The Top Movies, Weekend of January 17, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$12,220,920		2,112	$5,786	$12,220,920	3
2	(new)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$11,411,107		2,001	$5,703	$11,411,107	3
3	(2)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$8,918,183	+6.41%	923	$9,662	$23,072,988	26
4	(1)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$7,915,861	-12.67%	2,128	$3,720	$19,961,202	10
5	(5)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$7,515,771	+7.19%	2,286	$3,288	$102,837,983	38
6	(4)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$7,344,739	-1.27%	1,904	$3,858	$59,475,789	31
7	(3)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$6,972,726	-15.83%	2,325	$2,999	$72,549,661	26
8	(7)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,811,035	-28.30%	1,233	$3,091	$13,017,419	26
9	(6)	Jackie Chan's First Strike	New Line	Action	$3,602,547	-37.66%	1,344	$2,680	$10,876,789	10
10	(10)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,192,360	+2.06%	1,528	$2,089	$129,812,851	54
11	(15)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,109,050	+117.01%	380	$8,182	$5,583,290	26
12	(9)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$2,722,311	-21.08%	1,443	$1,887	$41,043,794	31
13	(8)	Turbulence	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$2,541,279	-43.07%	2,094	$1,214	$8,428,563	10
14	(14)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,336,800	+15.50%	553	$4,226	$34,118,472	66
15	(17)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$1,841,755	+64.58%	306	$6,019	$10,680,840	59
16	(38)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$1,751,352	+1,707.25%	268	$6,535	$2,200,552	45
17	(13)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,609,486	-26.13%	1,149	$1,401	$44,246,263	38
18	(12)	Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,605,200	-30.29%	1,135	$1,414	$11,775,974	31
19	(11)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,604,641	-44.80%	1,271	$1,263	$61,134,024	31
20	(41)	The Portrait of a Lady	Gramercy	Drama	$1,490,260	+1,769.13%	570	$2,614	$2,007,646	27
21	(24)	Daylight	Universal	Action	$767,550	+40.23%	731	$1,050	$31,173,695	45
22	(23)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$725,854	+26.55%	710	$1,022	$58,841,371	59
23	(19)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$658,446	-34.37%	501	$1,314	$131,685,925	73
24	(21)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$517,838	-27.96%	259	$1,999	$6,616,962	52
25	(16)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$508,148	-56.96%	516	$985	$20,986,085	31
26	(25)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$453,056	+1.56%	375	$1,208	$86,572,856	66
27	(re-entry)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$387,664	+3,399.00%	512	$757	$38,175,694	101
28	(22)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$383,672	-34.72%	383	$1,002	$90,688,158	59
29	(18)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$359,261	-64.26%	390	$921	$36,184,359	38
30	(20)	The Evening Star	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$342,194	-58.20%	621	$551	$12,385,239	26
31	(40)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$289,628	+223.24%	81	$3,576	$35,106,307	75
32	(27)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$281,640	-8.25%	41	$6,869	$1,002,584	33
33	(26)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$265,265	-20.97%	360	$737	$45,740,042	80
34	(29)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$191,241	+4.27%	75	$2,550	$6,776,562	114
35	(30)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$185,055	+2.97%	51	$3,629	$1,907,339	68
36	(28)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$151,784	-32.95%	309	$491	$105,204,790	122
37	(31)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$118,581	-14.13%	178	$666	$22,825,945	108
38	(49)	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$107,627	+137.09%	17	$6,331	$439,937	26
39	(new)	Albino Alligator	Miramax	Drama	$101,176		12	$8,431	$101,176	3
40	(32)	The Associate	Buena Vista	Comedy	$97,736	-22.70%	183	$534	$12,700,754	87
41	(37)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$92,244	-14.00%	49	$1,883	$11,609,536	122
42	(34)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$90,824	-21.81%	35	$2,595	$1,930,615	52
43	(42)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$83,478	+15.56%	3	$27,826	$582,904	26
44	(39)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$81,643	-14.54%	31	$2,634	$4,366,138	94
45	(33)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$72,822	-39.65%	150	$485	$53,248,633	94
46	(52)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$68,259	+79.03%	38	$1,796	$1,474,019	101
47	(46)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$60,996	+23.09%	4	$15,249	$8,056,152	458
48	(35)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$53,087	-53.27%	94	$565	$33,430,951	101
49	(45)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$51,830	+2.15%	71	$730	$26,424,522	143
50	(44)	Some Mother's Son	Columbia	Drama	$50,041	-4.09%	13	$3,849	$441,631	26
51	(47)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$39,557	-19.12%	44	$899	$40,884,709	66
52	(51)	La cérémonie	New Yorker	Drama	$39,147	-1.27%	8	$4,893	$435,182	33
53	(56)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$37,018	+45.38%	52	$712	$104,613,002	199
54	(48)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$33,559	-30.82%	55	$610	$20,995,023	87
55	(50)	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$32,982	-20.24%	18	$1,832	$639,865	73
56	(53)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$31,040	-16.84%	47	$660	$24,545,333	129
57	(54)	Citizen Ruth	Miramax	Comedy	$30,446	-17.20%	10	$3,045	$199,096	38
58	(59)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$27,795	+74.69%	2	$13,898	$210,413	61
59	(58)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$25,044	+16.34%	37	$677	$58,617,334	164
60	(36)	Dear God	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$21,088	-80.72%	50	$422	$7,114,089	80