The Top Movies, Weekend of April 17, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	City of Angels	Warner Bros.	Drama	$12,332,194	-19.76%	2,329	$5,295	$34,051,685	10
2	(new)	The Object of my Affection	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$9,725,855		1,890	$5,146	$9,725,855	3
3	(2)	Lost In Space	New Line	Adventure	$7,451,911	-44.37%	3,306	$2,254	$52,349,496	17
4	(3)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$7,407,989	-13.44%	3,012	$2,459	$554,067,203	122
5	(new)	Paulie	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$5,369,800		1,553	$3,458	$5,369,800	3
6	(4)	Species 2	MGM	Horror	$4,013,009	-44.83%	2,510	$1,599	$13,820,142	10
7	(7)	The Odd Couple II	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,775,347	-21.52%	1,852	$2,039	$10,660,814	10
8	(6)	Mercury Rising	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$3,728,905	-31.68%	2,213	$1,685	$24,666,610	17
9	(5)	The Players Club	New Line	Drama	$3,589,903	-39.10%	593	$6,054	$14,287,584	12
10	(new)	Major League: Back to the Minors	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,087,011		2,322	$899	$2,087,011	3
11	(11)	As Good as it Gets	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,558,025	-24.23%	1,205	$1,293	$142,064,798	117
12	(10)	Primary Colors	Universal	Comedy	$1,534,305	-36.35%	1,317	$1,165	$35,158,705	31
13	(8)	My Giant	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,482,052	-52.46%	1,948	$761	$6,524,603	10
14	(15)	Barney's Great Adventure	Polygram	Adventure	$1,473,999	+6.63%	817	$1,804	$7,444,154	17
15	(12)	Good Will Hunting	Miramax	Drama	$1,465,824	-26.81%	1,069	$1,371	$131,555,851	136
16	(9)	Grease	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$1,228,490	-50.96%	1,989	$618	$179,834,620	7,248
17	(13)	The Man in the Iron Mask	MGM	Adventure	$969,675	-39.46%	1,037	$935	$54,040,815	38
18	(16)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$861,058	-1.69%	32	$26,908	$7,969,118	45
19	(14)	Wild Things	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$744,205	-52.25%	757	$983	$28,147,161	31
20	(20)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$743,979	+55.64%	853	$872	$62,958,687	213
21	(new)	Nightwatch	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$585,733		300	$1,952	$585,733	3
22	(new)	Suicide Kings	Artisan	Drama	$558,081		135	$4,134	$558,081	3
23	(17)	U.S. Marshals	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$411,040	-48.06%	606	$678	$55,221,156	45
24	(19)	The Wedding Singer	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$397,838	-33.88%	407	$977	$74,662,893	66
25	(26)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$316,653	+40.71%	31	$10,215	$827,406	17
26	(21)	The Apostle	October Films	Drama	$304,200	-11.73%	287	$1,060	$19,748,469	124
27	(18)	The Newton Boys	20th Century Fox	Drama	$242,195	-60.55%	393	$616	$9,680,438	24
28	(37)	The Butcher Boy	Warner Bros.	Drama	$224,386	+94.31%	32	$7,012	$602,436	17
29	(24)	The Big Lebowski	Gramercy	Comedy	$197,480	-26.62%	158	$1,250	$16,802,360	45
30	(27)	Mouse Hunt	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$185,148	-6.55%	439	$422	$61,559,741	122
31	(31)	Mrs. Dalloway	First Look	Drama	$179,516	+7.00%	90	$1,995	$2,455,061	59
32	(25)	Wag the Dog	New Line	Drama	$157,873	-40.34%	280	$564	$42,820,326	116
33	(28)	Love and Death on Long Island	Lionsgate	Drama	$154,419	-18.79%	84	$1,838	$1,929,106	45
34	(34)	The Big One	Miramax	Documentary	$153,816	+4.70%	49	$3,139	$355,080	10
35	(35)	Tomorrow Never Dies	MGM	Action	$146,417	+6.74%	368	$398	$123,554,818	122
36	(re-entry)	Krippendorf's Tribe	Buena Vista	Comedy	$140,175	+1,122.00%	342	$410	$7,418,785	52
37	(22)	Mr. Nice Guy	New Line	Action	$134,140	-59.75%	151	$888	$11,973,598	31
38	(23)	Ride	Miramax	Comedy	$129,518	-59.94%	169	$766	$5,396,992	24
39	(38)	The Borrowers	Polygram	Comedy	$129,347	+22.12%	475	$272	$22,047,877	66
40	(29)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$125,607	-29.09%	154	$816	$45,736,880	250
41	(new)	Sour Grapes	Sony Pictures		$123,104		28	$4,397	$123,104	3
42	(41)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$112,902	+21.25%	10	$11,290	$5,188,460	283
43	(new)	Chinese Box	Trimark	Drama	$97,916		12	$8,160	$97,916	3
44	(30)	Hard Rain	Paramount Pictures	Action	$81,448	-51.72%	301	$271	$19,819,494	94
45	(40)	A Price Above Rubies	Miramax	Drama	$81,281	-13.95%	29	$2,803	$508,774	26
46	(new)	Homegrown	Sony Pictures		$77,910		35	$2,226	$77,910	3
47	(48)	Caught Up	Live Film & Mediaworks	Drama	$73,032	+54.51%	204	$358	$6,665,254	80
48	(42)	Dangerous Beauty	Warner Bros.	Drama	$71,407	-9.05%	57	$1,253	$3,858,354	59
49	(45)	Character	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$70,896	+3.84%	28	$2,532	$304,518	24
50	(46)	Men with Guns	Sony Pictures Classics		$65,610	-1.45%	49	$1,339	$637,386	45
51	(44)	Flubber	Buena Vista	Comedy	$65,318	-8.87%	125	$523	$92,925,771	145
52	(re-entry)	The Replacement Killers	Sony Pictures	Action	$63,469		365	$174	$18,967,571	73
53	(32)	Sphere	Warner Bros.	Horror	$62,558	-59.62%	179	$349	$36,976,367	66
54	(33)	3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain	Sony Pictures	Action	$58,079	-61.31%	100	$581	$308,082	10
55	(new)	Wild Man Blues	New Line		$54,458		3	$18,153	$54,458	3
56	(39)	Spiceworld	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$50,550	-49.49%	307	$165	$29,247,405	87
57	(56)	The Gingerbread Man	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$41,469	+27.10%	25	$1,659	$1,092,733	87
58	(re-entry)	Kurt and Courtney	Roxie Releasing		$40,212	+96.00%	8	$5,027	$189,652	52
59	(55)	I Think I Do	Strand		$39,108	+16.28%	10	$3,911	$89,187	10
60	(43)	Dark City	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$32,545	-56.69%	90	$362	$14,337,579	52