The Top Movies, Weekend of April 25, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Volcano	20th Century Fox	Action	$14,581,740		2,774	$5,257	$14,581,740	3
2	(new)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$7,429,406		1,602	$4,638	$7,429,406	3
3	(1)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$7,318,954	-39.08%	2,456	$2,980	$43,231,457	17
4	(2)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$7,186,130	-29.12%	2,863	$2,510	$143,839,650	38
5	(4)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$5,007,093	-30.32%	2,500	$2,003	$48,210,631	24
6	(3)	Murder at 1600	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$4,825,209	-39.40%	2,158	$2,236	$15,282,092	10
7	(5)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$3,098,353	-34.76%	1,242	$2,495	$18,152,209	17
8	(11)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$1,405,839	-9.77%	1,216	$1,156	$93,021,393	129
9	(6)	The Devil's Own	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,154,808	-52.01%	1,270	$909	$41,019,604	33
10	(10)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,111,989	-32.29%	553	$2,011	$3,886,506	24
11	(8)	That Old Feeling	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$1,088,665	-47.90%	1,344	$810	$15,012,945	24
12	(7)	McHale's Navy	Universal	Comedy	$911,890	-57.16%	1,861	$490	$3,689,705	10
13	(12)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$789,163	-39.77%	1,058	$746	$53,894,923	52
14	(16)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$657,697	-19.17%	516	$1,275	$75,309,422	164
15	(13)	Selena	Warner Bros.	Drama	$626,974	-41.23%	527	$1,190	$32,954,145	38
16	(9)	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Orion Pictures	Black Comedy	$593,307	-70.69%	1,514	$392	$3,260,346	10
17	(28)	Paradise Road	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$577,651	+179.83%	350	$1,650	$948,796	17
18	(18)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$548,131	-24.84%	452	$1,213	$21,714,873	159
19	(20)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$508,250	-17.13%	535	$950	$65,601,915	80
20	(19)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$416,929	-32.13%	579	$720	$149,721,931	136
21	(14)	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$398,129	-52.65%	363	$1,097	$307,814,518	5,087
22	(41)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$379,587	+272.41%	751	$505	$289,697,968	6,186
23	(15)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$371,459	-54.68%	522	$712	$12,942,542	31
24	(22)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$369,695	-8.41%	390	$948	$94,824,393	124
25	(24)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$246,077	-21.74%	153	$1,608	$4,063,547	94
26	(17)	Double Team	Sony Pictures	Action	$217,171	-72.23%	425	$511	$10,310,186	24
27	(23)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$202,166	-40.62%	290	$697	$460,841,468	7,278
28	(21)	Inventing the Abbots	20th Century Fox	Drama	$188,984	-66.12%	279	$677	$5,604,686	24
29	(25)	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	20th Century Fox	Action	$177,000	-33.04%	418	$423	$7,844,227	31
30	(30)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$174,674	-6.46%	53	$3,296	$2,831,251	59
31	(29)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$152,894	-22.38%	346	$442	$11,294,720	80
32	(27)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$145,991	-32.77%	131	$1,114	$11,560,836	45
33	(26)	*BAPS**	New Line	Comedy	$140,935	-44.53%	174	$810	$6,960,740	31
34	(re-entry)	Rosewood	Warner Bros.	Drama	$138,624		274	$506	$12,977,959	66
35	(new)	Shiloh	Legacy Releasing	Adventure	$115,710		70	$1,653	$115,710	3
36	(45)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$115,096	+42.11%	277	$416	$30,507,998	101
37	(34)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$109,858	-19.35%	282	$390	$35,446,509	157
38	(35)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$103,823	-21.66%	70	$1,483	$2,105,248	185
39	(38)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$101,644	-13.20%	58	$1,752	$1,923,316	87
40	(37)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$94,545	-25.91%	45	$2,101	$1,019,553	54
41	(31)	Donnie Brasco	Sony Pictures	Drama	$85,329	-51.10%	179	$477	$41,600,141	59
42	(36)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$85,167	-35.65%	87	$979	$13,245,764	212
43	(44)	Anna Karenina	Warner Bros.	Drama	$78,710	-10.76%	22	$3,578	$424,450	24
44	(33)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$76,815	-46.66%	199	$386	$136,122,030	152
45	(43)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$76,685	-14.52%	113	$679	$33,834,978	108
46	(58)	Traveller	October Films		$75,939	+146.12%	26	$2,921	$119,796	10
47	(48)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$73,083	+8.90%	4	$18,271	$9,765,624	556
48	(49)	Kissed	Goldwyn Entertainment		$66,744	-0.36%	23	$2,902	$226,983	17
49	(40)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$58,772	-44.29%	98	$600	$49,994,804	124
50	(32)	Private Parts	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$53,199	-63.21%	206	$258	$40,672,326	52
51	(42)	Boot, Das	Columbia	Drama	$52,035	-45.17%	20	$2,602	$11,433,134	5,556
52	(re-entry)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$50,732		62	$818	$9,714,482	143
53	(39)	Cats Don't Dance	Warner Bros.	Musical	$50,548	-54.81%	174	$291	$3,268,450	33
54	(47)	The Godfather	Paramount Pictures		$43,901	-38.36%	40	$1,098	$134,775,387	9,175
55	(52)	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$40,389	-18.30%	44	$918	$2,221,994	59
56	(50)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$33,112	-43.81%	66	$502	$20,191,312	124
57	(new)	A Chef in Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$32,510		6	$5,418	$36,628	5
58	(51)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$32,322	-35.75%	80	$404	$31,987,563	101
59	(54)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$30,940	-30.77%	96	$322	$48,741,729	73
60	(re-entry)	Love and Other Catastrophes	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$30,341		32	$948	$212,285	31