The Top Movies of Wednesday, July 16, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,277,315		2,506	$1,308	$3,277,315	1
2	(1)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$3,156,788	-17.11%	3,020	$1,045	$150,061,026	15
3	(2)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,562,169	-12.52%	1,923	$1,332	$28,835,943	6
4	(3)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,304,008	-18.11%	2,851	$457	$76,093,379	20
5	(4)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,225,653	-18.80%	2,930	$418	$70,466,590	32
6	(5)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,160,854	-12.82%	2,343	$495	$87,048,187	27
7	(7)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$569,554	-9.56%	1,736	$328	$16,397,111	15
8	(6)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$504,630	-28.11%	2,701	$187	$100,589,541	27
9	(8)	A Simple Wish	Universal	Comedy	$360,340	-32.81%	1,676	$215	$4,081,060	6
10	(9)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$297,974	-24.58%	1,684	$177	$90,915,948	41
11	(10)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$176,700	-19.96%	1,422	$124	$221,656,244	55
12	(11)	Wild America	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$128,502	-39.12%	1,745	$74	$5,960,129	15
13	(12)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$122,539	-12.33%	1,033	$119	$43,249,609	34
-	(13)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$79,205	+1.99%	186	$426	$3,286,681	34
-	(14)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$15,242	+7.22%	5	$3,048	$129,324	6