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	$311,810,362
2	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$295,908,525
3	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$217,908,821
4	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,273,211	24,460,395	$192,992,517
5	Con Air	Action	R	$101,087,161	22,023,347	$173,764,208
6	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$93,269,730	20,320,203	$160,326,402
7	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$158,845,472
8	Scream 2	Horror	R	$85,492,042	18,625,717	$146,956,907
9	Scream	Horror	R	$81,748,082	17,810,040	$140,521,216
10	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,081,498	16,575,490	$130,780,616
11	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$121,007,983
12	Michael	Comedy	PG	$67,715,874	14,752,914	$116,400,491
13	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,155,742	14,630,881	$115,437,651
14	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,557,989	14,282,786	$112,691,182
15	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$109,011,648
16	The Saint	Action	PG-13	$61,355,436	13,367,197	$105,467,184
17	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$103,008,376
18	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$102,658,281
19	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$101,536,449
20	Spawn	Action	PG-13	$54,967,359	11,975,459	$94,486,372
21	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,868,030	11,735,954	$92,596,677
22	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$53,107,285	11,570,215	$91,288,996
23	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,129,186	10,921,391	$86,169,775
24	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,007,168	10,894,808	$85,960,035
25	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$82,966,325
26	G.I. Jane	Drama	R	$48,154,732	10,491,227	$82,775,781
27	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,068,396	10,472,417	$82,627,370
28	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,474,112	10,342,944	$81,605,828
29	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$77,472,928
30	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,810,734	9,762,687	$77,027,600
31	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,477,235	9,690,029	$76,454,329
32	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$76,351,183
33	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$74,256,751
34	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,877,165	9,341,430	$73,703,883
35	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,256,277	8,988,296	$70,917,655
36	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,067,398	8,947,146	$70,592,982
37	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$70,000,388
38	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,429,528	7,936,716	$62,620,689
39	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$60,745,647
40	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,656,904	7,550,524	$59,573,634
41	Metro	Action	R	$31,987,563	6,968,968	$54,985,158
42	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,235,710	6,805,166	$53,692,760
43	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,058,643	6,766,589	$53,388,387
44	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,291,566	6,381,605	$50,350,863
45	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,230,449	6,368,290	$50,245,808
46	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,659,604	6,243,922	$49,264,545
47	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,073,151	6,116,155	$48,256,463
48	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$27,974,168	6,094,590	$48,086,315
49	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,779,888	6,052,263	$47,752,355
50	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$46,695,190
51	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$26,677,496	5,812,091	$45,857,398
52	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,826,788	5,626,751	$44,395,065
53	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$42,035,159
54	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,000,000	5,228,758	$41,254,901
55	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,700,919	5,163,599	$40,740,796
56	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$40,595,620
57	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$38,303,086
58	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$21,949,646	4,782,058	$37,730,438
59	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$34,482,306
60	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$20,056,331	4,369,571	$34,475,915
61	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,736,932	4,299,985	$33,926,882
62	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,891,125	4,115,714	$32,472,983
63	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,239,932	3,973,841	$31,353,605
64	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,337,426	3,559,352	$28,083,287
65	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$27,759,229
66	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$26,844,281
67	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,765,099	3,216,797	$25,380,528
68	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,511,338	3,161,512	$24,944,330
69	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,327,206	3,121,396	$24,627,814
70	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,008,431	3,051,946	$24,079,854
71	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$23,512,587
72	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,587,762	2,960,297	$23,356,743
73	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,612,751	2,747,876	$21,680,742
74	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,514,138	2,726,392	$21,511,233
75	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$12,123,355	2,641,254	$20,839,494
76	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$20,638,646
77	Ransom	Action	R	$11,806,880	2,572,305	$20,295,486
78	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,466,088	2,498,058	$19,709,678
79	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,454,593	2,495,554	$19,689,921
80	Double Team	Action	R	$11,313,010	2,464,708	$19,446,546
81	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$19,437,275
82	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$18,081,718
83	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,440,032	2,274,517	$17,945,939
84	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$16,985,482
85	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,582,804	2,087,757	$16,472,403
86	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$16,360,357
87	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,202,671	2,004,939	$15,818,969
88	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$14,846,652
89	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$8,074,281	1,759,103	$13,879,323
90	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$13,628,578
91	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$7,905,000	1,722,222	$13,588,332
92	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$12,983,445
93	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$12,910,407
