The Top Movies, Weekend of November 21, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	New Line	Action	$16,771,694		2,140	$7,837	$16,771,694	3
2	(36)	Anastasia	20th Century Fox	Musical	$14,104,933	+11,601.36%	2,478	$5,692	$14,242,807	10
3	(new)	The Rainmaker	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$10,626,507		2,317	$4,586	$10,626,507	3
4	(1)	The Jackal	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$9,024,095	-40.49%	2,201	$4,100	$28,563,725	10
5	(3)	The Little Mermaid	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,687,421	-42.05%	2,057	$2,765	$17,950,386	2,931
6	(new)	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,233,658		824	$6,352	$5,233,658	3
7	(2)	Starship Troopers	Sony Pictures	Action	$4,707,484	-53.09%	2,822	$1,668	$46,268,918	17
8	(4)	Bean	Gramercy	Comedy	$4,288,079	-45.98%	1,991	$2,154	$37,388,613	38
9	(5)	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,938,348	-36.19%	2,039	$1,441	$8,574,922	10
10	(6)	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,582,086	-36.44%	1,860	$1,388	$63,805,370	38
11	(7)	Devil's Advocate	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,241,181	-36.02%	1,763	$1,271	$53,712,543	38
12	(10)	Eve's Bayou	Trimark	Drama	$1,566,505	-38.28%	652	$2,403	$9,081,751	17
13	(19)	The Wings of the Dove	Miramax	Drama	$1,305,573	+67.12%	259	$5,041	$2,667,583	17
14	(9)	Boogie Nights	New Line	Drama	$1,244,381	-51.72%	748	$1,664	$20,258,958	45
15	(8)	Red Corner	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$812,741	-68.97%	1,229	$661	$20,838,639	24
16	(16)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$803,495	-25.05%	431	$1,864	$31,258,780	103
17	(18)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$676,945	-13.87%	217	$3,120	$4,355,550	58
18	(13)	Kiss the Girls	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$631,555	-58.32%	771	$819	$58,205,579	52
19	(12)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$558,608	-73.62%	605	$923	$248,408,779	145
20	(17)	One Night Stand	New Line	Drama	$519,717	-46.90%	407	$1,277	$1,849,734	10
21	(14)	Fairytale: A True Story	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$512,069	-60.77%	1,012	$506	$12,869,077	31
22	(11)	Mad City	Warner Bros.	Drama	$448,966	-79.62%	1,030	$436	$9,505,583	17
23	(23)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$393,202	-24.71%	604	$651	$104,173,547	131
24	(15)	Seven Years in Tibet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$387,910	-67.73%	512	$758	$36,788,214	45
25	(27)	Snowriders 2	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$316,160	-17.46%	30	$10,539	$1,966,172	40
26	(21)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$273,528	-55.09%	473	$578	$34,327,151	66
27	(26)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$268,717	-38.42%	300	$896	$41,938,015	59
28	(20)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$265,239	-59.52%	321	$826	$62,072,445	66
29	(59)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$224,537	+1,623.63%	420	$535	$24,091,341	115
30	(25)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$207,528	-56.40%	279	$744	$126,018,477	157
31	(39)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$191,744	+139.78%	501	$383	$40,578,960	59
32	(29)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$191,513	-34.08%	354	$541	$47,606,792	94
33	(32)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$170,134	-21.98%	317	$537	$27,141,003	59
34	(35)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$165,816	+28.30%	329	$504	$98,506,359	162
35	(31)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$155,316	-28.96%	371	$419	$47,830,826	73
36	(24)	Switchback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$137,253	-72.98%	356	$386	$6,266,572	24
37	(22)	Gattaca	Sony Pictures	Drama	$132,374	-77.30%	161	$822	$12,026,203	31
38	(34)	Money Talks	New Line	Action	$123,179	-25.29%	189	$652	$40,922,619	94
39	(28)	Rocket Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$105,339	-67.09%	291	$362	$14,874,463	45
40	(33)	Nueba Yol 3	Kit Parker Films	Drama	$100,825	-50.65%	33	$3,055	$636,354	24
41	(re-entry)	The Sweet Hereafter	Fine Line	Drama	$92,367	+268.00%	19	$4,861	$583,530	45
42	(37)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$82,132	-13.36%	8	$10,267	$1,940,181	136
43	(46)	Kiss or Kill	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$80,023	+90.13%	20	$4,001	$142,503	10
44	(38)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$67,220	-25.70%	58	$1,159	$9,210,806	136
45	(41)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$61,159	-13.38%	28	$2,184	$528,062	52
46	(40)	Washington Square	Buena Vista	Drama	$55,308	-30.52%	22	$2,514	$1,271,952	50
47	(re-entry)	The Hanging Garden	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$54,810	-11.00%	19	$2,885	$230,570	17
48	(43)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$48,128	-7.48%	4	$12,032	$12,441,652	766
49	(30)	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	Action	$45,081	-80.98%	118	$382	$171,461,309	122
50	(42)	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Live Entertainment	Horror	$43,296	-22.51%	88	$492	$15,647,962	66
51	(47)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$38,653	+0.64%	42	$920	$8,365,077	129
52	(re-entry)	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$37,844	-16.00%	64	$591	$76,081,498	108
53	(45)	A Life Less Ordinary	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$27,601	-38.17%	45	$613	$4,266,243	31
54	(re-entry)	Spawn	New Line	Action	$22,695	-22.00%	37	$613	$54,929,955	116
55	(re-entry)	In Search of a Dream		Drama	$19,453	-65.00%	10	$1,945	$461,661	26
56	(54)	The Tango Lesson	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,481	-11.50%	2	$8,741	$46,353	10
57	(58)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,061	+14.96%	2	$8,531	$13,324,599	948
58	(55)	Sick			$16,234	-10.94%	9	$1,804	$86,917	17
59	(48)	Good Burger	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$16,188	-55.88%	60	$270	$23,687,907	122
60	(re-entry)	Happy Together			$15,157	-59.00%	9	$1,684	$187,508	43
61	(57)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$14,375	-4.17%	9	$1,597	$699,696	143
62	(51)	Telling Lies in America			$14,233	-48.24%	40	$356	$275,233	38
63	(49)	Most Wanted	New Line	Action	$12,098	-66.31%	19	$637	$6,150,000	45
64	(44)	Critical Care			$11,168	-75.73%	24	$465	$169,366	24
65	(re-entry)	Dancehall Queen			$6,541		3	$2,180	$216,557	45
66	(61)	Year of the Horse	October Films		$6,072	-43.03%	11	$552	$233,859	47
67	(70)	Sunday		Drama	$5,932	+18.64%	12	$494	$403,402	94
68	(65)	Different for Girls	First Look		$5,858	-24.00%	4	$1,465	$281,764	73
69	(re-entry)	A Life Apart: Hasidism in America	First Run Features		$4,767		2	$2,384	$197,338	122
70	(re-entry)	Hamsun	First Run Features		$4,449		1	$4,449	$40,000	110
71	(69)	Indian Summer	First Look	Comedy	$4,261	-22.13%	3	$1,420	$294,467	122
72	(60)	The Myth of Fingerprints	Sony Pictures Classics		$4,062	-67.40%	13	$312	$496,966	68
73	(52)	Grizzly Mountain	Legacy Releasing		$2,116	-90.83%	11	$192	$303,323	24
74	(72)	In The Company of Men	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,916	-35.18%	6	$319	$2,796,708	115
75	(66)	Nick and Jane	Avalanche Releasing		$1,784	-76.28%	1	$1,784	$11,251	10