The Top Movies of Wednesday, August 6, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,823,124	-14.53%	2,919	$967	$90,132,257	13
2	(2)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$1,627,848	-22.40%	2,536	$642	$27,311,515	7
3	(3)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,292,806	-13.56%	2,605	$496	$68,440,824	22
4	(4)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,132,323	-7.94%	1,707	$663	$11,403,642	6
5	(5)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$986,280	-16.31%	2,932	$336	$211,413,781	36
6	(new)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$871,204		751	$1,160	$871,204	1
7	(7)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$795,961	-7.56%	1,795	$443	$7,179,396	6
8	(6)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$769,914	-13.28%	2,210	$348	$78,124,632	27
9	(8)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$516,479	-18.82%	1,800	$287	$33,993,084	20
10	(10)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$487,055	-12.66%	1,747	$279	$110,468,016	48
11	(9)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$484,125	-17.04%	1,893	$256	$15,750,608	13
12	(11)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$358,687	-16.24%	1,888	$190	$103,236,172	41
13	(12)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$230,288	-18.51%	1,121	$205	$3,727,523	8
14	(13)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$221,612	-17.98%	1,374	$161	$87,563,512	53
-	(14)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$71,705	+6.26%	74	$969	$2,156,329	27
-	(15)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$61,827	+11.52%	57	$1,085	$1,218,967	20
-	(16)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$39,020	-16.91%	448	$87	$105,319,112	48
-	(17)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$18,895	-2.48%	29	$652	$504,416	20
-	(18)	Star Maps	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$11,251	-1.70%	23	$489	$232,574	15
-	(19)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$7,346	-6.47%	5	$1,469	$72,837	6