The Top Movies, Weekend of September 26, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$12,311,939		2,362	$5,213	$12,311,939	3
2	(1)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$11,225,464	-25.26%	2,268	$4,949	$30,376,543	10
3	(new)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$11,197,897		1,336	$8,382	$11,197,897	3
4	(new)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$7,733,445		2,350	$3,291	$7,733,445	3
5	(2)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$5,015,321	-44.48%	2,521	$1,989	$35,810,100	17
6	(4)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,422,450	-15.14%	824	$5,367	$11,574,944	10
7	(3)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$3,134,208	-48.10%	2,502	$1,253	$10,846,894	10
8	(5)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,752,802	-8.91%	783	$3,516	$13,999,115	47
9	(6)	A Thousand Acres	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,586,562	-45.88%	1,228	$1,292	$5,528,882	10
10	(7)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,345,792	-43.26%	1,814	$742	$44,618,989	38
11	(9)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,216,315	-41.33%	1,540	$790	$167,901,381	66
12	(8)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$1,033,273	-52.78%	1,263	$818	$38,741,599	38
13	(13)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$906,890	-24.95%	1,080	$840	$242,117,436	89
14	(21)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$726,532	+91.85%	902	$805	$122,510,042	101
15	(14)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$668,463	-37.71%	1,007	$664	$100,849,112	75
16	(12)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$631,252	-48.19%	1,212	$521	$73,632,173	52
17	(15)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$569,199	-40.37%	763	$746	$94,992,647	106
18	(10)	Fire Down Below	Warner Bros.	Action	$464,014	-70.56%	1,019	$455	$14,921,220	24
19	(11)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$437,441	-65.05%	650	$673	$22,836,681	33
20	(37)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$424,787	+484.17%	529	$803	$43,462,401	73
21	(17)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$421,554	-40.24%	618	$682	$111,425,503	94
22	(23)	Leave It To Beaver	Universal	Comedy	$239,195	-27.04%	520	$460	$11,307,615	38
23	(20)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$226,363	-47.01%	291	$778	$98,161,955	80
24	(24)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$224,061	-21.22%	127	$1,764	$7,245,256	80
25	(18)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$209,848	-68.74%	470	$446	$44,014,766	45
26	(25)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$204,407	-27.36%	140	$1,460	$6,246,285	73
27	(16)	Excess Baggage	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$185,555	-73.87%	610	$304	$13,865,716	31
28	(29)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$177,207	-11.13%	377	$470	$23,358,243	59
29	(19)	Mimic	Miramax	Horror	$168,047	-73.63%	403	$417	$24,928,800	38
30	(30)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$142,595	-22.84%	230	$620	$228,893,639	129
31	(35)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$126,290	+0.90%	146	$865	$181,199,095	192
32	(27)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$120,953	-45.69%	198	$611	$53,404,204	60
33	(34)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$120,796	-4.32%	86	$1,405	$2,718,711	59
34	(new)	The Assignment	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$117,608		34	$3,459	$117,608	3
35	(32)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$84,883	-44.01%	118	$719	$13,730,060	54
36	(22)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$79,660	-78.45%	177	$450	$30,996,197	59
37	(new)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$75,183		3	$25,061	$75,183	2
38	(26)	She's So Lovely	Miramax	Drama	$73,358	-73.15%	133	$552	$7,150,383	31
39	(28)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$64,873	-69.85%	219	$296	$26,277,546	45
40	(47)	The End of Violence	MGM		$63,779	+48.89%	27	$2,362	$216,156	17
41	(36)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$62,464	-23.59%	86	$726	$2,324,668	52
42	(new)	Kicked in the Head	October Films		$61,812		102	$606	$61,812	3
43	(31)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$61,268	-60.28%	108	$567	$101,035,795	115
44	(re-entry)	Fire	Zeitgeist		$52,289	+47.00%	10	$5,229	$277,361	38
45	(39)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$51,667	-23.04%	134	$386	$22,401,971	66
46	(45)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$50,524	+4.07%	5	$10,105	$897,601	80
47	(38)	Pippi Longstocking	Legacy Releasing	Musical	$49,818	-26.14%	69	$722	$383,680	38
48	(new)	La Conciergerie			$45,807		33	$1,388	$45,807	3
49	(51)	The Myth of Fingerprints	Sony Pictures Classics		$43,334	+41.93%	9	$4,815	$91,186	12
50	(41)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$38,051	-38.45%	73	$521	$8,542,427	108
51	(49)	Sunday		Drama	$37,743	+2.10%	20	$1,887	$253,640	38
52	(46)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$34,480	-21.45%	40	$862	$63,502,394	143
53	(48)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$30,772	-17.35%	49	$628	$1,828,284	73
54	(42)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$24,400	-59.61%	64	$381	$12,006,514	178
55	(33)	Kull The Conqueror	Universal	Action	$24,368	-80.93%	211	$115	$6,057,483	31
56	(40)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$24,336	-62.18%	71	$343	$27,974,168	89
57	(re-entry)	4 Little Girls		Documentary	$24,030	+79.00%	4	$6,008	$130,146	82
58	(44)	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Columbia	Thriller/Suspense	$20,031	-60.89%	21	$954	$226,427	17
59	(re-entry)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$18,174	-9.00%	30	$606	$1,351,319	199
60	(60)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$15,940	-23.58%	33	$483	$53,868,030	150