The Top Movies, Weekend of February 26, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	8MM	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$14,252,888		2,370	$6,014	$14,252,888	3
2	(1)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$6,788,367	-33.89%	2,852	$2,380	$66,453,543	24
3	(new)	The Other Sister	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$6,624,445		1,343	$4,933	$6,624,445	3
4	(2)	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,412,737	-36.14%	2,545	$2,520	$41,316,451	17
5	(3)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,973,960	-28.03%	2,349	$2,117	$25,882,487	17
6	(4)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$4,808,150	-18.58%	1,702	$2,825	$12,014,060	10
7	(6)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$4,372,632	-24.97%	1,920	$2,277	$60,143,613	80
8	(7)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$3,608,973	-31.76%	2,301	$1,568	$53,993,505	31
9	(5)	Blast From the Past	New Line	Comedy	$3,503,125	-40.01%	2,516	$1,392	$20,968,703	17
10	(new)	200 Cigarettes	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,244,277		976	$3,324	$3,244,277	3
11	(8)	Office Space	Miramax	Black Comedy	$2,494,756	-41.05%	1,740	$1,434	$7,945,357	10
12	(9)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$1,974,063	-29.61%	790	$2,499	$12,477,433	80
13	(11)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$1,915,628	-18.51%	681	$2,813	$27,335,876	129
14	(10)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$1,635,318	-32.35%	1,008	$1,622	$205,565,595	220
15	(12)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$873,260	-49.88%	929	$940	$130,674,665	66
16	(16)	Elizabeth	Gramercy	Drama	$787,961	-28.27%	571	$1,380	$25,196,377	115
17	(14)	Varsity Blues	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$740,072	-53.29%	1,184	$625	$51,275,680	45
18	(13)	Jawbreaker	Sony Pictures	Black Comedy	$705,225	-56.02%	801	$880	$2,707,382	10
19	(15)	Affliction	Lionsgate	Drama	$704,855	-36.59%	335	$2,104	$3,160,729	61
20	(18)	The Rugrats Movie	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$704,009	-12.18%	708	$994	$98,286,747	101
21	(19)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$572,729	-27.25%	358	$1,600	$22,140,899	101
22	(39)	Star Trek: Insurrection	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$567,144	+401.52%	671	$845	$68,958,778	80
23	(23)	The Prince of Egypt	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$538,859	-18.28%	727	$741	$97,067,401	73
24	(22)	The Waterboy	Buena Vista	Comedy	$503,681	-25.93%	532	$947	$159,574,480	115
25	(28)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$453,717	+0.80%	29	$15,645	$7,123,556	129
26	(25)	Mighty Joe Young	Buena Vista	Adventure	$433,257	-22.94%	627	$691	$49,121,341	66
27	(17)	The Thin Red Line	20th Century Fox	Drama	$392,982	-57.85%	436	$901	$35,126,075	68
28	(21)	A Simple Plan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$379,170	-46.13%	514	$738	$15,234,793	80
29	(24)	A Bug's Life	Buena Vista	Adventure	$359,901	-36.18%	558	$645	$158,538,829	101
30	(41)	The Faculty	Miramax	Horror	$349,517	+433.37%	1,129	$310	$38,556,806	66
31	(29)	Enemy of the State	Buena Vista	Action	$319,954	-27.70%	445	$719	$110,238,004	101
32	(31)	Central Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$306,915	-7.48%	118	$2,601	$3,133,730	101
33	(30)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$302,876	-12.11%	55	$5,507	$60,367,664	360
34	(58)	Pleasantville	New Line	Comedy	$275,606	+708.25%	335	$823	$39,687,220	129
35	(20)	A Civil Action	Buena Vista	Drama	$261,129	-66.12%	426	$613	$55,594,271	66
