Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story 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	$393,768,629
2	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,769,177	21,954,069	$173,217,604
3	Hercules	Adventure	G	$99,046,791	21,578,822	$170,256,906
4	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$158,845,472
5	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$121,007,983
6	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$102,658,281
7	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$101,536,449
8	The English Patient	Drama	R	$55,893,178	12,177,163	$96,077,816
9	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$93,256,139
10	Anastasia	Musical	G	$53,042,286	11,556,054	$91,177,266
11	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,007,168	10,894,808	$85,960,035
12	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$76,351,183
13	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,877,165	9,341,430	$73,703,883
14	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$65,829,623
15	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,927,476	7,391,607	$58,319,779
16	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$32,070,509	6,987,039	$55,127,738
17	The Little Mermaid	Adventure	G	$29,678,678	6,465,943	$51,016,290
18	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$46,695,190
19	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,454,187	5,545,575	$43,754,587
20	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$40,595,620
21	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$20,151,087	4,390,215	$34,638,796
22	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,462,242	3,150,815	$24,859,930
23	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$24,628,540
24	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$23,512,587
25	Das Boot	Drama	R	$11,397,741	2,483,168	$19,592,196
26	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,005,081	2,179,756	$17,198,275
27	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$16,985,482
28	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$14,951,889
29	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$13,628,578
30	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$7,474,793	1,628,495	$12,848,826
31	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$12,441,875
32	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$11,402,510
33	Kull The Conqueror	Action	PG-13	$6,086,891	1,326,120	$10,463,087
34	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,550,492	773,528	$6,103,136
35	Crash	Drama	R	$2,430,321	529,482	$4,177,613
36	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,293,037	499,572	$3,941,623
37	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,819,510
38	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$2,075,683	452,219	$3,568,008
39	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,894,423
40	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,453,230
41	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,385,849
42	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,722,695
43	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,519,511
44	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,513,357
45	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$791,830	172,512	$1,361,120
46	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$661,361	144,087	$1,136,846
47	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$1,067,627
48	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$527,095	114,836	$906,056
49	Margaret's Museum	Drama	R	$524,963	114,371	$902,387
50	Pippi Longstocking	Musical	G	$478,113	104,164	$821,854
51	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$667,178
52	Thinner	Horror	R	$364,078	79,320	$625,835
53	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$273,938	59,681	$470,883
54	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$229,657	50,034	$394,768
55	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$389,222
56	Critical Care	Drama	R	$218,158	47,529	$375,004
57	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$137,163	29,883	$235,777
58	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon	Adventure	PG	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,384,429,592
Total Tickets Sold					301,618,650
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,379,771,149

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.