The Top Movies, Weekend of December 4, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	A Bug's Life	Buena Vista	Adventure	$17,174,218	-48.36%	2,701	$6,358	$68,678,006	17
2	(new)	Psycho	Universal	Horror	$10,031,850		2,477	$4,050	$10,031,850	3
3	(3)	Enemy of the State	Buena Vista	Action	$9,668,783	-46.62%	2,458	$3,934	$62,872,780	17
4	(2)	The Rugrats Movie	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$7,632,293	-63.67%	2,832	$2,695	$67,452,270	17
5	(4)	The Waterboy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,511,707	-52.12%	2,778	$2,344	$130,768,331	31
6	(6)	Meet Joe Black	Universal	Drama	$2,417,780	-58.22%	2,188	$1,105	$39,220,300	24
7	(5)	Babe: Pig in the City	Universal	Adventure	$2,375,065	-61.46%	2,387	$995	$11,421,985	12
8	(9)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$1,954,089	-42.38%	540	$3,619	$9,780,813	31
9	(7)	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,732,855	-61.16%	2,212	$783	$35,960,227	24
10	(8)	Home Fries	Warner Bros.	Black Comedy	$1,725,359	-54.40%	1,925	$896	$7,844,785	12
11	(11)	Very Bad Things	Polygram	Black Comedy	$1,518,619	-53.21%	1,260	$1,205	$7,093,369	12
12	(10)	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Artisan	Comedy	$1,305,480	-60.96%	1,320	$989	$7,002,057	12
13	(12)	The Siege	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,037,257	-58.48%	1,206	$860	$37,829,456	31
14	(18)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$720,955	-17.23%	134	$5,380	$6,207,910	45
15	(13)	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Buena Vista	Comedy	$680,009	-59.49%	1,335	$509	$10,285,007	24
16	(16)	American History X	New Line	Drama	$532,218	-46.22%	470	$1,132	$4,904,220	38
17	(15)	Celebrity	Miramax	Comedy	$530,059	-48.38%	468	$1,133	$4,115,638	17
18	(14)	Pleasantville	New Line	Comedy	$501,005	-58.39%	831	$603	$37,437,387	45
19	(20)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$445,380	-30.74%	61	$7,301	$53,472,864	276
20	(19)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$386,820	-41.34%	584	$662	$172,920,167	145
21	(21)	Living Out Loud	New Line	Drama	$385,278	-36.67%	379	$1,017	$12,045,811	38
22	(17)	Antz	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$300,555	-68.46%	920	$327	$86,162,869	66
23	(23)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$296,287	-35.21%	408	$726	$132,434,079	80
24	(25)	Blade	New Line	Action	$251,069	-13.99%	401	$626	$69,704,495	108
25	(67)	A Night at the Roxbury	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$179,957	+1,586.10%	511	$352	$30,059,631	66
26	(35)	Bride of Chucky	Universal	Horror	$153,015	+9.78%	303	$505	$31,825,575	52
27	(29)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$150,975	-23.66%	9	$16,775	$653,793	17
28	(28)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$139,745	-45.99%	9	$15,527	$1,624,207	45
29	(22)	The Wizard of Oz	MGM	Adventure	$133,833	-77.84%	444	$301	$14,032,412	21,890
30	(26)	Belly	Artisan	Drama	$122,914	-57.09%	151	$814	$9,031,413	33
31	(32)	Gods and Monsters	Lionsgate	Drama	$116,287	-27.91%	40	$2,907	$804,250	31
32	(36)	What Dreams May Come	Polygram	Drama	$98,730	-25.33%	227	$435	$55,080,426	66
33	(new)	Little Voice	Miramax	Musical	$93,722		6	$15,620	$93,722	3
34	(33)	Freeriders	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$90,088	-43.64%	10	$9,009	$2,719,164	47
35	(24)	Practical Magic	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$87,560	-79.71%	175	$500	$45,074,909	52
36	(34)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$87,355	-42.35%	231	$378	$93,365,581	143
37	(40)	The Nutcracker			$77,918	-11.59%	26	$2,997	$275,341	12
38	(38)	The Celebration	October Films	Comedy	$77,236	-22.06%	36	$2,145	$978,563	59
39	(30)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$71,514	-61.89%	406	$176	$55,495,903	122
40	(27)	Soldier	Warner Bros.	Action	$71,121	-73.21%	183	$389	$14,567,883	45
41	(31)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$64,465	-61.21%	15	$4,298	$3,484,835	213
