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Daily Variety Box Office Chart - Oct. 24-26

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Following are final data for the top 60 movies at the U.S. box office during the Oct. 24-26 weekend. Columns should read rank / rank last weekend / film / weekend gross / percentage change / per-screen average / number of screens this weekend / number of screens last weekend / cumulative gross / days in release.

I Know What You Did Last Summer (Sony)

1 1 12,507,880 -21% 4,956 2,524 2,524 32,769,394 10

The Devil's Advocate (WB)

2 2 10,218,953 -16% 4,347 2,351 2,161 26,636,067 10

Kiss the Girls (Par)

3 3 5,136,886 -26% 2,135 2,406 2,385 46,351,308 24

Seven Years in Tibet (Sony)

4 4 4,715,925 -26% 2,242 2,103 2,103 26,306,590 19

Gattaca (Sony)

5 - 4,320,202 - 3,378 1,279 - 4,320,202 3

Fairy Tale:A True Story (Par)

6 - 3,515,323 - 3,323 1,058 - 3,515,323 3

In & Out (Par)

7 5 2,834,185 -24% 1,370 2,069 2,315 56,903,720 38

RocketMan (BV)

8 7 2,074,078 -31% 1,111 1,867 1,839 11,225,775 17

A Life Less Ordinary (20th)

9 - 2,007,279 - 1,663 1,207 - 2,007,279 3

L.A. Confidential (WB)

10 9 2,004,099 -21% 1,741 1,151 1,345 29,642,884 38

Soul Food (20th)

11 6 2,001,307 -40% 1,664 1,203 1,213 37,956,781 31

Boogie Nights (New Line)

12 16 1,807,702 108% 14,578 124 30 3,300,228 15

The Peacemaker (DreamWorks)

13 8 1,765,142 -34% 1,054 1,674 1,983 38,279,016 31

The Full Monty (Fox Searchlight)

14 12 1,656,761 -4% 2,298 721 644 24,656,106 75

Bean (Polygram)

15 10 1,617,579 -28% 6,629 244 242 4,619,194 10

The Edge (20th)

16 13 1,167,018 -30% 900 1,297 1,588 24,829,038 31

Playing God (BV)

17 11 832,298 -57% 563 1,479 1,479 3,435,188 10

The Game (Polygram)

18 15 662,046 -34% 761 870 1,185 45,904,492 45

Conspiracy Theory (WB)

19 42 504,079 647% 568 888 75 75,064,296 80

Most Wanted (New Line)

20 14 409,625 -61% 586 699 2,098 5,617,630 17

Gang Related (MGM)

21 17 343,723 -59% 466 738 1,260 5,477,961 19

Hercules (BV)

22 19 339,828 -24% 572 594 662 97,491,847 134

The Ice Storm (Fox Searchlight)

23 23 328,224 1% 14,271 23 22 1,193,935 30

My Best Friend's Wedding (Sony)

24 20 292,900 -20% 771 380 461 124,603,218 129

Snowriders 2 (Warren Miller)

25 - 251,590 - 22,872 11 - 373,455 12

Shall We Dance? (Miramax)

26 25 242,938 -17% 1,066 228 268 8,507,558 108

Fire Down Below (WB)

27 18 207,426 -54% 687 302 484 16,148,906 52

Men in Black (Sony)

28 24 200,870 -33% 446 450 478 244,337,321 118

Spawn (New Line)

29 26 191,808 -27% 578 332 390 54,532,075 88

Contact (WB)

30 21 178,446 -50% 565 316 414 100,769,177 108

Washington Square (BV)

31 31 173,019 -2% 6,655 26 22 628,451 22

U-Turn (Sony)

32 22 171,503 -49% 451 380 688 6,552,006 24

Good Burger (Par)

33 28 163,229 -24% 498 328 345 23,279,810 94

Mrs. Brown (Miramax)

34 29 140,102 -34% 815 172 215 7,962,490 101

The House of Yes (Miramax)

35 37 122,668 10% 2,272 54 25 371,925 17

The Matchmaker (Gramercy)

36 27 113,047 -48% 698 162 233 3,147,439 24

Air Force One (Sony)

37 33 104,292 -38% 372 280 333 169,950,374 94

George of the Jungle (BV)

38 35 103,981 -14% 477 218 236 102,052,992 103

Wes Craven presents Wishmaster (Live)

39 30 103,951 -43% 578 180 325 14,908,534 38

A Thousand Acres (BV)

40 39 94,259 5% 368 256 223 7,690,244 38

Thrill Ride (Sony Classics)

41 38 88,411 -14% 12,630 7 2 1,405,490 108

Nothing to Lose (BV)

42 36 75,506 -32% 439 172 212 44,333,240 101

The Sweet Hereafter (Alliance)

43 46 75,455 60% 3,430 22 8 244,784 17

Money Talks (New Line)

44 41 60,814 -24% 520 117 156 40,098,966 66

G.I. Jane (BV)

45 32 59,668 -66% 311 192 341 46,840,818 66

Event Horizon (Par)

46 34 54,202 -64% 261 208 416 26,616,590 73

Face-Off (Par)

47 40 54,168 -37% 279 194 218 112,178,614 122

The Myth of Fingerprints (Sony Classics)

48 43 48,545 -19% 971 50 44 381,378 40

Telling Lies in America (Banner)

49 71 46,776 308% 2,599 18 2 63,439 10

Air Bud (BV)

50 48 43,540 5% 330 132 159 23,745,881 87

Fast,Cheap & Out of Control (Sony Classics)

51 44 41,359 -27% 2,757 15 13 202,640 24

Hoodlum (MGM)

52 47 39,091 -16% 334 117 118 23,397,248 61

Across the Sea of Time (Sony Classics)

53 52 38,832 37% 9,708 4 4 12,126,337 740

Def Jam's How to Be a Player (Gramercy)

54 45 31,057 -36% 450 69 68 13,960,203 82

Dancehall Queen (Island Digital)

55 50 30,160 -6% 6,032 5 4 128,296 17

Year of the Horse (October)

56 59 29,435 44% 1,731 17 4 83,915 19

Beaumarchais (New Yorker)

57 - 27,216 - 3,402 8 - 478,528 409

Rien ne va plus (Prima)

58 - 25,696 - 2,570 10 - 25,696 3

Wings of Courage (Sony Classics)

59 56 21,311 -15% 10,656 2 2 13,192,273 920

Guantanamera (CFP)

60 62 20,670 6% 1,723 12 9 600,668 115

Reuters/Variety




since 10.21.97