The Top Movies, Weekend of September 4, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$10,920,201	+30.39%	2,545	$4,291	$130,268,038	54
2	(1)	Blade	New Line	Action	$10,788,664	-1.26%	2,375	$4,543	$49,555,263	17
3	(3)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$8,825,090	+9.05%	2,807	$3,144	$167,071,590	45
4	(new)	Knock Off	Sony Pictures	Action	$5,516,231		1,800	$3,065	$5,516,231	3
5	(6)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,348,419	+15.08%	1,999	$2,175	$54,298,381	38
6	(4)	54	Miramax	Drama	$4,025,576	-39.11%	1,869	$2,154	$13,051,777	10
7	(5)	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,540,408	-10.29%	1,377	$2,571	$8,780,803	10
8	(8)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,331,861	-6.79%	1,912	$1,743	$50,465,428	31
9	(9)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,202,708	+9.15%	2,045	$1,566	$60,443,951	40
10	(7)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,019,496	-17.23%	1,340	$2,253	$32,053,252	24
11	(12)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,828,361	+22.66%	1,386	$2,041	$192,140,665	68
12	(10)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$2,620,594	-9.09%	1,467	$1,786	$12,880,784	17
13	(11)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$2,119,324	-19.10%	1,721	$1,231	$12,447,402	17
14	(15)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$2,106,833	+22.63%	1,213	$1,737	$87,940,321	52
15	(17)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,443,961	+2.43%	911	$1,585	$41,027,820	40
16	(31)	Your Friends and Neighbors	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$1,399,779	+306.29%	229	$6,113	$2,484,504	19
17	(14)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$1,309,858	-27.18%	1,608	$815	$52,026,061	33
18	(19)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,161,070	+25.36%	951	$1,221	$139,485,308	73
19	(13)	Wrongfully Accused	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,093,300	-41.18%	1,309	$835	$8,686,288	17
20	(22)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$1,084,566	+36.01%	61	$17,780	$40,443,439	185
21	(21)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,062,421	+29.28%	253	$4,199	$2,568,927	24
22	(27)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,058,103	+157.34%	862	$1,227	$117,725,653	80
23	(20)	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Miramax	Comedy	$944,794	+10.95%	1,402	$674	$8,823,075	24
24	(18)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$849,192	-10.34%	701	$1,211	$126,166,385	59
25	(16)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$819,410	-44.72%	1,002	$818	$22,197,190	24
26	(28)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$806,784	+112.23%	224	$3,602	$1,515,291	17
27	(23)	Return to Paradise	Universal	Drama	$753,341	+4.70%	605	$1,245	$7,597,508	24
28	(34)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$733,708	+136.83%	537	$1,366	$72,503,351	87
29	(33)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$624,560	+86.21%	1,004	$622	$52,753,599	59
30	(25)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$610,781	+20.35%	343	$1,781	$5,455,243	73
31	(24)	The Truman Show	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$470,412	-14.14%	646	$728	$124,867,391	94
32	(26)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$463,965	+10.69%	128	$3,625	$2,414,164	38
33	(30)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$321,169	-11.06%	625	$514	$28,625,642	59
34	(39)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$235,053	+33.44%	68	$3,457	$2,376,909	59
35	(35)	The X Files: Fight the Future	20th Century Fox	Action	$207,676	+1.36%	252	$824	$83,413,927	80
36	(32)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$178,296	-46.89%	447	$399	$600,649,457	262
37	(36)	Godzilla	Sony Pictures	Action	$170,424	-15.13%	379	$450	$135,888,409	110
38	(40)	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$149,867	-5.19%	59	$2,540	$1,729,352	45
39	(43)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$146,234	+11.47%	174	$840	$59,217,290	101
40	(41)	The Horse Whisperer	Buena Vista	Drama	$142,786	-5.93%	159	$898	$74,956,940	115
41	(new)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$135,401		10	$13,540	$135,401	3
42	(45)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$132,558	+25.71%	65	$2,039	$5,405,938	108
43	(44)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$119,892	-4.07%	23	$5,213	$10,415,314	423
44	(53)	Gone with the Wind	MGM	Drama	$118,149	+96.18%	130	$909	$198,680,470	21,451
45	(49)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$102,073	+21.80%	33	$3,093	$801,356	52
46	(46)	Out of Sight	Universal	Drama	$97,170	-6.52%	79	$1,230	$37,474,810	73
47	(52)	Disturbing Behavior	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$88,324	+28.74%	120	$736	$17,159,063	45
48	(51)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$82,946	+13.24%	100	$829	$19,011,452	45
49	(50)	Buffalo '66	Lionsgate	Comedy	$81,275	+6.31%	53	$1,533	$1,936,160	73
50	(56)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$65,871	+38.56%	48	$1,372	$9,227,655	157