The Top Movies, Weekend of December 19, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Titanic	20th Century Fox	Drama	$28,638,131		2,674	$10,710	$28,638,131	3
2	(new)	Tomorrow Never Dies	MGM	Action	$25,143,007		2,807	$8,957	$25,143,007	3
3	(1)	Scream 2	Miramax	Horror	$13,921,565	-57.72%	2,638	$5,277	$55,081,458	10
4	(new)	Mouse Hunt	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$6,062,922		2,152	$2,817	$6,062,922	3
5	(2)	Flubber	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,277,276	-36.91%	2,612	$1,638	$64,286,387	26
6	(4)	Home Alone III	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,470,352	-31.76%	2,261	$1,535	$9,413,597	10
7	(3)	For Richer or Poorer	Universal	Comedy	$3,360,870	-44.13%	1,926	$1,745	$10,871,465	10
8	(5)	Amistad	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$3,280,336	-28.28%	480	$6,834	$9,674,595	10
9	(8)	Anastasia	20th Century Fox	Musical	$1,664,967	-45.08%	1,873	$889	$44,429,716	38
10	(6)	The Rainmaker	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,415,492	-57.50%	1,492	$949	$41,557,477	31
11	(7)	Alien: Resurrection	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,293,424	-60.32%	1,588	$814	$43,996,448	24
12	(9)	The Jackal	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$834,925	-65.83%	1,176	$710	$51,611,540	38
13	(10)	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Warner Bros.	Drama	$738,754	-55.12%	1,016	$727	$21,819,011	31
14	(19)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$506,612	+48.09%	416	$1,218	$36,470,853	94
15	(14)	The Wings of the Dove	Miramax	Drama	$405,886	-24.83%	219	$1,853	$7,361,085	45
16	(15)	Les Boys	Distributor Unknown	Comedy	$385,274	-11.67%	59	$6,530	$1,128,719	10
17	(12)	Devil's Advocate	Warner Bros.	Drama	$276,082	-59.74%	586	$471	$58,798,321	66
18	(11)	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	New Line	Action	$273,813	-76.53%	554	$494	$33,717,982	31
19	(18)	Deconstructing Harry	Fine Line	Romantic Comedy	$272,683	-23.51%	10	$27,268	$787,878	10
20	(16)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$230,474	-45.76%	201	$1,147	$34,445,094	131
21	(27)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$207,444	+37.93%	349	$594	$249,479,758	173
22	(13)	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$203,778	-65.24%	421	$484	$70,064,812	66
23	(25)	Good Will Hunting	Miramax	Drama	$198,411	-13.67%	11	$18,037	$937,922	17
24	(re-entry)	The Little Mermaid	Buena Vista	Adventure	$183,077		945	$194	$108,486,819	2,959
25	(23)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$148,060	-51.00%	106	$1,397	$6,826,044	86
26	(57)	Mad City	Warner Bros.	Drama	$134,758	+620.17%	466	$289	$10,304,827	45
27	(24)	Boogie Nights	New Line	Drama	$130,804	-56.64%	151	$866	$23,518,429	73
28	(20)	Eve's Bayou	Trimark	Drama	$128,979	-60.87%	164	$786	$13,174,119	45
29	(42)	Fairytale: A True Story	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$120,697	+173.00%	589	$205	$13,657,409	59
30	(re-entry)	Rocket Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$114,807	+616.00%	508	$226	$5,211,798	73
31	(22)	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$110,495	-66.07%	268	$412	$13,175,411	38
32	(17)	Starship Troopers	Sony Pictures	Action	$107,352	-73.37%	265	$405	$54,095,318	45
33	(38)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$91,924	+56.20%	134	$686	$126,559,546	185
34	(21)	Bean	Gramercy	Comedy	$85,901	-73.73%	359	$239	$44,518,291	66
35	(30)	Excess Baggage	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$69,217	-32.35%	177	$391	$14,327,206	115
36	(26)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$66,688	-63.89%	141	$473	$43,081,109	87
37	(39)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$61,329	+19.74%	7	$8,761	$2,458,252	164
38	(29)	Red Corner	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$60,601	-52.32%	237	$256	$22,057,341	52
39	(31)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$53,262	-45.26%	198	$269	$105,176,223	159
40	(37)	The Sweet Hereafter	Fine Line	Drama	$46,784	-27.88%	12	$3,899	$1,096,794	73
41	(28)	Kiss the Girls	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$44,454	-65.09%	103	$432	$59,603,755	80
42	(41)	Washington Square	Buena Vista	Drama	$38,998	-12.64%	31	$1,258	$1,560,049	78
43	(36)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$37,728	-43.10%	176	$214	$41,256,277	87
44	(48)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$34,912	+12.88%	3	$11,637	$12,670,097	794
45	(new)	The Apostle	October Films	Drama	$29,396		4	$7,349	$40,969	5
46	(34)	Kiss or Kill	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$27,732	-61.24%	55	$504	$771,091	38
47	(49)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$26,190	-9.31%	33	$794	$9,477,215	164
48	(43)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$26,184	-37.42%	86	$304	$48,154,732	122
49	(33)	Seven Years in Tibet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$26,178	-64.51%	86	$304	$37,555,985	73
50	(45)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$25,075	-21.87%	72	$348	$48,265,581	101
51	(50)	Bent	MGM	Drama	$25,029	-13.07%	12	$2,086	$336,258	26
52	(new)	Matusalem II			$24,014		40	$600	$24,014	3
53	(40)	Snowriders 2	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$23,972	-51.90%	3	$7,991	$2,287,639	68
54	(re-entry)	The Tango Lesson	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,411	+61.00%	5	$4,282	$162,330	38
55	(35)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$20,889	-68.53%	99	$211	$99,046,791	190
56	(32)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$20,728	-76.21%	66	$314	$27,779,888	87
57	(46)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$20,652	-34.96%	47	$439	$62,585,256	94
58	(53)	Marius et Jeannette	New Yorker	Romantic Comedy	$17,616	-29.32%	5	$3,523	$107,908	17
59	(51)	Gattaca	Sony Pictures	Drama	$16,016	-43.65%	23	$696	$12,275,272	59
60	(52)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$14,316	-48.07%	12	$1,193	$734,279	80
61	(59)	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	New Yorker	Drama	$12,207	-31.25%	5	$2,441	$201,068	465
62	(61)	Critical Care			$6,113	-19.81%	9	$679	$218,158	52
63	(44)	One Night Stand	New Line	Drama	$4,796	-88.30%	13	$369	$2,642,718	38