The Top Movies, Weekend of February 21, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(re-entry)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$21,975,993		2,111	$10,410	$244,650,259	6,123
2	(1)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$11,031,743	-48.38%	2,200	$5,014	$438,692,889	7,215
3	(2)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$9,014,333	-46.25%	2,568	$3,510	$28,700,130	10
4	(3)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$7,137,185	-47.76%	2,761	$2,585	$45,453,535	17
5	(4)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$6,549,243	-48.99%	2,070	$3,164	$21,279,992	10
6	(5)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$5,511,620	-43.27%	1,701	$3,240	$16,557,802	10
7	(6)	That Darn Cat	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,625,278	-43.57%	1,891	$1,917	$11,178,789	10
8	(new)	Rosewood	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,154,075		991	$3,183	$3,154,075	3
9	(7)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,080,444	-40.83%	1,506	$2,045	$131,653,945	73
10	(8)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,823,228	-38.43%	1,186	$2,380	$51,532,324	101
11	(9)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$2,282,998	-35.06%	893	$2,557	$23,063,578	94
12	(10)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$1,827,708	-43.97%	1,212	$1,508	$81,534,236	66
13	(13)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$1,228,586	-51.34%	870	$1,412	$46,266,762	61
14	(11)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,104,097	-65.33%	1,724	$640	$9,956,521	17
15	(15)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$1,065,095	-13.80%	974	$1,094	$86,062,020	61
16	(12)	Dangerous Ground	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$1,057,313	-60.07%	807	$1,310	$4,451,533	12
17	(23)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$752,148	+34.42%	122	$6,165	$2,020,421	96
18	(18)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$634,446	-26.52%	558	$1,137	$134,324,609	108
19	(14)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$628,248	-52.53%	551	$1,140	$17,714,574	61
20	(24)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$610,507	+10.80%	272	$2,245	$8,930,000	149
21	(20)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$455,553	-40.97%	680	$670	$89,408,817	101
22	(16)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$454,096	-58.05%	441	$1,030	$30,805,429	38
23	(new)	Blood and Wine	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$420,993		166	$2,536	$420,993	3
24	(21)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$383,886	-48.16%	182	$2,109	$8,296,665	80
25	(17)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$304,026	-67.73%	480	$633	$28,855,388	38
26	(26)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$290,488	-44.81%	88	$3,301	$3,157,347	61
27	(28)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$281,097	-32.59%	484	$581	$19,763,738	61
28	(27)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$249,827	-43.45%	422	$592	$45,126,335	66
29	(re-entry)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$242,784	+1,135.00%	458	$530	$21,788,249	66
30	(29)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$239,656	-34.26%	379	$632	$37,202,443	73
31	(new)	Lost Highway	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$212,710		12	$17,726	$212,710	3
32	(22)	In Love and War	New Line	Drama	$175,379	-72.27%	482	$364	$14,311,450	68
33	(35)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$162,165	-21.83%	28	$5,792	$754,345	31
34	(25)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$157,788	-70.08%	310	$509	$32,435,177	45
35	(39)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$152,126	-16.03%	26	$5,851	$2,077,511	68
36	(38)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$143,845	-22.67%	78	$1,844	$3,053,347	103
37	(30)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$139,874	-56.79%	308	$454	$91,658,242	94
38	(32)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$124,202	-52.52%	242	$513	$133,198,115	89
39	(31)	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	Comedy	$122,770	-58.26%	363	$338	$6,810,189	31
40	(19)	The Pest	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$100,391	-87.87%	124	$810	$3,255,089	17
41	(41)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$98,820	-16.78%	5	$19,764	$8,564,423	493
42	(37)	Touch	MGM		$85,422	-56.25%	51	$1,675	$325,005	10
43	(45)	Prisoner of the Mountains	Orion Classics	Drama	$82,765	-14.08%	27	$3,065	$315,537	24
44	(33)	Fierce Creatures	Universal	Comedy	$74,575	-65.96%	157	$475	$9,126,345	31
45	(50)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$73,116	-1.91%	13	$5,624	$201,051	122
46	(52)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$70,204	+22.87%	32	$2,194	$2,316,195	87
47	(36)	Meet Wally Sparks	Trimark	Comedy	$69,865	-64.73%	156	$448	$3,871,313	24
48	(49)	Turbulence	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$69,033	-11.23%	120	$575	$11,294,659	45
49	(51)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$59,956	+0.87%	9	$6,662	$254,033	24
50	(46)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$59,194	-37.70%	87	$680	$35,994,741	110
51	(48)	SubUrbia	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$56,479	-30.02%	19	$2,973	$257,853	17
52	(34)	Gridlock'd	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$53,174	-75.16%	82	$648	$5,479,037	26
53	(47)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$44,788	-47.13%	83	$540	$41,200,387	101
54	(43)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$44,516	-55.95%	86	$518	$46,083,932	73
55	(42)	Jackie Chan's First Strike	New Line	Action	$41,266	-60.86%	61	$676	$14,511,338	45
56	(re-entry)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$40,535		72	$563	$24,303,383	353
57	(54)	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$29,163	-36.83%	17	$1,715	$939,304	61
58	(60)	The Graduate	Embassy		$26,284	-30.74%	3	$8,761	$75,702	10
59	(53)	Unhook the Stars	Miramax		$25,005	-49.55%	12	$2,084	$234,843	10
60	(61)	Hotel de Love			$24,252	+77.00%	42	$577	$111,106	17