The Top Movies of Friday, February 12, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,220,000		2,538	$1,663	$4,220,000	1
2	(1)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,505,000	+196.97%	2,751	$1,274	$29,840,000	8
3	(2)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$2,105,000	+295.75%	2,654	$793	$34,714,000	15
4	(new)	Blast From the Past	New Line	Comedy	$2,040,000		2,542	$803	$2,040,000	1
5	(new)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,810,000		2,275	$796	$1,810,000	1
6	(3)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,715,000	+303.68%	1,956	$877	$39,328,000	64
7	(10)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$795,000	+440.73%	563	$1,412	$3,330,000	64
8	(4)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$735,000	+126.17%	1,140	$645	$196,699,000	204
9	(6)	Varsity Blues	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$715,000	+244.73%	2,036	$351	$45,699,000	29
10	(5)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$640,000	+136.87%	2,110	$303	$124,075,000	50
11	(7)	The Thin Red Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$345,000	+78.23%	1,306	$264	$31,510,000	52
12	(9)	A Civil Action	Buena Vista	Drama	$310,000	+81.13%	1,403	$221	$52,635,000	50
13	(8)	Stepmom	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$235,000	+35.49%	1,564	$150	$88,116,000	50
14	(11)	You've Got Mail	Warner Bros.	Drama	$220,000	+74.43%	1,601	$137	$111,812,000	57
15	(12)	Simply Irresistible	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$205,000	+64.02%	1,352	$152	$2,921,000	8