The Top Movies, Weekend of August 27, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$20,099,149	-16.08%	2,763	$7,274	$138,853,903	24
2	(new)	The 13th Warrior	Buena Vista	Action	$10,267,756		2,306	$4,453	$10,267,756	3
3	(4)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$6,842,589	-26.14%	3,090	$2,214	$124,425,308	31
4	(2)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$6,584,350	-37.94%	2,732	$2,410	$46,404,385	17
5	(3)	Mickey Blue Eyes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,426,630	-46.68%	2,573	$2,109	$19,735,111	10
6	(6)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM/UA	Drama	$4,620,007	-34.07%	2,095	$2,205	$49,797,846	24
7	(new)	In Too Deep	Gramercy	Drama	$4,220,297		667	$6,327	$5,786,957	5
8	(5)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$4,219,020	-41.93%	2,352	$1,794	$128,076,668	47
9	(new)	The Astronaut's Wife	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$4,027,003		2,209	$1,823	$4,027,003	3
10	(new)	The Muse	October Films	Comedy	$3,926,825		1,263	$3,109	$3,926,825	3
11	(new)	Dudley Do-Right	Universal	Comedy	$3,018,345		1,802	$1,675	$3,018,345	3
12	(8)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,367,348	-45.16%	1,709	$1,385	$87,554,569	38
13	(9)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,867,206	-53.09%	1,711	$1,091	$67,186,258	33
14	(7)	Universal Soldier II: The Return	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,654,571	-64.07%	1,639	$1,010	$7,875,178	10
15	(10)	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Miramax	Comedy	$1,458,351	-56.16%	1,710	$853	$6,391,746	10
16	(13)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$1,396,195	-30.43%	895	$1,560	$96,668,245	52
17	(20)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,102,778	+71.09%	754	$1,463	$160,128,721	66
18	(12)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,014,928	-56.26%	1,302	$780	$18,817,413	26
19	(11)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$1,012,530	-62.72%	983	$1,030	$26,868,815	24
20	(16)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$910,246	-25.48%	497	$1,831	$419,423,967	103
21	(new)	A Dog of Flanders	Warner Bros.	Drama	$807,873		1,267	$638	$807,873	3
22	(15)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$717,486	-57.12%	889	$807	$88,135,103	38
23	(18)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$591,192	-20.11%	631	$937	$166,496,093	75
24	(17)	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	Comedy	$561,089	-39.65%	621	$904	$204,213,909	81
25	(14)	Brokedown Palace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$388,124	-78.20%	460	$844	$9,227,914	17
26	(22)	Notting Hill	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$322,575	-20.79%	391	$825	$114,701,760	94
27	(21)	Lake Placid	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$303,875	-26.84%	389	$781	$30,617,693	45
28	(27)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$281,055	-3.99%	23	$12,220	$18,315,603	410
29	(new)	Baadshah	Eros Entertainment	Action	$263,084		42	$6,264	$263,084	3
30	(28)	Run Lola Run	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$250,695	-7.09%	114	$2,199	$5,024,293	73
31	(24)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$241,160	-24.24%	38	$6,346	$22,056,627	311
32	(53)	Drop Dead Gorgeous	New Line	Comedy	$209,986	+227.01%	458	$458	$10,291,980	38
33	(52)	Better Than Chocolate	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$197,503	+179.38%	50	$3,950	$445,702	17
34	(37)	Dinner Game	Lionsgate	Comedy	$195,001	+14.31%	67	$2,910	$2,494,717	52
35	(33)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$186,466	-8.06%	57	$3,271	$70,681,020	542
36	(35)	Buena Vista Social Club	Artisan	Documentary	$184,776	+0.94%	66	$2,800	$4,060,940	87
37	(23)	Taal	Eros Entertainment	Musical	$181,262	-50.50%	41	$4,421	$1,428,371	17
38	(26)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$151,177	-50.31%	318	$475	$54,457,339	45
39	(34)	Trick	Fine Line	Comedy	$147,734	-24.50%	45	$3,283	$1,281,762	38
40	(31)	The Mummy	Universal	Adventure	$143,405	-36.66%	239	$600	$154,964,260	115
41	(44)	Autumn Tale	October Films	Drama	$142,875	+19.85%	34	$4,202	$1,027,332	52
42	(40)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$136,551	-1.81%	21	$6,502	$4,706,534	160
43	(25)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$116,466	-62.80%	205	$568	$24,493,652	45
44	(39)	The Red Violin	Lionsgate	Drama	$114,683	-19.86%	86	$1,334	$7,926,723	80
45	(32)	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	Action	$112,756	-46.78%	205	$550	$171,051,684	152
46	(30)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$106,157	-54.29%	215	$494	$101,356,947	73
47	(42)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$98,706	-19.31%	11	$8,973	$2,951,074	122
