The Top Movies, Weekend of August 1, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$25,731,622	-30.70%	2,919	$8,815	$80,738,833	10
2	(new)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$19,738,749		2,536	$7,783	$21,210,131	4
3	(2)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$8,876,982	-32.73%	2,605	$3,408	$64,328,277	19
4	(3)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$8,011,097	-35.14%	2,932	$2,732	$208,122,305	33
5	(new)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$7,809,026		1,707	$4,575	$7,809,026	3
6	(4)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,249,420	-35.61%	2,210	$2,828	$75,642,069	24
7	(new)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,878,632		1,795	$2,718	$4,878,632	3
8	(6)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,492,096	-35.06%	1,800	$2,496	$32,220,165	17
9	(7)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,758,825	-32.91%	1,888	$1,991	$102,028,771	38
10	(5)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,568,411	-49.44%	1,893	$1,885	$14,116,529	10
11	(8)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,120,933	-30.83%	1,747	$1,786	$108,928,218	45
12	(new)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,222,984		1,121	$1,983	$2,912,400	5
13	(9)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,590,092	-49.54%	1,374	$1,157	$86,820,878	50
14	(11)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$706,830	-57.12%	802	$881	$25,061,421	33
15	(14)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$582,663	-17.88%	346	$1,684	$6,315,586	52
16	(13)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$549,204	-23.12%	643	$854	$46,694,184	52
17	(17)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$502,308	+7.49%	74	$6,788	$1,951,297	24
18	(12)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$464,927	-52.16%	464	$1,002	$95,801,264	59
19	(21)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$442,634	+37.95%	57	$7,766	$1,049,409	17
20	(10)	Operation Condor	Miramax	Action	$402,586	-76.23%	551	$731	$9,592,576	17
21	(16)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$380,980	-26.40%	443	$860	$178,958,005	136
22	(18)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$327,830	-22.07%	600	$546	$62,339,880	87
23	(15)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$306,973	-56.35%	448	$685	$105,189,283	45
24	(22)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$288,450	-7.11%	300	$962	$64,842,838	115
25	(19)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$258,965	-36.63%	343	$755	$223,886,079	73
26	(32)	Wild America	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$219,499	+148.74%	557	$394	$6,911,346	33
27	(20)	A Simple Wish	Universal	Comedy	$191,795	-52.09%	431	$445	$7,428,790	24
28	(23)	Addicted To Love	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$136,942	-49.68%	289	$474	$34,465,895	73
29	(25)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$124,586	-29.76%	256	$487	$53,073,687	94
30	(30)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$121,149	+25.95%	29	$4,178	$447,794	17
31	(26)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$117,792	-11.28%	46	$2,561	$1,031,373	318
32	(27)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$100,667	-20.45%	143	$704	$59,508,362	150
33	(new)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$100,006		8	$12,501	$100,006	3
34	(29)	The Pillow Book	Lionsgate	Drama	$81,682	-23.14%	51	$1,602	$2,092,917	59
35	(34)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$79,822	-4.54%	5	$15,964	$11,347,807	654
36	(28)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$76,376	-38.84%	125	$611	$29,069,714	101
37	(36)	Star Maps	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$75,964	+19.67%	23	$3,303	$199,127	12
38	(31)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$61,944	-35.59%	57	$1,087	$11,559,854	122
39	(24)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$60,697	-73.39%	203	$299	$50,028,517	94
40	(38)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$57,051	-5.31%	36	$1,585	$911,491	143
41	(45)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$54,897	+27.62%	10	$5,490	$148,633	31
42	(re-entry)	Til There Was You	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$53,019	+3,478.00%	202	$262	$3,478,370	66
43	(new)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$49,853		5	$9,971	$49,853	3
44	(33)	Brassed Off	Miramax	Comedy	$49,602	-41.26%	53	$936	$2,504,146	73
45	(40)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$49,257	-9.66%	4	$12,314	$311,195	24
46	(42)	Dream With The Fishes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$39,922	-16.20%	32	$1,248	$410,792	45
47	(47)	Temptress Moon	Miramax	Drama	$37,609	-8.81%	40	$940	$1,032,988	52
48	(48)	Volcano	20th Century Fox	Action	$33,163	-10.46%	86	$386	$47,474,112	101
49	(37)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$31,200	-48.70%	51	$612	$78,048,088	262
50	(44)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$28,747	-38.56%	37	$777	$27,972,296	115
51	(39)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$28,311	-48.94%	48	$590	$18,337,746	66
52	(41)	The Swan Princess 2	Legacy Releasing		$28,283	-43.40%	33	$857	$235,766	17
53	(re-entry)	Box of Moon Light	Trimark	Comedy	$26,087	+98.00%	4	$6,522	$46,610	10
54	(46)	Love! Valour! Compassion!	New Line	Drama	$25,834	-37.80%	47	$550	$2,843,291	80
55	(re-entry)	Gabbeh	New Yorker		$25,374	+98.00%	6	$4,229	$237,082	325
56	(49)	Contempt	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$22,457	-30.17%	5	$4,491	$300,581	11,917
57	(50)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$22,229	-18.97%	31	$717	$14,673,231	129
58	(53)	Indian Summer	First Look	Comedy	$19,691	-7.65%	7	$2,813	$51,674	10
59	(57)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$17,869	-6.19%	10	$1,787	$2,025,769	152
60	(54)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,667	-14.56%	2	$8,834	$12,667,256	836
61	(43)	Trial And Error	New Line	Comedy	$15,870	-66.48%	50	$317	$13,587,762	66
62	(35)	Night Falls On Manhattan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$15,125	-77.02%	142	$107	$9,850,460	80
63	(re-entry)	All Over Me	Fine Line	Drama	$4,403		7	$629	$281,175	101
64	(re-entry)	Margaret's Museum	Cinepix Film Properties		$3,885		3	$1,295		178
65	(re-entry)	For Roseanna	Fine Line		$3,885		2	$1,943	$111,851	47
66	(re-entry)	Hollow Reed			$3,820		4	$955	$244,337	108
67	(re-entry)	The Winner	Live Entertainment		$2,319		3	$773	$21,000	10
68	(re-entry)	Pink Flamingos	Fine Line		$1,719		8	$215	$413,802	115
69	(re-entry)	Late Bloomers	Strand		$581		1	$581	$75,435	38
70	(re-entry)	Boys Life 2	Strand	Drama	$470		1	$470	$479,504	150