The Top Movies of Wednesday, August 4, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$4,440,653	-9.31%	1,101	$4,033	$50,910,512	22
2	(2)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,404,469	-5.40%	3,158	$1,395	$48,699,133	6
3	(3)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,127,297	-11.63%	2,854	$745	$32,213,375	8
4	(4)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,979,141	+2.23%	2,877	$688	$53,656,306	13
5	(5)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$1,633,405	-10.05%	2,864	$570	$69,326,467	13
6	(6)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$1,023,120	-8.70%	2,436	$420	$80,399,375	27
7	(new)	Dick	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$604,260		1,522	$397	$604,260	1
8	(7)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$486,393	-3.90%	1,628	$299	$410,076,929	78
9	(8)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$475,445	-5.42%	2,264	$210	$50,100,109	20
10	(9)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$467,432	-5.13%	2,288	$204	$154,102,514	41
11	(10)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$449,599	+0.17%	1,611	$279	$159,678,186	50
12	(11)	Lake Placid	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$300,047	-14.18%	1,798	$167	$27,594,988	20
13	(13)	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$279,289	-4.46%	2,151	$130	$109,739,938	36
14	(12)	Drop Dead Gorgeous	New Line	Comedy	$255,219	-12.97%	1,207	$211	$8,829,013	13
15	(15)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$230,095	-2.18%	1,319	$174	$98,440,062	48
16	(14)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$213,541	-10.06%	1,052	$203	$21,307,469	20
17	(16)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$208,270	-3.72%	1,056	$197	$198,639,822	56
18	(17)	Arlington Road	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$154,494	-4.68%	861	$179	$22,706,339	27
19	(18)	Muppets From Space	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$130,077	-4.21%	1,296	$100	$14,502,605	22
20	(19)	Notting Hill	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$105,995	-14.45%	708	$150	$112,015,880	69

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