The Top Movies of Friday, September 26, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$3,989,408		2,362	$1,689	$3,989,408	1
2	(new)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,367,881		1,336	$2,521	$3,367,881	1
3	(1)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,358,136	+276.04%	2,268	$1,481	$22,509,215	8
4	(new)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$2,324,319		2,350	$989	$2,324,319	1
5	(2)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$1,484,844	+172.14%	2,521	$589	$32,279,623	15
6	(3)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,200,444	+179.49%	824	$1,457	$8,352,938	8
7	(4)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$914,616	+158.93%	2,502	$366	$8,627,302	8
8	(5)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$803,078	+248.49%	783	$1,026	$12,049,391	45
9	(6)	A Thousand Acres	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$482,053	+121.70%	1,228	$393	$4,424,373	8
10	(7)	G.I.Jane	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$369,227	+106.51%	1,814	$204	$43,642,424	36
11	(8)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$321,203	+126.83%	1,540	$209	$167,006,269	64
12	(9)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$265,868	+120.53%	1,263	$211	$37,974,194	36
13	(13)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$220,734	+233.82%	1,080	$204	$241,431,280	87
-	(12)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$178,154	+94.42%	1,212	$147	$73,179,075	50
-	(11)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$123,844	+28.09%	650	$191	$22,523,084	31
-	(10)	Fire Down Below	Warner Bros.	Action	$121,727	+1.39%	1,019	$119	$14,578,933	22
-	(new)	The Assignment	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$31,328		34	$921	$31,328	1
-	(22)	Intimate Relations	Fox Searchlight	Black Comedy	$3,353	+188.06%	10	$335	$15,270	8
-	(21)	Going All the Way	Gramercy		$3,020	+53.77%	4	$755	$32,780	8

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