Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Action	PG-13	$229,074,524	49,907,304	$358,334,443
2	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$269,280,508
3	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,273,211	24,460,395	$175,625,636
4	Batman & Robin	Action	PG-13	$107,308,328	23,378,721	$167,859,217
5	Con Air	Action	R	$101,087,161	22,023,347	$158,127,631
6	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$144,551,393
7	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,540,020	13,843,142	$99,393,760
8	The Saint	Action	PG-13	$61,355,436	13,367,197	$95,976,474
9	Spawn	Action	PG-13	$54,967,359	11,975,459	$85,983,796
10	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$84,864,268
11	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,068,396	10,472,417	$75,191,954
12	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,474,112	10,342,944	$74,262,338
13	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$72,101,560
14	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,256,277	8,988,296	$64,535,965
15	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,067,398	8,947,146	$64,240,508
16	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Action	PG-13	$35,059,903	7,638,323	$54,843,159
17	Metro	Action	R	$31,987,563	6,968,968	$50,037,190
18	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$25,261,250
19	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,511,338	3,161,512	$22,699,656
20	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$22,412,284
21	Ransom	Action	R	$11,806,880	2,572,305	$18,469,150
22	Double Team	Action	R	$11,313,010	2,464,708	$17,696,603
23	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,440,032	2,274,517	$16,331,032
24	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Action	PG	$8,109,349	1,766,743	$12,685,215
25	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$7,905,000	1,722,222	$12,365,554
26	Switchback	Action	R	$6,482,195	1,412,243	$10,139,905
27	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$10,087,692
28	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,320,276	1,376,966	$9,886,616
29	Kull The Conqueror	Action	PG-13	$6,086,891	1,326,120	$9,521,542
30	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$2,957,212
31	Steel	Action	PG-13	$1,686,429	367,414	$2,638,033
32	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$844,516	183,990	$1,321,048
33	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$710,868	154,873	$1,111,988
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,464,449,446
Total Tickets Sold					319,052,170
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,290,794,581

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.