Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Men in Black	Adventure	PG-13	$250,107,128	54,489,570	$391,235,113
2	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	PG	$138,133,173	30,094,373	$216,077,598
3	Hercules	Adventure	G	$99,046,791	21,578,822	$154,935,942
4	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Adventure	PG	$67,484,485	14,702,502	$105,563,964
5	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Adventure	PG	$48,063,790	10,471,414	$75,184,753
6	The Little Mermaid	Adventure	G	$29,678,678	6,465,943	$46,425,471
7	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,324,662	1,595,787	$11,457,751
8	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$6,846,411	1,491,593	$10,709,638
9	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,567,674
10	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$273,938	59,681	$428,510
11	Wallace & Gromit	Adventure	Not Rated	$101,029	22,011	$158,039
12	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon	Adventure	PG	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
13	Cadillac Ranch	Adventure	R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
Total Gross of All Movies				$648,072,260
Total Tickets Sold					141,192,213
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,013,760,089

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.