The Top Movies of Saturday, August 9, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$7,590,798	+48.74%	2,981	$2,546	$105,449,902	16
2	(1)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$7,576,387	+27.72%	2,806	$2,700	$13,508,404	2
3	(3)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$3,466,078	+29.92%	2,604	$1,331	$34,882,695	10
4	(4)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,605,345	+43.34%	2,616	$996	$74,029,505	25
5	(6)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$2,382,950	+48.59%	2,653	$898	$216,339,248	39
6	(5)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,933,006	+19.11%	1,727	$1,119	$16,023,620	9
7	(8)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,887,344	+52.07%	2,016	$936	$82,006,458	30
8	(7)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$1,625,075	+23.84%	751	$2,164	$4,467,395	4
9	(9)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,387,933	+30.72%	1,729	$803	$10,352,813	9
10	(10)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,342,371	+83.53%	1,470	$913	$36,547,921	23
11	(12)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$951,759	+53.42%	1,542	$617	$105,126,308	44
12	(11)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$928,194	+42.22%	1,462	$635	$112,501,268	51
13	(13)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$780,601	+44.99%	1,893	$412	$17,497,347	16
-	(16)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$426,812	+79.97%	1,057	$404	$88,444,598	56
-	(14)	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	Drama	$392,068	+34.63%	1,258	$312	$683,284	2
-	(15)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$324,287	+35.64%	1,102	$294	$4,489,099	11
-	(17)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$242,894	+94.91%	105	$2,313	$2,587,413	30
-	(18)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$63,143	+45.90%	448	$141	$105,463,149	51
-	(19)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$53,168	+61.63%	31	$1,715	$165,771	9