Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Liar Liar	Comedy	PG-13	$181,395,380	39,519,691	$283,751,381
2	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$269,280,508
3	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$198,299,789
4	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,273,211	24,460,395	$175,625,636
5	Con Air	Action	R	$101,087,161	22,023,347	$158,127,631
6	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$93,269,730	20,320,203	$145,899,058
7	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$144,551,393
8	Scream 2	Horror	R	$85,492,042	18,625,717	$133,732,648
9	Scream	Horror	R	$81,748,082	17,810,040	$127,876,087
10	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,081,498	16,575,490	$119,012,018
11	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$110,118,798
12	Michael	Comedy	PG	$67,715,874	14,752,914	$105,925,923
13	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,155,742	14,630,881	$105,049,726
14	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,557,989	14,282,786	$102,550,403
15	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$99,201,982
16	The Saint	Action	PG-13	$61,355,436	13,367,197	$95,976,474
17	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$93,738,928
18	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$93,420,337
19	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$92,399,456
20	Spawn	Action	PG-13	$54,967,359	11,975,459	$85,983,796
21	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,868,030	11,735,954	$84,264,150
22	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$53,107,285	11,570,215	$83,074,144
23	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,129,186	10,921,391	$78,415,587
24	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,007,168	10,894,808	$78,224,721
25	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$75,500,407
26	G.I.Jane	Drama	R	$48,154,732	10,491,227	$75,327,010
27	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,068,396	10,472,417	$75,191,954
28	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,474,112	10,342,944	$74,262,338
29	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$70,501,346
30	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,810,734	9,762,687	$70,096,093
31	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,477,235	9,690,029	$69,574,408
32	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$69,480,544
33	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$67,574,584
34	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,877,165	9,341,430	$67,071,467
35	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,256,277	8,988,296	$64,535,965
36	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,067,398	8,947,146	$64,240,508
37	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$63,701,240
38	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,429,528	7,936,716	$56,985,621
39	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$55,279,308
40	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,656,904	7,550,524	$54,212,762
41	Metro	Action	R	$31,987,563	6,968,968	$50,037,190
42	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,235,710	6,805,166	$48,861,092
43	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,058,643	6,766,589	$48,584,109
44	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,291,566	6,381,605	$45,819,924
45	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,205,077	6,362,762	$45,684,631
46	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,659,604	6,243,922	$44,831,360
47	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,014,536	6,103,385	$43,822,304
48	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$27,974,168	6,094,590	$43,759,156
49	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,779,888	6,052,263	$43,455,248
50	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$42,493,215
51	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$26,677,496	5,812,091	$41,730,813
52	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,826,788	5,626,751	$40,400,072
53	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$38,252,527
54	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,000,000	5,228,758	$37,542,482
55	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,700,919	5,163,599	$37,074,641
56	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$36,942,529
57	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$34,856,294
58	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$21,949,646	4,782,058	$34,335,176
59	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$31,379,336
60	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$20,056,331	4,369,571	$31,373,520
61	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,736,932	4,299,985	$30,873,892
62	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,891,125	4,115,714	$29,550,827
63	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,239,932	3,973,841	$28,532,178
64	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,325,542	3,556,763	$25,537,558
65	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$25,261,250
66	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$24,428,636
67	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,708,874	3,204,548	$23,008,655
68	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,511,338	3,161,512	$22,699,656
69	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,327,206	3,121,396	$22,411,623
70	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,008,431	3,051,946	$21,912,972
71	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$21,396,752
72	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,587,762	2,960,297	$21,254,932
73	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,612,751	2,747,876	$19,729,750
74	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,514,138	2,726,392	$19,575,495
75	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$12,123,355	2,641,254	$18,964,204
76	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$18,781,430
77	Ransom	Action	R	$11,806,880	2,572,305	$18,469,150
78	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,466,088	2,498,058	$17,936,056
79	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,454,593	2,495,554	$17,918,078
80	Double Team	Action	R	$11,313,010	2,464,708	$17,696,603
81	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$17,688,167
82	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$16,454,593
83	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,440,032	2,274,517	$16,331,032
84	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$15,457,003
85	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,582,804	2,087,757	$14,990,095
86	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$14,888,132
87	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,202,671	2,004,939	$14,395,462
88	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$13,510,642
89	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$8,074,281	1,759,103	$12,630,360
90	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$12,402,179
91	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$7,905,000	1,722,222	$12,365,554
92	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$11,815,099
