The Top Movies, Weekend of October 24, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$12,507,880	-20.93%	2,524	$4,956	$32,769,394	10
2	(2)	Devil's Advocate	Warner Bros.	Drama	$10,218,953	-16.04%	2,351	$4,347	$26,636,067	10
3	(3)	Kiss the Girls	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,136,886	-26.36%	2,406	$2,135	$46,351,308	24
4	(4)	Seven Years in Tibet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,715,925	-26.45%	2,103	$2,242	$26,306,590	17
5	(new)	Gattaca	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,320,202		1,279	$3,378	$4,320,202	3
6	(new)	Fairytale: A True Story	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,515,323		1,058	$3,323	$3,515,323	3
7	(5)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,834,185	-23.67%	2,069	$1,370	$56,903,720	38
8	(7)	Rocket Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,074,078	-30.58%	1,867	$1,111	$11,225,775	17
9	(new)	A Life Less Ordinary	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,007,279		1,207	$1,663	$2,007,279	3
10	(9)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,004,099	-21.21%	1,151	$1,741	$29,642,884	38
11	(6)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,001,307	-39.58%	1,203	$1,664	$37,956,781	31
12	(16)	Boogie Nights	New Line	Drama	$1,807,702	+107.99%	124	$14,578	$3,300,228	17
13	(8)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$1,765,142	-33.92%	1,674	$1,054	$38,279,016	31
14	(12)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,656,761	-4.46%	721	$2,298	$24,656,106	75
15	(10)	Bean	Gramercy	Comedy	$1,617,579	-28.27%	244	$6,629	$4,619,194	10
16	(13)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,167,018	-30.23%	1,297	$900	$24,829,038	31
17	(11)	Playing God	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$832,298	-57.04%	1,479	$563	$3,435,188	10
18	(15)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$662,046	-34.46%	870	$761	$45,904,492	45
19	(42)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$504,079	+647.47%	888	$568	$75,064,296	80
20	(14)	Most Wanted	New Line	Action	$409,625	-61.19%	699	$586	$5,617,630	17
21	(17)	Gang Related	MGM	Drama	$343,723	-58.75%	738	$466	$5,477,961	19
22	(19)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$339,828	-24.40%	594	$572	$97,491,847	134
23	(23)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$328,224	+1.46%	23	$14,271	$1,193,935	30
24	(20)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$292,900	-19.80%	380	$771	$124,603,218	129
25	(re-entry)	Snowriders 2	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$251,590		11	$22,872	$373,455	12
26	(25)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$242,938	-16.77%	228	$1,066	$8,507,558	108
27	(18)	Fire Down Below	Warner Bros.	Action	$207,426	-54.04%	302	$687	$16,148,906	52
28	(24)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$200,870	-33.38%	450	$446	$244,337,321	117
29	(26)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$191,808	-27.18%	332	$578	$54,532,075	88
30	(21)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$178,446	-50.08%	316	$565	$100,769,177	108
31	(31)	Washington Square	Buena Vista	Drama	$173,019	-2.10%	26	$6,655	$628,451	22
32	(22)	U-Turn	Sony Pictures	Drama	$171,503	-48.78%	380	$451	$6,552,006	24
33	(28)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$163,229	-23.62%	328	$498	$23,279,810	94
34	(29)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$140,102	-33.61%	172	$815	$7,962,490	101
35	(37)	The House of Yes	Miramax	Comedy	$122,668	+10.31%	54	$2,272	$371,925	17
36	(27)	The MatchMaker	Gramercy	Romantic Comedy	$113,047	-47.77%	162	$698	$3,147,439	24
37	(33)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$104,292	-38.46%	280	$372	$169,950,374	94
38	(35)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$103,981	-13.78%	218	$477	$102,052,992	103
39	(30)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$103,951	-43.37%	180	$578	$14,908,534	38
40	(39)	A Thousand Acres	Buena Vista	Drama	$94,259	+4.63%	256	$368	$7,690,244	38
41	(38)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$88,411	-13.50%	7	$12,630	$1,405,490	108
42	(36)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$75,506	-32.43%	172	$439	$44,333,240	101
43	(46)	The Sweet Hereafter	Fine Line	Drama	$75,455	+59.57%	22	$3,430	$244,784	17
44	(41)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$60,814	-24.36%	117	$520	$40,098,966	66
45	(32)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$59,668	-65.82%	192	$311	$46,840,818	66
46	(34)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$54,202	-63.79%	208	$261	$26,616,590	73
47	(40)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$54,168	-37.20%	194	$279	$112,178,614	122
48	(43)	The Myth of Fingerprints	Sony Pictures Classics		$48,545	-18.61%	50	$971	$381,378	40
49	(re-entry)	Telling Lies in America			$46,776	+308.00%	18	$2,599	$63,439	10
50	(49)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$43,540	+28.78%	132	$330	$23,745,881	87
51	(44)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$41,359	-27.19%	15	$2,757	$202,640	24
52	(47)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$39,091	-16.34%	117	$334	$23,397,248	61
53	(51)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$38,832	+36.85%	4	$9,708	$12,126,337	738
54	(45)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$31,057	-36.11%	69	$450	$13,960,203	82
55	(50)	Dancehall Queen			$30,160	-5.66%	5	$6,032	$128,296	17
56	(57)	Year of the Horse	October Films		$29,435	+44.12%	17	$1,731	$83,915	19
57	(re-entry)	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	New Yorker	Drama	$27,216		8	$3,402	$478,528	409
58	(new)	Rien na va plus	New Yorker		$25,696		10	$2,570	$25,696	3
59	(54)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,311	-15.34%	2	$10,656	$13,192,273	920
60	(re-entry)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$20,670	+6.00%	12	$1,723	$600,668	115