The Top Movies of Friday, August 1, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$8,391,977		2,536	$3,309	$8,391,977	2
2	(1)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$7,473,778	+93.48%	2,919	$2,560	$62,480,989	8
3	(new)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$2,726,000		1,707	$1,597	$2,726,000	1
4	(2)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,589,494	+49.55%	2,605	$994	$58,040,789	17
5	(3)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$2,317,618	+61.26%	2,932	$790	$202,428,826	31
6	(4)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,746,883	+73.86%	2,210	$790	$71,139,532	22
7	(new)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,556,192		1,795	$867	$1,556,192	1
8	(6)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,314,172	+84.18%	1,800	$730	$29,042,241	15
9	(8)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,105,237	+132.38%	1,888	$585	$99,375,183	36
10	(5)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,076,355	+41.94%	1,893	$569	$11,624,473	8
11	(7)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$945,208	+45.92%	1,747	$541	$106,752,493	43
12	(10)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$641,005	+93.65%	1,121	$572	$1,330,421	3
13	(9)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$415,703	-2.53%	1,374	$303	$85,646,489	48
-	(16)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$121,726	+96.87%	74	$1,645	$1,570,715	22
-	(18)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$106,653	+181.41%	57	$1,871	$713,428	15
-	(14)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$93,423	+23.22%	448	$209	$104,975,733	43
-	(19)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$29,733	+152.02%	29	$1,025	$356,378	15
-	(20)	Star Maps	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$20,040	+146.77%	23	$871	$143,203	10
-	(new)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$13,308		5	$2,662	$13,308	1