Winter 1998/99

Title Opening Closing Gross Theaters 1st Wk % Per Scrn Distributor
Total Opening Opening Widest
(Nov 6 - Feb 11)
1 Bug's Life, A 11-20-98 05-20-99 162,792,677 33,258,052 1 2773 20.43 58,706 Buena Vista
2 Waterboy, The 11-06-98 04-22-99 161,487,252 39,414,071 2664 2782 24.41 58,047 Buena Vista
3 Patch Adams 12-25-98 06-03-99 135,014,968 25,262,280 2712 2909 18.71 46,413 Universal
4 You've Got Mail 12-18-98 04-29-99 115,757,269 18,426,749 2691 2776 15.92 41,699 Warner Bros.
5 Enemy of the State 11-20-98 04-22-99 111,544,445 20,038,573 2393 2517 17.96 44,316 Buena Vista
6 Prince of Egypt, The 12-18-98 05-20-99 101,287,851 14,524,321 3118 3218 14.34 31,475 DreamWorks
7 Rugrats Movie, The 11-20-98 04-15-99 100,491,683 27,321,470 2782 2832 27.19 35,484 Paramount
8 Shakespeare in Love 12-11-98 07-29-99 100,291,009 2,609,894 8 2030 2.60 49,404 Miramax
9 Stepmom 12-25-98 04-29-99 91,039,639 19,142,440 2358 2358 21.03 38,609 Sony
10 Payback 02-05-99 07-15-99 81,517,441 21,221,526 2720 2855 26.03 28,553 Paramount
11 Star Trek: Insurrection 12-11-98 04-01-99 70,177,571 22,052,836 2620 2677 31.42 26,215 Paramount
12 She's All That 01-29-99 07-01-99 63,366,996 16,065,430 2222 2654 25.35 23,876 Miramax
13 Life is Beautiful 10-23-98 07-01-99 57,247,384 2,366,346 6 1136 4.13 50,394 Miramax
14 Civil Action, A 12-25-98 05-06-99 56,702,901 15,163,484 2 2069 26.74 27,406 Buena Vista
15 Varsity Blues 01-15-99 04-29-99 52,894,169 15,204,108 2121 2364 28.74 22,375 Paramount
16 Mighty Joe Young 12-25-98 04-15-99 50,628,009 10,602,042 2502 2559 20.94 19,784 Buena Vista
17 Meet Joe Black 11-13-98 02-12-99 44,619,100 15,017,995 2500 2527 33.66 17,657 Universal
18 Siege, The 11-06-98 02-18-99 40,932,372 13,931,285 2541 2582 34.03 15,853 Fox
19 I Still Know What You Did ... 11-13-98 02-25-99 39,999,681 16,520,038 2443 2473 41.30 16,175 Sony
20 Faculty, The 12-25-98 04-22-99 39,019,456 11,633,495 2365 2365 29.81 16,499 Miramax
21 Thin Red Line, The 12-25-98 05-13-99 36,385,763 9,765,762 5 1657 26.84 21,959 Fox
22 Jack Frost 12-11-98 03-04-99 34,562,564 7,104,125 2152 2152 20.55 16,061 Warner Bros.
23 Elizabeth 11-06-98 05-13-99 30,012,990 3,391,187 9 555 11.30 54,077 Gramercy
24 Waking Ned Devine 11-20-98 06-24-99 24,788,807 1,664,179 9 540 6.71 45,905 Fox Searchlight
25 At First Sight 01-15-99 04-01-99 22,326,247 7,336,676 1814 1838 32.86 12,147 MGM/UA
26 Psycho 12-04-98 02-04-99 21,511,351 10,031,850 2477 2489 46.64 8,643 Universal
27 Babe : Pig in the City 11-25-98 03-25-99 18,307,790 6,162,640 2384 2387 33.66 7,670 Universal
28 Rushmore 02-05-99 06-10-99 17,067,804 3,203,241 103 830 18.77 20,564 Buena Vista
29 Simple Plan, A 12-11-98 05-20-99 16,311,763 3,422,072 31 675 20.98 24,166 Paramount
30 Wizard of Oz, The (reissue) 11-06-98 01-14-99 14,843,109 5,354,311 1879 1882 36.07 7,887 Warner Bros.

SOURCE : Variety, EDI