The Top Movies of Tuesday, March 2, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	8MM	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,216,494	+13.93%	2,370	$513	$16,537,097	5
2	(2)	The Other Sister	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$520,481	+17.61%	1,343	$388	$7,587,493	5
3	(4)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$477,047	+29.81%	2,545	$187	$42,161,004	19
4	(3)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$466,237	+9.44%	2,852	$163	$67,345,799	26
5	(5)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$391,980	+37.99%	1,920	$204	$60,819,665	82
6	(6)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$263,810	+6.90%	1,702	$155	$12,524,660	12
7	(11)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$256,849	+42.68%	681	$377	$27,772,737	131
8	(7)	200 Cigarettes	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$234,435	+7.78%	976	$240	$3,696,223	5
9	(10)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$230,734	+17.00%	2,301	$100	$54,421,446	33
10	(9)	Blast From The Past	New Line	Comedy	$229,150	+11.31%	2,516	$91	$21,403,723	19
11	(12)	Office Space	Miramax	Black Comedy	$216,488	+27.97%	1,740	$124	$8,331,020	12
12	(8)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$191,664	-8.08%	2,349	$82	$26,282,656	19
13	(14)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$160,302	+25.33%	1,008	$159	$205,854,338	222
14	(13)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$150,521	+14.37%	790	$191	$12,759,559	82
15	(15)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$80,911	+34.02%	571	$142	$25,337,660	117
16	(16)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$61,460	+13.69%	929	$66	$130,790,185	68
17	(17)	Jawbreaker	Sony Pictures	Black Comedy	$53,150	+8.63%	801	$66	$2,809,458	12
18	(19)	Affliction	Lionsgate	Drama	$51,344	+15.29%	335	$153	$3,256,608	63
19	(re-entry)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$49,811		358	$139	$22,232,173	103
20	(re-entry)	The Thin Red Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$46,939		436	$108	$35,207,818	70

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