Box Office Performance for Live Action Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Men in Black	Adventure	PG-13	$250,107,128	54,489,570	$374,888,242
2	Liar Liar	Comedy	PG-13	$181,410,615	39,523,010	$271,918,309
3	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$258,029,233
4	Titanic	Drama	PG-13	$157,467,971	34,306,747	$236,030,419
5	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	PG	$138,195,515	30,107,955	$207,142,730
6	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$190,014,282
7	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,276,146	24,461,034	$168,291,914
8	Batman & Robin	Action	PG-13	$107,325,195	23,382,395	$160,870,878
9	George Of The Jungle	Comedy	PG	$105,263,257	22,933,171	$157,780,216
10	Con Air	Action	R	$101,117,573	22,029,972	$151,566,207
11	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,920,329	21,987,000	$151,270,560
12	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$138,511,641
13	Scream 2	Horror	R	$85,492,042	18,625,717	$128,144,933
14	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$83,110,113	18,106,778	$124,574,633
15	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,118,990	16,583,658	$114,095,567
16	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$70,946,237	15,456,697	$106,342,075
17	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$105,517,734
18	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Adventure	PG	$67,597,694	14,727,166	$101,322,902
19	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,163,857	14,632,649	$100,672,625
20	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,598,907	14,291,701	$98,326,903
21	Scream	Horror	R	$63,962,211	13,935,122	$95,873,639
22	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,570,862	13,849,861	$95,287,044
23	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$95,057,052
24	The Saint	Action	PG-13	$61,363,304	13,368,912	$91,978,115
25	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$89,822,260
26	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$89,516,980
27	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$88,538,754
28	Spawn	Action	PG-13	$54,979,992	11,978,212	$82,410,099
29	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,883,989	11,739,431	$80,767,285
30	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$53,107,285	11,570,215	$79,603,079
31	The English Patient	Drama	R	$50,709,242	11,047,765	$76,008,623
32	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,159,144	10,927,918	$75,184,076
33	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,068,310	10,908,129	$75,047,928
34	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$72,345,794
35	G.I.Jane	Drama	R	$48,169,156	10,494,369	$72,201,259
36	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Adventure	PG	$48,143,460	10,488,771	$72,162,744
37	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,097,081	10,478,667	$72,093,229
38	Evita	Musical	PG	$47,821,442	10,418,615	$71,680,071
39	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,546,796	10,358,779	$71,268,400
40	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$69,088,960
41	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$67,555,608
42	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,906,632	9,783,580	$67,311,030
43	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,480,039	9,690,640	$66,671,603
44	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$66,577,457
45	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$64,751,134
46	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,885,593	9,343,266	$64,281,670
47	Michael	Comedy	PG	$42,636,436	9,288,984	$63,908,210
48	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$62,886,791
49	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,263,140	8,989,791	$61,849,762
50	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$61,752,341
51	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,076,865	8,949,208	$61,570,551
52	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$61,039,628
53	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$59,988,695
54	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$57,402,764
55	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$56,293,068
56	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,470,465	7,945,635	$54,665,969
57	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,450,113	7,723,336	$53,136,552
58	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$52,969,588
59	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Action	PG-13	$35,059,903	7,638,323	$52,551,662
60	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,673,095	7,554,051	$51,971,871
61	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,956,608	7,397,954	$50,897,924
62	Metro	Action	R	$32,017,895	6,975,576	$47,991,963
63	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,301,775	6,819,559	$46,918,566
64	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,245,344	6,807,264	$46,833,976
65	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,299,524	6,383,339	$43,917,372
66	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,235,353	6,369,358	$43,821,183
67	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$29,117,149	6,343,605	$43,644,002
68	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$28,985,323	6,314,885	$43,446,409
69	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,681,080	6,248,601	$42,990,375
70	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,084,357	6,118,596	$42,095,940
71	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,799,255	6,056,483	$41,668,603
72	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$40,717,732
73	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$40,042,088
74	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,673,242	5,811,164	$39,980,808
75	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,842,024	5,630,071	$38,734,888
76	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,514,166	5,558,642	$38,243,457
77	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,646,936	5,369,703	$36,943,557
78	Sling Blade	Drama	R	$24,475,416	5,332,335	$36,686,465
79	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$36,654,232
80	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,251,437	5,283,537	$36,350,735
81	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$35,698,153
82	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,712,993	5,166,229	$35,543,656
83	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$35,398,969
84	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$35,209,404
85	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$33,399,903
86	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,066,917	4,371,877	$30,078,514
87	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$20,056,331	4,369,571	$30,062,648
88	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,745,922	4,301,944	$29,597,375
89	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,651,878	4,063,590	$27,957,499
90	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$18,480,626	4,026,280	$27,700,806
91	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,301,828	3,987,326	$27,432,803
