The Top Movies, Weekend of August 6, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$26,681,262		2,161	$12,347	$26,681,262	3
2	(2)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$24,347,345	-16.64%	2,142	$11,367	$80,049,728	26
3	(1)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$20,772,654	-40.74%	3,161	$6,572	$73,820,993	10
4	(new)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM/UA	Drama	$14,600,719		2,427	$6,016	$14,600,719	3
5	(3)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$11,204,559	-41.36%	2,901	$3,862	$45,511,440	12
6	(new)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$10,017,865		2,136	$4,690	$10,017,865	3
7	(5)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$9,173,995	-35.08%	2,862	$3,205	$64,779,601	17
8	(4)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$6,439,877	-57.79%	2,881	$2,235	$77,340,946	17
9	(new)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,732,614		2,179	$2,631	$5,752,816	5
10	(6)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$4,146,445	-38.88%	1,770	$2,343	$85,508,040	31
11	(9)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,223,198	-35.01%	1,199	$1,854	$412,775,151	82
12	(new)	Dick	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,210,267		1,522	$1,452	$3,392,669	5
13	(10)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,709,142	-43.69%	1,132	$1,510	$161,851,795	54
14	(7)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,601,498	-62.93%	1,612	$993	$52,135,879	24
15	(8)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,502,405	-57.78%	1,518	$990	$156,066,951	45
16	(12)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,185,277	-53.89%	811	$1,462	$22,711,043	24
17	(14)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,121,512	-50.92%	936	$1,198	$99,783,009	52
18	(11)	Lake Placid	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$866,541	-67.66%	815	$1,063	$28,749,158	24
19	(17)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$751,918	-38.92%	701	$1,073	$199,647,588	60
20	(13)	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$729,260	-70.87%	1,157	$630	$110,726,211	40
21	(20)	Notting Hill	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$539,695	-39.02%	514	$1,050	$112,658,155	73
22	(15)	Drop Dead Gorgeous	New Line	Comedy	$462,988	-73.79%	776	$597	$9,542,885	17
23	(16)	Arlington Road	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$460,416	-65.53%	361	$1,275	$23,318,861	31
24	(22)	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	Action	$400,438	-34.61%	455	$880	$169,731,136	131
25	(24)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$398,564	+16.65%	21	$18,979	$15,908,423	389
26	(21)	An Ideal Husband	Miramax	Comedy	$389,610	-52.81%	336	$1,160	$16,454,382	52
27	(23)	The Mummy	Universal	Adventure	$352,510	-30.98%	470	$750	$153,783,825	94
28	(26)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$295,604	-8.62%	36	$8,211	$20,322,862	290
29	(18)	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$282,303	-68.71%	342	$825	$50,587,886	40
30	(19)	Muppets From Space	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$275,431	-68.97%	454	$607	$14,903,911	26
31	(25)	Run Lola Run	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$262,618	-20.68%	106	$2,478	$3,751,800	52
32	(29)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$221,656	-7.07%	58	$3,822	$69,527,184	521
33	(42)	Trick	Fine Line	Comedy	$206,839	+118.27%	34	$6,084	$531,610	17
34	(27)	The Red Violin	Lionsgate	Drama	$184,091	-32.97%	117	$1,573	$7,398,593	59
35	(28)	Entrapment	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$183,771	-29.84%	327	$562	$87,055,043	101
36	(31)	Buena Vista Social Club	Artisan	Documentary	$158,291	-17.14%	51	$3,104	$3,200,082	66
37	(30)	Tea with Mussolini	MGM/UA	Drama	$145,424	-30.13%	167	$871	$13,301,729	87
38	(34)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$128,988	-10.00%	20	$6,449	$3,772,095	139
39	(36)	Dinner Game	Lionsgate	Comedy	$119,024	-15.55%	37	$3,217	$1,735,827	31
40	(32)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$116,052	-25.48%	10	$11,605	$2,230,684	101
41	(38)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$110,238	+1.94%	15	$7,349	$2,947,723	164
42	(41)	Autumn Tale	October Films	Drama	$109,933	+9.35%	27	$4,072	$554,079	31
