List of 1997 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1997. [1]

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Number-one films

#Weekend end dateFilmTotal weekend grossNotesRef
1January 5, 1997 Michael $12,144,926 [2]
2January 12, 1997 The Relic $9,064,143 [3]
3January 19, 1997 Beverly Hills Ninja $12,220,920 [4]
4January 26, 1997 Jerry Maguire $5,518,727Jerry Maguire reclaimed #1 in its sixth week of release. [5]
5February 2, 1997 Star Wars (Special Edition) $35,906,661Star Wars (Special Edition) broke 12 Monkeys ' record ($13.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in January and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 's record ($33.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a PG-rated film. [6]
6February 9, 1997$24,277,091In second place, Dante's Peak ($18.4 million) broke Wayne's World 's record ($18.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in February. [7]
7February 16, 1997$21,370,589 [8]
8February 23, 1997 The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) $21,975,993Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) broke Dante's Peak's record ($18.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in February (which had been set two weeks earlier). [9]
9March 2, 1997$13,145,852 [10]
10March 9, 1997 Private Parts $14,616,333 [11]
11March 16, 1997 Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) $16,293,531 [12]
12March 23, 1997 Liar Liar $31,423,025Liar Liar broke Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 's record ($25.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and for the highest weekend debut for a spring release. [13]
13March 30, 1997$25,377,435 [14]
14April 6, 1997$18,275,295 [15]
15April 13, 1997 Anaconda $16,620,887 [16]
16April 20, 1997$12,013,566 [17]
17April 27, 1997 Volcano $14,581,740 [18]
18May 4, 1997 Breakdown $12,307,128 [19]
19May 11, 1997 The Fifth Element $17,031,345 [20]
20May 18, 1997$11,410,863 [21]
21May 25, 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park $72,132,785The Lost World: Jurassic Park had the widest release of all-time opening in 3,565 theaters and broke Batman Forever 's records ($52.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in the summer, for a PG-13 rated film, and of all time. It also broke Jurassic Park 's record ($47.0 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a creature feature film and Mission: Impossible 's records ($45.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut in May and for the Memorial Day weekend. The Lost World: Jurassic Park had the highest weekend debut in 1997. [22]
22June 1, 1997$34,116,390 [23]
23June 8, 1997 Con Air $24,131,738 [24]
24June 15, 1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control $16,158,942 [25]
25June 22, 1997 Batman & Robin $42,872,605 [26]
26June 29, 1997 Face/Off $23,387,530 [27]
27July 6, 1997 Men in Black $51,068,455Men in Black broke Independence Day 's records ($50.2 mil) for the highest weekend debut in July and the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. [28]
28July 13, 1997$30,062,317 [29]
29July 20, 1997$19,029,928 [30]
30July 27, 1997 Air Force One $37,132,505Air Force One broke Interview with the Vampire's record ($36.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film. [31]
31August 3, 1997$25,731,622 [32]
32August 10, 1997 Conspiracy Theory $19,313,566 [33]
33August 17, 1997 Cop Land $13,510,482 [34]
34August 24, 1997 G.I. Jane $11,094,241 [35]
35August 31, 1997$8,183,861 [36]
36September 7, 1997 Fire Down Below $6,073,094 [37]
37September 14, 1997 The Game $14,337,029 [38]
38September 21, 1997 In & Out $15,019,821 [39]
39September 28, 1997 The Peacemaker $12,311,939 [40]
40October 5, 1997 Kiss the Girls $13,215,167 [41]
41October 12, 1997$11,122,441 [42]
42October 19, 1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer $15,818,645I Know What You Did Last Summer broke Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 's record ($12.9 million) for highest weekend debut for a slasher film. [43]
43October 26, 1997$12,507,880 [44]
44November 2, 1997$9,406,297 [45]
45November 9, 1997 Starship Troopers $22,058,773 [46]
46November 16, 1997 The Jackal $15,164,595 [47]
47November 23, 1997 Mortal Kombat Annihilation $16,771,694 [48]
48November 30, 1997 Flubber $26,725,207 [49]
49December 7, 1997$11,292,933 [50]
50December 14, 1997 Scream 2 $32,926,342Scream 2 broke Beavis and Butt-Head Do America 's record ($20.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in December and I Know What You Did Last Summer 's record ($15.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a slasher film. [51]
51December 21, 1997 Titanic $28,638,131Titanic held the record for the highest-grossing film of all time ($1.8 billion) until Avatar surpassed it on January 24, 2010. [52]
52December 28, 1997$35,455,673Titanic broke Scream 2's record ($32.9 mil) for the highest weekend gross in December (which had been set two weeks earlier). [53]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1997 by Calendar Gross [54]

RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Gross
1. Men in Black Columbia Pictures Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub and Rip Torn Barry Sonnenfeld $250,690,539
2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal Pictures Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Vince Vaughn, Vanessa Lee Chester, Richard Schiff, Peter Stormare and Richard Attenborough Steven Spielberg $229,086,679
3. Liar Liar Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Jennifer Tilly, Cary Elwes, Amanda Donohoe, Jason Bernard, Swoosie Kurtz and Anne Haney Tom Shadyac $181,410,615
4. Air Force One Columbia Pictures Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, Dean Stockwell and Glenn Close Wolfgang Petersen $171,482,545
5. Star Wars (Special Edition) 20th Century Fox Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew George Lucas $137,690,767
6. My Best Friend's Wedding TriStar Pictures Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett and Philip Bosco P. J. Hogan $127,120,029
7. Titanic Paramount Pictures Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Gloria Stuart, Suzy Amis and Bill Paxton James Cameron $112,594,173
8. Face/Off John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Alessandro Nivola and Colm Feore John Woo $112,276,146
9. Batman & Robin Warner Bros. Pictures Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle and Elle Macpherson Joel Schumacher $107,325,195
10. George of the Jungle Walt Disney Studios Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Holland Taylor, Richard Roundtree, John Cleese and Keith Scott Sam Weisman $105,263,257

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1997 by In-year release [55]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1. Titanic Paramount $600,788,188
2. Men in Black Sony $250,690,539
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal $229,086,679
4. Liar Liar $181,410,615
5. Air Force One Sony $172,956,409
6. As Good as It Gets $148,478,011
7. Good Will Hunting Miramax $138,433,435
8. Star Wars (Special Edition) 20th Century Fox $138,257,865
9. My Best Friend's Wedding Sony $127,120,029
10. Tomorrow Never Dies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $125,304,276


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1997
G Hercules
PG Star Wars (Special Edition)
PG-13 Titanic
R Air Force One

See also

References

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