92	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,408,534	3,574,844	$24,594,927
93	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$24,205,766
94	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Horror	R	$15,719,109	3,424,642	$23,561,537
95	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$23,407,941
96	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$23,155,239
97	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,763,020	3,216,344	$22,128,447
98	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,601,662	3,181,190	$21,886,587
99	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,477,119	3,154,056	$21,699,905
100	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$14,400,669	3,137,401	$21,585,319
101	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,351,432	3,126,674	$21,511,517
102	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$21,475,837
103	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$21,004,998
104	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,010,363	3,052,367	$21,000,285
105	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$13,922,738	3,033,276	$20,868,939
106	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$20,502,737
107	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,602,831	2,963,580	$20,389,430
108	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$20,198,111
109	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$19,642,469
110	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,554,569	2,735,200	$18,818,176
111	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,531,565	2,730,188	$18,783,693
112	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$18,399,535
113	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$17,996,690
114	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,532,774	2,512,587	$17,286,599
115	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,486,880	2,502,588	$17,217,805
116	Boot, Das	Drama	R	$11,452,283	2,495,051	$17,165,951
117	Double Team	Action	R	$11,328,565	2,468,097	$16,980,507
118	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$16,949,107
119	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$15,767,075
120	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,461,161	2,279,120	$15,680,346
121	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,067,104	2,193,269	$15,089,691
122	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,889,670	2,154,612	$14,823,731
123	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$14,266,065
124	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,452,725	2,059,417	$14,168,789
125	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$9,447,466	2,058,271	$14,160,904
126	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,254,184	2,016,162	$13,871,195
127	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$13,037,896
128	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$12,946,130
129	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$12,668,288
130	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Action	PG	$8,363,899	1,822,200	$12,536,736
131	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,165,213	1,778,914	$12,238,928
132	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$11,883,982
133	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$11,321,432
134	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$11,257,744
135	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,365,417	1,604,666	$11,040,102
136	Ransom	Action	R	$7,354,935	1,602,382	$11,024,388
137	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,281,450	1,586,373	$10,914,246
138	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$7,269,988	1,583,875	$10,897,060
139	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,246,735	1,578,809	$10,862,206
140	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$10,849,189
141	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$10,766,746
142	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$7,180,054	1,564,282	$10,762,260
143	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$9,942,873
144	Switchback	Action	R	$6,504,442	1,417,090	$9,749,579
145	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$9,666,200
146	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,343,015	1,381,920	$9,507,610
147	Kull The Conqueror	Action	PG-13	$6,086,891	1,326,120	$9,123,706
148	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,926,128	1,291,095	$8,882,734
149	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,906,773	1,286,879	$8,853,728
150	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,770,254	1,257,136	$8,649,096
151	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,747,802	1,252,244	$8,615,439
152	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,573,929	1,214,364	$8,354,824
153	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,102,151	1,111,580	$7,647,670
154	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$7,352,064
155	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$4,866,837	1,060,313	$7,294,953
156	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,408,420	960,440	$6,607,827
157	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$4,327,252	942,756	$6,486,161
158	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,287,595	934,117	$6,426,725
159	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,166,918	907,825	$6,245,836
160	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,156,231	905,497	$6,229,819
161	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$6,159,169
162	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$4,073,582	887,491	$6,105,938
163	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$3,991,255	869,554	$5,982,532
164	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$5,690,916
165	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$3,774,360	822,301	$5,657,431
166	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,602,884	784,942	$5,400,401
167	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,533,790	769,889	$5,296,836
168	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,525,125	768,001	$5,283,847
169	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$5,274,930
170	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,398,083	740,323	$5,093,422
171	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$3,397,613	740,221	$5,092,720
172	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,342,678	728,252	$5,010,374
173	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$4,973,284
174	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,936,611	639,785	$4,401,721
175	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$4,381,301
176	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$2,899,499	631,699	$4,346,089
177	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,883,661	628,249	$4,322,353
178	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,299,078
179	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$2,712,685	590,999	$4,066,073
180	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$2,699,845	588,202	$4,046,830
181	When We Were Kings	Documentary	PG	$2,666,118	580,854	$3,996,276
