The Top Movies, Weekend of January 10, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$9,064,143		2,095	$4,327	$9,064,143	3
2	(20)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$8,381,055	+687.20%	704	$11,905	$11,234,712	19
3	(1)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$8,284,073	-31.79%	2,276	$3,640	$63,687,745	19
4	(3)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$7,439,018	-25.73%	1,833	$4,058	$50,020,541	24
5	(2)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$7,011,880	-41.71%	2,450	$2,862	$93,318,786	31
6	(new)	Jackie Chan's First Strike	New Line	Action	$5,778,933		1,344	$4,300	$5,778,933	3
7	(22)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$5,315,079	+789.27%	1,233	$4,311	$7,385,929	19
8	(new)	Turbulence	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$4,464,008		2,094	$2,132	$4,464,008	3
9	(5)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$3,449,369	-44.53%	1,858	$1,856	$37,308,701	24
10	(4)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,127,796	-57.40%	2,024	$1,545	$125,984,141	47
11	(6)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,906,808	-49.50%	1,984	$1,465	$58,721,000	24
12	(7)	Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,302,519	-54.10%	1,268	$1,816	$9,383,044	24
13	(8)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,178,764	-55.76%	1,581	$1,378	$41,985,420	31
14	(11)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,023,234	-25.96%	561	$3,606	$31,002,021	59
15	(32)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,432,656	+824.13%	159	$9,010	$2,009,660	19
16	(10)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,180,578	-64.55%	1,220	$968	$20,059,553	24
17	(16)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$1,119,091	-30.67%	207	$5,406	$8,382,966	52
18	(9)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,005,268	-70.72%	1,022	$984	$35,538,268	31
19	(13)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$1,003,258	-54.78%	1,034	$970	$130,725,764	66
20	(12)	The Evening Star	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$818,653	-64.05%	1,211	$676	$11,731,217	19
21	(19)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$718,801	-45.52%	337	$2,133	$5,816,620	45
22	(15)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$587,727	-66.61%	607	$968	$90,147,619	52
23	(17)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$573,568	-63.17%	925	$620	$57,966,747	52
24	(14)	Daylight	Universal	Action	$547,335	-70.02%	615	$890	$30,201,995	38
25	(18)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$446,089	-67.65%	714	$625	$86,033,048	59
26	(21)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$335,671	-44.43%	534	$629	$45,335,102	73
27	(48)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$306,954	+499.02%	41	$7,487	$607,499	26
28	(23)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$226,387	-61.89%	466	$486	$104,985,554	115
29	(26)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$183,402	-17.36%	94	$1,951	$6,511,605	107
30	(30)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$179,716	+0.11%	53	$3,391	$1,647,907	61
31	(24)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$138,092	-49.82%	336	$411	$22,676,808	101
32	(re-entry)	The Associate	Buena Vista	Comedy	$126,439	+1,259.00%	292	$433	$12,551,651	80
33	(28)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$120,662	-43.90%	290	$416	$53,105,442	87
34	(25)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$116,157	-50.89%	58	$2,003	$1,779,832	45
35	(27)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$113,610	-48.68%	219	$519	$33,328,051	94
36	(re-entry)	Dear God	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$109,368	+1,463.00%	443	$247	$7,061,018	73
37	(33)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$107,263	-20.16%	59	$1,818	$11,479,728	115
38	(46)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$96,907	+69.46%	4	$24,227	$398,800	38
39	(34)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$95,533	-25.98%	37	$2,582	$4,241,320	87
40	(29)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$89,601	-55.69%	81	$1,106	$34,787,535	68
41	(35)	The Portrait of a Lady	Gramercy	Drama	$79,730	-27.19%	7	$11,390	$483,174	20
42	(37)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$72,237	-18.25%	3	$24,079	$462,498	19
43	(41)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$52,849	-35.13%	97	$545	$25,713,230	101
44	(40)	Some Mother's Son	Columbia	Drama	$52,177	-37.90%	14	$3,727	$366,172	19
45	(43)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$50,741	-34.37%	107	$474	$26,361,690	136
46	(38)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$49,553	-42.75%	4	$12,388	$7,987,572	451
47	(31)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$48,908	-72.36%	122	$401	$40,833,903	59
48	(36)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$48,509	-52.77%	132	$367	$20,951,277	80
49	(42)	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$45,395	-43.21%	10	$4,540	$315,569	19
50	(50)	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$41,352	-16.39%	21	$1,969	$596,694	66
51	(47)	La cérémonie	New Yorker	Drama	$39,650	-28.27%	8	$4,956	$373,204	26
52	(45)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$38,127	-38.65%	31	$1,230	$1,390,132	94
53	(39)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$37,325	-56.09%	101	$370	$24,506,082	122
54	(re-entry)	Citizen Ruth	Miramax	Comedy	$36,769	+201.00%	8	$4,596	$153,155	31
55	(53)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$27,214	-10.52%	19	$1,432	$12,952,403	206
56	(52)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$25,463	-26.89%	50	$509	$104,569,292	192
57	(51)	Wallace & Gromit	Northern Arts Entertainment	Adventure	$23,503	-44.77%	8	$2,938	$1,002,002	282
58	(49)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$21,527	-56.84%	62	$347	$58,586,889	157
59	(60)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$15,911	+9.63%	2	$7,956	$167,092	54
60	(54)	The Whole Wide World	Sony Pictures Classics		$15,633	-38.74%	9	$1,737	$160,766	26