The Top Movies, Weekend of April 18, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$12,013,566	-27.72%	2,456	$4,892	$32,740,911	10
2	(2)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$10,137,865	-30.02%	2,909	$3,485	$133,540,325	31
3	(new)	Murder at 1600	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$7,962,268		2,152	$3,700	$7,962,268	3
4	(3)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$7,186,355	-33.51%	2,500	$2,875	$41,232,236	17
5	(4)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$4,749,396	-30.87%	1,236	$3,843	$13,624,046	10
6	(5)	The Devil's Own	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,406,237	-42.44%	2,004	$1,201	$39,116,907	26
7	(new)	McHale's Navy	Universal	Comedy	$2,128,565		1,858	$1,146	$2,128,565	3
8	(6)	That Old Feeling	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$2,089,560	-39.64%	1,583	$1,320	$13,201,235	17
9	(new)	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Orion Pictures	Black Comedy	$2,024,516		1,553	$1,304	$2,024,516	3
10	(26)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,642,402	+443.11%	519	$3,165	$2,160,942	17
11	(9)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$1,557,981	-22.72%	1,153	$1,351	$91,007,109	122
12	(7)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,310,340	-41.06%	1,621	$808	$52,688,971	45
13	(10)	Selena	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,066,766	-41.05%	699	$1,526	$32,002,285	31
14	(12)	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$840,864	-49.42%	626	$1,343	$307,124,280	5,080
15	(11)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$819,703	-51.92%	949	$864	$12,317,315	24
16	(14)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$813,647	-35.95%	677	$1,202	$74,330,685	157
17	(8)	Double Team	Sony Pictures	Action	$782,040	-62.91%	1,331	$588	$9,800,577	17
18	(15)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$729,266	-33.14%	534	$1,366	$20,923,835	152
19	(17)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$614,347	-12.49%	643	$955	$149,089,725	129
20	(18)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$613,275	-12.45%	629	$975	$64,917,355	73
21	(13)	Inventing the Abbots	20th Century Fox	Drama	$557,782	-58.10%	679	$821	$5,221,653	17
22	(21)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$403,625	-16.70%	397	$1,017	$94,326,106	117
23	(16)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$340,452	-57.19%	634	$537	$460,517,975	7,271
24	(24)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$314,443	-8.21%	159	$1,978	$3,691,905	87
25	(19)	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	20th Century Fox	Action	$264,331	-59.26%	473	$559	$7,572,673	24
26	(20)	*BAPS**	New Line	Comedy	$254,063	-54.10%	369	$689	$6,744,214	24
27	(22)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$217,154	-40.72%	267	$813	$11,340,584	38
28	(47)	Paradise Road	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$206,426	+230.19%	73	$2,828	$293,329	10
29	(re-entry)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$196,978	+9,739.00%	442	$446	$11,072,307	73
30	(30)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$186,744	-7.10%	71	$2,630	$2,568,971	52
31	(25)	Donnie Brasco	Sony Pictures	Drama	$174,505	-48.99%	220	$793	$41,482,558	52
32	(23)	Private Parts	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$144,616	-59.19%	258	$561	$40,573,649	45
33	(27)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$144,019	-38.06%	322	$447	$136,012,978	145
34	(29)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$136,213	-33.95%	282	$483	$35,271,920	150
35	(34)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$132,524	-11.55%	70	$1,893	$1,932,346	178
36	(33)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$132,351	-19.03%	125	$1,059	$13,108,119	205
37	(38)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$127,600	+0.54%	44	$2,900	$875,912	47
38	(37)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$117,095	-11.58%	54	$2,168	$1,774,423	80
39	(28)	Cats Don't Dance	Warner Bros.	Musical	$111,852	-49.77%	248	$451	$3,171,119	26
40	(32)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$105,494	-42.12%	177	$596	$49,888,364	117
41	(31)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$101,926	-48.77%	136	$749	$289,280,907	6,179
42	(44)	Boot, Das	Columbia	Drama	$94,894	+26.08%	29	$3,272	$11,323,643	5,549
43	(35)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$89,713	-33.08%	130	$690	$33,727,596	101
44	(42)	Anna Karenina	Warner Bros.	Drama	$88,198	+12.95%	18	$4,900	$307,087	17
45	(36)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$80,988	-39.30%	330	$245	$30,361,718	94
46	(45)	Pink Flamingos	Fine Line		$72,805	+3.73%	13	$5,600	$180,483	10
47	(41)	The Godfather	Paramount Pictures		$71,220	-23.75%	40	$1,781	$134,703,440	9,168
48	(53)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$67,111	+33.49%	4	$16,778	$9,630,444	549
49	(60)	Kissed	Goldwyn Entertainment		$66,982	+93.86%	17	$3,940	$122,283	10
50	(re-entry)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$58,928		127	$464	$20,136,756	117
51	(40)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$50,305	-54.01%	102	$493	$31,937,428	94
52	(39)	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$49,434	-56.44%	49	$1,009	$2,160,184	52
53	(43)	Crash	Fine Line	Drama	$46,840	-38.99%	34	$1,378	$3,168,660	199
54	(50)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$44,692	-22.92%	108	$414	$48,700,442	66
55	(46)	Lost Highway	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$42,931	-33.62%	67	$641	$3,796,699	59
56	(49)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$38,299	-36.63%	44	$870	$3,955,041	159
57	(52)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$35,797	-31.23%	80	$447	$35,047,243	66
58	(new)	Traveller	October Films		$30,855		6	$5,143	$30,855	3
59	(51)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$30,801	-41.02%	52	$592	$12,782,508	124
60	(48)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$30,144	-50.28%	68	$443	$48,093,211	129