The Top Movies, Weekend of February 7, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$24,277,091	-32.39%	2,104	$11,539	$393,498,671	7,201
2	(new)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$18,479,435		2,657	$6,955	$18,479,435	3
3	(new)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,080,222		1,801	$2,266	$4,080,222	3
4	(2)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,580,033	-30.93%	1,964	$1,823	$121,282,251	59
5	(3)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$3,563,218	-20.91%	1,750	$2,036	$75,008,414	52
6	(4)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$3,001,066	-31.40%	1,045	$2,872	$40,993,867	47
7	(5)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$2,492,775	-42.86%	1,728	$1,443	$28,412,067	24
8	(14)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,237,749	+20.76%	1,042	$2,148	$42,013,561	87
9	(6)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,014,802	-51.58%	1,956	$1,030	$27,050,978	24
10	(9)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$1,942,705	-28.11%	1,660	$1,170	$83,056,061	47
11	(7)	In Love and War	New Line	Drama	$1,841,949	-47.05%	1,612	$1,143	$12,919,230	54
12	(new)	The Pest	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$1,817,278		1,205	$1,508	$1,817,278	3
13	(11)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,724,604	-35.03%	735	$2,346	$14,952,728	47
14	(8)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,356,390	-52.13%	1,145	$1,185	$31,357,912	31
15	(17)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$1,030,587	-24.64%	314	$3,282	$15,992,423	80
16	(18)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$1,001,154	-23.54%	276	$3,627	$6,742,818	66
17	(12)	Fierce Creatures	Universal	Comedy	$861,545	-62.55%	1,038	$830	$8,534,615	17
18	(10)	Gridlock'd	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$860,261	-67.88%	739	$1,164	$4,948,253	12
19	(35)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$855,878	+429.36%	827	$1,035	$87,901,829	87
20	(15)	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	Comedy	$809,192	-54.86%	1,371	$590	$6,143,056	17
21	(19)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$600,288	-48.50%	500	$1,201	$18,778,141	47
22	(13)	Meet Wally Sparks	Trimark	Comedy	$586,576	-72.47%	1,393	$421	$3,339,779	10
23	(20)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$411,984	-40.66%	527	$782	$44,230,542	52
24	(21)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$395,137	-42.84%	624	$633	$132,686,684	75
25	(16)	Shadow Conspiracy	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$384,106	-71.98%	837	$459	$2,154,540	10
26	(24)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$344,057	-17.58%	56	$6,144	$2,121,048	47
27	(26)	Daylight	Universal	Action	$267,525	-30.38%	352	$760	$32,692,495	66
28	(25)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$244,499	-41.28%	404	$605	$60,422,952	80
29	(23)	Turbulence	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$222,994	-53.24%	338	$660	$11,058,080	31
30	(22)	Jackie Chan's First Strike	New Line	Action	$212,829	-64.50%	236	$902	$14,280,512	31
31	(27)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$179,043	-49.64%	271	$661	$45,862,601	59
32	(32)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$166,470	-2.99%	68	$2,448	$2,596,897	89
33	(36)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$158,583	-1.69%	93	$1,705	$7,500,294	135
34	(57)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$148,493	+306.60%	16	$9,281	$488,508	82
35	(34)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$144,684	-10.53%	38	$3,807	$1,647,148	54
36	(47)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$140,577	+129.63%	19	$7,399	$284,648	17
37	(33)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$115,136	-29.57%	153	$753	$35,782,706	96
38	(29)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$111,335	-53.65%	153	$728	$132,611,345	94
39	(re-entry)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$109,124		508	$215	$41,014,637	87
40	(28)	The Portrait of a Lady	Gramercy	Drama	$106,651	-57.93%	74	$1,441	$3,595,097	48
41	(38)	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$98,948	-21.16%	36	$2,749	$807,839	47
42	(40)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$93,126	-24.05%	116	$803	$7,261,240	73
43	(39)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$79,204	-36.67%	128	$619	$46,275,756	101
44	(31)	Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$69,949	-62.55%	321	$218	$15,171,475	108
45	(new)	SubUrbia	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$69,365		16	$4,335	$69,365	3
46	(61)	Prisoner of the Mountains	Orion Classics	Drama	$64,141	+273.00%	13	$4,934	$89,992	10
47	(30)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$62,302	-69.02%	266	$234	$62,166,378	52
48	(53)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$57,168	+13.86%	4	$14,292	$8,284,084	479
49	(50)	La cérémonie	New Yorker	Drama	$56,362	+1.94%	17	$3,315	$607,147	54
50	(new)	Hotel de Love			$50,947		18	$2,830	$50,947	3
51	(49)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$46,385	-18.52%	41	$1,131	$11,824,229	143
52	(56)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$45,907	+20.84%	3	$15,302	$101,607	10
53	(44)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$45,591	-51.00%	91	$501	$21,503,307	52
54	(42)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$44,595	-54.54%	142	$314	$91,103,043	80
55	(43)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$44,586	-53.02%	142	$314	$38,553,833	122
56	(37)	Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$44,301	-70.72%	102	$434	$12,846,329	52
57	(52)	Albino Alligator	Miramax	Drama	$41,535	-17.33%	17	$2,443	$326,308	24
58	(45)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$37,967	-44.89%	82	$463	$36,504,429	59
59	(46)	Some Mother's Son	Columbia	Drama	$33,628	-49.15%	32	$1,051	$608,032	47
60	(48)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$33,545	-43.46%	146	$230	$105,444,419	143