The Top Movies, Weekend of September 17, 1999

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Blue Streak	Sony Pictures	Action	$19,208,806		2,735	$7,023	$19,208,806	3
2	(new)	For Love of the Game	Universal	Drama	$13,041,685		2,829	$4,610	$13,041,685	3
3	(2)	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$11,207,422	-32.12%	2,788	$4,020	$213,275,834	45
4	(1)	Stigmata	MGM/UA	Horror	$9,229,007	-49.59%	2,901	$3,181	$32,953,476	10
5	(3)	A Stir of Echoes	Artisan	Thriller/Suspense	$3,947,618	-32.07%	1,943	$2,032	$11,855,733	10
6	(4)	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,604,841	-32.06%	2,384	$1,093	$144,182,467	52
7	(7)	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,956,007	-27.56%	1,658	$1,180	$64,308,215	45
8	(5)	Bowfinger	Universal	Comedy	$1,712,290	-52.49%	2,063	$830	$62,989,770	38
9	(6)	The 13th Warrior	Buena Vista	Action	$1,667,843	-44.90%	1,969	$847	$29,526,292	24
10	(8)	Mickey Blue Eyes	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,134,270	-48.71%	1,530	$741	$32,098,771	31
11	(new)	American Beauty	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$861,531		16	$53,846	$1,021,385	5
12	(10)	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	Horror	$806,363	-50.58%	1,436	$562	$137,642,473	68
13	(19)	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$799,369	+22.35%	732	$1,092	$423,299,088	124
14	(11)	Love Stinks	Independent Artists	Comedy	$620,000	-55.65%	1,240	$500	$2,622,075	10
15	(13)	Outside Providence	Miramax	Comedy	$618,407	-43.30%	929	$666	$6,724,321	19
16	(16)	Inspector Gadget	Buena Vista	Comedy	$609,331	-36.42%	1,057	$576	$93,404,574	59
17	(14)	The Muse	October Films	Comedy	$550,531	-48.84%	655	$841	$11,075,772	24
18	(15)	Dudley Do-Right	Universal	Comedy	$513,935	-48.76%	1,142	$450	$9,053,795	24
19	(18)	American Pie	Universal	Comedy	$501,325	-27.32%	604	$830	$100,705,485	73
20	(12)	In Too Deep	Gramercy	Drama	$476,258	-61.56%	597	$798	$12,817,269	26
21	(9)	Chill Factor	Warner Bros.	Action	$462,495	-76.15%	1,368	$338	$10,744,419	19
22	(17)	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Action	$451,014	-47.61%	635	$710	$71,653,027	54
23	(21)	Tarzan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$384,901	-28.99%	572	$673	$169,067,188	96
24	(22)	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$321,607	-27.65%	681	$472	$21,701,297	47
25	(56)	The General's Daughter	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$318,138	+453.52%	461	$690	$101,954,375	94
26	(48)	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Drama	$311,967	+259.47%	503	$620	$55,228,371	66
27	(25)	Big Daddy	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$284,872	-19.40%	373	$764	$162,423,755	87
28	(28)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$237,308	-18.86%	23	$10,318	$19,908,140	431
29	(32)	Better Than Chocolate	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$220,357	-8.02%	105	$2,099	$1,425,590	38
30	(26)	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$219,843	-37.44%	359	$612	$113,398,360	82
31	(24)	The Mystery Men	Universal	Comedy	$219,650	-45.51%	382	$575	$29,219,895	45
32	(23)	An Ideal Husband	Miramax	Comedy	$213,111	-50.18%	446	$478	$18,348,384	94
33	(31)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$210,064	-13.47%	38	$5,528	$23,185,659	332
34	(36)	Everest	MacGillivray Freeman Film	Documentary	$174,877	-0.12%	57	$3,068	$71,644,554	563
35	(34)	Notting Hill	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$167,085	-19.50%	237	$705	$115,724,325	115
36	(37)	Run Lola Run	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$163,866	-6.25%	117	$1,401	$6,070,233	94
37	(38)	Buena Vista Social Club	Artisan	Documentary	$148,234	-12.81%	69	$2,148	$4,927,855	108
38	(41)	Dinner Game	Lionsgate	Comedy	$142,179	+3.86%	64	$2,222	$3,222,132	73
39	(40)	The Red Violin	Lionsgate	Drama	$135,903	-16.83%	144	$944	$9,291,544	101
40	(33)	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	Horror	$129,296	-44.64%	258	$501	$89,601,759	59
41	(43)	Autumn Tale	October Films	Drama	$123,367	-5.05%	53	$2,328	$1,633,145	73
42	(39)	Trick	Fine Line	Comedy	$118,261	-27.96%	91	$1,300	$1,940,891	59
43	(20)	The Astronaut's Wife	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$118,060	-78.79%	311	$380	$10,402,678	24
44	(re-entry)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$113,292		21	$5,395	$5,498,847	181
45	(35)	Lake Placid	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$110,855	-40.54%	189	$587	$31,497,268	66
46	(27)	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Miramax	Comedy	$107,918	-64.21%	324	$333	$8,823,400	31
47	(29)	Universal Soldier II: The Return	Sony Pictures	Action	$106,679	-57.96%	192	$556	$10,341,112	31
48	(45)	Arlington Road	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$95,266	-21.17%	211	$451	$24,260,975	73
