The Top Movies, Weekend of February 14, 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	$21,370,589	-11.97%	2,104	$10,157	$421,371,522	7,208
2	(new)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$16,770,220		2,568	$6,530	$16,770,220	3
3	(2)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$13,662,270	-26.07%	2,727	$5,010	$36,271,100	10
4	(new)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$12,837,927		2,054	$6,250	$12,837,927	3
5	(new)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$9,714,940		1,674	$5,803	$9,714,940	3
6	(new)	That Darn Cat	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,424,617		1,891	$3,397	$6,424,617	3
7	(4)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$5,205,845	+45.41%	1,730	$3,009	$127,708,151	66
8	(8)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$4,585,551	+104.92%	1,115	$4,113	$47,738,423	94
9	(15)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$3,515,584	+241.12%	851	$4,131	$20,024,158	87
10	(5)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$3,261,988	-8.45%	1,431	$2,280	$79,108,017	59
11	(3)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,184,165	-21.96%	1,801	$1,768	$8,221,369	10
12	(new)	Dangerous Ground	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$2,647,745		808	$3,277		5
13	(6)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$2,524,722	-15.87%	956	$2,641	$44,436,127	54
14	(13)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,323,578	-23.25%	735	$1,801	$16,792,504	54
15	(10)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$1,235,622	-36.40%	946	$1,306	$84,741,079	54
16	(7)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$1,082,570	-56.57%	881	$1,229	$30,145,797	31
17	(9)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$942,115	-53.24%	1,065	$885	$28,412,600	31
18	(38)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$863,418	+675.51%	601	$1,437	$133,504,875	101
19	(12)	The Pest	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$827,341	-54.47%	1,168	$708	$3,002,472	10
20	(19)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$771,666	-9.84%	786	$982	$88,863,156	94
21	(16)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$740,497	-26.04%	223	$3,321	$7,753,317	73
22	(11)	In Love and War	New Line	Drama	$632,460	-65.66%	944	$670	$14,022,594	61
23	(34)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$559,532	+276.81%	63	$8,881	$1,115,712	89
24	(33)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$550,999	+247.45%	162	$3,401	$8,147,277	142
25	(14)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$527,374	-61.12%	640	$824	$32,191,622	38
26	(26)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$526,300	+52.97%	92	$5,721	$2,758,109	54
27	(23)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$441,819	+7.24%	492	$898	$44,781,352	59
28	(21)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$417,014	-30.53%	226	$1,845	$19,403,287	54
29	(58)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$364,572	+860.23%	406	$898	$36,882,518	66
30	(54)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$323,677	+625.81%	508	$637	$91,438,883	87
31	(20)	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	Comedy	$294,138	-63.65%	790	$372	$6,623,776	24
32	(24)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$261,590	-33.80%	369	$709	$133,013,171	82
33	(17)	Fierce Creatures	Universal	Comedy	$219,105	-74.57%	207	$1,058	$9,007,165	24
34	(18)	Gridlock'd	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$214,042	-75.12%	203	$1,054	$5,387,254	19
35	(36)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$207,459	+47.58%	28	$7,409	$539,780	24
36	(22)	Meet Wally Sparks	Trimark	Comedy	$198,062	-66.23%	316	$627	$3,749,536	17
37	(new)	Touch	MGM		$195,236		51	$3,828	$195,236	3
38	(32)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$186,003	+11.73%	77	$2,416	$2,854,107	96
39	(35)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$181,164	+25.21%	28	$6,470	$1,878,726	61
40	(27)	Daylight	Universal	Action	$120,105	-55.11%	157	$765	$32,885,565	73
41	(48)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$118,744	+107.71%	5	$23,749	$8,422,226	486
42	(30)	Jackie Chan's First Strike	New Line	Action	$105,430	-50.46%	99	$1,065	$14,449,727	38
43	(31)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$101,065	-43.55%	141	$717	$46,016,981	66
44	(28)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$98,807	-59.59%	188	$526	$60,573,641	87
45	(46)	Prisoner of the Mountains	Orion Classics	Drama	$96,332	+50.19%	20	$4,817	$211,865	17
46	(37)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$95,007	-17.48%	100	$950	$35,916,287	103
47	(39)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$84,713	-22.37%	121	$700	$41,141,010	94
48	(45)	SubUrbia	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$80,713	+16.36%	24	$3,363	$182,013	10
49	(29)	Turbulence	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$77,766	-65.13%	145	$536	$11,206,783	38
50	(re-entry)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$74,539		7	$10,648	$100,221	115
51	(52)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$59,439	+29.48%	6	$9,907	$178,289	17
52	(re-entry)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$57,137	+76.00%	30	$1,905	$2,212,457	80
53	(new)	Unhook the Stars	Miramax		$49,568	+507.00%	13	$3,813	$191,407	3
54	(41)	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$46,164	-53.35%	27	$1,710	$897,585	54
55	(49)	La cérémonie	New Yorker	Drama	$44,825	-20.47%	13	$3,448	$670,659	61
56	(40)	The Portrait of a Lady	Gramercy	Drama	$43,114	-59.57%	27	$1,597	$3,684,143	55
57	(42)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$39,772	-57.29%	45	$884	$7,340,103	80
58	(51)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$39,534	-14.77%	35	$1,130	$11,881,039	150
59	(43)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$39,503	-50.12%	75	$527	$46,338,728	108
60	(new)	The Graduate	Embassy		$37,948		2	$18,974	$37,948	3
61	(50)	Hotel de Love			$13,702	-73.11%	20	$685	$75,751	10