The Top Movies, Weekend of October 22, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Best Man	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$9,031,660		1,346	$6,710	$9,031,660	3
2	(2)	Double Jeopardy	Paramount Pictures	Action	$7,622,515	-25.50%	3,002	$2,539	$90,950,121	31
3	(1)	Fight Club	20th Century Fox	Drama	$6,335,870	-42.59%	1,966	$3,223	$21,891,777	10
4	(new)	Bringing Out The Dead	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$6,193,052		1,936	$3,199	$6,193,052	3
5	(3)	The Story of Us	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$5,361,125	-44.58%	2,164	$2,477	$17,771,665	10
6	(5)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$5,180,253	-21.61%	1,459	$3,551	$48,630,401	40
7	(new)	Bats	Columbia	Horror	$4,717,902		2,540	$1,857	$4,717,902	3
8	(new)	Three to Tango	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$4,406,135		2,234	$1,972	$4,406,135	3
9	(4)	Three Kings	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,274,782	-41.26%	2,411	$1,773	$50,071,162	24
10	(8)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$4,057,846	-21.36%	2,191	$1,852	$255,501,006	80
11	(7)	Superstar	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,540,380	-36.97%	2,016	$1,756	$21,057,619	17
12	(6)	Random Hearts	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,927,069	-48.21%	2,547	$1,149	$27,181,534	17
13	(9)	Blue Streak	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,764,184	-53.88%	1,541	$1,145	$63,330,698	38
14	(10)	The Omega Code	Providence Entertainment	Action	$1,595,926	-32.21%	305	$5,233	$4,580,986	10
15	(new)	Crazy in Alabama	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,010,596		1,214	$832	$1,010,596	3
16	(12)	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$878,213	-35.60%	1,125	$781	$9,553,345	24
17	(11)	Drive Me Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$836,791	-63.46%	1,062	$788	$16,269,752	24
18	(new)	Body Shots	New Line	Drama	$488,342		309	$1,580	$488,342	3
19	(14)	Stigmata	MGM/UA	Horror	$477,530	-48.43%	709	$674	$48,758,507	45
20	(13)	For Love of the Game	Universal	Drama	$446,340	-58.58%	642	$695	$33,970,335	38
21	(25)	The Limey	Artisan	Drama	$378,616	+63.10%	96	$3,944	$982,923	17
22	(16)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$354,689	-22.24%	561	$632	$95,967,005	94
23	(17)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$322,670	-25.91%	386	$836	$427,285,100	159
24	(34)	Boys Don't Cry	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$307,581	+154.16%	39	$7,887	$595,961	17
25	(15)	Mystery, Alaska	Buena Vista	Comedy	$284,541	-67.58%	410	$694	$8,133,104	24
26	(24)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$281,408	+21.02%	25	$11,256	$22,527,743	466
27	(39)	The Straight Story	Buena Vista	Drama	$276,787	+199.84%	32	$8,650	$406,321	10
28	(22)	Happy, Texas	Miramax	Comedy	$253,614	-22.66%	146	$1,737	$1,082,528	24
29	(18)	A Stir of Echoes	Artisan	Thriller/Suspense	$201,483	-53.49%	346	$582	$20,044,283	45
30	(19)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$201,327	-53.03%	414	$486	$149,842,728	87
31	(23)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$195,243	-29.31%	512	$381	$72,954,282	89
32	(36)	The 13th Warrior	Buena Vista	Action	$184,167	+67.11%	359	$513	$32,201,241	59
33	(27)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$178,285	-14.44%	31	$5,751	$24,756,503	367
34	(20)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM/UA	Drama	$170,377	-59.13%	256	$666	$68,333,076	80
