The Top Movies of Wednesday, May 19, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$28,542,349		2,970	$9,610	$28,542,349	1
2	(1)	The Mummy	Universal	Adventure	$1,225,120	-29.02%	3,226	$380	$85,289,805	13
3	(2)	Entrapment	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$571,522	-23.96%	2,879	$199	$53,076,494	20
4	(3)	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	Action	$304,131	-32.68%	2,715	$112	$146,341,696	50
5	(4)	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$295,957	-25.73%	1,080	$274	$5,352,408	6
6	(5)	Black Mask	Artisan	Action	$189,642	-41.43%	979	$194	$5,309,826	6
7	(9)	Tea with Mussolini	MGM	Drama	$173,649	-5.51%	270	$643	$2,160,550	6
8	(7)	Election	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$144,542	-25.20%	827	$175	$7,550,485	27
9	(8)	Life	Universal	Comedy	$140,550	-25.63%	2,247	$63	$55,839,664	34
10	(6)	Never Been Kissed	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$132,713	-31.87%	2,274	$58	$44,311,430	41
11	(10)	Trippin'	October Films	Comedy	$124,166	-16.23%	777	$160	$3,598,657	8
12	(11)	Analyze This	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$70,192	-12.81%	1,588	$44	$102,387,754	76
13	(12)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$69,417	-12.07%	836	$83	$55,316,790	209
14	(13)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$61,051	-18.41%	903	$68	$95,157,532	160
15	(15)	Cookie's Fortune	October Films	Comedy	$49,232	-1.42%	555	$89	$8,693,374	48
16	(14)	Ten Things I Hate About You	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$34,946	-41.47%	1,386	$25	$33,973,841	50
17	(19)	A Walk on the Moon	Miramax	Drama	$30,536	+9.56%	246	$124	$3,658,755	55
18	(18)	Forces of Nature	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$28,571	-21.54%	861	$33	$51,079,326	62
19	(16)	The Out-of-Towners	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$25,524	-41.26%	1,186	$22	$26,966,613	48

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