The Top Movies, Weekend of December 12, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Scream 2	Miramax	Horror	$32,926,342		2,663	$12,364	$32,926,342	3
2	(1)	Flubber	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,779,130	-39.97%	2,679	$2,530	$58,688,466	19
3	(new)	For Richer or Poorer	Universal	Comedy	$6,015,970		1,904	$3,160	$6,015,970	3
4	(new)	Home Alone III	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,085,482		2,147	$2,369	$5,085,482	3
5	(new)	Amistad	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$4,573,523		322	$14,203	$4,661,866	3
6	(3)	The Rainmaker	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,330,234	-41.12%	2,369	$1,406	$39,177,644	24
7	(2)	Alien: Resurrection	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,259,415	-51.06%	2,326	$1,401	$41,506,438	17
8	(4)	Anastasia	20th Century Fox	Musical	$3,031,625	-40.48%	2,250	$1,347	$41,943,900	31
9	(5)	The Jackal	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$2,443,465	-39.01%	2,062	$1,185	$49,886,715	31
10	(6)	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,646,217	-44.13%	1,312	$1,255	$20,431,431	24
11	(7)	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	New Line	Action	$1,166,557	-55.29%	1,756	$664	$33,124,237	24
12	(11)	Devil's Advocate	Warner Bros.	Drama	$685,732	-30.51%	775	$885	$58,317,014	59
13	(8)	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$586,216	-56.46%	936	$626	$69,701,594	59
14	(14)	The Wings of the Dove	Miramax	Drama	$539,986	-37.58%	248	$2,177	$6,746,002	38
15	(new)	Les Boys	Distributor Unknown	Comedy	$436,174		52	$8,388	$436,174	3
16	(16)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$424,903	-29.44%	347	$1,225	$34,021,824	124
17	(10)	Starship Troopers	Sony Pictures	Action	$403,067	-68.14%	761	$530	$53,791,017	38
18	(new)	Deconstructing Harry	Fine Line	Romantic Comedy	$356,476		10	$35,648	$356,476	3
19	(18)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$342,101	+3.94%	240	$1,425	$35,820,107	87
20	(13)	Eve's Bayou	Trimark	Drama	$329,591	-61.92%	385	$856	$12,934,121	38
21	(9)	Bean	Gramercy	Comedy	$327,053	-75.01%	886	$369	$44,328,037	59
22	(12)	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$325,642	-64.81%	921	$354	$12,973,205	31
23	(17)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$302,183	-40.41%	170	$1,778	$6,582,261	79
24	(15)	Boogie Nights	New Line	Drama	$301,643	-54.15%	335	$900	$23,242,869	66
25	(19)	Good Will Hunting	Miramax	Drama	$229,823	-15.79%	10	$22,982	$629,475	10
26	(22)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$184,681	-6.02%	314	$588	$42,957,749	80
27	(26)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$150,400	-6.01%	394	$382	$249,212,070	166
28	(20)	Kiss the Girls	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$127,342	-51.72%	279	$456	$59,510,706	73
29	(21)	Red Corner	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$127,095	-43.38%	349	$364	$21,995,026	45
30	(re-entry)	Excess Baggage	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$102,310		454	$225	$14,214,350	108
31	(24)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$97,304	-39.39%	312	$312	$105,101,122	152
32	(28)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$87,136	-23.08%	193	$451	$27,721,259	80
33	(27)	Seven Years in Tibet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$73,758	-51.08%	191	$386	$37,517,500	66
34	(25)	Kiss or Kill	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$71,540	-55.41%	70	$1,022	$696,130	31
35	(36)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$66,387	-21.82%	197	$337	$99,009,173	183
36	(31)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$66,303	-37.35%	207	$320	$41,191,666	80
37	(33)	The Sweet Hereafter	Fine Line	Drama	$64,869	-28.62%	30	$2,162	$1,006,006	66
38	(43)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$58,850	-7.00%	79	$745	$126,442,759	178
39	(39)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$51,220	-24.45%	7	$7,317	$2,352,858	157
40	(35)	Snowriders 2	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$49,836	-41.91%	5	$9,967	$2,263,667	61
41	(45)	Washington Square	Buena Vista	Drama	$44,641	-13.99%	31	$1,440	$1,500,602	71
42	(29)	Fairytale: A True Story	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$44,212	-60.62%	221	$200	$13,521,483	52
43	(34)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$41,839	-52.46%	150	$279	$48,109,124	115
44	(23)	One Night Stand	New Line	Drama	$40,980	-75.41%	77	$532	$2,618,335	31
45	(38)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$32,093	-57.35%	139	$231	$48,202,600	94
46	(37)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$31,753	-58.37%	71	$447	$62,551,556	87
47	(42)	Switchback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$31,639	-50.23%	203	$156	$6,482,195	45
48	(52)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$30,928	+7.43%	4	$7,732	$12,609,801	787
49	(46)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$28,880	-33.02%	34	$849	$9,437,233	157
50	(41)	Bent	MGM	Drama	$28,793	-55.37%	11	$2,618	$299,346	19
51	(40)	Gattaca	Sony Pictures	Drama	$28,424	-56.74%	66	$431	$12,253,486	52
52	(50)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$27,570	-19.95%	22	$1,253	$708,317	73
53	(63)	Marius et Jeannette	New Yorker	Romantic Comedy	$24,925	-9.00%	5	$4,985	$76,711	10
54	(30)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$23,938	-77.52%	101	$237	$24,629,916	136
55	(54)	The Hanging Garden	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$22,756	-18.93%	19	$1,198	$386,350	38
56	(62)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$20,143	-18.00%	42	$480	$41,067,398	115
57	(32)	Mad City	Warner Bros.	Drama	$18,712	-81.39%	62	$302	$10,162,377	38
58	(44)	A Thousand Acres	Buena Vista	Drama	$18,143	-71.21%	81	$224	$7,928,412	87
59	(56)	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	New Yorker	Drama	$17,756	-8.11%	6	$2,959	$630,269	458
60	(64)	Office Killer	Strand		$16,188	+51.00%	2	$8,094	$37,446	12
61	(61)	Critical Care			$7,623	-6.04%	10	$762	$209,174	45
62	(new)	Hugo Pool	Northern Arts Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$3,620		2	$1,810	$3,620	3