48	(50)	Twin Falls Idaho	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$94,029	+19.97%	40	$2,351	$402,026	31
49	(29)	Muppets From Space	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$90,284	-66.34%	427	$211	$16,075,924	47
50	(74)	Summer of Sam	Buena Vista	Drama	$88,903	+673.47%	185	$481	$19,128,844	59
51	(38)	An Ideal Husband	Miramax	Comedy	$87,247	-47.66%	109	$800	$17,365,008	73
52	(46)	Illuminata			$84,919	-20.87%	28	$3,033	$385,928	24
53	(45)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$80,573	-29.06%	15	$5,372	$3,517,999	185
54	(51)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$70,871	-4.95%	9	$7,875	$9,897,269	479
55	(48)	Tea with Mussolini	MGM/UA	Drama	$66,339	-33.01%	109	$609	$13,827,452	108
56	(re-entry)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$63,934		15	$4,262	$57,311,318	311
57	(43)	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$59,902	-50.39%	120	$499	$51,247,370	61
58	(49)	Arlington Road	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$55,286	-37.59%	60	$921	$23,902,034	52
59	(36)	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$52,995	-69.88%	174	$305	$111,724,722	61
60	(19)	Detroit Rock City	New Line	Comedy	$46,401	-92.81%	99	$469	$4,082,880	17
61	(47)	Entrapment	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$39,619	-61.94%	89	$445	$87,618,094	122
62	(54)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$38,979	-31.66%	10	$3,898	$1,697,144	185
63	(55)	My Life So Far	Miramax		$38,388	-31.13%	22	$1,745	$497,873	38
64	(59)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$32,016	-13.27%	12	$2,668	$14,468,350	780
65	(61)	Baby Geniuses	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$30,667	-9.30%	97	$316	$27,121,671	171
66	(new)	The Very Thought of You	Miramax		$29,692		5	$5,938	$29,692	3
67	(41)	Dick	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$27,011	-80.25%	59	$458	$6,201,375	26
68	(62)	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$25,109	-19.24%	18	$1,395	$787,245	115
69	(67)	Grand Illusion	Rialto Pictures		$23,459	+21.34%	3	$7,820	$125,561	22,267
70	(60)	The Winslow Boy	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,983	-37.20%	25	$919	$3,797,086	122
71	(63)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$20,934	-25.16%	6	$3,489	$1,188,828	171
72	(58)	Instinct	Buena Vista	Drama	$17,679	-53.22%	12	$1,473	$34,098,563	87
73	(64)	The King of Masks	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$17,236	-29.75%	10	$1,724	$839,211	122
74	(new)	The Source			$16,821		1	$16,821	$24,771	5
75	(new)	Stiff Upper Lips	Cowboy Pictures		$15,935		1	$15,935	$15,935	3
76	(80)	The Acid House	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$13,294	+110.92%	3	$4,431	$59,836	24
77	(71)	Head On	Strand Releasing		$10,449	-22.62%	1	$10,449	$57,784	17
78	(57)	Never Been Kissed	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$8,961	-80.48%	25	$358	$55,469,238	143
79	(66)	The Third Man	Rialto Pictures		$8,837	-55.61%	1	$8,837	$425,805	115
80	(75)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$8,143	-23.08%	1	$8,143	$14,905,946	1,410
81	(78)	Late August, Early September	Zeitgeist Films		$7,666	+18.25%	3	$2,555	$55,364	52
82	(85)	Get Real	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,238	+51.58%	5	$1,448	$1,140,992	122
83	(87)	Cabaret Balkan	Paramount Classics	Drama	$6,829	+54.89%	9	$759	$65,840	38
84	(69)	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$6,789	-55.70%	11	$617	$62,059	24
85	(70)	This is My Father	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,959	-60.13%	9	$662	$984,841	115
86	(72)	Edge of Seventeen	Strand Releasing		$5,721	-54.72%	4	$1,430	$768,482	122
87	(76)	Perfect Blue			$4,877	-49.20%	1	$4,877	$19,129	10
88	(89)	Relax� It's Just Sex			$4,194	+55.91%	1	$4,194	$386,691	122
89	(68)	Ten Things I Hate About You	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$3,722	-76.73%	14	$266	$38,176,108	152
90	(82)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand Releasing		$3,550	-32.96%	3	$1,183	$628,173	278
91	(77)	On The Ropes			$3,543	-52.32%	2	$1,772	$18,883	12
92	(86)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$2,458	-44.53%	1	$2,458	$4,923,756	5,428
93	(91)	The Loss of Sexual Innocence	Sony Pictures		$2,009	-13.44%	6	$335	$399,793	94
94	(73)	Cookie's Fortune	October Films	Comedy	$1,843	-85.32%	9	$205	$10,899,231	150
95	(90)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,662	-37.75%	3	$554	$14,624,170	1,592
96	(65)	Trippin'	October Films	Comedy	$1,640	-92.36%	23	$71	$8,997,001	110
97	(95)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$848	+10.42%	1	$848	$1,520,674	423
98	(re-entry)	Raising the Stakes			$725		1	$725	$2,843	10
99	(re-entry)	Dry Cleaning	Strand Releasing		$254		1	$254	$141,630	206