The Top Movies, Weekend of September 19, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$15,019,821		1,992	$7,540	$15,019,821	3
2	(1)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$9,032,659	-37.00%	2,433	$3,713	$28,259,764	10
3	(new)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$6,038,516		2,502	$2,413	$6,038,516	3
4	(new)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,211,198		769	$6,777	$5,211,198	3
5	(5)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$3,022,096	+3.70%	650	$4,649	$10,254,090	40
6	(new)	A Thousand Acres	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$2,931,762		1,208	$2,427	$2,931,762	3
7	(2)	G.I.Jane	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$2,371,778	-32.27%	2,009	$1,181	$42,497,284	31
8	(4)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$2,188,438	-31.86%	1,942	$1,127	$37,183,240	31
9	(6)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,073,198	-26.22%	1,885	$1,100	$166,093,896	59
10	(3)	Fire Down Below	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,575,962	-51.66%	2,138	$737	$13,954,017	17
11	(7)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$1,251,749	-50.62%	1,203	$1,041	$21,988,044	26
12	(8)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,218,330	-47.13%	1,512	$806	$72,624,381	45
13	(13)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,208,375	-23.44%	1,260	$959	$240,942,775	82
14	(10)	George Of The Jungle	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$1,073,169	-39.15%	1,404	$764	$100,015,066	68
15	(12)	Hercules	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$954,539	-39.54%	1,170	$816	$94,253,632	99
16	(9)	Excess Baggage	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$710,065	-61.93%	1,455	$488	$13,535,994	24
17	(26)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$705,379	+158.05%	776	$909	$110,826,107	87
18	(14)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$671,314	-56.33%	1,010	$665	$43,543,338	38
19	(11)	Mimic	Miramax	Horror	$637,379	-61.38%	1,127	$566	$24,532,761	31
20	(17)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$427,210	-33.33%	466	$917	$97,796,286	73
21	(18)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$378,690	-37.19%	607	$624	$121,670,988	94
22	(20)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$369,719	-18.94%	625	$592	$30,828,720	52
23	(19)	Leave It To Beaver	Universal	Comedy	$327,825	-44.43%	705	$465	$10,030,810	31
24	(21)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$284,424	-29.97%	153	$1,859	$6,917,280	73
25	(22)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$281,395	-26.16%	172	$1,636	$5,925,569	66
26	(16)	She's So Lovely	Miramax	Drama	$273,192	-65.99%	436	$627	$6,957,974	26
27	(25)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$222,721	-31.45%	354	$629	$53,218,469	53
28	(15)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$215,194	-76.53%	623	$345	$26,139,603	38
29	(24)	Air Bud	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$199,393	-40.98%	465	$429	$23,151,155	52
30	(29)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$184,795	-15.37%	308	$600	$228,709,215	122
31	(27)	Con Air	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$154,258	-40.24%	221	$698	$100,015,066	108
32	(31)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$151,617	-25.67%	201	$754	$13,606,973	47
33	(23)	Kull The Conqueror	Universal	Action	$127,775	-62.46%	350	$365	$6,001,005	24
34	(28)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$126,254	-43.11%	116	$1,088	$2,533,157	52
35	(34)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$125,160	-0.82%	168	$745	$181,038,925	185
36	(32)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$81,747	-53.23%	93	$879	$2,234,315	45
37	(33)	Nothing To Lose	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$72,716	-51.67%	114	$638	$43,019,533	66
38	(re-entry)	Pippi Longstocking	Legacy Releasing	Musical	$67,452	+416.00%	77	$876	$321,193	31
39	(40)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$67,132	-23.75%	165	$407	$22,339,397	59
40	(35)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$64,355	-40.00%	122	$528	$27,928,595	82
41	(37)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$61,820	-38.35%	161	$384	$8,474,228	101
42	(38)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$60,406	-37.26%	160	$378	$11,933,047	171
43	(36)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$52,648	-48.95%	416	$127	$107,285,004	94
44	(39)	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$51,222	-43.10%	30	$1,707	$185,648	10
45	(45)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$48,550	+1.15%	6	$8,092	$809,537	73
46	(43)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$43,896	-17.00%	59	$744	$63,447,915	136
47	(42)	The End of Violence	MGM		$42,836	-33.23%	8	$5,355	$132,943	10
48	(41)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$37,233	-57.24%	55	$677	$1,780,336	66
49	(52)	Sunday		Drama	$36,966	+8.33%	19	$1,946	$203,230	31
50	(30)	A Smile Like Yours	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$36,053	-83.44%	254	$142	$3,247,524	31
51	(new)	The Myth of Fingerprints	Sony Pictures Classics		$30,533		3	$10,178	$42,009	5
52	(46)	Gone Fishin'	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$29,673	-36.91%	74	$401	$19,736,932	115
53	(56)	Latin Boys Go to Hell	Strand		$23,664	-9.17%	3	$7,888	$96,765	17
54	(44)	Different for Girls	First Look		$23,567	-55.38%	15	$1,571	$98,579	10
55	(53)	Indian Summer	First Look	Comedy	$22,339	-19.87%	16	$1,396	$202,167	59
56	(57)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,969	-1.67%	4	$5,492	$11,910,903	703
57	(51)	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	Drama	$21,347	-37.44%	44	$485	$3,519,178	45
58	(50)	Marquise			$21,330	-38.00%	12	$1,778	$71,384	10
59	(47)	Box of Moonlight	Trimark	Comedy	$20,996	-52.44%	51	$412	$720,717	59
60	(49)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$20,858	-42.62%	42	$497	$53,844,716	143
61	(new)	Going All the Way	Gramercy		$20,796		4	$5,199	$20,796	3
62	(new)	The Long Way Home	7th Art Releasing		$10,606		7	$1,515	$10,606	3
63	(new)	Intimate Relations		Black Comedy	$7,294		3	$2,431	$11,917	3

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