35	(26)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$166,180	-22.22%	248	$670	$91,188,905	94
36	(21)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$165,448	-49.78%	408	$406	$140,327,994	103
37	(31)	Buena Vista Social Club	Artisan	Documentary	$132,767	-0.38%	74	$1,794	$6,062,563	143
38	(28)	Romance	Trimark	Drama	$129,933	-31.75%	68	$1,911	$1,113,712	38
39	(41)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$126,151	+41.49%	15	$8,410	$3,946,012	178
40	(29)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$124,555	-24.89%	235	$530	$65,623,400	73
41	(37)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$113,216	+3.02%	42	$2,696	$72,697,528	598
42	(30)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$90,170	-38.64%	351	$257	$22,853,674	82
43	(33)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$85,073	-31.26%	181	$470	$170,383,451	131
44	(72)	Chill Factor	Warner Bros.	Action	$82,283	+457.32%	270	$305	$11,227,940	54
45	(43)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$79,583	-4.88%	15	$5,306	$10,661,651	535
46	(44)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$75,043	-5.99%	18	$4,169	$452,066	24
47	(45)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$74,335	-5.96%	252	$295	$101,736,215	108
48	(48)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$70,532	+7.23%	14	$5,038	$6,140,113	216
49	(46)	Guinevere	Miramax		$68,488	+3.64%	39	$1,756	$532,709	31
50	(42)	Mast	Eros Entertainment	Drama	$61,330	-26.89%	25	$2,453	$158,928	10
51	(40)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$60,466	-34.26%	132	$458	$163,430,840	122
52	(32)	Jakob the Liar	Sony Pictures	Drama	$59,695	-52.56%	168	$355	$4,920,625	31
53	(new)	Nuit des Chauvre-Souris, La			$59,252		36	$1,646	$59,252	3
54	(47)	Run Lola Run	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$51,669	-21.60%	48	$1,076	$6,861,659	129
55	(55)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$50,549	+28.16%	16	$3,159	$2,266,900	241
56	(49)	Dinner Game	Lionsgate	Comedy	$44,588	-9.81%	48	$929	$3,700,586	108
57	(57)	Enfants du Marais, Les			$41,896	+6.78%	13	$3,223	$228,303	24
58	(35)	Mumford	Buena Vista	Comedy	$40,957	-65.52%	65	$630	$4,374,849	31
59	(59)	Vaastar			$35,197	-4.48%	15	$2,346	$81,367	10
60	(50)	Earth	Zeitgeist Films		$34,069	-26.45%	12	$2,839	$424,798	45
61	(51)	Lucie Aubrac	USA Films		$32,297	-27.96%	12	$2,691	$290,228	38
62	(38)	In Too Deep	Gramercy	Drama	$29,573	-72.75%	46	$643	$13,936,776	61
63	(56)	The Red Violin	Lionsgate	Drama	$28,911	-26.53%	41	$705	$9,252,754	136
64	(75)	Black Cat, White Cat	USA Films	Comedy	$26,968	+115.95%	14	$1,926	$249,957	45
65	(54)	Autumn Tale	October Films	Drama	$25,973	-34.86%	46	$565	$1,992,408	108
66	(67)	Show Me Love	Strand Releasing		$22,998	+34.41%	7	$3,285	$49,765	10
67	(52)	Beefcake	Strand Releasing	Drama	$21,229	-49.67%	4	$5,307	$85,228	12
68	(65)	Tea with Mussolini	MGM/UA	Drama	$19,004	-5.32%	41	$464	$14,348,123	164
69	(61)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$18,550	-38.48%	7	$2,650	$4,116,941	241
70	(79)	After Life	Artistic License	Drama	$18,303	+70.02%	12	$1,525	$704,408	166
71	(69)	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$17,727	+12.17%	20	$886	$992,207	171
72	(60)	Mickey Blue Eyes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$17,153	-45.71%	51	$336	$33,269,641	66
73	(66)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$16,667	-8.26%	10	$1,667	$14,765,454	836
