The Top Movies of Thursday, October 2, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$924,245	+6.15%	2,362	$391	$16,030,673	7
2	(2)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$858,169	+17.08%	1,339	$641	$14,327,093	7
3	(3)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$728,148	+9.69%	2,268	$321	$33,100,430	14
4	(4)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$606,829	+0.85%	2,351	$258	$10,230,805	7
5	(5)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$424,730	+14.68%	824	$515	$13,135,059	14
6	(6)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$354,622	+7.81%	2,521	$141	$37,246,402	21
7	(7)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$259,109	+6.72%	783	$331	$14,975,994	51
8	(8)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$241,855	+3.62%	2,502	$97	$11,803,159	14
9	(9)	A Thousand Acres	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$149,070	+1.33%	1,228	$121	$6,131,531	14
10	(10)	G.I.Jane	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$110,684	+2.53%	1,814	$61	$45,067,381	42
-	(11)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$93,257	+13.16%	1,540	$61	$168,247,144	70
-	(12)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$66,436	+12.51%	1,263	$53	$38,988,588	42
-	(14)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$64,141	+34.32%	1,080	$59	$242,330,085	93
-	(13)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$49,527	+2.96%	1,212	$41	$73,832,284	56
-	(15)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$38,564	+3.06%	650	$59	$22,984,286	37
-	(16)	Fire Down Below	Warner Bros.	Action	$35,741	+2.66%	1,019	$35	$15,065,157	28
-	(17)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$19,571	+33.96%	3	$6,524	$136,647	6
-	(18)	The Assignment	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$15,524	+8.32%	34	$457	$178,433	7
-	(20)	Going All the Way	Gramercy		$2,701	+84.37%	4	$675	$45,584	14
-	(21)	Intimate Relations	Fox Searchlight	Black Comedy	$1,415	+18.51%	10	$142	$28,978	14

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