List of 1997 box office number-one films in Italy

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the box office in Italy during 1997. Amounts are in lire. Box office figures limited to 147 main situations, representing about 74% of potential income.

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Number one films

#Weekend endingFilmBox officeNotesRef
1January 5, 1997 The Cyclone 3,772,933,360 [1]
2January 12, 19974,636,718,960 [2]
3January 19, 19974,827,440,900 [3]
4January 26, 19974,320,988,770 [4]
5February 2, 19973,293,198,400 [5]
6February 9, 19972,587,726,400 [6]
7February 16, 19972,117,522,550 [7]
8February 23, 1997 Space Jam 2,697,347,400 [8]
9March 2, 19972,925,243,750 [9]
10March 9, 1997 Jerry Maguire 1,954,085,400 [10]
11March 16, 19971,700,000,000 [11]
12March 23, 1997 101 Dalmatians 3,124,717,300101 Dalmatians reached number one in its second week of release [12]
13March 30, 19972,787,663,400 [13]
14April 6, 19971,867,754,300 [14]
15April 13, 1997 The Devil's Own 1,045,464,300The Devil's Own reached number one in its third week of release [15]
16April 20, 1997 Dante's Peak 1,140,536,800Dante's Peak reached number one in its second week of release. [16]
17April 27, 1997 Liar Liar 1,793,098,800 [17]
18May 4, 1997732,502,400 [18]
19May 11, 1997 The Saint 937,981,800 [19]
20May 18, 1997594,320,000 [20]
21May 25, 1997 Absolute Power 960,685,300 [21]
22June 1, 19971,048,362,800 [22]
23June 8, 1997386,134,600 [23]
24June 15, 1997193,495,700 [24]
25June 22, 1997259,787,200 [25]
26June 29, 1997230,548,900 [26]
27July 6, 1997138,170,900 [27]
28July 13, 199778,157,500 [28]
29July 20, 199768,741,200 [29]
30July 27, 1997The Cyclone51,066,000The Cyclone returned to number one in its 34th week of release [30]
31August 3, 1997TBD
32August 10, 1997TBD
33August 17, 1997 Con Air 93,000,000 [31]
34August 24, 1997Con Air464,269,582Gross for the week [31]
35August 31, 1997 Batman & Robin 1,559,723,832 [32]
36September 7, 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 3,269,994,000 [33]
37September 14, 19973,104,383,600 [34]
38September 21, 1997 Air Force One 1,990,936,500 [35]
39September 28, 19971,702,186,200 [36]
40October 5, 1997 Men in Black 3,362,698,040 [37]
41October 12, 19972,493,704,160 [38]
42October 19, 1997 Fireworks 9,279,744,000Fireworks set an opening record in Italy with a gross of L17 billion nationally. [39] [40] [41]
43October 26, 19979,008,930,000 [42]
44November 2, 19977,442,319,500 [43]
45November 9, 19974,092,331,800 [44]
46November 16, 19972,224,492,500 [45]
47November 23, 1997 Bean 4,589,872,500 [46]
48November 30, 19976,656,999,400 [47]
49December 7, 19973,541,069,400 [48]
50December 14, 1997 Hercules 1,905,936,300Hercules reached number one in its fifth week of release [49]
51December 21, 1997TBD
52December 28, 1997 Life Is Beautiful 9,200,000,000 [50]

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  2. "International box office". Screen International . 17 January 1997. p. 25. $3,050,473; $1=L1,520
  3. "International box office". Screen International . 24 January 1997. p. 73. $3,114,478; $1=L1,550
  4. "International box office". Screen International . 31 January 1997. p. 31. $2,717,603; $1=L1,590
  5. "International box office". Screen International . 7 February 1997. p. 41. $2,058,249; $1=L1,600
  6. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 14 February 1997. p. 47. $1,617,329; $1=L1,600
  7. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 21 February 1997. p. 39. $1,283,347; $1=L1,650
  8. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 28 February 1997. p. 31. $1,634,756; $1=L1,650
  9. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 7 March 1997. p. 27. $1,772,875; $1=L1,650
  10. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 14 March 1997. p. 23. $1,149,462; $1=L1,700
  11. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 28 March 1997. p. 51. Previous week rank 1; $785,060; 3-day % change - 22%; $1=L1,700
  12. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 28 March 1997. p. 51. $1,838,069; $1=L1,700
  13. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 4 April 1997. p. 27. $1,639,802; $1=L1,700
  14. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 11 April 1997. p. 35. $1,098,679; $1=L1,700
  15. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 18 April 1997. p. 27. $614,979; $1=L1,700
  16. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 25 April 1997. p. 27. $670,904; $1=L1,700
  17. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 2 May 1997. p. 65. $1,054,764; $1=L1,700
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  20. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 23 May 1997. p. 27. $349,600; $1=L1,700
  21. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 30 May 1997. p. 23. $565,109; $1=L1,700
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  27. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 11 July 1997. p. 27. $81,277; $1=L1,700
  28. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 18 July 1997. p. 23. $45,975; $1=L1,700
  29. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 25 July 1997. p. 43. $40,436; $1=L1,700
  30. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 1 August 1997. p. 27. $28,370; $1=L1,800
  31. 1 2 "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 29 August 1997. p. 31. Week ended 24 August $261,119; $1=L1,778; Previous rank 1; Total gross to 24 August $313,647
  32. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 5 September 1997. p. 31. $882,696; $1=L1,767
  33. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 12 September 1997. p. 31. $1,868,568; $1=L1,750
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  36. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 3 October 1997. p. 27. $1,001,286; $1=L1,700
  37. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 10 October 1997. p. 71. $1,955,057; $1=L1,720
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  42. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 31 October 1997. p. 27. $5,147,960; $1=L1,750
  43. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 7 November 1997. p. 39. $4,377,835; $1=L1,700
  44. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 14 November 1997. p. 27. $2,407,254; $1=L1,700
  45. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 21 November 1997. p. 27. $1,308,525; $1=L1,700
  46. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 28 November 1997. p. 39. $2,699,925; $1=L1,700
  47. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 5 December 1997. p. 43. $3,915,882; $1=L1,700
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  50. "Italy Top 15". Screen International . 9 January 1998. p. 47. Previous rank 1; Weekend Jan 5 $3,200,106; % change -41; $1=L1,700