The Top Movies, Weekend of August 20, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$23,950,008	-7.04%	2,688	$8,910	$107,506,281	17
2	(2)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$10,609,885	-41.26%	2,717	$3,905	$35,802,745	10
3	(new)	Mickey Blue Eyes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$10,178,289		2,573	$3,956	$10,178,289	3
4	(4)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$9,264,333	-32.65%	3,240	$2,859	$113,513,310	24
5	(3)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$7,265,546	-49.90%	2,538	$2,863	$120,645,836	40
6	(5)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM/UA	Drama	$7,007,321	-30.43%	2,427	$2,887	$42,221,366	17
7	(new)	Universal Soldier II: The Return	Sony Pictures	Action	$4,605,167		1,639	$2,810	$4,605,167	3
8	(7)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,316,854	-28.55%	2,144	$2,013	$83,161,640	31
9	(6)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,980,464	-40.16%	2,246	$1,772	$63,843,209	26
10	(new)	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Miramax	Comedy	$3,326,870		1,710	$1,946	$3,326,870	3
11	(8)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$2,716,045	-42.36%	1,954	$1,390	$24,459,175	17
12	(10)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,320,113	-38.09%	1,943	$1,194	$16,659,344	19
13	(12)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$2,006,805	-24.57%	1,118	$1,795	$94,131,695	45
14	(9)	Brokedown Palace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,780,387	-54.01%	1,738	$1,024	$7,816,783	10
15	(11)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$1,673,358	-49.37%	1,587	$1,054	$86,750,650	31
16	(14)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,221,405	-19.57%	631	$1,936	$417,800,897	96
17	(15)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$929,717	-24.59%	905	$1,027	$203,100,498	74
18	(16)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$740,036	-34.95%	743	$996	$165,477,219	68
19	(13)	Detroit Rock City	New Line	Comedy	$645,028	-67.84%	1,802	$358	$3,656,297	10
20	(18)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$644,578	-17.61%	628	$1,026	$158,717,720	59
21	(25)	Lake Placid	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$415,384	+2.46%	465	$893	$30,133,865	38
22	(22)	Notting Hill	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$407,225	-9.27%	455	$895	$114,133,485	87
23	(20)	Taal	Eros Entertainment	Musical	$366,178	-38.07%	44	$8,322	$1,144,965	10
24	(27)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$318,306	+0.24%	38	$8,376	$21,616,904	304
25	(21)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$313,079	-45.15%	417	$751	$24,271,331	38
26	(19)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$304,228	-49.40%	501	$607	$54,147,755	38
27	(26)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$292,745	-24.29%	23	$12,728	$17,755,513	403
28	(31)	Run Lola Run	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$269,815	+1.59%	118	$2,287	$4,645,240	66
29	(28)	Muppets From Space	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$268,202	-14.89%	678	$396	$15,842,856	40
30	(23)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$232,227	-48.01%	360	$645	$101,165,584	66
31	(30)	The Mummy	Universal	Adventure	$226,395	-26.01%	351	$645	$154,703,255	108
32	(24)	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	Action	$211,862	-49.60%	256	$828	$170,817,779	145
33	(33)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$202,802	-6.30%	57	$3,558	$70,369,172	535
34	(41)	Trick	Fine Line	Comedy	$195,666	+48.70%	53	$3,692	$1,036,728	31
35	(34)	Buena Vista Social Club	Artisan	Documentary	$183,047	-2.46%	61	$3,001	$3,769,173	80
36	(29)	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$175,929	-42.62%	371	$474	$111,629,242	54
37	(38)	Dinner Game	Lionsgate	Comedy	$170,595	+13.21%	59	$2,891	$2,209,519	45
38	(32)	An Ideal Husband	Miramax	Comedy	$166,702	-33.58%	169	$986	$17,195,004	66
39	(36)	The Red Violin	Lionsgate	Drama	$143,106	-10.67%	95	$1,506	$7,735,416	73
40	(40)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$139,066	+3.27%	20	$6,953	$4,429,728	153
41	(17)	Dick	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$136,775	-82.97%	230	$595	$6,153,332	19
42	(42)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$122,321	-4.49%	11	$11,120	$2,749,473	115
43	(37)	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$120,747	-22.89%	212	$570	$51,118,648	54
44	(43)	Autumn Tale	October Films	Drama	$119,207	-5.20%	28	$4,257	$884,575	45
45	(46)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$113,573	+0.52%	15	$7,572	$3,380,370	178
46	(57)	Illuminata			$107,317	+160.10%	25	$4,293	$252,873	17
