The Top Movies, Weekend of July 11, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$30,062,317	-41.13%	3,020	$9,954	$139,584,970	12
2	(new)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$20,584,908		1,923	$10,705	$20,584,908	3
3	(2)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$12,332,309	-23.25%	2,851	$4,326	$71,772,555	17
4	(3)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$8,339,217	-31.61%	2,930	$2,846	$66,492,048	29
5	(4)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,321,580	-23.08%	2,343	$3,552	$83,502,316	24
6	(6)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,155,935	-29.41%	1,736	$2,394	$14,680,413	12
7	(5)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,085,748	-49.10%	2,701	$1,513	$98,795,842	24
8	(7)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$2,891,449	-23.75%	1,684	$1,717	$89,903,753	38
9	(new)	A Simple Wish	Universal	Comedy	$2,732,880		1,676	$1,631	$2,732,880	3
10	(8)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$1,350,900	-48.13%	1,422	$950	$221,055,524	52
11	(9)	Wild America	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,028,101	-43.22%	1,745	$589	$5,444,387	12
12	(10)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$919,576	-39.41%	1,033	$890	$42,881,038	31
13	(11)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$803,580	-19.85%	708	$1,135	$176,255,885	115
14	(13)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$683,699	+5.07%	186	$3,676	$3,063,893	31
15	(14)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$504,211	-18.58%	772	$653	$51,877,181	73
16	(27)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$448,919	+349.03%	603	$744	$48,766,259	73
17	(12)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$442,800	-37.91%	551	$804	$63,282,988	94
18	(40)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$290,283	+679.72%	406	$715	$28,174,128	80
19	(16)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$197,676	-19.17%	294	$672	$58,712,403	129
20	(56)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$184,545	+952.92%	234	$789	$77,643,975	241
21	(15)	Brassed Off	Miramax	Comedy	$174,421	-32.38%	178	$980	$2,066,720	52
22	(19)	The Pillow Book	Lionsgate	Drama	$169,055	-11.80%	65	$2,601	$1,556,910	38
23	(18)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$165,009	-24.57%	159	$1,038	$11,032,139	101
24	(17)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$148,554	-34.35%	199	$747	$18,049,357	45
25	(21)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$102,955	-30.14%	185	$557	$61,138,490	66
26	(33)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$97,771	+72.90%	16	$6,111	$492,418	297
27	(22)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$96,029	-24.57%	136	$706	$27,658,687	94
28	(new)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$88,106		5	$17,621	$88,106	3
29	(26)	Temptress Moon	Miramax	Drama	$82,027	-23.56%	34	$2,413	$797,133	31
30	(24)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$75,815	-38.05%	193	$393	$24,343,345	236
31	(25)	Love! Valour! Compassion!	New Line	Drama	$69,554	-40.12%	77	$903	$2,626,765	59
32	(31)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$65,494	-7.27%	23	$2,848	$633,768	122
33	(20)	Volcano	20th Century Fox	Action	$64,722	-62.26%	212	$305	$47,251,136	80
34	(28)	Addicted To Love	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$64,709	-30.07%	132	$490	$33,777,711	52
35	(32)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$63,937	+8.15%	3	$21,312	$10,925,546	633
36	(29)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$57,412	-33.36%	164	$350	$102,926,472	206
37	(new)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$56,951		3	$18,984	$56,951	3
38	(54)	Dream With The Fishes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$55,005	+203.04%	29	$1,897	$165,617	24
39	(30)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$49,294	-39.00%	128	$385	$61,279,886	101
40	(55)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$41,111	+128.13%	21	$1,958	$1,922,008	131
41	(39)	Trial And Error	New Line	Comedy	$37,308	-3.50%	65	$574	$13,186,167	45
42	(35)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$31,331	-31.24%	49	$639	$14,521,144	108
43	(41)	The Van	Fox Searchlight		$30,799	-12.83%	20	$1,540	$459,851	59
44	(42)	Contempt (re-issue)	Strand		$28,983	-16.66%	2	$14,492	$156,913	17
45	(38)	Shiloh	Legacy Releasing	Adventure	$28,839	-25.46%	38	$759	$1,002,175	80
46	(51)	Female Perversions	October Films	Drama	$27,681	+34.27%	27	$1,025	$814,981	80
47	(23)	Father's Day	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,597	-77.62%	78	$354	$28,625,973	66
48	(37)	Gabbeh	New Yorker		$23,903	-40.94%	5	$4,781	$139,443	304
49	(44)	La Promesse	New Yorker		$23,340	-20.77%	10	$2,334	$380,381	255
50	(47)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,299	-10.58%	2	$11,150	$12,550,628	815
51	(43)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$20,959	-29.37%	18	$1,164	$2,858,363	164
52	(46)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$20,221	-28.45%	23	$879	$5,730,711	171
53	(new)	This World, Then the Fireworks	Orion Classics		$19,906		5	$3,981	$19,906	3
54	(36)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$19,337	-53.45%	19	$1,018	$29,291,566	150
55	(50)	For Roseanna	Fine Line		$16,802	-21.49%	6	$2,800	$72,588	26
56	(53)	Night Falls On Manhattan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$15,384	-15.89%	21	$733	$9,714,966	59
57	(57)	A Chef in Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$15,038	-2.43%	22	$684	$579,044	82
58	(48)	Buddy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$13,999	-43.49%	58	$241	$9,908,486	38
59	(new)	4 Little Girls		Documentary	$13,528		1	$13,528	$18,895	5
60	(new)	Shooting Porn			$12,648		1	$12,648	$12,648	3