The Top Movies, Weekend of October 30, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Vampires	Sony Pictures	Horror	$9,106,497		1,793	$5,079	$9,106,497	3
2	(1)	Pleasantville	New Line	Comedy	$6,879,604	-22.31%	1,761	$3,907	$18,294,728	10
3	(2)	Practical Magic	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,352,047	-39.13%	2,642	$2,026	$33,652,824	17
4	(3)	Antz	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$4,511,865	-44.40%	2,929	$1,540	$67,794,867	31
5	(4)	Bride of Chucky	Universal	Horror	$4,033,545	-43.02%	2,467	$1,635	$26,799,175	17
6	(6)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$3,799,380	-35.17%	2,402	$1,582	$122,428,446	45
7	(5)	Soldier	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,824,653	-56.19%	2,501	$1,129	$11,217,310	10
8	(7)	Beloved	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,656,117	-38.03%	1,571	$1,691	$18,712,389	17
9	(8)	What Dreams May Come	Polygram	Drama	$2,284,940	-43.41%	2,080	$1,099	$50,547,986	31
10	(9)	Apt Pupil	Sony/TriStar	Thriller/Suspense	$1,728,808	-51.75%	1,448	$1,194	$6,491,135	10
11	(11)	Urban Legend	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,231,896	-24.74%	1,395	$883	$35,015,643	38
12	(10)	A Night at the Roxbury	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,211,889	-47.91%	1,650	$734	$28,291,334	31
13	(12)	Ronin	MGM	Action	$1,124,695	-27.35%	1,341	$839	$39,703,745	38
14	(13)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,019,511	-25.18%	1,005	$1,014	$168,257,374	110
15	(15)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$568,678	-23.23%	707	$804	$189,658,496	101
16	(17)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$546,589	-3.52%	62	$8,816	$48,203,380	241
17	(16)	The Mighty	Miramax	Drama	$530,053	-14.94%	614	$863	$1,914,443	24
18	(37)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$459,634	+286.51%	38	$12,096	$651,832	10
19	(14)	Holy Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$428,207	-53.86%	811	$528	$11,245,093	24
20	(18)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$282,269	-33.97%	476	$593	$200,662,652	124
21	(21)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$260,598	-19.84%	514	$507	$17,151,085	52
22	(30)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$247,379	+28.74%	744	$332	$54,498,913	89
23	(20)	One True Thing	Universal	Drama	$245,430	-25.27%	486	$505	$22,791,740	45
24	(19)	Happiness	Good Machine Releasing	Comedy	$242,515	-29.05%	58	$4,181	$982,572	17
25	(24)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$230,557	-11.59%	467	$494	$64,591,462	94
26	(25)	The Imposters	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$177,452	-26.30%	135	$1,314	$1,769,664	31
27	(new)	Living Out Loud	New Line	Drama	$169,747		8	$21,218	$169,747	3
28	(22)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$160,430	-47.36%	259	$619	$44,484,065	96
29	(new)	American History X	New Line	Drama	$156,076		17	$9,181	$185,816	3
30	(26)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$145,129	-35.17%	375	$387	$65,813,296	96
31	(re-entry)	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Warner Bros.	Drama	$138,214	+120.00%	483	$286	$12,413,650	66
32	(29)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$129,885	-36.43%	340	$382	$143,469,371	129
33	(27)	Blade	New Line	Action	$122,701	-44.31%	296	$415	$68,248,507	73
34	(33)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$110,059	-18.71%	15	$7,337	$2,488,610	178
35	(28)	Orgazmo		Comedy	$101,507	-51.68%	94	$1,080	$397,269	10
36	(51)	The Celebration	October Films	Comedy	$96,225	+114.13%	25	$3,849	$267,908	24
37	(34)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$95,230	-24.78%	42	$2,267	$1,675,350	14,775
38	(re-entry)	Knock Off	Sony Pictures	Action	$90,267		374	$241	$10,076,136	59
39	(35)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$84,860	-32.17%	188	$451	$37,414,866	80
40	(40)	Pecker	Fine Line	Comedy	$71,202	-28.62%	72	$989	$2,098,276	38
41	(38)	Slam	Trimark	Drama	$60,899	-44.87%	55	$1,107	$301,410	24
42	(41)	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	October Films	Drama	$60,804	-38.67%	91	$668	$1,650,724	45
43	(39)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$59,651	-43.54%	201	$297	$129,734,803	115
44	(47)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$48,192	-14.00%	86	$560	$91,573,526	108
