The Top Movies of Wednesday, March 3, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	8MM	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$871,051	-28.40%	2,370	$368	$17,408,148	6
2	(2)	The Other Sister	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$417,769	-19.73%	1,343	$311	$8,005,262	6
3	(3)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$385,008	-19.29%	2,545	$151	$42,546,012	20
4	(4)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$372,223	-20.16%	2,852	$131	$67,718,022	27
5	(5)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$319,656	-18.45%	1,920	$166	$61,139,321	83
6	(6)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$238,280	-9.68%	1,702	$140	$12,762,940	13
7	(10)	Blast From The Past	New Line	Comedy	$202,959	-11.43%	2,516	$81	$21,606,682	20
8	(7)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$198,275	-22.80%	681	$291	$27,971,012	132
9	(9)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$182,502	-20.90%	2,301	$79	$54,603,948	34
10	(12)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$175,517	-8.42%	2,349	$75	$26,458,173	20
11	(8)	200 Cigarettes	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$174,152	-25.71%	976	$178	$3,870,375	6
12	(11)	Office Space	Miramax	Black Comedy	$169,024	-21.92%	1,740	$97	$8,500,044	13
13	(13)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$135,693	-15.35%	1,008	$135	$205,990,031	223
14	(14)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$126,422	-16.01%	790	$160	$12,885,981	83
15	(15)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$68,305	-15.58%	571	$120	$25,405,965	118
16	(16)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$57,070	-7.14%	929	$61	$130,847,255	69
17	(19)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$45,208	-9.24%	358	$126	$22,277,381	104
18	(re-entry)	The Prince of Egypt	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$44,209		727	$61	$97,202,852	76
19	(18)	Affliction	Lionsgate	Drama	$42,963	-16.32%	335	$128	$3,299,571	64
20	(17)	Jawbreaker	Sony Pictures	Black Comedy	$42,428	-20.17%	801	$53	$2,851,886	13

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