The Top Movies, Weekend of January 24, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(5)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$5,518,727	-26.57%	2,207	$2,501	$109,785,743	45
2	(re-entry)	In Love and War	New Line	Drama	$5,489,245		1,610	$3,409	$5,489,245	40
3	(1)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,481,640	-55.15%	2,112	$2,595	$18,967,251	10
4	(2)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$5,479,213	-51.98%	2,005	$2,733	$18,734,917	10
5	(3)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$5,415,891	-39.27%	1,016	$5,331	$30,465,756	33
6	(6)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$4,040,199	-44.99%	1,994	$2,026	$64,593,256	38
7	(4)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$4,008,970	-49.36%	2,128	$1,884	$25,268,537	17
8	(new)	Fierce Creatures	Universal	Comedy	$3,759,480		1,593	$2,360	$3,759,480	3
9	(7)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$3,130,599	-55.10%	2,206	$1,419	$76,652,206	33
10	(new)	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	Comedy	$2,755,382		1,745	$1,579	$2,755,382	3
11	(11)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,586,424	-16.81%	621	$4,165	$8,873,710	33
12	(8)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,101,914	-44.85%	1,233	$1,705	$15,912,974	33
13	(14)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$1,915,342	-18.04%	615	$3,114	$36,674,728	73
14	(15)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$1,441,744	-21.72%	314	$4,592	$12,634,654	66
15	(9)	Jackie Chan's First Strike	New Line	Action	$1,428,839	-60.34%	1,154	$1,238	$12,878,482	17
16	(10)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,152,421	-63.90%	1,249	$923	$131,279,096	61
17	(12)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,108,752	-59.27%	1,084	$1,023	$42,619,929	38
18	(16)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$1,107,180	-36.78%	270	$4,101	$3,660,871	52
19	(13)	Turbulence	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$813,237	-68.00%	1,499	$543	$9,814,961	17
20	(22)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$597,545	-17.68%	655	$912	$59,540,398	66
21	(17)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$572,268	-64.44%	708	$808	$45,053,026	45
22	(20)	The Portrait of a Lady	Gramercy	Drama	$569,997	-61.75%	537	$1,061	$2,911,061	34
23	(43)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$455,728	+445.93%	56	$8,138	$1,062,899	33
24	(21)	Daylight	Universal	Action	$453,420	-40.93%	687	$660	$31,775,460	52
25	(18)	Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$413,694	-74.23%	512	$808	$12,470,147	38
26	(19)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$404,142	-74.81%	938	$431	$61,746,940	38
27	(23)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$317,106	-51.84%	327	$970	$132,107,319	80
28	(new)	Prefontaine	Buena Vista	Drama	$311,253		201	$1,549	$311,253	3
29	(26)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$219,107	-51.64%	333	$658	$86,830,893	73
30	(31)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$211,724	-26.90%	261	$811	$35,384,835	82
31	(24)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$183,858	-64.50%	154	$1,194	$6,927,858	59
32	(32)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$174,962	-37.88%	37	$4,729	$1,234,295	40
33	(34)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$170,954	-10.61%	88	$1,943	$7,025,943	121
34	(33)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$161,324	-39.18%	306	$527	$45,962,215	87
35	(35)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$158,465	-14.37%	54	$2,935	$2,123,247	75
36	(25)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$150,593	-70.36%	235	$641	$21,252,918	38
37	(28)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$140,590	-63.36%	328	$429	$90,891,850	66
38	(27)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$133,510	-65.56%	461	$290	$38,353,568	108
39	(29)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$100,366	-72.06%	158	$635	$36,343,818	45
40	(36)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$72,308	-52.36%	268	$270	$105,305,958	129
41	(39)	Albino Alligator	Miramax	Drama	$63,025	-37.71%	16	$3,939	$188,050	10
42	(38)	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$62,110	-42.29%	17	$3,654	$512,444	33
43	(re-entry)	I'm Not Rappaport	Gramercy		$60,789	+492.00%	38	$1,600	$160,153	33
44	(37)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$58,125	-50.98%	155	$375	$22,893,409	115
45	(41)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$55,563	-39.77%	38	$1,462	$11,682,932	129
46	(30)	The Evening Star	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$55,500	-83.78%	318	$175	$12,485,675	33
47	(40)	The Associate	Buena Vista	Comedy	$47,882	-51.01%	127	$377	$12,772,657	94
48	(42)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$46,509	-48.79%	24	$1,938	$2,015,919	59
49	(47)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$45,039	-26.16%	4	$11,260	$8,121,309	465
50	(58)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$39,421	+41.83%	5	$7,884	$261,856	68
51	(new)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$37,795		3	$12,598	$37,795	3
52	(44)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$36,204	-55.66%	32	$1,131	$4,430,186	101
53	(45)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$35,518	-51.23%	122	$291	$53,300,852	101
54	(46)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$32,629	-52.20%	36	$906	$1,527,064	108
55	(49)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$30,588	-40.98%	65	$471	$26,459,681	150
56	(re-entry)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$25,706	-30.00%	46	$559	$25,809,813	115
57	(52)	La cérémonie	New Yorker	Drama	$24,303	-37.92%	5	$4,861	$468,326	40
58	(50)	Some Mother's Son	Columbia	Drama	$19,380	-61.27%	10	$1,938	$475,078	33
59	(53)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$16,121	-56.45%	42	$384	$104,632,573	206
60	(55)	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$15,829	-52.01%	13	$1,218	$670,564	80