The Top Movies, Weekend of November 6, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Waterboy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$39,414,071		2,664	$14,795	$39,414,071	3
2	(new)	The Siege	20th Century Fox	Action	$13,931,285		2,541	$5,483	$13,931,285	3
3	(2)	Pleasantville	New Line	Comedy	$5,593,743	-18.69%	1,761	$3,176	$26,184,082	17
4	(4)	Antz	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$5,564,148	+23.32%	2,604	$2,137	$75,000,988	38
5	(re-entry)	The Wizard of Oz	MGM	Adventure	$5,354,311		1,879	$2,850	$5,354,311	21,862
6	(27)	Living Out Loud	New Line	Drama	$4,319,745	+2,444.81%	1,086	$3,978	$4,573,934	10
7	(3)	Practical Magic	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,074,422	-23.87%	2,552	$1,597	$39,650,970	24
8	(1)	Vampires	Sony Pictures	Horror	$3,916,254	-56.99%	1,793	$2,184	$15,578,518	10
9	(new)	Belly	Artisan	Drama	$3,454,776		600	$5,758	$4,803,817	5
10	(6)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$3,322,424	-12.55%	2,043	$1,626	$127,044,896	52
11	(5)	Bride of Chucky	Universal	Horror	$2,002,215	-50.36%	1,880	$1,065	$29,721,905	24
12	(8)	Beloved	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,477,904	-44.36%	1,386	$1,066	$21,137,134	24
13	(9)	What Dreams May Come	Polygram	Drama	$1,467,445	-35.78%	1,392	$1,054	$52,914,130	38
14	(7)	Soldier	Warner Bros.	Action	$907,390	-67.88%	1,860	$488	$13,287,611	17
15	(14)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$865,917	-15.07%	721	$1,201	$169,579,292	117
16	(18)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$837,093	+82.12%	110	$7,610	$1,704,031	17
17	(10)	Apt Pupil	Sony/TriStar	Thriller/Suspense	$747,507	-56.76%	1,110	$673	$7,962,235	17
18	(12)	A Night at the Roxbury	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$704,927	-41.83%	987	$714	$29,426,505	38
19	(11)	Urban Legend	Sony Pictures	Horror	$645,737	-47.58%	776	$832	$36,006,412	45
20	(16)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$589,123	+7.78%	61	$9,658	$49,417,759	248
21	(13)	Ronin	MGM	Action	$539,582	-52.02%	902	$598	$40,762,065	45
22	(44)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$516,952	+972.69%	605	$854	$92,103,521	115
23	(15)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$448,234	-21.18%	502	$893	$190,373,184	108
24	(re-entry)	Freeriders	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$318,380		24	$13,266	$1,007,245	19
25	(new)	Velvet Goldmine	Miramax	Musical	$301,787		85	$3,550	$301,787	3
26	(new)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$275,131		9	$30,570	$275,131	3
27	(21)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$252,304	-3.18%	501	$504	$17,516,285	59
28	(17)	The Mighty	Miramax	Drama	$243,583	-54.05%	418	$583	$2,382,973	31
29	(20)	Armageddon	Buena Vista	Adventure	$243,544	-13.72%	335	$727	$201,046,133	131
30	(25)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$226,555	-1.74%	350	$647	$64,927,688	101
31	(34)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$182,640	+65.95%	14	$13,046	$2,686,716	185
32	(29)	American History X	New Line	Drama	$153,225	-1.83%	19	$8,064	$433,359	10
33	(23)	One True Thing	Universal	Drama	$152,750	-37.76%	315	$485	$23,058,395	52
34	(30)	The Parent Trap	Buena Vista	Comedy	$130,029	-10.40%	267	$487	$65,995,614	103
35	(19)	Holy Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$127,501	-70.22%	264	$483	$11,524,361	31
36	(32)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$113,216	-12.83%	270	$419	$143,662,649	136
37	(36)	The Celebration	October Films	Comedy	$101,624	+5.61%	26	$3,909	$415,685	31
38	(26)	The Imposters	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$96,065	-45.86%	102	$942	$1,931,214	38
39	(33)	Blade	New Line	Action	$82,388	-32.85%	170	$485	$68,426,952	80
40	(new)	Gods and Monsters	Lionsgate	Drama	$75,508		6	$12,585	$75,508	3
41	(39)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$68,237	-19.59%	110	$620	$37,515,201	87
42	(37)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$67,280	-29.35%	36	$1,869	$1,779,698	14,782
43	(41)	Slam	Trimark	Drama	$63,622	+4.47%	59	$1,078	$406,878	31
44	(re-entry)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$56,968		50	$1,139	$56,968	5,521
45	(52)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$38,861	+24.86%	15	$2,591	$11,145,157	486
