The Top Movies, Weekend of December 25, 1998

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$25,262,280		2,712	$9,315	$25,262,280	3
2	(new)	Stepmom	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$19,142,440		2,358	$8,118	$19,142,440	3
3	(1)	You've Got Mail	Warner Bros.	Drama	$18,101,967	-1.76%	2,756	$6,568	$47,439,770	10
4	(2)	The Prince of Egypt	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$15,119,107	+4.10%	3,218	$4,698	$40,058,288	10
5	(new)	The Faculty	Miramax	Horror	$11,633,495		2,365	$4,919	$11,633,495	3
6	(new)	Mighty Joe Young	Buena Vista	Adventure	$10,602,042		2,502	$4,237	$10,602,042	3
7	(3)	A Bug's Life	Buena Vista	Adventure	$10,126,455	+1.39%	2,456	$4,123	$114,492,154	38
8	(4)	Star Trek: Insurrection	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$7,304,179	-12.11%	2,677	$2,728	$47,734,318	17
9	(6)	Enemy of the State	Buena Vista	Action	$5,295,377	+10.62%	1,505	$3,519	$87,486,865	38
10	(5)	Jack Frost	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,903,021	-23.57%	2,142	$1,822	$22,518,287	17
11	(8)	The Rugrats Movie	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,666,292	-6.75%	2,225	$1,198	$82,015,627	38
12	(21)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$2,609,894	+666.50%	295	$8,847	$3,589,742	17
13	(7)	The Waterboy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,332,774	-25.72%	1,281	$1,821	$145,577,190	52
14	(17)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,664,179	+284.90%	259	$6,425	$3,875,646	38
15	(new)	Down in the Delta	Miramax	Drama	$1,636,678		416	$3,934	$1,636,678	3
16	(27)	Rush Hour	New Line	Action	$1,551,791	+580.36%	1,014	$1,530	$134,772,462	101
17	(12)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$988,234	+60.36%	224	$4,412	$9,434,954	66
18	(10)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$854,052	-8.27%	409	$2,088	$14,620,584	52
19	(16)	Antz	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$552,428	+13.37%	853	$648	$87,988,302	87
20	(re-entry)	Urban Legend	Sony Pictures	Horror	$531,732		541	$983	$37,052,806	94
21	(9)	Psycho	Universal	Horror	$526,985	-72.68%	680	$775	$20,030,270	24
22	(18)	A Simple Plan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$444,014	+9.35%	80	$5,550	$1,643,369	17
23	(23)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$394,813	+30.53%	60	$6,580	$55,072,637	297
24	(15)	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$393,847	-23.02%	416	$947	$38,567,538	45
25	(14)	Practical Magic	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$311,435	-40.70%	621	$502	$46,262,588	73
26	(13)	Babe: Pig in the City	Universal	Adventure	$272,085	-53.05%	561	$485	$15,345,375	33
27	(52)	Dancing at Lughnasa	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$251,134	+1,016.45%	90	$2,790	$738,104	45
28	(26)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$249,334	+2.06%	313	$797	$174,151,288	166
29	(22)	The Siege	20th Century Fox	Action	$223,548	-30.51%	371	$603	$39,716,979	52
30	(new)	The Thin Red Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$223,548		5	$44,710	$369,357	5
31	(31)	Gods and Monsters	Lionsgate	Drama	$222,423	+29.95%	111	$2,004	$1,493,656	52
32	(25)	Home Fries	Warner Bros.	Black Comedy	$176,167	-31.85%	525	$336	$9,972,175	33
33	(39)	Little Voice	Miramax	Musical	$170,974	+167.87%	34	$5,029	$523,695	24
34	(20)	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Buena Vista	Comedy	$170,105	-55.12%	496	$343	$11,811,407	45
35	(new)	Hurlyburly	Fine Line	Comedy	$164,826		16	$10,302	$164,826	3
36	(11)	Meet Joe Black	Universal	Drama	$151,795	-77.78%	253	$600	$43,116,505	45
