The Top Movies of Friday, August 8, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$5,932,017		2,806	$2,114	$5,932,017	1
2	(1)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$5,103,400	+94.53%	2,981	$1,712	$97,859,104	15
3	(2)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$2,667,910	+85.63%	2,604	$1,025	$31,416,617	9
4	(3)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,817,584	+55.92%	2,616	$695	$71,424,160	24
5	(4)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,622,809	+52.50%	1,727	$940	$14,090,614	8
6	(5)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,603,708	+70.82%	2,653	$604	$213,956,298	38
7	(8)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$1,312,284	+99.18%	751	$1,747	$2,842,320	3
8	(6)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,241,092	+64.73%	2,016	$616	$80,119,114	29
9	(7)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,061,788	+46.72%	1,729	$614	$8,964,880	8
10	(9)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$731,420	+52.05%	1,470	$498	$35,205,550	22
11	(10)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$652,637	+44.25%	1,462	$446	$111,573,074	50
12	(12)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$620,357	+95.07%	1,542	$402	$104,174,549	43
13	(11)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$538,389	+25.87%	1,893	$284	$16,716,746	15
-	(new)	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	Drama	$291,216		1,258	$231	$291,216	1
-	(14)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$239,079	+20.62%	1,102	$217	$4,164,812	10
-	(13)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$237,162	+9.23%	1,057	$224	$88,017,786	55
-	(15)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$124,617	+96.02%	105	$1,187	$2,344,519	29
-	(17)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$43,279	+15.06%	448	$97	$105,400,006	50
-	(20)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$32,894	+378.67%	31	$1,061	$112,603	8