The Top Movies, Weekend of April 4, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$18,275,295	-27.99%	2,878	$6,350	$100,686,180	17
2	(new)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$16,278,873		2,307	$7,056	$16,278,873	3
3	(2)	The Devil's Own	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,013,200	-50.87%	2,504	$2,801	$29,588,014	12
4	(new)	That Old Feeling	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$5,103,075		1,575	$3,240	$5,103,075	3
5	(new)	Double Team	Sony Pictures	Action	$5,034,914		2,203	$2,285	$5,034,914	3
6	(3)	Selena	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,456,217	-43.70%	1,583	$2,183	$27,741,359	17
7	(5)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,198,307	-22.60%	2,050	$1,560	$48,045,561	31
8	(6)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,855,434	-30.83%	1,231	$2,320	$8,877,310	10
9	(4)	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,787,253	-37.39%	1,339	$2,082	$303,410,531	5,066
10	(new)	Inventing the Abbots	20th Century Fox	Drama	$2,301,138		898	$2,563	$2,301,138	3
11	(8)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,029,724	-32.77%	1,300	$1,561	$71,058,188	143
12	(7)	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,630,221	-50.62%	2,101	$776	$6,234,381	10
13	(9)	*BAPS**	New Line	Comedy	$1,603,738	-41.53%	1,204	$1,332	$5,457,795	10
14	(11)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$1,522,436	-29.91%	905	$1,682	$18,260,734	138
15	(13)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,244,495	-24.48%	810	$1,536	$147,251,273	115
16	(10)	Private Parts	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$889,222	-63.12%	1,216	$731	$39,747,702	31
17	(22)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$856,685	+113.65%	816	$1,050	$63,095,680	59
18	(12)	Donnie Brasco	Sony Pictures	Drama	$784,669	-55.42%	775	$1,012	$40,575,151	38
19	(60)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$701,760	+3,778.63%	500	$1,404	$30,016,823	80
20	(14)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$665,107	-39.51%	420	$1,584	$10,451,536	24
21	(15)	Cats Don't Dance	Warner Bros.	Musical	$645,515	-31.31%	1,230	$525	$2,642,058	12
22	(17)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$617,460	-22.56%	719	$859	$34,674,426	136
23	(18)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$522,242	-33.33%	623	$838	$93,087,679	103
24	(16)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$452,200	-51.25%	294	$1,538	$288,801,028	6,165
25	(19)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$384,429	-13.73%	160	$2,403	$2,780,725	73
26	(20)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$301,899	-26.64%	532	$567	$135,539,139	131
27	(30)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$223,221	-13.96%	72	$3,100	$2,006,003	38
28	(23)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$222,676	-39.73%	155	$1,437	$12,678,732	191
29	(27)	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$211,272	-23.90%	135	$1,565	$1,889,603	38
30	(31)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$197,597	-21.31%	83	$2,381	$1,489,352	164
31	(26)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$193,763	-33.94%	295	$657	$33,360,447	87
32	(45)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$187,183	+133.73%	351	$533	$31,664,174	80
33	(43)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$167,508	+68.24%	34	$4,927	$515,622	33
34	(33)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$164,783	-14.03%	282	$584	$86,742,515	108
35	(29)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$155,761	-40.44%	237	$657	$49,458,767	103
36	(21)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$150,200	-62.65%	268	$560	$48,553,411	52
37	(28)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$147,422	-45.93%	267	$552	$34,916,305	52
38	(32)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$141,632	-38.16%	104	$1,362	$459,095,451	7,257
39	(39)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$134,133	-6.66%	48	$2,794	$1,426,102	66
40	(36)	The Godfather	Paramount Pictures		$126,343	-28.34%	40	$3,159	$134,443,639	9,154
41	(24)	Crash	Fine Line	Drama	$118,121	-62.24%	156	$757	$2,946,825	185
42	(25)	Booty Call	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$88,633	-70.74%	173	$512	$19,416,216	40
43	(40)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$84,269	-38.73%	143	$589	$63,001,218	108
44	(37)	Rosewood	Warner Bros.	Drama	$81,513	-51.60%	86	$948	$12,735,096	45
45	(44)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$81,157	-15.10%	4	$20,289	$9,411,848	535
46	(38)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$80,584	-47.16%	147	$548	$47,966,492	115
47	(new)	Anna Karenina	Warner Bros.	Drama	$75,268		5	$15,054	$75,268	3
48	(35)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$73,570	-58.69%	178	$413	$28,553,945	52
49	(48)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$69,266	+5.92%	54	$1,283	$3,818,138	145
50	(re-entry)	Boot, Das	Columbia	Drama	$68,369		13	$5,259	$11,079,251	5,535
51	(41)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$68,066	-36.11%	146	$466	$136,385,379	150
52	(42)	Lost Highway	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$64,930	-39.04%	66	$984	$3,639,843	45
53	(46)	That Darn Cat	Buena Vista	Comedy	$53,259	-28.13%	142	$375	$16,961,280	52
54	(new)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$52,446		3	$17,482	$52,446	3
55	(34)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$52,220	-70.84%	111	$470	$12,695,988	110
56	(51)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$44,378	-13.81%	68	$653	$24,547,547	395
57	(47)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$43,150	-40.23%	33	$1,308	$4,359,168	103
58	(49)	J'en Suis			$37,594	-40.59%	36	$1,044	$510,977	24
59	(56)	Love and Other Catastrophes	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$36,825	+61.46%	10	$3,683	$69,084	10
60	(50)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$36,188	-35.32%	44	$822	$9,589,821	122