182	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$3,961,201
183	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$2,638,008	574,729	$3,954,136
184	Crash	Drama	R	$2,618,985	570,585	$3,925,625
185	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,589,188	564,093	$3,880,960
186	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$2,570,742	560,075	$3,853,316
187	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$3,756,329
188	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,372,744	516,938	$3,556,533
189	Snowriders 2	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,287,639	498,396	$3,428,964
190	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,330,574
191	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,229,465
192	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,096,256	456,701	$3,142,103
193	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,990,257	433,607	$2,983,216
194	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$2,873,260
195	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$2,833,652
196	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$2,796,569
197	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$2,775,468
198	Steel	Action	PG-13	$1,686,429	367,414	$2,527,808
199	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,523,907
200	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	360,016	$2,476,910
201	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary	R	$1,591,687	346,773	$2,385,798
202	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,554,338	338,636	$2,329,816
203	Romeo & Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$1,540,132	335,541	$2,308,522
204	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,139,192
205	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,410,047	307,200	$2,113,536
206	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,080,436
207	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,025,506
208	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,625,613
209	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,083,350	236,024	$1,623,845
210	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,502,172
211	Ridicule	Drama	R	$921,283	200,715	$1,380,919
212	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,324,999
213	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$863,975	188,230	$1,295,022
214	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$858,553	187,049	$1,286,897
215	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$845,391	184,181	$1,267,165
216	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$794,630	173,122	$1,191,079
217	Nueba Yol 3	Drama	Not Rated	$793,112	172,791	$1,188,802
218	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$790,078	172,130	$1,184,254
219	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,155,799
220	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$760,472	165,680	$1,139,878
221	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,126,400
222	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$726,207	158,215	$1,088,519
223	Box of Moon Light	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,080,291
224	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$692,005	150,764	$1,037,256
225	A Chef in Love	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,028,436
226	Big Night	Drama	R	$667,023	145,321	$999,808
227	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	Drama	Not Rated	$630,269	137,314	$944,720
228	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$930,960
229	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$925,429
230	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$600,843	130,903	$900,613
231	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$888,215
232	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$590,817	128,718	$885,580
233	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$868,373
234	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$552,072	120,277	$827,506
235	Dream With The Fishes	Drama		$542,909	118,281	$813,773
236	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$514,897	112,178	$771,785
237	Boys Life 2	Drama		$479,504	104,467	$718,733
238	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$713,587
239	In Search of a Dream	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$691,990
240	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$444,578	96,858	$666,383
241	Swingers	Comedy	R	$417,670	90,996	$626,052
242	Sunday	Drama		$410,919	89,525	$615,932
243	Sleepers	Drama	R	$406,804	88,628	$609,761
244	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$581,773
245	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$579,103
246	Bent	Drama	NC-17	$372,341	81,120	$558,106
247	Thinner	Horror	R	$364,078	79,320	$545,722
248	La cérémonie	Drama	Not Rated	$356,284	77,622	$534,039
249	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$353,480	77,011	$529,836
250	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$349,040	76,044	$523,183
251	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$314,624	68,546	$471,596
252	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$441,380
253	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$421,455
254	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$279,723	60,942	$419,281
255	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$397,389
256	Microcosmos	Documentary	G	$247,975	54,025	$371,692
257	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$366,807
258	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$355,861
259	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$339,397
260	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$224,670	48,948	$336,762
261	4 Little Girls	Documentary		$218,444	47,591	$327,426
262	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$321,482
263	Love and Other Catastrophes	Comedy	R	$212,285	46,249	$318,193
264	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$311,403
265	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$172,503	37,582	$258,564
266	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$166,313	36,234	$249,290
267	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$142,749	31,100	$213,968
268	Hard Eight	Drama		$142,356	31,014	$213,376
269	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$134,512	29,305	$201,618
270	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$111,963	24,393	$167,824
271	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$101,064	22,018	$151,484
272	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$89,616	19,524	$134,325
273	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$131,167
274	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$63,076	13,742	$94,545
275	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$75,026
276	Lone Star	Drama	R	$41,901	9,129	$62,808
277	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$61,411
278	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$39,932
279	Bandwagon	Comedy		$22,189	4,834	$33,258
Total Gross of All Movies				$5,729,544,038
Total Tickets Sold					1,248,266,677
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$8,588,074,738

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.