37	(28)	The Wizard of Oz	MGM	Adventure	$150,906	-31.87%	409	$369	$14,624,889	21,911
38	(41)	Central Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$124,294	+116.85%	19	$6,542	$483,869	38
39	(29)	Pleasantville	New Line	Comedy	$93,885	-56.74%	159	$590	$38,666,023	66
40	(19)	Very Bad Things	Polygram	Black Comedy	$80,500	-80.10%	107	$752	$9,670,405	33
41	(new)	A Civil Action	Buena Vista	Drama	$70,079		2	$35,040	$70,079	3
42	(34)	Bride of Chucky	Universal	Horror	$66,110	-35.57%	114	$580	$32,264,750	73
43	(43)	The Mask of Zorro	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$64,483	+35.87%	69	$935	$93,652,754	164
44	(24)	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Artisan	Comedy	$59,496	-77.89%	111	$536	$8,667,605	33
45	(38)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$56,325	-25.34%	16	$3,520	$3,846,186	234
46	(37)	Belly	Artisan	Drama	$53,998	-40.26%	98	$551	$9,414,249	54
47	(30)	American History X	New Line	Drama	$50,462	-73.46%	72	$701	$5,992,166	59
48	(49)	The General	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$48,294	+80.40%	6	$8,049	$100,144	10
49	(44)	The Celebration	October Films	Comedy	$44,321	-5.83%	23	$1,927	$1,178,492	80
50	(46)	Apt Pupil	Sony/TriStar	Thriller/Suspense	$38,782	-7.23%	51	$760	$8,772,906	66
51	(48)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$38,352	+32.24%	13	$2,950	$11,604,447	535
52	(new)	The Swindle	New Yorker	Comedy	$32,879		3	$10,960	$32,879	3
53	(42)	What Dreams May Come	Polygram	Drama	$30,810	-35.14%	110	$280	$55,350,897	87
54	(32)	Celebrity	Miramax	Comedy	$27,193	-81.61%	33	$824	$4,989,910	38
55	(51)	Touch of Evil	October Films		$25,025	+6.40%	25	$1,001	$2,195,484	14,831
56	(36)	Living Out Loud	New Line	Drama	$20,864	-77.45%	46	$454	$12,606,453	59
57	(new)	The Theory of Flight	Fine Line		$15,179		6	$2,530	$18,376	5
58	(50)	A Night at the Roxbury	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,932	-42.39%	90	$166	$30,294,402	87
59	(54)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand		$14,204	-16.67%	2	$7,102	$230,175	33
60	(62)	The Last Emperor	Artisan		$8,921	+28.71%	6	$1,487	$84,788	33
61	(new)	The Day of the Beast	Trimark		$6,479		1	$6,479	$8,072	5
62	(63)	The Cruise	Artisan		$5,805	-15.74%	5	$1,161	$220,368	66
63	(re-entry)	Marius et Jeannette	New Yorker	Romantic Comedy	$3,877		3	$1,292	$283,083	388
64	(61)	Holy Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,839	-46.91%	16	$240	$12,065,985	80
65	(71)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,392	+12.88%	2	$1,696	$14,521,955	1,165
66	(55)	Gadjo Dilo	Lionsgate		$2,708	-77.36%	2	$1,354	$664,292	143
67	(re-entry)	Western	New Yorker		$2,303		2	$1,152	$197,716	157
68	(72)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,288	-14.82%	1	$2,288	$13,949,026	1,347
69	(58)	Shattered Image	Lionsgate		$2,247	-77.41%	3	$749	$77,689	24
70	(73)	Firelight	Buena Vista		$1,845	-13.87%	3	$615	$784,419	115
71	(74)	Governess	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,806	-11.69%	2	$903	$3,715,135	150
72	(76)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,659	-2.93%	2	$830	$1,037,277	178
73	(66)	The Inheritors	Stratosphere Entertainment		$1,634	-72.48%	3	$545	$187,489	80
74	(69)	Simon Birch	Buena Vista	Drama	$947	-80.05%	5	$189	$18,252,684	108
75	(re-entry)	The Eel	New Yorker		$908		1	$908	$379,113	129
76	(65)	Beloved	Buena Vista	Drama	$724	-87.82%	2	$362	$22,746,521	73
77	(78)	The Thief	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$256	-75.48%	2	$128	$1,117,068	164
78	(re-entry)	Love is the Devil	Strand		$186		1	$186	$320,161	82
79	(82)	The Last Big Thing	Stratosphere Entertainment		$32	-86.67%	1	$32	$22,180	94