The Top Movies, Weekend of October 8, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Double Jeopardy	Paramount Pictures	Action	$13,541,285	-20.43%	2,913	$4,649	$65,833,516	17
2	(new)	Random Hearts	Sony Pictures	Drama	$13,012,585		2,697	$4,825	$13,012,585	3
3	(2)	Three Kings	Warner Bros.	Action	$12,004,295	-24.25%	2,942	$4,080	$32,714,711	10
4	(3)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$9,505,313	+16.08%	1,226	$7,753	$31,120,695	26
5	(new)	Superstar	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$8,912,743		1,943	$4,587	$8,912,743	3
6	(5)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$6,123,967	-12.83%	2,784	$2,200	$242,710,195	66
7	(4)	Blue Streak	Sony Pictures	Action	$5,717,945	-28.60%	2,691	$2,125	$55,183,779	24
8	(6)	Drive Me Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,980,182	-41.86%	2,233	$1,782	$11,824,005	10
9	(8)	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,251,614	-30.83%	1,210	$1,861	$6,228,046	10
10	(7)	For Love of the Game	Universal	Drama	$2,148,230	-39.47%	2,414	$890	$31,524,405	24
11	(9)	Mystery, Alaska	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,801,833	-41.92%	1,704	$1,057	$5,918,663	10
12	(10)	Stigmata	MGM/UA	Horror	$1,408,414	-40.34%	1,382	$1,019	$46,483,606	31
13	(11)	A Stir of Echoes	Artisan	Thriller/Suspense	$801,336	-34.75%	1,037	$773	$18,936,635	31
14	(13)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$657,562	-31.06%	1,055	$623	$148,879,483	73
15	(22)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$566,409	+130.37%	733	$773	$94,888,759	80
16	(15)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$538,206	-22.79%	550	$979	$426,141,814	145
17	(21)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$487,885	+82.53%	924	$528	$139,468,795	89
18	(12)	Jakob the Liar	Sony Pictures	Drama	$434,132	-56.68%	928	$468	$4,515,222	17
19	(16)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM/UA	Drama	$418,231	-5.77%	717	$583	$67,398,334	66
20	(17)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$360,397	+2.87%	393	$917	$90,621,919	80
21	(14)	Mumford	Buena Vista	Comedy	$342,426	-61.43%	651	$526	$4,040,712	17
22	(20)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$303,342	+8.90%	23	$13,189	$21,513,776	452
23	(32)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$259,637	+86.93%	634	$410	$22,493,082	68
24	(18)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$217,655	-29.48%	431	$505	$65,194,570	59
25	(25)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$207,387	+1.20%	33	$6,284	$24,310,806	353
26	(new)	The Limey	Artisan	Drama	$187,122		17	$11,007	$187,122	3
27	(24)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$181,116	-20.98%	343	$528	$170,066,044	117
28	(19)	The 13th Warrior	Buena Vista	Action	$178,367	-36.65%	306	$583	$31,786,060	45
29	(35)	Romance	Trimark	Drama	$174,993	+39.46%	48	$3,646	$590,291	24
30	(46)	Happy, Texas	Miramax	Comedy	$173,115	+140.25%	39	$4,439	$278,968	10
31	(67)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$167,251	+578.86%	78	$2,144	$222,484	10
32	(29)	Buena Vista Social Club	Artisan	Documentary	$149,818	-0.90%	74	$2,025	$5,639,403	129
33	(26)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$135,138	-26.83%	187	$723	$163,213,253	108
34	(28)	In Too Deep	Gramercy	Drama	$122,933	-21.61%	138	$891	$13,724,314	47
35	(38)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$116,125	+5.43%	45	$2,581	$72,260,744	584
36	(30)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$100,135	-29.67%	308	$325	$101,487,360	94
37	(41)	Guinevere	Miramax		$93,218	-10.16%	33	$2,825	$324,803	17
38	(43)	Run Lola Run	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$83,375	-0.94%	75	$1,112	$6,668,858	115
39	(new)	Matroni et Moi			$80,058		31	$2,583	$80,058	3
40	(27)	Grey Owl			$78,604	-51.59%	68	$1,156	$314,505	10
41	(36)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$77,474	-31.20%	155	$500	$72,345,055	75
42	(45)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$76,249	-2.42%	15	$5,083	$3,755,723	164
43	(new)	Boys Don't Cry	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$73,720		2	$36,860	$73,720	3
44	(47)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$73,075	+3.74%	15	$4,872	$5,881,430	202
45	(48)	Dinner Game	Lionsgate	Comedy	$69,536	+11.99%	65	$1,070	$3,551,087	94
46	(33)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$64,229	-51.08%	159	$404	$102,678,089	115
47	(23)	Plunkett & Macleane	Gramercy		$63,370	-74.11%	292	$217	$420,844	10
48	(34)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$60,490	-52.00%	106	$571	$29,762,011	66
49	(37)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$54,943	-50.89%	132	$416	$24,991,185	87
50	(50)	The Red Violin	Lionsgate	Drama	$53,613	-3.12%	70	$766	$9,686,833	122
51	(31)	Dudley Do-Right	Universal	Comedy	$53,464	-62.00%	196	$273	$9,818,792	45
