The Top Movies, Weekend of May 9, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$17,031,345		2,500	$6,813	$17,031,345	3
2	(new)	Father's Day	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$8,776,159		2,482	$3,536	$8,776,159	3
3	(1)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,618,238	-38.10%	2,295	$3,319	$23,181,708	10
4	(2)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$7,064,984	-26.01%	2,187	$3,230	$19,496,896	10
5	(3)	Volcano	20th Century Fox	Action	$4,494,695	-50.61%	2,650	$1,696	$34,099,939	17
6	(4)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$3,618,295	-38.24%	2,312	$1,565	$156,452,370	52
7	(5)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,897,452	-45.61%	1,606	$1,804	$19,112,633	17
8	(6)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,665,442	-43.53%	2,302	$1,158	$53,080,185	31
9	(8)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,562,444	-48.96%	1,730	$903	$54,816,617	38
10	(9)	Murder at 1600	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,296,494	-54.44%	1,504	$862	$21,671,510	24
11	(10)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$1,116,407	-45.58%	994	$1,123	$22,860,231	31
12	(7)	Warriors of Virtue	MGM	Action	$1,109,270	-66.15%	2,101	$528	$4,956,055	10
13	(11)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$662,126	-40.64%	784	$845	$95,588,264	143
14	(12)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$585,811	-33.37%	431	$1,359	$6,143,150	38
15	(17)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$298,450	-27.88%	487	$613	$35,919,290	87
16	(13)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$289,900	-48.49%	412	$704	$150,850,000	150
17	(15)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$267,566	-38.60%	502	$533	$54,798,143	66
18	(21)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$253,080	-27.72%	372	$680	$66,400,445	94
19	(26)	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$242,376	+12.38%	510	$475	$308,453,687	5,101
20	(20)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$232,986	-36.40%	315	$740	$76,259,531	178
21	(18)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$222,737	-41.22%	277	$804	$22,595,950	173
22	(19)	Selena	Warner Bros.	Drama	$216,431	-42.44%	201	$1,077	$33,838,171	52
23	(14)	The Devil's Own	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$182,127	-64.43%	440	$414	$42,200,692	47
24	(16)	That Old Feeling	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$178,565	-58.27%	372	$480	$16,112,878	38
25	(27)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$159,562	-18.03%	112	$1,425	$4,592,972	108
26	(re-entry)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$148,407	+5,740.00%	408	$364	$18,993,251	138
27	(29)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$135,518	-19.17%	81	$1,673	$3,304,678	73
28	(34)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$104,006	-0.98%	158	$658	$30,786,560	115
29	(25)	McHale's Navy	Universal	Comedy	$93,520	-59.30%	275	$340	$4,307,995	24
30	(30)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$90,958	-43.84%	178	$511	$13,289,506	45
31	(56)	Children of the Revolution	Miramax	Comedy	$89,936	+184.95%	22	$4,088	$138,449	12
32	(36)	Traveller	October Films		$82,813	-11.20%	63	$1,314	$354,179	24
33	(22)	Commandments	Gramercy	Comedy	$78,923	-74.74%	200	$395	$488,419	10
34	(28)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$76,610	-60.53%	189	$405	$290,158,751	6,200
35	(33)	Double Team	Sony Pictures	Action	$75,504	-30.20%	109	$693	$10,602,084	38
36	(35)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$74,721	-23.35%	70	$1,067	$11,821,540	59
37	(44)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$72,265	+3.37%	4	$18,066	$9,976,283	570
38	(39)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$71,007	-14.96%	53	$1,340	$2,142,666	101
39	(43)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$68,825	-7.91%	128	$538	$35,674,181	171
40	(40)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$67,925	-14.72%	45	$1,509	$1,233,412	68
41	(32)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$64,827	-40.67%	51	$1,271	$2,379,244	199
42	(37)	Anna Karenina	Warner Bros.	Drama	$51,963	-41.97%	30	$1,732	$638,776	38
43	(re-entry)	Female Perversions	October Films	Drama	$50,819	+94.00%	14	$3,630	$118,114	17
44	(55)	Broken English	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$50,460	+48.29%	14	$3,604	$99,918	10
45	(31)	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	20th Century Fox	Action	$47,642	-58.27%	234	$204	$8,062,195	45
46	(38)	B*A*P*S	New Line	Comedy	$47,409	-45.03%	100	$474	$7,156,125	45
47	(41)	Shiloh	Legacy Releasing	Adventure	$43,792	-44.83%	42	$1,043	$298,063	17
48	(60)	A Chef in Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$40,620	+48.89%	15	$2,708	$126,754	19
49	(42)	Inventing the Abbots	20th Century Fox	Drama	$40,383	-47.11%	107	$377	$5,805,152	38
50	(49)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$37,809	-24.74%	44	$859	$13,384,535	226
51	(47)	Kissed	Goldwyn Entertainment		$34,343	-40.90%	31	$1,108	$387,449	31
52	(52)	Donnie Brasco	Sony Pictures	Drama	$33,221	-17.34%	47	$707	$41,701,120	73
53	(46)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$32,490	-49.67%	85	$382	$11,454,593	94
54	(24)	Paradise Road	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$31,820	-88.64%	138	$231	$1,574,390	31
55	(re-entry)	All Over Me	Fine Line	Drama	$31,469	+21.00%	11	$2,861	$107,472	17
56	(new)	Nowhere	Fine Line		$27,354		2	$13,677	$27,354	3
57	(23)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$26,867	-90.68%	68	$395	$95,345,070	138
58	(53)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$24,865	-27.44%	3	$8,288	$11,936,822	752
59	(re-entry)	Truth or Consequences, N.M.	Sony Pictures		$24,801	+27.00%	55	$451	$54,154	10
60	(54)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$24,341	-28.76%	52	$468	$33,927,476	122