The Top Movies of Friday, July 18, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$5,780,062	+89.21%	3,102	$1,863	$158,895,927	17
2	(1)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,918,216	+60.68%	2,506	$1,963	$11,256,414	3
3	(3)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,814,669	+95.88%	2,194	$2,194	$36,108,550	8
4	(new)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,756,545		1,862	$2,017	$3,756,545	1
5	(4)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$2,702,499	+108.36%	2,851	$948	$80,092,890	22
6	(5)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,063,527	+78.06%	2,376	$868	$90,270,596	29
7	(new)	Operation Condor	Miramax	Action	$1,763,649		1,532	$1,151	$1,763,649	1
8	(6)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,514,831	+37.57%	2,541	$596	$73,082,573	34
9	(7)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$927,366	+63.60%	1,633	$568	$17,891,318	17
10	(8)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$512,865	+16.98%	1,916	$268	$101,540,837	29
11	(10)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$512,058	+73.98%	1,243	$412	$91,722,326	43
12	(9)	A Simple Wish	Universal	Comedy	$339,795	+6.71%	1,699	$200	$4,739,295	8
13	(13)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$318,341	+163.47%	831	$383	$43,688,777	36
14	(14)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$253,988	+229.65%	337	$754	$3,617,717	36
15	(11)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$202,815	+17.88%	845	$240	$222,031,109	57
-	(15)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$101,182	+579.21%	36	$2,811	$245,403	8
-	(12)	Wild America	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$69,617	-45.14%	948	$73	$6,156,656	17
-	(new)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$33,468		5	$6,694	$33,468	1
-	(new)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$20,693		6	$3,449	$20,693	1
-	(new)	The Swan Princess 2	Legacy Releasing		$11,322		97	$117	$11,322	1