The Top Movies, Weekend of July 9, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$18,709,680		2,507	$7,463	$18,709,680	3
2	(1)	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$16,834,042	-39.20%	3,342	$5,037	$76,569,324	12
3	(2)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$16,030,412	-40.25%	3,254	$4,926	$116,481,837	17
4	(3)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$10,811,295	-44.11%	3,131	$3,453	$129,005,420	26
5	(5)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$7,929,825	-44.19%	2,710	$2,926	$79,181,576	24
6	(new)	Arlington Road	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,517,145		1,631	$4,609	$7,517,145	3
7	(6)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,491,397	-43.64%	2,447	$3,061	$385,184,373	54
8	(4)	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,062,131	-52.20%	2,128	$3,319	$35,503,056	12
9	(7)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$6,827,232	-43.36%	2,608	$2,618	$182,515,800	32
10	(8)	Summer of Sam	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,466,010	-56.63%	1,536	$2,257	$14,056,168	10
11	(9)	Notting Hill	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$3,015,885	-45.18%	1,485	$2,031	$103,142,720	45
12	(10)	An Ideal Husband	Miramax	Comedy	$2,294,927	-36.92%	772	$2,973	$9,023,233	24
13	(11)	The Mummy	Universal	Adventure	$867,505	-31.68%	694	$1,250	$149,609,505	66
14	(12)	The Red Violin	Lionsgate	Drama	$518,184	-41.43%	241	$2,150	$5,454,304	31
15	(14)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$511,368	-34.64%	572	$894	$99,418,544	213
16	(17)	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	Action	$510,407	-16.09%	527	$969	$167,505,401	103
17	(16)	Elvis Gratton 2	Lionsgate	Comedy	$470,089	-32.83%	91	$5,166	$1,859,724	10
18	(15)	Tea with Mussolini	MGM/UA	Drama	$441,750	-41.54%	281	$1,572	$11,537,869	59
19	(18)	Entrapment	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$398,179	-23.85%	535	$744	$84,982,446	73
20	(20)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$348,356	-19.54%	21	$16,588	$13,141,714	361
21	(19)	Run Lola Run	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$346,981	-30.33%	57	$6,087	$1,632,207	24
22	(22)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$333,155	-8.71%	35	$9,519	$17,723,459	262
23	(13)	Instinct	Buena Vista	Drama	$297,706	-63.13%	398	$748	$32,810,863	38
24	(21)	Buena Vista Social Club	Artisan	Documentary	$254,339	-34.15%	51	$4,987	$1,912,838	38
25	(23)	Never Been Kissed	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$240,650	-33.74%	388	$620	$54,261,278	94
26	(28)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$211,381	+1.97%	56	$3,775	$67,575,277	493
27	(25)	Ten Things I Hate About You	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$186,603	-34.51%	311	$600	$37,178,640	103
28	(29)	Life	Universal	Comedy	$169,505	-11.31%	226	$750	$63,077,804	87
29	(24)	The Winslow Boy	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$167,480	-43.22%	95	$1,763	$3,305,269	73
30	(39)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$156,107	+52.00%	19	$8,216	$2,626,952	111
31	(26)	Limbo	Sony Pictures	Drama	$150,702	-45.98%	110	$1,370	$1,661,637	38
32	(30)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$129,310	-22.07%	15	$8,621	$2,146,576	136
33	(27)	Analyze This	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$121,606	-48.30%	199	$611	$106,556,109	129
34	(36)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$109,942	-6.65%	9	$12,216	$1,202,291	73
35	(65)	Black Mask	Artisan	Action	$104,198	+390.23%	301	$346	$12,207,032	59
36	(35)	Baby Geniuses	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$102,407	-15.43%	188	$545	$26,553,587	122
37	(37)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$100,610	-10.09%	10	$10,061	$8,662,469	430
38	(55)	The Love Letter	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$97,033	+122.09%	341	$285	$8,179,424	52
39	(34)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$93,125	-28.10%	149	$625	$32,214,500	143
40	(36)	Straight From The Heart	Video Sound	Musical	$85,833	-27.00%	30	$2,861	$912,548	24
41	(31)	Besieged	Fine Line	Drama	$81,327	-39.50%	65	$1,251	$1,823,750	52
42	(53)	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$69,467	+58.16%	20	$3,473	$393,626	66
43	(38)	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$65,126	-35.63%	121	$538	$15,691,634	59
