The Top Movies, Weekend of October 31, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$9,406,297	-24.80%	2,524	$3,727	$45,262,879	17
2	(new)	Red Corner	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$7,403,362		2,244	$3,299	$7,403,362	3
3	(2)	Devil's Advocate	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,368,348	-27.90%	2,404	$3,065	$37,282,047	17
4	(12)	Boogie Nights	New Line	Drama	$4,681,934	+159.00%	907	$5,162	$8,751,415	24
5	(3)	Kiss the Girls	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,511,531	-31.64%	2,354	$1,492	$51,361,693	31
6	(4)	Seven Years in Tibet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,278,567	-30.48%	2,103	$1,559	$31,024,041	24
7	(6)	Fairytale: A True Story	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,902,338	-17.44%	1,278	$2,271	$7,117,520	10
8	(new)	Switchback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$2,704,568		1,128	$2,398	$2,704,568	3
9	(5)	Gattaca	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,585,604	-40.15%	1,279	$2,022	$8,236,800	10
10	(7)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,728,629	-39.01%	1,659	$1,042	$59,244,364	45
11	(8)	Rocket Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,454,836	-29.86%	1,760	$827	$13,002,531	24
12	(14)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,384,583	-16.43%	721	$1,920	$26,659,028	82
13	(10)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,276,437	-36.31%	1,003	$1,273	$31,511,826	45
14	(11)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,226,180	-38.73%	957	$1,281	$39,707,095	38
15	(15)	Bean	Gramercy	Comedy	$1,049,568	-35.11%	245	$4,284	$6,419,661	17
16	(9)	A Life Less Ordinary	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$846,233	-57.84%	1,208	$701	$3,511,326	10
17	(13)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$804,033	-54.45%	1,120	$718	$39,592,953	38
18	(16)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$667,137	-42.83%	1,018	$655	$25,907,782	38
19	(37)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$621,083	+495.52%	1,010	$615	$170,606,595	101
20	(28)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$621,083	+209.20%	1,010	$615	$245,012,779	124
21	(18)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$457,359	-30.92%	695	$658	$46,638,362	52
22	(23)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$451,606	+37.59%	46	$9,818	$1,748,896	37
23	(19)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$307,025	-39.09%	504	$609	$75,572,644	87
24	(39)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$288,040	+177.09%	613	$470	$15,227,555	45
25	(22)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$267,328	-21.33%	486	$550	$97,829,310	141
26	(24)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$215,612	-26.39%	300	$719	$124,903,216	136
27	(re-entry)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$211,588		473	$447	$44,600,901	80
28	(17)	Playing God	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$177,687	-78.65%	532	$334	$3,948,102	17
29	(31)	Washington Square	Buena Vista	Drama	$160,945	-6.98%	30	$5,365	$853,626	29
30	(20)	Most Wanted	New Line	Action	$159,857	-60.97%	222	$720	$5,912,447	24
31	(26)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$153,929	-36.64%	166	$927	$8,746,140	115
32	(25)	Snowriders 2	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$146,416	-41.80%	10	$14,642	$519,871	19
33	(33)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$130,858	-19.83%	292	$448	$23,444,425	101
34	(29)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$124,381	-35.15%	252	$494	$54,716,205	95
35	(21)	Gang Related	MGM	Drama	$112,351	-67.31%	266	$422	$5,717,536	26
36	(new)	Grizzly Mountain	Legacy Releasing		$111,609		142	$786	$111,609	3
37	(34)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$102,570	-26.79%	152	$675	$8,117,827	108
38	(new)	Nueba Yol 3	Kit Parker Films	Drama	$93,143		10	$9,314	$93,143	3
39	(38)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$81,704	-21.42%	150	$545	$102,154,064	110
40	(new)	The Wind in the Willows	Sony Pictures		$72,844		65	$1,121	$72,844	3
41	(35)	The House of Yes	Miramax	Comedy	$70,979	-42.14%	48	$1,479	$485,856	24
42	(41)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$66,577	-24.70%	7	$9,511	$1,505,113	115
43	(42)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$51,528	-31.76%	118	$437	$44,407,987	108
44	(45)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$48,800	-18.21%	136	$359	$46,910,896	73
45	(36)	The MatchMaker	Gramercy	Romantic Comedy	$46,449	-58.91%	82	$566	$3,233,874	31
46	(49)	Telling Lies in America			$44,556	-4.75%	29	$1,536	$117,285	17
47	(new)	Critical Care			$43,380		10	$4,338	$43,380	3
48	(56)	Year of the Horse	October Films		$40,723	+38.35%	28	$1,454	$138,057	26
49	(40)	A Thousand Acres	Buena Vista	Drama	$36,693	-61.07%	136	$270	$7,763,873	45
50	(44)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$35,946	-40.89%	70	$514	$40,151,884	73
51	(re-entry)	A Smile Like Yours	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$34,757		254	$137	$3,317,930	73
52	(53)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$33,213	-14.47%	4	$8,303	$12,192,257	745
53	(32)	U-Turn	Sony Pictures	Drama	$31,000	-81.92%	107	$290	$6,633,400	31
54	(51)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$27,764	-32.87%	17	$1,633	$242,379	31
55	(47)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$26,971	-50.21%	111	$243	$112,225,777	129
56	(48)	The Myth of Fingerprints	Sony Pictures Classics		$25,839	-46.77%	34	$760	$423,309	47
57	(50)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$24,935	-42.73%	73	$342	$22,367,186	94
58	(55)	Dancehall Queen			$22,465	-25.51%	4	$5,616	$162,723	24
59	(54)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$22,280	-28.26%	42	$530	$13,991,072	89
60	(60)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$20,184	-2.35%	11	$1,835	$625,441	122
61	(re-entry)	4 Little Girls		Documentary	$19,386		3	$6,462	$218,444	117
62	(59)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,947	-15.79%	2	$8,974	$13,221,304	927
63	(52)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$16,854	-56.89%	53	$318	$23,428,686	68
64	(46)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$13,725	-74.68%	73	$188	$26,652,957	80
65	(new)	I Love You, I Love You Not			$10,587		6	$1,765	$10,587	3
66	(re-entry)	Sunday		Drama	$9,997	-22.00%	14	$714	$371,451	73
67	(re-entry)	Gummo	Fine Line		$9,874	-48.00%	5	$1,975	$73,563	17
68	(re-entry)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$9,150	-15.00%	18	$508	$2,769,694	94
69	(re-entry)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$3,951	-25.00%	7	$564	$1,461,778	409
70	(re-entry)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,839	-58.00%	4	$960	$1,916,898	108
71	(re-entry)	The End of Violence	MGM		$2,332	-8.00%	11	$212	$346,959	52
72	(re-entry)	Twilight of the Golds			$1,131	-86.00%	3	$377	$13,185	10
73	(re-entry)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$1,063	-83.00%	9	$118	$8,635,453	143
74	(re-entry)	A Chef in Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$943	-80.00%	4	$236	$685,170	194
75	(re-entry)	Napolean	Goldwyn Entertainment		$791	-84.00%	6	$132	$99,860	24
76	(re-entry)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$150		1	$150	$2,922,169	276
77	(re-entry)	The Locusts	MGM		$105	-87.00%	1	$105	$37,656	31