The Top Movies, Weekend of January 31, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(re-entry)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$35,906,661		2,104	$17,066	$358,646,803	7,194
2	(1)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$5,183,347	-6.08%	2,140	$2,422	$116,588,785	52
3	(6)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$4,505,137	+11.51%	1,835	$2,455	$70,363,067	45
4	(5)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$4,374,631	-19.23%	1,038	$4,214	$36,750,253	40
5	(4)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$4,362,946	-20.37%	1,947	$2,241	$24,839,802	17
6	(3)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,160,840	-24.09%	2,112	$1,970	$24,363,217	17
7	(2)	In Love and War	New Line	Drama	$3,478,559	-36.63%	1,612	$2,158	$10,290,451	47
8	(7)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$2,833,256	-29.33%	1,719	$1,648	$29,335,180	24
9	(9)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$2,702,201	-13.68%	1,881	$1,437	$80,319,432	40
10	(new)	Gridlock'd	Gramercy	Black Comedy	$2,678,372		743	$3,605	$3,603,049	5
11	(11)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,654,377	+2.63%	730	$3,636	$12,455,263	40
12	(8)	Fierce Creatures	Universal	Comedy	$2,300,445	-38.81%	1,620	$1,420	$7,122,630	10
13	(new)	Meet Wally Sparks	Trimark	Comedy	$2,131,001		1,552	$1,373	$2,131,001	3
14	(13)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$1,853,099	-3.25%	655	$2,829	$39,205,217	80
15	(10)	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	Comedy	$1,792,626	-34.94%	1,745	$1,027	$5,051,339	10
16	(new)	Shadow Conspiracy	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$1,370,831		837	$1,638	$1,370,831	3
17	(14)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$1,367,537	-5.15%	314	$4,355	$14,536,416	73
18	(18)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$1,309,391	+18.26%	275	$4,761	$5,362,364	59
19	(12)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,165,521	-44.55%	966	$1,207	$17,816,628	40
20	(17)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$694,306	-37.38%	768	$904	$43,620,819	45
21	(16)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$691,318	-40.01%	802	$862	$132,193,980	68
22	(15)	Jackie Chan's First Strike	New Line	Action	$599,540	-58.04%	781	$768	$13,910,366	24
23	(19)	Turbulence	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$476,904	-41.36%	772	$618	$10,651,372	24
24	(23)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$417,453	-8.40%	56	$7,455	$1,651,891	40
25	(20)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$416,365	-30.32%	555	$750	$60,089,832	73
26	(24)	Daylight	Universal	Action	$384,275	-15.25%	509	$755	$32,315,180	59
27	(21)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$355,524	-37.87%	421	$844	$45,596,378	52
28	(22)	The Portrait of a Lady	Gramercy	Drama	$253,522	-55.52%	194	$1,307	$3,397,099	41
29	(27)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$240,227	-24.24%	241	$997	$132,440,990	87
30	(26)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$201,078	-50.25%	518	$388	$62,054,598	45
31	(re-entry)	Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$186,765		514	$363	$15,048,890	101
32	(35)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$171,593	+8.28%	59	$2,908	$2,365,249	82
33	(30)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$163,475	-22.79%	208	$786	$35,618,921	89
34	(32)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$161,719	-7.57%	33	$4,901	$1,456,195	47
35	(29)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$161,682	-26.21%	234	$691	$87,026,306	80
36	(33)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$161,313	-5.64%	82	$1,967	$7,268,929	128
37	(25)	Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$151,303	-63.43%	240	$630	$12,758,769	45
38	(42)	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$125,508	+102.07%	31	$4,049	$667,196	40
39	(34)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$125,057	-22.48%	218	$574	$46,145,198	94
40	(31)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$122,615	-33.31%	135	$908	$7,119,215	66
41	(28)	Prefontaine	Buena Vista	Drama	$120,824	-61.18%	191	$633	$532,190	10
42	(37)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$98,089	-30.23%	243	$404	$91,033,490	73
43	(38)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$94,904	-28.92%	275	$345	$38,487,058	115
44	(36)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$93,046	-38.21%	120	$775	$21,419,475	45
45	(39)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$68,891	-31.36%	104	$662	$36,446,205	52
46	(58)	Some Mother's Son	Columbia		$66,134	+241.25%	35	$1,890	$549,686	40
47	(51)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$61,220	+61.98%	6	$10,203	$119,475	10
48	(40)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$59,327	-17.95%	212	$280	$105,393,322	136
49	(45)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$56,926	+2.45%	63	$904	$11,758,713	136
50	(57)	La cérémonie	New Yorker	Drama	$55,289	+127.50%	15	$3,686	$533,530	47
51	(new)	johns	First Look		$50,789		8	$6,349	$50,789	3
52	(41)	Albino Alligator	Miramax	Drama	$50,239	-20.29%	14	$3,589	$267,532	17
53	(49)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$50,211	+11.48%	4	$12,553	$8,203,712	472
54	(48)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$44,376	-4.59%	24	$1,849	$2,081,756	66
55	(52)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$42,775	+18.15%	28	$1,528	$4,505,922	108
56	(new)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$37,990		3	$12,663	$37,990	3
57	(50)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$36,521	-7.36%	4	$9,130	$321,231	75
58	(44)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$34,792	-40.14%	101	$344	$22,936,273	122
59	(43)	I'm Not Rappaport	Gramercy		$34,232	-43.69%	33	$1,037	$222,525	40
60	(54)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$32,189	-1.35%	36	$894	$1,573,842	115
61	(new)	Prisoner of the Mountains	Orion Classics	Drama	$17,196		3	$5,732	$17,196	3