The Top Movies, Weekend of May 21, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$64,810,970		2,970	$21,822	$105,661,237	5
2	(1)	The Mummy	Universal	Adventure	$13,791,960	-44.51%	3,276	$4,210	$100,210,165	17
3	(2)	Entrapment	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$6,312,182	-30.45%	2,869	$2,200	$59,889,421	24
4	(3)	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,875,521	-36.78%	2,521	$1,141	$149,507,510	54
5	(new)	The Love Letter	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$2,692,819		769	$3,502	$2,692,819	3
6	(5)	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,608,636	-39.13%	1,093	$2,387	$8,233,427	10
7	(8)	Never Been Kissed	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,745,212	-30.18%	1,888	$924	$46,190,583	45
8	(4)	Black Mask	Artisan	Action	$1,665,811	-62.56%	988	$1,686	$7,313,503	10
9	(6)	Life	Universal	Comedy	$1,565,215	-45.36%	1,720	$910	$57,526,494	38
10	(9)	Election	Paramount Pictures	Black Comedy	$1,474,508	-34.95%	827	$1,783	$9,157,870	31
11	(7)	Trippin'	October Films	Comedy	$1,414,155	-44.06%	781	$1,811	$5,213,961	12
12	(10)	Tea with Mussolini	MGM	Drama	$1,280,862	-21.57%	273	$4,692	$3,596,320	10
13	(13)	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$745,400	+4.93%	1,223	$609	$95,940,373	164
14	(11)	Analyze This	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$629,481	-31.66%	1,123	$561	$103,075,946	80
15	(12)	Ten Things I Hate About You	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$584,961	-35.80%	981	$596	$34,596,955	54
16	(16)	Cookie's Fortune	October Films	Comedy	$460,326	-19.09%	504	$913	$9,222,958	52
17	(14)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$414,662	-33.83%	579	$716	$55,785,437	213
18	(63)	Payback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$330,249	+755.43%	567	$582	$80,471,500	108
19	(17)	Forces of Nature	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$283,828	-37.21%	558	$509	$51,389,500	66
20	(15)	The Out-of-Towners	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$273,153	-53.03%	802	$341	$27,264,685	52
21	(24)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$260,367	-6.30%	28	$9,299	$13,939,694	213
22	(23)	A Walk on the Moon	Miramax	Drama	$250,401	-24.52%	222	$1,128	$3,933,253	59
23	(20)	October Sky	Universal	Drama	$205,435	-43.00%	428	$480	$30,765,770	94
24	(19)	She's All That	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$199,932	-48.18%	463	$432	$62,463,688	115
25	(33)	Three Seasons	October Films	Drama	$190,631	+9.86%	53	$3,597	$759,806	24
26	(29)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Documentary	$183,365	-10.97%	55	$3,334	$65,032,895	444
27	(28)	The King and I	Warner Bros.	Musical	$164,470	-24.29%	553	$297	$11,758,850	66
28	(new)	Besieged	Fine Line	Drama	$159,289		36	$4,425	$159,289	3
29	(18)	Pushing Tin	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$152,514	-62.18%	417	$366	$7,975,414	31
30	(30)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$151,010	-22.36%	17	$8,883	$8,908,332	312
31	(21)	Go!	Sony Pictures	Black Comedy	$141,185	-58.57%	289	$489	$16,202,159	45
32	(31)	The Other Sister	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$140,906	-21.02%	314	$449	$27,316,903	87
33	(34)	Cruel Intentions	Sony Pictures	Drama	$127,232	-21.05%	427	$298	$37,487,018	80
34	(new)	Trekkies	Paramount Pictures	Documentary	$125,636		339	$371	$125,636	3
35	(38)	The Winslow Boy	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$123,338	-2.08%	29	$4,253	$568,696	24
36	(27)	Baby Geniuses	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$123,125	-44.13%	461	$267	$24,884,477	73
37	(26)	Doug's 1st Movie	Buena Vista	Adventure	$123,014	-45.01%	417	$295	$18,317,237	59
38	(41)	The Castle	Miramax	Comedy	$115,630	+14.40%	55	$2,102	$289,315	17
39	(42)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$107,615	+11.54%	13	$8,278	$7,291,197	381
40	(40)	The Dream Life of Angels	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$105,909	-10.09%	62	$1,708	$1,308,153	52
41	(36)	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$105,878	-26.26%	258	$410	$216,119,491	304
42	(35)	EDtv	Universal	Comedy	$98,250	-36.44%	262	$375	$22,258,995	59
43	(39)	eXistenZ	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$91,422	-23.01%	138	$662	$2,535,634	31
44	(22)	Idle Hands	Sony Pictures	Horror	$83,811	-74.84%	384	$218	$3,708,447	24
45	(44)	Get Real	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$80,697	+3.33%	33	$2,445	$343,749	24
46	(25)	Lost and Found	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$79,299	-65.75%	303	$262	$6,261,127	31
