The Top Movies, Weekend of April 24, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Big Hit	Sony Pictures	Action	$10,809,424		2,149	$5,030	$10,809,424	3
2	(1)	City of Angels	Warner Bros.	Drama	$9,010,662	-26.93%	2,433	$3,704	$46,556,083	17
3	(2)	The Object of my Affection	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$5,161,304	-46.93%	1,963	$2,629	$17,094,017	10
4	(4)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,938,575	-33.33%	2,912	$1,696	$560,615,350	129
5	(5)	Paulie	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$4,382,728	-18.38%	1,757	$2,494	$10,789,657	10
6	(3)	Lost In Space	New Line	Adventure	$4,012,765	-46.15%	2,917	$1,376	$58,090,451	24
7	(7)	The Odd Couple II	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,447,913	-35.16%	1,852	$1,322	$14,072,734	17
8	(8)	Mercury Rising	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$2,158,180	-42.12%	1,769	$1,220	$27,891,395	24
9	(9)	The Players Club	New Line	Drama	$2,034,303	-43.33%	624	$3,260	$17,351,589	19
10	(re-entry)	Scream 2	Miramax	Horror	$1,790,792		1,769	$1,012	$98,104,519	136
11	(6)	Species 2	MGM	Horror	$1,573,525	-60.79%	1,777	$885	$16,633,222	17
12	(new)	Tarzan and the Lost City	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,110,564		1,412	$787	$1,110,564	3
13	(11)	As Good as it Gets	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,054,333	-32.33%	1,051	$1,003	$143,556,984	124
14	(15)	Good Will Hunting	Miramax	Drama	$1,033,604	-29.49%	927	$1,115	$133,038,103	143
15	(25)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$876,981	+176.95%	126	$6,960	$1,812,425	24
16	(14)	Barney's Great Adventure	Polygram	Adventure	$851,806	-42.21%	833	$1,023	$8,690,742	24
17	(new)	Sliding Doors	Miramax	Drama	$834,817		117	$7,135	$834,817	3
18	(12)	Primary Colors	Universal	Comedy	$833,400	-45.68%	926	$900	$36,379,432	38
19	(18)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$735,361	-14.60%	32	$22,980	$9,204,220	52
20	(10)	Major League: Back to the Minors	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$662,143	-68.27%	2,096	$316	$3,181,822	10
21	(new)	Two Girls and a Guy	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$649,423		316	$2,055	$649,423	3
22	(17)	The Man in the Iron Mask	MGM	Adventure	$557,046	-42.55%	759	$734	$54,885,059	45
23	(new)	In God's Hands	Sony Pictures	Action	$555,342		109	$5,095	$555,342	3
24	(16)	Grease	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$478,222	-61.07%	1,451	$330	$180,594,940	7,255
25	(20)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$447,428	-39.86%	630	$710	$63,693,874	220
26	(13)	My Giant	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$402,200	-72.86%	931	$432	$7,312,894	17
27	(19)	Wild Things	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$310,100	-58.33%	465	$667	$28,717,692	38
28	(24)	The Wedding Singer	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$287,759	-27.67%	325	$885	$75,070,741	73
29	(23)	U.S. Marshals	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$258,654	-37.07%	577	$448	$55,588,168	52
30	(22)	Suicide Kings	Artisan	Drama	$258,345	-53.71%	145	$1,782	$1,016,633	10
31	(26)	The Apostle	October Films	Drama	$222,310	-26.92%	271	$820	$20,076,189	131
32	(21)	Nightwatch	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$196,302	-66.49%	267	$735	$1,017,457	10
33	(27)	The Newton Boys	20th Century Fox	Drama	$173,510	-28.36%	332	$523	$9,917,309	31
34	(35)	Tomorrow Never Dies	MGM	Action	$168,812	+15.30%	355	$476	$123,760,142	129
35	(28)	The Butcher Boy	Warner Bros.	Drama	$161,269	-28.13%	39	$4,135	$849,526	24
36	(29)	The Big Lebowski	Gramercy	Comedy	$151,200	-23.44%	197	$768	$17,021,543	52
37	(31)	Mrs. Dalloway	First Look	Drama	$112,633	-37.26%	83	$1,357	$2,632,939	66
38	(33)	Love and Death on Long Island	Lionsgate	Drama	$110,730	-28.29%	75	$1,476	$2,078,441	52
39	(34)	The Big One	Miramax	Documentary	$106,569	-30.72%	51	$2,090	$509,155	17
40	(re-entry)	Twilight	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$103,385	+278.00%	414	$250	$14,924,621	52
41	(39)	The Borrowers	Polygram	Comedy	$100,218	-22.52%	386	$260	$22,188,266	73
42	(42)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$91,984	-18.53%	10	$9,198	$5,423,786	290
43	(37)	Mr. Nice Guy	New Line	Action	$81,484	-39.25%	89	$916	$12,095,158	38
44	(45)	A Price Above Rubies	Miramax	Drama	$79,296	-2.44%	31	$2,558	$619,971	33
45	(43)	Chinese Box	Trimark	Drama	$73,221	-25.22%	13	$5,632	$217,545	10
46	(30)	Mouse Hunt	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$70,902	-61.71%	439	$162	$61,693,488	129
47	(48)	Dangerous Beauty	Warner Bros.	Drama	$70,845	-0.79%	71	$998	$3,961,137	66
48	(32)	Wag the Dog	New Line	Drama	$70,421	-55.39%	170	$414	$42,952,505	123
49	(re-entry)	Senseless	Miramax	Comedy	$68,474	+309.00%	317	$216	$12,887,438	66
50	(50)	Men with Guns	Sony Pictures Classics		$67,067	+2.22%	57	$1,177	$742,032	52
51	(40)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$62,426	-50.30%	123	$508	$45,857,453	257
52	(41)	Sour Grapes	Sony Pictures		$60,634	-50.75%	31	$1,956	$219,932	10
53	(36)	Krippendorf's Tribe	Buena Vista	Comedy	$58,691	-58.13%	201	$292	$7,514,883	59
54	(49)	Character	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$53,556	-24.46%	31	$1,728	$385,291	31
55	(55)	Wild Man Blues	New Line		$42,946	-21.14%	3	$14,315	$126,451	10
56	(38)	Ride	Miramax	Comedy	$40,524	-68.71%	89	$455	$5,476,059	31
57	(57)	The Gingerbread Man	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$40,005	-3.53%	30	$1,334	$1,147,118	94
58	(59)	I Think I Do	Strand		$36,853	-5.77%	8	$4,607	$139,249	17
59	(51)	Flubber	Buena Vista	Comedy	$35,182	-46.14%	98	$359	$92,969,824	152
60	(47)	Caught Up	Live Film & Mediaworks	Drama	$34,776	-52.38%	92	$378	$6,724,217	87