43	(35)	Instinct	Buena Vista	Drama	$106,099	-25.04%	252	$421	$33,847,372	66
44	(40)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$99,875	-0.84%	9	$11,097	$9,463,555	458
45	(52)	My Life So Far	Miramax		$82,384	+66.93%	17	$4,846	$233,139	17
46	(43)	Never Been Kissed	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$75,646	-17.59%	169	$448	$55,240,426	122
47	(39)	Life	Universal	Comedy	$75,195	-27.14%	155	$485	$63,844,974	115
48	(49)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$75,054	+29.33%	12	$6,255	$14,210,539	759
49	(46)	Ten Things I Hate About You	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$60,359	-12.05%	114	$529	$38,048,279	131
50	(new)	Illuminata			$53,264		8	$6,658	$53,264	3
51	(44)	The Winslow Boy	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$52,145	-35.89%	49	$1,064	$3,916,272	101
52	(50)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$51,661	-5.56%	10	$5,166	$1,381,847	164
53	(45)	Elvis Gratton 2	Lionsgate	Comedy	$43,508	-42.21%	31	$1,403	$3,316,272	38
54	(33)	Summer of Sam	Buena Vista	Drama	$38,608	-74.76%	32	$1,207	$18,968,361	38
55	(57)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$36,363	-3.76%	7	$5,195	$1,024,374	150
56	(48)	Election	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$35,402	-39.80%	82	$432	$14,879,556	108
57	(67)	After Life	Artistic License	Drama	$34,189	+52.01%	11	$3,108	$402,842	89
58	(51)	Twin Falls Idaho	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$32,486	-34.83%	6	$5,414	$107,310	10
59	(53)	Baby Geniuses	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$32,150	-25.95%	87	$370	$26,977,149	150
60	(54)	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$30,648	-28.11%	12	$2,554	$649,503	94
61	(58)	The King of Masks	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$29,524	-18.13%	15	$1,968	$727,613	101
62	(47)	The Thirteenth Floor	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$27,911	-54.31%	108	$258	$11,768,803	73
63	(56)	Limbo	Sony Pictures	Drama	$22,198	-45.86%	31	$716	$1,974,756	66
64	(59)	Edge of Seventeen	Strand Releasing		$22,185	-31.72%	8	$2,773	$696,159	101
65	(74)	This is My Father	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$19,645	+16.16%	15	$1,310	$923,297	94
66	(72)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$15,089	-26.12%	2	$7,545	$14,835,777	1,389
67	(65)	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$15,017	-33.56%	50	$300	$16,027,451	87
68	(69)	Cookie's Fortune	October Films	Comedy	$13,798	-36.54%	24	$575	$10,856,097	129
69	(new)	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$12,598		17	$741	$12,598	3
70	(re-entry)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$11,264		1	$11,264	$15,585	80
71	(71)	Get Real	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$10,478	-49.26%	11	$953	$1,099,110	101
72	(64)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$10,070	-55.77%	3	$3,357	$14,575,951	1,571
73	(79)	Trippin'	October Films	Comedy	$7,848	+0.28%	24	$327	$8,935,693	89
74	(new)	Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train	Kino		$7,804		1	$7,804	$10,331	5
75	(new)	The Acid House	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$7,459		1	$7,459	$7,459	3
76	(85)	Three Seasons	October Films	Drama	$6,999	+155.25%	13	$538	$1,982,176	101
77	(76)	Cabaret Balkan	Paramount Classics	Drama	$6,448	-23.96%	2	$3,224	$39,853	17
78	(new)	The Gambler		Drama	$6,317		1	$6,317	$9,133	5
79	(84)	The Loss of Sexual Innocence	Sony Pictures		$4,203	+12.17%	6	$701	$281,554	73
80	(90)	Hideous Kinky	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$2,706	+102.39%	5	$541	$1,261,377	115
81	(94)	Desert Blue	Goldwyn Entertainment		$2,047	+259.75%	2	$1,024	$97,061	66
82	(83)	Windhorse	Shadow	Drama	$2,000	-48.52%	1	$2,000	$221,708	178
83	(re-entry)	A Place Called Chiapas			$1,921		1	$1,921	$229,793	122
84	(re-entry)	Following	Zeitgeist Films		$855		2	$428	$43,188	127
85	(89)	The School of Flesh	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$667	-50.96%	2	$334	$400,544	164
86	(91)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$665	-36.00%	1	$665	$1,515,916	402
87	(95)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand Releasing		$342	-19.72%	1	$342	$612,278	257