The Top Movies, Weekend of November 7, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Starship Troopers	Sony Pictures	Action	$22,058,773		2,971	$7,425	$22,058,773	3
2	(15)	Bean	Gramercy	Comedy	$12,733,827	+1,113.24%	1,948	$6,537	$19,742,986	24
3	(1)	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$6,511,020	-30.78%	2,524	$2,580	$54,211,282	24
4	(3)	Devil's Advocate	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,078,692	-31.07%	2,207	$2,301	$44,981,007	24
5	(2)	Red Corner	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$4,905,133	-33.74%	2,507	$1,957	$14,742,758	10
6	(new)	Mad City	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,649,742		2,194	$2,119	$4,649,742	3
7	(4)	Boogie Nights	New Line	Drama	$3,940,924	-15.83%	951	$4,144	$14,550,063	31
8	(new)	Eve's Bayou	Trimark	Drama	$3,287,846		659	$4,989	$3,287,846	3
9	(5)	Kiss the Girls	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,516,381	-28.34%	2,011	$1,251	$55,012,316	38
10	(7)	Fairytale: A True Story	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,139,792	-26.27%	1,286	$1,664	$9,972,529	17
11	(6)	Seven Years in Tibet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,003,129	-38.90%	1,562	$1,282	$34,069,860	31
12	(8)	Switchback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,409,611	-47.88%	1,128	$1,250	$4,971,378	10
13	(9)	Gattaca	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,380,024	-46.63%	1,209	$1,141	$10,558,312	17
14	(12)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,295,595	-6.43%	591	$2,192	$28,475,102	89
15	(10)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,107,728	-35.92%	1,215	$912	$60,765,222	52
16	(13)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$911,579	-28.58%	883	$1,032	$32,860,646	52
17	(11)	Rocket Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$810,708	-44.27%	1,331	$609	$14,096,070	31
18	(39)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$781,942	+857.04%	707	$1,106	$102,953,156	117
19	(14)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$755,547	-38.38%	656	$1,152	$40,829,490	45
20	(22)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$565,263	+25.17%	67	$8,437	$2,471,190	44
21	(18)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$354,542	-46.86%	579	$612	$26,512,023	45
22	(21)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$344,236	-24.73%	539	$639	$47,201,495	59
23	(17)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$302,553	-62.37%	505	$599	$40,161,176	45
24	(50)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$284,402	+691.19%	438	$649	$40,448,866	80
25	(32)	Snowriders 2	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$281,314	+92.13%	24	$11,721	$889,757	26
26	(20)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$252,630	-59.32%	505	$500	$245,419,734	131
27	(19)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$252,630	-59.32%	505	$500	$171,013,550	108
28	(23)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$213,158	-30.57%	350	$609	$75,912,202	94
29	(25)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$208,319	-22.07%	374	$557	$98,107,617	148
30	(16)	A Life Less Ordinary	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$186,400	-77.97%	276	$675	$4,083,747	17
31	(new)	The Wings of the Dove	Miramax	Drama	$183,610		7	$26,230	$183,610	3
32	(26)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$178,898	-17.03%	203	$881	$125,153,437	143
33	(31)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$144,765	-5.95%	110	$1,316	$8,954,979	122
34	(29)	Washington Square	Buena Vista	Drama	$137,915	-14.31%	30	$4,597	$1,052,742	36
35	(24)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$131,461	-54.36%	269	$489	$15,471,496	52
36	(33)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$105,247	-19.57%	201	$524	$23,582,157	108
37	(27)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$103,580	-51.05%	290	$357	$44,810,734	87
38	(42)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$98,792	+48.39%	9	$10,977	$1,647,891	122
39	(38)	Nueba Yol 3	Kit Parker Films	Drama	$89,661	-3.74%	10	$8,966	$226,241	10
40	(34)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$78,506	-36.88%	151	$520	$54,836,380	102
41	(37)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$78,417	-23.55%	99	$792	$8,245,892	115
42	(45)	The MatchMaker	Gramercy	Romantic Comedy	$66,532	+43.24%	43	$1,547	$3,316,929	38
43	(36)	Grizzly Mountain	Legacy Releasing		$65,346	-41.45%	66	$990	$214,718	10
44	(30)	Most Wanted	New Line	Action	$63,815	-60.08%	81	$788	$6,033,365	31
45	(re-entry)	The Sweet Hereafter	Fine Line	Drama	$62,210	+8.00%	21	$2,962	$503,439	31
46	(52)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$61,076	+83.89%	4	$15,269	$12,294,300	752
47	(54)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$60,591	+118.24%	31	$1,955	$333,406	38
48	(41)	The House of Yes	Miramax		$49,612	-30.10%	29	$1,711	$573,301	31
49	(46)	Telling Lies in America			$48,850	+9.64%	40	$1,221	$186,802	24
50	(new)	The Hanging Garden	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$45,830		5	$9,166	$45,830	3
51	(35)	Gang Related	MGM	Drama	$33,816	-69.90%	91	$372	$5,790,448	33
52	(43)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$30,799	-40.23%	73	$422	$44,455,658	115
53	(44)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$30,788	-36.91%	59	$522	$46,963,380	80
54	(47)	Critical Care			$26,516	-38.88%	10	$2,652	$86,264	10
55	(48)	Year of the Horse	October Films		$26,226	-35.60%	20	$1,311	$189,491	33
56	(28)	Playing God	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$25,621	-85.58%	73	$351	$4,052,347	24
57	(56)	The Myth of Fingerprints	Sony Pictures Classics		$24,587	-4.85%	41	$600	$458,815	54
58	(63)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$24,097	+42.97%	50	$482	$23,461,013	75
59	(60)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$21,967	+8.83%	11	$1,997	$656,569	129
60	(62)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,527	+19.95%	2	$10,764	$13,259,880	934
61	(new)	Sick			$20,130		4	$5,033	$20,130	3
62	(57)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$17,103	-31.41%	55	$311	$22,388,377	101
63	(49)	A Thousand Acres	Buena Vista	Drama	$16,789	-54.24%	46	$365	$7,795,510	52
64	(55)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$16,642	-38.30%	74	$225	$112,255,339	136
65	(58)	Dancehall Queen			$15,895	-29.25%	3	$5,298	$190,341	31
66	(59)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$10,262	-53.94%	24	$428	$14,008,431	96
67	(66)	Sunday		Drama	$8,868	-11.29%	13	$682	$385,003	80
68	(68)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$7,594	-17.01%	11	$690	$2,783,795	101
69	(64)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$6,398	-53.38%	30	$213	$26,668,092	87
70	(71)	The End of Violence	MGM		$5,341	+129.03%	18	$297	$353,773	59
71	(67)	Gummo	Fine Line		$4,704	-52.36%	4	$1,176	$87,403	24
72	(72)	Twilight of the Golds			$4,524	+300.00%	3	$1,508	$18,196	17
73	(69)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$3,748	-5.14%	5	$750	$1,467,544	416
74	(65)	I Love You, I Love You Not			$2,080	-80.35%	2	$1,040	$17,209	10
75	(73)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$763	-28.22%	8	$95	$8,637,027	150
76	(new)	Cold Around the Heart	20th Century Fox		$552		1	$552	$552	3
77	(74)	A Chef in Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$281	-70.20%	1	$281	$685,959	201
78	(75)	Napolean	Goldwyn Entertainment		$177	-77.62%	2	$89	$100,127	31
79	(77)	The Locusts	MGM		$113	+7.62%	1	$113	$37,888	38
80	(re-entry)	Dream With The Fishes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$57		1	$57	$542,909	143