The Top Movies, Weekend of April 11, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$16,620,887		2,456	$6,767	$16,620,887	3
2	(1)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$14,486,385	-20.73%	2,880	$5,030	$120,015,240	24
3	(2)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$10,807,568	-33.61%	2,449	$4,413	$31,401,797	10
4	(new)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$6,870,397		1,227	$5,599	$6,870,397	3
5	(3)	The Devil's Own	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,180,149	-40.40%	2,355	$1,775	$35,551,865	19
6	(4)	That Old Feeling	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$3,461,835	-32.16%	1,599	$2,165	$10,090,075	10
7	(7)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,223,249	-30.49%	1,751	$1,270	$50,986,354	38
8	(5)	Double Team	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,108,589	-58.12%	2,203	$957	$8,410,614	10
9	(34)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$2,016,006	+1,123.43%	1,270	$1,587	$88,826,827	115
10	(6)	Selena	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,809,611	-47.64%	992	$1,824	$30,460,690	24
11	(8)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,704,717	-40.30%	1,185	$1,439	$11,180,173	17
12	(9)	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,662,404	-40.36%	1,000	$1,662	$305,849,906	5,073
13	(10)	Inventing the Abbots	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,331,198	-42.15%	898	$1,482	$4,284,666	10
14	(11)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$1,270,359	-37.41%	1,005	$1,264	$73,040,322	150
15	(14)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$1,090,765	-28.35%	763	$1,430	$19,846,376	145
16	(38)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$795,245	+461.49%	1,252	$635	$459,923,376	7,264
17	(15)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$702,018	-43.59%	710	$989	$148,244,457	122
18	(17)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$700,480	-18.23%	704	$995	$64,094,225	66
19	(12)	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	20th Century Fox	Action	$648,814	-60.20%	941	$689	$7,197,870	17
20	(13)	*BAPS**	New Line	Comedy	$553,490	-65.49%	643	$861	$6,354,813	17
21	(23)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$484,553	-7.22%	494	$981	$93,767,309	110
22	(20)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$366,337	-44.92%	271	$1,352	$11,014,267	31
23	(16)	Private Parts	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$354,362	-60.15%	555	$638	$40,339,774	38
24	(25)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$342,577	-10.89%	173	$1,980	$3,255,441	80
25	(18)	Donnie Brasco	Sony Pictures	Drama	$342,077	-56.40%	398	$859	$41,185,234	45
26	(54)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$302,406	+476.60%	25	$12,096	$388,770	10
27	(26)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$232,516	-22.98%	429	$542	$135,848,836	138
28	(21)	Cats Don't Dance	Warner Bros.	Musical	$222,696	-65.50%	423	$526	$3,023,991	19
29	(22)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$206,230	-66.60%	369	$559	$35,045,809	143
30	(27)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$201,011	-9.95%	74	$2,716	$2,300,004	45
31	(24)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$198,951	-56.00%	190	$1,047	$289,122,801	6,172
32	(35)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$182,259	+17.01%	260	$701	$49,716,042	110
33	(28)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$163,464	-26.59%	136	$1,202	$12,919,501	198
34	(30)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$149,835	-24.17%	73	$2,053	$1,726,552	171
35	(31)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$134,063	-30.81%	199	$674	$33,588,740	94
36	(19)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$133,431	-80.99%	395	$338	$30,260,716	87
37	(39)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$132,433	-1.27%	60	$2,207	$1,611,208	73
38	(33)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$126,919	-24.23%	44	$2,885	$689,029	40
39	(29)	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$113,496	-46.28%	95	$1,195	$2,071,423	45
40	(32)	Metro	Buena Vista	Action	$109,386	-41.56%	206	$531	$31,847,038	87
41	(40)	The Godfather	Paramount Pictures		$93,402	-26.07%	40	$2,335	$134,594,635	9,161
42	(47)	Anna Karenina	Warner Bros.	Drama	$78,089	+3.75%	13	$6,007	$184,325	10
43	(41)	Crash	Fine Line	Drama	$76,774	-35.00%	44	$1,745	$3,083,348	192
44	(50)	Boot, Das	Columbia	Drama	$75,263	+10.08%	19	$3,961	$11,192,880	5,542
45	(new)	Pink Flamingos	Fine Line		$70,188		11	$6,381		3
46	(52)	Lost Highway	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$64,671	-0.40%	70	$924	$3,727,068	52
47	(new)	Paradise Road	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$62,518		9	$6,946	$62,518	3
48	(46)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$60,622	-24.77%	103	$589	$48,049,376	122
49	(49)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$60,441	-12.74%	53	$1,140	$3,895,487	152
50	(36)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$57,980	-61.40%	135	$429	$48,643,605	59
51	(55)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$52,220		111	$470	$12,695,988	117
52	(37)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$52,057	-64.69%	92	$566	$35,001,584	59
53	(45)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$50,274	-38.05%	4	$12,569	$9,514,081	542
54	(53)	That Darn Cat	Buena Vista	Comedy	$46,851	-12.03%	106	$442	$17,019,783	59
55	(57)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$44,875	+4.00%	43	$1,044	$4,414,535	110
56	(51)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$43,421	-36.21%	94	$462	$136,448,821	157
57	(59)	Love and Other Catastrophes	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$42,448	+15.27%	24	$1,769	$127,368	17
58	(42)	Booty Call	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$40,466	-54.34%	114	$355	$19,473,015	47
59	(44)	Rosewood	Warner Bros.	Drama	$35,995	-55.84%	50	$720	$12,797,351	52
60	(new)	Kissed	Goldwyn Entertainment		$34,552		8	$4,319	$34,552	3
61	(43)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$34,444	-59.13%	78	$442	$63,071,133	115