47	(37)	Foolish	Artisan	Comedy	$72,801	-48.78%	150	$485	$5,478,916	45
48	(43)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$66,132	-18.94%	6	$11,022	$713,073	62
49	(32)	Twin Dragons	Miramax	Action	$64,028	-63.74%	257	$249	$7,758,398	45
50	(48)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$61,545	-7.20%	7	$8,792	$825,637	87
51	(49)	Waking Ned Devine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$47,268	-23.97%	94	$503	$24,678,267	185
52	(46)	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$46,318	-34.88%	70	$662	$3,650,677	80
53	(57)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$45,565	+6.39%	11	$4,142	$13,078,457	682
54	(55)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$44,337	-4.87%	3	$14,779	$240,458	24
55	(47)	Sarfarosh			$44,290	-33.61%	86	$515	$427,973	24
56	(58)	Patch Adams	Universal	Comedy	$44,290	+6.91%	86	$515	$134,976,848	150
57	(64)	Edge of Seventeen	Strand		$42,037	+18.98%	7	$6,005	$110,401	24
58	(50)	Hideous Kinky	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$41,001	-31.34%	43	$954	$915,289	38
59	(re-entry)	The King of Masks	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$40,199		11	$3,654	$205,963	24
60	(53)	The Rage: Carrie 2	MGM	Horror	$37,731	-25.06%	96	$393	$17,584,548	73
61	(79)	Endurance	Buena Vista		$32,985	+130.04%	14	$2,356	$54,147	10
62	(51)	True Crime	Warner Bros.	Drama	$30,423	-45.83%	112	$272	$16,635,339	66
63	(89)	Goodbye, Lover	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$29,793	+348.42%	216	$138	$1,923,061	38
64	(61)	This is My Father	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$27,277	-30.33%	13	$2,098	$159,708	17
65	(59)	Gods and Monsters	Lionsgate	Drama	$26,372	-35.53%	38	$694	$6,390,032	199
66	(74)	Tour Truffaut			$26,366	+52.20%	3	$8,789	$97,950	31
67	(60)	Rushmore	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$24,761	-38.93%	43	$576	$16,995,553	164
68	(66)	The Lovers of the Arctic Circle	Fine Line		$24,061	-17.22%	19	$1,266	$269,900	45
69	(69)	My Favorite Martian	Buena Vista	Comedy	$23,228	-3.65%	60	$387	$35,443,937	101
70	(72)	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$22,986	+29.90%	10	$2,299	$83,358	17
71	(68)	Open Your Eyes	Artisan		$18,024	-26.98%	24	$751	$281,570	38
72	(62)	Revelation			$17,783	-54.58%	15	$1,186	$128,271	17
73	(77)	Metroland	Sony Pictures		$17,481	+9.92%	11	$1,589	$256,994	45
74	(67)	Central Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,024	-36.53%	26	$655	$5,476,139	185
75	(56)	The Mod Squad	MGM	Action	$16,752	-61.24%	68	$246	$13,187,985	59
76	(76)	Tango	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$14,784	-11.85%	21	$704	$1,644,814	101
77	(82)	The Third Man	Rialto Pictures		$13,500	+10.00%	2	$6,750	$57,508	17
78	(85)	The Children of Heaven	Miramax	Comedy	$12,314	+37.10%	22	$560	$925,402	122
79	(new)	Frogs for Snakes	Artisan		$12,191		29	$420	$12,191	3
80	(84)	Wing Commander	20th Century Fox	Action	$10,055	-13.14%	25	$402	$11,565,864	73
81	(86)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$9,113	+9.72%	4	$2,278	$1,461,380	325
82	(73)	SLC Punk!	Sony Pictures Classics		$6,953	-59.95%	19	$366	$279,045	38
83	(88)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,036	-11.00%	1	$6,036	$14,207,762	1,494
84	(94)	A Place Called Chiapas			$5,939	+30.70%	1	$5,939	$139,518	45
85	(91)	My Dinner with Andre	New Yorker		$5,697	+12.30%	1	$5,697	$15,063	10
86	(93)	Hands on a Hardbody	Legacy Releasing	Documentary	$5,104	+9.06%	5	$1,021	$477,762	318
87	(81)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand		$5,042	-60.11%	4	$1,261	$582,813	180
88	(87)	The School of Flesh	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$4,325	-44.09%	7	$618	$364,993	87
89	(99)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,995	+46.23%	1	$3,995	$14,690,571	1,312
90	(98)	Windhorse	Shadow	Drama	$3,683	+19.38%	6	$614	$165,735	101
91	(92)	The General	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$3,507	-27.56%	6	$585	$1,211,865	157
92	(new)	The Saragossa Manuscript	Cowboy Pictures		$3,456		1	$3,456	$3,456	3
93	(101)	Relax� It's Just Sex			$2,627	+8.82%	2	$1,314	$286,300	24
94	(102)	The Empty Mirror	Lionsgate		$1,873	+3.71%	2	$937	$10,750	66
95	(re-entry)	Dry Cleaning	Strand		$1,193	-48.00%	1	$1,193	$105,559	108
96	(re-entry)	six Ways to Sunday	Stratosphere Entertainment		$780		4	$195	$50,334	80
97	(103)	Joyriders			$695	-60.65%	3	$232	$64,098	38
98	(new)	Olympia			$640		1	$640	$640	3
99	(107)	I Stand Alone	Strand	Drama	$594	+9.00%	1	$594	$37,373	68
100	(99)	The Peeping Tom			$362	-89.00%	2	$181	$80,505	108
101	(100)	Cucaracha, La				-100.00%			$26,276	31