The Top Movies, Weekend of October 9, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Antz	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$14,713,918	-14.43%	2,813	$5,231	$35,621,609	10
2	(3)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$11,105,465	-23.37%	2,701	$4,112	$98,382,886	24
3	(2)	What Dreams May Come	Polygram	Drama	$10,917,143	-31.05%	2,531	$4,313	$31,248,297	10
4	(4)	A Night at the Roxbury	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,108,845	-36.40%	2,169	$2,816	$17,792,332	10
5	(new)	Holy Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$5,106,919		2,013	$2,537	$5,106,919	3
6	(6)	Urban Legend	Sony Pictures	Horror	$4,770,882	-28.87%	2,257	$2,114	$26,501,095	17
7	(5)	Ronin	MGM	Action	$4,677,903	-35.06%	2,487	$1,881	$30,795,955	17
8	(7)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$2,777,500	-18.22%	1,936	$1,435	$161,852,138	89
9	(8)	One True Thing	Universal	Drama	$1,920,795	-27.97%	1,568	$1,225	$20,183,340	24
10	(9)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$1,300,581	-22.31%	1,230	$1,057	$186,258,536	80
11	(10)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,055,295	-29.28%	908	$1,162	$15,322,557	31
12	(15)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$723,198	+43.00%	806	$897	$198,798,517	103
13	(14)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$657,270		61	$10,775	$45,480,721	220
14	(new)	One Tough Cop	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$651,350		415	$1,570	$651,350	3
15	(11)	Blade	New Line	Action	$601,619	-42.96%	987	$610	$66,913,271	52
16	(26)	Clay Pigeons	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$528,611	+193.76%	297	$1,780	$1,019,698	17
17	(13)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$497,749	-37.49%	780	$638	$63,323,941	73
18	(12)	Rounders	Miramax	Drama	$472,280	-53.18%	879	$537	$22,401,061	31
19	(23)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$433,328	+59.32%	751	$577	$64,853,795	75
20	(19)	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	October Films	Drama	$318,387	-13.92%	163	$1,953	$1,126,162	24
21	(20)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$316,864	-6.12%	652	$486	$142,612,051	108
22	(16)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$278,936	-35.29%	564	$495	$129,181,021	94
23	(21)	The Imposters	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$277,867	-10.01%	69	$4,027	$692,476	10
24	(17)	Pecker	Fine Line	Comedy	$248,550	-34.53%	97	$2,562	$1,533,903	17
25	(22)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$230,700	-24.55%	363	$636	$36,891,296	59
26	(45)	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Miramax	Comedy	$168,107	+143.40%	991	$170	$10,093,523	59
27	(32)	Lolita	MGM	Drama	$165,648	+24.58%	36	$4,601	$537,119	82
28	(24)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$150,512	-43.70%	368	$409	$120,159,050	115
29	(18)	Strangeland	Artisan	Horror	$145,338	-61.07%	252	$577	$631,221	10
30	(31)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$144,512	+2.42%	39	$3,705	$1,078,110	14,754
31	(25)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$135,445	-33.25%	295	$459	$91,307,993	87
32	(re-entry)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$113,843		14	$8,132	$1,926,677	157
33	(29)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$109,610	-25.37%	71	$1,544	$3,055,822	52
34	(34)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$103,165	-18.08%	235	$439	$29,613,555	94
35	(30)	Permanent Midnight	Artisan	Drama	$95,284	-34.30%	84	$1,134	$1,011,798	26
36	(35)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$94,539	-16.54%	228	$415	$53,899,637	68
37	(40)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$88,758	-5.91%	83	$1,069	$3,393,867	73
38	(47)	Without Limits	Warner Bros.		$88,703	+30.03%	48	$1,848	$560,713	31
39	(new)	The Mighty	Miramax	Drama	$87,705		9	$9,745	$87,705	3
40	(33)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$86,581	-33.23%	302	$287	$54,965,228	66
41	(36)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$78,131	-28.76%	113	$691	$5,254,036	59
42	(28)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$76,264	-48.10%	171	$446	$74,220,330	122
43	(37)	Your Friends and Neighbors	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$65,751	-38.84%	84	$783	$4,602,051	54
44	(41)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$65,533	-24.28%	136	$482	$6,642,233	108
45	(new)	Love is the Devil	Strand		$63,202		10	$6,320	$63,202	5
46	(46)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$55,751	-18.62%	35	$1,593	$585,985	38
47	(43)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$48,927	-39.48%	118	$415	$15,735,907	52
48	(42)	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Warner Bros.	Drama	$47,583	-41.95%	119	$400	$12,231,584	45
49	(50)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$46,899	-19.01%	61	$769	$2,984,091	94
50	(re-entry)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$45,736				$54,103,327	94
51	(39)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$45,110	-53.03%	97	$465	$60,033,780	136
52	(27)	Wrongfully Accused	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$42,292	-76.40%			$9,604,029	52
53	(re-entry)	Monument Avenue	Lionsgate		$41,523				$143,532	17
54	(38)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$41,018	-61.02%			$19,843,795	80
55	(48)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$40,764	-33.59%			$43,156,504	75
56	(re-entry)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$38,607				$10,929,451	458
57	(re-entry)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$35,202				$6,225,943	143
58	(new)	Slam	Trimark	Drama	$34,887				$34,887	3
59	(re-entry)	The Horse Whisperer	Buena Vista	Drama	$34,361				$75,370,763	150
60	(44)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$33,202	-55.00%			$23,385,416	59