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	$181,410,615	39,523,010	$271,918,309
2	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$258,029,233
3	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$190,014,282
4	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,276,146	24,461,034	$168,291,914
5	Con Air	Action	R	$101,117,573	22,029,972	$151,566,207
6	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$138,511,641
7	Scream 2	Horror	R	$85,492,042	18,625,717	$128,144,933
8	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,118,990	16,583,658	$114,095,567
9	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$70,946,237	15,456,697	$106,342,075
10	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$105,517,734
11	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,163,857	14,632,649	$100,672,625
12	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,598,907	14,291,701	$98,326,903
13	Scream	Horror	R	$63,962,211	13,935,122	$95,873,639
14	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$95,057,052
15	The Saint	Action	PG-13	$61,363,304	13,368,912	$91,978,115
16	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$89,822,260
17	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$89,516,980
18	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$88,538,754
19	Spawn	Action	PG-13	$54,979,992	11,978,212	$82,410,099
20	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,883,989	11,739,431	$80,767,285
21	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$53,107,285	11,570,215	$79,603,079
22	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,159,144	10,927,918	$75,184,076
23	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,068,310	10,908,129	$75,047,928
24	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$72,345,794
25	G.I.Jane	Drama	R	$48,169,156	10,494,369	$72,201,259
26	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,097,081	10,478,667	$72,093,229
27	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,546,796	10,358,779	$71,268,400
28	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$67,555,608
29	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,906,632	9,783,580	$67,311,030
30	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,480,039	9,690,640	$66,671,603
31	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$66,577,457
32	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$64,751,134
33	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,885,593	9,343,266	$64,281,670
34	Michael	Comedy	PG	$42,636,436	9,288,984	$63,908,210
35	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,263,140	8,989,791	$61,849,762
36	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,076,865	8,949,208	$61,570,551
37	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$61,039,628
38	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,470,465	7,945,635	$54,665,969
39	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$52,969,588
40	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,673,095	7,554,051	$51,971,871
41	Metro	Action	R	$32,017,895	6,975,576	$47,991,963
42	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,301,775	6,819,559	$46,918,566
43	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,245,344	6,807,264	$46,833,976
44	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,299,524	6,383,339	$43,917,372
45	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,235,353	6,369,358	$43,821,183
46	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$28,985,323	6,314,885	$43,446,409
47	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,681,080	6,248,601	$42,990,375
48	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,084,357	6,118,596	$42,095,940
49	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,799,255	6,056,483	$41,668,603
50	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$40,717,732
51	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,842,024	5,630,071	$38,734,888
52	Sling Blade	Drama	R	$24,475,416	5,332,335	$36,686,465
53	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$36,654,232
54	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,251,437	5,283,537	$36,350,735
55	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,712,993	5,166,229	$35,543,656
56	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$35,398,969
57	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$33,399,903
58	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,066,917	4,371,877	$30,078,514
59	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$20,056,331	4,369,571	$30,062,648
60	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,745,922	4,301,944	$29,597,375
61	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,651,878	4,063,590	$27,957,499
62	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,301,828	3,987,326	$27,432,803
63	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,408,534	3,574,844	$24,594,927
64	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$24,205,766
65	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$23,407,941
66	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,763,020	3,216,344	$22,128,447
67	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,601,662	3,181,190	$21,886,587
68	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,351,432	3,126,674	$21,511,517
69	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,010,363	3,052,367	$21,000,285
70	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$13,922,738	3,033,276	$20,868,939
71	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$20,502,737
72	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,602,831	2,963,580	$20,389,430
73	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,554,569	2,735,200	$18,818,176
74	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,531,565	2,730,188	$18,783,693
75	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$17,996,690
76	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,532,774	2,512,587	$17,286,599
77	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,486,880	2,502,588	$17,217,805
78	Double Team	Action	R	$11,328,565	2,468,097	$16,980,507
79	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$16,949,107
80	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$15,767,075
81	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,461,161	2,279,120	$15,680,346
82	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,889,670	2,154,612	$14,823,731
83	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$14,266,065
84	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,452,725	2,059,417	$14,168,789
85	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,254,184	2,016,162	$13,871,195
86	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$8,968,643	1,953,953	$13,443,197
87	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$12,946,130
88	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$11,883,982
89	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$11,321,432
90	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$11,257,744