74	(77)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$16,625	+42.77%	8	$2,078	$1,284,909	227
75	(89)	Head On	Strand Releasing		$14,312	+132.72%	6	$2,385	$233,386	73
76	(71)	Illuminata			$14,099	-8.26%	20	$705	$794,910	80
77	(76)	Joe the King	Trimark		$13,145	+11.46%	18	$730	$27,773	10
78	(64)	Better Than Chocolate	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$12,450	-38.77%	24	$519	$1,968,067	73
79	(85)	The Muse	October Films	Comedy	$12,359	+56.96%	5	$2,472	$11,583,727	59
80	(new)	The City	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$11,443		2	$5,722	$11,443	3
81	(73)	Julien Donkey-Boy	Fine Line		$11,266	-14.55%	6	$1,878	$49,422	17
82	(63)	Lake Placid	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$11,072	-50.06%	19	$583	$31,758,907	101
83	(78)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$10,517	-5.01%	2	$5,259	$1,605,919	479
84	(96)	The Third Man	Rialto Pictures		$9,762	+165.92%	4	$2,441	$541,864	171
85	(new)	Molly	MGM/UA		$9,683		12	$807	$9,683	3
86	(new)	Beyond the Mat	Universal	Documentary	$9,532		1	$9,532	$9,532	3
87	(62)	The Minus Man	Artisan		$8,205	-69.77%	16	$513	$368,808	45
88	(new)	Fest of the Best			$7,911		1	$7,911	$7,911	3
89	(82)	That's the Way I Like It	Miramax		$7,275	-16.78%	9	$808	$19,319	10
90	(95)	Plunkett & Macleane	Gramercy		$6,594	+49.32%	20	$330	$471,427	24
91	(93)	Breakfast of Champions	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,471	+26.78%	11	$588	$127,506	38
92	(68)	Twin Falls Idaho	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,406	-62.08%	16	$400	$951,309	87
93	(83)	The Grandfather	Miramax	Drama	$5,785	-32.36%	2	$2,893	$34,306	17
94	(80)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$5,353	-43.79%	5	$1,071	$118,610	52
95	(87)	Same Old Song	Artistic License		$5,226	-26.98%	2	$2,613	$15,936	10
96	(90)	The Winslow Boy	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,701	-23.39%	6	$784	$3,982,777	178
97	(re-entry)	The King of Masks	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$4,180		2	$2,090	$954,651	178
98	(98)	Sugar Town	October Films	Comedy	$3,554	+7.15%	10	$355	$162,431	38
99	(94)	Windhorse	Shadow	Drama	$3,135	-29.44%	5	$627	$265,255	255
100	(84)	Brokedown Palace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,119	-62.06%	8	$390	$10,114,315	73
101	(104)	Grand Illusion	Rialto Pictures		$2,970	+33.12%	2	$1,485	$248,899	22,323
102	(81)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,920	-67.98%	1	$2,920	$14,964,410	1,466
103	(re-entry)	The Mirror			$2,219		1	$2,219	$56,157	334
104	(92)	The Astronaut's Wife	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$2,219	-57.56%	2	$1,110	$10,522,145	59
105	(88)	One Man's Hero	MGM/UA		$1,793	-72.93%	3	$598	$229,311	31
106	(97)	Bandits	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$1,557	-56.50%	5	$311	$22,755	31
107	(105)	Relax� It's Just Sex			$1,309	-39.29%	3	$436	$438,297	178
108	(114)	Men Cry Bullets	Phaedra Cinema		$948	+48.82%	2	$474	$3,251	17
109	(re-entry)	Splendor	Goldwyn Entertainment		$749		4	$187	$43,167	38
110	(107)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$723	-55.40%	1	$723	$70,378	157
111	(100)	Stiff Upper Lips	Cowboy Pictures		$715	-74.61%	1	$715	$63,573	59
112	(113)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$677	-22.45%	1	$677	$14,639,355	1,648
113	(re-entry)	The Acid House	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$638		1	$638	$130,490	80
114	(110)	The Boys	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$316	-75.39%	2	$158	$2,373	10