The Top Movies of Thursday, August 12, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$4,277,509	+2.67%	2,161	$1,979	$43,896,663	7
2	(2)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$2,659,180	-7.00%	2,142	$1,241	$92,414,226	30
3	(3)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,594,329	+0.27%	3,161	$821	$84,184,355	14
4	(4)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM	Drama	$1,519,007	-2.44%	2,427	$626	$20,896,461	7
5	(5)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,221,177	-9.47%	2,862	$427	$69,895,005	21
6	(6)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,120,928	-4.30%	2,901	$386	$50,441,687	16
7	(7)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$1,025,280	-6.80%	2,136	$480	$14,610,265	7
8	(8)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$713,281	-11.93%	2,179	$327	$8,800,884	9
9	(9)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$661,053	-5.49%	2,881	$229	$80,331,453	21
10	(10)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$565,425	-5.96%	1,795	$315	$87,958,165	35
11	(11)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$337,475	+0.75%	1,199	$281	$414,126,705	86
12	(12)	Dick	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$301,080	-8.34%	1,522	$198	$4,735,324	9
13	(13)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$277,130	-1.51%	1,132	$245	$162,934,202	58
14	(14)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$204,672	-4.76%	1,518	$135	$156,918,774	49
15	(15)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$186,993	+0.49%	1,612	$116	$52,899,408	28
16	(16)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$121,605	+0.31%	936	$130	$100,296,825	56
17	(18)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$114,895	+14.56%	701	$164	$200,073,849	64
18	(17)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$110,605	+6.23%	811	$136	$23,157,009	28
19	(19)	Lake Placid	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$98,351	+5.37%	815	$121	$29,154,884	28
20	(20)	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$83,268	-0.31%	1,157	$72	$111,066,374	44

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