The Top Movies, Weekend of May 2, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$12,307,128		2,108	$5,838	$12,307,128	3
2	(new)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$9,548,111		2,187	$4,366	$9,548,111	3
3	(1)	Volcano	20th Century Fox	Action	$9,099,743	-37.59%	2,777	$3,277	$27,443,779	10
4	(4)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$5,858,255	-18.48%	2,675	$2,190	$151,487,405	45
5	(2)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$5,326,806	-28.30%	1,606	$3,317	$14,858,363	10
6	(3)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$4,720,202	-35.51%	2,456	$1,922	$49,456,213	24
7	(new)	Warriors of Virtue	MGM	Action	$3,277,084		2,101	$1,560	$3,277,084	3
8	(5)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,061,024	-38.87%	2,118	$1,445	$52,496,506	31
9	(6)	Murder at 1600	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,845,827	-41.02%	1,970	$1,445	$19,630,609	17
10	(7)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$2,051,361	-33.79%	1,177	$1,743	$21,121,291	24
11	(8)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$1,115,480	-20.65%	986	$1,131	$94,572,358	136
12	(10)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$879,265	-20.93%	530	$1,659	$5,195,843	31
13	(20)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$562,809	+34.99%	650	$866	$150,429,185	143
14	(9)	The Devil's Own	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$512,090	-55.66%	700	$732	$41,873,319	40
15	(13)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$435,781	-44.78%	641	$680	$54,463,901	59
16	(11)	That Old Feeling	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$427,950	-60.69%	634	$675	$15,792,425	31
17	(re-entry)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$413,833		621	$666	$35,490,292	80
18	(18)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$378,924	-30.87%	329	$1,152	$22,262,899	166
19	(15)	Selena	Warner Bros.	Drama	$376,005	-40.03%	342	$1,099	$33,502,080	45
20	(14)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$366,304	-44.31%	386	$949	$75,883,085	171
21	(19)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$350,145	-31.11%	427	$820	$66,070,080	87
22	(new)	Commandments	Gramercy	Comedy	$312,438		269	$1,161	$312,438	3
23	(24)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$288,194	-22.05%	290	$994	$95,229,601	131
24	(17)	Paradise Road	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$280,174	-51.50%	295	$950	$1,431,332	24
25	(12)	McHale's Navy	Universal	Comedy	$229,770	-74.80%	621	$370	$4,159,825	17
26	(21)	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$215,671	-45.83%	211	$1,022	$308,146,508	5,094
27	(25)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$194,668	-20.89%	138	$1,411	$4,353,358	101
28	(22)	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$194,107	-48.86%	383	$507	$290,020,125	6,193
29	(30)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$167,667	-4.01%	81	$2,070	$3,086,801	66
30	(23)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$161,966	-56.40%	281	$576	$13,165,726	38
31	(29)	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	20th Century Fox	Action	$114,166	-35.50%	290	$394	$7,992,870	38
32	(38)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$109,258	+5.23%	75	$1,457	$2,262,902	192
33	(26)	Double Team	Sony Pictures	Action	$108,178	-50.19%	153	$707	$10,481,423	31
34	(36)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$105,031	-8.74%	205	$512	$30,648,287	108
35	(32)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$97,481	-33.23%	86	$1,134	$11,712,855	52
36	(46)	Traveller	October Films		$93,254	+22.80%	57	$1,636	$237,357	17
37	(43)	Anna Karenina	Warner Bros.	Drama	$89,547	+13.77%	34	$2,634	$547,171	31
38	(33)	*BAPS**	New Line	Comedy	$86,248	-38.80%	102	$846	$7,086,421	38
39	(39)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$83,497	-17.85%	54	$1,546	$2,040,248	94
40	(40)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$79,651	-15.75%	47	$1,695	$1,139,704	61
41	(35)	Shiloh	Legacy Releasing	Adventure	$79,374	-31.40%	70	$1,134	$231,134	10
42	(28)	Inventing the Abbots	20th Century Fox	Drama	$76,358	-59.60%	149	$512	$5,737,888	31
43	(37)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$74,733	-31.97%	135	$554	$35,571,543	164
44	(47)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$69,909	-4.34%	4	$17,477	$9,857,800	563
45	(34)	Rosewood	Warner Bros.	Drama	$68,707	-50.44%	121	$568	$13,104,494	73
46	(31)	The Beautician and the Beast	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$64,548	-57.78%	220	$293	$11,401,993	87
47	(48)	Kissed	Goldwyn Entertainment		$58,110	-12.94%	28	$2,075	$322,555	24
48	(16)	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Orion Pictures	Black Comedy	$51,124	-91.38%	128	$399	$3,559,990	17
49	(42)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$50,238	-41.01%	54	$930	$13,330,136	219
50	(27)	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$50,163	-75.19%	114	$440	$460,935,665	7,285
51	(44)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$40,501	-47.27%	123	$329	$136,182,161	159
52	(41)	Donnie Brasco	Sony Pictures	Drama	$40,189	-52.90%	100	$402	$41,658,656	66
53	(re-entry)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$34,269		3	$11,423	$11,898,523	745
54	(45)	The Relic	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$34,166	-55.45%	63	$542	$33,890,885	115
55	(new)	Broken English	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$34,029		10	$3,403	$34,029	3
56	(new)	Children of the Revolution	Miramax	Comedy	$31,562		6	$5,260	$35,227	5
57	(54)	The Godfather	Paramount Pictures		$29,177	-33.54%	40	$729	$134,821,952	9,182
58	(re-entry)	Hollow Reed			$28,070	+181.00%	7	$4,010	$62,818	17
59	(re-entry)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$27,872	-6.00%	26	$1,072	$4,040,691	173
60	(57)	A Chef in Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$27,281	-16.08%	7	$3,897	$76,072	12
61	(51)	Boot, Das	Columbia	Drama	$23,440	-54.95%	13	$1,803	$11,383,524	5,563