45	(42)	Lolita	MGM	Drama	$46,529	-47.99%	26	$1,790	$905,565	103
46	(50)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$42,903	-6.06%	25	$1,716	$3,291,779	73
47	(re-entry)	Without Limits	Warner Bros.		$42,317	+98.00%	57	$742	$716,672	52
48	(32)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$42,063	-71.58%	319	$132	$14,995,102	73
49	(45)	Clay Pigeons	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$36,855	-47.03%	74	$498	$1,722,767	38
50	(46)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$34,968	-46.78%	124	$282	$120,437,962	136
51	(49)	Rounders	Miramax	Drama	$33,313	-28.56%	111	$300	$22,875,793	52
52	(53)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$31,124	+0.40%	15	$2,075	$11,092,806	479
53	(57)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$30,622	+5.29%	32	$957	$3,587,368	94
54	(re-entry)	The Inheritors	Stratosphere Entertainment		$27,116		21	$1,291	$66,772	24
55	(59)	The Cube			$24,025	-9.49%	22	$1,092	$357,839	52
56	(58)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$22,285	-21.43%	55	$405	$3,120,582	115
57	(54)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$21,995	-28.25%	27	$815	$720,046	59
58	(60)	Love is the Devil	Strand		$21,393	-18.43%	11	$1,945	$196,017	26
59	(re-entry)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$17,978		13	$1,383	$5,844,328	164
60	(re-entry)	Monument Avenue	Lionsgate		$17,907		13	$1,377	$232,768	38
61	(re-entry)	Gadjo Dilo	Lionsgate		$17,042		9	$1,894	$512,571	87
62	(re-entry)	All the Rage		Comedy	$16,327		2	$8,164	$97,433	17
63	(re-entry)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$15,224		47	$324	$55,086,107	87
64	(re-entry)	One Tough Cop	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$14,455		35	$413	$1,171,898	24
65	(re-entry)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$14,445		5	$2,889	$938,208	122
66	(re-entry)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$14,289		2	$7,145	$13,888,130	1,291
67	(re-entry)	Permanent Midnight	Artisan	Drama	$11,186		25	$447	$1,152,070	47
68	(re-entry)	I Married a Strange Person	Lionsgate	Comedy	$10,686		5	$2,137	$124,792	66
69	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$9,874		2	$4,937	$14,446,388	1,109
70	(re-entry)	The Cruise	Artisan		$8,539		1	$8,539	$27,179	10
71	(re-entry)	The Eel	New Yorker		$8,091		4	$2,023	$300,254	73
72	(re-entry)	Your Friends and Neighbors	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$7,790		32	$243	$4,710,749	75
73	(re-entry)	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer			$7,157		31	$231	$113,484	17
74	(re-entry)	Nights of Cabiria	Rialto Pictures		$7,075		4	$1,769	$752,045	124
75	(new)	Talk of Angels	Miramax		$6,876		2	$3,438	$6,876	3
76	(re-entry)	The Separation	Phaedra Cinema		$6,490		6	$1,082	$57,953	31
77	(re-entry)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$6,427		10	$643	$1,102,098	108
78	(re-entry)	Hands on a Hardbody	Legacy Releasing	Documentary	$5,859		4	$1,465	$171,442	115
79	(re-entry)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,525		9	$614	$9,577,749	213
80	(re-entry)	Henry Fool	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$5,099		8	$637	$1,328,191	136
81	(re-entry)	The Brandon Teena Story	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$4,699		1	$4,699	$40,999	38
82	(new)	Summer of the Monkeys			$3,391		3	$1,130	$3,391	3
83	(re-entry)	Life During Wartime	Lionsgate	Comedy	$3,296		4	$824	$27,414	17
84	(re-entry)	See the Sea	Zeitgeist		$3,170		1	$3,170	$49,476	66
85	(re-entry)	The Saltmen of Tibet	Zeitgeist		$2,713		2	$1,357	$138,424	103
86	(re-entry)	The Beyond		Horror	$2,297		6	$383	$122,038	5,725
87	(re-entry)	Wilde	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,264		2	$1,132	$2,153,977	185
88	(re-entry)	Marius et Jeannette	New Yorker	Romantic Comedy	$2,046		4	$512	$266,664	332
89	(re-entry)	Six-String Samurai	Palm Pictures		$1,521		2	$761	$101,796	45
90	(re-entry)	Gone with the Wind	MGM	Drama	$1,294		12	$108	$198,651,530	21,507
91	(re-entry)	Western	New Yorker		$1,133		2	$567	$178,004	101
92	(re-entry)	The Last Big Thing	Stratosphere Entertainment		$1,106		2	$553	$16,226	38
93	(re-entry)	Modulations	Strand		$1,029		2	$515	$110,973	59
94	(re-entry)	Lawn Dogs	Strand		$349		1	$349	$106,292	171
95	(re-entry)	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	Strand	Documentary	$126		1	$126	$189,599	262