The Top Movies, Weekend of February 28, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$13,145,852	-40.18%	2,111	$6,227	$262,895,196	6,130
2	(new)	Donnie Brasco	Sony Pictures	Drama	$11,660,216		1,503	$7,758	$11,660,216	3
3	(2)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$6,856,626	-37.85%	2,375	$2,887	$447,821,935	7,222
4	(new)	Booty Call	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$6,429,364		1,272	$5,055	$8,005,192	5
5	(3)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,728,082	-36.46%	2,168	$2,642	$36,863,422	17
6	(4)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$5,268,165	-26.19%	2,751	$1,915	$52,335,485	24
7	(5)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,558,084	-30.40%	2,070	$2,202	$27,252,589	17
8	(6)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,603,175	-34.63%	1,701	$2,118	$21,420,383	17
9	(35)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$3,250,409	+2,036.66%	1,153	$2,819	$5,380,309	75
10	(8)	Rosewood	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,909,767	-7.75%	991	$2,936	$7,177,238	10
11	(9)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,581,293	-16.20%	1,353	$1,908	$135,106,602	80
12	(7)	That Darn Cat	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,495,131	-31.17%	1,803	$1,384	$14,273,057	17
13	(10)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,228,209	-21.08%	1,144	$1,948	$54,745,722	108
14	(11)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$2,182,618	-4.40%	1,050	$2,079	$26,066,924	101
15	(12)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$1,301,110	-28.81%	1,018	$1,278	$83,310,972	73
16	(15)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$968,438	-9.07%	1,060	$914	$87,384,255	68
17	(17)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$880,872	+17.11%	154	$5,720	$2,020,421	103
18	(31)	Lost Highway	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$857,365	+303.07%	212	$4,044	$1,154,781	10
19	(13)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$757,665	-38.33%	733	$1,034	$47,470,268	68
20	(20)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$539,483	-11.63%	296	$1,823	$9,666,656	156
21	(18)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$479,929	-24.35%	542	$885	$134,974,141	115
22	(21)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$343,161	-24.67%	608	$564	$89,837,787	108
23	(14)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$320,101	-71.01%	840	$381	$10,514,486	24
24	(24)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$294,655	-23.24%	126	$2,339	$8,716,229	87
25	(19)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$276,143	-56.05%	410	$674	$18,186,928	68
26	(16)	Dangerous Ground	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$271,704	-74.30%	642	$423	$4,933,508	19
27	(28)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$270,122	+8.12%	361	$748	$45,490,879	73
28	(26)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$252,067	-13.23%	93	$2,710	$3,518,612	68
29	(30)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$193,226	-19.37%	327	$591	$37,471,556	80
30	(25)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$187,079	-38.47%	314	$596	$29,109,303	45
31	(23)	Blood and Wine	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$161,353	-61.67%	163	$990	$703,165	10
32	(33)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$154,263	-4.87%	39	$3,955	$966,133	38
33	(29)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$150,027	-38.21%	277	$542	$22,047,804	73
34	(22)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$137,055	-69.82%	251	$546	$31,045,128	45
35	(45)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$135,551	+85.39%	19	$7,134	$375,690	129
36	(39)	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	Comedy	$116,359	-5.22%	358	$325	$6,954,150	38
37	(36)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$110,134	-23.44%	65	$1,694	$3,213,778	110
38	(new)	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$107,108		8	$13,389	$107,108	3
39	(37)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$100,629	-28.06%	232	$434	$91,798,391	101
40	(41)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$98,215	-0.61%	5	$19,643	$8,714,491	500
41	(51)	SubUrbia	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$96,691	+71.20%	30	$3,223	$376,783	24
42	(47)	Meet Wally Sparks	Trimark	Comedy	$93,086	+33.24%	218	$427	$3,999,612	31
43	(new)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$83,499		10	$8,350	$83,499	3
44	(27)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$80,809	-71.25%	142	$569	$19,934,039	68
45	(38)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$70,549	-43.20%	120	$588	$133,299,485	96
46	(new)	Hard Eight	MGM	Drama	$69,486		29	$2,396	$69,486	3
47	(49)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$65,899	+9.91%	12	$5,492	$345,771	31
48	(re-entry)	Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$65,264		236	$277	$12,944,038	73
49	(re-entry)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$61,302		180	$341	$11,030,963	143
50	(43)	Prisoner of the Mountains	Orion Classics	Drama	$60,783	-26.56%	26	$2,338	$403,435	31
51	(34)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$60,735	-61.51%	208	$292	$32,541,054	52
52	(32)	In Love and War	New Line	Drama	$56,536	-67.76%	42	$1,346	$14,418,256	75
53	(44)	Fierce Creatures	Universal	Comedy	$45,176	-39.42%	88	$513	$9,202,671	38
54	(48)	Turbulence	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$43,543	-36.92%	87	$500	$11,364,423	52
55	(new)	La Samouri (re-issue)			$39,481		4	$9,870	$39,481	3
56	(46)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$35,772	-49.05%	20	$1,789	$2,371,359	94
57	(50)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$32,738	-44.69%	55	$595	$36,049,108	117
58	(53)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$27,347	-38.94%	53	$516	$41,252,428	108
59	(54)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$26,462	-40.56%	35	$756	$46,122,545	80
60	(40)	The Pest	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$25,753	-74.35%	41	$628	$3,300,292	24