The Top Movies of Tuesday, August 17, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$3,658,720	+3.18%	2,395	$1,528	$76,866,243	12
2	(2)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$1,975,380	+6.57%	2,706	$730	$21,891,540	5
3	(4)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,728,372	+17.40%	3,212	$538	$101,141,221	19
4	(3)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$1,711,073	+5.88%	2,412	$709	$110,606,941	35
5	(5)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM	Drama	$1,204,628	+23.55%	2,427	$496	$33,148,031	12
6	(6)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$772,066	+7.75%	2,710	$285	$58,582,400	21
7	(7)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$766,511	+12.65%	2,591	$296	$77,383,726	26
8	(8)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$664,020	+8.77%	2,142	$310	$20,597,160	12
9	(9)	Brokedown Palace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$624,395	+6.25%	1,740	$359	$5,083,650	5
10	(10)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$471,153	+14.10%	2,179	$216	$13,432,603	14
11	(11)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$400,780	+5.46%	1,382	$290	$91,399,340	40
12	(12)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$392,754	+6.80%	2,239	$175	$84,397,107	26
13	(13)	Detroit Rock City	New Line	Comedy	$304,068	+15.91%	1,802	$169	$2,571,907	5
14	(14)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$252,192	+17.55%	771	$327	$416,112,048	91
15	(15)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$170,488	+11.89%	944	$181	$164,394,775	63
16	(16)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$141,866	+18.44%	953	$149	$201,599,765	69
17	(17)	Dick	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$130,267	+10.41%	1,522	$86	$5,786,769	14
18	(18)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$98,655	+11.63%	1,011	$98	$157,888,110	54
19	(19)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$98,070	+23.02%	732	$134	$53,678,445	33
20	(20)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$59,781	-6.19%	564	$106	$23,851,262	33

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