52	(63)	The Minus Man	Artisan		$53,434	+37.23%	38	$1,406	$299,947	31
53	(60)	Lucie Aubrac	USA Films		$51,904	+25.00%	16	$3,244	$175,076	24
54	(44)	Notting Hill	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$51,587	-37.00%	61	$846	$116,089,678	136
55	(40)	Better Than Chocolate	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$51,280	-52.53%	66	$777	$1,962,623	59
56	(39)	Mickey Blue Eyes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$51,275	-53.16%	144	$356	$33,189,034	52
57	(53)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$50,983	+4.74%	14	$3,642	$4,051,092	227
58	(59)	Autumn Tale	October Films	Drama	$48,395	+10.56%	44	$1,100	$2,003,470	94
59	(49)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$48,212	-16.64%	10	$4,821	$10,413,065	521
60	(42)	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$40,172	-56.00%	103	$390	$113,805,681	103
61	(55)	Lake Placid	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$39,266	-17.58%	47	$835	$31,708,369	87
62	(56)	Outside Providence	Miramax	Comedy	$29,817	-37.02%	46	$648	$7,292,175	40
63	(62)	The Muse	October Films	Comedy	$23,619	-41.77%	51	$463	$11,549,317	45
64	(64)	Chill Factor	Warner Bros.	Action	$20,443	-37.19%	53	$386	$11,116,118	40
65	(66)	Twin Falls Idaho	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$19,675	-27.20%	34	$579	$909,404	73
66	(65)	Black Cat, White Cat	USA Films	Comedy	$18,211	-35.63%	10	$1,821	$193,906	31
67	(69)	Sugar Town	October Films	Comedy	$17,910	-20.47%	22	$814	$145,326	24
68	(61)	One Man's Hero	MGM/UA		$16,020	-61.17%	26	$616	$211,810	17
69	(74)	Illuminata			$15,490	-9.09%	33	$469	$53,747	66
70	(new)	L'Ennui	Phaedra Cinema		$14,064		2	$7,032	$14,064	3
71	(new)	The Grandfather	Miramax	Drama	$12,726		2	$6,363	$12,726	3
72	(80)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$12,600	+21.67%	11	$1,145	$14,666,771	822
73	(new)	Julien Donkey-Boy	Fine Line		$11,845		1	$11,845	$11,845	3
74	(77)	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$10,742	-15.41%	18	$597	$944,523	157
75	(93)	Perfect Blue			$10,019	+144.01%	5	$2,004	$55,847	52
76	(72)	Caligula		Drama	$9,654	-47.55%	5	$1,931	$80,256	7,192
77	(92)	Edge of Seventeen	Strand Releasing		$7,781	+88.27%	5	$1,556	$845,541	164
78	(81)	Brokedown Palace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$7,386	-25.53%	20	$369	$10,094,725	59
79	(89)	New Rose Hotel	Avalanche Releasing		$7,266	+41.17%	2	$3,633	$15,158	10
80	(87)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$6,711	-5.77%	2	$3,356	$96,926	38
81	(84)	Breakfast of Champions	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,695	-12.35%	10	$670	$108,024	24
82	(94)	The Winslow Boy	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,661	+64.35%	8	$833	$3,931,465	164
83	(83)	The King of Masks	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$6,229	-32.14%	8	$779	$943,153	164
84	(new)	Naturally Native			$6,018		4	$1,505	$6,018	3
85	(79)	Grand Illusion	Rialto Pictures		$5,247	-53.74%	3	$1,749	$239,511	22,309
86	(107)	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$4,691	+174.17%	13	$361	$96,352	66
87	(new)	The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human			$4,634		8	$579	$4,634	3
88	(78)	Splendor	Goldwyn Entertainment		$4,540	-60.74%	3	$1,513	$38,514	24
89	(101)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,523	+58.53%	2	$2,262	$14,948,516	1,452
90	(82)	The Astronaut's Wife	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$3,733	-60.82%	14	$267	$10,510,040	45
91	(90)	The Third Man	Rialto Pictures		$3,405	-29.08%	3	$1,135	$524,685	157
92	(96)	Head On	Strand Releasing		$3,255	-16.86%	1	$3,255	$207,433	59
93	(97)	Cabaret Balkan	Paramount Classics	Drama	$2,960	-23.97%	7	$423	$104,606	80
94	(99)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$2,932	-7.94%	2	$1,466	$4,984,248	5,470
95	(104)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,890	+10.43%	2	$1,445	$1,564,152	465
96	(91)	This is My Father	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,583	-37.95%	7	$369	$1,078,737	157
97	(new)	Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me	Castle Hill Productions		$2,564		1	$2,564	$2,564	3
98	(98)	Windhorse	Shadow	Drama	$2,109	-34.77%	4	$527	$250,843	241
99	(102)	Relax� It's Just Sex			$1,910	-32.56%	3	$637	$431,662	164
100	(new)	Men Cry Bullets	Phaedra Cinema		$1,666		1	$1,666	$1,666	3
101	(100)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand Releasing		$1,565	-49.40%	2	$783	$652,860	320
102	(106)	Stiff Upper Lips	Cowboy Pictures		$1,209	-34.97%	1	$1,209	$54,783	45
103	(95)	Bandits	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$1,004	-75.15%	3	$335	$15,085	17
104	(108)	Finding North	Cowboy Pictures		$406	-74.01%	1	$406	$22,098	129
105	(111)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$337	-42.20%	1	$337	$14,635,579	1,634