42	(44)	Central Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$60,035	-21.00%	7	$8,576	$228,453	17
43	(41)	Slam	Trimark	Drama	$51,375	-39.83%	65	$790	$821,717	59
44	(55)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand		$44,798	+35.41%	3	$14,933	$107,260	12
45	(45)	Dancing at Lughnasa	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$44,200	-39.16%	6	$7,367	$374,187	24
46	(42)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$44,128	-45.53%	105	$420	$65,573,784	129
47	(39)	Holy Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$41,011	-54.62%	130	$315	$12,002,968	59
48	(51)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$39,454	-13.51%	39	$1,012	$2,083,657	14,810
49	(37)	Vampires	Sony Pictures	Horror	$38,669	-62.51%	117	$331	$19,884,268	38
50	(56)	Ronin	MGM	Action	$37,735	+30.46%	101	$374	$41,437,295	73
51	(47)	Velvet Goldmine	Miramax	Musical	$36,174	-41.81%	43	$841	$1,011,795	31
52	(48)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$34,614	-40.07%	13	$2,663	$11,445,450	514
53	(43)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$32,722	-57.09%	145	$226	$144,096,799	164
54	(49)	Beloved	Buena Vista	Drama	$31,942	-44.18%	66	$484	$22,705,177	52
55	(new)	Shattered Image	Lionsgate		$31,859		24	$1,327	$31,859	3
56	(46)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$31,103	-53.51%	108	$288	$18,215,058	87
57	(54)	The Cruise	Artisan		$22,611	-40.53%	15	$1,507	$179,981	45
58	(59)	The Imposters	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$20,061	-0.57%	14	$1,433	$2,146,208	66
59	(63)	The Inheritors	Stratosphere Entertainment		$18,217	+29.55%	21	$867	$153,739	59
60	(53)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$15,792	-63.32%	89	$177	$66,304,095	131
61	(52)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$13,029	-70.19%	61	$214	$201,573,391	159
62	(64)	Gadjo Dilo	Lionsgate		$12,883	+11.53%	10	$1,288	$623,330	122
63	(57)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$11,577	-54.57%	51	$227	$120,618,403	171
64	(73)	Monument Avenue	Lionsgate		$9,426	+47.07%	9	$1,047	$311,591	73
65	(60)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$8,960	-43.71%	30	$299	$37,644,802	115
66	(58)	The Last Emperor	Artisan		$7,821	-62.94%	3	$2,607	$46,922	12
67	(71)	I Married a Strange Person	Lionsgate	Comedy	$7,432	-13.13%	4	$1,858	$203,134	101
68	(68)	Love is the Devil	Strand		$5,581	-47.48%	6	$930	$307,746	61
69	(re-entry)	Marius et Jeannette	New Yorker	Romantic Comedy	$5,557		2	$2,779	$270,991	367
70	(70)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,316	-44.72%	10	$532	$3,700,030	129
71	(re-entry)	Bulworth	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,209		2	$2,105	$26,525,834	206
72	(new)	Hi-Life	Lionsgate		$3,773		1	$3,773	$3,773	3
73	(72)	Pecker	Fine Line	Comedy	$3,550	-52.64%	10	$355	$2,264,543	73
74	(re-entry)	Hard Core Logo	Miramax		$3,492		5	$698	$9,729	24
75	(77)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,304	-17.19%	2	$1,652	$14,494,543	1,144
76	(re-entry)	Six-String Samurai	Palm Pictures		$2,839		3	$946	$112,856	80
77	(75)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$2,812	-46.58%	4	$703	$770,207	94
78	(80)	Modulations	Strand		$2,790	+33.11%	4	$698	$126,508	94
79	(65)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,765	-75.41%	1	$2,765	$13,937,197	1,326
80	(66)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,833	-82.95%	2	$917	$1,015,247	157
81	(83)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,391	+64.81%	6	$232	$5,480,318	115
82	(85)	The Last Big Thing	Stratosphere Entertainment		$788	+885.00%	4	$197	$19,005	73
83	(new)	Hallelujah! Ron Athey: A Story of Deliverance	Artistic License		$719		1	$719	$719	3
84	(84)	One Tough Cop	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$707	+9.10%	2	$354	$1,215,304	59
85	(81)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$569	-56.23%	2	$285	$1,111,832	143