The Top Movies, Weekend of May 23, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$72,132,785		3,281	$21,985	$98,388,402	3
2	(new)	Addicted To Love	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$11,446,098		2,007	$5,703	$11,446,098	3
3	(1)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$8,021,290	-29.70%	2,500	$3,209	$46,031,440	17
4	(4)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$5,638,288	-3.52%	2,187	$2,578	$35,070,898	24
5	(3)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,414,908	-8.95%	2,348	$2,306	$38,364,346	24
6	(2)	Father's Day	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,715,232	-22.81%	2,504	$1,883	$23,660,211	17
7	(6)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$3,033,180	-5.29%	1,644	$1,845	$164,595,195	66
8	(5)	Volcano	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,308,917	-35.80%	1,736	$1,330	$42,420,888	31
9	(7)	Night Falls On Manhattan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,108,268	-28.13%	758	$2,781	$5,909,927	10
10	(10)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,731,218	-22.04%	1,308	$1,324	$58,319,501	45
11	(9)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,692,968	-24.44%	1,227	$1,380	$24,766,108	31
12	(11)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$1,364,809	-6.50%	854	$1,598	$99,131,100	157
13	(8)	Sprung	Trimark	Romantic Comedy	$1,322,537	-46.84%	715	$1,850	$5,191,182	12
14	(12)	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,121,456	-20.88%	1,061	$1,057	$58,252,721	52
15	(14)	Murder at 1600	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$766,546	-18.27%	807	$950	$24,225,992	38
16	(13)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$719,947	-30.91%	528	$1,364	$25,475,452	45
17	(16)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$520,256	-12.15%	290	$1,794	$7,857,868	52
18	(17)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$505,238	+81.35%	406	$1,244	$151,829,539	164
19	(re-entry)	That Darn Cat	Buena Vista	Comedy	$414,657		462	$898	$17,474,042	101
20	(22)	Selena	Warner Bros.	Drama	$412,081	+128.80%	463	$890	$34,568,547	66
21	(re-entry)	Absolute Power	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$411,462		455	$904	$49,214,079	101
22	(23)	Love! Valour! Compassion!	New Line	Drama	$388,482	+132.14%	30	$12,949	$625,340	10
23	(21)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$337,078	+64.37%	343	$983	$55,452,066	80
24	(19)	Sling Blade	Miramax	Drama	$256,970	+8.15%	202	$1,272	$23,289,812	187
25	(re-entry)	Private Parts	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$242,355	+962.00%	456	$531	$41,022,574	80
26	(20)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$219,891	-0.40%	190	$1,157	$76,926,422	192
27	(15)	Warriors of Virtue	MGM	Action	$204,453	-66.37%	669	$306	$6,283,838	24
28	(26)	Kolya	Miramax	Comedy	$195,475	+34.78%	95	$2,058	$5,057,863	122
29	(18)	Dante's Peak	Universal	Drama	$169,360	-32.10%	146	$1,160	$66,938,980	108
30	(33)	Children of the Revolution	Miramax	Comedy	$159,880	+83.03%	59	$2,710	$442,350	26
31	(27)	Vegas Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$138,646	-1.94%	175	$792	$36,373,431	101
32	(37)	Female Perversions	October Films	Drama	$133,050	+86.12%	30	$4,435	$384,714	31
33	(48)	Shiloh	Legacy Releasing	Adventure	$121,448	+198.87%	68	$1,786	$496,559	31
34	(29)	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$116,987	-1.42%	175	$668	$308,949,206	5,115
35	(39)	Waiting for Guffman	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$116,836	+69.70%	50	$2,337	$2,400,473	115
36	(28)	Kama Sutra	Trimark	Drama	$116,416	-9.95%	61	$1,908	$3,714,378	87
37	(42)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$101,942	+71.61%	4	$25,486	$10,245,623	584
38	(38)	The Daytrippers	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$101,089	+42.31%	49	$2,063	$1,472,865	82
39	(31)	Beverly Hills Ninja	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$96,125	+8.56%	125	$769	$31,038,330	129
40	(24)	The Devil's Own	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$86,388	-45.24%	191	$452	$42,540,292	61
41	(53)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$74,955	+164.27%	6	$12,493	$12,106,883	766
42	(30)	Cats Don't Dance	Warner Bros.	Musical	$72,503	-37.96%	194	$374	$3,562,749	61
43	(41)	When We Were Kings	Gramercy	Documentary	$69,603	+15.83%	45	$1,547	$2,577,500	213
44	(34)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$68,772	-14.35%	84	$819	$13,484,848	59
45	(57)	A Chef in Love	Sony Pictures Classics	Romantic Comedy	$67,797	+187.79%	21	$3,228	$261,041	33
46	(25)	The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo	Sony/TriStar		$66,035	-57.95%	101	$654	$256,053	10
47	(40)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$65,180	-2.74%	50	$1,304	$12,006,816	73
48	(35)	Fools Rush In	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$56,811	-25.64%	232	$245	$28,820,639	101
49	(49)	Broken English	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$55,557	+47.64%	23	$2,416	$216,482	24
50	(36)	Paradise Road	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$52,961	-29.45%	53	$999	$1,883,478	45
51	(new)	Brassed Off	Miramax	Comedy	$52,534		12	$4,378	$52,534	3
52	(43)	Double Team	Sony Pictures	Action	$45,316	-21.97%	47	$964	$10,755,465	52
53	(re-entry)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$43,226	+387.00%	5	$8,645	$178,480	73
54	(50)	Anna Karenina	Warner Bros.	Drama	$37,264	+0.73%	25	$1,491	$754,773	52
55	(44)	Traveller	October Films		$35,891	-37.88%	41	$875	$500,649	38
56	(32)	That Old Feeling	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$33,264	-62.33%	63	$528	$16,325,542	52
57	(47)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$31,389	-30.22%	50	$628	$35,811,509	185
58	(58)	The Van	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$28,841	+23.43%	3	$9,614	$64,000	10
59	(52)	*BAPS**	New Line	Comedy	$27,362	-16.39%	43	$636	$7,240,837	59
60	(59)	La Promesse	New Yorker		$26,332	+24.09%	3	$8,777	$58,473	206