The Top Movies, Weekend of December 18, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	You've Got Mail	Warner Bros.	Drama	$18,426,749		2,691	$6,848	$18,426,749	3
2	(new)	The Prince of Egypt	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$14,524,321		3,118	$4,658	$14,524,321	3
3	(2)	A Bug's Life	Buena Vista	Adventure	$9,987,932	-10.77%	2,773	$3,602	$96,342,660	31
4	(1)	Star Trek: Insurrection	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$8,310,203	-62.32%	2,649	$3,137	$35,647,981	10
5	(3)	Jack Frost	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,106,442	-28.12%	2,152	$2,373	$13,702,665	10
6	(4)	Enemy of the State	Buena Vista	Action	$4,786,789	-28.10%	2,237	$2,140	$79,142,604	31
7	(6)	The Waterboy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,140,587	-29.15%	2,242	$1,401	$140,940,281	45
8	(5)	The Rugrats Movie	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,859,389	-36.93%	2,616	$1,093	$76,828,697	31
9	(7)	Psycho	Universal	Horror	$1,928,920	-48.85%	2,325	$830	$18,472,925	17
10	(10)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$931,078	-28.66%	548	$1,699	$13,180,224	45
11	(8)	Meet Joe Black	Universal	Drama	$683,240	-59.33%	1,102	$620	$42,589,935	38
12	(14)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$616,260	-9.68%	170	$3,625	$8,043,944	59
13	(9)	Babe: Pig in the City	Universal	Adventure	$579,505	-64.99%	1,525	$380	$14,546,720	26
14	(43)	Practical Magic	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$525,211	+923.62%	628	$836	$45,702,388	66
15	(12)	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$511,616	-36.37%	770	$664	$37,921,855	38
16	(28)	Antz	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$487,292	+169.51%	902	$540	$87,016,039	80
17	(17)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$432,364	-22.09%	53	$8,158	$1,900,573	31
18	(20)	A Simple Plan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$406,036	+3.96%	72	$5,639	$960,130	10
19	(11)	Very Bad Things	Polygram	Black Comedy	$404,544	-53.17%	535	$756	$9,327,846	26
20	(19)	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Buena Vista	Comedy	$379,043	-3.33%	872	$435	$11,287,424	38
21	(26)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$340,495	+52.00%	19	$17,921	$688,478	10
22	(16)	The Siege	20th Century Fox	Action	$321,707	-43.69%	486	$662	$39,299,835	45
23	(21)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$302,475	-7.76%	62	$4,879	$54,434,862	290
24	(15)	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Artisan	Comedy	$269,132	-58.64%	519	$519	$8,474,952	26
25	(13)	Home Fries	Warner Bros.	Black Comedy	$258,516	-66.50%	725	$357	$9,696,020	26
26	(23)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$244,303	-19.84%	393	$622	$173,744,067	159
27	(25)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$228,084	-18.91%	332	$687	$133,072,703	94
28	(41)	The Wizard of Oz	MGM	Adventure	$221,491	+261.92%	439	$505	$14,396,143	21,904
29	(18)	Pleasantville	New Line	Comedy	$217,026	-52.94%	602	$361	$38,413,677	59
30	(22)	American History X	New Line	Drama	$190,142	-38.06%	336	$566	$5,804,792	52
31	(33)	Gods and Monsters	Lionsgate	Drama	$171,163	+58.33%	71	$2,411	$1,177,540	45
32	(24)	Celebrity	Miramax	Comedy	$147,865	-50.44%	201	$736	$4,873,604	31
33	(32)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$147,810	+22.81%	14	$10,558	$1,929,392	59
34	(29)	Bride of Chucky	Universal	Horror	$102,605	-23.51%	171	$600	$32,154,585	66
35	(34)	The Nutcracker			$95,977	+8.01%	28	$3,428	$652,046	26
36	(27)	Living Out Loud	New Line	Drama	$92,540	-55.09%	301	$307	$12,530,317	52
37	(30)	Belly	Artisan	Drama	$90,384	-27.49%	168	$538	$9,314,200	47
38	(39)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$75,438	-2.90%	15	$5,029	$3,634,026	227
39	(37)	Little Voice	Miramax	Musical	$63,828	-20.71%	11	$5,803	$314,710	17
40	(31)	Blade	New Line	Action	$63,529	-48.76%	247	$257	$70,001,065	122