94	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$7,474,793	1,628,495	$12,848,826
95	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,324,662	1,595,787	$12,590,759
96	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,240,837	1,577,524	$12,446,664
97	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,221,836	1,573,385	$12,414,008
98	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$12,347,329
99	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$11,402,510
100	Switchback	Action	R	$6,482,195	1,412,243	$11,142,597
101	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$11,085,221
102	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,320,276	1,376,966	$10,864,262
103	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,858,599	1,276,383	$10,070,662
104	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$9,825,677
105	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,479,037	1,193,690	$9,418,214
106	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,079,851	1,106,721	$8,732,029
107	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$5,064,440	1,103,364	$8,705,542
108	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$8,431,364
109	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,368,453	951,733	$7,509,173
110	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,266,243	929,465	$7,333,479
111	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,068,285	886,337	$6,993,199
112	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$3,999,612	871,375	$6,875,149
113	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$6,526,356
114	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,559,990	775,597	$6,119,460
115	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,506,206	763,879	$6,027,005
116	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,478,370	757,815	$5,979,160
117	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,376,403	735,600	$5,803,884
118	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$5,703,373
119	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$3,110,918	677,760	$5,347,526
120	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$5,024,486
121	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,874,242	626,197	$4,940,694
122	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,856,622	622,358	$4,910,405
123	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$4,542,715
124	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,560,471	557,837	$4,401,334
125	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$2,518,728	548,742	$4,329,574
126	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$4,307,766
127	Crash	Drama	R	$2,430,321	529,482	$4,177,613
128	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,293,037	499,572	$3,941,623
129	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,819,510
130	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,703,558
131	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,084,559	454,152	$3,583,259
132	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$2,075,683	452,219	$3,568,008
133	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$3,295,061
134	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$3,249,639
135	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$3,182,913
136	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,812,337	394,845	$3,115,327
137	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,495,332	325,780	$2,570,404
138	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,453,230
139	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,385,849
140	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,322,855
141	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,075,288	234,268	$1,848,375
142	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,722,695
143	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$892,904	194,532	$1,534,857
144	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,519,511
145	Big Night	Drama	R	$814,200	177,386	$1,399,576
146	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$810,330	176,542	$1,392,916
147	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,325,473
148	Lone Star	Drama	R	$758,156	165,176	$1,303,239
149	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,291,759
150	Nueba Yol 3	Drama	Not Rated	$723,404	157,604	$1,243,496
151	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$710,868	154,873	$1,221,948
152	Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,179,413
153	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$661,361	144,087	$1,136,846
154	Swingers	Comedy	R	$644,108	140,329	$1,107,196
155	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$1,018,607
156	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$995,852
157	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	R	$542,909	118,281	$933,237
158	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$540,063	117,661	$928,345
159	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$531,868	115,875	$914,254
160	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$527,095	114,836	$906,056
161	Commandments	Comedy	R	$488,419	106,409	$839,567
162	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$482,665	105,156	$829,681
163	Buscando un Sue�o	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$793,576
164	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$667,178
165	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$664,117
166	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$300,810	65,536	$517,079
167	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$276,573	60,256	$475,420
168	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$455,726
169	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$420,655
170	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$229,657	50,034	$394,768
171	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$389,222
172	Critical Care	Drama	R	$218,158	47,529	$375,004
173	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$368,676
174	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$167,596	36,513	$288,088
175	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$165,851	36,133	$285,089
176	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$142,749	31,100	$245,379
177	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$142,349	31,013	$244,693
178	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$223,319
179	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$96,544	21,034	$165,958
180	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$150,423
181	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$86,040
182	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$70,426
183	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,030	6,325	$49,904
184	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$45,794
185	Raven	Action	R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
186	Cadillac Ranch	Adventure	R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
187	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$6,225
188	Trojan War	Comedy		$217	47	$371
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,773,964,783
Total Tickets Sold					822,214,558
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$6,487,272,863

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.