The Top Movies, Weekend of July 4, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$51,068,455		3,020	$16,910	$84,133,900	5
2	(1)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$16,067,233	-31.30%	2,637	$6,093	$51,521,285	10
3	(2)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$12,193,152	-43.17%	2,884	$4,228	$50,030,540	22
4	(4)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$10,818,090	-27.96%	2,233	$4,845	$69,281,429	17
5	(3)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$8,027,257	-48.99%	2,942	$2,729	$90,716,119	17
6	(new)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,887,675		1,736	$3,392	$7,655,948	5
7	(5)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$3,791,861	-35.72%	1,902	$1,994	$85,073,453	31
8	(6)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$2,604,420	-42.59%	1,365	$1,908	$218,334,199	45
9	(new)	Wild America	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,810,586		1,812	$999	$2,875,117	5
10	(7)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,517,680	-59.27%	1,617	$939	$41,113,064	24
11	(8)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$1,002,605	-23.08%	839	$1,195	$174,806,235	108
12	(20)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$713,200	+250.47%	575	$1,240	$62,522,899	87
13	(11)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$650,730	+7.87%	125	$5,206	$2,120,506	24
14	(9)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$619,278	-7.72%	903	$686	$50,978,277	66
15	(16)	Brassed Off	Miramax	Comedy	$257,946	-18.88%	223	$1,157	$1,749,805	45
16	(13)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$244,566	-30.40%	357	$685	$58,334,580	122
17	(10)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$226,271	-64.25%	317	$714	$17,811,492	38
18	(14)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$218,768	-37.05%	225	$972	$10,706,795	94
19	(21)	The Pillow Book	Lionsgate	Drama	$191,668	-3.69%	64	$2,995	$1,278,411	31
20	(18)	Volcano	20th Century Fox	Action	$171,494	-40.69%	319	$538	$47,067,010	73
21	(12)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$147,367	-60.39%	202	$730	$60,966,673	59
22	(19)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$127,316	-43.40%	222	$573	$27,481,485	87
23	(17)	Father's Day	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$123,299	-57.44%	276	$447	$28,530,595	59
24	(36)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$122,385	+142.58%	266	$460	$24,179,050	229
25	(28)	Love! Valour! Compassion!	New Line	Drama	$116,151	-10.40%	83	$1,399	$2,494,993	52
26	(27)	Temptress Moon	Miramax	Drama	$107,303	-23.05%	42	$2,555	$661,935	24
27	(22)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$99,975	-49.61%	210	$476	$48,273,691	66
28	(15)	Addicted To Love	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$92,537	-72.93%	179	$517	$33,650,528	45
29	(23)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$86,150	-52.28%	270	$319	$102,803,370	199
30	(26)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$80,811	-42.83%	281	$288	$61,191,959	94
31	(39)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$70,628	+77.04%	21	$3,363	$537,576	115
32	(35)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$59,119	+15.85%	3	$19,706	$10,815,062	626
33	(49)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$56,549	+127.86%	8	$7,069	$367,592	290
34	(33)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$51,530	-13.17%	66	$781	$153,620,822	206
35	(30)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$45,569	-42.92%	68	$670	$14,459,041	101
36	(37)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$41,538	+2.01%	46	$903	$29,243,598	143
37	(41)	Gabbeh	New Yorker		$40,469	+7.01%	5	$8,094	$94,736	297
38	(48)	Shiloh	Legacy Releasing	Adventure	$38,689	+48.51%	41	$944	$961,538	73
39	(25)	Trial And Error	New Line	Comedy	$38,663	-72.93%	193	$200	$13,129,726	38
40	(32)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$37,229	-47.29%	78	$477	$27,860,502	73
41	(38)	The Van	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$35,332	-11.90%	21	$1,682	$410,963	52
42	(43)	Contempt	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$34,775	+4.48%	2	$17,388	$100,506	11,889
43	(42)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$29,676	-14.60%	26	$1,141	$2,822,376	157
44	(50)	La Promesse	New Yorker		$29,460	+21.26%	10	$2,946	$342,496	248
45	(47)	Double Team	Sony Pictures	Action	$29,349	+7.53%	35	$839	$11,313,010	94
46	(40)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$28,263	-27.06%	22	$1,285	$5,693,230	164
47	(45)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$24,938	-15.26%	3	$8,313	$12,499,661	808
48	(24)	Buddy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$24,773	-86.04%	159	$156	$9,881,853	31
49	(29)	Murder at 1600	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$22,081	-75.67%	54	$409	$25,826,788	80
50	(62)	For Roseanna	Fine Line		$21,400	+268.01%	5	$4,280	$45,163	19
51	(44)	Female Perversions	October Films	Drama	$20,616	-34.72%	25	$825	$780,497	73
52	(46)	The Devil's Own	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$19,601	-31.24%	54	$363	$42,877,165	103
53	(31)	Night Falls On Manhattan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$18,290	-75.91%	102	$179	$9,691,244	52
54	(55)	Dream With The Fishes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$18,151	-2.80%	7	$2,593	$99,361	17
55	(60)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$18,021	+3.81%	10	$1,802	$1,872,782	124
56	(53)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$17,527	-20.60%	31	$565	$77,442,232	234
57	(56)	A Chef in Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$15,413	-15.88%	21	$734	$554,404	75
58	(57)	Children of the Revolution	Miramax	Comedy	$13,925	-21.99%	18	$774	$830,608	68
59	(61)	Late Bloomers	Strand		$12,512	-9.00%	3	$4,171	$34,891	10
60	(54)	Broken English	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$11,680	-38.91%	16	$730	$476,070	66