49	(54)	Twin Falls Idaho	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$68,341	+10.13%	46	$1,486	$776,929	52
50	(51)	Tea with Mussolini	MGM/UA	Drama	$57,073	-11.19%	108	$528	$14,140,279	129
51	(44)	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$56,778	-54.39%	127	$447	$51,932,314	82
52	(58)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$56,574	+3.90%	11	$5,143	$3,293,393	143
53	(57)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$52,133	-5.67%	14	$3,724	$3,833,528	206
54	(62)	Earth	Zeitgeist Films		$46,602	+9.78%	10	$4,660	$103,897	10
55	(47)	Brokedown Palace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$46,286	-49.58%	88	$526	$9,937,850	38
56	(new)	Romance	Trimark	Drama	$44,829		3	$14,943	$44,829	3
57	(59)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$44,763	-16.83%	9	$4,974	$10,157,662	500
58	(53)	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	Action	$42,761	-31.54%	105	$407	$171,383,253	173
59	(new)	Sugar Town	October Films	Comedy	$42,668		8	$5,334	$42,668	3
60	(new)	Breakfast of Champions	Buena Vista	Comedy	$42,326		7	$6,047	$42,326	3
61	(61)	Illuminata			$41,041	-12.71%	27	$1,520	$660,708	45
62	(67)	Wolves	Primesco	Documentary	$37,889	+29.45%	11	$3,444	$1,895,926	206
63	(74)	Black Cat, White Cat	USA Films	Comedy	$35,916	+133.84%	11	$3,265	$60,827	10
64	(50)	A Dog of Flanders	Warner Bros.	Drama	$33,571	-51.48%	135	$249	$2,092,041	24
65	(52)	Life Is Beautiful	Miramax	Drama	$32,668	-48.34%	26	$1,256	$57,563,264	332
66	(63)	The Minus Man	Artisan		$30,685	-23.84%	6	$5,114	$89,003	10
67	(55)	The Wood	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$30,457	-49.70%	91	$335	$24,762,276	66
68	(104)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$29,538	+2,655.41%	9	$3,282	$4,959,186	5,449
69	(72)	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Stratosphere Entertainment	Drama	$25,968	+58.22%	20	$1,298	$884,308	136
70	(new)	Get Bruce	Miramax	Documentary	$19,736		4	$4,934	$19,736	3
71	(new)	Lucie Aubrac	USA Films		$19,644		1	$19,644	$19,644	3
72	(70)	The Winslow Boy	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$19,147	+7.11%	32	$598	$3,896,489	143
73	(92)	Edge of Seventeen	Strand Releasing		$19,017	+387.62%	6	$3,170	$807,608	143
74	(73)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$18,023	+13.56%	12	$1,502	$14,594,700	801
75	(78)	This is My Father	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$14,550	+6.24%	16	$909	$1,044,925	136
76	(69)	Head On	Strand Releasing		$11,475	-44.29%	3	$3,825	$184,721	38
77	(77)	West Beirut	Cowboy Pictures		$10,223	-25.82%	4	$2,556	$65,267	17
78	(76)	The Third Man	Rialto Pictures		$8,964	-36.87%	5	$1,793	$494,610	136
79	(re-entry)	Caligula		Drama	$8,669		2	$4,335	$8,669	7,171
80	(71)	B. Monkey	Miramax	Thriller/Suspense	$8,478	-51.38%	5	$1,696	$34,524	10
81	(re-entry)	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Strand Releasing		$7,913		1	$7,913	$638,349	299
82	(82)	The King of Masks	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$7,257	-36.20%	5	$1,451	$902,211	143
83	(81)	Grand Illusion	Rialto Pictures		$6,877	-42.15%	3	$2,292	$204,716	22,288
84	(91)	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Paramount Classics	Comedy	$6,750	+71.41%	7	$964	$79,467	45
85	(68)	White Boys	Fox Searchlight		$6,558	-71.67%	17	$386	$36,025	10
86	(94)	Cabaret Balkan	Paramount Classics	Drama	$5,857	+76.36%	8	$732	$86,637	59
87	(80)	The Acid House	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$5,809	-52.16%	3	$1,936	$109,610	45
88	(new)	Taxman		Comedy	$5,658		2	$2,829	$5,658	3
89	(87)	Relax� It's Just Sex			$5,410	-28.61%	3	$1,803	$420,729	143
90	(re-entry)	A Place Called Chiapas			$5,140		2	$2,570	$237,779	164
91	(102)	Perfect Blue			$5,105	+283.55%	2	$2,553	$33,970	31
92	(new)	Existo			$5,100		1	$5,100	$5,100	3
93	(re-entry)	Late August, Early September	Zeitgeist Films		$4,814		1	$4,814	$64,403	73
94	(86)	Entrapment	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$4,736	-39.05%	15	$316	$87,702,116	143
95	(new)	Women			$4,399		1	$4,399	$4,399	3
96	(88)	Wildfire: Feel The Heat		Documentary	$4,200	-19.83%	4	$1,050	$1,236,448	192
97	(new)	Splendor	Goldwyn Entertainment		$3,937		1	$3,937	$3,937	3
98	(75)	Best Laid Plans	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$3,827	-74.27%	4	$957	$25,651	10
99	(89)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$2,298	-47.10%	1	$2,298	$14,930,987	1,431
100	(95)	Cookie's Fortune	October Films	Comedy	$2,228	-15.19%	4	$557	$10,918,124	171
101	(98)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,127	-9.14%	2	$1,064	$1,536,302	444
102	(99)	Windhorse	Shadow	Drama	$1,845	+4.53%	3	$615	$236,061	220
103	(93)	Stiff Upper Lips	Cowboy Pictures		$1,576	-58.21%	4	$394	$48,514	24
104	(100)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$756	-56.60%	1	$756	$14,631,203	1,613
105	(90)	Trippin'	October Films	Comedy	$705	-83.71%	7	$101	$9,016,377	131