The Top Movies of Thursday, July 24, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,144,568	+4.69%	2,506	$1,255	$34,885,796	9
2	(2)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$2,312,843	+4.48%	3,102	$746	$181,685,906	23
3	(3)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,857,558	-0.75%	2,194	$847	$55,268,065	14
4	(4)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,418,519	+0.45%	1,862	$762	$17,558,773	7
5	(5)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,026,672	+5.49%	2,851	$360	$90,454,209	28
6	(6)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$963,063	+1.64%	2,376	$405	$98,580,256	35
7	(7)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$911,791	+5.36%	2,541	$359	$80,275,604	40
8	(9)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$415,123	-6.56%	1,633	$254	$21,876,662	23
9	(8)	Operation Condor	Miramax	Action	$414,790	-9.66%	1,532	$271	$6,633,923	7
10	(10)	A Simple Wish	Universal	Comedy	$280,170	+10.06%	1,699	$165	$6,556,485	14
11	(11)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$254,009	+0.96%	1,916	$133	$103,849,198	35
12	(12)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$235,755	+3.64%	1,243	$190	$93,916,035	49
13	(13)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$147,919	+1.00%	831	$178	$45,082,005	42
14	(15)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$109,890	+4.88%	845	$130	$222,967,289	63
15	(14)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$106,589	-0.89%	337	$316	$4,708,951	42
-	(16)	Wild America	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$54,634	-1.70%	948	$58	$6,540,162	23
-	(17)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$51,760	-0.30%	36	$1,438	$734,841	14
-	(18)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$15,013	-2.02%	5	$3,003	$180,038	7
-	(19)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$14,197	-6.17%	6	$2,366	$133,955	7
-	(20)	Star Maps	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$11,349	-6.99%	5	$2,270	$23,551	2