The Top Movies, Weekend of August 29, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$10,282,285	-7.32%	1,973	$5,211	$26,252,380	10
2	(2)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$9,447,066	-11.33%	2,033	$4,647	$23,652,478	10
3	(3)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$8,520,110	+8.26%	2,601	$3,276	$154,240,266	38
4	(new)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$8,162,768		2,020	$4,041	$10,203,522	5
5	(5)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$6,853,154	-6.83%	2,460	$2,786	$62,969,824	24
6	(new)	Excess Baggage	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$6,309,583		2,211	$2,854	$6,309,583	3
7	(4)	Mimic	Miramax	Horror	$6,180,990	-20.94%	2,255	$2,741	$16,901,427	10
8	(6)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$5,784,542	-20.96%	2,003	$2,888	$36,037,384	17
9	(new)	Kull The Conqueror	Universal	Action	$3,450,145		2,091	$1,650	$3,450,145	3
10	(10)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$3,355,069	+16.45%	1,561	$2,149	$235,057,188	61
11	(7)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$3,115,054	-28.51%	2,328	$1,338	$22,588,898	17
12	(9)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,030,128	-3.64%	1,907	$1,589	$94,974,307	47
13	(new)	She's So Lovely	Miramax	Drama	$3,020,015		824	$3,665	$3,036,081	3
14	(8)	Leave It To Beaver	Universal	Comedy	$2,752,105	-15.38%	1,885	$1,460	$7,564,955	10
15	(11)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,954,990	-7.35%	974	$2,007	$94,977,242	52
16	(18)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$1,219,756	+26.60%	754	$1,618	$99,504,822	87
17	(14)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,064,015	-11.75%	873	$1,219	$21,915,253	31
18	(16)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,014,393	-1.40%	629	$1,613	$119,454,579	73
19	(13)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$957,511	-38.96%	709	$1,351	$51,855,162	32
20	(12)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$956,216	-40.90%	779	$1,227	$29,002,139	31
21	(30)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$912,374	+272.75%	36	$25,344	$1,734,173	19
22	(15)	A Smile Like Yours	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$841,446	-27.68%	582	$1,446	$2,414,040	10
23	(22)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$656,521	+28.80%	115	$5,709	$5,280,551	52
24	(23)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$626,560	+25.17%	133	$4,711	$4,402,632	45
25	(19)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$494,332	-44.98%	335	$1,476	$12,785,469	26
26	(21)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$466,740	-13.32%	390	$1,197	$109,380,852	66
27	(20)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$450,089	-26.18%	283	$1,590	$42,395,128	45
28	(27)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$426,568	+25.69%	142	$3,004	$1,471,083	24
29	(24)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$419,050	-11.23%	493	$850	$227,881,749	101
30	(26)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$412,090	-1.30%	677	$609	$106,712,335	73
31	(28)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$406,607	+43.88%	99	$4,107	$1,618,059	31
32	(17)	Masterminds	Sony Pictures	Action	$342,211	-66.27%	1,186	$289	$1,804,303	10
33	(29)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$336,168	+30.58%	261	$1,288	$91,187,796	78
34	(25)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$270,974	-36.40%	421	$644	$22,002,470	38
35	(35)	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	Drama	$269,904	+64.12%	425	$635	$3,278,561	24
36	(34)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$228,690	+29.54%	189	$1,210	$180,551,970	164
37	(37)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$176,632	+12.54%	50	$3,533	$1,415,454	45
38	(32)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$161,978	-18.39%	153	$1,059	$8,072,345	80
39	(58)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$112,631	+313.31%	139	$810	$5,640,598	33
40	(40)	Box of Moon Light	Trimark	Comedy	$97,921	-4.03%	59	$1,660	$504,876	38
41	(38)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$93,977	-32.65%	136	$691	$19,555,856	94
42	(36)	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	Drama	$84,138	-48.18%	55	$1,530	$63,788,169	3,664
43	(41)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$82,297	-6.44%	112	$735	$78,601,975	290
44	(46)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$71,871	+25.72%	57	$1,261	$53,705,042	122
45	(43)	Pippi Longstocking	Legacy Releasing	Musical	$64,014	+2.92%	47	$1,362	$181,707	10
46	(39)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$57,988	-49.21%	90	$644	$63,244,003	115
47	(44)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$56,492	-6.83%	31	$1,822	$1,565,370	346
48	(re-entry)	Paperback Romance	Goldwyn Entertainment		$56,258		24	$2,344	$85,528	17
49	(45)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$54,572	-6.86%	54	$1,011	$59,925,026	178
50	(new)	Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Next Generation	New Line		$53,111		23	$2,309	$53,111	3
51	(56)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$52,316	+64.92%	4	$13,079	$11,792,233	682
52	(48)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$50,927	-8.62%	69	$738	$65,557,989	143
53	(re-entry)	Fire	Zeitgeist		$45,851		6	$7,642	$86,674	10
54	(53)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$44,212	+12.78%	4	$11,053	$631,717	52
55	(49)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$43,429	-19.51%	16	$2,714	$500,429	31
56	(47)	Star Maps	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$40,481	-29.13%	28	$1,446	$592,573	40
57	(51)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$37,856	-14.08%	25	$1,514	$1,206,711	171
58	(59)	Sunday		Drama	$34,222	+33.25%	6	$5,704	$69,734	10
59	(55)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$27,256	-17.98%	8	$3,407	$370,869	59
60	(57)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$24,872	-13.91%	2	$12,436	$12,855,973	864