The Top Movies, Weekend of January 3, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$12,144,926	-30.34%	2,181	$5,569	$52,733,564	12
2	(2)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$12,030,145	-14.22%	2,531	$4,753	$83,006,355	24
3	(5)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$10,015,810	+10.36%	1,737	$5,766	$39,084,452	17
4	(3)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$7,342,467	-35.51%	2,702	$2,717	$121,788,625	40
5	(6)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$6,218,887	-22.53%	1,968	$3,160	$32,246,925	17
6	(4)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$5,755,741	-43.63%	2,417	$2,381	$54,149,743	17
7	(29)	Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$5,016,767	+2,262.34%	1,268	$3,956	$5,782,753	17
8	(7)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$4,925,287	-32.96%	2,001	$2,461	$38,655,329	24
9	(8)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,433,575	-32.36%	1,901	$1,806	$33,779,762	24
10	(9)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,330,333	-20.07%	1,865	$1,786	$18,004,594	17
11	(14)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,732,463	+2.74%	582	$4,695	$28,007,132	52
12	(10)	The Evening Star	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,277,110	-31.13%	1,268	$1,796	$10,129,807	12
13	(13)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$2,218,662	-17.29%	1,076	$2,062	$129,137,746	59
14	(12)	Daylight	Universal	Action	$1,825,515	-32.52%	1,217	$1,500	$29,133,930	31
15	(15)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,760,201	-31.53%	1,001	$1,758	$89,128,389	45
16	(17)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$1,614,152	+0.74%	207	$7,798	$6,694,360	45
17	(11)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,557,418	-46.83%	1,405	$1,108	$57,194,776	45
18	(16)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,378,884	-34.85%	1,201	$1,148	$85,422,365	52
19	(18)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,319,366	+64.21%	344	$3,835	$4,652,487	38
20	(30)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$1,064,660	+445.74%	22	$48,394	$2,225,737	12
21	(21)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$604,009	+54.70%	662	$912	$44,798,596	66
22	(20)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$597,692	+14.22%	16	$37,356	$1,744,214	12
23	(19)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$594,070	-20.38%	640	$928	$104,625,228	108
24	(22)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$275,168	-20.88%	462	$596	$22,491,695	94
25	(28)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$236,507	+7.78%	82	$2,884	$1,582,546	38
26	(32)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$221,934	+52.99%	72	$3,082	$6,237,238	100
27	(27)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$221,356	-2.13%	309	$716	$33,132,988	87
28	(25)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$215,067	-23.74%	447	$481	$52,894,048	80
29	(24)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$202,220	-29.57%	145	$1,395	$34,639,061	61
30	(34)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$179,520	+32.40%	47	$3,820	$1,328,006	54
31	(23)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$176,969	-46.99%	301	$588	$40,752,572	52
32	(33)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$155,027	+12.58%	7	$22,147	$522,339	12
33	(35)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$134,352	+1.86%	53	$2,535	$11,330,458	108
34	(40)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$129,069	+26.76%	43	$3,002	$4,088,252	80
35	(38)	The Portrait of a Lady	Gramercy	Drama	$109,498	+2.66%	7	$15,643	$355,334	13
36	(31)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$102,707	-30.62%	273	$376	$20,883,060	73
37	(41)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$88,362	-2.56%	3	$29,454	$344,863	12
38	(37)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$86,557	-21.80%	4	$21,639	$7,891,581	444
39	(36)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$85,003	-34.50%	262	$324	$24,455,717	115
40	(43)	Some Mother's Son	Columbia	Drama	$84,020	-5.08%	14	$6,001	$279,564	12
41	(42)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$81,468	-8.78%	119	$685	$25,632,746	94
42	(39)	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$79,931	-24.14%	9	$8,881	$247,299	12
43	(44)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$77,311	-12.35%	134	$577	$26,293,417	129
44	(26)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$71,159	-71.46%	134	$531	$100,117,603	199
45	(47)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$62,144	+6.84%	29	$2,143	$1,325,867	87
46	(re-entry)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$57,186		3	$19,062	$273,122	31
47	(49)	La cérémonie	New Yorker	Drama	$55,278	+17.66%	10	$5,528	$314,375	19
48	(50)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$51,243	+10.46%	6	$8,541	$271,740	19
49	(48)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$49,873	-10.23%	83	$601	$58,554,258	150
50	(46)	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$49,457	-21.12%	21	$2,355	$536,052	59
51	(45)	Wallace & Gromit	Northern Arts Entertainment	Adventure	$42,555	-34.96%	17	$2,503	$959,699	275
52	(51)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$34,829	-13.18%	57	$611	$104,535,318	185
53	(54)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$30,413	+42.52%	14	$2,172	$12,919,488	199
54	(52)	The Whole Wide World	Sony Pictures Classics		$25,518	-10.87%	9	$2,835	$136,933	19
55	(55)	I'm Not Rappaport	Gramercy		$19,837	+10.25%	3	$6,612	$62,448	12
56	(re-entry)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$17,461		31	$563	$37,769,792	87
57	(re-entry)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,709		14	$1,194	$10,926,246	87
58	(re-entry)	Beautiful Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$16,448		12	$1,371	$1,460,297	89
59	(53)	The Rich Man's Wife	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$16,182	-32.58%	28	$578	$8,538,318	115
60	(re-entry)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$14,513		2	$7,257	$140,259	47