41	(49)	Central Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$57,319	+63.78%	6	$9,553	$360,246	31
42	(35)	What Dreams May Come	Polygram	Drama	$47,505	-43.49%	128	$371	$55,288,714	80
43	(40)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$47,460	-31.23%	84	$565	$93,551,761	157
44	(47)	The Celebration	October Films	Comedy	$47,064	+17.35%	28	$1,681	$1,117,551	73
45	(re-entry)	Happiness	Good Machine Releasing	Comedy	$42,593		59	$722	$2,510,727	66
46	(36)	Apt Pupil	Sony/TriStar	Thriller/Suspense	$41,804	-49.76%	76	$550	$8,703,477	59
47	(44)	Slam	Trimark	Drama	$38,192	-17.51%	59	$647	$982,214	73
48	(51)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$29,002	-8.80%	13	$2,231	$11,547,714	528
49	(new)	The General	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$26,771		2	$13,386	$26,771	3
50	(38)	A Night at the Roxbury	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$25,919	-67.71%	177	$146	$30,260,656	80
51	(57)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$23,520	+6.45%	25	$941	$2,158,273	14,824
52	(45)	Dancing at Lughnasa	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,494	-49.02%	6	$3,749	$474,796	38
53	(52)	Ronin	MGM	Action	$20,437	-29.77%	52	$393	$41,521,101	87
54	(48)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand		$17,046	-51.84%	3	$5,682	$206,673	26
55	(66)	Gadjo Dilo	Lionsgate		$11,961	+18.80%	10	$1,196	$657,143	136
56	(53)	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	20th Century Fox	Drama	$11,046	-59.11%	41	$269	$65,646,857	143
57	(50)	Snake Eyes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$10,256	-70.01%	78	$131	$55,585,389	136
58	(62)	Shattered Image	Lionsgate		$9,948	-30.16%	15	$663	$70,835	17
59	(58)	The Imposters	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$8,900	-47.34%	22	$405	$2,187,773	80
60	(new)	Outside Ozona	Sony Pictures		$7,394		10	$739	$7,394	3
61	(54)	Holy Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$7,231	-73.05%	32	$226	$12,058,443	73
62	(67)	The Last Emperor	Artisan		$6,931	-25.75%	3	$2,310	$70,466	26
63	(64)	The Cruise	Artisan		$6,889	-37.44%	6	$1,148	$210,304	59
64	(56)	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$6,443	-71.00%	53	$122	$144,139,984	178
65	(61)	Beloved	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,943	-60.52%	21	$283	$22,743,463	66
66	(63)	The Inheritors	Stratosphere Entertainment		$5,937	-55.97%	12	$495	$182,030	73
67	(65)	Monument Avenue	Lionsgate		$5,817	-46.03%	7	$831	$332,388	87
68	(new)	The Emperor's Shadow			$5,129		1	$5,129	$71,906	3
69	(59)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$4,747	-70.80%	21	$226	$18,250,532	101
70	(68)	Pecker	Fine Line	Comedy	$4,292	-35.05%	10	$429	$2,279,807	87
71	(75)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,005	-3.41%	2	$1,503	$14,511,832	1,158
72	(76)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,686	-12.93%	1	$2,686	$13,945,866	1,340
73	(72)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$2,142	-55.01%	6	$357	$781,530	108
74	(71)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,045	-61.31%	4	$511	$3,712,319	143
75	(70)	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,930	-69.35%	14	$138	$37,659,364	129
76	(73)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,709	-57.85%	2	$855	$1,031,306	171
77	(86)	Six-String Samurai	Palm Pictures		$1,183	-9.07%	2	$592	$116,592	94
78	(81)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$1,044	-54.98%	3	$348	$1,115,992	157
79	(83)	Hi-Life	Lionsgate		$905	-51.55%	1	$905	$7,957	17
80	(77)	One Tough Cop	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$392	-87.23%	2	$196	$1,220,906	73
81	(80)	Modulations	Strand		$369	-86.18%	1	$369	$133,821	108
82	(87)	The Last Big Thing	Stratosphere Entertainment		$240	-74.55%	2	$120	$22,078	87
83	(84)	Hard Core Logo	Miramax		$227	-87.42%	1	$227	$14,540	38