The Top Movies, Weekend of August 8, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$19,313,566		2,806	$6,883	$19,313,566	3
2	(1)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$17,827,096	-30.72%	2,981	$5,980	$110,582,800	17
3	(2)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$8,949,953	-54.66%	2,604	$3,437	$37,698,660	11
4	(3)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,316,178	-28.85%	2,616	$2,414	$75,922,754	26
5	(4)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$5,652,350	-29.44%	2,653	$2,131	$218,004,940	40
6	(5)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$5,004,163	-35.92%	1,727	$2,898	$17,471,968	10
7	(6)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,478,753	-28.33%	2,016	$2,222	$83,356,776	31
8	(new)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$4,206,656		751	$5,601	$5,736,692	5
9	(7)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,544,695	-27.34%	1,729	$2,050	$11,851,701	10
10	(8)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,846,109	-36.64%	1,470	$1,936	$37,320,239	24
11	(11)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,207,569	-29.27%	1,462	$1,510	$113,110,006	52
12	(9)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$2,112,012	-43.81%	1,542	$1,370	$105,666,204	45
13	(10)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,903,240	-46.66%	1,893	$1,005	$18,081,597	17
14	(25)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$1,054,105	+307.05%	830	$1,270	$225,098,329	80
15	(new)	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	Drama	$992,651		1,258	$789	$992,651	3
16	(13)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$989,509	-37.77%	1,057	$936	$88,770,133	57
17	(12)	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	Drama	$829,515	-62.68%	1,102	$753	$4,755,248	12
18	(19)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$603,030	+36.24%	95	$6,348	$1,869,928	24
19	(17)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$531,575	+5.83%	105	$5,063	$2,751,477	31
20	(14)	Out to Sea	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$445,467	-36.98%	592	$752	$25,909,192	40
21	(15)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$397,024	-31.86%	334	$1,189	$6,979,933	59
22	(16)	Speed II: Cruise Control	20th Century Fox	Action	$354,385	-35.47%	461	$769	$47,355,768	59
23	(51)	Gone Fishin'	Buena Vista	Comedy	$348,853	+1,132.22%	429	$813	$18,700,651	73
24	(21)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$294,455	-22.71%	329	$895	$179,488,555	143
25	(18)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$279,388	-39.91%	318	$879	$96,326,581	66
26	(20)	Operation Condor	Miramax	Action	$230,140	-42.83%	464	$496	$10,070,101	24
27	(24)	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	Horror	$178,027	-38.28%	201	$886	$65,116,939	122
28	(22)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$165,754	-49.44%	345	$480	$62,717,503	94
29	(30)	Kiss Me, Guido	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$160,995	+32.89%	33	$4,879	$682,866	24
30	(33)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$150,889	+50.88%	14	$10,778	$345,046	10
31	(23)	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	Action	$149,408	-51.33%	210	$711	$105,506,135	52
32	(27)	A Simple Wish	Universal	Comedy	$140,010	-27.00%	280	$500	$7,727,640	31
33	(43)	Love Serenade	Miramax		$121,121	+142.96%	31	$3,907	$200,830	10
34	(31)	When The Cat's Away	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$102,673	-12.84%	60	$1,711	$1,219,443	325
35	(new)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$93,303		8	$11,663	$93,303	3
36	(29)	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	Comedy	$91,931	-26.21%	143	$643	$53,280,458	101
37	(26)	Wild America	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$89,794	-59.09%	236	$380	$7,206,248	40
38	(37)	Star Maps	Fox Searchlight		$88,764	+16.85%	31	$2,863	$331,778	19
39	(35)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$76,629	-4.00%	5	$15,326	$11,509,769	661
40	(re-entry)	Love Jones	New Line	Drama	$72,358		221	$327	$12,332,605	150
41	(53)	Box of Moon Light	Trimark	Comedy	$68,457	+162.42%	16	$4,279	$129,095	17
42	(34)	The Pillow Book	Lionsgate	Drama	$61,966	-24.14%	58	$1,068	$2,200,099	66
43	(32)	Jungle 2 Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$58,658	-41.73%	94	$624	$59,631,380	157
44	(40)	Ponette	Arrow Releasing	Drama	$48,369	-15.22%	31	$1,560	$991,431	150
45	(45)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$47,335	-3.90%	4	$11,834	$401,315	31
46	(41)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$42,296	-22.95%	10	$4,230	$212,795	38
47	(38)	Chasing Amy	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$39,659	-35.98%	46	$862	$11,644,011	129
48	(28)	Addicted To Love	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$36,111	-73.63%	55	$657	$34,611,493	80
49	(36)	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$31,299	-59.02%	55	$569	$29,156,209	108
50	(39)	Breakdown	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$30,021	-50.54%	100	$300	$50,091,778	101
51	(44)	Brassed Off	Miramax	Comedy	$27,078	-45.41%	44	$615	$2,560,471	80
52	(47)	Temptress Moon	Miramax	Drama	$26,820	-28.69%	33	$813	$1,084,532	59
53	(57)	The Sixth Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$24,091	+8.38%	29	$831	$14,708,874	136
54	(46)	Dream With The Fishes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$23,967	-39.97%	28	$856	$464,655	52
55	(55)	Gabbeh	New Yorker		$22,028	-13.19%	6	$3,671	$273,967	332
56	(62)	Night Falls On Manhattan	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$21,011	+38.92%	16	$1,313	$9,881,286	87
57	(50)	Grosse Point Blank	Buena Vista	Black Comedy	$20,904	-27.28%	23	$909	$28,014,536	122
58	(60)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,864	+1.12%	2	$8,932	$12,707,617	843
59	(re-entry)	Irma Vep	Zeitgeist		$17,133	+971.00%	2	$8,567	$191,164	101
60	(54)	Love! Valour! Compassion!	New Line	Drama	$15,592	-39.65%	20	$780	$2,874,242	87
61	(new)	Soul in the Hole			$10,758		3	$3,586	$10,758	3