The Top Movies, Weekend of August 15, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$13,510,482		2,233	$6,050	$13,510,482	3
2	(2)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$12,350,122	-30.72%	2,981	$4,143	$130,353,620	24
3	(1)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$12,309,562	-36.26%	2,806	$4,387	$40,668,584	10
4	(new)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$9,511,915		2,311	$4,116	$9,511,915	3
5	(3)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$4,986,874	-44.28%	2,478	$2,012	$46,650,381	18
6	(4)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,813,639	-23.79%	2,431	$1,980	$84,580,796	33
7	(5)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$4,204,505	-25.61%	2,261	$1,860	$225,304,729	47
8	(6)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$3,322,480	-33.61%	1,677	$1,981	$23,739,190	17
9	(7)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,872,875	-35.86%	1,451	$1,980	$88,581,422	38
10	(9)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,591,545	-26.89%	1,723	$1,504	$17,150,084	17
11	(8)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$2,527,810	-39.91%	756	$3,344	$10,015,681	12
12	(10)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,738,176	-38.93%	1,136	$1,530	$40,341,688	31
13	(11)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,616,400	-26.78%	1,232	$1,312	$116,087,939	59
14	(12)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,122,883	-46.83%	1,110	$1,012	$107,689,374	52
15	(13)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,013,264	-46.76%	1,362	$744	$20,208,485	24
16	(new)	Steel	Warner Bros.	Action	$870,068		1,260	$691	$870,068	3
17	(14)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$747,650	-29.07%	787	$950	$226,437,834	87
18	(16)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$639,941	-35.33%	647	$989	$90,973,030	64
19	(18)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$548,924	-8.97%	130	$4,222	$2,731,092	31
20	(19)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$528,188	-0.64%	130	$4,063	$3,567,053	38
21	(15)	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	Drama	$489,037	-50.73%	1,203	$407	$2,311,809	10
22	(20)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$402,684	-9.60%	548	$735	$26,580,202	47
23	(35)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$292,498	+213.49%	40	$7,312	$445,697	10
24	(21)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$287,155	-27.67%	327	$878	$7,469,682	66
25	(23)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$258,645	-25.86%	345	$750	$19,151,384	80
26	(24)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$258,515	-12.21%	275	$940	$179,933,535	150
27	(22)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$221,042	-37.63%	326	$678	$47,755,016	66
28	(25)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$206,349	-26.14%	228	$905	$96,712,318	73
29	(30)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$205,927	+36.48%	28	$7,355	$634,365	17
30	(new)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$176,585		6	$29,431	$244,375	5
31	(29)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$165,780	+2.97%	44	$3,768	$934,765	31
32	(re-entry)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$165,173		318	$519	$78,258,295	276
33	(27)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$148,083	-16.82%	162	$914	$65,341,753	129
34	(32)	A Simple Wish	Universal	Comedy	$140,640	+0.45%	293	$480	$7,974,535	38
35	(28)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$133,912	-19.21%	272	$492	$62,951,133	101
36	(26)	Operation Condor	Miramax	Action	$111,737	-51.45%	295	$379	$10,333,731	31
37	(36)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$107,100	+16.50%	112	$956	$53,455,567	108
38	(33)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$91,068	-24.81%	35	$2,602	$339,849	17
39	(31)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$83,183	-44.32%	153	$544	$105,674,498	59
40	(34)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$77,113	-24.89%	50	$1,542	$1,363,950	332
41	(re-entry)	Buddy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$74,918		355	$211	$10,005,081	73
42	(41)	Box of Moon Light	Trimark	Comedy	$71,796	+4.88%	33	$2,176	$229,621	24
43	(43)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$67,929	+15.81%	89	$763	$59,733,009	164
44	(17)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$59,708	-92.80%	469	$127	$5,391,521	19
45	(38)	Star Maps	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$56,646	-36.18%	34	$1,666	$435,268	26
46	(42)	The Pillow Book	Lionsgate	Drama	$50,052	-19.23%	49	$1,021	$2,293,037	73
47	(44)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$48,914	+1.13%	35	$1,398	$1,070,210	157
48	(37)	Wild America	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$43,669	-51.37%	149	$293	$7,324,662	47
49	(45)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$42,855	-9.46%	4	$10,714	$486,510	38
50	(46)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$41,996	-0.71%	11	$3,818	$278,041	45
51	(re-entry)	Contempt	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$38,410	+230.00%	5	$7,682	$373,526	11,931
52	(39)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$35,708	-53.40%	4	$8,927	$11,605,571	668
53	(40)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$34,803	-51.90%	68	$512	$12,514,138	157
54	(47)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$24,924	-37.15%	32	$779	$11,696,642	136
55	(49)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$23,444	-25.10%	39	$601	$29,205,077	115
56	(58)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,125	+23.85%	2	$11,063	$12,751,314	850
57	(48)	Addicted To Love	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$20,495	-43.24%	27	$759	$34,656,904	87
58	(50)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$18,543	-38.23%	64	$290	$50,129,186	108
59	(new)	The Delta	Strand		$18,134		2	$9,067	$18,134	3
60	(re-entry)	The Van	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$17,132	+44.00%	18	$952	$621,093	94