The Top Movies, Weekend of December 5, 1997

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Flubber	Buena Vista	Comedy	$11,292,933	-57.74%	2,653	$4,257	$50,015,818	12
2	(2)	Alien: Resurrection	20th Century Fox	Action	$6,660,086	-59.57%	2,449	$2,720	$36,247,479	10
3	(4)	The Rainmaker	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$5,656,333	-46.71%	2,369	$2,388	$34,452,097	17
4	(3)	Anastasia	20th Century Fox	Musical	$5,093,749	-56.97%	2,496	$2,041	$37,915,876	24
5	(5)	The Jackal	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$4,006,115	-47.05%	2,309	$1,735	$46,221,860	24
6	(7)	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,946,639	-44.69%	1,262	$2,335	$17,803,033	17
7	(6)	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	New Line	Action	$2,609,157	-61.57%	2,140	$1,219	$31,362,809	17
8	(11)	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,346,415	-29.41%	1,319	$1,021	$68,762,319	52
9	(9)	Bean	Gramercy	Comedy	$1,308,701	-55.72%	1,797	$728	$43,695,108	52
10	(10)	Starship Troopers	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,265,132	-54.05%	1,854	$682	$52,925,082	31
11	(15)	Devil's Advocate	Warner Bros.	Drama	$986,809	-21.23%	825	$1,196	$57,347,928	52
12	(12)	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$925,485	-36.84%	1,496	$619	$12,413,817	24
13	(13)	Eve's Bayou	Trimark	Drama	$865,532	-40.75%	636	$1,361	$12,360,950	31
14	(14)	The Wings of the Dove	Miramax	Drama	$865,124	-40.59%	261	$3,315	$5,930,296	31
15	(16)	Boogie Nights	New Line	Drama	$657,961	-29.26%	607	$1,084	$22,705,852	59
16	(17)	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$602,179	-31.80%	448	$1,344	$33,373,613	117
17	(18)	The Ice Storm	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$507,095	-34.11%	223	$2,274	$6,122,679	72
18	(19)	L.A. Confidential	Warner Bros.	Drama	$329,120	-32.11%	243	$1,354	$35,372,366	80
19	(new)	Good Will Hunting	Miramax	Drama	$272,912		7	$38,987	$272,912	3
20	(21)	Kiss the Girls	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$263,775	-35.28%	410	$643	$59,295,707	66
21	(23)	Red Corner	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$224,458	-27.11%	409	$549	$21,776,339	38
22	(22)	Soul Food	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$196,509	-43.69%	313	$628	$42,713,920	73
23	(29)	One Night Stand	New Line	Drama	$166,650	-22.45%	183	$911	$2,514,663	24
24	(20)	George Of The Jungle	Buena Vista	Comedy	$160,544	-62.65%	464	$346	$104,973,362	145
25	(32)	Kiss or Kill	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$160,454	-16.30%	73	$2,198	$588,821	24
26	(27)	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$160,025	-36.10%	539	$297	$249,002,783	159
27	(26)	Seven Years in Tibet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$150,778	-40.58%	316	$477	$37,416,715	59
28	(35)	The Edge	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$113,281	-32.87%	241	$470	$27,589,656	73
29	(24)	Fairytale: A True Story	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$112,274	-57.84%	508	$221	$13,444,079	45
30	(25)	Air Bud	Buena Vista	Comedy	$106,466	-59.04%	376	$283	$24,587,253	129
31	(33)	The Peacemaker	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$105,836	-41.09%	343	$309	$41,105,850	73
32	(30)	Mad City	Warner Bros.	Drama	$100,536	-52.20%	173	$581	$10,117,012	31
33	(38)	The Sweet Hereafter	Fine Line	Drama	$90,884	-17.92%	30	$3,029	$895,369	59
34	(34)	G.I.Jane	Buena Vista	Drama	$88,013	-50.34%	221	$398	$48,036,209	108
35	(49)	Snowriders 2	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$85,798	+64.22%	10	$8,580	$2,195,826	54
36	(28)	Hercules	Buena Vista	Adventure	$84,921	-61.25%	249	$341	$98,922,290	176
37	(31)	In & Out	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$76,269	-61.90%	131	$582	$62,492,571	80
38	(40)	The Game	Polygram	Thriller/Suspense	$75,240	-28.66%	170	$443	$48,139,354	87
39	(37)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$67,793	-39.55%	8	$8,474	$2,282,345	150
40	(47)	Gattaca	Sony Pictures	Drama	$65,710	+13.30%	111	$592	$12,213,829	45
41	(39)	Bent	MGM	Drama	$64,518	-40.94%	13	$4,963	$247,215	12
42	(48)	Switchback	Paramount Pictures	Action	$63,569	+20.75%	379	$168	$6,436,271	38
43	(36)	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$63,280	-58.55%	80	$791	$126,362,136	171
44	(re-entry)	A Thousand Acres	Buena Vista	Drama	$63,011		236	$267	$7,880,492	80
45	(45)	Washington Square	Buena Vista	Drama	$51,901	-26.38%	30	$1,730	$1,438,648	64
46	(43)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$43,115	-44.42%	43	$1,003	$9,389,605	150
47	(42)	Rocket Man	Buena Vista	Comedy	$40,377	-57.86%	129	$313	$15,068,794	59
48	(46)	Welcome to Sarajevo	Miramax		$38,251	-42.84%	4	$9,563	$155,009	12
49	(41)	Most Wanted	New Line	Action	$37,330	-62.00%	167	$224	$6,320,276	59
50	(44)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$34,441	-51.58%	29	$1,188	$658,459	66
51	(re-entry)	Grizzly Mountain	Legacy Releasing		$34,164	+1,237.00%	73	$468	$340,556	38
52	(54)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$28,788	-19.07%	4	$7,197	$12,561,634	780
53	(52)	Mrs. Brown	Miramax	Drama	$28,623	-23.38%	48	$596	$8,451,663	143
54	(53)	The Hanging Garden	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$28,069	-21.70%	19	$1,477	$345,151	31
55	(51)	Nueba Yol 3	Kit Parker Films	Drama	$19,999	-54.83%	13	$1,538	$723,404	38
56	(56)	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	New Yorker	Drama	$19,323	-37.28%	5	$3,865	$606,112	451
57	(62)	Guantanamera	Lionsgate	Comedy	$17,728	+19.32%	12	$1,477	$751,478	157
58	(57)	The Tango Lesson	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,103	-42.15%	4	$4,276	$114,794	24
59	(69)	Sick			$16,892	+231.28%	8	$2,112	$116,806	31
60	(re-entry)	A Self-Made Hero	Strand		$12,285		4	$3,071	$69,977	87
61	(64)	Critical Care			$8,113	-20.35%	12	$676	$197,520	38
62	(new)	Office Killer	Strand				2			5
63	(new)	Marius et Jeannette	New Yorker	Romantic Comedy			5			3
64	(55)	Money Talks	New Line	Action		-100.00%	87			108