The Top Movies, Weekend of October 16, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Practical Magic	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$13,104,694		2,652	$4,941	$13,104,694	3
2	(new)	Bride of Chucky	Universal	Horror	$11,830,855		2,412	$4,905	$11,830,855	3
3	(1)	Antz	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$11,215,721	-23.77%	2,903	$3,863	$51,448,556	17
4	(2)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$8,247,411	-25.74%	2,724	$3,028	$109,911,590	31
5	(new)	Beloved	Buena Vista	Drama	$8,165,551		1,501	$5,440	$8,165,551	3
6	(3)	What Dreams May Come	Polygram	Drama	$6,403,270	-41.35%	2,506	$2,555	$41,145,926	17
7	(4)	A Night at the Roxbury	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,818,323	-37.50%	2,169	$1,760	$23,353,595	17
8	(6)	Urban Legend	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,887,189	-39.48%	2,063	$1,400	$30,859,469	24
9	(7)	Ronin	MGM	Action	$2,803,564	-40.07%	1,982	$1,415	$35,431,139	24
10	(5)	Holy Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,415,756	-52.70%	2,013	$1,200	$8,987,319	10
11	(8)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,868,532	-32.73%	1,416	$1,320	$164,778,351	96
12	(10)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$903,995	-30.49%	851	$1,062	$187,722,738	87
13	(9)	One True Thing	Universal	Drama	$809,360	-57.86%	1,072	$755	$21,758,185	31
14	(13)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$632,441	-3.78%	63	$10,039	$46,547,372	227
15	(11)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$584,874	-44.58%	708	$826	$16,307,868	38
16	(12)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$536,506	-25.81%	653	$822	$199,629,136	110
17	(55)	The Negotiator	Warner Bros.	Action	$524,544	+1,186.78%	734	$715	$43,701,500	82
18	(15)	Blade	New Line	Action	$393,574	-34.58%	544	$723	$67,709,704	59
19	(23)	The Imposters	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$350,216	+26.04%	162	$2,162	$1,152,243	17
20	(39)	The Mighty	Miramax	Drama	$347,453	+296.16%	129	$2,693	$472,616	10
21	(17)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$334,491	-32.80%	522	$641	$63,905,292	80
22	(19)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$327,961	-24.32%	554	$592	$65,323,437	82
23	(21)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$267,448	-15.60%	441	$606	$143,014,629	115
24	(16)	Clay Pigeons	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$227,443	-56.97%	238	$956	$1,480,252	24
25	(re-entry)	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux		Comedy	$219,046	-41.00%	53	$4,133	$759,145	10
26	(30)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$181,560	+25.64%	44	$4,126	$1,317,475	14,761
27	(22)	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Action	$165,657	-40.61%	398	$416	$129,468,093	101
28	(20)	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	October Films	Drama	$164,394	-48.37%	145	$1,134	$1,392,991	31
29	(14)	One Tough Cop	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$162,322	-75.08%	277	$586	$1,064,117	10
30	(24)	Pecker	Fine Line	Comedy	$156,343	-37.10%	94	$1,663	$1,798,405	24
31	(18)	Rounders	Miramax	Drama	$141,909	-69.95%	307	$462	$22,725,363	38
32	(27)	Lolita	MGM	Drama	$130,758	-21.06%	35	$3,736	$1,001,144	89
33	(new)	Happiness	Good Machine Releasing	Comedy	$130,303		6	$21,717	$224,890	3
34	(25)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$116,387	-49.55%	217	$536	$37,107,652	66
35	(32)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$105,851	-7.02%	14	$7,561	$2,107,856	164
36	(50)	Small Soldiers	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$104,019	+127.43%			$54,349,697	101
37	(31)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$84,275	-37.78%	172	$490	$91,433,971	94
38	(28)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$84,189	-44.06%	210	$401	$120,296,555	122
39	(re-entry)	diner de cons, le	Lionsgate		$73,793				$213,516	10
40	(33)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$68,678	-37.34%	52	$1,321	$3,163,014	59
41	(re-entry)	Hands on a Hardbody	Legacy Releasing	Documentary	$66,012		3	$22,004	$160,521	101
42	(47)	Dance With Me	Sony Pictures	Musical	$58,603	+19.78%	307	$191	$15,814,088	59
43	(34)	Madeline	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$56,855	-44.89%	112	$508	$29,717,932	101
44	(new)	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer			$56,567		102	$555	$56,567	3
45	(37)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$51,994	-41.42%	53	$981	$3,734,054	80
46	(36)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$45,793	-51.56%	144	$318	$53,973,421	75
47	(45)	Love is the Devil	Strand		$43,873	-30.58%	12	$3,656	$127,249	12
48	(41)	Slums of Beverly Hills	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$40,845	-47.72%	64	$638	$5,326,825	66
49	(re-entry)	The Celebration	October Films	Comedy	$39,798		4	$9,950	$83,069	10
50	(42)	Six Days, Seven Nights	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$38,039	-50.12%	91	$418	$74,292,149	129
51	(35)	Permanent Midnight	Artisan	Drama	$37,776	-60.35%	60	$630	$1,095,192	33
52	(38)	Without Limits	Warner Bros.		$37,493	-57.73%	38	$987	$629,983	38
53	(46)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$36,628	-34.30%	30	$1,221	$645,123	45
54	(44)	Smoke Signals	Miramax	Comedy	$36,230	-44.71%	97	$374	$6,719,300	115
55	(56)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$35,558	-7.90%	15	$2,371	$10,998,275	465
56	(49)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$35,435	-24.44%	54	$656	$3,039,965	101
57	(26)	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Miramax	Comedy	$34,072	-79.73%	206	$165	$10,004,394	66
58	(40)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$32,908	-61.99%	195	$169	$55,028,665	73
59	(57)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$29,612	-15.88%	31	$955	$6,267,497	150
60	(re-entry)	The Cube			$28,891	+19.00%	24	$1,204	$269,654	38
61	(43)	Your Friends and Neighbors	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$28,435	-56.75%	43	$661	$4,662,386	61
62	(new)	Reach the Rock	Gramercy		$3,317		3	$1,106	$3,317	3