The Top Movies, Weekend of August 7, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$17,398,000	-26.29%	2,592	$6,712	$103,770,977	17
2	(new)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$16,310,373		2,713	$6,012	$16,310,373	3
3	(new)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$16,187,724		2,607	$6,209	$24,753,129	5
4	(3)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$9,626,022	-11.78%	2,084	$4,619	$76,635,083	26
5	(2)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$8,127,121	-27.10%	2,402	$3,383	$32,350,541	12
6	(5)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$7,694,677	-9.76%	2,067	$3,723	$22,522,179	10
7	(4)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,503,833	-36.35%	2,436	$2,670	$24,968,778	12
8	(6)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$5,508,627	-33.80%	2,436	$2,261	$71,641,665	24
9	(8)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,318,807	-29.66%	2,123	$2,505	$172,771,899	40
10	(7)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,739,997	-39.15%	2,329	$2,035	$116,240,150	31
11	(9)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,053,717	-33.44%	1,821	$1,677	$131,586,778	45
12	(13)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$1,551,000	-45.36%	1,249	$1,242	$49,380,902	31
13	(10)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,391,056	-62.36%	1,374	$1,012	$17,207,743	17
14	(14)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,040,389	-34.19%	915	$1,137	$113,608,414	52
15	(11)	BASEketball	Universal	Comedy	$1,021,860	-66.89%	1,910	$535	$5,746,365	10
16	(17)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$965,467	+1.14%	63	$15,325	$34,132,807	157
17	(15)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$965,212	-17.40%	681	$1,417	$597,285,686	234
18	(12)	Disturbing Behavior	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$872,469	-70.59%	1,217	$717	$15,702,490	17
19	(16)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$677,685	-32.80%	800	$847	$26,085,742	31
20	(52)	Deep Impact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$583,063	+1,651.36%	634	$920	$138,949,740	94
21	(23)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$484,733	+35.90%	675	$718	$57,845,475	73
22	(20)	The Horse Whisperer	Buena Vista	Drama	$444,261	+12.68%	527	$843	$73,537,519	87
23	(18)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$405,770	-4.29%	145	$2,798	$3,008,676	45
24	(19)	The X Files: Fight the Future	20th Century Fox	Action	$310,060	-25.20%	411	$754	$81,733,980	52
25	(37)	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$304,828	+264.50%	77	$3,959	$602,710	17
26	(25)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$269,144	+7.52%	41	$6,564	$1,002,124	31
27	(24)	Out of Sight	Universal	Drama	$217,265	-35.23%	315	$690	$36,599,885	45
28	(22)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$215,541	-41.76%	243	$887	$70,871,808	59
29	(21)	The Truman Show	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$192,997	-50.53%	406	$475	$123,189,615	66
30	(26)	Gone with the Wind	MGM	Drama	$169,322	-17.26%	200	$847	$197,913,744	21,423
31	(29)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$162,127	-11.35%	23	$7,049	$9,275,685	395
32	(27)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$144,564	-29.27%	97	$1,490	$5,032,716	80
33	(32)	Buffalo '66	Lionsgate	Comedy	$122,125	-7.96%	58	$2,106	$1,343,524	45
34	(28)	Can't Hardly Wait	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$105,037	-43.14%	251	$418	$25,028,881	59
35	(47)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$103,128	+156.67%	34	$3,033	$276,877	24
36	(39)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$101,526	+75.65%	11	$9,230	$200,495	10
37	(31)	City of Angels	Warner Bros.	Drama	$97,433	-37.32%	232	$420	$78,524,064	122
38	(30)	A Perfect Murder	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$80,058	-55.54%	82	$976	$67,225,026	66
39	(36)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$71,203	-15.25%	52	$1,369	$9,608,326	129
40	(33)	Polish Wedding	Fox Searchlight		$64,600	-40.89%	54	$1,196	$486,695	24
41	(35)	Henry Fool	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$63,101	-27.39%	40	$1,578	$1,051,758	52
42	(51)	Woo	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$59,356	+67.71%	107	$555	$7,958,597	94
43	(40)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$58,005	+9.58%	7	$8,286	$1,190,214	94
44	(34)	Paulie	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$54,329	-42.89%	127	$428	$26,932,065	115
45	(41)	High Art	October Films	Drama	$51,340	-2.32%	34	$1,510	$1,707,393	59
46	(45)	Nights of Cabiria	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$49,653	+6.94%	5	$9,931	$392,658	40
47	(50)	Cousin Bette	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$44,451	+15.50%	36	$1,235	$1,117,540	59
48	(38)	Sliding Doors	Miramax	Drama	$41,326	-42.56%	123	$336	$11,775,989	108
49	(48)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$37,366	-6.00%	5	$7,473	$372,502	38
50	(44)	Bulworth	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$34,904	-27.52%	66	$529	$26,292,990	87
51	(49)	The Wedding Singer	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$29,708	-24.04%	50	$594	$80,224,502	178
52	(42)	The Players Club	New Line	Drama	$27,259	-46.98%	63	$433	$23,031,390	124
53	(46)	Wilde	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$26,212	-36.68%	26	$1,008	$2,145,807	101
54	(54)	Whatever	Sony Pictures Classics		$26,174	+0.61%	22	$1,190	$229,750	31
55	(59)	The Last Days of Disco	Gramercy	Drama	$22,056	+24.01%	20	$1,103	$2,987,297	73
56	(new)	Safe Men	October Films		$21,210		20	$1,061	$21,210	3
57	(43)	Lost In Space	New Line	Adventure	$20,788	-58.79%	61	$341	$69,102,910	129
58	(57)	Quest for Camelot	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$20,230	-5.35%	68	$298	$22,717,758	87
59	(53)	Godzilla	Sony Pictures	Action	$20,221	-25.00%	74	$273	$135,069,042	82
60	(55)	My Giant	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$18,815	-25.63%	32	$588	$7,985,929	122
61	(new)	Gadjo Dilo	Lionsgate	Drama	$12,136		1	$12,136	$12,136	3
62	(new)	First Love, Last Rites	Strand	Drama	$10,876		3	$3,625	$10,876	3
63	(new)	Unmade Beds	New Yorker		$9,615		1	$9,615	$9,615	3