The Top Movies, Weekend of August 22, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$11,094,241		1,945	$5,704	$11,094,241	3
2	(new)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$10,654,369		2,005	$5,314	$10,654,369	3
3	(2)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$7,870,403	-36.27%	2,824	$2,787	$143,092,008	31
4	(new)	Mimic	Miramax	Horror	$7,818,208		2,255	$3,467	$7,818,208	3
5	(3)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$7,355,476	-40.25%	2,707	$2,717	$53,461,107	17
6	(1)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$7,318,628	-45.83%	2,233	$3,277	$27,422,053	10
7	(4)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$4,357,366	-54.19%	2,328	$1,872	$17,793,622	10
8	(new)	Leave It To Beaver	Universal	Comedy	$3,252,450		1,880	$1,730	$3,252,450	3
9	(6)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,144,601	-34.67%	1,909	$1,647	$90,531,749	40
10	(7)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$2,881,113	-31.48%	1,835	$1,570	$230,502,569	54
11	(9)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,110,003	-26.55%	1,272	$1,659	$92,151,875	45
12	(8)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,618,084	-51.30%	1,276	$1,268	$27,376,993	24
13	(5)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$1,568,703	-68.54%	1,408	$1,114	$50,343,302	25
14	(10)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,205,701	-53.48%	1,193	$1,011	$20,249,873	24
15	(new)	A Smile Like Yours	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,163,576		582	$1,999	$1,163,576	3
16	(13)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,028,840	-36.35%	801	$1,284	$118,011,868	66
17	(new)	Masterminds	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,014,606		1,186	$855	$1,014,606	3
18	(28)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$963,436	+366.90%	758	$1,271	$97,820,698	80
19	(11)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$898,410	-64.46%	556	$1,616	$12,022,832	19
20	(12)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$609,748	-64.92%	549	$1,111	$41,688,151	38
21	(14)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$538,474	-52.05%	610	$883	$108,728,998	59
22	(20)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$509,725	-3.50%	130	$3,921	$4,365,316	45
23	(19)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$500,564	-8.81%	133	$3,764	$3,539,678	38
24	(17)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$472,080	-36.86%	562	$840	$227,308,399	94
25	(15)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$426,072	-57.95%	721	$591	$21,566,358	31
26	(39)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$417,528	+401.94%	712	$586	$106,135,313	66
27	(23)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$339,385	+16.03%	104	$3,263	$914,398	17
28	(29)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$282,597	+37.23%	70	$4,037	$1,027,990	24
29	(18)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$257,438	-59.77%	299	$861	$90,704,556	71
30	(30)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$244,767	+38.61%	10	$24,477	$612,311	12
31	(22)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$237,069	-41.13%	440	$539	$27,056,387	54
32	(24)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$198,473	-30.88%	210	$945	$7,826,897	73
33	(16)	Steel	Warner Bros.	Action	$191,667	-77.97%	1,237	$155	$1,520,268	10
34	(26)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$176,540	-31.71%	214	$825	$180,252,765	157
35	(21)	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	Drama	$164,455	-66.37%	368	$447	$2,930,369	17
36	(re-entry)	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	Drama	$162,378		54	$3,007	$63,608,760	3,657
37	(31)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$156,948	-5.33%	44	$3,567	$1,177,319	38
38	(25)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$139,529	-46.05%	191	$731	$19,408,709	87
39	(35)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$114,164	-14.75%	176	$649	$63,125,637	108
40	(42)	Box of Moon Light	Trimark	Comedy	$102,034	+42.12%	68	$1,501	$367,531	31
41	(32)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$87,962	-46.75%	178	$494	$78,467,151	283
42	(27)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$81,101	-63.31%	221	$367	$47,949,073	73
43	(new)	Pippi Longstocking	Legacy Releasing	Musical	$62,196		73	$852	$62,196	3
44	(40)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$60,630	-21.38%	40	$1,516	$1,470,879	339
45	(43)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$58,592	-13.75%	78	$751	$59,838,285	171
46	(37)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$57,168	-46.62%	79	$724	$53,586,412	115
47	(45)	Star Maps	Fox Searchlight		$57,119	+0.84%	39	$1,465	$520,445	33
48	(33)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$55,732	-62.36%	86	$648	$65,474,794	136
49	(38)	Love Serenade	Miramax		$53,958	-40.75%	26	$2,075	$434,225	24
50	(34)	A Simple Wish	Universal	Comedy	$45,005	-68.00%	63	$714	$8,119,205	45
51	(47)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$44,061	-9.92%	32	$1,377	$1,143,803	164
52	(51)	Contempt (re-issue)	Strand		$39,278	+2.26%	4	$9,820	$437,999	59
53	(49)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$39,202	-8.52%	4	$9,801	$562,183	45
54	(36)	Operation Condor	Miramax	Action	$34,638	-69.00%	57	$608	$10,440,032	38
55	(50)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$33,229	-20.88%	10	$3,323	$324,563	52
56	(52)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$31,723	-11.16%	4	$7,931	$11,671,115	675
57	(56)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$28,891	+30.58%	2	$14,446	$12,803,777	857
58	(44)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$27,251	-54.36%	78	$349	$5,516,734	26
59	(new)	Sunday		Drama	$25,682		4	$6,421	$25,682	3
60	(re-entry)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$24,966	+472.00%	10	$2,497	$2,084,559	173