The Top Movies of Tuesday, August 12, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,559,079	+5.47%	2,806	$912	$24,299,090	5
2	(2)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,028,640	+5.42%	2,981	$681	$114,535,852	19
3	(3)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$1,124,998	-1.71%	2,604	$432	$39,968,186	13
4	(4)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,035,585	+14.36%	2,616	$396	$77,863,899	28
5	(6)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$831,842	+11.98%	2,653	$314	$219,579,659	42
6	(5)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$809,102	+7.61%	1,727	$469	$19,032,984	12
7	(8)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$667,064	+17.61%	2,016	$331	$84,591,010	33
8	(7)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$641,600	+12.58%	1,729	$371	$12,571,920	12
9	(9)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$460,311	-11.31%	751	$613	$6,716,031	7
10	(11)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$387,527	+20.51%	1,462	$265	$113,837,111	54
11	(10)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$350,592	+7.24%	1,470	$238	$37,997,741	26
12	(12)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$341,831	+11.64%	1,893	$181	$18,729,609	19
13	(13)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$257,167	+16.23%	1,542	$167	$106,144,630	47
-	(14)	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	Drama	$217,714	+18.39%	1,258	$173	$1,394,260	5
-	(15)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$166,012	+7.91%	1,057	$157	$89,089,994	59
-	(16)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$75,903	+24.07%	105	$723	$2,888,558	33
-	(17)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$21,455		448	$48	$105,550,045	54
-	(18)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$12,496	+1.55%	31	$403	$225,631	12