The Top Movies, Weekend of October 17, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$15,818,645		2,524	$6,267	$15,818,645	3
2	(new)	Devil's Advocate	Warner Bros.	Drama	$12,170,536		2,161	$5,632	$12,170,536	3
3	(1)	Kiss the Girls	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$6,975,730	-37.28%	2,385	$2,925	$39,219,860	17
4	(2)	Seven Years in Tibet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$6,412,250	-36.01%	2,103	$3,049	$19,752,365	10
5	(4)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,713,247	-32.17%	2,315	$1,604	$53,147,645	31
6	(3)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,312,268	-41.09%	1,213	$2,731	$35,170,436	24
7	(6)	Rocket Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,987,753	-33.20%	1,839	$1,625	$8,652,785	10
8	(5)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$2,671,106	-48.72%	1,983	$1,347	$35,747,750	24
9	(7)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,543,752	-30.61%	1,345	$1,891	$26,864,037	31
10	(new)	Bean	Gramercy	Comedy	$2,255,233		242	$9,319	$2,255,233	3
11	(new)	Playing God	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$1,937,374		1,479	$1,310	$1,937,374	3
12	(12)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,734,066	-8.78%	644	$2,693	$22,389,354	68
13	(8)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,672,729	-51.84%	1,588	$1,053	$23,095,470	24
14	(9)	Most Wanted	New Line	Action	$1,055,501	-62.79%	2,098	$503	$4,843,901	10
15	(11)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$1,010,118	-50.98%	1,185	$852	$44,869,045	38
16	(43)	Boogie Nights	New Line	Drama	$869,146	+1,632.47%	30	$28,972	$1,025,671	10
17	(10)	Gang Related	MGM	Drama	$833,276	-65.89%	1,260	$661	$4,852,112	12
18	(41)	Fire Down Below	Warner Bros.	Action	$451,289	+701.39%	484	$932	$15,780,650	45
19	(15)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$449,512	-34.69%	662	$679	$97,030,115	127
20	(19)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$365,227	-13.76%	461	$792	$124,202,781	122
21	(17)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$357,439	-42.67%	414	$863	$100,476,316	101
22	(13)	U-Turn	Sony Pictures	Drama	$334,851	-78.01%	688	$487	$6,238,091	17
23	(36)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$323,502	+282.91%	22	$14,705	$743,499	23
24	(18)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$301,530	-32.00%	478	$631	$244,064,365	110
25	(29)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$291,879	+67.36%	268	$1,089	$8,147,203	101
26	(21)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$263,403	-23.90%	390	$675	$54,257,922	81
27	(14)	The MatchMaker	Gramercy	Romantic Comedy	$216,430	-70.09%	233	$929	$2,959,359	17
28	(24)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$213,714	-25.86%	345	$619	$23,071,351	87
29	(22)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$211,023	-35.26%	215	$982	$7,736,045	94
30	(16)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$183,570	-71.82%	325	$565	$14,753,493	31
31	(32)	Washington Square	Buena Vista	Drama	$176,735	+58.85%	22	$8,033	$385,282	15
32	(20)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$174,591	-53.51%	341	$512	$46,736,879	59
33	(23)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$169,478	-45.01%	333	$509	$169,792,834	87
34	(re-entry)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$149,697	+1,278.00%	416	$360	$26,494,965	66
35	(25)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$120,594	-49.33%	236	$511	$101,926,853	96
36	(31)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$111,752	-20.56%	212	$527	$44,216,747	94
37	(39)	The House of Yes	Miramax	Comedy	$111,202	+75.77%	25	$4,448	$203,703	10
38	(38)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$102,215	+31.76%	2	$51,108	$1,267,771	101
39	(26)	A Thousand Acres	Buena Vista	Drama	$90,092	-61.96%	223	$404	$7,562,821	31
40	(30)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$86,254	-42.02%	218	$396	$112,094,691	115
41	(27)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$80,396	-64.91%	156	$515	$40,014,754	59
42	(28)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$67,438	-62.75%	75	$899	$74,528,438	73
43	(45)	The Myth of Fingerprints	Sony Pictures Classics		$59,646	+32.66%	44	$1,356	$317,734	33
44	(re-entry)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$56,801	+162.00%	13	$4,369	$127,918	17
45	(48)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$48,609	+21.95%	68	$715	$13,917,655	75
46	(53)	The Sweet Hereafter	Fine Line	Drama	$47,286	+51.81%	8	$5,911	$143,274	10
47	(40)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$46,725	-21.70%	118	$396	$23,340,725	54
48	(re-entry)	Pippi Longstocking	Legacy Releasing	Musical	$34,582	+372.00%	47	$736	$478,113	59
49	(37)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$33,809	-56.82%	98	$345		80
50	(47)	Dancehall Queen			$31,971	-21.31%	4	$7,993	$87,102	10
51	(58)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$28,375	+17.96%	4	$7,094	$12,044,643	731
52	(52)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$27,184	-12.95%	109	$249	$44,320,587	66
53	(34)	Mimic	Miramax	Horror	$25,981	-70.60%	139	$187	$25,454,187	59
54	(re-entry)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$25,173	+18.00%	2	$12,587	$13,156,290	913
55	(35)	The Assignment	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$24,230	-71.36%	18	$1,346	$540,063	24
56	(re-entry)	Lilies			$21,693	-21.00%	7	$3,099	$221,494	360
57	(re-entry)	Year of the Horse	October Films		$20,424	+101.00%	4	$5,106	$41,903	12
58	(51)	Fire	Zeitgeist		$20,254	-40.00%	11	$1,841		59
59	(new)	Gummo	Fine Line		$19,820		3	$6,607	$19,820	3
60	(56)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$19,724	-23.56%	37	$533	$2,506,039	73