The Top Movies, Weekend of March 21, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$31,423,025		2,845	$11,045	$31,423,025	3
2	(new)	Selena	Warner Bros.	Drama	$11,615,722		1,850	$6,279	$11,615,722	3
3	(1)	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,517,738	-53.86%	2,111	$3,561	$291,235,909	5,052
4	(2)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,016,059	-44.99%	2,340	$2,571	$35,591,374	17
5	(3)	Private Parts	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,403,410	-49.44%	2,217	$1,986	$34,448,633	17
6	(4)	Donnie Brasco	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,316,087	-38.80%	1,593	$2,082	$36,259,575	24
7	(7)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$3,017,085	-0.34%	1,020	$2,958	$12,524,591	124
8	(6)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$2,551,763	-34.72%	821	$3,108	$7,511,075	10
9	(5)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,427,835	-52.65%	1,723	$1,409	$286,030,505	6,151
10	(13)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,015,118	+6.00%	1,002	$2,011	$63,154,818	129
11	(14)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,820,775	-3.05%	909	$2,003	$143,039,108	101
12	(19)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$1,270,775	+63.64%	1,012	$1,256	$91,006,100	89
13	(8)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,219,220	-49.39%	1,016	$1,200	$47,474,899	38
14	(17)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$1,060,338	-23.80%	911	$1,164	$32,410,622	122
15	(12)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$956,040	-52.73%	1,028	$930	$61,335,450	45
16	(11)	Booty Call	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$926,960	-56.76%	809	$1,146	$18,589,765	26
17	(10)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$896,449	-60.61%	741	$1,210	$458,275,556	7,243
18	(15)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$773,936	-50.80%	1,102	$702	$34,107,889	38
19	(16)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$752,266	-49.05%	748	$1,006	$28,010,273	38
20	(re-entry)	Crash	Fine Line	Drama	$738,339		339	$2,178	$2,038,260	171
21	(9)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$722,800	-69.45%	638	$1,133	$12,115,143	96
22	(31)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$569,177	+214.55%	653	$872	$134,246,073	117
23	(22)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$568,984	+35.93%	240	$2,371	$11,768,875	177
24	(18)	Rosewood	Warner Bros.	Drama	$486,878	-50.76%	354	$1,375	$12,239,852	31
25	(25)	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$467,170	+55.37%	127	$3,679	$1,150,570	24
26	(27)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$358,816	+33.50%	74	$4,849	$1,267,619	24
27	(20)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$300,194	-52.31%	514	$584	$86,107,113	94
28	(re-entry)	City of Industry	Orion Pictures	Drama	$274,812		401	$685	$1,374,839	10
29	(24)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$231,261	-40.57%	376	$615	$47,557,708	101
30	(re-entry)	The Godfather	Paramount Pictures		$229,932		40	$5,748	$229,932	9,140
31	(47)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$218,342	+358.21%	468	$467	$62,538,197	94
32	(23)	Lost Highway	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$194,675	-53.46%	164	$1,187	$3,342,576	31
33	(21)	That Darn Cat	Buena Vista	Comedy	$192,031	-59.54%	549	$350	$16,736,390	38
34	(26)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$183,376	-33.43%	68	$2,697	$1,676,638	59
35	(29)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$154,952	-37.66%	271	$572	$136,100,978	136
36	(28)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$146,652	-43.63%	201	$730	$48,830,373	89
37	(32)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$140,750	-15.38%	39	$3,609	$1,039,603	52
38	(40)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$114,207	-5.58%	31	$3,684	$851,475	150
39	(41)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$94,550	+0.75%	70	$1,351	$3,628,302	131
40	(54)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$90,024	+169.83%	151	$596	$31,320,479	66
41	(39)	J'en Suis			$89,067	-27.00%	36	$2,474	$302,521	10
42	(36)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$81,791	-42.44%	43	$1,902	$4,189,130	89
43	(33)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$81,684	-50.21%	64	$1,276	$9,434,256	108
44	(37)	Blood and Wine	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$70,412	-45.85%	62	$1,136	$1,035,931	31
45	(35)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$68,294	-54.19%	130	$525	$46,112,540	94
46	(49)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$64,386	+46.39%	10	$6,439	$184,878	19
47	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$63,191	-27.00%	5	$12,638	$9,053,151	521
48	(38)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$49,135	-60.55%	228	$216	$18,736,817	89
49	(46)	Prisoner of the Mountains	Orion Classics	Drama	$48,559	-0.75%	35	$1,387	$617,073	52
50	(30)	Rhyme & Reason	Miramax	Documentary	$35,896	-82.43%	70	$513	$1,591,687	19
51	(48)	The Pest	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$30,681	-32.72%	77	$398	$3,506,206	45
52	(34)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$25,261	-83.75%	103	$245	$90,443,603	129
53	(re-entry)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$24,927	+102.00%	27	$923	$24,402,676	381
54	(re-entry)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$24,802		61	$407	$20,036,079	89
55	(60)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$23,643	-7.93%	20	$1,182	$2,503,829	115
56	(55)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$22,764	-30.23%	91	$250	$29,283,912	66
57	(53)	Boys Life 2	Strand	Drama	$22,073	-35.81%	3	$7,358	$158,434	17
58	(45)	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	Comedy	$19,089	-62.91%	86	$222	$7,183,046	59
59	(43)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$19,010	-68.38%	111	$171	$10,847,385	45
60	(re-entry)	The Evening Star	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$17,819		150	$119	$12,747,242	89