The Top Movies, Weekend of September 5, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Fire Down Below	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,073,094		2,336	$2,600	$6,073,094	3
2	(1)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,341,411	-48.05%	2,016	$2,650	$33,608,732	17
3	(2)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$4,888,735	-48.25%	1,994	$2,452	$29,863,661	17
4	(4)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$4,047,485	-50.42%	2,020	$2,004	$15,886,341	12
5	(3)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$3,861,490	-54.68%	2,468	$1,565	$159,262,854	45
6	(5)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,334,021	-51.35%	2,204	$1,513	$67,354,774	31
7	(6)	Excess Baggage	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,854,180	-54.76%	2,211	$1,291	$10,033,595	10
8	(7)	Mimic	Miramax	Horror	$2,815,405	-54.45%	1,959	$1,437	$20,812,711	17
9	(8)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$2,622,136	-54.67%	1,874	$1,399	$39,748,629	24
10	(10)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,803,297	-46.25%	1,491	$1,209	$237,311,281	68
11	(13)	She's So Lovely	Miramax	Drama	$1,475,717	-51.14%	844	$1,748	$5,034,431	10
12	(12)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,277,642	-57.84%	1,319	$969	$96,606,444	54
13	(11)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,252,683	-59.79%	1,630	$769	$24,397,486	24
14	(9)	Kull The Conqueror	Universal	Action	$1,118,695	-67.58%	2,091	$535	$5,089,120	10
15	(14)	Leave It To Beaver	Universal	Comedy	$1,000,390	-63.65%	1,710	$585	$8,883,670	17
16	(15)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$857,537	-56.14%	705	$1,216	$96,167,676	59
17	(21)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$769,954	-15.61%	45	$17,110	$2,723,815	26
18	(18)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$652,669	-35.66%	703	$928	$120,295,965	80
19	(20)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$552,851	-42.18%	739	$748	$29,700,415	38
20	(16)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$536,504	-56.02%	621	$864	$100,256,185	94
21	(23)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$466,846	-28.89%	174	$2,683	$5,881,197	59
22	(17)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$466,124	-56.19%	750	$621	$22,415,940	38
23	(19)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$461,866	-51.76%	570	$810	$52,455,464	39
24	(24)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$404,038	-35.51%	144	$2,806	$4,926,756	52
25	(22)	A Smile Like Yours	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$286,484	-65.95%	582	$492	$2,843,575	17
26	(31)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$274,244	-32.55%	99	$2,770	$1,995,462	38
27	(28)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$268,028	-37.17%	148	$1,811	$1,820,158	31
28	(25)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$256,230	-48.17%	285	$899	$13,118,647	33
29	(re-entry)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$232,249	+82.00%	471	$493	$27,664,620	68
30	(26)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$227,583	-51.24%	343	$664	$109,683,361	73
31	(27)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$222,044	-50.67%	257	$864	$42,681,870	52
32	(29)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$212,625	-49.26%	405	$525	$228,157,764	108
33	(30)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$200,106	-51.44%	640	$313	$107,000,033	80
34	(36)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$122,320	-46.51%	176	$695	$180,707,295	171
35	(37)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$121,770	-31.06%	51	$2,388	$1,577,009	52
36	(38)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$112,349	-30.64%	179	$628	$8,221,262	87
37	(33)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$111,319	-66.89%	189	$589	$91,351,578	85
38	(34)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$103,249	-61.90%	245	$421	$22,143,247	45
39	(35)	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	Drama	$100,020	-62.94%	374	$267	$3,418,090	31
40	(40)	Box of Moon Light	Trimark	Comedy	$79,810	-18.50%	61	$1,308	$604,878	45
41	(re-entry)	Steel	Warner Bros.	Action	$72,720	+727.00%	249	$292	$1,686,429	24
42	(41)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$57,244	-39.09%	107	$535	$19,629,418	101
43	(46)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$51,172	-11.75%	84	$609	$63,307,464	122
44	(39)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$48,035	-57.35%	77	$624	$5,716,080	40
45	(re-entry)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$42,986	+22.00%	71	$605	$48,068,396	87
46	(42)	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	Drama	$38,103	-54.71%	37	$1,030	$63,841,571	3,671
47	(55)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$35,333	-18.64%	20	$1,767	$544,356	38
48	(58)	Sunday		Drama	$33,783	-1.28%	11	$3,071	$110,341	17
49	(new)	Julian Po	Fine Line		$33,148		75	$442	$33,148	3
50	(44)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$32,519	-54.75%	32	$1,016	$53,756,328	129
51	(re-entry)	Contempt	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$32,495	+85.00%	7	$4,642	$528,428	11,952
52	(50)	Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Next Generation	New Line		$30,901	-41.82%	19	$1,626	$94,558	10
53	(32)	Masterminds	Sony Pictures	Action	$30,040	-91.22%	133	$226	$1,890,472	17
54	(43)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$29,260	-64.45%	122	$240	$78,651,430	297
55	(47)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$28,133	-50.20%	27	$1,042	$1,611,227	353
56	(48)	Paperback Romance	Goldwyn Entertainment		$26,768	-52.42%	28	$956	$121,002	24
57	(54)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$26,725	-39.55%	4	$6,681	$671,813	59
58	(53)	Fire	Zeitgeist		$26,687	-41.80%	6	$4,448	$125,844	17
59	(new)	Catherine's Grove		Drama	$26,641		18	$1,480	$26,641	3
60	(new)	Latin Boys Go to Hell	Strand		$24,335		2	$12,168	$24,335	3