The Top Movies, Weekend of September 11, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Rounders	Miramax	Drama	$8,459,126		2,176	$3,887	$8,459,126	3
2	(1)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$6,952,863	-36.33%	2,555	$2,721	$139,238,354	61
3	(2)	Blade	New Line	Action	$5,193,323	-51.86%	2,389	$2,174	$56,437,673	24
4	(3)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$4,504,502	-48.96%	2,705	$1,665	$173,076,992	52
5	(new)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,321,370		596	$5,573	$3,321,370	3
6	(5)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$2,296,421	-47.19%	1,913	$1,200	$57,216,628	45
7	(4)	Knock Off	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,922,829	-65.14%	1,800	$1,068	$8,275,072	10
8	(8)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,583,354	-52.48%	1,681	$942	$52,520,488	38
9	(11)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,581,421	-44.09%	1,334	$1,185	$194,125,324	75
10	(10)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,483,946	-50.85%	1,275	$1,164	$33,992,350	31
11	(6)	54	Miramax	Drama	$1,387,417	-65.53%	1,765	$786	$15,154,617	17
12	(7)	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,337,227	-62.23%	1,123	$1,191	$10,611,134	17
13	(9)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,256,091	-60.78%	1,671	$752	$61,983,694	47
14	(12)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$1,021,905	-61.00%	1,150	$889	$14,282,035	24
15	(14)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,003,555	-52.37%	1,085	$925	$89,228,663	59
16	(13)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$867,173	-59.08%	1,600	$542	$13,628,660	24
17	(21)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$857,867	-19.25%	548	$1,565	$3,605,414	31
18	(20)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$732,035	-32.50%	62	$11,807	$41,678,933	192
19	(15)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$718,421	-50.25%	830	$866	$41,967,339	47
20	(18)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$677,948	-41.61%	833	$814	$140,967,339	80
21	(17)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$589,171	-55.02%	1,290	$457	$52,810,975	40
22	(16)	Your Friends and Neighbors	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$567,378	-59.47%	246	$2,306	$3,274,528	26
23	(22)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$538,894	-49.07%	781	$690	$118,414,535	87
24	(28)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$451,807	-38.42%	586	$771	$73,088,871	94
25	(24)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$442,412	-47.90%	632	$700	$126,749,340	66
26	(26)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$365,570	-54.69%	232	$1,576	$2,006,878	24
27	(23)	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Miramax	Comedy	$350,258	-62.93%	1,088	$322	$9,249,530	31
28	(30)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$271,742	-55.51%	311	$874	$5,834,588	80
29	(19)	Wrongfully Accused	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$261,155	-76.11%	816	$320	$9,085,035	24
30	(25)	The Avengers	Warner Bros.	Action	$249,660	-69.53%	541	$461	$22,566,945	31
31	(27)	Return to Paradise	Universal	Drama	$225,687	-70.04%	405	$557	$7,961,204	31
32	(32)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$214,290	-53.81%	131	$1,636	$2,706,690	45
33	(new)	Let's Talk About Sex	Fine Line	Comedy	$213,347		258	$827	$213,347	3
34	(33)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$212,284	-33.90%	592	$359	$28,946,600	66
35	(29)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$209,512	-66.45%	534	$392	$53,653,461	66
36	(31)	The Truman Show	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$206,905	-56.02%	561	$369	$125,146,085	101
37	(39)	Hope Floats	20th Century Fox	Drama	$148,352	+1.45%	178	$833	$59,389,527	108
38	(35)	The X Files: Fight the Future	20th Century Fox	Action	$146,346	-29.53%	253	$578	$83,604,125	87
39	(38)	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$122,461	-18.29%	59	$2,076	$1,909,722	52
40	(34)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$110,942	-52.80%			$2,547,612	66
41	(40)	The Horse Whisperer	Buena Vista	Drama	$85,173	-40.35%	161	$529	$75,072,005	122
42	(43)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$83,710	-30.18%	21	$3,986	$10,551,987	430
43	(37)	Godzilla	Sony Pictures	Action	$83,633	-50.93%	337	$248	$136,023,813	117
44	(41)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$78,980	-41.67%	11	$7,180	$236,775	10
45	(47)	Disturbing Behavior	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$75,965	-13.99%	147	$517	$17,253,120	52
46	(re-entry)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$70,725		3	$23,575	$70,725	14,726
47	(50)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$68,530	+4.04%	61	$1,123	$9,312,030	164
48	(42)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$59,713	-54.95%	56	$1,066	$5,496,989	115
49	(36)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$57,308	-67.86%	337	$170	$600,743,440	269
50	(new)	The Cube			$57,147		16	$3,572	$57,147	3
51	(new)	Without Limits	Warner Bros.		$56,180		5	$11,236	$56,180	3
52	(45)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$55,056	-46.06%			$870,590	59
53	(48)	Jane Austen's Mafia	Buena Vista	Comedy	$48,127	-41.98%			$19,068,147	52
54	(44)	Gone with the Wind	MGM	Drama	$44,916	-61.98%			$198,514,494	21,458
55	(49)	Buffalo '66	Lionsgate	Comedy	$44,785	-44.90%			$2,008,661	80
56	(re-entry)	Gadjo Dilo	Lionsgate		$40,365				$354,762	38
57	(re-entry)	Chambermaid on the Titanic	MGM	Drama	$36,532				$195,088	31
58	(re-entry)	A Merry War	First Look		$32,624				$146,495	17
59	(re-entry)	Strike	Miramax		$31,846				$968,506	24
60	(re-entry)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$29,530				$1,591,306	129
61	(new)	Out of the Past			$8,688		1	$8,688	$8,688	3