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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]

Number-one films

# Weekend end date Film Total weekend gross Notes Ref
1 January 5, 1997 Michael $12,144,926 [2]
2 January 12, 1997 The Relic $9,064,143 [3]
3 January 19, 1997 Beverly Hills Ninja $12,220,920 [4]
4 January 26, 1997 Jerry Maguire $5,518,727 Jerry Maguire reclaimed #1 in its sixth week of release. [5]
5 February 2, 1997 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (Special Edition) $35,906,661 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Special Edition) held the record for the highest weekend debut in January and the highest weekend for a reissue. [6]
6 February 9, 1997 $24,277,091 In 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]
7 February 16, 1997 $21,370,589 [8]
8 February 23, 1997 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) $21,975,993 Star 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]
9 March 2, 1997 $13,145,852 [10]
10 March 9, 1997 Private Parts $14,616,333 [11]
11 March 16, 1997 Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) $16,293,531 [12]
12 March 23, 1997 Liar Liar $31,423,025 Liar 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]
13 March 30, 1997 $25,377,435 [14]
14 April 6, 1997 $18,275,295 [15]
15 April 13, 1997 Anaconda $16,620,887 [16]
16 April 20, 1997 $12,013,566 [17]
17 April 27, 1997 Volcano $14,581,740 [18]
18 May 4, 1997 Breakdown $12,307,128 [19]
19 May 11, 1997 The Fifth Element $17,031,345 [20]
20 May 18, 1997 $11,410,863 [21]
21 May 25, 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park $72,132,785 The Lost World: Jurassic Park had the widest release of all time opening in 3,565 theaters and broke Batman Forever's record ($52.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut of all time, and Mission: Impossible's records ($45.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut in May and the highest Memorial Day weekend debut. The Lost World: Jurassic Park had the highest weekend debut in 1997. [22]
22 June 1, 1997 $34,116,390 [23]
23 June 8, 1997 Con Air $24,131,738 [24]
24 June 15, 1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control $16,158,942 [25]
25 June 22, 1997 Batman & Robin $42,872,605 [26]
26 June 29, 1997 Face/Off $23,387,530 [27]
27 July 6, 1997 Men in Black $51,068,455 Men 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]
28 July 13, 1997 $30,062,317 [29]
29 July 20, 1997 $19,029,928 [30]
30 July 27, 1997 Air Force One $37,132,505 Air Force One broke Interview with the Vampire's record ($36.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film. [31]
31 August 3, 1997 $25,731,622 [32]
32 August 10, 1997 Conspiracy Theory $19,313,566 [33]
33 August 17, 1997 Cop Land $13,510,482 [34]
34 August 24, 1997 G.I. Jane $11,094,241 [35]
35 August 31, 1997 $8,183,861 [36]
36 September 7, 1997 Fire Down Below $6,073,094 [37]
37 September 14, 1997 The Game $14,337,029 [38]
38 September 21, 1997 In & Out $15,019,821 [39]
39 September 28, 1997 The Peacemaker $12,311,939 [40]
40 October 5, 1997 Kiss the Girls $13,215,167 [41]
41 October 12, 1997 $11,122,441 [42]
42 October 19, 1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer $15,818,645 I 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]
43 October 26, 1997 $12,507,880 [44]
44 November 2, 1997 $9,406,297 [45]
45 November 9, 1997 Starship Troopers $22,058,773 [46]
46 November 16, 1997 The Jackal $15,164,595 [47]
47 November 23, 1997 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation $16,771,694 [48]
48 November 30, 1997 Flubber $26,725,207 [49]
49 December 7, 1997 $11,292,933 [50]
50 December 14, 1997 Scream 2 $32,926,342 Scream 2 broke Beavis and Butt-Head Do America's record ($20.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in December, I Know What You Did Last Summer's record ($15.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Slasher film & Pocahontas's record ($29.5 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. [51]
51 December 21, 1997 Titanic $28,638,131 Titanic held the record for the highest-grossing film of all time ($1.8 billion) until Avatar surpassed it on January 24, 2010. [52]
52 December 28, 1997 $35,455,673 Titanic 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]

Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross
1. Men in Black Columbia Pictures Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio and Rip Torn Barry Sonnenfeld $250,690,539
2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal Pictures Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite and Arliss Howard Steven Spielberg $229,086,679
3. Liar Liar Paramount Pictures 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 and Dean Stockwell Wolfgang Petersen $171,482,545
5. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (Special Edition) 20th Century Fox Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness 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 and Bill Paxton James Cameron $112,594,173
8. Face/Off Paramount Pictures John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon and Alessandro Nivola 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 and John Cleese Sam Weisman $105,263,257

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1997 by In-year release[55]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic 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: Episode IV – A New Hope (Special Edition) 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: Episode IV - A New Hope (Special Edition)
PG-13 Titanic
R Air Force One

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See also

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