The Top Movies, Weekend of March 7, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Private Parts	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,616,333		2,138	$6,836	$14,616,333	3
2	(new)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$12,812,047		2,316	$5,532	$12,812,047	3
3	(1)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$8,048,852	-38.77%	2,116	$3,804	$274,414,455	6,137
4	(2)	Donnie Brasco	Sony Pictures	Drama	$7,831,804	-32.83%	1,593	$4,916	$23,354,735	10
5	(4)	Booty Call	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,060,870	-36.84%	1,272	$3,193	$13,816,313	12
6	(3)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,894,728	-43.20%	2,039	$1,910	$453,311,456	7,229
7	(5)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,712,550	-35.19%	2,116	$1,755	$42,073,637	24
8	(6)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$3,224,785	-38.79%	2,279	$1,415	$56,802,730	31
9	(7)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,386,903	-47.63%	1,873	$1,274	$30,607,818	24
10	(9)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$2,365,877	-27.21%	1,158	$2,043	$8,678,752	82
11	(8)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,302,017	-36.11%	1,701	$1,353	$24,587,877	24
12	(11)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,153,022	-16.59%	1,174	$1,834	$138,005,881	87
13	(13)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,007,254	-9.92%	1,004	$1,999	$57,548,109	115
14	(14)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$1,944,532	-10.91%	991	$1,962	$28,769,863	108
15	(10)	Rosewood	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,763,913	-39.38%	841	$2,097	$9,818,279	17
16	(17)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$1,270,753	+44.26%	268	$4,742	$4,833,610	110
17	(15)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$1,012,668	-22.17%	806	$1,256	$84,681,531	80
18	(12)	That Darn Cat	Buena Vista	Comedy	$913,719	-63.38%	1,643	$556	$15,638,921	24
19	(new)	Rhyme & Reason	Miramax	Documentary	$853,589		280	$3,049	$1,104,236	5
20	(16)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$844,005	-12.85%	1,007	$838	$88,519,185	75
21	(18)	Lost Highway	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$801,911	-6.47%	337	$2,380	$2,279,519	17
22	(20)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$487,507	-9.63%	229	$2,129	$10,359,338	163
23	(59)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$486,736	+1,739.38%	578	$842	$46,618,289	87
24	(19)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$381,913	-49.59%	400	$955	$48,168,734	75
25	(21)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$378,071	-21.22%	515	$734	$135,490,454	122
26	(43)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$287,128	+243.87%	40	$7,178	$415,030	10
27	(22)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$266,671	-22.29%	563	$474	$90,166,932	115
28	(24)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$240,427	-18.40%	103	$2,334	$9,047,742	94
29	(28)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$201,577	-20.03%	87	$2,317	$3,813,678	75
30	(27)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$194,693	-27.92%	300	$649	$45,769,096	80
31	(47)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$175,814	+166.79%	32	$5,494	$552,037	38
32	(32)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$168,175	+9.02%	40	$4,204	$1,189,899	45
33	(25)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$151,397	-45.17%	402	$377	$18,432,699	75
34	(29)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$121,212	-37.27%	232	$522	$37,650,012	87
35	(23)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$99,181	-69.02%	529	$187	$10,690,027	31
36	(33)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$97,913	-34.74%	197	$497	$22,205,792	80
37	(37)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$96,476	-12.40%	75	$1,286	$3,369,303	117
38	(38)	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$95,774	-10.58%	8	$11,972	$246,226	10
39	(35)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$95,147	-29.81%	19	$5,008	$516,851	136
40	(60)	The Pest	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$81,025	+214.62%	274	$296	$3,386,927	31
41	(36)	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	Comedy	$76,584	-34.18%	294	$260	$7,069,950	45
42	(34)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$72,194	-47.32%	119	$607	$31,159,692	52
43	(30)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$68,256	-63.51%	216	$316	$29,211,613	52
44	(45)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$67,028	-4.99%	112	$598	$133,397,071	103
45	(39)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$64,872	-35.53%	153	$424	$91,898,902	108
46	(26)	Dangerous Ground	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$63,017	-76.81%	414	$152	$5,079,851	26
47	(41)	SubUrbia	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$57,682	-40.34%	27	$2,136	$481,963	31
48	(new)	Boys Life 2	Strand	Drama	$56,224		4	$14,056	$56,224	3
49	(40)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$55,639	-43.35%	5	$11,128	$8,827,643	507
50	(50)	Prisoner of the Mountains	Orion Classics	Drama	$50,272	-17.29%	31	$1,622	$475,462	38
51	(46)	Hard Eight	MGM	Drama	$44,726	-35.63%	29	$1,542	$142,356	10
52	(51)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$44,540	-26.67%	93	$479	$32,606,815	59
53	(48)	Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$41,103	-37.02%	202	$203	$13,000,715	80
54	(new)	Good Luck			$39,962		106	$377	$39,962	3
55	(new)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$35,988		2	$17,994	$35,988	5
56	(54)	Turbulence	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$32,428	-25.53%	61	$532	$11,416,516	59
57	(56)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$32,391	-9.45%	18	$1,800	$2,417,398	101
58	(52)	In Love and War	New Line	Drama	$27,328	-51.66%	366	$75	$14,466,354	82
59	(44)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$26,596	-67.09%	66	$403	$19,978,109	75
60	(31)	Blood and Wine	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$25,864	-83.97%	18	$1,437	$779,620	17