The Top Movies, Weekend of October 3, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Kiss the Girls	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$13,215,167		2,271	$5,819	$13,215,167	3
2	(3)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$8,358,379	-25.36%	1,350	$6,191	$22,685,472	10
3	(1)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$8,168,475	-33.65%	2,401	$3,402	$24,199,148	10
4	(2)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,722,423	-31.21%	2,373	$3,254	$40,822,853	17
5	(4)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$5,014,817	-35.15%	2,355	$2,129	$15,245,622	10
6	(6)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$4,707,651	+6.45%	1,625	$2,897	$17,842,710	17
7	(5)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$2,910,604	-41.97%	2,365	$1,231	$40,157,006	24
8	(new)	U-Turn	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,730,440		1,230	$2,220	$2,730,440	3
9	(8)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$2,253,430	-18.14%	762	$2,957	$17,229,424	54
10	(7)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$1,539,866	-50.87%	1,727	$892	$13,343,025	17
11	(new)	The MatchMaker	Gramercy	Romantic Comedy	$1,378,930		705	$1,956	$1,378,930	3
12	(23)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$795,612	+251.48%	896	$888	$99,040,239	87
13	(11)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$756,150	-37.83%	1,094	$691	$169,003,294	73
14	(10)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$735,096	-45.38%	1,371	$536	$45,802,477	45
15	(9)	A Thousand Acres	Buena Vista	Drama	$708,948	-55.32%	1,067	$664	$6,840,479	17
16	(13)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$687,721	-24.17%	922	$746	$243,017,806	96
17	(26)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$522,456	+155.60%	432	$1,209	$6,859,173	80
18	(12)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$517,453	-49.92%	930	$556	$39,506,041	45
19	(14)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$471,008	-35.17%	771	$611	$123,153,995	108
20	(15)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$457,455	-31.57%	757	$604	$101,420,986	82
21	(17)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$456,363	-19.82%	542	$842	$95,564,982	113
22	(16)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$293,684	-53.48%	675	$435	$74,195,968	59
23	(20)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$249,929	-41.16%	408	$613	$43,842,802	80
24	(29)	Mimic	Miramax	Horror	$241,674	+43.81%	516	$468	$25,230,930	45
25	(22)	Leave It To Beaver	Universal	Comedy	$218,085	-8.83%	469	$465	$10,568,765	45
26	(21)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$216,578	-48.62%	460	$471	$111,744,649	101
27	(24)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$198,224	-11.53%	100	$1,982	$7,530,949	87
28	(19)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$173,904	-60.25%	303	$574	$23,158,190	40
29	(18)	Fire Down Below	Warner Bros.	Action	$147,729	-68.16%	382	$387	$15,212,886	31
30	(28)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$137,291	-22.53%	322	$426	$23,528,498	66
31	(34)	The Assignment	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$122,428	+4.10%	60	$2,040	$300,861	10
32	(37)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$100,375	+33.51%	3	$33,458	$237,022	9
33	(30)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$90,450	-36.57%	201	$450	$229,013,699	136
34	(27)	Excess Baggage	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$88,689	-52.20%	307	$289	$14,001,859	38
35	(31)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$87,910	-30.39%	118	$745	$181,317,320	199
36	(25)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$86,687	-58.69%	243	$357	$44,196,334	52
37	(46)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$63,871	+26.42%	6	$10,645	$982,539	87
38	(35)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$60,016	-29.30%	81	$741	$13,809,067	61
39	(32)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$58,588	-51.56%	119	$492	$53,497,553	67
40	(49)	The Myth of Fingerprints	Sony Pictures Classics		$52,968	+22.23%	31	$1,709	$170,697	19
41	(44)	Fire	Zeitgeist		$52,220	-0.13%	13	$4,017	$343,383	45
42	(41)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$50,506	-19.14%	63	$802	$2,411,971	59
43	(36)	Picture Perfect	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$39,345	-50.61%	99	$397	$31,058,643	66
44	(33)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$39,108	-67.62%	48	$815	$2,812,639	66
45	(40)	The End of Violence	MGM		$38,224	-40.07%	27	$1,416	$283,033	24
46	(47)	Pippi Longstocking	Legacy Releasing	Musical	$37,210	-25.31%	61	$610	$430,136	45
47	(45)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$36,487	-29.38%	101	$361	$22,452,583	73
48	(48)	La Conciergerie			$36,150	-21.08%	34	$1,063	$116,690	10
49	(43)	Con Air	Buena Vista	Action	$32,729	-46.58%	62	$528	$101,087,161	122
50	(38)	She's So Lovely	Miramax	Drama	$32,688	-55.44%	49	$667	$7,221,836	38
51	(re-entry)	Different for Girls	First Look		$30,182	+91.00%	16	$1,886	$162,041	24
52	(re-entry)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$29,384	+215.00%	10	$2,938	$497,143	94
53	(39)	Event Horizon	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$23,726	-63.43%	105	$226	$26,321,167	52
54	(new)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$23,665		2	$11,833	$23,665	3
55	(50)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$22,569	-40.69%	59	$383	$8,584,422	115
56	(42)	Kicked in the Head	October Films		$22,384	-63.79%	72	$311	$102,739	10
57	(52)	The Fifth Element	Sony Pictures	Action	$21,816	-36.73%	27	$808	$63,540,020	150
58	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,795	+45.00%	4	$5,449	$11,963,170	717
59	(51)	Sunday		Drama	$20,765	-44.98%	17	$1,221	$288,661	45
60	(55)	Kull The Conqueror	Universal	Action	$19,417	-20.32%	61	$318	$6,086,891	38