44	(39)	My Son the Fanatic	Miramax		$64,452	-24.13%	20	$3,223	$234,343	17
45	(33)	Election	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$58,454	-55.37%	135	$433	$14,455,310	80
46	(32)	The Out-of-Towners	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$58,343	-56.47%	222	$263	$28,400,188	101
47	(47)	Edge of Seventeen	Strand Releasing		$57,039	-0.34%	10	$5,704	$485,315	73
48	(re-entry)	Hote Hote Pyar Ho Gaya			$55,738		16	$3,484	$214,574	10
49	(49)	Astérix et Obélix contre César	Distributor Unknown	Comedy	$53,123	-4.75%	36	$1,476	$1,448,612	38
50	(56)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$44,646	+8.72%	9	$4,961	$13,747,005	731
51	(43)	This is My Father	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$42,057	-36.47%	45	$935	$813,375	66
52	(40)	The Thirteenth Floor	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$37,894	-54.43%	47	$806	$11,267,231	45
53	(45)	Doug's 1st Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$34,566	-42.23%	128	$270	$19,312,581	108
54	(new)	Autumn Tale	October Films	Drama	$33,631		2	$16,816	$85,120	3
55	(42)	The Castle	Miramax	Comedy	$32,796	-52.46%	25	$1,312	$905,012	66
56	(58)	Go!	Sony Pictures	Black Comedy	$31,066	-3.57%	52	$597	$16,688,264	94
57	(46)	Cookie's Fortune	October Films	Comedy	$30,797	-46.61%	48	$642	$10,707,513	101
58	(48)	Get Real	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$29,100	-48.53%	31	$939	$972,265	73
59	(51)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$27,266	-44.65%	9	$3,030	$947,733	136
60	(66)	After Life	Artistic License	Drama	$26,857	+59.87%	7	$3,837	$227,459	61
61	(57)	Three Seasons	October Films	Drama	$25,990	-21.55%	22	$1,181	$1,893,285	73
62	(new)	Dinner Game	Lionsgate	Comedy	$25,520		1	$25,520	$25,520	3
63	(44)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$24,059	-60.76%	88	$273	$36,781,997	150
64	(54)	Cruel Intentions	Sony Pictures	Drama	$23,894	-45.36%	29	$824	$38,080,475	129
65	(52)	Foolish	Artisan	Comedy	$23,777	-49.39%	59	$403	$5,998,575	94
66	(63)	Trippin'	October Films	Comedy	$22,946	-10.39%	45	$510	$8,855,108	61
67	(50)	Forces of Nature	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$21,924	-57.31%	59	$372	$52,900,680	115
68	(62)	The King of Masks	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$19,685	-24.17%	13	$1,514	$558,367	73
69	(new)	Genghis Blues	Roxie Releasing	Documentary	$17,998		2	$8,999	$32,606	3
70	(61)	The Dream Life of Angels	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,644	-34.00%	19	$929	$1,687,055	101
71	(68)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$16,614	+13.22%	5	$3,323	$721,252	122
72	(59)	The Lovers on the Bridge	Miramax		$15,885	-46.48%	2	$7,943	$53,585	10
73	(71)	The Third Man	Rialto Pictures		$14,485	+62.08%	4	$3,621	$247,730	66
74	(64)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$13,098	-48.37%	54	$243	$81,517,441	157
75	(69)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$10,864	-23.94%	2	$5,432	$14,408,357	1,543
76	(67)	Hideous Kinky	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$8,839	-42.13%	16	$552	$1,241,351	87
77	(70)	The Loss of Sexual Innocence	Sony Pictures		$7,792	-19.37%	11	$708	$239,909	45
78	(83)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$5,783	+120.39%	1	$5,783	$1,513,717	374
79	(re-entry)	Eternity and a Day	Phaedra Cinema		$5,536		3	$1,845	$81,606	45
80	(81)	Relax� It's Just Sex			$5,336	+84.06%	4	$1,334	$329,263	73
81	(72)	The Lovers of the Arctic Circle	Fine Line		$5,221	-34.97%	11	$475	$470,078	94
82	(76)	The Rage: Carrie 2	MGM/UA	Horror	$4,507	-1.49%	11	$410	$17,753,790	122
83	(73)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,054	-45.23%	1	$4,054	$14,731,464	1,361
84	(82)	Desert Blue	Goldwyn Entertainment		$3,774	+35.32%	5	$755	$81,759	38
85	(84)	Central Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,511	+117.13%	5	$702	$5,595,428	234
86	(re-entry)	Tango	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,140		3	$1,047	$1,687,311	150
87	(re-entry)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$2,899		1	$2,899	$15,585	52
88	(78)	Regret to Inform	Artistic License		$2,717	-31.02%	1	$2,717	$18,860	17
89	(88)	Dancemaker	Artistic License		$2,190	+1,188.24%	3	$730	$231,415	129
90	(75)	Endurance	Buena Vista		$383	-91.94%	3	$128	$227,048	59
91	(87)	The School of Flesh	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$291	-11.28%	2	$146	$395,133	136