47	(39)	Entrapment	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$104,103	-29.50%	199	$523	$87,524,258	115
48	(44)	Tea with Mussolini	MGM/UA	Drama	$99,027	-21.00%	150	$660	$13,695,635	101
49	(35)	Arlington Road	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$88,581	-52.46%	87	$1,018	$23,818,174	45
50	(55)	Twin Falls Idaho	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$78,377	+65.16%	24	$3,266	$275,309	24
51	(47)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$74,558	-17.37%	9	$8,284	$9,787,116	472
52	(48)	Better Than Chocolate	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$70,693	-16.42%	19	$3,721	$203,977	10
53	(45)	Drop Dead Gorgeous	New Line	Comedy	$64,213	-45.85%	128	$502	$10,041,747	31
54	(51)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$57,033	-2.55%	10	$5,703	$1,554,457	178
55	(49)	My Life So Far	Miramax		$55,742	-18.67%	22	$2,534	$430,590	31
56	(53)	Life	Universal	Comedy	$45,997	-15.31%	81	$568	$64,016,268	129
57	(52)	Never Been Kissed	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$45,903	-19.27%	102	$450	$55,432,300	136
58	(50)	Instinct	Buena Vista	Drama	$37,791	-35.46%	80	$472	$34,050,457	80
59	(56)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$36,913	-12.02%	12	$3,076	$14,391,767	773
60	(54)	The Winslow Boy	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$36,598	-22.98%	43	$851	$4,058,350	115
61	(60)	Baby Geniuses	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$33,810	+3.81%	105	$322	$27,075,790	164
62	(58)	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$31,091	-22.51%	22	$1,413	$746,713	108
63	(61)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$27,972	-7.03%	7	$3,996	$1,145,547	164
64	(67)	The King of Masks	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$24,536	+12.68%	15	$1,636	$810,450	115
65	(83)	Trippin'	October Films	Comedy	$21,459	+240.73%	31	$692	$8,983,034	103
66	(62)	The Third Man	Rialto Pictures		$19,908	-23.43%	4	$4,977	$402,126	108
67	(70)	Grand Illusion	Rialto Pictures		$19,334	+19.43%	2	$9,667	$91,049	22,260
68	(66)	Ten Things I Hate About You	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$15,996	-27.18%	50	$320	$38,157,265	145
69	(86)	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$15,324	+212.16%	15	$1,022	$44,403	17
70	(71)	This is My Father	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$14,946	-7.52%	18	$830	$972,158	108
71	(72)	Head On	Strand Releasing		$13,503	-5.07%	1	$13,503	$38,775	10
72	(65)	Edge of Seventeen	Strand Releasing		$12,634	-42.68%	9	$1,404	$756,897	115
73	(81)	Cookie's Fortune	October Films	Comedy	$12,558	+87.99%	11	$1,142	$10,884,897	143
74	(63)	Summer of Sam	Buena Vista	Drama	$11,494	-50.52%	13	$884	$19,032,947	52
75	(75)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$10,587	-7.50%	2	$5,294	$14,890,359	1,403
76	(new)	Perfect Blue			$9,600		1	$9,600	$9,600	3
77	(new)	On The Ropes			$7,431		1	$7,431	$11,293	5
78	(87)	Late August, Early September	Zeitgeist Films		$6,483	+50.94%	2	$3,242	$45,192	45
79	(73)	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$6,402	-48.94%	21	$305	$16,066,563	101
80	(74)	The Acid House	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$6,303	-49.47%	2	$3,152	$43,051	17
81	(84)	Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train	Kino		$6,208	+4.79%	2	$3,104	$30,845	19
82	(93)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand Releasing		$5,295	+160.45%	2	$2,648	$621,224	271
83	(64)	Three Seasons	October Films	Drama	$5,210	-76.70%	11	$474	$2,019,237	115
84	(91)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$5,209	+100.12%	1	$5,209	$51,780	94
85	(76)	Get Real	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,775	-56.82%	10	$478	$1,130,214	115
86	(re-entry)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$4,431		4	$1,108	$4,914,047	5,421
87	(85)	Cabaret Balkan	Paramount Classics	Drama	$4,409	-21.87%	4	$1,102	$56,904	31
88	(re-entry)	The Ogre	Kino		$4,198		2	$2,099	$38,312	255
89	(90)	Relax� It's Just Sex			$2,690	-8.69%	1	$2,690	$381,377	115
90	(79)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,670	-67.11%	3	$890	$14,621,275	1,585
91	(78)	The Loss of Sexual Innocence	Sony Pictures		$2,321	-73.78%	6	$387	$296,636	87
92	(re-entry)	The Swindle	New Yorker	Comedy	$1,196		1	$1,196	$245,359	241
93	(re-entry)	Following	Zeitgeist Films		$1,009		2	$505	$44,705	141
94	(88)	Windhorse	Shadow	Drama	$900	-71.46%	2	$450	$225,529	192
95	(99)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$768	+32.19%	1	$768	$1,518,333	416
96	(re-entry)	Mighty Peking Man			$276		1	$276	$15,688	122
97	(re-entry)	The Peeping Tom			$164		1	$164	$83,957	199