46	(45)	Lolita	MGM	Drama	$38,552	-17.14%	23	$1,676	$968,538	110
47	(40)	Pecker	Fine Line	Comedy	$38,165	-46.40%	55	$694	$2,173,569	45
48	(35)	Orgazmo		Comedy	$36,833	-63.71%	45	$819	$500,645	17
49	(50)	Mulan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$36,189	+3.49%	96	$377	$120,489,595	143
50	(46)	Next Stop, Wonderland	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$35,596	-17.03%	28	$1,271	$3,340,842	80
51	(53)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$29,215	-4.59%	27	$1,082	$3,626,446	101
52	(22)	Halloween: H2O	Miramax	Horror	$28,226	-88.59%	114	$248	$54,579,739	96
53	(42)	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	October Films	Drama	$28,033	-53.90%	46	$609	$1,703,068	52
54	(49)	Clay Pigeons	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$22,422	-39.16%	51	$440	$1,766,133	45
55	(55)	The Cube			$22,002	-8.42%	20	$1,100	$398,289	59
56	(47)	Without Limits	Warner Bros.		$18,285	-56.79%	24	$762	$752,047	59
57	(70)	The Cruise	Artisan		$17,025	+99.38%	2	$8,513	$49,843	17
58	(48)	Dead Man on Campus	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$16,591	-60.56%	147	$113	$15,031,009	80
59	(56)	Pi	Live Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$16,203	-27.29%	30	$540	$3,147,618	122
60	(60)	Monument Avenue	Lionsgate		$16,057	-10.33%	18	$892	$257,175	45
61	(61)	Gadjo Dilo	Lionsgate		$15,932	-6.51%	11	$1,448	$538,498	94
62	(83)	Life During Wartime	Lionsgate	Comedy	$15,245	+362.53%	11	$1,386	$44,578	24
63	(51)	Rounders	Miramax	Drama	$12,905	-61.26%	72	$179	$22,905,674	59
64	(59)	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	Black Comedy	$12,159	-32.37%	10	$1,216	$5,849,917	171
65	(71)	The Eel	New Yorker		$12,095	+49.49%	4	$3,024	$316,459	80
66	(54)	The Inheritors	Stratosphere Entertainment		$11,151	-58.88%	15	$743	$84,875	31
67	(68)	I Married a Strange Person	Lionsgate	Comedy	$10,860	+1.63%	5	$2,172	$144,428	73
68	(82)	Summer of the Monkeys			$10,742	+216.78%	8	$1,343	$14,930	10
69	(58)	Love is the Devil	Strand		$10,041	-53.06%	4	$2,510	$215,561	33
70	(65)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$9,489	-34.31%	5	$1,898	$954,305	129
71	(57)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$9,329	-57.59%	18	$518	$739,284	66
72	(66)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$9,120	-36.17%	2	$4,560	$13,900,469	1,298
73	(67)	Permanent Midnight	Artisan	Drama	$6,312	-43.57%	12	$526	$1,166,199	54
74	(75)	Talk of Angels	Miramax		$5,771	-16.07%	2	$2,886	$15,546	10
75	(63)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,255	-65.48%	21	$250	$55,096,519	94
76	(64)	One Tough Cop	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$5,067	-64.95%	35	$145	$1,184,105	31
77	(69)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,044	-48.92%	2	$2,522	$14,460,320	1,116
78	(80)	Henry Fool	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$4,458	-12.57%	9	$495	$1,334,786	143
79	(79)	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,241	-41.34%	5	$648	$9,582,900	220
80	(93)	Modulations	Strand		$3,004	+191.93%	2	$1,502	$114,397	66
81	(90)	Gone with the Wind	MGM	Drama	$2,344	+81.14%	10	$234	$198,652,758	21,514
82	(87)	Wilde	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,250	-0.62%	4	$563	$2,157,701	192
83	(77)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$1,805	-71.92%	4	$451	$1,105,681	115
84	(91)	Western	New Yorker		$1,734	+53.05%	2	$867	$178,605	108
85	(76)	The Separation	Phaedra Cinema		$1,695	-73.88%	4	$424	$62,626	38
86	(81)	The Brandon Teena Story	Zeitgeist	Documentary	$1,318	-71.95%	1	$1,318	$43,506	45
87	(89)	Six-String Samurai	Palm Pictures		$1,045	-31.30%	2	$523	$104,123	52
88	(95)	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	Strand	Documentary	$870	+590.48%	1	$870	$204,507	269
89	(88)	Marius et Jeannette	New Yorker	Romantic Comedy	$636	-68.91%	2	$318	$268,598	339
90	(re-entry)	Dear Jesse	Cowboy Pictures		$534		1	$534	$15,137	38
91	(85)	The Saltmen of Tibet	Zeitgeist		$530	-80.46%	1	$530	$140,807	110
92	(86)	The Beyond		Horror	$485	-78.89%	2	$243	$122,523	5,732
93	(re-entry)	Insomnia	First Run		$473		1	$473	$218,051	164
94	(re-entry)	Taste of Cherry	New Line	Drama	$337		2	$169	$301,622	283
95	(84)	See the Sea	Zeitgeist		$312	-90.16%	1	$312	$49,983	73