The Top Movies, Weekend of October 23, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Pleasantville	New Line	Comedy	$8,855,063		1,636	$5,413	$8,855,063	3
2	(1)	Practical Magic	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$8,792,505	-32.91%	2,652	$3,315	$25,878,968	10
3	(3)	Antz	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$8,114,334	-27.65%	2,929	$2,770	$61,732,909	24
4	(2)	Bride of Chucky	Universal	Horror	$7,078,275	-40.17%	2,445	$2,895	$21,410,725	10
5	(new)	Soldier	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,447,237		2,507	$2,572	$6,447,237	3
6	(4)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$5,860,347	-28.94%	2,602	$2,252	$117,284,969	38
7	(5)	Beloved	Buena Vista	Drama	$4,286,417	-47.51%	1,507	$2,844	$14,736,650	10
8	(6)	What Dreams May Come	Polygram	Drama	$4,038,044	-36.94%	2,274	$1,776	$47,042,103	24
9	(new)	Apt Pupil	Sony/TriStar	Thriller/Suspense	$3,583,151		1,448	$2,475	$3,583,151	3
10	(7)	A Night at the Roxbury	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,326,454	-39.07%	1,993	$1,167	$26,553,953	24
11	(8)	Urban Legend	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,636,892	-43.30%	1,524	$1,074	$33,300,477	31
12	(9)	Ronin	MGM	Action	$1,548,021	-44.78%	1,391	$1,113	$38,008,495	31
13	(11)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,362,605	-27.08%	1,051	$1,296	$166,767,554	103
14	(10)	Holy Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$928,160	-61.58%	1,498	$620	$10,579,816	17
15	(12)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$740,795	-18.05%	757	$979	$188,807,215	94
16	(20)	The Mighty	Miramax	Drama	$623,183	+79.36%	518	$1,203	$1,204,831	17
17	(14)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$566,556	-10.42%	62	$9,138	$47,265,571	234
18	(16)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$427,499	-20.32%	552	$774	$200,231,869	117
19	(33)	Happiness	Good Machine Releasing	Comedy	$341,815	+162.32%	60	$5,697	$645,871	10
20	(13)	One True Thing	Universal	Drama	$328,440	-59.42%	552	$595	$22,402,675	38
21	(15)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$325,100	-44.42%	521	$624	$16,804,039	45
22	(17)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$304,740	-41.90%	614	$496	$44,220,029	89
23	(new)	Freeriders	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$264,548		11	$24,050	$392,128	5
24	(21)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$260,776	-22.04%	426	$612	$64,266,221	87
25	(19)	The Imposters	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$240,776	-31.25%	141	$1,708	$1,517,976	24
26	(22)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$223,849	-31.75%	455	$492	$65,618,339	89
27	(18)	Blade	New Line	Action	$220,317	-44.02%	337	$654	$68,062,779	66
28	(new)	Orgazmo		Comedy	$210,073		94	$2,235	$210,073	3
29	(23)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$204,316	-23.61%	417	$490	$143,286,264	122
30	(46)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$192,158	+319.62%	671	$286	$54,180,547	82
31	(25)	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux		Comedy	$156,289	-28.65%	54	$2,894	$1,045,907	17
32	(re-entry)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$147,986	+787.00%	412	$359	$14,893,012	66
33	(35)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$135,385	+27.90%	16	$8,462	$2,306,175	171
34	(26)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$126,609	-30.27%	45	$2,814	$1,526,639	14,768
35	(34)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$125,102	+7.49%	231	$542	$37,279,750	73
36	(new)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$119,855		3	$39,952	$119,855	3
37	(new)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$118,920		6	$19,820	$118,920	3
38	(re-entry)	Slam	Trimark	Drama	$110,458	+423.00%	61	$1,811	$195,730	17
39	(27)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$105,655	-36.22%	281	$376	$129,636,417	108
40	(30)	Pecker	Fine Line	Comedy	$99,748	-36.20%	67	$1,489	$1,974,985	31
41	(28)	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	October Films	Drama	$99,137	-39.70%	112	$885	$1,552,299	38
42	(32)	Lolita	MGM	Drama	$89,458	-31.59%	52	$1,720	$1,147,784	96
43	(36)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$75,934	-27.00%	205	$370	$54,452,676	108
44	(39)	diner de cons, le	Lionsgate		$70,035	-5.09%	22	$3,183	$331,803	17
45	(24)	Clay Pigeons	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$69,574	-69.41%	98	$710	$1,654,111	31
46	(38)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$65,704	-21.96%	164	$401	$120,387,674	129
47	(37)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$56,039	-33.50%	113	$496	$91,509,343	101
48	(new)	Last Night	Lionsgate		$48,634		8	$6,079	$48,634	3
49	(31)	Rounders	Miramax	Drama	$46,631	-67.14%	155	$301	$22,822,813	45
50	(40)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$45,669	-33.50%	32	$1,427	$3,234,808	66
51	(49)	The Celebration	October Films	Comedy	$44,937	+12.91%	11	$4,085	$147,963	17
52	(43)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$37,572	-33.92%	62	$606	$29,767,901	108
53	(55)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$31,001	-12.82%	15	$2,067	$11,046,232	472
54	(53)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$30,653	-16.31%	26	$1,179	$690,395	52
55	(42)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$29,253	-50.08%	83	$352	$15,862,680	66
56	(48)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$29,208	-28.49%	40	$730	$5,376,137	73
57	(45)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$29,084	-44.06%	30	$969	$3,794,031	87
58	(56)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$28,363	-19.96%	52	$545	$3,085,902	108
59	(60)	The Cube			$26,543	-8.13%	24	$1,106	$314,484	45
60	(47)	Love is the Devil	Strand		$26,227	-40.22%	8	$3,278	$163,866	19
61	(62)	Reach the Rock	Gramercy			-100.00%			$4,960	10