The Top Movies, Weekend of March 14, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(re-entry)	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$16,293,531		2,111	$7,718	$280,129,271	5,045
2	(2)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$10,936,587	-14.64%	2,323	$4,708	$27,206,661	10
3	(1)	Private Parts	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$8,710,102	-40.41%	2,138	$4,074	$27,616,701	10
4	(4)	Donnie Brasco	Sony Pictures	Drama	$5,418,077	-30.82%	1,593	$3,401	$31,274,218	17
5	(3)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,127,288	-36.30%	2,322	$2,208	$282,216,979	6,144
6	(new)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$3,908,725		820	$4,767	$3,908,725	3
7	(16)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$3,027,349	+138.23%	951	$3,183	$8,373,597	117
8	(7)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,409,169	-35.11%	1,605	$1,501	$45,550,069	31
9	(10)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$2,365,877		1,158	$2,043	$8,678,752	89
10	(6)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,275,828	-41.57%	1,430	$1,591	$456,754,545	7,236
11	(5)	Booty Call	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,143,955	-47.20%	1,154	$1,858	$17,084,711	19
12	(8)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$2,022,500	-37.28%	1,618	$1,250	$59,829,335	38
13	(13)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$1,901,016	-5.29%	948	$2,005	$60,317,565	122
14	(12)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,878,030	-12.77%	977	$1,922	$140,629,285	94
15	(9)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,573,032	-34.10%	1,534	$1,025	$32,901,588	31
16	(11)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,476,404	-35.86%	1,263	$1,169	$26,827,223	31
17	(14)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$1,391,473	-28.44%	912	$1,526	$30,823,125	115
18	(15)	Rosewood	Warner Bros.	Drama	$988,793	-43.94%	616	$1,605	$11,420,295	24
19	(20)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$776,561	-7.99%	911	$852	$89,528,911	82
20	(17)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$629,419	-37.85%	658	$957	$85,605,609	87
21	(18)	That Darn Cat	Buena Vista	Comedy	$474,642	-48.05%	993	$478	$16,435,666	31
22	(22)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$418,600	-14.13%	212	$1,975	$9,999,121	170
23	(21)	Lost Highway	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$418,298	-47.84%	302	$1,385	$2,829,362	24
24	(23)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$389,131	-20.05%	551	$706	$47,207,431	94
25	(38)	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$300,686	+213.95%	52	$5,782	$581,833	17
26	(32)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$275,475	+63.80%	52	$5,298	$1,423,693	52
27	(26)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$268,777	-6.39%	46	$5,843	$791,408	17
28	(24)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$260,149	-31.88%	326	$798	$48,583,001	82
29	(25)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$248,554	-34.26%	401	$620	$135,867,430	129
30	(19)	Rhyme & Reason	Miramax	Documentary	$204,357	-76.06%	238	$859	$1,487,984	12
31	(44)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$180,951	+169.96%	211	$858	$133,600,442	110
32	(31)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$166,336	-5.39%	35	$4,752	$766,771	45
33	(28)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$164,041	-31.77%	99	$1,657	$9,291,297	101
34	(27)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$155,459	-41.70%	473	$329	$90,384,232	122
35	(30)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$149,080	-23.43%	223	$669	$45,991,211	87
36	(29)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$142,096	-29.51%	71	$2,001	$4,042,969	82
37	(60)	Blood and Wine	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$130,041	+402.79%	61	$2,132	$920,985	24
38	(33)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$124,541	-17.74%	324	$384	$18,635,063	82
39	(new)	J'en Suis			$122,010		36	$3,389	$122,010	3
40	(39)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$120,955	+27.12%	22	$5,498	$678,704	143
41	(37)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$93,850	-2.72%	77	$1,219	$3,387,427	124
42	(34)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$72,193	-40.44%	167	$432	$37,754,208	94
43	(35)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$60,118	-39.39%	241	$249	$10,808,916	38
44	(36)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$53,828	-45.02%	131	$411	$22,294,341	87
45	(41)	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	Comedy	$51,461	-32.80%	203	$254	$7,149,231	52
46	(50)	Prisoner of the Mountains	Orion Classics	Drama	$48,925	-2.68%	36	$1,359	$547,699	45
47	(re-entry)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$47,651	+742.00%	92	$518	$62,300,524	87
48	(40)	The Pest	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$45,600	-43.72%	140	$326	$3,454,798	38
49	(55)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$43,982	+22.21%	4	$10,996	$103,412	12
50	(45)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$42,987	-33.74%	95	$452	$91,968,563	115
51	(53)	Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$36,176	-11.99%	145	$249	$13,052,741	87
52	(52)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$34,871	-21.71%	80	$436	$32,658,553	66
53	(48)	Boys Life 2	Strand	Drama	$34,385	-38.84%	4	$8,596	$120,988	10
54	(42)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$33,363	-53.79%	59	$565	$31,200,000	59
55	(43)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$32,627	-52.20%	134	$243	$29,255,615	59
56	(new)	The Substance of Fire	Miramax		$31,638		11	$2,876	$31,638	3
57	(re-entry)	Touch	MGM		$31,416	+944.00%	15	$2,094	$408,097	31
58	(56)	Turbulence	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$29,942	-7.67%	55	$544	$11,466,088	66
59	(47)	SubUrbia	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$25,885	-55.12%	23	$1,125	$482,665	38
60	(57)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$25,679	-20.72%	22	$1,167	$2,457,741	108