The Top Movies of Tuesday, February 16, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,209,881	-42.43%	2,538	$477	$20,062,857	5
2	(3)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,077,119	-48.44%	2,751	$392	$45,131,203	12
3	(6)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$660,929	-43.39%	1,956	$338	$47,324,051	68
4	(1)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$606,788	-74.21%	2,275	$267	$11,787,831	5
5	(4)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$578,187	-60.00%	2,654	$218	$43,228,118	19
6	(5)	Blast From the Past	New Line	Comedy	$577,278	-58.45%	2,542	$227	$9,737,541	5
7	(7)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$302,379	-48.96%	1,140	$265	$200,219,277	208
8	(8)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$246,699	-53.96%	563	$438	$6,521,179	68
9	(9)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$227,090	-51.06%	644	$353	$21,861,894	117
10	(11)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$224,290	-49.14%	2,110	$106	$127,229,720	54
11	(12)	Varsity Blues	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$175,042	-42.67%	2,036	$86	$48,365,992	33
12	(14)	The Thin Red Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$149,364	-41.85%	1,306	$114	$33,181,376	56
13	(10)	The Prince of Egypt	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$119,606	-72.88%	1,408	$85	$95,474,387	61
14	(18)	Stepmom	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$104,497	-41.07%	1,564	$67	$89,263,191	54
15	(15)	A Civil Action	Buena Vista	Drama	$103,155	-46.82%	1,403	$74	$54,193,007	54
16	(16)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$97,759	-46.82%	482	$203	$20,355,107	89
17	(19)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$87,557	-50.40%	483	$181	$22,761,359	103
18	(20)	A Simple Plan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$82,988	-49.17%	675	$123	$13,800,143	68
19	(13)	A Bug's Life	Buena Vista	Adventure	$75,946	-71.44%	979	$78	$157,343,743	89
20	(17)	Simply Irresistible	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$70,897	-60.13%	1,352	$52	$3,784,467	12

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