The Top Movies, Weekend of July 25, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$37,132,505		2,919	$12,721	$37,132,505	3
2	(2)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$13,196,237	-20.22%	2,554	$5,167	$48,082,033	12
3	(1)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$12,350,884	-35.10%	3,180	$3,884	$194,036,790	26
4	(3)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$9,704,949	-39.78%	2,314	$4,194	$64,973,014	17
5	(new)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,058,333		1,887	$3,741	$7,058,333	3
6	(4)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,917,279	-40.46%	1,888	$3,664	$24,476,052	10
7	(5)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$5,603,028	-37.13%	2,509	$2,233	$96,057,237	31
8	(6)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,512,085	-30.82%	2,146	$2,103	$103,092,341	38
9	(7)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,151,320	-39.31%	1,957	$1,610	$83,426,924	43
10	(8)	Operation Condor	Miramax	Action	$1,693,999	-64.20%	1,532	$1,106	$8,327,922	10
11	(9)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,648,223	-48.02%	1,438	$1,146	$23,524,885	26
12	(11)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$971,752	-45.26%	964	$1,008	$94,887,787	52
13	(13)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$714,344	-34.22%	662	$1,079	$45,796,349	45
14	(14)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$709,550	-23.73%	350	$2,027	$5,418,501	45
15	(10)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$703,205	-60.50%	1,090	$645	$104,552,403	38
16	(16)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$517,650	-14.72%	493	$1,050	$178,288,465	129
17	(18)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$467,312	+21.63%	62	$7,537	$1,202,153	17
18	(30)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$420,687	+319.47%	673	$625	$61,778,086	80
19	(15)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$408,660	-41.73%	556	$735	$223,375,949	66
20	(12)	A Simple Wish	Universal	Comedy	$400,330	-65.09%	817	$490	$6,956,815	17
21	(33)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$320,865	+320.71%	32	$10,027	$454,820	10
22	(19)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$310,519	-18.04%	338	$919	$64,371,355	108
23	(49)	Addicted To Love	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$272,153	+847.48%	512	$532	$34,139,429	66
24	(17)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$228,077	-40.79%	400	$570	$49,886,910	87
25	(20)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$177,367	-35.10%	379	$468	$52,817,067	87
26	(27)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$132,771	+12.65%	53	$2,505	$840,020	311
27	(24)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$126,552	-26.56%	179	$707	$59,324,249	143
28	(22)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$124,869	-44.45%	193	$647	$28,905,386	94
29	(25)	The Pillow Book	Lionsgate	Drama	$106,272	-19.10%	60	$1,771	$1,940,927	52
30	(28)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$96,188	-16.13%	6	$16,031	$276,226	10
31	(26)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$96,174	-23.04%	86	$1,118	$11,438,614	115
32	(21)	Wild America	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$88,244	-62.68%	234	$377	$6,628,406	26
33	(29)	Brassed Off	Miramax	Comedy	$84,443	-23.84%	70	$1,206	$2,410,204	66
34	(36)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$83,617	+17.15%	5	$16,723	$11,199,256	647
35	(re-entry)	Night Falls On Manhattan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$65,804	+1,123.00%	254	$259	$9,796,267	73
36	(new)	Star Maps	Fox Searchlight		$63,477		5	$12,695	$87,028	5
37	(31)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$60,824	-34.32%	83	$733	$77,975,825	255
38	(37)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$60,253	-8.16%	31	$1,944	$822,366	136
39	(34)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$55,448	-26.70%	101	$549	$18,281,055	59
40	(42)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$54,522	+28.10%	4	$13,631	$220,365	17
41	(40)	The Swan Princess 2	Legacy Releasing		$49,973	-0.47%	49	$1,020	$156,626	10
42	(39)	Dream With The Fishes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$47,641	-17.27%	32	$1,489	$343,207	38
43	(23)	Trial And Error	New Line	Comedy	$47,339	-73.19%	224	$211	$13,548,764	59
44	(32)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$46,788	-42.80%	59	$793	$27,911,513	108
45	(re-entry)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$43,015	+516.00%	8	$5,377	$73,703	24
46	(41)	Love! Valour! Compassion!	New Line	Drama	$41,532	-14.15%	65	$639	$2,790,881	73
47	(38)	Temptress Moon	Miramax	Drama	$41,243	-32.05%	28	$1,473	$973,653	45
48	(35)	Volcano	20th Century Fox	Action	$37,038	-48.90%	86	$431	$47,413,718	94
49	(53)	Contempt (re-issue)	Strand		$32,161	+41.48%	6	$5,360	$257,253	31
50	(45)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$27,433	-23.70%	38	$722	$14,633,266	122
51	(43)	Sprung	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$24,522	-38.61%	75	$327	$7,553,105	75
52	(50)	Female Perversions	October Films	Drama	$22,425	-8.19%	23	$975	$883,973	94
53	(new)	Indian Summer	First Look	Comedy	$21,322		4	$5,331	$21,322	3
54	(57)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$20,677	+14.94%	2	$10,339	$12,626,317	829
55	(47)	The Van	Fox Searchlight		$19,507	-35.75%	25	$780	$540,466	73
56	(46)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$19,333	-39.30%	36	$537	$24,475,416	250
57	(48)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$19,048	-34.42%	14	$1,361	$1,998,976	145
58	(56)	La Promesse	New Yorker		$18,083	-4.64%	9	$2,009	$454,720	269
59	(new)	Day for Night (re-issue)	Warner Bros.		$17,808		1	$17,808	$17,808	3
60	(52)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$13,303	-42.20%	50	$266	$61,355,436	115