545	-41.33%	141	$614	$6,536,836	101
42	(24)	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Warner Bros.	Drama	$81,966	-66.92%	185	$443	$12,159,381	38
43	(22)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$80,841	-69.22%	211	$383	$15,671,237	45
44	(41)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$73,778	-48.07%	226	$326	$23,322,832	52
45	(37)	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Miramax	Comedy	$69,067	-56.95%	350	$197	$9,905,029	52
46	(48)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$68,506	-5.47%	36	$1,903	$506,489	31
47	(34)	Without Limits	Warner Bros.		$68,218	-61.09%	83	$822	$449,100	24
48	(33)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$61,378	-65.49%	205	$299	$43,088,286	68
49	(31)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$59,868	-68.41%	248	$241	$14,672,574	45
50	(47)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$57,908	-21.98%	53	$1,093	$2,912,982	87
51	(new)	Hit Me	Castle Hill Productions		$3,348		1	$3,348	$3,348	3