The Top Movies, Weekend of October 10, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Kiss the Girls	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$11,122,441	-15.84%	2,302	$4,832	$28,541,579	10
2	(new)	Seven Years in Tibet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$10,020,378		2,103	$4,765	$10,066,508	3
3	(2)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,622,362	-32.73%	1,285	$4,375	$30,302,742	17
4	(4)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$5,474,143	-29.11%	2,452	$2,233	$47,953,963	24
5	(3)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$5,208,646	-36.23%	2,420	$2,152	$31,480,085	17
6	(new)	Rocket Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,472,937		1,836	$2,436	$4,472,937	3
7	(6)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,665,776	-22.13%	1,625	$2,256	$22,976,873	24
8	(5)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$3,473,422	-30.74%	2,200	$1,579	$20,273,227	17
9	(new)	Most Wanted	New Line	Action	$2,836,490		2,098	$1,352	$2,836,490	3
10	(new)	Gang Related	MGM	Drama	$2,443,237		1,260	$1,939	$3,286,065	5
11	(7)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$2,060,816	-29.20%	1,804	$1,142	$43,172,748	31
12	(9)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,901,003	-15.64%	670	$2,837	$19,877,999	61
13	(8)	U-Turn	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,523,022	-44.22%	1,311	$1,162	$5,241,009	10
14	(11)	The MatchMaker	Gramercy	Romantic Comedy	$723,605	-47.52%	665	$1,088	$2,487,632	10
15	(21)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$688,240	+50.81%	817	$842	$96,334,030	120
16	(10)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$651,460	-57.69%	747	$872	$14,375,830	24
17	(12)	Contact	Warner Bros.	Drama	$623,450	-21.64%	896	$696	$99,954,136	94
18	(16)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$443,442	-35.52%	677	$655	$243,629,478	103
19	(19)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$423,515	-10.08%	551	$769	$123,718,807	115
20	(14)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$375,511	-48.92%	684	$549	$46,436,275	52
21	(39)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$346,127	+490.78%	465	$744	$53,859,359	74
22	(17)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$325,962	-37.61%	353	$923	$7,381,620	87
23	(13)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$308,185	-59.24%	521	$592	$169,517,032	80
24	(47)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$288,251	+690.01%	434	$664	$22,749,168	80
25	(20)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$238,001	-47.97%	442	$538	$101,738,412	89
26	(15)	A Thousand Acres	Buena Vista	Drama	$236,804	-66.60%	414	$572	$7,371,480	24
27	(18)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$229,096	-55.73%	335	$684	$39,866,053	52
28	(22)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$181,050	-38.35%	312	$580	$74,407,324	66
29	(27)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$174,398	-12.02%	93	$1,875	$7,776,744	94
30	(26)	Face/Off	Paramount Pictures	Action	$148,763	-31.31%	330	$451	$111,953,332	108
31	(23)	Nothing To Lose	Buena Vista	Comedy	$140,678	-43.71%	261	$539	$44,061,301	87
32	(new)	Washington Square	Buena Vista	Drama	$111,262	+675.00%	9	$12,362	$147,964	8
33	(25)	Leave It To Beaver	Universal	Comedy	$100,765	-53.80%	310	$325	$10,713,605	52
34	(24)	Mimic	Miramax	Horror	$88,358	-63.44%	290	$305	$25,383,158	52
35	(31)	The Assignment	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$84,588	-30.91%	43	$1,967	$451,863	17
36	(32)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$84,485	-15.83%	3	$28,162	$365,812	16
37	(30)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$78,298	-42.97%	202	$388	$23,629,794	73
38	(37)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$77,579	+21.46%	7	$11,083	$1,118,395	94
39	(new)	The House of Yes	Miramax		$63,266		4	$15,817	$63,266	3
40	(28)	Hoodlum	MGM	Drama	$59,675	-65.69%	127	$470	$23,268,508	47
41	(29)	Fire Down Below	Warner Bros.	Action	$56,313	-61.88%	125	$451	$15,313,537	38
42	(35)	Liar Liar	Universal	Comedy	$55,695	-36.65%	96	$580	$181,395,380	206
43	(new)	Boogie Nights	New Line	Drama	$50,168		2	$25,084	$50,168	3
44	(new)	Napolean	Goldwyn Entertainment		$47,686		40	$1,192	$47,686	3
45	(40)	The Myth of Fingerprints	Sony Pictures Classics		$44,963	-15.11%	29	$1,550	$235,797	26
46	(33)	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	Action	$40,935	-54.74%	93	$440	$229,074,524	143
47	(new)	Dancehall Queen			$40,627		3	$13,542	$40,627	3
48	(38)	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Gramercy	Comedy	$39,860	-33.58%	49	$813	$13,861,239	68
49	(55)	Ulee's Gold	Orion Pictures	Drama	$38,403	+70.16%	34	$1,130	$8,633,079	122
50	(51)	Different for Girls	First Look		$35,932	+19.05%	17	$2,114	$211,048	31
51	(41)	Fire	Zeitgeist		$33,754	-35.36%	12	$2,813	$402,749	52
52	(36)	Cop Land	Miramax	Drama	$31,227	-63.98%	123	$254	$44,272,199	59
53	(new)	The Sweet Hereafter	Fine Line	Drama	$31,149		2	$15,575	$31,149	3
54	(34)	Excess Baggage	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$28,829	-67.49%	137	$210	$14,048,340	45
55	(re-entry)	Going All the Way	Gramercy		$25,894	+160.00%	17	$1,523	$86,175	24
56	(42)	Career Girls	October Films	Comedy	$25,804	-48.91%	27	$956	$2,460,703	66
57	(52)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$24,444	-16.81%	7	$3,492	$532,305	101
58	(58)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$24,054	+10.36%	4	$6,014	$12,001,113	724
59	(48)	La Conciergerie			$23,136	-36.00%	33	$701	$160,944	17
60	(44)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$22,092	-43.51%	35	$631	$2,856,622	73