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	$358,334,443
2	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,769,177	21,954,069	$157,630,215
3	Hercules	Adventure	G	$99,046,791	21,578,822	$154,935,942
4	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$110,118,798
5	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$93,420,337
6	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$92,399,456
7	The English Patient	Drama	R	$55,893,178	12,177,163	$87,432,030
8	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$84,864,268
9	Anastasia	Musical	G	$53,042,286	11,556,054	$82,972,468
10	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,007,168	10,894,808	$78,224,721
11	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$69,480,544
12	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,877,165	9,341,430	$67,071,467
13	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$59,905,792
14	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,927,476	7,391,607	$53,071,738
15	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$32,070,509	6,987,039	$50,166,940
16	The Little Mermaid	Adventure	G	$29,678,678	6,465,943	$46,425,471
17	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$42,493,215
18	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,454,187	5,545,575	$39,817,229
19	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$36,942,529
20	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$20,151,087	4,390,215	$31,521,744
21	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,462,242	3,150,815	$22,622,852
22	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$22,412,284
23	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$21,396,752
24	Boot, Das	Drama	R	$11,397,741	2,483,168	$17,829,146
25	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,005,081	2,179,756	$15,650,648
26	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$15,457,003
27	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$13,606,409
28	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$12,402,179
29	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$11,322,264
30	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$10,376,428
31	Kull The Conqueror	Action	PG-13	$6,086,891	1,326,120	$9,521,542
32	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,550,492	773,528	$5,553,931
33	Crash	Drama	R	$2,430,321	529,482	$3,801,681
34	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,293,037	499,572	$3,586,927
35	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,475,802
36	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$2,075,683	452,219	$3,246,932
37	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,633,961
38	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,232,470
39	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,171,153
40	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,567,674
41	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,382,775
42	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,377,174
43	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$791,830	172,512	$1,238,636
44	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$661,361	144,087	$1,034,545
45	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$971,555
46	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$527,095	114,836	$824,522
47	Margaret's Museum	Drama	R	$524,963	114,371	$821,184
48	Pippi Longstocking	Musical	G	$478,113	104,164	$747,898
49	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$607,141
50	Thinner	Horror	R	$364,078	79,320	$569,518
51	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$273,938	59,681	$428,510
52	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$229,657	50,034	$359,244
53	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$354,197
54	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$137,163	29,883	$214,560
55	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon	Adventure	PG	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,284,328,437
Total Tickets Sold					279,810,120
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,009,036,662

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.