The Top Movies of Thursday, August 7, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,623,447	-7.07%	2,919	$899	$92,755,704	14
2	(2)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$1,437,192	-11.71%	2,536	$567	$28,748,707	8
3	(3)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,165,752	-9.83%	2,605	$448	$69,606,576	23
4	(4)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,064,163	-6.02%	1,707	$623	$12,467,805	7
5	(5)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$938,809	-4.81%	2,932	$320	$212,352,590	37
6	(8)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$753,390	-2.15%	2,210	$341	$78,878,022	28
7	(7)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$723,696	-9.08%	1,795	$403	$7,903,092	7
8	(6)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$658,832	-24.38%	751	$877	$1,530,036	2
9	(9)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$481,046	-6.86%	1,800	$267	$34,474,130	21
10	(10)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$452,421	-7.11%	1,747	$259	$110,920,437	49
11	(11)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$427,749	-11.64%	1,893	$226	$16,178,357	14
12	(12)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$318,020	-11.34%	1,888	$168	$103,554,192	42
13	(14)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$217,112	-2.03%	1,374	$158	$87,780,624	54
14	(13)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$198,210	-13.93%	1,121	$177	$3,925,733	9
-	(15)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$63,573	-11.34%	74	$859	$2,219,902	28
-	(16)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$47,931	-22.48%	57	$841	$1,266,898	21
-	(17)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$37,615	-3.60%	448	$84	$105,356,727	49
-	(18)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$17,455	-7.62%	29	$602	$521,871	21
-	(19)	Star Maps	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$10,440	-7.21%	23	$454	$243,014	16
-	(20)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$6,872	-6.45%	5	$1,374	$79,709	7