The Top Movies, Weekend of September 12, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$14,337,029		2,403	$5,966	$14,337,029	3
2	(2)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,501,708	-34.44%	2,043	$1,714	$38,944,047	24
3	(1)	Fire Down Below	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,260,264	-46.32%	2,350	$1,387	$11,320,752	10
4	(3)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$3,211,458	-34.31%	1,942	$1,654	$34,205,257	24
5	(17)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,914,175	+278.49%	387	$7,530	$6,012,944	33
6	(5)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,810,020	-27.23%	2,190	$1,283	$163,224,275	52
7	(4)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$2,535,151	-37.36%	2,020	$1,255	$19,829,304	19
8	(6)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,304,577	-30.88%	1,972	$1,169	$70,713,189	38
9	(7)	Excess Baggage	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,865,300	-34.65%	2,109	$884	$12,476,854	17
10	(12)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,763,654	+38.04%	2,046	$862	$98,615,771	61
11	(8)	Mimic	Miramax	Horror	$1,650,325	-41.38%	1,772	$931	$23,366,252	24
12	(37)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,578,793	+1,318.26%	1,883	$838	$92,959,099	92
13	(10)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,578,313	-12.48%	1,367	$1,155	$239,354,920	75
14	(9)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$1,537,273	-41.37%	1,652	$931	$42,291,904	31
15	(13)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$916,776	-26.82%	1,121	$818	$25,672,544	31
16	(11)	She's So Lovely	Miramax	Drama	$803,301	-45.57%	817	$983	$6,383,542	17
17	(16)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$640,757	-25.28%	676	$948	$97,122,148	66
18	(18)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$602,905	-7.62%	700	$861	$121,104,309	87
19	(15)	Leave It To Beaver	Universal	Comedy	$589,890	-41.03%	1,113	$530	$9,614,140	24
20	(19)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$456,132	-17.49%	705	$647	$30,324,637	45
21	(21)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$406,128	-13.01%	174	$2,334	$6,479,178	66
22	(24)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$381,084	-5.68%	178	$2,141	$5,478,811	59
23	(14)	Kull The Conqueror	Universal	Action	$340,340	-69.58%	884	$385	$5,750,935	17
24	(22)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$337,845	-27.52%	601	$562	$22,823,946	45
25	(23)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$324,892	-29.66%	426	$763	$52,909,350	46
26	(30)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$273,355	+20.11%	354	$772	$110,046,427	80
27	(20)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$258,131	-51.89%	336	$768	$100,691,148	101
28	(26)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$221,913	-19.08%	117	$1,897	$2,335,487	45
29	(32)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$218,365	+2.70%	367	$595	$228,467,634	115
30	(25)	A Smile Like Yours	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$217,750	-23.99%	562	$387	$3,153,413	24
31	(28)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$203,965	-20.40%	231	$883	$13,394,432	40
32	(27)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$174,783	-34.79%	123	$1,421	$2,105,152	38
33	(31)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$150,464	-32.24%	209	$720	$42,902,238	59
34	(34)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$126,195	+3.17%	179	$705	$180,876,435	178
35	(29)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$107,258	-53.82%	179	$599		75
36	(33)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$103,126	-48.46%	569	$181	$107,188,619	87
37	(36)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$100,269	-10.75%	182	$551	$8,371,675	94
38	(re-entry)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$96,276		233	$413	$11,813,637	164
39	(new)	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Columbia	Thriller/Suspense	$90,025		30	$3,001	$90,025	3
40	(38)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$88,041	-14.73%	188	$468	$22,258,776	52
41	(35)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$87,077	-28.49%	59	$1,476	$1,711,027	59
42	(new)	The End of Violence	MGM		$64,154		5	$12,831	$64,154	3
43	(43)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$52,884	+3.35%	78	$678	$63,381,708	129
44	(new)	Different for Girls	First Look		$52,816		14	$3,773	$52,816	3
45	(57)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$48,000	+79.61%	5	$9,600	$731,761	66
46	(42)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$47,036	-17.83%	98	$480	$19,694,323	108
47	(40)	Box of Moon Light	Trimark	Comedy	$44,144	-44.69%	55	$803	$683,686	52
48	(46)	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	Drama	$40,523	+6.35%	58	$699	$63,892,689	3,678
49	(50)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$36,348	+11.77%	42	$865	$53,809,420	136
50	(new)	Marquise			$34,403		12	$2,867	$34,403	3
51	(39)	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	Drama	$34,124	-65.88%	99	$345		38
52	(48)	Sunday		Drama	$34,123	+1.01%	14	$2,437	$156,128	24
53	(re-entry)	Indian Summer	First Look	Comedy	$27,880	+459.00%	10	$2,788	$168,119	52
54	(55)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$26,677	-5.18%	28	$953	$1,652,472	360
55	(re-entry)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$26,356	+17.00%	31	$850	$1,287,554	185
56	(60)	Latin Boys Go to Hell	Strand		$26,052	+7.06%	2	$13,026	$58,163	10
57	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,343	-6.00%	4	$5,586	$11,869,677	696
58	(new)	Bandwagon	Cinepix Film Properties	Comedy	$22,189		12	$1,849	$22,189	3
59	(47)	Love Serenade	Miramax	Comedy	$21,047	-40.43%	17	$1,238	$579,337	45
60	(58)	Fire	Zeitgeist		$20,273	-24.03%	5	$4,055	$158,501	24
61	(re-entry)	Lawrence of Arabia	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$18,807	+2.00%	1	$18,807	$47,265	12,692
62	(re-entry)	Flamenco	New Yorker		$18,205	+2.00%	5	$3,641	$384,374	143
63	(re-entry)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$17,899	-12.00%	11	$1,627	$424,033	73