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Daily Variety Box Office Chart: Nov. 7 - Nov. 9

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Following are final data for the top 60 movies at the U.S. box office during the Nov. 7-9 weekend. Beneath each film listed, the columns should read: rank / rank last weekend / weekend gross / percentage change / per-screen average / number of screens this weekend / number of screens last weekend / cumulative gross / days in release.

Starship Troopers (Sony)

1 - 22,058,773 - 7,425 2,971 - 22,058,773 3

Bean (Polygram)

2 15 12,733,827 +++% 6,537 1,948 245 19,742,986 24

I Know What You Did Last Summer (Sony)

3 1 6,511,020 -31% 2,580 2,524 2,524 54,211,282 24

The Devil's Advocate (WB)

4 3 5,078,692 -31% 2,301 2,207 2,404 44,981,007 24

Red Corner (MGM)

5 2 4,905,133 -34% 1,957 2,507 2,244 14,742,758 10

Mad City (WB)

6 - 4,649,742 - 2,119 2,194 - 4,649,742 3

Boogie Nights (New Line)

7 4 3,940,924 -16% 4,144 951 907 14,550,063 29

Eve's Bayou (Trimark)

8 - 3,287,846 - 4,989 659 - 3,287,846 3

Kiss the Girls (Par)

9 5 2,516,381 -28% 1,251 2,011 2,354 55,012,316 38

Fairy Tale:A True Story (Par)

10 7 2,139,792 -26% 1,664 1,286 1,278 9,972,529 17

Seven Years in Tibet (Sony)

11 6 2,003,129 -39% 1,282 1,562 2,103 34,069,860 33

Switchback (Par)

12 8 1,409,611 -48% 1,250 1,128 1,128 4,971,378 10

Gattaca (Sony)

13 9 1,380,024 -47% 1,141 1,209 1,279 10,558,312 17

The Full Monty (Fox Searchlight)

14 12 1,295,595 -6% 2,192 591 721 28,475,102 89

In & Out (Par)

15 10 1,107,728 -36% 912 1,215 1,659 60,765,222 52

L.A. Confidential (WB)

16 13 911,579 -29% 1,032 883 1,003 32,860,646 52

RocketMan (BV)

17 11 810,708 -44% 1,331 609 1,760 14,096,070 31

George of the Jungle (BV)

18 40 781,942 857% 1,106 707 150 102,953,156 117

Soul Food (20th)

19 14 755,547 -38% 1,152 656 957 40,829,490 45

The Ice Storm (Fox Searchlight)

20 22 565,263 25% 8,437 67 46 2,471,190 44

The Edge (20th)

21 18 354,542 -47% 612 579 1,018 26,512,023 45

The Game (Polygram)

22 21 344,236 -25% 639 539 695 47,201,495 59

The Peacemaker (DreamWorks)

23 17 302,553 -62% 599 505 1,120 40,161,176 45

Money Talks (New Line)

24 53 284,402 691% 3,511 81 70 40,448,866 80

Snowriders 2 (Warren Miller)

25 33 281,314 92% 11,721 24 10 889,757 26

Men in Black (Sony)

26 19 252,630 -59% 500 505 1,010 245,419,734 132

Air Force One (Sony)

27 20 252,630 -59% 500 505 1,010 171,013,550 108

Conspiracy Theory (WB)

28 23 213,158 -31% 609 350 504 75,912,202 94

Hercules (BV)

29 25 208,319 -22% 557 374 486 98,107,617 148

A Life Less Ordinary (20th)

30 16 186,400 -78% 675 276 1,208 4,083,747 17

Wings of the Dove (Miramax)

31 - 183,610 - 26,230 7 - 183,610 3

My Best Friend's Wedding (Sony)

32 26 178,898 -17% 881 203 300 125,153,437 143

Shall We Dance? (Miramax)

33 32 144,765 -6% 1,316 110 166 8,954,979 122

Washington Square (BV)

34 29 137,915 -14% 4,597 30 30 1,052,742 36

Wes Craven presents Wishmaster (Live)

35 24 131,461 -54% 489 269 613 15,471,496 52

Good Burger (Par)

36 34 105,247 -20% 524 201 292 23,582,157 108

Cop Land (Miramax)

37 27 103,580 -51% 357 290 473 44,810,734 87

Thrill Ride (Sony Classics)

38 44 98,792 77% 10,977 9 7 1,647,891 122

Nueba Yol 3 (Kit Parker)

39 39 89,661 -4% 8,966 10 10 226,241 10

Spawn (New Line)

40 35 78,506 -37% 520 151 252 54,836,380 102

Mrs. Brown (Miramax)

41 38 78,417 -24% 792 99 152 8,245,892 115

The Matchmaker (Gramercy)

42 47 66,532 43% 1,547 43 82 3,316,929 38

Grizzly Mountain (Legacy)

43 37 65,346 -41% 990 66 142 214,718 10

Most Wanted (New Line)

44 30 63,815 -60% 788 81 222 6,033,365 31

The Sweet Hereafter (Alliance)

45 43 62,210 8% 2,962 21 22 503,439 31

Across the Sea of Time (Sony Classics)

46 55 61,076 99% 15,269 4 4 12,294,300 754

Fast,Cheap & Out of Control (Sony Classics)

47 56 60,591 107% 1,955 31 18 333,406 38

The House of Yes (Miramax)

48 42 49,612 -30% 1,711 29 48 573,301 31

Telling Lies in America (Banner)

49 48 48,850 10% 1,221 40 29 186,802 24

The Hanging Garden (Cineplex-Odeon)

50 - 45,830 - 9,166 5 - 45,830 3

Gang Related (MGM)

51 36 33,816 -70% 372 91 266 5,790,448 33

Nothing to Lose (BV)

52 45 30,799 -40% 422 73 118 44,455,658 115

G.I. Jane (BV)

53 46 30,788 -37% 522 59 136 46,963,380 80

Critical Care (Live)

54 49 26,516 -39% 2,652 10 10 86,264 10

Year of the Horse (October)

55 50 26,226 -36% 1,311 20 28 189,491 33

Playing God (BV)

56 28 25,621 -86% 351 73 532 4,052,347 24

The Myth of Fingerprints (Sony Classics)

57 59 24,587 -5% 600 41 34 458,815 54

Hoodlum (MGM)

58 70 24,097 43% 482 50 53 23,461,013 75

Guantanamera (CFP)

59 65 21,967 9% 1,997 11 11 656,569 129

Wings of Courage (Sony Classics)

60 67 21,527 20% 10,764 2 2 13,259,880 934

List includes all films tracked by Daily Variety for the current reporting period. Films are assigned rankings for reader convenience.

Reuters/Variety




since 11.4.97