91	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,365,417	1,604,666	$11,040,102
92	Ransom	Action	R	$7,354,935	1,602,382	$11,024,388
93	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,281,450	1,586,373	$10,914,246
94	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,246,735	1,578,809	$10,862,206
95	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$10,766,746
96	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$7,180,054	1,564,282	$10,762,260
97	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$9,942,873
98	Switchback	Action	R	$6,504,442	1,417,090	$9,749,579
99	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$9,666,200
100	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,343,015	1,381,920	$9,507,610
101	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,906,773	1,286,879	$8,853,728
102	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,747,802	1,252,244	$8,615,439
103	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,573,929	1,214,364	$8,354,824
104	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,102,151	1,111,580	$7,647,670
105	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$7,352,064
106	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$4,866,837	1,060,313	$7,294,953
107	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,408,420	960,440	$6,607,827
108	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$4,327,252	942,756	$6,486,161
109	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,287,595	934,117	$6,426,725
110	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,166,918	907,825	$6,245,836
111	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$4,073,582	887,491	$6,105,938
112	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$5,690,916
113	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$3,774,360	822,301	$5,657,431
114	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,602,884	784,942	$5,400,401
115	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,533,790	769,889	$5,296,836
116	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,525,125	768,001	$5,283,847
117	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,398,083	740,323	$5,093,422
118	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$4,973,284
119	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,936,611	639,785	$4,401,721
120	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$4,381,301
121	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,883,661	628,249	$4,322,353
122	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$2,712,685	590,999	$4,066,073
123	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$3,961,201
124	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$2,638,008	574,729	$3,954,136
125	Crash	Drama	R	$2,618,985	570,585	$3,925,625
126	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,589,188	564,093	$3,880,960
127	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$3,756,329
128	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,372,744	516,938	$3,556,533
129	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,330,574
130	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,229,465
131	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,096,256	456,701	$3,142,103
132	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$2,873,260
133	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$2,833,652
134	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$2,775,468
135	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	360,016	$2,476,910
136	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,554,338	338,636	$2,329,816
137	Romeo & Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$1,540,132	335,541	$2,308,522
138	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,139,192
139	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,410,047	307,200	$2,113,536
140	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,080,436
141	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,025,506
142	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,083,350	236,024	$1,623,845
143	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,502,172
144	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,324,999
145	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$863,975	188,230	$1,295,022
146	Nueba Yol 3	Drama	Not Rated	$793,112	172,791	$1,188,802
147	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$790,078	172,130	$1,184,254
148	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,155,799
149	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,126,400
150	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$726,207	158,215	$1,088,519
151	A Chef in Love	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,028,436
152	Big Night	Drama	R	$667,023	145,321	$999,808
153	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$600,843	130,903	$900,613
154	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$888,215
155	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$868,373
156	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$552,072	120,277	$827,506
157	Commandments	Comedy	R	$548,562	119,512	$822,243
158	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$514,897	112,178	$771,785
159	In Search of a Dream	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$691,990
160	Swingers	Comedy	R	$417,670	90,996	$626,052
161	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$581,773
162	La cérémonie	Drama	Not Rated	$356,284	77,622	$534,039
163	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$314,624	68,546	$471,596
164	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$279,723	60,942	$419,281
165	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$397,389
166	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$366,807
167	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$339,397
168	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$321,482
169	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$142,749	31,100	$213,968
170	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$134,512	29,305	$201,618
171	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$111,963	24,393	$167,824
172	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$101,064	22,018	$151,484
173	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$89,616	19,524	$134,325
174	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$131,167
175	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$63,076	13,742	$94,545
176	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$75,026
177	Lone Star	Drama	R	$41,901	9,129	$62,808
178	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$61,411
179	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$39,932
180	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$5,428
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,683,139,006
Total Tickets Sold					802,426,805
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,520,696,418

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.