The Top Movies, Weekend of May 16, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$11,410,863	-33.00%	2,500	$4,564	$34,213,330	10
2	(2)	Father's Day	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$6,108,652	-30.39%	2,507	$2,437	$17,207,686	10
3	(3)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,947,444	-21.93%	2,344	$2,537	$31,239,767	17
4	(4)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$5,844,089	-17.28%	2,187	$2,672	$27,507,435	17
5	(5)	Volcano	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,596,177	-19.99%	2,636	$1,364	$38,931,948	24
6	(6)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$3,202,550	-11.49%	2,100	$1,525	$160,615,430	59
7	(new)	Night Falls On Manhattan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,933,255		758	$3,870	$2,933,255	3
8	(new)	Sprung	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$2,487,702		780	$3,189	$3,002,040	5
9	(7)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,240,691	-22.67%	1,607	$1,394	$22,295,923	24
10	(8)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,220,707	-16.69%	2,032	$1,093	$56,005,753	38
11	(13)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$1,459,743	+120.46%	1,114	$1,310	$97,302,612	150
12	(9)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,417,422	-9.28%	1,625	$872	$56,692,043	45
13	(11)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$1,042,053	-6.66%	1,021	$1,021	$24,327,917	38
14	(10)	Murder at 1600	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$937,864	-27.66%	1,155	$812	$23,074,456	31
15	(12)	Warriors of Virtue	MGM	Action	$608,007	-45.19%	1,666	$365	$5,866,635	17
16	(14)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$592,225	+1.09%	494	$1,199	$7,042,401	45
17	(16)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$278,594	-3.90%	409	$681	$151,239,479	157
18	(18)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$249,415	-1.45%	290	$860	$66,715,310	101
19	(21)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$237,616	+6.68%	298	$797	$22,945,301	180
20	(20)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$220,781	-5.24%	302	$731	$76,590,995	185
21	(17)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$205,071	-23.36%	416	$493	$55,064,144	73
22	(22)	Selena	Warner Bros.	Drama	$180,107	-16.78%	199	$905	$34,093,101	59
23	(new)	Love! Valour! Compassion!	New Line	Drama	$167,345		14	$11,953	$167,345	3
24	(23)	The Devil's Own	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$157,765	-13.38%	377	$418	$42,422,116	54
25	(new)	The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo	Sony/TriStar		$157,049		101	$1,555	$157,049	3
26	(25)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$145,030	-9.11%	148	$980	$4,793,983	115
27	(15)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$141,392	-52.62%	348	$406	$36,164,939	94
28	(27)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$129,276	-4.61%	79	$1,636	$3,517,652	80
29	(19)	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$118,670	-51.04%	311	$382	$308,690,137	5,108
30	(re-entry)	Cats Don't Dance	Warner Bros.	Musical	$116,862	+756.00%	488	$239	$3,443,288	54
31	(28)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$88,548	-14.86%	141	$628	$30,912,705	122
32	(24)	That Old Feeling	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$88,307	-50.55%	144	$613	$16,262,872	45
33	(31)	Children of the Revolution	Miramax	Comedy	$87,351	-2.87%	32	$2,730	$251,460	19
34	(30)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$80,292	-11.73%	496	$162	$13,395,834	52
35	(re-entry)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$76,405		455	$168	$28,747,419	94
36	(54)	Paradise Road	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$75,073	+135.93%	135	$556	$1,786,634	38
37	(43)	Female Perversions	October Films	Drama	$71,485	+40.67%	27	$2,648	$222,356	24
38	(40)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$71,034	+4.58%	52	$1,366	$1,333,724	75
39	(38)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$68,848	-3.04%	64	$1,076	$2,245,310	108
40	(36)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$67,018	-10.31%	76	$882	$11,915,599	66
41	(41)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$60,092	-7.30%	58	$1,036	$2,472,793	206
42	(37)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$59,404	-17.80%	4	$14,851	$10,073,829	577
43	(35)	Double Team	Sony Pictures	Action	$58,072	-23.09%	87	$667	$10,691,811	45
44	(32)	Traveller	October Films		$57,777	-30.23%	59	$979	$442,253	31
45	(26)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$56,090	-62.21%	241	$233	$19,119,165	145
46	(51)	Kissed	Goldwyn Entertainment		$50,741	+47.75%	38	$1,335	$465,417	38
47	(39)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$44,980	-34.65%	105	$428	$35,752,489	178
48	(47)	Shiloh	Legacy Releasing	Adventure	$40,636	-7.21%	32	$1,270	$363,636	24
49	(44)	Broken English	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$37,630	-25.43%	23	$1,636	$151,975	17
50	(42)	Anna Karenina	Warner Bros.	Drama	$36,994	-28.81%	30	$1,233	$699,838	45
51	(29)	McHale's Navy	Universal	Comedy	$33,298	-64.39%	102	$326	$4,368,453	31
52	(46)	*BAPS**	New Line	Comedy	$32,725	-30.97%	53	$617	$7,202,159	52
53	(58)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$28,363	+14.07%	4	$7,091	$12,003,669	759
54	(45)	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	20th Century Fox	Action	$26,945	-43.44%	120	$225	$8,109,349	52
55	(49)	Inventing the Abbots	20th Century Fox	Drama	$26,885	-33.42%	68	$395	$5,852,547	45
56	(55)	All Over Me	Fine Line	Drama	$26,645	-15.33%	11	$2,422	$150,646	24
57	(48)	A Chef in Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$23,558	-42.00%	13	$1,812	$165,854	26
58	(new)	The Van	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$23,366		3	$7,789	$23,366	3
59	(re-entry)	La Promesse	New Yorker		$21,220		3	$7,073	$21,220	199
60	(50)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$20,501	-45.78%	30	$683	$13,417,292	233