The Top Movies, Weekend of July 18, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$19,029,928	-36.70%	3,102	$6,135	$172,145,793	19
2	(new)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$16,540,791		2,506	$6,600	$22,878,989	5
3	(2)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,114,633	-21.72%	2,194	$7,345	$47,408,514	10
4	(new)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$11,617,767		1,862	$6,239	$11,617,767	3
5	(3)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$8,911,744	-27.74%	2,851	$3,126	$86,302,135	24
6	(5)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$6,522,025	-21.63%	2,376	$2,745	$94,729,094	31
7	(4)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,192,475	-37.73%	2,541	$2,043	$76,760,217	36
8	(new)	Operation Condor	Miramax	Action	$4,731,751		1,532	$3,089	$4,731,751	3
9	(6)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,170,814	-23.70%	1,633	$1,942	$20,134,766	19
10	(7)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,780,393	-56.42%	1,916	$929	$102,808,366	31
11	(8)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$1,775,312	-38.60%	1,243	$1,428	$92,985,580	45
12	(9)	A Simple Wish	Universal	Comedy	$1,146,820	-58.04%	1,699	$675	$5,546,320	10
13	(12)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,085,936	+18.09%	831	$1,307	$44,456,372	38
14	(14)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$930,337	+36.07%	337	$2,761	$4,294,066	38
15	(10)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$701,375	-48.08%	845	$830	$222,529,669	59
16	(13)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$606,970	-24.47%	595	$1,020	$177,361,145	122
17	(16)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$385,202	-14.19%	565	$682	$49,425,827	80
18	(28)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$384,202	+336.07%	36	$10,672	$528,844	10
19	(17)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$378,857	-14.44%	427	$887	$63,889,181	101
20	(15)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$273,294	-45.80%	584	$468	$52,428,058	80
21	(11)	Wild America	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$236,444	-77.00%	948	$249	$6,323,483	19
22	(18)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$224,779	-22.57%	334	$673	$28,609,158	87
23	(41)	Trial And Error	New Line	Comedy	$176,569	+373.27%	508	$348	$13,379,708	52
24	(19)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$172,318	-12.83%	239	$721	$59,044,259	136
25	(22)	The Pillow Book	Lionsgate	Drama	$131,365	-22.29%	65	$2,021	$1,771,150	45
26	(23)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$124,963	-24.27%	108	$1,157	$11,266,381	108
27	(26)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$117,860	+20.55%	27	$4,365	$659,112	304
28	(new)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$114,682		5	$22,936	$114,682	3
29	(21)	Brassed Off	Miramax	Comedy	$110,882	-36.43%	101	$1,098	$2,266,176	59
30	(25)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$100,291	-2.59%	173	$580	$61,310,358	73
31	(20)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$92,600	-49.82%	123	$753	$77,851,321	248
32	(27)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$81,793	-14.82%	99	$826	$27,807,800	101
33	(new)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$76,268		6	$12,711	$76,268	3
34	(24)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$75,641	-49.08%	143	$529	$18,189,961	52
35	(33)	Volcano	20th Century Fox	Action	$72,475	+11.98%	146	$496	$47,323,611	87
36	(35)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$71,373	+11.63%	3	$23,791	$11,059,150	640
37	(32)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$65,606	+0.17%	32	$2,050	$726,238	129
38	(29)	Temptress Moon	Miramax	Drama	$60,695	-26.01%	32	$1,897	$901,209	38
39	(38)	Dream With The Fishes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$57,586	+4.69%	29	$1,986	$259,629	31
40	(new)	The Swan Princess 2	Legacy Releasing		$50,208		97	$518	$50,208	3
41	(31)	Love! Valour! Compassion!	New Line	Drama	$48,375	-30.45%	73	$663	$2,719,231	66
42	(37)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$42,563	-25.26%	3	$14,188	$135,284	10
43	(re-entry)	Sprung	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$39,946		125	$320	$7,500,255	68
44	(36)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$38,325	-33.25%	140	$274	$103,001,286	213
45	(42)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$35,953	+14.75%	48	$749	$14,579,049	115
46	(30)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$31,850	-57.99%	127	$251	$24,424,537	243
47	(43)	The Van	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$30,362	-1.42%	21	$1,446	$504,097	66
48	(40)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$29,047	-29.34%	16	$1,815	$1,971,503	138
49	(34)	Addicted To Love	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$28,724	-55.61%	74	$388	$33,845,204	59
50	(46)	Female Perversions	October Films	Drama	$24,425	-11.76%	25	$977	$850,478	87
51	(51)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$23,981	+14.42%	18	$1,332	$2,892,582	171
52	(39)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$23,014	-53.31%	91	$253	$61,326,827	108
53	(44)	Contempt	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$22,732	-21.57%	4	$5,683	$208,211	11,903
54	(re-entry)	Flamenco	New Yorker		$20,048	+347.00%	5	$4,010	$214,014	87
55	(48)	Gabbeh	New Yorker		$19,503	-18.41%	7	$2,786	$178,784	311
56	(49)	La Promesse	New Yorker		$18,963	-18.75%	10	$1,896	$425,612	262
57	(50)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,990	-19.32%	2	$8,995	$12,583,640	822
58	(59)	4 Little Girls		Documentary	$14,914	+10.25%	1	$14,914	$46,659	12
59	(57)	A Chef in Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$14,841	-1.31%	27	$550	$603,957	89
60	(47)	Father's Day	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$14,589	-47.14%	38	$384	$28,659,604	73