93	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$11,748,634
94	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$7,474,793	1,628,495	$11,692,594
95	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,324,662	1,595,787	$11,457,751
96	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,240,837	1,577,524	$11,326,622
97	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,221,836	1,573,385	$11,296,904
98	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$11,236,226
99	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$10,376,428
100	Switchback	Action	R	$6,482,195	1,412,243	$10,139,905
101	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$10,087,692
102	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,320,276	1,376,966	$9,886,616
103	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,858,599	1,276,383	$9,164,430
104	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$8,941,491
105	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,479,037	1,193,690	$8,570,694
106	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,079,851	1,106,721	$7,946,257
107	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$5,064,440	1,103,364	$7,922,154
108	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$7,672,649
109	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,368,453	951,733	$6,833,443
110	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,266,243	929,465	$6,673,559
111	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,068,285	886,337	$6,363,900
112	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$3,999,612	871,375	$6,256,473
113	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$5,939,066
114	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,559,990	775,597	$5,568,786
115	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,506,206	763,879	$5,484,651
116	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,478,370	757,815	$5,441,112
117	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,376,403	735,600	$5,281,608
118	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$5,190,142
119	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$3,110,918	677,760	$4,866,317
120	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$4,572,346
121	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,874,242	626,197	$4,496,094
122	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,856,622	622,358	$4,468,530
123	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$4,133,928
124	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,560,471	557,837	$4,005,270
125	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$2,518,728	548,742	$3,939,968
126	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$3,920,122
127	Crash	Drama	R	$2,430,321	529,482	$3,801,681
128	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,293,037	499,572	$3,586,927
129	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,475,802
130	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,370,285
131	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,084,559	454,152	$3,260,811
132	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$2,075,683	452,219	$3,246,932
133	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$2,998,548
134	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$2,957,212
135	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$2,896,491
136	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,812,337	394,845	$2,834,987
137	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,495,332	325,780	$2,339,100
138	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,232,470
139	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,171,153
140	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,113,828
141	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,075,288	234,268	$1,682,044
142	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,567,674
143	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$892,904	194,532	$1,396,740
144	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,382,775
145	Big Night	Drama	R	$814,200	177,386	$1,273,631
146	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$810,330	176,542	$1,267,572
147	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,206,197
148	Lone Star	Drama	R	$758,156	165,176	$1,185,964
149	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,175,517
150	Nueba Yol 3	Drama	Not Rated	$723,404	157,604	$1,131,597
151	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$710,868	154,873	$1,111,988
152	A Chef in Love	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,073,281
153	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$661,361	144,087	$1,034,545
154	Swingers	Comedy	R	$644,108	140,329	$1,007,562
155	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$926,945
156	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$906,238
157	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	R	$542,909	118,281	$849,258
158	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$540,063	117,661	$844,806
159	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$531,868	115,875	$831,983
160	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$527,095	114,836	$824,522
161	Commandments	Comedy	R	$488,419	106,409	$764,017
162	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$482,665	105,156	$755,020
163	In Search of a Dream	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$722,164
164	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$607,141
165	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$604,355
166	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$300,810	65,536	$470,548
167	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$276,573	60,256	$432,638
168	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$414,717
169	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$382,802
170	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$229,657	50,034	$359,244
171	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$354,197
172	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$335,500
173	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$167,596	36,513	$262,163
174	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$165,851	36,133	$259,435
175	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$142,749	31,100	$223,298
176	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$142,349	31,013	$222,673
177	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$203,223
178	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$96,544	21,034	$151,024
179	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$136,887
180	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$78,298
181	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$64,089
182	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,030	6,325	$45,414
183	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$41,673
184	Cadillac Ranch	Adventure	R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
185	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$5,665
186	Trojan War	Comedy		$217	47	$337
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,773,589,529
Total Tickets Sold					822,132,804
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,902,913,533

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.