36	(new)	Just the Ticket	MGM		$247,585		82	$3,019	$247,585	3
37	(32)	Hilary and Jackie	October Films	Drama	$216,915	-33.39%	192	$1,130	$4,009,922	61
38	(27)	You've Got Mail	Warner Bros.	Drama	$216,609	-55.72%	310	$699	$113,764,690	73
39	(34)	Gods and Monsters	Lionsgate	Drama	$165,418	-34.16%	115	$1,438	$3,896,635	115
40	(33)	Little Voice	Miramax	Musical	$165,060	-41.33%	143	$1,154	$4,153,275	87
41	(26)	Stepmom	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$141,005	-74.92%	404	$349	$90,261,196	66
42	(36)	At First Sight	MGM	Drama	$109,212	-26.03%	228	$479	$21,992,918	45
43	(40)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$109,071	+0.39%	12	$9,089	$5,438,385	297
44	(43)	Another Day in Paradise	Trimark	Drama	$80,470	+37.64%	65	$1,238	$607,031	61
45	(35)	Jack Frost	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$76,142	-48.81%	189	$403	$34,545,030	80
46	(38)	Virus	Universal	Action	$70,310	-48.03%	178	$395	$13,823,510	45
47	(42)	Les Boys II	Lionsgate	Comedy	$60,911	-0.18%	31	$1,965	$5,974,732	129
48	(44)	The Children of Heaven	Miramax	Comedy	$46,738	-14.59%	12	$3,895	$324,579	38
49	(new)	The School of Flesh	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$43,021		7	$6,146	$43,021	3
50	(47)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$42,976	-12.20%	14	$3,070	$12,196,417	598
51	(37)	Simply Irresistible	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$41,732	-70.78%	102	$409	$4,128,026	24
52	(45)	Tango	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$41,109	-21.99%	5	$8,222	$210,419	17
53	(50)	American History X	New Line	Drama	$40,944	-9.39%	63	$650	$6,545,272	122
54	(new)	20 Dates	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$40,244		3	$13,415	$40,244	3
55	(54)	The General	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$39,011	+4.05%	17	$2,295	$693,521	73
56	(59)	My Name is Joe	Artisan		$31,381	+10.76%	13	$2,414	$198,229	38
57	(46)	Babe: Pig in the City	Universal	Adventure	$28,025	-44.92%	95	$295	$18,218,535	96
58	(53)	Dancing at Lughnasa	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$26,447	-35.41%	31	$853	$2,169,817	108
59	(51)	The Last Days	October Films		$26,239	-40.13%	21	$1,249	$157,177	24
60	(new)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$21,653		3	$7,218	$21,653	3
61	(57)	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$14,429	-58.40%	46	$314	$176,461,827	229
62	(65)	Windhorse	Shadow	Drama	$10,527	-13.59%	5	$2,105	$66,562	17
63	(new)	Eight Days a Week	Legacy Releasing		$9,090		9	$1,010	$9,090	3
64	(49)	Living Out Loud	New Line	Drama	$8,792	-80.64%	28	$314	$12,902,790	122
65	(64)	Hurlyburly	Fine Line	Comedy	$8,735	-39.47%	17	$514	$1,754,461	66
66	(re-entry)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand		$8,596		4	$2,149	$480,222	96
67	(63)	The Apple		Drama	$7,253	-52.30%	2	$3,627	$28,987	10
68	(re-entry)	Dry Cleaning	Strand		$5,754		1	$5,754	$54,706	24
69	(re-entry)	The Hi-Lo Country	Gramercy		$4,799		10	$480	$151,240	61
70	(67)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$4,571	-39.17%	3	$1,524	$1,164,751	241
71	(68)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,182	-17.82%	1	$4,182	$14,033,678	1,410
72	(69)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,956	+67.70%	1	$3,956	$14,602,204	1,228
73	(60)	The 24 Hour Woman	Artisan	Comedy	$3,940	-84.57%	6	$657	$98,595	31
74	(66)	God Said, 'Ha!'	Miramax		$3,756	-52.83%	3	$1,252	$31,174	17
75	(70)	The Swindle	New Yorker	Comedy	$639	-69.57%	1	$639	$126,273	66
76	(71)	The Eel	New Yorker		$499	-54.09%	2	$250	$394,632	192